Chapter 128: What Kind of Person

A figure silently entered the hotel room, moving noiselessly toward the bed. His gaze fell on the sleeping Xiao Yu. He reached out his hand.

In an instant, Xiao Yu’s eyes opened. An indescribable coldness and iciness flickered in his eyes. 

Seeing the icy, bone-chilling gaze, Wang Dong’s heart trembled, and his body froze. He had a feeling that if he extended his hand even a tiny bit further, it would be life-threatening.

Was it just an illusion?

Wang Dong didn’t dare to take the risk.

The young man in front of him was too mysterious, too terrifying. He didn’t want to gamble with his life, so Wang Dong quickly retracted his hand.

The coldness in Xiao Yu’s eyes gradually dissipated, becoming confused, then returning to their usual lively, clear state. He looked at the oddly behaving Wang Dong beside his bed with a puzzled expression. 

“Brother Wang?”

“…”

Wang Dong rolled his eyes. “You almost scared me to death.”

“What happened?”

Sitting up, Xiao Yu’s face showed the energy of a young man and a bright, sunny smile.

“We’ve located the area where the suspected culprit might be. Let’s go check it out.”

Wang Dong explained, keeping his eyes on the smiling, radiant young man beside him.

He started to feel confused. Was it really an illusion?

The sense of danger he felt earlier was completely different from now. It was like he was two different people.

“That fast?” Xiao Yu was surprised, then smiled and got out of bed. “Let’s go.”

With that, he headed straight for the door. The doubt in Wang Dong’s eyes quickly faded, and he followed closely.

Maybe he was overthinking it.

***

In M City, XX District, XX Road…

Xiao Yu stepped out of the police car and arrived at a courier station.

This was the logistics hub of a courier company, where a large number of packages from all over the country were received daily, sorted, and then sent out to various smaller stations before being picked up by couriers for delivery.

Nine months ago, eight months ago, five months ago… A total of six remote-controlled flying devices were packaged and sent here, where they were picked up.

The surveillance footage had already been retrieved by the National Security personnel.

After screening, it was found that the person who picked up the packages was a delivery guy. He took the items and placed them in a storage locker in a certain neighborhood.

The National Security continued their investigation and found the delivery guy.

The courier guy did remember delivering those packages. 

Why such a strong memory?

Because the payment method was bizarre. The payment was placed in the storage locker for him to pick up, rather than being done through the platform. As for how the person knew his phone number and that he was a courier, that was unclear.

All the transaction records from the storage locker and the phone call logs of the courier were retrieved, and the target was identified.

However, the National Security personnel were frustrated to find that all the target’s identity information was fake.

“Should we head to the neighborhood with the storage lockers?” Wang Dong asked, staring at Xiao Yu, who was watching the surveillance footage.

“No rush, he won’t be there,” Xiao Yu replied, his tone indifferent as he watched the footage. “He wouldn’t make such a mistake.”

Wang Dong nodded, agreeing wholeheartedly.

Without this level of intelligence, they wouldn’t have had such trouble dealing with him, and Xiao Yu wouldn’t have been called in.

Thinking of Xiao Yu’s abilities, Wang Dong hesitated for a moment, then asked, “Are you sure you don’t want to join National Security?”

“If I joined National Security, Brother Wang, would you be my lackey?” Xiao Yu looked up, grinning and teasing, “Would you serve me tea?”

Wang Dong was speechless.

‘Me, a big man, being a lackey? Too sharp-tongued, really makes me want to hit him!’

“Let’s go.” Xiao Yu changed the subject, feeling he was about to get hit. “Whether he’s there or not, we have to check it out.”

The two changed into casual clothes and headed to the neighborhood…

***

At the neighborhood’s storage lockers, Xiao Yu’s gaze moved to one specific locker.

Wang Dong pressed a few buttons. The storage locker opened with a pop..

Countless scents flooded Xiao Yu’s nose.

Many people used the storage lockers, so there were many scents. However, Xiao Yu still caught a familiar strange scent from the locker.

Got him!

A smile curved on Xiao Yu’s lips, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. He had smelled this scent on the mannequin last night. And at both crime scenes. It was definitely the culprit.

However, Xiao Yu still couldn’t figure out one thing.

Why did a person’s body have the scent of certain animals?

And it wasn’t the scent of domestic animals. It felt like wild animals.

How could there be wild animals in a city?

Most wild species were protected animals. Unless…

“Secretly raising them? What for?” Xiao Yu squinted his eyes. “Could it be… No, it can’t be. Wild animals would still leave biological traces like saliva on the bodies. It was impossible not to find any.”

Suddenly, a sense of dread surged in his heart. Xiao Yu felt a chill run down his spine. His hair stood on end. Without hesitation, he tilted his body.

Bang!

A streak of light zipped past Xiao Yu, embedding itself in the storage locker. The arrow left only its tail quivering outside.

His heart pounded wildly. Cold sweat trickled down his forehead. Just a little more, and he could have been killed.

“Shit!” 

Wang Dong, already having drawn his gun, scanned the surroundings with predatory intensity, but found nothing.

“No need to search,” Xiao Yu said, his voice as cold as ice. He examined the angle of the arrow, then slowly turned to look behind him at a certain spot.

Along the roadside within the neighborhood were landscaped areas with sedum plants. These plants generally grow 10-20 centimeters tall, with three leaves per whorl, occasionally four.

These details weren’t the focus. The focus was that the height of these plants could easily conceal something.

Xiao Yu walked over and crouched down, using his hand to part the sedum.

A crossbow, mounted on a small stand, was fixed to the ground. It was aimed directly at the storage locker, where Xiao Yu had just been. Not only that, but he also noticed a remote control device attached to the crossbow’s trigger.

Using the remote, the trigger could be pulled.

Rage flared within him as Xiao Yu’s gaze moved, searching. After a minute, he spotted a wireless camera hidden in another spot.

Using the camera to monitor the storage locker and remotely control the crossbow to kill suspected targets.

Reflecting on the fact that the culprit was adept at surveillance, counter-surveillance, and even criminal investigation techniques… and the control over those drones… and the sadistic way he tortured and killed his victims…

No wonder the system gave a twenty-day task deadline.

Xiao Yu took a deep breath. His heart was trembling.

‘Who the hell are you?!’