Chapter 9: The Man in the Dream

Zi Ban and Wang Jinjun left the welfare home at the age of sixteen, and after a few years of experience in an indifferent and cruel society, they have long developed a cautious temperament, thinking carefully about everything that happened in the police station, the bloody case that the two of them experienced in the morning, the mystery of Zhu Daqing, the truth in his mouth, and Liang Shan's attitude towards him, Zi Ban faintly deduced an answer in his heart.

"Zi Ban, what should we do now, the follow-up guards of these things will definitely come to us to continue the investigation, when do you say we will catch the murderer." Wang Jinjun, who has always been lively and eccentric, showed a worried look at the moment. Also, it is impossible for any ordinary person to calm down in a short period of time after witnessing the murder with his own eyes, not to mention that this murder case is not an ordinary case in itself according to the information provided by Zhu Daqing.

Zi Ban soothed his frowning brows as much as possible: "It's okay, I'll leave it to them later, let's go home, don't take this matter to heart, it's all over." He knew that if he didn't behave calmly, it would bring more psychological pressure to his girlfriend and suppress the fear in his heart, Zi Ban slowly walked home with Wang Jinjun in his arms, and Wang Jinjun unexpectedly did not refuse Zi Ban.

Back in the rental house, Zi Ban comforted Wang Jinjun, cooked her a big table of meals, and then chatted with her for a long time, which dispelled the fear in her heart. When night fell, Wang Jinjun went back to his room early to sleep, but at this time, Zi Ban was sitting in the living room, sorting out all the things that had happened recently.

"Not long ago, there were cases of animal injuries to people, except for today's case, the evidence left at the scene of each case pointed to a different animal crime, but so far, there have only been animal crimes, so is there a plant crime? There was no conclusive evidence left at the scene to prove that the crime was committed by animals or man-made," Ziban touched his chin and looked at the detailed reports on his phone of all the recent cases of animals hurting people.

"There are already three categories, the phylum Vertebrates, the phylum Arthropods, and the phylum Molluscs, but there is no logic to this either. If it is really an animal that commits the crime, then what kind of creature will commit the crime next time, and will they have a pattern......" Zi Ban continued to analyze, ruling out all kinds of possibilities. Since he was a child in the welfare home, Ziban has a different kind of curiosity about all kinds of creatures, and he will sneak into the small study of the welfare home to peek at books such as animal encyclopedias, although he has not officially gone to school, but the common sense of biology is still much richer than that of ordinary people.

Zi Ban took out a pen and paper while analyzing and began to sort out the clues, "Among these fourteen cases, three in Kyoto, two on the island, five in the Demon City, one each in Shudu, Los Angeles, Qingcheng City, and Bingli City, these 'animals' are frequently present in prosperous areas such as Kyoto and Demon City, and the economic development is also the fastest, if it is a human committing a crime, then what is the purpose?" Terrorist? Or is it an organized society of revenge? ”

"Will it be ......" Zi Ban thought of the abnormality of his body on the night of the car accident, and vaguely felt that he seemed to have something to do with these things, but after careful analysis, he found that he couldn't grasp the relationship, and took the scratch paper full of analysis and studied it for a long time, and finally simply dropped the pen and paper and sat on the sofa.

"Forget it, I don't understand, I'm a common person, what do I want to do so much. However, what is the situation that Zhu Daqing is talking about, I don't feel like making up a story, in the patrol point, the patrol guard will not let an unrelated person come to make up a story for us. But whatever, I just want to live a good life with Jinjun, and it's true that it's plain. ”

Ziban cleaned up the table, put the draft with traces of analysis on the table, washed up and went back to the room to rest.

In the dim light, Zi Ban seemed to feel that his limbs were bound, and he couldn't move to lie somewhere, and he struggled unconsciously a few times, and found that his hands and feet had been strangled by rope-like instruments. Suddenly, Zi Ban heard faint sounds of conversation and footsteps in the distance, which slowly amplified as time passed, and approached Zi Ban step by step, and he immediately remained motionless and pretended to be unconscious

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, but Zi Ban found that the sound of conversation was getting more and more indistinct, and she tried to hear it clearly, but the sound was slowly disappearing......

"Dada!" The sound of footsteps stopped beside Zi Ban, which made Zi Ban's heart rise to his throat, and he could clearly hear the sound of his own pounding heartbeat, and the louder and louder tearing sound of a medical amputated bone saw touching the skin.

Zi Ban opened his eyes suddenly, the sharp pain made him gradually blur, he struggled to open his eyes to see who the person next to him was, but he could only watch himself lying on the bed in the laboratory, sawed to pieces by the blurred figure...

"Ahh Zi Ban stood up suddenly, his hands waving unobediently, the tears on his face, his cheeks red from fear, and his messy hair all showed that everything he had just experienced was just a dream.

"Dreams...... Why do I have a feeling that I have really experienced it, this dream is too real, could it be that yesterday's events affected me? The sun hit Ziban's face, reflecting the youthful youth of the boy's age. It was already dawn, Zi Ban sorted out his emotions, and after washing up, he gently pushed open Wang Jinjun's door.

Wang Jinjun seemed to be the same, his hands were tightly grasping the futon, his brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was experiencing something painful, Zi Ban saw this, gently leaned over the bed, and held Wang Jinjun's hand, and Wang Jinjun seemed to feel the existence of Zi Ban, his stiff and sweaty little hands slowly relaxed, and his frowning brows also relaxed, as if he continued to fall asleep.