Uncle Wang's Antiques Shop

"Ren Wu, are you talking about weird fainting and sudden deaths?" Liu Yang swallowed the bread he was eating before answering. He knew a little about these rumors because it is being commented on by many blogs on the internet.

"Yes, that one. I heard that the government is investigating this issue and the rumors are being deleted from the internet because they don't want people to comment on it. But it is impossible to cover up the cases" Ren Wu knows that certain things cannot be said in his country, otherwise, the government will remove this type of content.

One of these things is about strange occurrences happening in their city.

"Rumors say it is some creature that is absorbing people's energy before they pass out. Some witnesses saw this and commented on the internet, but I don't know if that is true" Liu Yang spent most of his time playing and reading random things on the internet.

Thus, he always saw many strange things like rumors.

"Hey!! Are you already eating?" A familiar voice was heard. The pair looked at the voice and saw that it was Li Wei.

"Li Wei, did you manage to finish your training?" Ren Wu asked. He knows that Li Wei's classes were a little different because of athletics.

"Yes, I made it. Are you talking about the rumors? " Li Wei heard some of the things that the duo was talking about. He also heard about it from the other students.

"Li Wei, did you hear anything about that too?"

"I read some rumors last night and some students were talking about it in athletics. Liu Yang, Ren Wu, look at this site" Li Wei showed his cell phone for them to see.

On the screen, there was a blog post with the following words.

"The culprit for the recent deaths."

Below was a photo of a dark place with no lighting at all. The image in the photo was a strange shadow that looked like some kind of animal with wings, the size is over a person.

The size of the animal is large as a bear, but thin as a bird and had no feathers. Because of the darkness, they couldn't see anything but the silhouette.

"That's true? To me, this image seems to be fake."Liu Yang commented.

"I also think this is fake." The other two also think the same thing.

Nobody would believe something like that when they see a random blog on the internet.

"But it seems that someone has verified the veracity of the images and concluded that the image is true, but it could also be that someone created this scenario to look real. I will refresh the page to see if there are any more comments" Li Wei clicked the reload button, but something strange happened.

BLOG NOT FOUND

That was the message that appeared on the screen.

"It seems that the blog was deleted like many others. The government does not want this type of thing to cause fear in the population." Ren Wu commented. He knows that this kind of thing is normal to happen.

"We are going to put this matter aside and continue eating. This is not something that we can deal with. But it will be cool to find out about these rumors, if the rumors are false, this is already expected. But if it is true, it will be extremely shocking." Li Wei commented. He thought that this kind of thing only existed in the world of fantasy and not in real life.

The trio changed the subject after seeing the blogs that had the rumors started to be deleted from the internet.

…

A few hours later …

3 PM...

Tong… tong…

The bell rang and the school gates were opened. Students begin to leave school to return home.

Students who had nothing to do left, those who play sports need to stay a few more hours to practice.

"Hey Liu Yang, are you going to go home directly or can you take a detour? I'm looking to go to the antique store to buy something." Ren Wu asked him.

Li Wei did not return with the two because he needed to continue practicing after class.

So the pair said goodbye to Li Wei on the athletics track before they left school. The two were walking down the street towards the bus stop.

"Ren Wu, are you afraid of these rumors?" Liu Yang understood what his friend was looking to buy at an antique store.

"Yes. A friend of my father, who works at the city's central hospital, told him that these cases are real. Someone or something is attacking people and draining their energy to death, but there is no injury to the victims. It looks like it just got sucked in" Ren Wu commented in a low voice, he didn't want anyone else to hear that.

"Is this serious ??" Liu Yang was surprised to hear those words. He thought they were just Internet rumors and nothing more, but it seems that there is something more than a simple rumor.

"Yes, but it appears that even government officials are investigating this issue in various parts of the city. But I don't know what kind of people they are."

"Ohh ..."

"Can you go to the antique store on the other side of town? There is a bus stop near the store for you to use." Ren Wu commented.

"..." Liu Yang thought for a while before answering.

"OK. Let's go there. I will take the opportunity to see if anything is interesting to buy." He replied. Liu Yang also thought it would be a great idea to have some mystical protection item, even if it doesn't work.

The pair took a bus at the stop across the street, they needed to go in the opposite direction from what they were going before.

The trip took about half an hour to reach the other side of the city, because of rush hour, traffic was a little slower than normal.

The antique shop was very old with a lot of dust on the windows, it seemed that nobody had cleaned the place for many years. The window was so dusty inside that nothing could be seen from the outside.

A wooden sign was hung on the door with the following words, Uncle Wang's Antiques Shop.

"This store always gives me the creeps when I pass by this place" Liu Yang commented. He felt chills as he stood in front of the store.

"This must be just your imagination. Let's go in and see if there's anything good to buy" Ren Wu laughed at Liu Yang's fearful attitude.

The pair entered through the door.

trin… trin…

The bell hanging over the door was ringing when the door was moved.

The pair looked at the store and saw that it was completely clean. Unlike the dirty windows, the place was extremely clean.

Looking around, the two saw that the place had all kinds of strange and old items. Ornate swords, bottles with strange liquids, iron statues, bronze statues, and many strange and ancient things.

An old man with white hair was sitting and sleeping in the chair behind the counter. He was bald, but with a long white beard.