Chapter 859: You Guys Actually Have Some Brains

After calling the police, Jiang Ran and the Green-haired Guy were about to head over to the swimming pool area.

Of course, to make a show of strength, Jiang Ran also went to the Security Room and asked Security Captain Xiang Shanfeng whether he wanted to come along with them.

Naturally, Security Captain Xiang Shanfeng refused. His reasoning was simple - if he left, who would be responsible for the security of the apartment complex's main entrance?

Since there was no Third Man.

So Jiang Ran and the Green-haired Guy decided to go on their own.

Before leaving, Jiang Ran went into Building No. 1 and found a mop. He told the Green-haired Guy to grab one too.

The Green-haired Guy was utterly confused: "What are we grabbing mops for? Are we going to the swimming pool to clean up or something?"

Jiang Ran said, "What cleaning? We're grabbing mops for self-defense! Didn't you say a murder happened there? We might just run into the killer. If we do, this becomes a weapon."

The Green-haired Guy thought Jiang Ran made a good point and gave him a thumbs up.

"As expected of an assistant manager. Older and more experienced, way stronger than us young folks."

Hearing the first half of that sentence wasn't so bad - he actually felt a little pleased.

But then came the part starting with "older."

Jiang Ran was instantly speechless.

What do you mean older? More experienced? Way stronger than you young folks? Was he that old? He asked, was he old?

At most, he was only a few years older than this guy.

And he was calling him old?

Of course, Jiang Ran didn't want to argue too much with this green-haired kid, because he figured anyone who would dye their hair green probably had something wrong with their brain - water in the head.

The two of them carried their mops and hurried all the way to the swimming pool.

They entered the swimming pool.

The lights were on inside.

When the Green-haired Guy and the other two had left the swimming pool earlier, they hadn't turned off the lights.

So Jiang Ran followed the Green-haired Guy through the door and headed straight for where the dead guy's body was.

But before they even got there, both of them stopped in their tracks.

By the pool on the first floor, next to the dead guy's corpse, stood a person with their back facing Jiang Ran and the Green-haired Guy.

In Jiang Ran's mind, the Danger Warning System was screaming its alarms:

[Ding! Dangerous individual detected! Points +8! Points +8...]

...

On Lin Yu's side, the group hurriedly made their way to the library and all piled inside.

Huo Yun and Huang Kaiyu were still at their original spot, lying in wait.

Suddenly they heard a series of footsteps.

Both of their expressions shifted.

Huang Kaiyu quietly crept from his hidden position over to Huo Yun's side and asked, "Did those two who ran away call people to come rescue someone?"

Huo Yun smacked his lips: "Probably!"

Huang Kaiyu said, "So what do we do now?"

Huo Yun looked at the time and sighed, "I don't know either..."

While they were talking, Lin Yu's group had already reached the middle of the library's first floor.

The Pimply Guy was still tied up right there.

This time, without Huo Yun and Huang Kaiyu suddenly bursting out to block them, Lin Yu was at the Pimply Guy's side in an instant, pulling off the black cloth covering his face.

After pulling it off, he also grabbed the ragged rag stuffed in his mouth.

Since that rag had been crammed into the Pimply Guy's mouth for a long time, it was soaked with saliva from his entire mouth, and when Lin Yu pulled it out, he accidentally touched some of that saliva. So, somewhat disgusted, he kept wiping his right hand back and forth on his clothes.

Once the rag was removed from the Pimply Guy's mouth, he could be seen gasping for air, feeling incredibly refreshed. Then the hemp ropes on his hands and feet were untied by the Silver-Haired Guy, and in an instant, he gained his freedom.

Even though he was free, because he'd been tied up with hemp rope for so long, he could only feel that his now-free hands and feet were completely numb. He couldn't stand up right away and needed to keep twisting and moving to work them out.

"Who tied you up?"

Lin Yu crouched down and asked the Pimply Guy.

The Pimply Guy shook his head: "I don't know. I don't recognize that person."

Lin Yu: "Then after the person tied you up, did they say what they wanted? Money? Something else?"

The Pimply Guy shook his head: "They didn't ask for money, didn't ask for anything. They just tied me up."

"For no reason at all."

The Pimply Guy could stand up now.

The Silver-Haired Guy said, "Since we've rescued this guy, we should go find the others now."

At that moment, the Pink Long-Haired Girl shouted excitedly, "No need to look anymore! The phone has signal now!!!"

Lin Yu was stunned: "There's signal?"

Lin Yu pulled out his phone and checked - sure enough.

So he opened WeChat, found the group chat the 14 of them had created, and sent a message.

"Everyone, stop lingering. All of you, now, immediately, right this second, get back to Building No. 2 and wait downstairs! This is not a joke! Xiao Fan was killed while swimming at the pool!"

"If you don't want to die, get over there and gather NOW!!!"

After Lin Yu sent that string of messages, he waited two or three minutes but didn't see anyone else post anything new in the group.

He couldn't worry about that anymore.

He said to the others present, "Let's go. We'll gather at Building No. 2 too, then wait for the police to handle everything."

"Yeah."

"Fine."

"Hurry up and go. I don't want to stay here a second longer."

The others all said.

At that moment, Lin Yu turned his head and suddenly noticed something.

That was - he only saw the Monkey King Mask Man. As for the man in his thirties who had also been behind him, he was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's that guy?"

Lin Yu asked the Monkey King Mask Man.

The Monkey King Mask Man smiled: "You'll see him soon enough."

A baffling statement.

But unease began to creep into Lin Yu's heart.

He had a feeling that something was about to happen.

Sure enough, the man in his thirties came out then.

Only, the man in his thirties who reappeared was not in his previous attire.

Instead, he was covered from head to toe in a black robe, concealing everything except his face.

In addition, his right hand held a black fire axe, and in his left hand, a White Ghost-face Mask.

The exact same mask worn by the person in the video they'd seen on the Monkey King Mask Man's phone.

"You?!"

It wasn't just Lin Yu - terror rapidly spread across his face.

Including his girlfriend, Zheng Zihan.

And the Silver-Haired Guy and Pink Long-Haired Girl were the same.

As for the Pimply Guy, though he didn't know what the current situation was, from the looks of things, it wasn't looking good for them.

The man in his thirties smiled faintly at Lin Yu's group.

Then he spoke unhurriedly:

"Honestly, you guys are pretty smart."

"Your IQ was a bit beyond my expectations."