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Chapter 1853 Fatal Temptation (The temperature will drop significantly tomorrow)

The survivors found by the special search team were on the top floor of an apartment building. When Duanmu Huai arrived, the place was surrounded by soldiers. Outside a door, the soldier in charge of guarding saw Duanmu Huai walk out of the elevator and hurriedly crossed his hands on his chest and saluted him.

"grown ups."

"Well, what's going on?"

Duanmu Huai looked at the closed door in front of him and asked, and the latter answered immediately.

"We were following your orders to fight the demons and heard gunfire as we passed by this place."

"Gunshots?"

"Yes, it was... that kind of ordinary gunshot. Then we found that the nearby demons did not attack us, but rushed into this building. We determined that there might be survivors in it, so we chose to come and check. After destroying the invading demons, we found the survivors here."

As he spoke, the soldier pointed to the closed door in front of him.

"However, they were only willing to communicate with us through the door. Even if we expressed our willingness to provide them with water and food, these survivors were unwilling to come out. And when they learned that we had received an order to eliminate the demons, some of them expressed their willingness to provide us with intelligence. And they required that the commander must be present."

"ok, I get it."

Duanmu Huai nodded and made a gesture to the soldier, who immediately came to the door and spoke.

"Your Excellency the Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal has arrived. What do you want to say?"

"…………"

There was silence for a moment, and then a man's voice sounded.

"Really, really?"

"I am Duanmu Huai, the chief judge of the Tribunal."

Duanmu Huai spoke.

"I was hoping you had intelligence important enough to get my attention instead of wasting my time here."

“………………I’m Inspector Ueda of the City Police Department.”

The voice on the other end was a little muffled, but still audible.

"I heard that you are here to eliminate the demons in this city?"

"Yes."

"Then I can tell you... where are the dens of those demons..."

"Oh?"

Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes.

"you know?"

"Of course, this is a long story......"

Inspector Ueda was silent for a moment, then slowly began to narrate the story.

"That was before the pandemic. I was on night shift and I received a call reporting that thugs had broken into a nearby girls' school. So my partner and I set out to the school to solve the case. When we arrived at the school gate, we ran into two other patrolmen who were patrolling nearby. So we discussed and decided to go into the school together to drive out the thugs."

As he spoke, the man seemed to be lost in his memories.

"When we walked into the teaching building, we were also shocked because the glass in the corridor was broken and even the desks were overturned, which made us a little worried. Because from what we saw, the violent tendencies of the thugs were very obvious, so we also took out our guns and kept moving inside.

Then we heard shouting and cries for help, and we quickly quickened our pace and ran towards the source of the sound. Then we saw a man holding a knife, chasing a student. I shouted at him to stop the violence and raise his hands in surrender. But the man had no intention of listening to my instructions, and rushed directly towards us.

"We were also shocked at the time, but I didn't have time to think too much. The other party had clearly shown a confrontational attitude and seemed to have lost his mind. In this situation, it was impossible to capture him without getting hurt, so I decisively pulled the trigger. Of course, I didn't want to kill him, I just wanted to make him lose his ability to move, and then contact emergency services to take him to the hospital for treatment."

The man's voice began to become urgent.

"The thug fell down. I went to take a look. Fortunately, he was not hit in the vital parts. As long as he receives timely treatment, his life will not be in danger. Then... then we found out... huh... hah... then other people came. They were teachers and students of this school. They were very enthusiastic towards us and thanked us for subduing the thug and helping the student."

"To be honest, I should have contacted an ambulance first to take the injured patient away. But I don't know why, at that time my mind was full of praise and gratitude from these girls, as if I was a hero, they loved me and respected me. So, when they invited us to rest in the restaurant, I went without even a doubt. I even threw my responsibilities and that man behind my mind, and just wanted to enjoy their admiration for me."

"hehe."

Duanmu Huai chuckled. He could guess what would happen next.

"Then the four of us enjoyed a delicious meal in the restaurant. The food was delicious and the female students stuck close to us. They sat on our laps and even fed us..." The man's voice began to become dazed, as if he was lost in that memory.

"I remember the girl's smile, so sweet, as if I had finally found true love. I was already married at that time, but I had completely forgotten about it. I only had eyes for her, so when she invited me to her room, I readily agreed. But deep down in my heart, I still felt that something was wrong... It wasn't until I walked into the room and saw the student taking off her clothes and walking towards me that I suddenly remembered my wife."

"Oh?"

"Don't be embarrassed to be laughed at. Actually, I am a very henpecked man. At that moment, my brain suddenly became clear. If my wife knew that I was staying in a room with a high school student and planning to do such a thing, I would be doomed! So I almost rushed out of the room instinctively, and then I went back to the restaurant and wanted to take the others away. At this time, I already felt that something was wrong. This school, as well as the students and teachers here, seemed to be abnormal, but I couldn't tell what was wrong. I contacted other people, but no one responded. Then I went back to the restaurant, and then I saw......"

The man's voice began to tremble.

"What do you see?"

"Nightmare... Those students, they have taken off their clothes and are standing in a circle, singing weird songs, while my partner and the other two policemen have completely turned into some weird monsters. Oh my God, their bodies seem to have melted! They are entangled together and turned into a huge meat ball, and their faces are still on it, showing ecstatic smiles!"

"…………"

The soldiers next to him clenched their weapons and swallowed. Although this man's narrative ability was average, his hysterical tone was frightening.

"and then?"

"Then, I ran away without looking back. I returned home and locked the door. The last laughter of those demons was still echoing in my ears. I was always afraid that they would follow me, they would follow me to my home... So after that, I never went out again. Then the next day, I watched the news on TV and learned that there was a riot and plague in the city. Then I saw the rioters - they looked exactly like those students!"

"So you're saying that this is the school where all this started? Well, that's a good clue."

Duanmu Huai waved his hand, and Mary next to him also took out a map.

"St. Chris Girls' School... should be here."

"Okay, lock down that place, order everyone to get ready to go, and then there is one last question."

Duanmu Huai stared at the closed door and asked.

"Why weren't you tempted?"

"Because, because of the pain!"

The man suddenly raised his voice.

"That kind of happiness will corrupt our minds! It will corrode our spirits! It will turn us into beasts that only pursue happiness! Therefore, pain is necessary to dispel this temptation! Only extreme pain......!"

However, before he could finish his words, Duanmu Huai punched out and smashed the closed door.

"boom!"

The door was smashed to pieces, and then a foul smell came from it, making everyone frown involuntarily and cover their mouths and noses. Then they looked inside, and then everyone was stunned.

In front of them, a man with wounds all over his body and wearing only a pair of underwear was standing there. There were bloody scars all over his body, some of which had even rotted and deteriorated, while some were still bleeding. The man was holding a bloody blade in his hand and staring at everyone. Even the skin on his face had been cut off, leaving one horrible scar after another.

"So, when you're hurting yourself, that's when you're happiest, right?"

Duanmu Huai stared at the man's body and snorted coldly, while the latter grinned.

"You don't understand at all. When I was tortured by that nightmare and felt like dying, I could only do this..."

As he spoke, the man took the knife and stabbed it into his body, then slowly opened a wound. His body trembled in pain, but a crazy smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Only in this way can I forget those terrible nightmares!"

"No, in fact, you haven't forgotten."

Duanmu Huai snapped his fingers.

"He's corrupt. Get rid of him."

As Duanmu Huai finished speaking, Ojisi, who was sitting on his shoulder, pointed forward with her right hand. The next moment, the man's body was suddenly tied up by invisible silk threads, and then it broke into pieces in an instant, turning into corpses on the ground. Until this moment, the man's incomplete head still showed a weird smile.

Duanmu Huai looked at the man's body again, then looked away.

"Find someone to burn it to ashes, and the rest of you come with me to check out that school."

Duanmu Huai said this with a cold smile on his face.

"Isn't this your favorite?"