Chapter 24: Tracking and Questioning
Kevin clenched his teeth, his body trembled slightly, and after struggling for a few seconds, desire finally broke through the blockade of reason, and he rushed forward with a "whoosh" with a force under his feet.
The woman's footsteps paused, and after hearing the whirring wind behind her, her left hand subconsciously reached into her sleeve and turned around.
"Bang"
The woman was stunned to find that a red-haired boy had fallen three meters in front of her, as if he had tripped over a stone while running, and his little face had sunk into the mud, and his clothes and pants were dusty, and he was very embarrassed.
Kevin regained consciousness after rushing out for a second, he didn't want to arouse the woman's vigilance, and he didn't have time to explore the reason for the weakening of the black mist's control, he glanced at the stones on the ground, and fell directly to the ground.
He snorted twice in pain, covered the wound on his thigh, and said angrily, "Damn it! Are you afraid that others won't be able to bump into you when you're wearing so dark at night?"
The woman's face was obscured by a black veil, and she looked into Kevin's leg and saw that there was indeed a sharp stone stained with blood underneath the bleeding area.
In the face of Kevin's arrogant and unreasonable accusations, her face showed a little anger at first, but she quickly calmed down and said a little apologetically: "I'm sorry, do you need my help to treat the wound?"
The woman's voice was unusually hoarse, like a person who hadn't drunk water for more than ten days.
Kevin got up from the ground, covered the entire wound with his palm, and said irritably, "It's bad luck... Forget it, it's just rubbed by a stone. If I hadn't rushed back to my dorm, I wouldn't have run so fast. ”
There is still a big difference between a wound and an abrasion caused by a sharp object, and if a woman sees the wound clearly, as long as she is not a fool, she will find that there is a problem.
Kevin has always been apprehensive about the strange illusion that he created after absorbing the black fog of the homeless.
If you rashly kill the woman, the illusion will inevitably be even more terrifying, and may even become a reality. Until he understands the nature of the black mist, he will no longer absorb it rashly.
In Kevin's perception, although the woman's breath of life was not strong, it gave him a very dangerous premonition.
He limped a few steps, pretending that his legs were fine, and gradually increased his speed, and walked away along the path.
Kevin walked briskly for a while, then put the marquis badge he held in his left hand back into his pocket.
The road led to the quarters, where the Marquis did not live at all, but fortunately he had held the badge in the palm of his hand before he fell, otherwise he would have been exposed.
He was about to turn around and go into the grass next to him, but he caught a glimpse of the woman also quickening her pace, following him far behind.
Kevin looked down and noticed that every once in a while, drops of blood were dripping from between his fingers, forming a roadmap on the ground.
"Did it still alert her?"
Although the behavior just now makes sense logically, the probability of occurrence is small. Or maybe there was too much bleeding from Kevin's wound, which made the woman suspicious.
Kevin dismissed the idea of hiding in the grass and following the woman, and continued to walk along the path, and soon reached the dormitory area.
The dormitory area is composed of two rows of white buildings, and there are road signs with numbers written on the side of the road, except for the door is still open, there is no figure in sight, Kevin flashed directly into the No. 1 dormitory building.
In the corridor, a man dressed as a soldier saw Kevin and asked with an unhappy face, "What's your name?"
Before he could finish speaking, Kevin's palm stood up like a knife, and slashed at the soldier's carotid sinus like lightning.
The soldier rolled his eyes, and the carotid sinus was suddenly subjected to tremendous pressure, and he fell unconscious.
Kevin slung the soldier's body on his shoulders, and after a few strides, went up to the second floor.
He found a cubicle on the second floor, hid the soldier's body for the time being, and returned to the entrance of the stairs to observe below.
At this time, the sound of footsteps became clearer and clearer from far to near.
The woman stood outside Building No. 1, saw the blood stains extending from the first floor to the second floor, and muttered, "Did I think too much?"
She then stopped and walked in the shadows ahead.
Kevin was about to leave Dorm One to track down the woman when he suddenly thought of something, stopped and turned back to the window on the second floor.
He slowly poked his head out and looked at the streets, trees, grass, and everything else outside the dormitory building where he could hide.
"Damn! how could she be so alert?" Kevin's pupils contracted sharply, and he saw a thin black mist above the bushes not far away.
The woman did not leave, but chose to hide in the bushes and watch the first building.
If he had recklessly chased her out just now, the woman would have immediately understood that Kevin was following her.
The woman's behavior before could barely be explained with a strong sense of vigilance, but to do this is not the performance that a normal person should have.
In this case, it is only like a murderer who has just left the place of the crime, but finds a person exercising around, and wants to chase him to his house to see if he has called the police.
In other words, a woman must have some ulterior secret to be so cautious.
The corners of Kevin's mouth curled up, and an excited expression appeared on his face, too simple prey will make people uninteresting, and it is not bad to add a little difficulty.
Neither of them made a sound, and it was more than half an hour before the woman got up and left the bushes.
Kevin walked lightly out of the dormitory building and hung far behind the woman.
After squatting just now, the woman seemed to have completely let down her guard and did not look back. After turning a few corners, I walked straight into the No. 11 dormitory.
After Kevin learned where the woman was staying, he didn't chase him into the dormitory. The sound of people walking on the stairs is too loud for the woman to notice.
To confirm the identity of the woman, you can only take it step by step, and you can't be in a hurry.
For this woman, Kevin does not intend to absorb her black mist easily, but wants to use her as a research subject.
Of the Black Mist possessors he had encountered so far, Cass was an aggressive madman, and Alfred was too powerful to be used as a test sample.
He had too many questions about Black Mist that he wanted to know.
First, why did the four of them become possessed by the black mist, was it because they had come into contact with some special object, or because of some kind of witchcraft.
The four Black Mist Possessed Men were of different ages, identities, and were separated by four directions, and Kevin couldn't find any commonality.
Second, what is the specific effect of the black fog on people's spirits? Is it as insane as a homeless man, or as greedy as Cass?
Third, why can black fog directly enhance people's physical fitness, and the reason for the illusion.
Kevin returned to Building One and found the soldier still unconscious