Chapter 203 This is a game
John took hold of the steering wheel and turned it sharply.

"what happened?"

“It came out of the sewer.”

John's pupils turned golden, and the range of the blood knot was expanding rapidly.

The surrounding buildings become flat in the brain, just like the map markers in a game, with the red and green dots approaching each other rapidly.

The tires gripped the ground, leaving marks, and the car turned onto a narrow path.

ten minutes later.

A building outside Brixham, John slams on the brakes.

"right here!"

Four people opened the door and got out.

Chu Zihang pushed the door lightly, and the iron bars were stretched about five centimeters before they got completely stuck.

He looked up at the wall and saw a golden light passing by - Caesar had already jumped into the courtyard with his equipment bag.

Chu Zihang also immediately took two steps back and jumped over.

"Wait... wait for me!" Lu Mingfei shouted in a low voice.

He retreated five meters, but suddenly stopped at the wall, took a look at John's car parked next to him, stepped on the roof of the car and jumped to grab the edge of the wall.

"Hey! Genius!" John, who was warming up, pounded his palms and pretended to climb onto his car.

But just as he was about to jump, a scream interrupted him.

"Ahhh! Someone come! Catch the thief!"

A lady who was blow-drying her hair at the window in the house next door saw this and immediately shouted a warning.

The lights around gradually lit up.

John immediately jumped out of the car and held up his ID, "I'm a policeman! Policeman!"

He looked at the crowd who were not quite convinced but still wanted to gather here, and blocked the door helplessly - he couldn't just let the crowd watch here.

[One subspecies...the three of them should be fine, right?]

John thought about the resume Norma sent him, and felt relieved. He pressed the button on his phone to send the message.

【It is in the southwest corner of the house.】

……

problem occurs!
Caesar opened the door carefully, and the smell of blood filled every gap in the darkness.

The invisible sickle-weasel flew out and turned back, bringing him every tiny sound in the area.

And deep inside the house, there is a strong heartbeat!

Caesar quickly approached the target location, passing through the dim furniture and obstacles in the darkness.

Chu Zihang followed quietly behind.

He knew that the other party's words were more effective at times like this.

Nourishing ~
There was a slight electric shock above my head, and the huge crystal chandelier flashed, illuminating the living room.

Halfway through their walk, the two turned back stiffly and saw Lu Mingfei putting his hand on the switch on the wall at the door.

"Uh...how about I turn it off again?" Lu Mingfei asked in a low voice, his mouth twitching completely out of instinct.

But it was too late for Caesar to answer.

He quickly followed Kamaitachi's instructions and pushed open the half-closed bathroom door.

The water in the bathtub overflowed and piled up on the ground. A man in his 60s with gray hair had his eyes wide open and his chest heaving.

Caesar pulled out the Dictato—the alchemical knife that had been stolen and then strangely returned to the bed one morning—and stabbed the man straight in the chest with his hand in reverse!

Ripples appeared on the increasingly dense water.

"Boss...Boss?" Lu Mingfei asked tremblingly.

"He's dead," Caesar explained calmly, "My sickle-weasel can't hear his heartbeat at all."

The blade slashed horizontally, breaking the flesh and bones, and a strange black fish covered in blood plasma swung its tail and jumped into the shallow water in the bathroom.

"I rely on!"

Seeing it swimming straight towards him, Lu Mingfei took a step back with a scream.

But when the black fish was still three meters away from him, it was pierced through by another knife and nailed to the ground!
Chu Zihang pulled up "Murasame" and split the black fish that was brought into the air into two.

"It's over." Caesar looked at the motionless dragon subspecies on the ground, then lit up his golden eyes to identify the sound made by the sickle-weasel. "At least in this house, there are no other creatures except ants and mice."

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief and expressed satisfaction with the ease of this mission.

But when he lowered his head and saw the bloody corpses, his heart immediately blocked.

No living creature would remain indifferent to the corpse of its own kind, even if it has seen it many times.

"There are four dead."

Chu Zihang squatted down and said, "Judging from their ages, they are three generations of grandparents and grandchildren."

"Looking at the nakedness and the order in which the bodies were stacked, it seems that the mother was the first to be attacked as she was bathing her son. The father followed her after hearing the cries, and the last person to die was the grandfather who came to check on the situation."

Lu Mingfei was surprised, "Brother, where did you learn reasoning? Sherlock Holmes or Edogawa Conan?"

"Someone will teach you when you're doing internship in the Executive Department." Chu Zihang turned around, "For any incident related to dragons, the cause, process, and result must be understood clearly."

"...I see." Lu Mingfei nodded. He suddenly felt a little excited.

Caesar placed the two halves of the subspecies' body into the container he brought with him and shrugged, "You are indeed a good student of Professor Schneider."

jingle! !
The sound of the phone ringing in the silence was extremely harsh.

The three of them were startled, looked at each other, stood up, and quickly left the bathroom.

The bloody footprints wet the floor, then dried at an unusual speed.

……

The phone that rang was the landline on the table in the living room.

"How can such a thing still exist in this era?" Caesar was curious, "I didn't see it when I came in just now."

Lu Mingfei was at a loss, "What should we do now? Should we answer the call? What should we say if it's the deceased's friend?"

"Then just put it here." Caesar shook his head.

He paused, and some obscure emotions appeared in his ice-blue eyes. "After all, I don't like announcing the death of others."

Chu Zihang had no objection either.

But suddenly!
beep—

The landline on the table suddenly rang sharply. The ringing stopped, and the red light indicating the call status turned green.

——It...is connected!

Caesar and Chu Zihang's relaxed expressions instantly turned serious, and their hands each placed on the hilt of their swords.

silence.

There was silence.

There was only a slight sound of electricity and faint breathing from the external telephone.

After a long moment, Caesar narrowed his eyes and asked tentatively, "Hello?"

Finally, a response came from the other end of the phone.

The voice was soft, like a man stroking a phone while whispering into the receiver.

“This is a game.”

Chu Zihang frowned.

It was a very standard electronic synthesized voice, and one could tell from the chaotic jumps that a cheap voice changer was used, but the real voice was fully obscured.

Caesar asked back: "Who are you?"

"I am a ghost without form."
Lu Mingfei shuddered. The dry voice on the phone made him feel like he had accidentally entered a horror movie. Freddy's face jumped wildly in his mind.

He carefully hid himself behind the two big guys.

Caesar stepped forward and asked, "What are you calling to say?"

"I'll give you twenty days to search for my traces"

The person on the other end of the phone laughed unpleasantly, "Find me, even if you win."

"What?" Caesar raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

The caller did not answer. He seemed to put his finger to his lips and whispered, "Listen!"

Snapped!
A crisp snap of fingers!

Caesar was stunned.

[Snapping fingers? What does that mean?]

But before he could ask again, a sudden feeling of weakness came over him!
Caesar felt a black screen before his eyes, staggered a few steps, and put his hands on the table.

The landline phone on the table was knocked to the ground by him, and a final vague sound came out on the ground, "Game! Begins!" "Damn it!" Caesar gritted his teeth.

But the darkness in his vision increasingly squeezed out the light, his arms became sore and weak, and after holding on for a few minutes, he finally fainted on the ground.

Behind him, Chu Zihang, who was half-kneeling and using his golden eyes to resist, could no longer hold on and fell on Lu Mingfei, who had already fainted.

……

At the door of the house, John, who was persuading the crowd to return, was stunned for a moment.

Within the range of Bloodline Jie Luo's spiritual words, he sensed that Caesar and the other two were climbing over the back wall and flying away at a rapid speed.

【What happened? 】

John was a little confused.

He could clearly sense that the dragon subspecies had died in the house.

hum~
The phone in my arms vibrated.

He took it out and saw that it was a message from Caesar.

[We found some clues and are going to investigate now. We will be back tomorrow morning. The body of the subspecies has been taken away, but the murder case in the room is up to you.]

Any clues?
John scratched his head and put the matter back in his mind. After ensuring that the subspecies' body was taken away, he called and began to notify the police officers at the police station.

……

The night is getting darker.

The stars and the moon are hidden behind the dark clouds, revealing a little light.

They seem to be looking forward to the moment when the curtain opens...

##
at last.

Its daybreak.

The boy sleeping in the bed frowned and twisted his body, as if he had a bad dream.

"Hey! Adam! Time to get up and go to school!"

There was a bang on the wooden door and a woman was shouting at him from outside.

The boy woke up instantly.

He sat up and subconsciously reached for the hilt of the knife at his waist, but unsurprisingly, he grabbed nothing.

then.

He was stunned.

Click~

The door was pushed open.

The black-haired woman poked her head in. "Hey, you're awake? Hurry up and change your clothes and come down to eat. Breakfast is your favorite sandwich."

The woman said this and turned and left.

The boy finally came to his senses and looked around carefully.

This is a room of about 50 square meters, with dark curtains, blue-green cartoon sheets, and the cute green dinosaur pajamas I'm wearing?

The boy frowned uncomfortably.

He got off the bed and stood in front of the mirror on the wall.

What came into view was a face with a boyish vibe. He had messy hair, a body with the standard skin characteristics of a white person, and a pair of brown pupils in large eye sockets.

【what happened? 】

Chu Zihang raised his hand.

Looking at the mirror reflecting a face that was completely different from his own, he was a little dazed, but he soon realized his situation.

[Possession? Transfer? Or... exchange? ]

Everything that happened last night flashed through his mind quickly. Chu Zihang made a rough judgment and quickly located the most critical information.

"20 days?" He narrowed his eyes.

What will happen in twenty days?

[Will I return to my own body? Or will I be fixed here and never be able to return? ]

【or……】

Is it a worse death?

Chu Zihang's mind was in a mess, and various thoughts emerged one after another under his calm face.

【Where are Caesar and Lu Mingfei? 】

[Are their experiences the same as mine? ]

"Hey! Adam! What are you dawdling about here?" The woman came in again, and she looked a little angry.

"Sorry, I'll go down now." Chu Zihang put away his thoughts and nodded apologetically. No matter what, he'd better keep pretending now.

The woman frowned and leaned over to touch his forehead. "Why are you so strange today? Are you feeling unwell?"

Chu Zihang's body stiffened for a moment.

He held back the urge to avoid the reaction, "...maybe I didn't sleep well last night...I had a not-so-nice dream."

"Okay." The woman shrugged. "Go wash your face. That will make you feel better."

Chu Zihang pursed his lips, "I understand."

After changing his clothes, he followed the woman downstairs.

There were only two breakfasts on the table - two glasses of milk and two sandwiches.

Chu Zihang drank the milk in one gulp and picked up his sandwich. "I'm leaving first."

The woman glanced at the time and didn't object, but just reminded, "Go slowly on the road and be careful and safe."

……

The breeze brings the smell of the ocean.

Chu Zihang looked around and made sure that he was still in Brixham.

"Adam!" An old man suddenly put his hand on his head. "Do you feel better?"

——It’s the neighbor next door.

Chu Zihang gave an appropriate smile.

"Oh! Poor child!" The old man sighed as he looked at his completely different expression from the past, "Be happy! If William were alive, he would definitely not want you to become like this."

William...is alive...

Chu Zihang memorized the message, looked up and asked, "Can I use the phone?"

"Of course." The old man handed him the phone.

Chu Zihang took it, thanked him, and then ran to a remote corner under the old man's surprised gaze.

Since such an incredible thing happened, there must be dragons in Brixham. And they are very powerful dragons!
So, whether he was asking for help or reporting, he had to tell Norma quickly.

Chu Zihang quickly dialed a series of numbers, but just as he was about to press the dial button...

boom!
The phone screen suddenly shattered!

A heat wave brushed across my cheek, and tiny metal fragments were swept away by the air flow!

Chu Zihang instantly pressed himself against the wall and raised his head.

——It was a person wearing a black hood and mask, whose appearance could not be seen at all!
He stood at the intersection of the alleys, with white smoke coming out of the silencer in his hand.

Chu Zihang narrowed his eyes and did not act rashly.

In this narrow alley, he had no doubt that if he dared to rush through, he would be shot to pieces!
After all, based on his feelings after waking up and the experience of being patted on the shoulder, he has confirmed that he now has a normal body of an ordinary person.

Reaction, bloodline, words, weapons... everything that was once outstanding has now become zero!
The man in black robe looked at him for a moment, put away his gun and disappeared around the corner.

Chu Zihang waited for another ten minutes before carefully leaning over to check.

There was no one on the cobblestone road, only an orange-yellow bullet shell was left.

【Could it be someone who lives nearby? 】

Chu Zihang looked at the empty alley and the houses on both sides and decided to ask if anyone saw anything.

"Adam!"

There was a shout from behind.

The old man ran over breathlessly, "What's wrong? What was that sound just now...your face?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Chu Zihang calmly wiped the blood off the side of his face.

……

The sun in the sky was obscured by passing clouds, leaving a large ominous shadow.

(End of this chapter)