Chapter 483: The Video (1/2)
The location of the video appeared to be a secret room. Mr. Mu was sitting on the couch. ”Have you disposed of it?” he asked.
”Don't worry,” assured another man. “I called you here today to discuss it.” Though the man didn't appear in the video, his voice was one I was familiar with. Song Xingchen and I exchanged a knowing look. ”It's him!”
This other man in the video was Yang Xingdong who called himself the Crazy Six Tao Chef.
”The police are still investigating me. You'd better clean it up or we'll both be implicated,” came Mr. Mu’s impatient reply.
”Mr. Mu, in fact, I’m not a professional killer...”
”What?!”
”I am an artist, a gourmet! Killing your wife is a job too crude for me! I called you here today in hopes that you would participate in a sacred ceremony, which will bring you back to life. I know you have been living in the shadow of that woman and you can't lift your head up high. She’s part of your waking nightmares. Can you get rid of her simply by killing her? No, she’ll only become a ghost that’ll haunt you forever!”
”What the hell are you trying to say?!” shouted Mr. Mu.
”Please wait a moment.”
The sound of wheels turning reverberated around the room. At the sight of the huge steamer rack that was wheeled into the room, Mr. Mu shrank back in fear and asked, ”What is this?”
”Your nightmare.”
Yang Xingdong opened the steamer and there his “nightmare” was, a fat middle-aged woman kneeling in the center, her fleshy body white and glistening under a gauze-like cloth.
Outside the video, Xiaotao covered her mouth in disgust.
Mr. Mu cried hysterically, ”You’re crazy! You’re a fucking lunatic!”
”Mr. Mu, I’m trying to help you.” Yang Xingdong sincerely urged, ”To defeat your nightmare, you must absorb and assimilate it till it becomes part of you. This process is delicious and unforgettable. I fed her spices for seven days, soaked her entire body with the best wine, and then steamed her over a slow fire for two days and two nights. Every bone in her body is soft and chewy. This is my best work of art, and I’m offering it to you.”
”You’re crazy! You madman! Get the hell away from me!”
Frenziedly grabbing the objects on the table, Mr. Mu threw them at Yang Xingdong.
”Mr. Mu.” Yang Xingdong held his wrist and stared intently into his eyes. “If you don't eat every single bit of this woman and the police find even a strand of hair, you’re going to be arrested.”
Yang Xingdong pulled a piece of flesh from the woman, gulping it down as he sighed contentedly. ”A taste that touches the soul!”
”Why do you have to use such methods...” cried a shivering Mr. Mu.
”I-I...” Mr. Mu's forehead was soaked in cold sweat, his eyes suddenly shining, ”I’m not afraid of you!”
Like a man who had lost his mind, he pounced on his ex-wife, crazily stuffing her flesh into his mouth as Yang Xingdong watched, throwing his head back in deranged laughter.
At this point, Xiaotao hit fast forward, quickly going through the rest of the video that was filled with horrifying pictures.
After a long silence, I said, ”This pervert practices what he preaches!”
”But how did this video get to Mr. Mu?” asked Xiaotao.
”I think he was blackmailed.”