After waking up

Mulan's feelings for Leo, his brother, are almost instinctive. In addition, they have been getting along harmoniously recently. When he heard the news, emotions such as worry and anxiety rose involuntarily.

Although there was no rain in Valentine in the dark night, the arrival of the storm seemed to bring the severe cold of winter in advance. Just the difference between day and night, based on physical sensation alone, it felt like the temperature dropped by more than ten degrees.

There was no carriage waiting outside, and the three of them trudged forward in the wind relying on their legs. During this period, the police officer also told Mullan and Buck what he knew about the situation.

Recently, the police station received a task assigned by the superiors to investigate several missing cases. Leo is one of the detectives in charge, so he has been busy recently. This evening they organized an operation based on clues, but they did not expect to encounter a major setback. , many police officers were injured, and Leo suffered serious stab wounds.

In such bad weather, it took more than half an hour for them to arrive at Valentine Hospital. It was said to be a hospital, but in fact it was a larger medical center with more medical staff. There was no qualitative difference.

Two police officers from the police station stayed here, and two family members were brought in because of their serious injuries. The one who arrived first had already entered the ward, and Mulan and the others naturally went straight to the ward when they arrived.

The five injured police officers were all in a larger room, with five beds arranged in sequence. The air was filled with the smell of blood. Some people were moaning in low voices, and some were talking to their families. Leo was lying alone. The innermost bed.

There is almost no good anesthesia technology in this era. Mulan has personal experience of this. If an operation or serious injury is needed, the patient is often given a little alcohol to endure it. Coupled with poor sanitary conditions, the situation is greatly affected. Increased mortality rate from serious injuries.

Leo was lying on the hospital bed with a pale face, but his consciousness was still awake. When he saw Mulan and Old Buck coming over, he forced a smile.

"I asked them not to inform you."

"Master Leo, how are you!" "You bastard, I was almost scared to death by you!"

Old Buck rushed to the hospital bed, and Mulan looked at Leo and then at the police officer who was following him. He was slightly relieved. At least Leo's condition did not seem to be in danger, but his bed sheets and clothes were not in danger. There was blood everywhere, it was really scary.

A doctor was brought over and told Mulan and others about Leo's injuries. His chest was cut open by a knife. Although the wound looked scary, it was not fatal. It has been sutured now, but the blood loss was a bit serious.

After understanding Leo's situation, Mulan asked Leo half-surprised, and deliberately acted exaggerated.

"I heard that there is only one person on the other side?"

Leo, who would often playfully bully his younger brother, would often talk about his work achievements, which made him feel a little embarrassed in front of Mulan. Even though the wound was very painful now, he still forced himself to explain with a grin. .

"Hey, that maggot-like bastard is hiding in a dark corner and doing disgusting things. If I see him again, his head will be blown!"

"Okay, okay, you're awesome."

Mulan said something very perfunctory, and then focused his eyes on Leo's wound, which made his brother on the hospital bed a little embarrassed, but thinking of the scene he saw before nightfall, he slowly clenched his fists.

"When I recover from my injuries, I will definitely execute that beast with my own hands, I will!"

When Leo said this through gritted teeth, Mulan also looked at the other hospital beds. Several of the police officers had expressions that looked both angry and a little scared.

"Leo, what happened."

"Telling you will only scare you, or not."

Leo paused mid-sentence. He remembered that his younger brother was an army officer before. He was a retired soldier who had experienced a brutal war and had horrific wounds on his body. Mulan had grown up.

"That's a madman, no, a devil."

The original investigation was a disappearance case, but when we investigated the location based on witness clues, we saw several disemboweled and dismembered bodies in the basement of that house. They were all children who had disappeared during this period, even older than The police department knew two more, and the killer was trying to kill another kid.

The emotions of Valentine's police officers were a mixture of shock, disgust, fear and anger. They were ready to arrest the murderer immediately, but the other party was extremely flexible and was very scary with a knife. If it weren't for Leo and the police officers behind him, If you shoot decisively, some police officers will definitely die.

A dozen Valentine police officers, five of whom ended up lying in the hospital, while the killer escaped, and it's not even clear if he was shot.

Although Leo said adamantly that he wanted to smash the criminal's head, thinking of the other party's ghostly movements and the cruel scene in the basement still made him feel cold.

Of course Mullan felt unfortunate for what happened to the missing children, and he could also imagine the situation at that time to a certain extent. The police officers must have been a little confused, but even if their marksmanship was greatly compromised, facing a dozen Valentine police officers with guns To escape completely is already a bit exaggerated.

Moreover, Mulan was thinking about another question and couldn't help but ask it.

"What the hell was he doing in the basement?"

"What?"

"That murderous demon, what is he doing in the basement?"

"Who knows what that disgusting guy is doing? He's just a pervert!"

"Maybe he has a mental problem." "He must be a madman!"

The answers given by several police officers in the ward were not the answers Mulan wanted to hear. He thought of what happened on the Princess Ness Helier, and what Ivan said, that disgusting criminal was probably a cultist.

"Oops, I came out in a hurry and forgot to turn off the stove!"

Old Buck always handled everything in an orderly manner, but today he was in too much of a hurry, and only now did he realize that he had made a stupid mistake.

The stove in the kitchen is used not only to make tea at any time, but also to keep warm. Although the current stove has a certain degree of safety, it is still possible to cause a fire if left unattended. This is true even in the 21st century.

"Don't worry, Grandpa Buck. I'll go back and put out the stove. You stay here with Leo."

After giving a few instructions, Mulan nodded to Leo and stood up to leave. It was impossible for him to let Old Buck run back in such a cold day and such strong wind.

As for not going back to turn off the stove, it wouldn't be appropriate. The Jonster family's meager financial resources are all in there. They don't have to worry about ten thousand, just in case. It would be bad if a fire really breaks out.

Mulan's steps were fast and steady. Although he was not as anxious as when he came, he was faster because he didn't have to take care of Old Buck.

Valentine in the howling wind was both noisy and eerily quiet, and some gas streetlights were also out of order. Mulan held on to the collar of his windbreaker with one hand and put his other hand in his bag. As he passed a dark section of road, his eyes lingered. Guang Yijiao was suddenly in a trance.

A kind of alertness and crisis response honed on the battlefield are activated instantly.

Mulan's body almost reacted faster than his thoughts, and he fell forward in an instant. He felt a subtle whistling sound behind him, and his body rolled around in front and stood up.

But before Mulan had time to turn around, a faint light was already in front of him. It was the blade with the faint reflection of the street lamp in the distance.

Mulan stood upside down with hair all over his body and his back was hot. At the critical moment, he fell backwards. He supported the ground behind him with both hands and kicked up hard with one foot, but the kick missed.

Mulan immediately turned back to try to distance himself, but the blade that followed was as close as a poisonous snake.

Swish swish swish.

The speed of the knife is very fast, or the speed of the person holding the knife is very fast. Before his body has completely emerged from the darkness, the knife has already launched a fatal offensive. In just a few breaths, almost all the battle-hardened warriors on the battlefield have been killed. Mulan was forced into a desperate situation.

There was no time to pull out the wheel light, no time to aim and shoot!

The moment this thought crossed his mind, the fatal sword light in front of him struck again.

‘I need something, I need to resist his attack, otherwise, I will die! ’

The threat of death was so strong that Mulan's spirit was both highly tense and highly concentrated. At this desperate moment when the knife light was almost inevitable, his right hand seemed to have grasped something.

"Zheng~"

Mulan pulled out a flash of silver light and swung it forward.

"when--"

The silver sword collided with the blade and sparked, and the cane containing the silver sword should have been lying on the table at home!