Nightmare Apostle

"Sorry, I didn’t want it to be like this either. I also know that going out to the toilet at night is bad, but... but I can’t help it, I truly can’t help it..."

After the fear, a wave of grievance surged in his heart. Liu Hongwei was kneeling on the ground at this moment, his hair disheveled and extremely haggard, with big teardrops falling down, looking very pitiful.

"Wang Yong... Wang Yong, he’s a beast. He wants... he wants me to sleep with him. I refused, but he... he hit me!"

Liu Hongwei rolled up his sleeve, revealing clear bruises and several scratches from the struggle.

"I barely managed to get away from him. In this situation... if it were you, would you dare to take off your pants and use the toilet in front of him?" Liu Hongwei gave it his all at this moment, standing up while questioning loudly.

This question really left everyone speechless. Ye Zheng, as a woman, empathized even more. Her mind recalled Wang Yong’s face, and his arrogant manner, feeling increasingly nauseated.

To be fair, Liu Hongwei didn’t commit murder; she simply chose to go out to the toilet. Wang Yong was killed by the Ghost.

However, Liu Hongwei’s experience also provided Yang Xiao and Ye Zheng a new idea. Could it be that... this Ghost is also a fighter against domestic violence?

Could Wang Yong’s murder be related to his forcing and beating Liu Hongwei?

Despite Liu Hongwei speaking with righteousness, Yang Xiao and Chief Zhou didn’t let her off easily, making her stand straight, take off her outer coat, and show all her wounds.

Director Zhai, seemingly an expert in trace detection, stepped forward and inspected thoroughly before finally nodding.

He testified that these injuries were not self-inflicted by Liu Hongwei; indeed, they were caused by that beast, Wang Yong.

But Wang Yong has already been taken away by the Ghost, so the law will not have the chance to judge him. But the Ghost can, and Yang Xiao stands on the Ghost’s side this time.

However, this doesn’t mean Yang Xiao forgives Liu Hongwei. Even if she has a thousand reasons, she can’t fabricate false clues to harm others.

The one who made a mistake was Wang Yong; he deserved to die. But the rest don’t owe Liu Hongwei anything. On the matter of lying, Yang Xiao absolutely won’t forgive.

This is a bloody lesson.

Once everything settled down, Yang Xiao and Ye Zheng followed Chief Zhou to the public washroom and toilets on this floor.

He walked around; honestly speaking, it was terribly dirty here, with filthy water flowing across the black cement ground, especially inside the toilets. Without even stepping in, you could smell an awful stench.

In such an environment, don’t say there are no clues; even if there truly were some clues left, you wouldn’t be able to find them now.

"Jiefang, what do you think?" Chief Zhou suddenly asked.

"Very strange. I can’t think of any way those enemy spies could abduct a live person," Yang Xiao said. "Also, since they could abduct Wang Yong, why not simply take Liu Hongwei too? Wouldn’t that be cleaner?"

Wang Yong’s stature is considered very large among them, tall and strong, with a loud voice. Chief Zhou remembers this person too; this guy looks hard to deal with.

To be able to abduct such a strong man without leaving a trace and not making a sound, it seems unrealistic.

Yang Xiao could see the conflict in Chief Zhou’s eyes. His beliefs tell him that the world doesn’t have ghosts or gods, but his professional ability clearly indicates that this series of strange events is not something that could be accomplished by human forces.

Yang Xiao wants exactly this effect; for someone like Chief Zhou, the more directly you tell him something, the more he doesn’t believe and suspects.

You need to guide him slowly, guide him to discover the problem himself, realize the inconsistency, and then overturn his own beliefs.

"Jiefang, there is something I haven’t had the chance to tell you yet. I... I’m not sure if it’s appropriate to say," Chief Zhou’s face was heavy, as if making a significant decision.

"Please go ahead," Yang Xiao realized his opportunity had come.

"I didn’t intend to hide it from you, nor from above. It’s just... there are some things we can’t explain, so I have never dared to report them."

After a pause, Chief Zhou continued, "Actually, what happened tonight at the Cultural Palace has occurred more than once. I mean... Old Man Sun’s encounter, the thing he... he saw."

"Have others seen strange things?" Yang Xiao probed.

Yang Xiao deliberately avoided words like ghosts or gods, knowing it would provoke Chief Zhou and only have counterproductive effects.

"Yes, others have encountered strange things, in the warehouse, the same warehouse where Pan Xiaoxiao disappeared."

"At the Cultural Palace and also in the factory."

"By the lakeside... terrible things have appeared by the lakeside too. Just the night before you all arrived, someone saw a figure walking on the lake surface," Chief Zhou’s expression was very unpleasant.

Knowing full well that he must not provoke this Defensive Chief any further, Yang Xiao whispered his inquiry, "Could it be someone mistook what they saw, or could it be the enemy spies disguised?"

Upon hearing, Chief Zhou tightened his lips, his expression severe "I wish so, but enemy spies are human. Humans... can’t just float and walk on water, right? I led a team to inspect during the day, and there was nothing supporting in the water."

"So far, several people have been scared, just like Old Man Sun was scared into fainting."

"I secretly had people checked; these folks have no issues, unlike being drugged," Chief Zhou introduced.

"If it’s not enemy spies, then things get a bit complicated. What could it be then?" Yang Xiao pondered, murmuring while observing Chief Zhou’s reaction.

Just as Chief Zhou was about to speak, suddenly, someone walked in from outside, interrupting the atmosphere newly built between the two.

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