Chapter 22: The Machete
Xie Jiayin was covered in blood, holding a Gurkha scimitar commonly known as the dogleg knife in her hand, the wide blade was wrapped in a fresh blood film, and the viscous crimson blood drained from her skirt like a silk thread spit out by a spider......
She was half-hunched over, head bowed, barely standing under the flickering fluorescent tubes outside the hallway—in a posture of extreme alert.
The room was still dark, and a rare, low-pitched moan spread through the empty hallway.
I motioned for everyone to step back, and called her tentatively, "Xie Jiayin? ”
Xie Jiayin still lowered his head as if he couldn't hear it.
Her body trembled slightly, and the tremors were magnified when they were transmitted to the palms of her hands, and the scimitar in her hand reflected the light of the fluorescent lamp, forming a wide shadow.
I raised my voice and tried again: "Xie Jiayin—"
This time, Xie Jiayin finally reacted:
She shuddered like electricity, then looked up at us and turned slowly......
But when we saw the other half of Xie Jiayin's face clearly, our expectation immediately turned into fright!
"W-something!!"
Jiang Ziyao was shocked, took a few steps back, and slammed his back against the wall of the corridor.
The two girls even screamed directly!
Even I almost slipped and fell to the ground!
That's a ...... What a face-
Xie Jiayin's original appearance was 7 points among her peers, especially her fair complexion, so she had the temperament of a small jasper, but now, the left half of her face has been completely flattened!
Half of the nose, face, and most of the ears were cut off with a sharp weapon.
Blood flowed down the white fat and facial bones to the chin, and half of the lips were missing, and the bleeding teeth could be seen......
And Xie Jiayin's remaining eye was shining with a blood-red light that was extremely cowardly and crazy.
Her eyes swirled around a few of us, and finally stopped at Xu Wen.
"Xu Wen! Get out of the way! ”
From the moment I came into contact with Xie Jiayin's gaze, I felt an extremely dangerous aura. After dealing with danger for so many years, I believe that I have developed a momentary premonition of danger in myself – as if I could smell the smell of danger in the air.
The more scientific explanation is "experience", but I prefer to believe that it is an intuition.
Sure enough, as soon as my warning words fell, Xie Jiayin threw himself towards Xu Wen's bow-
Although I have already sent a reminder, Xie Jiayin's movements are obviously faster than Xu Wen's reflexes, seeing that the scimitar in Xie Jiayin's hand is about to swing down, Xu Wen, who is unavoidable, actually grabbed Li Yuanxiang beside him, and pushed Xie Jiayin's body violently-
Li Yuanxiang's body is much smaller than Xie Jiayin's, she was directly pushed by Xu Wen and crashed into Xie Jiayin's arms, and I don't know if it was lucky, Li Yuanxiang's head hit Xie Jiayin's elbow joint holding a knife!
Xie Jiayin slashed crookedly, and the flashing blade almost grazed the left side of Xu Wen's face, making a deep cut on the corridor wall!
With a missed knife, Xie Jiayin raised the scimitar again.
I have already turned behind Xie Jiayin at this time, how can I let her commit murder again?
I grabbed Xie Jiayin's arm and twisted it behind her, and she was in pain and had to let go of the Gurkha scimitar she was holding.
"Dangchang."
As soon as the scimitar hit the ground, I kicked one of them away.
Jiang Ziyao on the side also reacted, and rushed up to help me press Xie Jiayin to the floor.
"Werewolves! You're all werewolves! ”
Xie Jiayin tore open her throat and shouted, because half of her face was peeled off, her teeth were leaking, and her roar sounded very indistinct.
Under her extreme emotion, her strength became extremely great, and Jiang Ziyao and I couldn't suppress her faintly.
I gritted my teeth and said, "Xie Jiayin, calm down, they are all your classmates!" ”
"Werewolves! It's all werewolves—"
Xie Jiayin struggled more violently, and I was almost knocked on the bridge of my nose by one of her elbows.
After experiencing extreme stimulation, a person is likely to have an extremely severe stress response, which can even be so severe that it can completely change a person into an extreme state!
Xie Jiayin is currently in this situation.
I wanted to learn from Xie Jiayin's mouth what was going on in the room, but when I asked several times, Xie Jiayin still shouted, "You are all werewolves!" ”
In desperation, I could only use my heavy hand and cut a palm on the major artery on Xie Jiayin's neck, temporarily fainting her.
"The boy came with me into the room to have a look, and the two girls took care of this classmate Xie - you had better get some clean cloth and bandage her face, otherwise she will lose too much blood and die."
There was still no light in that room, I carefully pushed the door completely open, and an extremely strong smell of blood suddenly overflowed from the room, I couldn't help frowning, and Jiang Ziyao and Xu Wen on the side covered their noses.
"Do you have any cell phones on you?" As soon as I got free from the steel chair, I touched all over my body, not only my phone, but also some other things, including some small objects that I defended myself against.
Jiang Ziyao shook his head: "Everything on my body is gone. ”
Xu Wen took out a lighter from his pocket and handed it to me, seeing the surprised eyes of Jiang Ziyao and me, he explained: "There is a hole in the pocket of my jacket, and this lighter happened to fall in the mezzanine of my clothes, so it was not confiscated. ”
I tried the lighter and it was fine.
Then he stepped aside, picked up the Gurkha scimitar that Xie Jiayin brought out of the room, held it in his hand and tried to wave it, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, "Good knife!" ”。
Everyone has no opinion on my action of holding a knife, after all, the false alarm just now is largely thanks to my reminder, so that Xie Jiayin's attack did not really hurt anyone.
But even if they objected, I wouldn't pay attention to it, and the knife had to be in my hand for me to feel at ease.
Moreover, I haven't forgotten how those people were locked in the room just now, so naturally it is impossible for all three of us to enter the room: "Which of you goes in with me?" ”
The remaining one is naturally the gatekeeper.
Xu Wen's face was a little pale, obviously still immersed in the fright of being attacked just now, and he hesitated: "Or...... Shall I stay? ”
Jiang Ziyao put down the hand covering his nose, shook his hand and said, "No, I'll stay." ”
"Jiang Ziyao, you practice sports, you have better physical fitness than me, and you can help Detective Ji even more."
Jiang Ziyao glanced at Xu Wen disdainfully: "No, I don't trust you - what you did to Li Yuanxiang just now, we all saw it." You Xu Wen are here with me Jiang Ziyao now, and you are nothing. What if you close the door as soon as we enter the room? ”
Xu Wenlai's pale face turned red all of a sudden: "I, why should I close the door?" ”
"Afraid of death? Or do you want a bonus? Who is too lazy to guess your mind. ”
When they said this, they both turned to look at me.
I didn't say anything, raised my eyebrows, and motioned for them to discuss the results themselves.
The two looked at each other for a while like fighting cocks, and Xu Wen finally said, "Okay, I'll go if I go." ”
"Don't worry, I'm not you, and I won't push others to the knife." Jiang Ziyao did not forget to ridicule Xu Wen.
I held a knife in one hand and a lighter in the other.
Xu Wen didn't refute, was silent, and followed me into the room.
I turned my head slightly sideways and glanced back, but I saw that there was any dejected look on Xu Wen's face?
It was clearly a smile full of sarcasm!