The Demon's Menu-Chapter 968: Sorry, I saw the answer directly while you were solving the problem

The river roared like the sea.

Waves churned endlessly.

Hui Lijing stared blankly at the huge river in front of her.

She could swear that just twenty minutes ago, this was the entrance to a market, an asphalt road, even the white arrows on the road had just been painted, very fresh.

But now?

It had become a huge river.

The two stone pillars that originally blocked cars from entering, at this moment, looked like wooden stakes used to tie boats at the docks, seeming very fitting.

Yet Hui Lijing felt it was extremely jarring.

She was horrified, at a loss.

It took a good three or four seconds before Hui Lijing came back to her senses.

She turned her head to look at Jason.

Jason calmly put Ryosuke down on the ground, and then, he gazed at this huge river, seemingly searching for something.

Something on the river?

Hui Lijing thought, and imitated Jason, gazing along the entire river.

But the river was misty, completely obscuring the view.

However, Hui Lijing did not speak to interrupt Jason.

Professional matters, leave it to the professionals.

This famous saying, Hui Lijing knew.

And treated it like a holy command.

Of course, there was also the latter half of the saying:

Do what you can within your capabilities.

Hui Lijing turned around to look behind her, her gaze directed towards the darkness.

In the distance, lights of Tongshou Temple twinkled faintly.

Rather than bringing light, they made the surrounding darkness even denser.

The sound of the river roared behind her, and Hui Lijing’s hand involuntarily grasped the handle of her gun.

Her instinct told her, there was something in the darkness.

Indeed, it was so.

Just a few seconds later, clear footsteps could be heard

Tap tap tap!

The footsteps were very hurried, chaotic.

Even, just by listening to the footsteps, one could feel a sense of panic.

Hui Lijing subconsciously raised her gun.

"Don’t shoot!"

The figure that rushed out of the darkness, upon seeing Hui Lijing with her gun, immediately raised their hands high and shouted loudly.

It was a man dressed in a suit, appearing like a typical office worker, now with a panicked expression and trembling body.

Following this office-like man, were a man and a woman.

The man was middle-aged, wearing glasses, not bulky, dressed in a shirt, trousers, and wearing an apron, not one used in a kitchen, but one used in convenience stores, clearly marked with—Seven Days Convenience.

The last to come out was a young girl.

Dressed in a school uniform, with shoulder-length hair, youthful face, wearing a badge of Tongshou High School.

All three were bewildered.

Then, they all stared fearfully at the gun in Hui Lijing’s hand.

Hui Lijing didn’t lower her gun, her gaze sweeping over the three, then she directly asked.

"Who are you?"

"I’m an employee of Dayuan Electronics Company."

"I work at the Seven Days Convenience store."

"I’m a student at Tongshou High School."

Facing the muzzle of the gun, the three were very honest, without any hesitation.

"Why are you here?"

Hui Lijing continued to ask.

"I came here to eat, there’s a good ramen shop here, I planned to eat after work before going home, isn’t that how the life of a bachelor is?"

The office worker said while trying to lighten the atmosphere.

But the effect was poor, when he saw that Hui Lijing’s gun did not lower even a bit, he wisely shut his mouth and raised his hands again.

The store clerk did the same.

With both hands raised, he responded.

"My convenience store is inside the market, I just went to the back alley for a cigarette break, but before I could finish my cigarette, everything in the alley went dark, then, I walked out of the alley, and found everyone had disappeared."

His voice trembled slightly as he spoke.

Combined with the appearance of the middle-aged man, he seemed trustworthy.

The female student was the last to speak.

"I need to pass by here on my way home, I don’t know why, but it suddenly got dark around me, then, I ran into them—at the entrance of Tongshou Temple."

"There was light there, I initially wanted to go there for shelter!"

"But, but..."

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"But what?"

Hui Lijing pressed.

"Dead body!"

"There was a hanging body right at the gate of Tongshou Temple!"

The female student said with great courage.

The office worker and store clerk also nodded, confirming the girl’s words.

Hui Lijing frowned.

A body?

This mercenary turned detective with dreams of becoming a barista was certain, when she and Jason left Tongshou Temple, there definitely wasn’t any body, after all, the gate of Tongshou Temple wasn’t tall, hanging a body there would definitely have been clearly visible.

"Are you sure it was the gate?"

To confirm, Hui Lijing asked again.

"Confirmed!"

"It was right there at the gate!"

"I saw it clearly while standing at the gate!"

The female student nodded firmly.

"Yes."

"I can testify."

"I can too."

The office worker and the store clerk echoed.

"Was a body hung after we left?"

Hui Lijing thought.

The time she and Jason left Tongshou Temple was not long, and previously, there was no one inside Tongshou Temple.

Except... that old Monk!

Could he be the murderer?

Hui Lijing subconsciously thought.

This was an instinctive cognition, that old Monk looked benevolent and kind, but his disappearance was just too bizarre, making Hui Lijing very suspicious.