Nightmare Apostle

Chief Zhou then took out the cigarette butts Wang Yong left in the dormitory for comparison, and the lengths were almost identical.

"These two cigarette butts were found by the sink facing the women’s bathroom. It would take at least 7 to 8 minutes to finish two cigarettes. There’s no reason for him to linger in the public washroom late at night for so long."

"So the person who went to the bathroom tonight wasn’t him, it was you!"

"You lured him out. You went to the bathroom and left him waiting outside in the washroom. He was bored, so he smoked."

"Liu Hongwei, you’re cooperating with the murderer! You’re in cahoots with the murderer!" Captain Zhou slammed the table hard.

This slap scared Liu Hongwei badly. Her face turned pale, and her lips trembled, unable to utter a word.

"Take her back and interrogate her thoroughly. I don’t believe we can’t get her to talk!"

With a wave of Chief Zhou’s hand, a burly security team member angrily stepped forward, pulled out a rope, and was about to subdue Liu Hongwei to take her back to the security department.

Seeing the situation about to spiral out of control, Yang Xiao sidestepped to block the approaching security team member, while Ye Zheng quickly stepped forward, raised his hand, and delivered a swift slap, cutting off Liu Hongwei’s impending plea for help.

"Are you looking for death? How dare you make up lies to deceive Chief Zhou!" Ye Zheng angrily reprimanded, simultaneously signaling to Liu Hongwei, "Quickly confess the truth, what’s really going on?!"

"Chief Zhou, I believe Liu Hongwei isn’t the traitor. Think about it, how could it be so coincidental? We’re the people you specifically requested; we all went through rigorous screening before coming here." Yang Xiao spoke straightforwardly, only stating the facts.

Yang Xiao could tell that Chief Zhou was also scaring Liu Hongwei, trying to get her to tell the truth.

If they were sure she was a traitor, they wouldn’t have this kind of attitude now. Master Sun, who kept watch at the Cultural Palace, was an example; he got beaten up without a word.

At this moment, Liu Hongwei no longer dared to hide anything, crying as she recounted the truth.

Chief Zhou and the others’ guesses were all right; the one who insisted on going to the bathroom wasn’t Wang Yong, but she, Liu Hongwei.

"And the footsteps and coughing sounds were fake too, right? You made them up, didn’t you?" Chief Zhou fiercely questioned.

"No, no, they’re all... they’re all true. I really heard footsteps." Liu Hongwei’s psychological defenses completely collapsed, crying as she said, "But they all happened outside. I heard footsteps and then followed into the women’s bathroom. While I... while I was in the bathroom, I heard coughing from outside, at the washroom, which is where Wang Yong was supposed to be waiting for me, but when I came out after finishing, Wang Yong... Wang Yong was gone!"

"I searched around nearby and couldn’t find him. I called out several times in the men’s bathroom, but it was very quiet inside, no one at all."

"I felt something was wrong, I was terrified, so I... I ran downstairs to call and report to you, didn’t even dare to return to the dormitory." Liu Hongwei confessed truthfully.

"What about the comic book?" Yang Xiao was very interested in this mysterious missing book; it might be a key clue.

Unexpectedly, Liu Hongwei shook her head vigorously and continued, "There’s no comic book, that was... that was something I made up to make you believe, to make the whole thing seem more real, but I also didn’t..."

"Damn! You son of a..."

This completely infuriated Yang Xiao. He lashed out with a kick, swinging his fist to teach her a lesson, but it was Ye Zheng and another security officer who pulled him away.

Deaths hadn’t affected Yang Xiao’s mental state too much, but this incident he couldn’t tolerate. Liu Hongwei, being somewhat new, didn’t understand how much trouble a casually told lie like this could cause the entire team.

It could severely mislead their investigation direction, wasting a lot of time, and here, time is life; people were dying every day.

Yang Xiao thought of Quan Doufeng at this moment.

He rarely had such resentment towards someone, but Quan Doufeng was an exception.

That was during the mission in Zhuwang Village, a task that was already highly challenging. Yet, to shirk responsibility, this guy fabricated false clues and deceived them, claiming he went when he didn’t, resulting in significant loss of time and opportunity for them.

Of course, there were also innocent lives; if there hadn’t been many experts that time and the others hadn’t banded together desperately, it would have been a complete failure.

Just because of one person’s stupidity, the entire team paid an unimaginable price. This is why Yang Xiao and those veterans disliked newcomers.

Many newcomers simply don’t understand the stakes involved; they only care about their immediate safety, daring to say anything and messing everything up, making things completely uncontrollable.

There was an instance when Yang Xiao and Fu Qingzhu were drinking, and Fu Qingzhu recalled an old event after getting drunk.

During a nightmare task, several newcomers repeatedly screwed things up, acting selfishly and not following orders. In the end, the old players had no choice but to set a trap to kill all the newcomers before finally passing the level.

At the time, Yang Xiao thought it was a bit excessive, but when he encountered Quan Doufeng, he realized some people truly deserved death.

And now, Yang Xiao saw the shadow of Quan Doufeng in Liu Hongwei, which also triggered the long-buried resentment in his heart.

But what he didn’t understand was that Liu Hongwei had previously not performed badly, so why... why was she acting like a completely different person tonight, making mistake after mistake, could it be... she had been taken over?

What Liu Hongwei said next provided a completely unexpected answer to those present.

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