Chapter 4 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As soon as these words were said, everyone subconsciously looked at the scarecrow.

Someone could not help but say, “What’s wrong with the scarecrow? Could the murderer be hiding inside?”

Of course, the scarecrow was not big, and its height was about 1.5 meters, so it seemed like a joke.

Some people laughed after hearing it, while others could not laugh while in front of the corpse.

Qiao was the one who could not laugh.

He held his pipe and took a puff, saying with a serious expression,

“When I was a police officer, I heard some rumors.

“There are strange existences in this world.”

“Strange?” Many people looked puzzled and could not help but ask.

The old village chief, Qiao, nodded and said seriously,

“Although it just a rumor, I have indeed heard of it.

“Many incredible things are actually done by strange things.

“Three years ago, there was the case of Elstan’s corpse being chopped up; five years ago, Nord’s headless corpse, and many other strange cases…

“Until now, the murderer of these cases has not been found yet. Many people say that it is done by strange things.

“It’s said that the country has a department that specializes in dealing with strange cases.”.

“However, I’ve only heard about it. There’s no evidence.”

After hearing these words, many people looked at the scarecrow with a strange expression.

“Qiao, are you saying that this scarecrow might be strange?”

Qiao nodded. His eyes were still staring at the scarecrow in front of him. “That’s right.”

At this moment, someone spoke again,

“That can’t be right. I remember that this scarecrow has been here since I was very young. Nothing has ever happened to it.”

Qiao shook his head and said, “It is precisely because it has been here for a long time that it can become strange.

“Strange things does not appear out of thin air.

“It is either an animal or an item that has been around for a long time.

“Unless there’s a special situation, there’s no way that something would become strange as soon as it was created.”

After hearing what Qiao said, many people actually believed him.

“Then, isn’t this scarecrow very dangerous? Shouldn’t we stay away from it?”

This sentence was practically what everyone was thinking.

If this scarecrow was really a monster, then wouldn’t they be waiting for death if they continued standing here?

However, Qiao said confidently,

“Don’t worry. Strange existences usually do not have any intelligence. It should be asleep now.

“Otherwise, the first person who found John would have been attacked long ago.”

After saying that, he turned around and asked,

“Who was the first to identify this body?”

Two people stood out from the crowd and raised their hands.

Qiao nodded and continued to guess,

“If I’m not wrong, if this scarecrow is really paranormal, then the necessary condition for him to wake up and hurt someone should be when there’s only one person around.”

Hearing this, many people felt relieved.

As for Flanders, although he didn’t show any reaction on the surface, he was secretly shocked.

He didn’t expect that this old village chief had made such accurate guesses.

If he had not obtained the Demon of Fear system, he would be no different from what he had said.

However, there were still people who asked worriedly,

“Qiao, what if you guessed wrong?”

Qiao shook his head and said,

“If he could really hurt people, we would have been attacked long ago. Why wait until now?”

This sentence was also agreed by many people.

Except for Flanders.

At this moment, Flanders was already sneering in his heart.

In the end, this old village chief had made a wrong guess.

He didn’t hurt people, not because he couldn’t, but because he didn’t want to.

Because, Flanders wanted to continue staying here and slowly harvest the fear of the villagers, increasing his strength bit by bit.

If he attacked now, it might cause many villagers to leave, reducing his number of targets.

Then, Flanders wouldn’t be able to obtain the most fear points.

From the looks of it, he should be able to continue staying here and proceed according to the original plan.