Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 1924: Chapter 1091: Mysterious Attack_2

"The body’s gone. You came too late." Yandeta Chiyoda took the initiative to speak, then turned and walked in one direction. "Come with me, I’ll take you to the murder scene."

Yang Xiao understood in his heart that the situation before them was very tricky. It seemed Yandeta Chiyoda no longer dared to keep wasting energy fighting them, at least not openly. Otherwise, everyone’s fate would only be death—total annihilation, no survivors.

Very soon, the group arrived at a corner on the southeast side of the station concourse. Beside a support pillar stood an automatic vending machine, crammed full of all kinds of bottled drinks.

"Right here. This is where Suzuki Takashi was killed." Yandeta Chiyoda traced a circle in the air on the ground with her finger. "His body was lying right here. The attack happened all of a sudden, without any warning."

"Did you take photos?" Since Yandeta Chiyoda was the first to show goodwill—though it clearly wasn’t from the bottom of her heart but forced—Yang Xiao still chose to respond.

Under the direct, terrifying threat from the Fierce Ghosts, everyone was forced to temporarily join hands, bury their emotions beneath reason. Staying alive trumped everything; this was the shared understanding of all the old players.

Yandeta Chiyoda took out her phone, found the photos, and handed it to Yang Xiao. Yang Xiao didn’t take it immediately and didn’t even glance at the phone.

Yandeta Chiyoda took a deep breath, pressed down the anger in her heart, first lowered her head and checked the photo herself, then once again handed the phone to Yang Xiao. This time, Yang Xiao accepted it.

When dealing with someone like Yandeta Chiyoda, Yang Xiao stayed on high alert at all times. Who the hell knew what method the Ghost had used to kill this time.

If just looking at a photo could get him marked, wouldn’t that be one hell of an unfair way to die? freēwēbnovel.com

Yang Xiao held great authority among the group. As soon as he took the phone, Takagi Reina, Xiao Lin Zhengyan, and Yamamoto Chunai immediately gathered around. They all looked together.

Even though Yang Xiao had already steeled himself mentally, he was still shaken by the image in the photo. Suzuki Takashi lay on his back on the ground, as if someone had slashed him diagonally with a blade; his body had been cut into two pieces starting from his chest.

What was even more bizarre was that there was not a trace of blood at the chest rupture or on the ground, only a severely rotted wound.

Suzuki Takashi’s eyes were wide open as he lay on his back, filled with disbelief, as if he had never imagined he would die in such a place, in such a way.

His mouth was slightly open. It looked like he had wanted to say something before he died, but clearly, he never got the chance.

"I checked the wound. It’s badly rotten. It doesn’t look like it was chopped by a weapon like a knife or sword. It’s more like it decayed away bit by bit, only the process was very fast."

"From the moment we realized something was wrong with him to his body splitting completely and him dying, the whole thing took no more than ten seconds." Yandeta Chiyoda explained. That horrific scene had also left a deep impression on her.

"Before he died, what were you all doing?" Takagi Reina pressed on.

"Nothing much. We’d been searching for clues, but hardly found anything useful. Ogawa Haruka said she was thirsty and wanted a drink, so we found this vending machine."

"Suzuki Takashi just happened to have some change on him, so he volunteered to insert a coin and buy a drink. After he got the drink, we’d barely taken a few steps away when this happened." Yandeta Chiyoda gave a fairly detailed explanation.

"No, I didn’t kill Mr. Suzuki. This has nothing to do with me!" At Yandeta Chiyoda’s explanation, Ogawa Haruka’s face instantly tensed. She hurried to defend herself.

"I know, you don’t need to be nervous." Yang Xiao reassured her.

From Ogawa Haruka’s nervous attitude, one could indirectly confirm that what Yandeta Chiyoda said was probably the truth.

"So Suzuki Takashi only put in one coin, and then... then he died?" That sounded far too bizarre.

"Yes. But not long before you arrived, I saw at least two people use this vending machine. They also put in coins and had no problems. So I think his death likely isn’t directly tied to using the vending machine itself. It’s more likely a coincidence." Yandeta Chiyoda analyzed.

Yang Xiao agreed with this view. Suzuki Takashi had died in an attack by some unknown Fierce Ghost, but they still had no clue where to start.

Since no one had sensed anything unusual, they couldn’t determine which Ghost had killed him. Judging from the scene, it didn’t look like the Water Ghost, and it definitely wasn’t the Half Ghost from the ghost train. This was very likely a completely unfamiliar Ghost.

If that was really the case, then they were in big trouble. Counting this unknown Ghost, there were already at least three Ghosts involved in this mission.

And that wasn’t even counting the unknown Ghosts possibly lurking in the Ghost Station, as well as the large number of "passengers" on the ghost train. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

In just two days, three people had been killed. Only Suzuki Takashi’s body had been left behind, and in this condition at that.

Yang Xiao felt immense pressure. During this time, whenever he closed his eyes, the Black Buddha Mother Sect mark left on the station wall would surface uncontrollably in his mind. That mark was like a nail driven into his skull, robbing him of peace and sleep.

He was desperate to know what exactly had happened decades ago in that damned station inside the Youjian Mountain Tunnel.

"Miss Xiao Chuan, please carefully think back. Before this happened—last night, or even earlier—did anything strange occur with Suzuki Takashi?" Takagi Reina asked patiently, her tone surprisingly gentle. "Don’t be afraid. You can tell us anything, as long as you felt it was strange."

Ogawa Haruka thought for a long time, then finally shook her head. "Sorry, I really can’t remember anything. We... Mr. Suzuki and I got along very well. The night was very calm too. There was no Water Ghost or anything."

"Mr. Suzuki was a good man. He even caught a chill while keeping watch at night." Ogawa Haruka added.

"He got sick?" Yang Xiao keenly latched onto a detail.

"You could say that, but... but it wasn’t serious. His nose was stuffed and his mucus was running badly. I searched the room and found some medicine for him to take." Ogawa Haruka quickly explained.

"After taking the medicine, did he have any strange reactions?" Yang Xiao asked.

"No. Not long ago he even thanked me and said he felt a bit better." After explaining, Ogawa Haruka instinctively glanced at Yandeta Chiyoda and said in a low voice, "Senior Sister Yuanda already asked me these same questions."

"I didn’t find anything. This Ghost isn’t the Water Ghost; the lack of water marks and wet footprints at the scene proves that. It also won’t be the Half Ghost. The Half Ghost doesn’t seem to be able to leave that Ghost Train."

"As much as I don’t want to admit it, this Ghost is completely unfamiliar. The third Ghost has appeared." Yandeta Chiyoda’s expression was rather ugly.

"What do Kato Shinjiro and the others think about this?" That guy was also an expert; Yang Xiao wanted to hear his take.

"We haven’t contacted them yet." Yandeta Chiyoda looked at Yang Xiao and said naturally, "It’s not safe to answer calls inside the Detective Agency. You two should understand that."

Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina understood. She was clearly referring to the night when the two of them were attacked by the Water Ghost. Add to that the Water Ghost visiting them again in broad daylight, and the safest move was simply not to pick up calls inside the Detective Agency.

Takagi Reina sneered inwardly. If it weren’t for the fact that her ally Watanabe Gou was staying guard at the Detective Agency, she wouldn’t be acting this cautious.

"It’s getting late. Let’s head back and regroup with them first." Yang Xiao suggested.

Yang Xiao refused to ride back in Yandeta Chiyoda’s car. After all, her group had just run into a Ghost, and no one knew when that completely unfamiliar Ghost might show up again to kill.

By the time Yang Xiao’s group caught a cab back and reached the bottom of the office building, Yandeta Chiyoda and Ogawa Haruka were already waiting for them. Dusk had already settled. Without a single wasted word, the six of them went upstairs together, the two teams keeping a clear distance in their formation.

But to everyone’s surprise, the door to the Detective Agency wasn’t locked at all. It was wide open, the interior eerily quiet and completely empty.

"Where are they?" Ogawa Haruka, walking in front, panicked immediately.