The remaining two security guards stood frozen in the darkness for a moment.

"What was that monster just now?"

They both felt like they were dreaming.

It took him a moment to realize what was happening. Then he simultaneously reached for the pistol at his waist.

The black-haired man pulled the trigger repeatedly towards the door at top speed.

The muzzle flashes continuously in the darkness.

However, only the sound of rain remained outside the door.

A silence.

He wasn't sure if he could attract the attention of the people inside the manor.

After all, the gun has a built-in soundproof shield, and the rain was too heavy.

Did you hit it?

The third security guard's voice trembled as he held his gun and fumbled with his fingers to change the magazine.

The black-haired security guard did not answer.

His gaze pierced through the open door, fixed on the dark rain outside, trying to discern his target in the darkness.

He picked up the flashlight from the table and shone it outside.

Rainwater poured down the door frame, pooling on the ground.

He could only see blurry reflections of himself and his companions.

And the reflections on the ceiling...

etc?!!

He looked up abruptly, raised his flashlight, and saw a terrifying figure on the roof.

"Quick! Fire!!!"

Xu Ge coldly looked at the two below; he had heard the entire conversation between the three of them.

As expected, no one in this manor is innocent.

"Boom!"

The security guard's scream was swallowed by the thunder the next moment.

Chapter Seven: Cosmos

Rainwater washed over the marble steps in front of the manor's main building, and the resulting streams flowed down the steps one by one.

Xu Ge pierced through the rain, his snake tail slowly dragging across the flooded road.

His entire body was completely soaked by the rain. The rainwater mixed with blood dripped down his body through the gaps in his scales, leaving a faint red mark behind him.

Suddenly he stopped.

It was a rose garden.

A striking silver accent stands out amidst the lush blooming roses.

Beside the churned-up pit, a shovel was still stuck diagonally in the ground.

A body wrapped in a white sheet still lies in the pit.

It was not buried.

There was no burial.

It was simply left there, like a bag of garbage waiting to be disposed of.

Rainwater fell on the white sheets, leaving large, dark, damp patches that outlined the silhouette of the small, thin body beneath.

Boom!

The body's owner was illuminated by lightning.

It was the girl who went to the manor during the day...

Xu Ge stood in the rain for a moment.

Rainwater slid down his cheeks and dripped from his chin, blurring the expression on his face in the rain.

Just as he was about to lift his foot, what he saw out of the corner of his eye made his body begin to tremble violently.

In a quiet, unnoticed corner of the grandly opened rose garden.

A small patch of cosmos flowers is blooming despite the torrential rain.

The orange-red petals drooped low, beaten down by the rain.

They were so out of place in this cannibalistic manor.

Xu Ge looked at the field of cosmos flowers, but he didn't go closer or reach out to touch them.

He walked towards the main building.

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The second floor of the main building of the manor.

Gislinn was sitting in front of the dressing table in her second-floor bedroom, her well-maintained face reflected in the mirror.

Dozens of photos were spread out on the dressing table, which she had divided into several piles in a certain way.

Her fingers were long and slender, and she was holding the corner of a photograph.

The photo shows a baby-faced girl with black hair and a simple, innocent look in her eyes; she appears to have just come of age.

She was wearing a hoodie and gave the camera a reserved smile.

"Hmm, Mr. Fix does like this type, but it's a pity she's a mature woman."

Gislin examined the photo for a while, then casually tossed it into the pile of "pending" photos on her left.

Then she picked up the next one.

She was a blonde, blue-eyed girl with delicate features and a shrewd look in her eyes.

Gislinn's gaze lingered on her face for two seconds, her lips pursed slightly, and she tossed the photo into the pile of "fertilizer" on her right.

"Blonde hair is no longer in fashion. Aren't there any other distinctive styles?"

"Besides, this kind of person looks difficult to train, which will cause trouble later."

"We're still short three quotas on the island..."

"If I remember correctly, we also need some people with fair skin."

"Oh, right, we also need a batch of those with delicate skin."

As she spoke, she became increasingly agitated, and then slammed the photo in her hand onto the table.

"F*** it, I have to worry about everything. That old guy is probably still at some party somewhere..."

She hadn't finished speaking.

A dull thud came from downstairs.

This directly interrupted Gislin's thoughts.

Bang bang bang!

Was that a gunshot?!

Gislinn's fingers stopped; for some reason, she had a bad feeling.

"Andrei? What happened downstairs?"

no respond.

salsa.

The sound came from the direction of the corridor.

Gislinn's finger froze on the call button.

The dragging sound outside the door stopped.

Gislinn held her breath, staring intently at the door in front of her.

boom!

The next moment, a human head suddenly appeared through the middle of the thick solid wood door.

After she looked closely, she realized it was the butler, Andrei.

"Ahhh!"

Boom!

The door was struck head-on by a terrifying force, and it detached itself from the frame, crashing onto the floor with a loud bang, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Fragments of the door frame were flying everywhere.

Gislinn screamed and staggered backward, knocking over the chair behind her and slamming her back against the edge of the dressing table.

Immediately afterwards, a figure emerged from the darkness outside the door.

After seeing it clearly, Gislinn's pupils contracted sharply.

"A monster!"

Xu Ge stepped over Andrei's corpse, the snake's tail dragging over it.

Wait a minute! I feel like I've seen this face before!

Gislinn instantly recognized the other person as the guy who had been outside the manor all day.

Is this guy looking for some kind of fertilizer?

Since the other party has come here, it means the security guards below...

[Oh no! That's not important! I need to lure this guy to Eistan's side right away!]

"Sir, I know the whereabouts of your family!"

A frenzied fawning expression appeared on her face as she prostrated herself on the ground like a female dog.

Gislinn's trembling fingers pointed to a hidden door on the other side of the room.

"All the records of the girls who were scammed... are over there!"

"Your loved ones are right there! I only handle paperwork and client communication! I swear! You have to believe me!"

"It was all Eistan's doing, it has nothing to do with me!"

"I'll do anything for you, even play the flute for you!"

"Do you want me to eat your shit? I'll eat your shit!"

"Eating on live stream is also an option!"

She spoke faster and faster, knowing it might not be useful, but not speaking would definitely be useless.

She spent her whole life doing this, using rhetoric, hints, and promises to manipulate situations.

Her brain automatically switched to this mode in dangerous situations, so fast that she didn't even have time to think about whether this method would work on a monster.

Xu Ge did not move.

He simply looked into her eyes and said, "Anna has a packet of cosmos seeds in her bag."

Gislinn was stunned.

She didn't understand what the sentence meant, nor did she know what the information meant at this moment.

[Get your act together, you blockhead! Analyze this for me!]

She looked at the man in front of her, trying to find clues in his expression.

But his expression was like a stagnant pool, devoid of any emotion.

“She has loved that kind of flower since she was a child. She said that the flower can survive in any barren land, and with a little sunshine and a little water, it can bloom.”

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