Chapter 143 Part 2: Unsafe (2/2)
“Then, I saw…”
“What did you see?”
“I saw that he had died! He died! His body was torn into two! So many, so many blood!” Mai Sumoku sobbed. “I became too scared. So, I climbed into the cabinet and hid myself there.”
“Then?”
“Then… I… I might have fainted for a moment. However, I do not know when…”
Chen Xiaolian took a deep breath. “All right. Now, let me ask you… do you know where the location of the washroom?”
“Washroom?”
Mai Sumoku was dumbfounded. “You mean… the washroom?”
“That is right! The washroom! Where is the washroom?” Chen Xiaolian quickly replied. “Don’t ask so much! Just answer my questions!”
“Just there…” Mai Sumoku’s face revealed confusion as she pointed at the door to the left of the office. “Just turn right after you exit the door, and then keep moving forward. When you reach an intersection, you will see the washroom.”
“All right!” Chen Xiaolian nodded his head. “Nagase Komi!”
“Eh? Yes!” Nagase Komi quickly stepped forward.
“Stay here and watch over her! Accompany her and wait for me to return!”
“Eh?” Nagase Komi stared with widened eyes before quavering. “I… I…”
“Don’t worry!” Chen Xiaolian looked at her. “I will be back soon. If there is any danger, just open fire! Understood? Once I hear the sound of gunshot, I will hurry back!”
“I…” Nagase Komi wanted to say something but Chen Xiaolian ignored it. He pulled Nagase Komi and placed her beside Mai Sumoku before moving quickly toward the office door.
“The… manager died in there!” Mai Sumoku shouted out from the back.
…
“Roddy!”
“I hear you,” Roddy’s voice replied through the walkie-talkie. The left corridor outside the office is secure! Nothing suspicious there. Eh? The corridor seems very clean. There are neither corpses nor bloodstains.”
Chen Xiaolian pushed the door of the office and stepped out. After examining both sides of the corridors, he found that it was indeed very clean.
However, when he reached the intersection, he found that the floor was slippery. He lowered his head before knitting his eyebrows.
There were indeed no bloodstains on the floor. However, a transparent layer of viscous liquid covered the floor.
No, it would be more accurate to say that the viscous liquid had turned solid. The floor appeared to be coated with a thin layer of wax.
Due to its transparent nature, the surveillance monitors were unable to make it out.
“What is this thing?” Chen Xiaolian quickly crouched down and extended his hand to pinch it.
It was both hard and brittle. One pinch was enough to cause it to break apart. Chen Xiaolian rubbed it with his hands and found that it shared the same texture as wax. However, it exuded an indescribably pungent and fishy stench.
Chen Xiaolian stooped forward as he continued moving. After he reached the intersection of the corridor, Garfield who was following behind Chen Xiaolian began exhibiting signs of restlessness. Garfield released sounds of “wu wu” as he faced the door to the washroom.
Chen Xiaolian’s heart gave a pound. He gestured with his fingers and Garfield charged inside, slamming open the washroom door as he did so. Chen Xiaolian followed from behind. However, he did not hear any sounds of fighting from Garfield.
The moment he stepped through the washroom door, Chen Xiaolian was left flabbergasted by what he saw!
“This, this is? What the Hell is this?”
The rifle and axe in his hands fell down the floor as he gaped at what he saw within the washroom!
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Mai Sumoku. Raw: ‘麻衣熏’, pinyin: ‘má yī xūn’.