RAD Chapter 54

Due to the limited information provided by Jiang Li, Luo Xiao and Ye Lan were unable to know the specific details of the entire situation, but they already knew the general circumstances.

It turned out that in the past month, there were four similar incidents that occurred in several high schools in S City. Four 16-year-old girls in the prime of their youth were found dead in their own dorm rooms. According to the condition of the deceased, they all died from excessive blood loss.

However, there were no obvious external injuries on their entire bodies, except for two small holes on their necks. Additionally, the expressions on the faces of these victims did not show any fear or struggle. On the contrary, they seemed to have dreamed of something wonderful, and the corners of their mouths were still raised.

Luo Xiao and Ye Lan exchanged a glance. Indeed, this was not an ordinary matter. According to the information they obtained, those four victims should not have been killed by ordinary people. Could it be vampires? After all, only vampires were capable of such an act of sucking human blood to the point of death, right?

Regardless, after school, the two of them directly told Mr. Huo about this matter. After listening, Mr. Huo also frowned deeply, because he thought of something, something that had been worrying him.

He immediately went to the telephone in his own home and directly made a few phone calls. Soon, the sound of cars could be heard outside their courtyard and footsteps followed.

Old Man Yu’s loud voice was directly transmitted in: “You dead fox, why did you call us over in such a hurry? Don’t you know I’ve been very busy with work lately?”

“You iron rooster, if you have the guts, don’t come over!” Mr. Huo angrily counterattacked immediately, “Don’t know who it is, I just called and he came running here as fast as his ass. Don’t be too obedient, okay!”

“You!” As soon as Old Man Yu stepped through the door, he glared fiercely at Mr. Huo. Luo Xiao and Ye Lan, the two juniors, immediately reduced their sense of presence. Right, they heard nothing and saw nothing.

“Alright, alright, you two are here again.” Old Man Ouyang directly rolled his eyes at the two of them, “Don’t you feel bored? I feel bored for you.”

“Oh right, Old Huo, why did you urgently summon us here this time?” Old Man Ouyang directly changed the topic and asked.

Hearing this, Mr. Huo no longer cared about bickering with Old Man Yu. He immediately nodded seriously at them, “Do you still remember my divination from two years ago?”

“The divination from two years ago?” Old Man Ouyang carefully thought about it and then slapped his thigh, “I remember, is it the one where you vomited blood during the divination?”

Mr. Huo rubbed his nose and silently thought to himself: You really don’t have to add the words “vomited blood” there, just telling me that you remember is enough.

But in any case, Mr. Huo still nodded, “Yes, that’s the one. Do you remember the result of my divination that time?”

“I remember it was a woman in red clothes, right?” Old Man Ouyang said uncertainly.

“Yes, that’s right,” Mr. Huo confirmed.

“Huh? Wait a minute!” Old Man Yu suddenly interrupted, “Red clothes, a woman?”

Old Man Ouyang looked in puzzlement at Old Man Yu, and Mr. Huo knew that this iron rooster had already figured out what he was going to say next. Sure enough, he continued, “You’re not trying to tell me that the four incidents that occurred in S City this time are related to your divination, are you?”

“Exactly.” Mr. Huo affirmed, pointed in the direction of Luo Xiao and Ye Lan and continued, “When these two children just told me about this matter, I knew that the divination from two years ago was probably referring to this incident. And before you two arrived, I divined again, and the hexagram showed that our guess was not wrong.”

Upon hearing this, Old Man Yu immediately frowned and slammed his hand on the table fiercely, “Hmph, I better not find out that the one behind this is someone! Otherwise, I will make sure she pays dearly!”

“Oh right, Old Yu, isn’t your people currently investigating this matter? Tell us the specific situation.” Old Man Ouyang picked up a cup of tea and took a sip. If they wanted to solve this matter, they must first know themselves and the enemy before they could be victorious in every battle.

Old Man Yu organized his thoughts and slowly began to speak, “Actually, when this incident first happened, it was not us who first took over the case. It was not until the fourth similar incident occurred that we took over. Because we got involved late, we didn’t get much useful information. But even so, we did obtain some useful information.”

“Based on the information we’ve obtained, the perpetrator of this case should be a girl wearing a red dress, aged between 15 to 18 years old. Furthermore, we’ve investigated and found that the four victims did not know each other. There was no overlap in their lives. That’s why we don’t even know the reason behind why they were killed.”

After Old Man Yu finished speaking, the room fell into complete silence, and everyone was equally baffled: You know, even if someone commits murder, there must be a reason, right? Could it be that this was just an impulsive killing?

Luo Xiao felt that he seemed to have overlooked something. If he could just remember what it was, perhaps he could find a clue.

This discussion ultimately did not lead to any conclusions, and in the end, everyone returned to their respective homes. Back home, he saw the two diligently studying. Luo Xiao did not disturb them and quietly went to wash up and lay down on the bed.

The next day, as Ye Lan and Luo Xiao walked into the school, they clearly felt the atmosphere around them become much more tense. Looking at the people hurrying past them with an uneasy expression, they couldn’t help but wonder: What happened again now?

As soon as they entered the classroom, Jiang Li came up to them and whispered, “The latest news is that last night, or rather, in the early hours of this morning, something happened at the neighboring school as well.”

“Is it the fifth one?” Ye Lan took a look and guessed with certainty.

Seeing Jiang Li’s nod, Luo Xiao and Ye Lan’s hearts sank. They were still discussing what to do yesterday, and now the fifth victim had already appeared. What was going on? Based on the time from the first victim to now, they could easily see that the intervals between the incidents had greatly shortened from the initial one month to the current four days. Could it be that something happened to the girl in red dress?

Because of this incident, the teachers and students of the entire school had come together like never before. It was rare to see anyone walking alone on campus. Whether going to eat or to the bathroom, they all went in large groups. Also, since Linxiang High School had a boarding system, some students who lived closer chose to go home, while those who lived farther away opted to stay in the dormitories. Some of these dorms only had one or two people in them before, but now the students were willing to squeeze in or sleep on the floor in someone else’s room, unwilling to stay alone or with one person in the spacious dorms.

Faced with this situation, the school could only turn a blind eye to it. Otherwise, the already tense nerves of these students would become even more strained and something bad might happen.

In this way, the students of Linxiang High School passed through more than a week in a state of anxiety and fear. Seeing that nothing happened, their nerves finally began to slowly relax.

This afternoon, it was time for the whole school’s group activity. Luo Xiao and Ye Lan were slowly walking on the running track of the playground. The two of them discussed the five incidents that had occurred so far, hoping to find some clues from them. After all, what they needed the most now was a useful breakthrough.

Suddenly, a commotion came from not far in front of them. They looked over and saw a crowd gathered, chirping and talking about something.

At the same time, a commotion also came from the entrance of the playground. Soon, two people carrying a stretcher and a doctor with a medical kit rushed into the crowd.

Through the gap in the crowd, they guessed that someone must have had an incident, and the medical staff were rushing to provide treatment.

But for some reason, Luo Xiao always felt that this scene was familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but he couldn’t remember it for a while. Just as he was carefully recalling, he saw the medical staff hurriedly carrying the stretcher out of the playground.

And just as the stretcher was about to leave the playground, it seemed that one of the people carrying it had stumbled, causing the person on the stretcher to have one hand slip down. Seeing the red liquid on that hand, Luo Xiao’s eyes widened as if he had realized something.

He turned his head excitedly to Ye Lan and said, “Yezi, I think I know who that girl in red is.”

“Huh?” Ye Lan looked at him puzzled, not understanding why Luo Xiao would suddenly say such a thing.

“Yezi, do you still remember the similar scene that happened when we were in junior high school two years ago?” Luo Xiao raised his hand and pointed to the group of people still gathered and gossiping about the incident.

Ye Lan thought carefully for a moment, and then his expression changed as he realized what Luo Xiao was getting at: “Could it be…?”