Chapter 10: Suck the Ghost
At three o'clock in the morning, Wei Minghai drove home with a tired look after watching the surveillance footage all night. He found no trace of the killer.
Turning a corner, He came to his residential area. The towering buildings around he were dark, with only the street lamps illuminating the area.
Wei Minghai sighed to himself. At this moment, when he returned, the young man had already fallen asleep, and he had planned to talk to him beforehand, so he had to give up. He had to go to the clinic again tomorrow morning. In fact, he could have stayed in the office and had a rest for a few hours. But when he thought of the young man alone at home, he always felt a bit nervous. He hesitated and drove home.
He held the direction with his left hand and rubbed his temple with his right hand. Several of the dead were killed by blunt objects on their temples. He was sure that the killer must be a skilled martial artist who could find the acupoints so quickly and accurately and hit them with one blow. The dead did not show any signs of struggle, but why would a person with such good skills kill some unrelated women without any intention of molesting or raping them.
This is the main reason for the lack of clues. There is no motive for the murder.
Some witnesses said they saw a shadow leap down from the roof and disappear in a blink of an eye. It's not a martial arts novel, he thought it was exaggerated.
Does anyone really know martial arts? He has been training his body since childhood and has learned martial arts, including boxing, kickboxing, and karate. It is not a problem for him to knock down a dozen of men, but he cannot do it like the murderer who used a very thin sharp weapon to penetrate and instantly destroy the brain nerve, causing the victim to die instantly. This is the level of a world-class killer.
It's hard to believe that a top-notch killer would come to a small county town to kill several women with no background.
Wei Minghai felt a jumble in his mind and gave up the speculation and prepared to turn into the gate of the residential area.
Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed past the car and sped towards the street.
Wei Minghai opened his eyes wide and was shocked to see the speed of the shadow like the wind. After a second of hesitation, he quickly reacted, swerved, stepped on the accelerator, and quickly chased after the shadow, leaving only the roar of the engine.
Although it was three o'clock in the morning, there were still a few people walking on the pedestrian street, either coming out of nightclubs or swaying their bodies as they walked out of KTVs.
A sport utility vehicle suddenly drove into the pedestrian street, causing frightened passers-by to curse.
Wei Minghai saw very clearly that the shadow not only moved quickly, but also leaped into the air, at least 3 meters above the ground, just like the witness described. He concluded in his heart that the shadow was very likely the killer, so he chased after it closely. Even if he couldn't catch it, at least he wanted to figure out the appearance or characteristics of the other party.
When he reached the pedestrian street, there were more people and many flower beds and billboards. He drove into the street, but his sight was blocked and the shadow disappeared.
Wei Minghai immediately got out of the car and looked around. He didn't see any dark shadows or anything unusual, but he was frowning in annoyance when he heard a scream. He immediately drew his gun and ran towards the sound.
On the corner of a garbage can, a black shadow was holding a woman down with a slender sharp weapon in his hand. There were also several women around him, screaming and trembling in place.
With a loud bang, the shadow fell to the ground.
There were several more screams, then it was quiet again. Half an hour later, the sound of sirens and ambulances began to sound.
The pedestrian street was in chaos, and the people who were having fun all flocked out and watched closely.
Just below the noisy crowd, in the shadow of the air conditioning unit on the side of the building, a black shadow silently jumped a few times and disappeared into the darkness.
At around 8am, Alex got up, stretched lazily, walked to the balcony to play with the flowers and plants, and then took out yogurt from the fridge to drink. He preferred this kind of yogurt, which was sour and sweet, smooth and refreshing, with little impurities.
While drinking yogurt and turning on the TV, the local channel of Qingyang County is reporting that the suspect who committed four homicides in recent months was killed on the spot when he was arrested. The head of Rongxi Police Station, Comrade Wei Minghai, wanted the murderer late at night and was fearless in the face of danger.
Ha ha! Alex laughed at the report. Heroic? He admitted that Wei Minghai's shooting was good, but he thought that it was a pipe dream to catch the spirit-eating demon at the stage of intelligence.
The devouring ghost had already been absorbed by him as nutrients, and judging from his magical power, he was actually on par with the devouring ghost. Unfortunately, it was the devouring ghost's misfortune to encounter him. As a demon with tens of thousands of years of experience, he knew countless secret methods, and a mere Spiritual Phase ghost practitioner of the heretical path could be easily captured with a few tricks.
Wei Minghai had been chasing him, but the ghost that had absorbed all his magic power had become an ordinary ghost that could not escape from the human body. Moreover, the ghost had already fused with the body, and it would die when the person died.
So he used his pupil magic to temporarily control his behavior, allowing Wei Minghai to be a hero. This was also a way to thank the other person for taking care of him. Of course, the most important thing was that without the trouble, he would have time to lure this man into a dual cultivation.
For tens of thousands of years, he had never forced others to practice dual cultivation, because he disdained it. Men were all sent to him for selection. Nowadays, the world seemed to be relatively repelled by male-male affairs, so he naturally couldn't be too blatant. Hum! Besides, these were all ordinary people without spiritual power, most of them were still virgins, and Wei Minghai was even more precious. Hmm! He liked to eat slowly.
Alex threw the empty yogurt box into the trash can behind his with a flick of his hand.
He flicked his finger and the dusty room was instantly cleaned. He turned his wrist and a cloud of black ash fell into the trash can.
Yes, Alex smiled with satisfaction on his face. After absorbing the magic power of the Ghost Eater, his martial arts skills had increased a lot. In another two months, he should be able to reach the intermediate stage of Qi gathering, and he could use some simple attack techniques.
Wei Minghai had no time to go home, deal with the media, receive the Municipal Criminal Police Brigade, deal with the aftermath of the case, etc. He was busier than before the case was solved. The suspect he shot was indeed the murderer of these cases. It turned out that he was a robber and murderer who had fled for five years.
As for why he killed those women, the analysis is that he must have psychological problems, as the killer is dead.
When he finished the entire case, it was already half a month later, and he only remembered the boy and took time to pick him up.
Jiuhua Mountain, known as Lingyang Mountain in ancient times, is known for its beautiful peaks rising high above the clouds and its nine lotus-shaped peaks.
On Sunday, there were already many tourists and devotees visiting the mountain to admire or worship Buddha. When it was also the temple fair, the traffic was even heavier and the sound of people was even louder.
Wei Minghai originally brought the teenagers out to relax and relieve the pressure of the approaching college entrance examination, but unexpectedly encountered a temple fair, and looked at the crowded entrance with a headache.
When Alex first entered the mountain, he felt that the spiritual energy was significantly higher than that in the county town. However, when the car stopped at the entrance, he smelled various unpleasant odors such as sulfur.
He looked far away, although the incense was in full bloom, the smoke had destroyed the spiritual energy in the mountains. The golden light that appeared in the main hall on the top of the mountain must have been touched by the true Buddha, but it seemed that it had been too long ago and was already blurred.
Qin , I'm going to buy tickets. Don't go anywhere, Wei Minghai instructed. Since you're here, you can't just go home. Come on up and have a look.
Alex smiled and nodded, instantly attracting many admiring glances. Wei Minghai saw the gaze of the surrounding people on the young man and immediately became displeased. Then, he secretly wondered at his own state of mind, and with a somewhat troubled expression, turned to line up without looking at where the young man was standing.
Alex ignored the attention around him and looked at the stall selling small accessories next to him. Something caught his attention.
He just wanted to take a closer look, but was stopped by an old man.