Chapter 629 - I’ve Been Here Before (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

Facing the smiling man’s interrogation, the doctor appeared surprisingly calm like he had considered this question already. He nudged to stand behind Chen Ge and pulled the scarf to cover even more of his face. “It was a friend who told me the news about you.”

“Then how did your friend come to know about it?” After his secret had been exposed, the smile on the man’s face bloomed like a spring flower. Both his tone and demeanor were different from before; it felt as if the man would only experience true joy when he was murdering.

“You only killed the people on the bus. At the time, my friend was outside the bus, and he witnessed everything.”  ( Boxno vel. co m )

“Is that so? Then, where is this friend now?”

“He’s dead now. He never returned after entering the ghost apartment.” When he heard that the doctor’s friend was dead, there was a slight shift to the smiling man’s expression. It felt like regret.

“So, I made the mistake of leaving a witness last time, but it doesn’t matter. That only reminds me to be more cautious this time.” The smiling man stopped hiding his murderous intention. He shuffled out to the aisle, and dark lines surfaced on his skin—they looked like black-colored blood vessels.

“Is this a man or a ghost?” The middle-aged man knew that he was no match for the smiling man either way. He abandoned his wife and son without a second thought as he ran to the front door and prepared to slip out.

“Please try to calm down. Even if you kill us, you will be unable to escape. Just as the doctor said, the real target of the mastermind is you, and we are just collateral damage.” Chen Ge stood to shield the doctor. “We’re in the same boat. If we turn on each other, it’ll only benefit the mastermind. Doesn’t it make more sense for us to work together to deal with what’s to come?”

His fingers gripping the bag, Chen Ge’s palm was coated with sweat. Xu Yin had warned him earlier that this smiling man was very dangerous. When the doctor was speaking earlier, the smiling man had shed his disguise. However, when Chen Ge took the podium, he had hesitated but only for a moment.

“You have a point, but why should I follow your order?” The black lines under the man’s skin had connected to form something that looked like a net. It looked like they were about to yank the man’s skin and flesh out. For a normal person, this would have been an insurmountable pain, but the smiling man did not show any sense of being in pain; rather, he was smiling even brighter.

He seemed to have gotten used to the sensation of pain. His hands reached toward the corners of his lips, and as he pulled on his skin, the literal yanking back of his skin helped him shed the disguise. His spine grew taller, and the already unnaturally long neck grew longer.

“Perhaps you believe that it is very easy to murder all of us, but don’t forget, there is a pair of red high heels on the bus, and the owner of said heels might be following behind one of the passengers. I believe you have the capability to murder all of us, but what kind of advantage will that bring you?” The mention of red high heels gave the smiling man pause, and his hands that pulled on his cheeks lowered.

“We are not enemies. You once killed a whole bus of people, and that made you the enemy of the mastermind, but what does that have to do with the rest of us? The mastermind has dragged us into this to deal with you, so from a certain perspective, we should be ally because we have the shared enemy!” Chen Ge pointed at the blood fog outside the window. “The road we took to come here has already disappeared. We know nothing of this world, and no one can tell what will happen next. Under these circumstances, are you still confident that you’ll be able to escape this place alone?”

The blood in the fog stuck to the bus windows, and the old bus was already completely red.

“There is not much time left to think. If you are willing, we’ll both benefit, but if you aren’t, then we’ll have to fight it out. We might not be able to kill you but before our death, I’m sure we’re able to injure you somehow.” Chen Ge felt for the handle of the hammer through the backpack’s fabric. He had no idea whether the smiling man would cooperate or not, and he had to prepare for all contingencies.