Volume 1

43 What You See May Not Be the Truth

I trusted in Jie Pa's reasoning skills. He'd always been logical and collected.

I decided to speak up, "Since the culprit remains hidden, we should first stay calm. Since those who have died may have been infected with blood like Song Lu's, let's have Jie Pa collect their blood to examine it. If you're bothered by it, Gaoqin Jiuye, you can go along with him. And since the deaths are your Southern District's residents, and Si Luo won't make an appearance, you ought to calm the residents' wary hearts. Nie Zun, Jiao S, and I will go search around the area where the supposed culprit disappeared."

Gaoqin Jiuye glanced at me, and then agreed with my suggestion.

I motioned for Jiao S to follow me. With a jolt of mental force for speed, I started running for the woods around the school building, Jiao S and Nie Zun on my heels.

After getting into the woods a bit, looking back, the school was no longer visible. All I could see was layer upon layer of trees under the darkened night sky. I stopped walking.

Jiao S looked...