Chapter 60: The Murderer Was A Spirit? (1/2)

When the girl saw us coming, she stood up and gave us a hostile look. Her clothes were neat and tidy, unlike street children. She was wearing a pink dress, white stockings, a pretty pair of shoes, and her hair was tied in a ponytail.

I noticed that her eyes glowed with a white and green light while her pupils were dark and unlike the shape of normal human eyes at all!

The two of us silently studied each other for about five or six seconds. Huang Xiaotao went forward and asked, “Hello, darling, why are you out here all alone?”

As soon as she spoke, the girl turned and ran. Huang Xiaotao and I exchanged glances and quickly chased the girl.

The alley was very dark, and the cobblestone slabs on the ground had been in disrepair for a long time, so there were holes everywhere. But with my Cave Vision, I could avoid all of them and effortlessly move in the dark.

Huang Xiaotao couldn’t, however. She stumbled upon a protruding cobblestone, screamed, and lost her balance.

I quickly turned around to grab her before she fell to the ground, but because of her inertia and the whole weight of her body rushing towards me, she almost fell on top of me. I grabbed her instinctively to regain my balance, and we managed to stay on our feet, but I suddenly realized that my hands were clutching her very soft… breasts!

Huang Xiaotao shrieked like a frightened bird and quickly pushed me away. My first reaction was to apologize. However, before I could utter the words ‘I’m sorry,’ she slapped me. Although I did wonder why the slap didn’t hurt at all. It was as if she barely touched my cheeks. I was confused. Was I slapped because she was angry or what?

“Watch where you put your hands, you idiot!” snapped Huang Xiaotao.

“I didn’t mean it! Besides, I was just about to apologize!”

Huang Xiaotao gave me a look. My mind went back to chasing the suspicious little girl, who must’ve gone pretty far, so I turned around and began to run after the girl. Yet as I left, Huang Xiaotao yelled, “Hey, don’t leave me here!”

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

“I can’t see. You’ll have to lead me.” She then reached out with her hand. I hesitated for a while, but then took her hand and we continued to run.

Huang Xiaotao’s hand felt really soft and smooth. My little heart kept thumping in my chest the whole time we ran.

“You’re such a useless guy! Incurably useless!” Huang Xiaotao cursed at me as we ran hand in hand.

“What did I do now?” I asked.

“No wonder you couldn’t find a girlfriend! You’re destined to be forever single!”

“As if you had a boyfriend yourself…” I teased.

Huang Xiaotao kicked my butt. She did so while we were still running and holding hands. I thought about how agile and difficult move this was. This wasn’t a simple move that anyone could do!

After running for a while, I saw the figure of the little girl in the dark. Huang Xiaotao heard the footsteps and shouted, “Stop right there!”

The girl turned back and opened her mouth to make a sound. The sound that came out was… a meow!

The girl suddenly rushed towards me. I had to let go of Huang Xiaotao’s hand to protect myself from the girl’s “claws.” Her nails were very sharp. The moment she scratched the back of my hand, it left a bloody wound. She was also very quick and agile so I couldn’t block her attacks at all.

Huang Xiaotao pointed her gun at the girl and shouted, “Stop, or I’ll shoot!”

The girl froze. Then I saw a shadow pass over her eyes, and the girl fell to the ground. As her body fell, I saw a black shadow jumping out of her body and onto a wall, but the shadow was so swift and faint that I couldn’t follow it even with my Cave Vision.

“Why isn’t she running or moving anymore?” asked Huang Xiaotao.

“She fainted,” I replied.

“What happened? Was she frightened?” asked Huang Xiaotao again, completely perplexed by what had just happened.

I pushed the girl’s eyelids up to check her pupils and found that her eyes were completely like a normal human being’s. Then I noticed that she had a school badge on her chest. The girl was about twelve or thirteen years old.

“Could she be the daughter of that family?” I conjectured.

“Whoever she is, we can’t just leave her here. You’ll have to carry her back.”

“Should I carry her?” I asked, pointing at myself.

“Yes, of course! You’re the man here, aren’t you?”

What I meant was that the alley was very dark so if I carried the girl, I wouldn’t be able to hold her hand. But I couldn’t be bothered to explain it to her, so I kept quiet.

I suddenly remembered one thing. I took a small bag of fine flour from my pocket and blew it in the place where the girl had just stood. Some footprints appeared on the flour, which was left by the girl. Then I blew it to the wall again, and a line of cat paw prints appeared on the wall.

Huang Xiaotao couldn’t see in the dark, so she asked me what the hell was I still doing there. I told her about this discovery.