I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 3 Disappearance
At midnight, the moon was hidden in the clouds, and there was not a ray of light in the sky.

On a secluded hillside outside Kyoto, a woman dressed in black stood quietly in the darkness with her hands behind her back.

Before long, a figure swiftly approached from afar.

The woman turned her head and, as the figure approached, asked in a low voice, "Is it done?"

"No, the formation was blocked before it could be broken. I was no match for her."

"what?"

The woman suddenly looked up, her voice rising slightly in disbelief, "Besides Senior Brother Lin, is there anyone else in Qingzhou? Who is it?"

The shadowy figure shook its head. "It's a woman. I've never seen her before, but she's terrifying."

Recalling the cold, indifferent glance that the woman in white had given him as she turned her head, the shadowy figure couldn't help but shudder again.

Luckily, he escaped quickly, otherwise she might have slaughtered him like that pig.

It was truly terrifying; just one look from him made his blood run cold, as if it could freeze him instantly.

However, the woman didn't seem to believe it; she thought it was just an excuse the shadowy figure made for failing to complete its mission.

After all, besides Senior Brother Lin, where else in Qingzhou are there any powerful figures?
But she didn't voice her dissatisfaction. She only felt a little regretful that she hadn't been able to get rid of that woman and the bastard in her belly despite having such a hard-won opportunity.

What a pity!

"Although the plan was not completed, that woman surnamed Meng is timid and was quite frightened. She must have already gone into labor before that woman arrived. I saw that there was blood all over her body. It's still uncertain whether the child can be born safely."

Ok?
The woman recalled the phone call Lin Qingquan received before leaving. Yes, his rush back didn't seem to be entirely because the pig demon had broken into his house; it seemed that Meng Shulan had gone missing.

They've disappeared.
The woman clenched her fist and said to the shadowy figure, "Since Meng Shulan has had a miscarriage, she is most likely in the hospital now. Notify our people in Qingzhou to find her before Lin Qingquan does."

The figure in the shadows didn't immediately agree; he hesitated, "But what about the woman next to Meng Shulan?"

"What's there to be afraid of? She can't be with Meng Shulan 24/7. Even tigers have their naps. Let's find her first, then seize the opportunity."

Qingzhou is more than 1,500 kilometers away from Kyoto. Even if Lin Qingquan rushed to the train station at full speed and then took the fastest high-speed train back, it would still take a day for him to arrive in Qingzhou.

Police tape had been put up in front of his house, and the bloodstains at the entrance had long since dried, leaving a chilling dark red stain that made Lin Qingquan's heart skip a beat.

The young policeman guarding the cordon saw someone approaching and quickly raised his hand to stop them, saying, "No, not here."

"this is my house."

As soon as he finished speaking, a plainclothes officer who was standing in the living room looking around turned around and looked over, then paused in surprise, "Mr. Lin?"

Lin Qingquan took a deep breath, bypassed the policeman, and went straight inside.

Ignoring the plainclothes officers in the living room, he strode towards the bedroom. When he saw another dried bloodstain on the floor, his unease intensified.

He looked around and saw that the formation he had personally set up had been broken and everything in the room had been moved. However, the demon that had inexplicably appeared stopped at the door and could not enter the room.

Therefore, the formation wasn't broken by a demon. Then who was it?
What kind of demon is it?

As the plainclothes officer approached, Lin Qingquan asked a few concise questions while turning back to walk towards the sofa, where a broken cell phone, belonging to Shu Lan, lay.

"The pig demon's head was severed in one swift and decisive move. Mr. Lin, can you guess who killed the demon?"

The plainclothes officer had only been there a short time, but he didn't know this was Lin Qingquan's home before he arrived.

Five years ago, a violent earthquake struck Sanqingshan, more than 100 kilometers from Qingzhou. Let's just call it an earthquake for now. Anyway, the ground shook violently, the sky seemed to collapse and the earth cracked, trees and rocks flew everywhere, and it felt like the entire mountain was about to explode.

The strange phenomenon did not last long; about half an hour later, Sanqing Mountain returned to calm.

But this calm was only superficial, because after the "earthquake" ended, a large number of terrifying monsters inexplicably appeared on the mountain.

They are called demons because they are huge, some of them have limbs that are obviously similar to humans, but their heads almost without exception show the original appearance of animals.

Pig, rat, wolf, dog, tiger, snake
There were even some two- or three-headed monsters whose names I didn't know, which sent chills down my spine and made my hair stand on end.

Some villagers were stunned, while others quickly realized what was happening and called the police.

Even without calling the police, the police and firefighters would already be on their way.

Because there is a Taoist temple on Mount Sanqing, and apart from the abbot who is away from home, all eight disciples are in the temple.

However, even so, tragedy still occurred. Not to mention the Taoist temple and its eight disciples, the village closest to the foot of Mount Sanqing was almost completely slaughtered. Even the police who went to investigate were all gone, one of whom dragged a broken leg out to notify the special forces to bring heavy weapons to exterminate the demon.

It was during that time that the plainclothes officer met Lin Qingquan.

He had not yet been demobilized at the time. While he and his comrades were fighting against the monsters that had occupied the village with machine guns, the young man, not far from them, was at another gap, where he killed countless monsters with just a sword.

It was then that he realized that extraordinary people and people with special abilities really do exist in this world.

The demon-slaying operation lasted two full days and one night. Although they had tried their best to encircle the area, the Sanqing Mountain range was vast, and the villages were interconnected. It was truly difficult to guarantee that they could capture all the demons that had suddenly appeared.

In reality, quite a few did escape.

The following year, the state deployed personnel to search and exterminate the victims nationwide. Sanqingshan Mountain and the massacred Sanshui Village were also taken over by the military and placed under martial law. No one was allowed to enter except for special investigators.

Lin Qingquan was one of the special individuals who had entered and exited Sanqing Mountain several times, but ultimately failed to find out the specific reason for the sudden appearance of the monster.

Five years have passed, and most of the escaped monsters have been killed or captured alive, and the turmoil has gradually subsided. Apart from the counties and towns relatively close to Sanqing Mountain, many people are still unaware that a monster massacre of a village had occurred in the country, let alone have seen a live monster.

Even the special departments thought the disaster was over and that the monsters would never appear again, as if they had never come to our world.

But reality slapped them in the face: a pig demon brazenly appeared in a residential building in Qingzhou.
Panic is inevitable.

After receiving the notification yesterday morning, the special department immediately launched an emergency search and investigation throughout Qingzhou City, but so far, neither the other monsters nor Lin Qingquan's wife, Meng Shulan, have been found.

The heavily pregnant woman seemed to have vanished into thin air.

(End of this chapter)