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Beichuan Si silently watched Shen Gu Mirai for a moment before continuing to walk inside. The uneasy Shen Gu Mirai quickly followed.
A smear of crimson reflected across the entire lake park, a cold mist rising and spreading over the lake.
The lake gave an impression of cold, and Shen Gu Mirai felt the same.
It seemed Beichuan Si didn't plan to take her to the scenic forest but instead strolled leisurely along the edge of the lake.
The overall area of the lake wasn't large, walking around it would probably only take three to four minutes.
Since it was winter, they only saw the water's murky green hue when they got closer.
It was so dirty.
Subconsciously, Shen Gu Mirai kept a bit further away from the lake.
A chill permeated—
Even though the setting sun hung in the west, and the temperature shouldn't have dropped so low, Shen Gu Mirai felt as if her entire body was immersed in icy water.
So cold—
Shen Gu Mirai shivered, her lips turning pale, and asked, "Mr. Temple, where are we going?"
"..." Her companion didn't speak, still staggering forward.
Seeing Beichuan Si silently walking ahead, Shen Gu Mirai vaguely sensed that something seemed amiss.
In her impression, Beichuan Si always walked with swift strides, so why was he stumbling now—
Shen Gu Mirai widened her eyes, staring at Beichuan Si ahead.
Beichuan Si moved slowly, his figure stiff, his head drooping, looking almost...
Almost like a dead man!
A chill swiftly swept over Shen Gu Mirai's body, and she quietly turned back—
The path they came from was unexpectedly shrouded in dense mist, covering everything.
Gulp...
Shen Gu Mirai felt a chill run down her spine, barely keeping her calm expression, trying not to attract the attention of whatever was ahead.
She quietly placed her wallet on the ground as a signal for help, continuing to walk forward step by step.
After a while more of following, the 'Beichuan Si' ahead suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Shen Gu Mirai's heart suddenly rang alarm bells, her attention heightened, her legs tense, tightly clutching her bag.
"You can go ahead," Beichuan Si's voice came through.
Unknowingly, the mist had dispersed, and only then did Shen Gu Mirai snap back to awareness.
Apparently, she had been led by Beichuan Si to the entrance of the lake park without noticing.
Could it be... was it... my imagination?
The setting sun remained, as did the unchanged lake park.
Letting out a huge sigh of relief, Shen Gu Mirai couldn't care about much else. Clutching her bag, she prepared to flee outside the lake park—
"There's one more thing." A shadow enveloped Shen Gu Mirai.
"Something else?" Shen Gu Mirai swallowed hard, turning back.
In the palm extended towards her lay something plain and square.
Wasn't this the wallet she'd just left behind?!
Shen Gu Mirai, who had previously relaxed, suddenly felt her hair stand on end. She bit her lip to stop herself from making a sound and abruptly lifted her head.
In her exquisite pupils was the clear reflection of a baseball bat.
It was over.
Shen Gu Mirai felt cold all over, looking at the metal bat swinging towards her, unable to move a step.
Bang!!!!!
A dull thud echoed.
A pale hand shrouded in eerie black mist caught the bat head-on.
In Shen Gu Mirai's stunned expression, Beichuan Si caught the bat and, instead of backing off, advanced, turning his hand, twisting his body, shifting his weight from his waist to his lower body, and kicked viciously towards the opponent's face.
That swift motion, as if wanting to smash his own face, sent shivers down the spine of onlookers.
As the figure was kicked several meters away, Beichuan Si stood firm in a horse stance before Shen Gu Mirai, the black mist around his hands thickening.
Baji Fist.
"Mr. Temple." Shen Gu Mirai, trembling all over, barely regained her senses.
"This is what's called a reconstruction of the crime scene. It seems Hoshino Nana was killed in a similar manner, offering a glimmer of hope for escape, then ending in despair," Beichuan Si's calm, cold voice spoke.
Hearing this familiar tone, Shen Gu Mirai felt a weight lift off her shoulders, her legs going weak.
It was really Beichuan Si!
Since he appeared here, her safety shouldn't be an issue.
But Beichuan Si didn't think much about it.
Just two seconds after Shen Gu Mirai disappeared, he immediately sensed something unusual about the mist.
The subsequent process was much simpler, using death energy to locate Shen Gu Mirai and then following closely behind her.
"I didn't expect that what appeared was this... an amalgamation of vengeful spirits."
Indeed, the opponent wasn't a single vengeful spirit of Hoshino Nana but rather a powerful vengeful spirit consisting of multiple female spirits.
Initially, Beichuan Si thought only Hoshino Nana died in the lake park. But now it seemed the perpetrator killed more than one person there.
"Mr. Temple! Your face!" Shen Gu Mirai's surprised voice came from behind.
Beichuan Si instinctively touched his face, finding nothing amiss, before hearing Shen Gu Mirai speak again:
"It's the face of that Mr. Temple over there!"
"..." Beichuan Si.
Beichuan Si resisted the urge to give Shen Gu Mirai a good scolding, turning back to look at the 'self' on the other side.
The opponent's head was twisted upward at a grotesque angle, looking as if that kick from Beichuan Si had severed it.
Pitch-black liquid trickled down the damaged face.
As the dark fluid increased, the face and hair seemed to give way and slid downwards.
Shen Gu Mirai covered her mouth, her expression frozen as she watched this terrifying scene that would make anyone's skin crawl.
Small human faces crowded painfully on the original 'Beichuan Si's' face, so vividly that Shen Gu Mirai could clearly see their expressions of pain.
At this stage, the face spirit seemed not to care anymore, its chest heaving, and among the interwoven masses of flesh, Hoshino Nana's face emerged completely on its chest.
Her eyes, void of whites, peered at the two with dark, vengeful orbs.
The malevolence contained within made Shen Gu Mirai's fingers tremble, her whole body feeling as if submerged in icy water, sending chills through her.
Amidst this, Beichuan Si's voice drifted from afar:
"Are you ready?"
"Ready for what?" Shen Gu Mirai blinked, instinctively thinking Beichuan Si wanted to escape with her.
This kind of monster in front of them seemed utterly invincible.
"Ready for what?" Beichuan Si glanced at Shen Gu Mirai, stating as if it were obvious, "Of course, taking a photo."
"Huh?!" Shen Gu Mirai's mouth gaped open, staring incredulously at Beichuan Si.
"If you don't like photos, you can record a video," Beichuan Si replied casually.
At that moment, the mass of flesh surging with countless faces had already charged!
Distance—less than two meters!
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