Chapter 22 - The Gym That Was Covered in Blood

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the gym became tense.

Li Zhuo, on the other hand, seemed to not care at all. He strolled around the gym and said softly, “I don’t know if you guys smell a strange smell.”

The few people behind him clearly did not make any sound when they walked. Just now, only Alsop spoke.

However, Li Zhuo seemed to be very sure that Alsop was not the only one behind him.

Alan frowned slightly and the tip of his nose twitched slightly. Then, he said, “is it… the smell of disinfectant and bleach?”

“That’s right.” Li Zhuo had already walked to the corner of the gym. He squatted down gently and looked at the corner of the wall.

“When I came here, the gym was locked.”

“Logically speaking, a place like the gym doesn’t need to be locked. As far as I know, other than Putnam, Alan also often comes here to work out, so Putnam has no reason to lock this place.”

Hearing this, the others all nodded slightly, but Alan felt uncomfortable all over.

Alan was very sure that this kid had never followed him. So, how did he know that he was the only one who often came to the gym?

Li Zhuo did not care about Alan’s discomfort. He continued, “the gym may produce a lot of sweat smell, which is very normal.”

“According to Putnam’s clean-loving personality, he would indeed clean the gym. However, to remove the sweat smell or wash the sweat stains, he only needs to use deodorant and detergent. He doesn’t need to use disinfectant or bleach.”

“So, he must be trying to cover up some traces that shouldn’t exist in the gym.”

At this moment, Alsop frowned slightly. “Then why do you think Putnam is hiding blood?”

These words were the same question in the hearts of the others. They felt that Li Zhuo was not on the same level as everyone else. This so-called ‘ordinary student’ now looked like the world’s top detective.

However, Li Zhuo turned around and looked at everyone. He said in a very natural tone, “I guessed. I just wanted to try.”

“…” At this moment, everyone was speechless.

They originally thought that Li Zhuo would come up with all kinds of deductions, but who knew that he actually guessed.

However, after thinking carefully, they realized that there was actually no problem with this.

Putnam bought a bunch of knives and hid them all. It was a gym that everyone shared, but Putnam had locked it. It was a clean job that could be done with detergent and deodorant, but he had to use disinfectant and bleach.

Even if Li Zhuo guessed that there was blood here, it did not seem to be a problem.

“Hello, Mr. Li. This is the luminol reagent you wanted.” Wilson’s voice came from behind them. He put the spray-type luminol reagent in his hands on the chair in the gym and quickly left the scene.

Just like a professional butler, he would always provide help with the best service, but he would not participate in it.

Li Zhuo picked up a can of luminol reagent from the chair and sprayed it directly on the corner of the gym.

Armstrong was the person who was most concerned about this matter at the moment. He immediately took the initiative to pick up a can of luminol reagent and helped Li Zhuo spray it together.

The others also took one bottle each, so that the progress could be faster.

Soon, the entire room, except for the ceiling, was almost covered with luminol reagent.

Li Zhuo turned around and glanced at Alan. Alan understood and walked to the gym door, placing his hand on the light switch button.

At this moment, everyone looked at Alan nervously.

Everyone knew very well that although the luminol reagent could react with the bloodstains and make the bloodstains that could not be seen by the naked eye reappear.

It could not be seen in an overly bright environment, so the lights had to be turned off to be able to see it.

Everyone was a little nervous now.

They did not know what would happen after the lights were turned off. They did not know how they would face Putnam if they found blood.

However, that was the only thing they could do.

Pow.

Alan flipped the switch, and the room fell into darkness.

Alsop gasped in the darkness. The room was almost filled with dim blue fluorescence.

This was the effect of the reaction between the luminol reagent and the blood.

Everyone looked at the dense blue fluorescence in the gym as if their bodies had fallen into an ice cellar.

What exactly happened in the gym to have such a large amount of blood!

“Madman, he’s definitely a madman!” Armstrong was on the verge of breaking down when he saw this scene. He did not dare to imagine what Putnam had done in this room.

He only knew that he was in big trouble now! The next person to die in the gym might very well be himself!

At this moment, there was a slight ‘pa’ sound by the gym door.

The entire gym immediately lit up. Everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look at the gym door, but they saw that behind Alan was Putnam’s expressionless face!

At this moment, everyone’s bodies subconsciously tensed up. Alan and Armstrong even took a few steps back.

Obviously, everyone had already regarded Putnam as a dangerous person.

However, only Li Zhuo remained in a relaxed state and walked forward with a smile.

“Putnam, you seem to have scared everyone,” Li Zhuo said with a smile.

Everyone subconsciously looked at Li Zhuo. They could not understand why Li Zhuo could be so relaxed when facing such a dangerous person.

Alan subconsciously thought of what Li Zhuo had said before.

When you are nervous, your muscles will relax?

No, that’s not right! Li Zhuo was clearly smiling now! Either Li Zhuo had lied before, or, he was not nervous at all now!

Outside the door, Putnam slowly scanned everyone’s faces. Every time his gaze swept across a person’s face, that person would obviously become more nervous.

The one who was the most nervous was Armstrong, and the one who was the most relaxed was Li Zhuo.

Only Li Zhuo did not show any nervousness at all. Instead, he appeared very relaxed.

It was as if he had seen through all the truth.

Finally, Putnam spoke in silence. “I didn’t want you guys to know about this, but since you guys found out, I can’t continue to hide it…”

Hearing this, everyone became inexplicably nervous again. Armstrong even felt that Putnam was going to kill him to silence him.

However, at this moment, there was a slight movement in the clothes on Putnam’s abdomen.

Then, a soft sound came from the thing in the clothes.

Meow~

Instantly, everyone fell silent. Everyone had a stunned expression on their faces.

What did I just hear?

A cat meow?!