Nightmare Assault

Chapter 66: Explanation

“Is it because the mission is coming to an end?” Zhou Taifu frowned.

“That should be the case.” Xu Wen glanced at the education block before them, and a trace of anxiety appeared on her face. “We murdered someone right before their eyes, but no one responded.”

…

Two hours ago, in Room 404.

“Doctor,” Fatty was shocked as he saw Jiang Cheng pull a camera out from under the bed, “When did you put this there? I didn’t even know.”

Jiang Cheng held the camera and clicked on the screen. “Are you blaming me? I’ll tell you one week in advance next time.”

Fatty, “...”

However, Fatty was already immune to Jiang Cheng’s jabs after hanging out with him for so long. He soon wiggled over. “Doctor, when will we depart?”

“We’ll wait a bit more.”

“But time will not wait for us.” Fatty glanced out the window anxiously. The sky was light. The other groups had already left. “The time limit is tomorrow midnight. If we fail to find the clues by then…”

At that moment, Jiang Cheng’s body shook uncontrollably, interrupting Fatty. Fatty stared at Jiang Cheng, and he realised how pale Jiang Cheng was. “Doctor, are you alright?”

Jiang Cheng silently put down the camera and slowly returned to normal. “Fatty,” Jiang Cheng began slowly, “I know why there wasn’t any death yesterday.”

The change in the subject was so sudden that Fatty needed time to catch up. He asked in a whisper, “Why?”

Jiang Cheng passed the camera over. Due to the angle, the video focused on the people’s legs and feet. Fatty frowned, not knowing what Jiang Cheng meant. Until…

He saw a pair of sports shoes among the seven pairs of legs. The person was walking on tip-toe. The gait was extremely light.

“This is…” Fatty gripped the camera as he stared at the screen. He gasped, “Luo Yi?!” He suddenly realised something, “The person who died yesterday was Luo Yi! The current Luo Yi… is a ghost!” Fatty whipped his head towards Jiang Cheng. The latter was looking through the videos, deleting them as he went.

“You… you knew this yesterday, right?” Fatty said agitatedly, “That was why you dared to sleep so openly yesterday night. You knew where the ghost was!”

Jiang Cheng shot him a meaningful glance. Fatty shrunk his neck back.

“Doctor,” After a while, Fatty grumbled, “My brain is not as good as yours. If you think of something next time, can you tell me? I was so worried yesterday night that I couldn’t even sleep.”

Jiang Cheng packed up his stuff. He put the camera into the bag and flung the bag over his shoulder. “Two points.

“One, I only had a hypothesis yesterday night. It was only verified moments ago.

“Two,” Jiang Cheng put a half-eaten chocolate in his pocket and turned around to sigh, “Fatty, think about it. If I told you the truth yesterday night, would you be able to sleep?”

Fatty thought about it and had to agree with Jiang Cheng. If he knew that the ghost was sleeping next door, he possibly couldn’t even close his eyes, much less sleep.

Fatty adjusted his emotions quickly. He shoved everything useful into his pocket and told Jiang Cheng, “Doctor, what should we do next?” After all, the ghost had already infiltrated their group.

Jiang Cheng thought about it and continued, “Temporarily, this ghost shouldn’t have time to come for us. He’s with Zhen Jianren, and they’re at the prop centre.”

Fatty pursed his lips and said without melancholy, “It sounds like things are not good for Brother Guardian Angel…”

Jiang Cheng was not interested in men, and he couldn’t care less about what would happen to Zhen Jianren. He only hoped that Zhen Jianren could buy him more time.

The weather after the rain was not bad. Fatty pulled on his jacket, but the cold still crawled under his skin. Whenever the wind blew, raindrops descended from the trees' foliage.

“Doctor,” Fatty followed Jiang Cheng. They walked in a single file. “Where are we going to find Department Head Lee?”

“Why are we finding her?”

Fatty was used to the way Jiang Cheng thought. “Doctor, I know this is another one of your tricks. You’re going to scam a person again, aren’t you?”

Jiang Cheng huffed with dissatisfaction.

Moments later, Fatty said with difficulty, “Doctor, the pair from Room 405 is probably dead. However, I think Xu Wen from Room 406 is not bad. She even actively shared the information with us.” He paused. “I don’t think it’s good to scam her. If we cooperate with her…”

Jiang Cheng paused and turned to stare at Fatty. The latter felt a chill run up his spine.

“Doctor,” Fatty shivered, “What is it?”

Jiang Cheng continued to stare at him. Right as Fatty was about to burst, Jiang Cheng asked, “Do you like her?”

Fatty was confused. After he snapped back, he answered embarrassedly, “Doctor, what are you talking about?”

“You don’t like her,” Jiang Cheng nodded like he had confirmed something. He continued to ask, “Then, do you know her?”

“No…”

“Then, you must understand her,” Jiang Cheng lifted his neck.

“No.” Fatty shook his hands. “I didn’t say that. I met her for the first time here. I swear I haven’t seen her in real life before.” Fatty raised his hand to swear. Jiang Cheng was acting so strangely that Fatty was scared.

A few seconds later, Jiang Cheng suddenly smiled. He reached forward to pat Fatty’s shoulder.

Just as Fatty thought everything was fine, he felt a powerful yank around his collar. The next second, Jiang Cheng stared down at him with his dark eyes.

“I’m curious. Why would you swear for a stranger whom you profess not to know? You’d even bet your life on it…” Jiang Cheng uttered, “I want to hear your explanation, Fatty.”