19 Murder ? (1/2)

Just as Elizabeth darted into the house, a bone-chilling shriek reverberated through the house.

Zhao Yao heard the scream, frowned to himself and gave the door a strong solid kick.

It seemed like this household came from an average family background. They still used old-fashioned locks for their door and there was no anti-theft system in place. Zhao Yao delivered a few more kicks to the door and it wasn't long before the door gave way.

The moment the door opened, Zhao Yao was greeted face-on with a pungent metallic smell of blood, followed by the sight of two corpses, one man and one woman, soaked in a pool of mild cerise blood.

Zhao Yao froze when he heard Elizabeth's horrifying scream. He bolted towards the room where the scream came from and saw a white-haired old lady lying motionless on a bed coated with a gory layer of blood. Her neck had a gaping wound and was already barely attached to the body. It looked as if someone tried to rip her head off.

Elizabeth stood by the bed and cried miserably. Elizabeth's sobbing was like the sound of a heartbreaking.

Zhao Yao came to realization and gasped, ”Oh my... Isn't she...”

”She was killed!” Elizabeth yelled at the top of her lungs as tears raced down her face. ”The other supercats did it! She was killed by the others!”

”Zhao Yao, you must help me find the killer. You have to find him. I promise that I'll be your pet from today onwards but please.... You have to hunt him down at all cost.”

Zhao Yao remained silent but nodded gently.

At this moment, voices of people were heard outside the door. Zhao Yao grabbed Elizabeth instinctively and whispered, ”Let's get out of here now.”

Whenever a murder case like this happened in Jiangmen City, there was no doubt that it would attract the attention of the authorities.

Zhao Yao didn't have a convincing reason as to why he was here at this moment. He refused to interact with the police and waste precious hours on interrogation to prove that he is innocent.

He knew it was time to use it.

Zhao Yao grabbed Elizabeth and instantly activated timefreeze.

Within the short span of 6 seconds, Zhao Yao sprinted out of the room and went straight to the corridor downstairs. As soon as the power wore off, Zhao Yao heard a deafening scream that came from above. It seems like the neighbors have discovered the room with the corpses.

With a heavy heart, Zhao Yao navigated his way to the ground level. He activated timefreeze yet again to make the final escape out of the house and as he ran out, he could see cameras already in position. Luckily for him, he had timefreeze to get away from such a situation.

All this time, Elizabeth did not speak a single word.

As they left the district and arrived at the main road, Zhao Yao finally decided to stop using his power.

He looked at Elizabeth in his arms and sighed gently, ”Don't think about it too much, we will find the killer for sure.”

Elizabeth merely squinted her eyes as she gave a look of despair.

Zhao Yao asked, ”How do you know that it was done by other supercats?”

”Scent,” Elizabeth mumbled. ”There was an ominous mixture of blood and the cat's scent in the room. I've never smelled something that menacing.”

Zhao Yao nodded. He knew that cats and dogs shared a similar trait. They tend to use the power of scent to aid with interaction and scent can be used to deliver many types of messages like danger or marking of territory.

”And the fatal wound on granny's neck...” Elizabeth continued as she trembled, ”They are the marks of a cat's claw. No ordinary cat would be able to rip off a human's neck so it has to be a supercat... I won't rule out the possibility of it being the doing of other predatory beasts but I'd say the chances are pretty low...”

As she spoke, she looked intently into Zhao Yao's eyes, ” Zhao Yao, from now on, I'll be your pet but I beg you for one thing. You have to find the killer. You have to avenge granny...”

”I got it, don't you worry. I'll never turn my back on a situation like this.”

....Mission Success: Congratulations, you have completed your mission....

A voice was transmitted into Zhao Yao's mind, notifying him that the mission was a success. Yet, he wasn't even in the mood to celebrate.

When he first received the mission and was told that there were more supercats besides Matcha, Zhao Yao foresaw that something like this would happen. When a cat awakens its powers, will it work together with humans? Rather, would humans choose to work with the supercats?

Zhao Yao shook his head as he refused to think of the answer. He looked at Elizabeth and decided that he would do what he can to help her.