This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous-Chapter 38 - Unexpected Encounter with Werewolf_1

38: Chapter 38 Unexpected Encounter with Werewolf_1

38 -38 Unexpected Encounter with Werewolf_1

Lin Xue had been working in the shop for five days, silently observing for five days straight.

Yet, she has not found any trace of the hooded figure.

As for the American Shorthair, she had interacted with it numerous times recently.

She examined it by hand, fed it by hand, and even secretly collected a piece of its feces to be analyzed for composition.

The results turned out to be normal.

All signs indicated that it was a very normal American Shorthair, without any defects, at least not in its identity as a cat.

The only strange thing, perhaps, was that the cat was very smart, exceptionally smart!

While feeding it a few times, Lin Xue even felt like it was not a cat, but an intelligent child…

Little Ya turned her head and looked at Lin Xue in surprise.

She spoke earnestly, “Sister Xue, first of all, I need to correct you — it’s your boss too!

Secondly…

the boss has been acting strangely recently…” As Little Ya spoke, she creased her brows.

“Oh?

What’s strange about his behavior?” asked Lin Xue.

“I can’t really pinpoint it, but the boss’s recent behavior feels unnatural, he seems distracted…” Little Ya seriously pondered over it, her eyebrows furrowed.

She and Mu You had worked together for over two years; they were familiar with each other.

Even if Mu You himself didn’t notice some extremely subtle changes, she would.

“Distracted…

So what exactly has changed, that made you come to such a conclusion?” Lin Xue continued to press.

“Lots!” Little Ya blurted, and then after a moment of thought, she mysteriously said, “For instance, once I saw the boss reading a book at the front desk, engrossed in it.

He didn’t hear me calling him, so I went closer to take a look.

Then I realized that the book in his hands was a ‘Complete Magic Spells of Harry Potter’.”

“Magic…”

Lin Xue made a strange face, she couldn’t have guessed it in a hundred thousand years.

“Alright, let’s stop talking about that.

We have no idea when the boss would return, let’s head over first.” Little Ya exhaled and stretched her arms and limbs.

“Okay.”

After quickly tidying up, they left together.

Little Ya locked the front door, pulled down the roller shutter with a hook rod, and dusted her hands.

Turning back, she noticed that Lin Xue was still standing on the side of the road not far away.

“By the way, Sister Xue, I still don’t know where you live,” Little Ya walked over to Lin Xue and asked.

This was the first time they were leaving work together after a few days.

“I live in the North District.”

“Oh…Ah?

The North District?”

Little Ya was taken aback, and stared at Lin Xue in surprise, “That’s really far away, it takes over two hours by subway…Are you taking a taxi home?”

“No need, someone’s coming to pick me up.” Lin Xue shook her head.

“Oh, that’s good…” Little Ya kept nodding her head, her eyes darting about, she was quite curious about who was coming to pick her up, wondering if it was a boyfriend or something.

Just then, a car drove by and parked accurately by the roadside in front of them.

A woman with short hair dressed in a chauffeur’s uniform got off from the driver’s seat, opening the backseat door, “Miss!”

“See you tomorrow!”

Lin Xue smiled and greeted Little Ya, then climbed into the backseat of the car.

The car started quickly and drove away.

“See… see you tomorrow…”

Little Ya stood like a statue, waving her hand blankly.

It wasn’t until the car was far away that Little Ya regained her senses and hurriedly pulled out her phone.

She looked up the car emblem she had seen, which was both familiar and unfamiliar.

It was familiar because she had seen this car in a popular urban drama she was recently following.

The product placement of the car emblem had been shown many times, which was why she remembered it.

However, it was unfamiliar because she had never seen this emblem in real life before.

She looked it up and sure enough…

“Maserati Butterfly, the main female character’s car in ‘Moonlight Love and Death’, price…

10.99 million…”

Little Ya stared dumbfoundedly at the information displayed on her phone, with her hand that was gripping the phone trembling uncontrollably.

She, a young woman from the countryside who had dropped out of high school to work, was colleagues with a young lady who drove a luxury car worth tens of millions…

and they had said see you tomorrow…

Was she dreaming?

…

On the other side, Mu You left the pet shop, but he did not head straight to the crime scene.

Instead, he hung around outside.

Once the sky had completely darkened, he found a secluded corner, where his muscles rippled as he switched to his larger watchman’s skin and put on the invisibility cloak.

With the Mithril Bow and Pumpkin Lantern in hand, fully prepared, Mu You headed to the ‘Rainbow Bay Apartments’.

Following Little Ya’s directions, he arrived at the 39th building.

As expected, this was a sealed-off building.

A large area around it was roped off.

Three police officers stood guard at the entrance, strictly prohibiting anyone from approaching.

Using his cloak of invisibility to his advantage, Mu You quietly leaped over the rope and evaded the police to enter the residential building.

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The residents on each floor had all been evacuated, and each floor was sealed off.

Mu You climbed all the way to the 20th floor before he found the crime scene.

Right outside Room 2005 was a puddle of dried crimson blood, so striking that it was hard to miss.

Two policemen were on guard at the room’s entrance, blocking the door.

Mu You couldn’t get in so he waited.

A moment later, taking advantage of the two police officers’ shift change, Mu You finally seized the chance to sneak into the room.

The body inside the room had naturally been removed, but the trace lines left on the floor still clearly displayed the victim’s condition to him.

Based on the body’s outline, there was no doubt that the victim was a female.

The wounds were probably on her throat, appearing as if they were inflicted by a sharp weapon that slit her throat.

Still, he couldn’t determine from these clues alone whether a werewolf committed the crime.

Mu You stepped closer to where the body line was, turned on his pumpkin lantern and silently started investigating the area.

Under the reflection of the green powder, traces invisible to the naked eye indeed appeared on the ground – such as footprints and fingerprints!

Mu You instantly noticed a barely noticeable handprint, or rather, a ‘claw print’!

on the edge of a wardrobe in the room.

Because the edges of those five fingers were connected to five extremely sharp fingernails!

Without a doubt, these were not marks that could be made by a human hand!

It was definitely a werewolf!

Mu You confirmed this, but his heart sank even further.

Could it be…was this room really the “little girl’s” room from the game?

Strictly speaking, he didn’t actually know the “little girl”.

They had never truly spoken in the game.

However, they were players on the same team.

If one falls, the other feels the cold.

This little girl’s fate possibly foreshadowed his future.

Shaking his head, Mu You continued the investigation with his lantern.

He quickly discovered new signs.

The ground around the body was densely covered with footprints.

There were the werewolf’s, the victim’s and the police officers’.

All mixed together, it was very difficult to identify.

Mu You spoted a trail of footprints that extended out of the cluster, heading straight towards the window.

The footprint wasn’t very large, about size 34, it was unlikely to be from an adult male, but rather a woman’s or a child’s.

Mu You followed these footprints to the window, where he found that these footprints unexpectedly ended at the window sill, then disappeared…

“What does this mean?

Did someone jump out of the window?

This is over twenty floors high.

Even a werewolf wouldn’t dare jump straight down…”

Mu You stretched his neck out to look.

There was a drain pipe right next to the window that led directly to the rooftop water tank.

“Could it be that they climbed up the pipe to the roof?” Mu You was uncertain.

He searched the room again but found no traces of any players.

Any items a player might have left behind would undoubtedly have been taken by the werewolf.

Seizing the opportunity while the on-duty police officers were still not back, Mu You decided to go up to the roof to check.

He took out his magic wand and used the Unlocking Spell to unlock the roof’s door.

He then stepped onto the rooftop of the building.

By this time, it was already late, and the rooftop was pitch black.

Mu You walked to the water tank on the rooftop and started checking around.

As expected, he found another trail of footprints!

Interestingly, this set of footprints were much larger than those in the room, not at all like those of the same person.

“What on earth is going on?”

Mu You couldn’t help frowning; the clues on the scene seemed even weirder.

Regardless, now that he had found this place, he certainly couldn’t retreat.

Mu You continued to follow the footprints, walking quite a distance along the wall, finally making a turn around a corner near a stone platform…

Oh!

Mu You suddenly froze, the scene that came into view around the corner caused his pupils to contract sharply, all his hair stood on end!

A creature, half-human and half-wolf, was huddled in the corner!

Gleaming fur, sharp fangs, body smeared in blood, and on its left arm, a wound oozing blood that looked like a burn.

The werewolf was licking its wounds to stop the bleeding while simultaneously scanning its surroundings with its fierce and somber eyes.

The werewolf also seemed to be taken aback by the sudden appearance of a figure, and via the protective barrier of the corner, they happened onto each other in a standoff.

“Shit!”

This was the first time Mu You had encountered a real werewolf in reality.

It was uglier than he had imagined.

He felt a chill shoot up straight to his crown.

Invisible Cloak?

No, that could fool ordinary people, but in front of a high-level player, at such close proximity, his breathing alone would give away his position!

Without any hesitation, Mu You quickly retreated while his right hand swiftly reached into his pocket for the pocket watch.

Unfortunately, the werewolf was even quicker!

“Whoosh!”

A piercing sound echoed, the latter came before the former.

Mu You only felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder.

A hook penetrated his right shoulder, effectively stopping him from reaching for the pocket watch.

Then, a massive force pulled him harshly backwards.

As he somersaulted in the air, Mu You caught a glimpse of the werewolf in the corner.

One hand was pulling on the chain attached to the hook, and the other was raised high, in which was gripped a cleaver smeared with fresh blood and bits of flesh!