Chapter 196: The Red Phantom (2/2)

The woman in red and I stood there facing each other for a few seconds, then she turned and fled into an alley. Her footsteps were so light it almost looked like she was floating instead of walking.

I knew that this woman must’ve had something to do with the murders. I didn’t have the time to contact Xiaotao now—I had to follow her!

“Stop right there!” I shouted.

I chased after the red phantom. Although the alley was dark, I had no problem seeing at all with my Cave Vision. The woman was very fast. As I ran after her, I used my phone to check the map of the area and found that there would be a fork in the road up ahead.

I tried to intercept the woman by using a shortcut, but then realized that the woman was gone. I stood there completely alone in the dark alley, and my heart was racing like crazy in my chest.

I thought it would be best to call Xiaotao over anyway. As I lowered my head to dial her number, a pair of cold hands suddenly wrapped around my neck from behind me. A voice whispered in my ears, “Anyone who is against me must die!”

I was suffocating, but I desperately tried to hit her with my elbow, and it worked! I turned around and saw the woman’s hair flying in the air, revealing a face that looked like it was melting like hot wax. I froze. My brain went blank. Was the legend true after all?

The woman stretched out her arms and tried to choke me again. Fortunately, I was quick enough and flung the plastic bag in my hand straight at her face. She screamed in pain, and that emboldened me.

The woman turned to run away, her hands covering her face. I shouted for her to stop and chased after her. But before I could get anywhere, a blinding bright light suddenly appeared. I couldn’t see anything else for a moment. I raised my hands to cover my eyes. I heard some movements, but before I could identify what it was, I felt a sharp pain in my arm—someone had hit me with a heavy metallic object! Moments later, I could feel that the heavy object was going to hit my head. In my mind, I was thinking to myself, “I’m done for.”

But just before the object hit me, I heard a rustling noise, like that of a gust of wind. Then it sounded like a heavy object had just fallen to the ground. I heard the sound of footsteps scurrying away, getting further and further away from me.

Because of that bright light, I still couldn’t see anything. That was the biggest weakness of my Cave Vision. If I was in a dark place, sudden bright lights would blind me for up to a few seconds.

Judging from the series of movements just now though, I knew that someone had appeared to save me just in time.

A hand pulled me up to my feet. It was a delicate hand, like that of a woman. But when the person spoke, it sounded unmistakably male, and it was a familiar voice, too.

“You won’t give me a break, will you, Young Master?”

I was stunned. It was obviously the man in the trench coat who’d saved me before.

“Who are you? Why are you here?”

“Go back to the hotel now!” he answered. “It’s not safe out here!”

He then turned away. All I saw was a faint figure in a white trench coat, as my eyes hadn’t readjusted to the darkness yet.

“Did you see who attacked me?” I shouted.

“You do the investigating yourself,” he answered without looking back. “My only task is to protect you.”

“Would it kill you to help?” I argued.

He was silent for a while, then replied, “They were wearing masks, but it looked like they were a couple.”

He then disappeared into the darkness. Only a cut steel pipe was left on the ground. The cut was both smooth and neat, as if it was done at a high speed with a sharp blade. The mysterious man’s fighting skills might well be far above even Yuanchao’s. Who was he? How did he always end up appearing at the most critical time to rescue me? Had he been secretly tracking me all along?

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