Chapter 20: Her Room

Chapter 20: Her Room

URBAN LEGEND 1032

CODE NAME: MR. RABBIT

THREAT LEVEL: C

FIRST APPEARANCE: MAY 5TH

Lu Yibei opened the file bag. A corner of the file was exposed.

He hesitated for a few seconds before pulling the document out.

Since he was involved in this matter, it would be good to understand the situation completely.

[STANDARD URBAN LEGEND. FORMERLY ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH-LEVELLED URBAN LEGEND KNOWN AS MISS TWILIGHT. MISS TWILIGHT WAS A WITCH, BUT IS CURRENTLY DORMANT.]

A witch? Is she an urban legend as well?

After reading through Mr. Rabbits file, he wanted to search through the [Night Division Records].

[NO. 103201, INTERVIEW 01 WITH VICTIM ZHU LINGLONGS FATHER.]

Attached to the file was a photo of a beautiful girl with a pristine face. Her skin was porcelain-like, and her big eyes were filled with energy. Thick, black hair flowed down her shoulders like a waterfall. She wore a pure white cotton skirt and a sun hat, smiling underneath the bright sunshine, revealing her dimples.

The girl in the photo reminded Lu Yibei of his crush in high school. Beautiful and pure.

Unfortunately, shes dead at Mr Rabbits hands.

[BEGIN LOG]

ZHU MOU: No, my daughter did not commit suicide! She was entangled in your line of work. You need to avenge her.

[silence]

ZHU MOU: She was hanging from the crystal lamp. Her feet were less than ten centimetres from the ground. There was nothing nearby that she couldve stepped on as if someone else had helped her. A large hole was cut in her stomach, but we couldnt find any weapons on the scene.

ZHU MOU: The police said she committed suicide, but how is that possible? My daughter is such a good girl I was the one who killed her; I got her into this mess. My enemy must have used some kind of magic to make her

[END LOG]

THE INTERVIEW ABRUPTLY ENDS FOLLOWING ANOTHER EMOTIONAL OUTBURST FROM ZHU MOU. THE SPELL FAILS, AND THE INTERVIEW IS CONCLUDED.

Hah!

Lu Yibei took a deep breath upon realizing that he had been holding his breath the entire time. He felt depressed after reading the file and put it aside but found himself unable to calm down.

In the blink of an eye, his surroundings became dark. He blinked again, and his surroundings became etherealimpossible shapes and grey fog that extended from his eyes in a formless, ethereal shape.

A bad premonition struck his heart.

He was in An Qings office a moment ago, and in another blink, he found himself in a huge hotel room.

The room seemed abandoned; the air was musty, and a layer of dust was present on all the furniture. Cobwebs could be seen in the corners of the room, and the lights flickered.

Creak!

On the ceiling, a crystal lamp swung and shook. A cold and damp air flow could be felt like blades cutting across the skin and penetrating straight into the bone.

Nobody would want to stay here. It was like a rotting tomb.

Lu Yibei gulped hard upon seeing a photo, and his back felt numb and sweaty.

It was a yellowed photo that was neatly cut in half diagonally by something. The other half was gone, but the smiling face of a young girl could be vaguely made out on the remaining half.

He instantly knew where he was.

This was her room, where the girl named Zhu Linglong was violently murdered.