Chapter 102: The Past (4)
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Li Shengwu roared with a distorted expression, took out the pistol in his coat pocket, and fired at the wall in the stairwell. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
At some point, the ground that had calmed down began to shake again.
It took a long time for the bullet in the pistol to empty before he stopped roaring. The shaking of the ground caused the shattered glass beside him to shatter, and the lights above him began to flicker again.
The corpse of the young man on the ground had his eyes wide open, his eyes full of surprise and puzzlement, and his mouth, which had not yet been fully closed, seemed to be telling something.
Li Shengwu slowly lowered his numb arm and helped his former colleague close his eyes.
He remembered what the young man had been like when he first came to him. The eyes full of curiosity and adoration, tirelessly asking this and that every day, regardless of whether the person he chased and asked for advice was busy and tired all night.
This young man has been immersed in the lessons he dislikes all year round~ and has gradually grown into a policeman who can barely take the surface.
But it's not enough.
He stared down at the corpse on the ground and said softly, "You still don't believe you if you're far behind." It was really ...... to be attacked and killed in such a place by a madman who ran out of nowhere How did I teach you such a piece of shit! ”
The light on the ceiling behind him was still unstable, and it shone uncomfortably, fluttering. But after the corpse lying below closed its eyes, it was not as hideous and terrifying as it had seen before.
Suddenly there was a sound of "stabbing and stabbing" on the intercom on his waist, and then a colleague's voice came from inside: "Captain, are you okay?" How did you shoot? What is the situation above, do you need support......"
"It's a bit of a situation, but no fire support is needed."
Li Shengwu cleared his throat, there was some imperceptible tremor in his deep voice, and the hand holding the walkie-talkie was so strong that it even pinched a dent in the hard plastic shell: "I found something on the third floor, you'd better come up and take a look." ”
"Any important clues? Do we have to go up and see it? It's also quite busy, with corpses everywhere...... Otherwise, I'll let the forensic ~ doctor go up first......"
"I said let you all come up! Right now! Immediately! ”
After Li Shengwu yelled into the walkie-talkie, he simply cut off the call.
As if frightened by his rage, the flickering light overhead went out again. But this time, there was no normal sound of electricity before, and there were no flickering sparks, probably completely broken.
He groped in the darkness for a while, found the flashlight he was carrying, and when he turned it on, he saw a little light flashing in the hand of the male corpse.
It seemed to be a reflective metal object, he held up the flashlight, carefully approached the corpse's hand, and sure enough, he saw something in the palm of his hand.
There was a chaotic sound of footsteps on the stairs behind him, and his colleagues, who were supposed to be frightened by his headless anger, were coming, and the bright flashlight kept shaking behind him.
He looked at the corpse's bloodstained hands, glanced at the approaching figure behind him, and swallowed nervously.
It's like a thief in the middle of a crime.
He laughed at himself in his heart. At the same time, he quickly stepped forward, broke the corpse's already stiff fingers, and took out the contents of the contents.
It was a half-worn metal clasp, larger than a dollar coin, with a golden five-pointed star relief in the center, but the edges were worn away.
Such buttons were ubiquitous in this era, and they mostly came from some kind of heavy, sturdy green military coat. Especially in this snowy winter, almost all the streets are filled with men wearing such clothes. Even Li Shengwu himself has one such clothes at home.
The footsteps of his colleague behind him were already close at hand, and several flashlights swayed down on the corpse on the ground, followed by cries of surprise.
"Captain, this is ......"
The man behind him was obviously incredulous at what he was seeing, and he began to choke up in the middle of his sentence, staring at him with wide eyes and surprise.
Li Shengwu secretly clenched his fist, and the thin and hard edges of the metal coat button were in the palm of his hand, bringing a trace of pain.
"Just like you see."
He stood up, turned his back to the person behind him, and spoke in a low and sad voice, as if he was really regretting that he had found nothing: "I have found a deceased who can be identified, and tell everyone to come up and collect the body together." ”
The young policeman behind him was still immersed in the shock that "his colleague who was alive a few hours ago has now turned into a corpse", and only reacted for a while, but when he was about to answer, he saw that his leader had already walked past with great strides.
Li Shengwu's seemingly expressionless face had traces of tense and extremely tight muscles throbbing, and his gloomy eyes looked particularly terrifying in the dim light. When he walked downstairs, he glared at the colleagues who came one after another, which made everyone who was already nervous feel a deeper sense of oppression.
A few minutes later, when everyone walked down the stairs from the third floor, the already solemn atmosphere of the hospital was cast under an invisible shadow of personal feelings.
They went about their work without saying a word, and the occasional conversation was very brief, and even their steps were deliberately light, and the air was almost "silent".
On the contrary, a certain intense but not joyful emotion gradually fermented and heated up in the silent eye contact, and the virulent infectious disease infected everyone present. Even the intern who couldn't see the corpse had a bit of murderous on his face.
On the contrary, it was the man who caused all this, who was calmly out of place in this murderous atmosphere.
Li Shengwu came to the gate of the hospital alone, leaned against the corner of the wall and lit a cigarette, and spit out a puff of smoke at the cold snowflakes.
The clasp that had been touched from the corpse lay quietly in his pocket, unnoticed.
He raised his left hand above his head, looked up at the shifting smoke through the gap between his fingers, and his reddened eyes were full of hatred.
"I won't let you go."
He squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, stared at the five-star marks squeezed out of his palm, and said silently: "No matter what method you use, as long as you can ...... it." ”
"You're looking for me?"
Before he could finish his oath, a young man's voice came from the corner of the wall, startling the contemplative man.
Li Shengwu turned his head suddenly, only to see a slender figure walking towards him in the darkness.
He quickly pulled out ~ the gun, aimed it at the man's chest, and shouted: "Stop, who are you!" ”
"Someone who can help you, of course."
The other party's voice sounded young, but there was some arrogance in the tone of his voice that was unique to people who have been in high positions for many years.
"Put the gun down. You've just run out of bullets upstairs, and you can hear it on the road outside. If I'm really the murderer hiding here and secretly observing, it's easier for you to give the other party a chance if you raise a gun now. ”
Such a tone is often easily offensive. But on this person, even if it is the tone of command, people can't give birth to the slightest disgust, but can't help but want to do what he says.
"You ......"
Li Shengwu subconsciously wanted to refute, but he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, and finally had to put down the gun silently.
"What do you mean you can help me?"
"That's what you heard."
The Ghost King stood still in front of him, and a metal coat button lay flat in the palm of his hand spread out forward: "Didn't you just say that you would help your little apprentice avenge no matter what method you use?" So I'm here to help you. ”
Seeing the button, Li Shengwu hurriedly went to touch his pocket-the lighter and cigarette case were still lying in his pocket, and the most important button he had hidden was indeed gone.
He raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him, who was a little taller than himself, subconsciously held his breath, and his heart beat violently.
There is no shadow on the ground.
The clothes he wore were obviously not something that modern people would wear, and the long sword hanging from his waist and his long hair made him look like a prince and nobleman who had just come out of a costume drama. And the slightly transparent body also revealed his non-human identity.
The smoke from the cigarette butt passed through the other person's body and spread out into the distance without being hindered in the slightest.
"Oh. By the way, let's correct you a little bit more. ”
The Ghost King stepped back with a grin, pointed to the tip of his nose and said, "There are still some ...... like me in this world The guy who is dead but doesn't want to leave is what you living people usually call 'ghosts'. ”
Is this guy talking about the "no ghosts" thing I shouted in the hospital before? When the hell did he start observing me?
The corners of Li Shengwu's mouth twitched~ twice, but he didn't feel afraid, but was a little angry by the other party's arrogant attitude, so the tone of his speech was also very bad.
"What is the purpose of you coming to me to say this?"
His gaze fell on the shiny button in the ghost king's hand, and he asked defensively, "Do you mean to help me?" At what cost? ”
"Do you think I'm someone, a demon who traded souls with you? I'm not that idle. ”
The Ghost King chuckled and shook his head: "I'm just looking for you because we have the same interests at this stage. I just want to ask if you want to cooperate with us. ”
"You guys?"
The suspicious expression on Li Shengwu's face was even worse, and the corners of his mouth hung a sarcastic arc: "You monster actually has accomplices? ”
"Even if there is, it's a troublesome guy."
Speaking of "accomplices", the ghost king had to smile bitterly, raised his head and pointed to the roof of the hospital: "He's up there." ”
Li Shengwu turned around, only to see a dark roof and falling snow.
It looks like someone is having a snowball fight on it, throwing down the otherwise neat snow.
"Your accomplice ......"
He squinted his eyes, but he never saw any signs of human activity on the roof, and couldn't help asking, "He's not alive either?" ”
"I can only say that he is still alive now, and I don't know if he is a person or not."
The Ghost King met the other party's puzzled gaze and explained with difficulty: "When I met him, he was still a human...... But that was more than 200 years ago. ”
"I see."
Li Shengwu nodded suddenly and pointed to the Ghost King's chest: "Evil ghost-"
He pointed back at the falling snow behind him: "The accomplice is a youkai." Do I still have the ability to refuse your request? ”
"Pretty much, whatever you want to interpret it."
The Ghost King finally gave up explaining to others what an unreasonable and strange existence the species "Ye Baiyu" was, and instead returned to the topic: "So you agreed?" ”
If I don't agree, I'll die, and I don't know if the bullet will delay a little longer. Li Shengwu sighed silently, and with a quick movement behind his back, he changed the magazine for the pistol.
"No, it won't."
As if seeing the anxiety in his heart, the ghost king took two steps back very politely, and his calm style made it impossible to connect him with the evil ghosts who ate human flesh and drank human blood in the story.
"I'm here to ask for your help, not to force you to cooperate. If you don't want me, I can only forget it, and I won't do the kind of violence you are imagining. But if you're willing to agree, I'll give you a glimpse of the murderer's face. ”
He pinched the button in his hand, shook it in front of Li Shengwu, and then sighed: "It hurts me to be looked at by you with such suspicious eyes. You really can't increase my cultivation after eating it. ”
"Really?"
Li Shengwu still didn't believe it: "Based on my experience as a police officer for more than ten years, in this case, no matter how you look at it, your suspicion is the greatest." The face of the 'murderer' you said to show me, maybe he's just an ordinary person possessed by you. ”
"I'm not interested in possessing that pervert~."
The ghost king rolled his eyes in disgust, threw the clasp of his hand up, and caught it again before Li Shengwu stretched out his hand, holding it in the palm of his hand: "It's just to help each other across life and death, is it so difficult to choose?" ”
"It's not too hard. When will you be able to let me see the murderer. ”
"Of course right now."
The Ghost King stretched out his hand and handed the clasp of his coat to his eyes: "I can let you see a memory of the murderer by touching his belongings, you can touch it and try it." ”
Li Shengwu raised his head, pinched the edge of the button, and his sharp gaze scanned back and forth on the ghost king's face: "That's it?" ”
"Close your eyes and wait, you'll be able to see it right away."
You haven't said you want me to help you with anything, is it really okay to just pay you first, and leave once I'm done?
Li Shengwu, whose eyes were closed, began to think wildly in the dark, guessing what the "evil ghost" in front of him was having.
Something like a TV snowflake began to appear in front of him, and after flickering densely for a while, he seemed to see another scene.
"I can't go back on what I promised the devil, from the time you just touched ~ to this button, I'm already collecting what I want."
The ghost king's faint voice came from overhead, sounding distant and ethereal.
Li Shengwu lowered his head and saw a bloodstained military coat and a rough palm that was bleeding downward.
Ticking blood fell to the ground, and in front of her was a middle-aged woman who was dying and struggling, blood gushing out of the wound in her abdomen~ and covering half of the wall.
He subconsciously wanted to step forward to save people, but heard a happy laugh in his mouth.
I'm ...... now Murderer?
He thought in amazement, and felt a certain pleasure as he saw that he was unable to do anything about it by kicking the woman aside with his foot.
It's really a pervert~ pervert......
Li Shengwu thought so in his heart, turned his head and saw the glass around him reflecting his clear reflection of his facial features.
Back in the real world again, the first thing Lee did was bend over and retch. The touch of blood on his hands seemed to be still on his body, and the new corpses that kept appearing at his feet were hard to accept just thinking about it, and I didn't know why the murderer was laughing while looking at people.
"See?"
The Ghost King said in a relaxed and cheerful voice, pulling his hand out of his chest.
"Then I'll take what I want."
A golden clasp arced through the air and finally landed in the hands of a man in a police uniform. The figure that threw it had disappeared into the darkness long before it was still in mid-air.
There was a roar overhead, and when he raised his head again, Officer Li, the captain of the criminal police, who had always been not afraid of heaven and earth, finally rolled his eyes and fainted.
(To be continued.) )