Nightmare Light

Chapter 15 One Punch Man

In the large library, Lin Wang and two sheriffs quickly shuttled between rows of bookshelves.

"The history and religion sections are next to each other. Just go two rows of bookshelves ahead and you'll find it." Tian Taozi jogged, trying to keep up with Lin Wang. "Lin Wang, what did you just say we overlooked?"

Lin Wang recalled the group of students he had just seen gathered together. His expression gradually became solemn, and he kept walking. "Based on Director Xiao's body and the several cases that occurred later, I deduced a conclusion - what these blood cultists were going to do must be related to religious rituals."

"Oh, I see." Tian Taozi nodded. "So?"

"...What do you know?" Lin Wang's mouth twitched. "The issue of religious rituals is why we came to the library to look for information."

The sheriff surnamed Guo took two steps forward and looked at Lin Wang: "Then what did you overlook?"

Lin Wang glanced at him and asked, "What is the most important resource of the Blood Cultists?"

"...Is it blood?" Tian Taozi thought thoughtfully.

"Where is the most blood?"

Tian Taozi looked at the students coming and going around her, her voice trembling a little: "Could it be..."

"The Federal University, with tens of thousands of students gathered here, is a natural and huge blood bank. There's no way those cultists wouldn't target this place."

"Then why are we still studying this information? Let's find a way to save people!" Tian Taozi suddenly became anxious.

"No, we must find out the source of their religious rituals so that we can respond accordingly."

After Lin Wang finished speaking, he walked towards the historical area with Tian Taozi, who looked anxious, but Sheriff Guo stopped and said, "This news is too big. I have to report it to the bureau."

After the sheriff turned and left, Lin Wang and Tian Taozi walked to the entrance of the history and religion book collection area.

While checking the book catalog, an ordinary-looking man walked past them.

Lin Wang looked up at him.

The man in front of me was of medium build and ordinary appearance. He even chose the most ordinary jacket as his clothes. It could be said that he was ordinary and had no special features.

After noticing Lin Wang's gaze, the man raised his head, smiled gently at Lin Wang, and then smiled at Tian Taozi. After the two of them returned the greetings, he turned around and left slowly, disappearing among the dense forest of bookshelves.

A few seconds later.

Lin Wang, who was busy searching for information, suddenly looked up and asked Tian Taozi, "Did someone just walk past us?"

Tian Taozi was confused: "Really? No?"

"Are you sure you don't have it?" Lin Wang frowned.

"I'm an elite member of the Public Security Bureau! I'm an operations captain!" The tall girl patted her chest. "How could I possibly make a mistake?"

“Really…” Lin Wang frowned again, “I always feel like I’ve overlooked something… I hope it’s just an illusion.”

He refocused his attention on researching. "Although my common sense might not always apply, religious patterns usually use composite numbers like 6, 8, and 9."

"We have clearly learned that the other party has committed three crimes. I hope that this is all the crimes they have committed, not..."

A scream came.

Lin Wang and Tian Taozi turned their heads abruptly, looking in the direction of the sound. Then, there was a burst of dense and noisy shouting, the voices chaotic and panicked.

"Help!"

"Teacher! Is there a teacher?"

"Teacher Wang has fallen!"

"Save people!"

Lin Wang and Tian Taozi looked at each other, turned around at the same time, and ran towards the direction where the sound came from.

As they got closer, they pushed their way through the crowd. In the middle of the crowd, Lin Wang saw a startling scene:
It was the group of teachers and students he had met before.

The male teacher and one student had all their blood drained out and fell to the ground like mummies. Their expressions were still the same as in the previous second, as if they had no idea what was happening to them.

Lin Wang and Tian Taozi looked at each other and understood each other: it was the method of the Blood Cultists.

"Contact the library manager and ask for the surveillance footage. We must catch this guy as soon as possible!"

They quickly found the person in charge and saw the situation when the attack occurred from the surveillance footage:
A blood cultist who had been mingling among the students suddenly stood up and walked out of the library area with a strange look on his face. When a teacher and a classmate came forward to ask questions, he raised his hand and drained the blood from them, then quickly left.

"Damn it! He actually attacked the teachers and students!" Tian Taozi slammed her fist on the table. "Hiss...it hurts."

Lin Wang frowned, "Strange... Let's go back and take another look."

The administrator rewound the video for a few minutes and played it again.

"stop."

Lin Wang called out "Stop" and pointed at the screen: "Start here and play in slow motion."

Several people turned their eyes to the screen, and in the slow-motion playback, they saw that the blood cultist had shown a strange expression from very early on.

As the students pushed and shoved the two priests from earlier, he remained mingled in the crowd, looking out of place.

After that, he kept turning his head to the right, looking in a certain direction, as if he was paying attention to something.

"What is he looking at?" Tian Taozi felt a chill on her back.

"They're watching us." Lin Wang confirmed his guess. "I was right—these Blood Cultists are trying to cause trouble here, and they see us as an obstacle and want to eliminate us."

"Then why didn't he attack us, but..."

"The answer is here." Lin Wang pointed at the screen, "Look carefully."

Everyone looked in the direction of Lin Wang's finger.

In the surveillance video, the Blood Cultist made an obvious movement towards the outside after standing up.

But when he was halfway there, he suddenly looked confused and lost, as if he had forgotten something, and turned his head to look around.

Then, when the male teacher and a student came forward to ask questions, he suddenly came to his senses, showed a ferocious look, raised his hand to drain the blood of the two people, and then ran out of the surveillance range.

"Why is he so weird?" Tian Taozi was puzzled.

"Do you remember, when I was looking up information, I once asked you a question." Lin Wang slowly narrowed his eyes.

"Oh! You asked me if anyone walked past me!" Tian Taozi slapped his forehead.

"I now suspect that the two of us have encountered the same thing as this blood cultist."

Lin Wang narrowed his eyes and carefully recalled what had happened before.

He had previously suspected that there was some strange incoherence in his thinking, and now, after seeing what happened to the Blood Cultists, he was even more certain of his suspicions.

An ordinary-looking figure vaguely appeared in his mind, but the strange thing was that every time he was about to recall the other person's appearance, the memory would suddenly shatter.

This feeling made Lin Wang a little annoyed, and he became more certain that something strange was happening.

We must find a way to find this guy who is playing tricks on us.

He thought to himself, but right now, there was something more important. Lin Wang pointed at the surveillance screen and said, "Pay attention to this person."

On the screen, he pointed in the direction of another "student", who was dressed in ordinary clothes, had a dark complexion and thick lips.

"This guy doesn't look like anything special."

"No, there's something very wrong with this guy."

Lin Wang frowned, stroking his chin and thinking for a few seconds, then snapped his fingers: "I have an idea."

Then, he briefly explained his plan to Tian Taozi and the female teacher in charge of monitoring. Both of them showed expressions of surprise and disbelief.

"This... To be honest, this plan is too..." Tian Taozi shook her head, thinking that Lin Wang's plan was extremely crazy.

But she was a very outgoing and loud girl. When she heard Lin Wang's "extremely suicidal" plan, she felt worried and confused, but at the same time, she actually felt a hint of anticipation in her heart.

"Okay, I agree." She said, unbuckling her belt and throwing it on the table. "Why do you have so many weird ideas in your head?"

About ten minutes later, Lin Wang and Tian Taozi walked out of the monitoring room and returned to the summer vacation area.

Lin Wang looked much more relaxed, with a relaxed smile on his face. He talked a lot with Tian Taozi along the way with a smile.

Tian Taozi seemed to be worried, she kept her head down and held her forehead with her hand. It was obvious that what happened before had put her under a lot of pressure.

They found a book on a row of bookshelves. Lin Wang seemed very excited, flipping through the book and talking to Tian Taozi, while Tian Taozi seemed very confused, holding her forehead and shaking her head, not quite agreeing with Lin Wang.

As they talked and listened, they gradually approached the bookshelf area where the male teacher had died.

The group of students had already left, and a few teachers and school security personnel were there to maintain order. Some brave students were still gathered nearby, occasionally looking over and whispering.

A dark-skinned, thick-lipped student in the crowd unconsciously shifted his gaze to the two men. After a moment's thought, he picked up a book and pretended to read as he moved towards them.

At this moment, the tall northerner suddenly raised his head and glanced in the direction of the thick-lipped student, who hurriedly raised his head and pretended to read a book.

However, the northerner seemed to just confirm the direction of advance. After looking up, he lowered his head and started reading the contents of the book again.

six steps.

Five steps.

Four, three...

The thick-lipped student held his breath.

When the two men were only one step away from him, the thick-lipped student suddenly grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth with a ferocious smile.

"The blood is watching you!" He grinned, suddenly raised his hand, turned around and pounced on the two men.

But the northerner seemed to have anticipated this. He pulled his female companion behind him and stood in front of her.

When the female companion was pulled back, she raised her head due to inertia, but a completely unfamiliar face was revealed behind her hair!
The northerner's instant reaction and the calm expression on his face clearly showed that they were well prepared.

"Huh... you think you can trick me like this?"

The thick-lipped boy, or rather the thick-lipped blood cultist, snorted coldly: "I expected this!"

He maintained the posture of lunging forward, a bloody red color gathered on his right hand, and his left hand began to form seals rapidly in front of his chest.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at Lin Wang with a crazy look: "I'll deal with you first!"

How dare a mortal set a trap for me?

The Blood Cultist's expression became increasingly insane. He was ready to slowly drain the blood from the man's chest, letting him die in pain and suffocation.

His grin grew wider.

At this moment, the Blood Cultist saw the Northman opposite him. He still maintained a calm expression, put his hands on his chest, but a strange smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The blood cultists' hearts were filled with alarm and they turned around abruptly.

But he saw a tall girl in school uniform rushing towards him from behind. As she rushed, she put her hand into her pocket as if to take out something.

Tian Taozi, wearing her school uniform, shouted, "I'm going to cut you!"

I knew it!

The Blood Cultists were caught off guard and responded with astonishing efficiency.

He quickly eliminated the seals on his left hand, rolled on the ground, and at the same time flipped his right hand. The blood mist in his right hand expanded in the air and turned into a blood net, protecting himself.

This crazy woman has a habit of using grenades... But my blood net can even withstand direct bombardment! Let's see how you blow me up!

The blood cultists widened their eyes, their pupils bloodshot, and frantically activated the blood net.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Tian Taozi jumping into the air and throwing a large pile of things towards him.

It is a variety of colorful snacks.

The Blood Cultist saw that what was thrown into his blood net included potato chips, cookies, peanuts, and a whole bunch of unnamed snacks. In that split second, he even saw a half-eaten roast chicken among the snacks, with a roasted chicken wing spread out...

The Blood Cultist was stunned.

He had predicted countless possibilities for this assassination, and even predicted that he would have to face extreme situations from many lay masters, but he never expected that what he would have to face was a pile of colorful snacks and a half-foot long roast chicken with its wings flapping, ready to fly.

And at this moment, he heard the sound of wind coming from behind him.

With three parts alert and seven parts confused, he turned his head blankly and saw a huge fist behind him, which gradually enlarged in front of him and finally covered his entire field of vision.

In the last moment when the fist touched his face, the Blood Cultist vaguely saw that there seemed to be a layer of faint white fire on the surface of the fist.

All this is done in an instant.

Bang! Kalah!
The sound of the fist hitting the human body was faintly mixed with the sound of broken bones.

Amidst the horrified, confused, and incredulous gazes of the teachers and students present, Lin Wang punched the Blood Cultist hard in the face.

The latter was like being hit by a dump truck, spinning in the air and flying backwards three or four meters, crashing into a row of bookshelves. As the bookshelves broke, a large pile of books fell down, forming a small grave on the blood cultist.

As if buried by the truth.

Lin Wang maintained his punching stance, and after six or seven seconds, he slowly retracted his fist. Looking at the small grave mound in the distance, he felt a little unsure: "He... probably won't be able to get up, right?"

"That's the reaction you get after being hit by a speeding car. How could a normal person even get up?" Tian Taozi squatted on the ground, picking up her snacks with a distressed look on her face. She looked at Lin Wang as if he were an alien. "To send someone so far with one punch... Are all you northerners monsters?"

But Lin Wang didn't answer her. Instead, he picked up a map from the messy ground, opened it and looked at it. After thinking for a moment, he held the map and asked the teachers and students present a strange question:

"Is there anyone well versed in religious rituals?"

　This is a big 4K chapter, so that's all for today. I'm going to go write the outline for the next stage.

　　In addition, readers who want to sign up for roles, the tentative rules are as follows:

　　1. Helmsman (Tentatively, I don't think there is much chance of price increase for a loser like me)

　　2. Think of a more normal name for yourself! It's too weird to have an evil god named "60-Year-Old Young Man" in a book!
　　3. I won't create a reader group before the book goes on sale, so you don't need to ask for now (mainly because I'm lazy)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)