INSIDER Chapter 61

The Next Day.

An incident caused a sensation and panic throughout the city—

In just a few weeks, eleven students from Yucai High School, the city’s best high school, were brutally murdered.

At the scene of the last death, countless dismembered limbs were scattered in a sea of crimson blood, with fragmented pieces of flesh and organs entangled together, creating a chilling sight that stunned the police who arrived on the scene, leaving them in shock for a long time.

Yes, eleven victims.

The first victim was immersed in boiling water in the washroom, the second victim’s left leg was dismembered and arranged in a strange shape on the top floor of the laboratory building, two commuting students staying in dormitory 318, six victims lying on the washroom floor killed before Lu Chu arrived, and the last victim was held by Zheng Wei, who used a craft knife to slice off the victim’s flesh piece by piece right in front of Lu Chu.

A total of eleven people.

Lu Chu had the ability to stop Zheng Wei, but he chose not to. Instead, he watched Zheng Wei dismember the last person, observing the despair and pain in the victim’s eyes without any emotion.

The cycle of karma.

Everyone must take responsibility for their wrongdoings.

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That night, after killing all those who had bullied Zheng Ran, Zheng Wei looked lovingly at the excited and joyful Zheng Ran. Zheng Ran, waving her pale hands and feet, floated over and clung to Zheng Wei’s back. Zheng Wei wiped his blood-stained dirty hands on his pants and supported her.

Lu Chu looked at Zheng Ran clinging to Zheng Wei’s back and said, “You had the power to kill those people yourself.” Zheng Ran blinked her innocent black eyes and tilted her head, “Yes, they all deserved to die.”

Lu Chu then looked at Zheng Wei.

If it had been Zheng Ran who killed those eleven people, it would have been one thing, but from beginning to end, it was Zheng Wei, a human, who committed these acts. For the first two deaths, he created a perfect alibi, but for the last scene, he killed nine people in succession without careful planning or covering his tracks, driven by Zheng Ran’s impatience, leaving fingerprints behind in his twisted spree of murder.

Thus, his slip-ups would inevitably be detected by the police.

Facing charges of premeditated murder of eleven people, Zheng Wei would likely face a bullet.

Understanding Lu Chu’s thoughts, Zheng Wei coughed, carefully holding Zheng Ran’s soul on his back, and turned to speak to her, seemingly indifferent to the impending storm.

Normally, Zheng Wei kept his head down, quietly doing his own thing. Now, raising his head, Lu Chu saw his pale and gray face, and could guess the reason he had been sleeping under heavy blankets—likely due to spending too much time with Zheng Ran, accumulating a heavy aura of death, making his body increasingly cold.

Looking at the corpses scattered around, Zheng Wei showed no emotion.

Zheng Ran, lying on his back, swung her pale, decaying feet and spoke with a naive and cheerful tone, “Hell is too lonely. I don’t want to go alone. Why didn’t brother save me back then?”

Zheng Wei gently lifted her up, saying, “It was brother’s fault for letting you suffer so much.”

“Ran Ran is not afraid. Wherever hell is, brother will go with you.”

After saying this, Zheng Wei didn’t look at Lu Chu and Seven again, carrying Zheng Ran’s soul as he walked east along the corridor. As they stepped out of the blood-soaked ground, the surroundings began to change. The previously isolated space returned to its original state, the separating wooden board reappeared, and Lu Chu and Seven found themselves outside the wooden barrier.

Zheng Wei, carrying Zheng Ran, walked down the stairs, preparing to leave the old dormitory building.

As they turned into the east stairwell, Zheng Ran looked back at Lu Chu, her lips curling into a sinister smile, mouthing the words silently—

It was brother who willingly came to accompany me.

The next second, Lu Chu and Seven were instantly transported back to dormitory 318.

Inside, Zhang Cheng stood by the window, his face back to normal, while Xu Yuan squatted on the ground, looking around in confusion.

Zhang Cheng swallowed hard and asked Lu Chu in a daze, “Why am I here… wasn’t I sitting by the bed?”

Xu Yuan shook his head and muttered to himself, “It felt like I had a terrible dream… Hey, isn’t there one less person in our dorm?”

Lu Chu calmly shook his head, “I don’t know.”

“Alright then…” Xu Yuan said, “I’d better go to bed early, my head feels a bit fuzzy…”

“Count me in!” Zhang Cheng said as he walked over, trying to put his arm around Xu Yuan’s shoulder, but Xu Yuan instinctively avoided his touch.

Zhang Cheng asked in confusion, “Why are you avoiding me?”

Xu Yuan shook his head, “I don’t know, maybe it’s just a habit?”

Zhang Cheng laughed and scolded, “Habit my ass.”

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The next morning, students who woke up and stepped into the corridor were frightened by the blood seeping from under the wooden board separating the west washroom. Someone quickly notified the on-duty teacher. Since the stairwell on the west side was locked from the first to the sixth floor and the key was with the school authorities, the police had to remove the wooden board. As soon as the board was opened, the glaring red and horrifying corpses immediately came into view.

The news could no longer be suppressed and spread beyond the school, causing panic to quickly engulf the entire city.

This time, the police quickly found a clue—fingerprints of Yucai High School’s sophomore student Zheng Wei were found on every corpse at the murder scene.

The police immediately began a manhunt for Zheng Wei but found nothing.

The residents of dormitory 318 were temporarily detained at the school, as they had lived with Zheng Wei and might provide useful information. However, Zheng Wei had been so reclusive, not interacting with anyone, that even his dorm mates barely spoke to him, leaving the police with no useful information.

While the police were struggling, someone found Zheng Wei’s body in the bushes behind the school cafeteria.

He was lying on his side in the bushes, his face pale and peaceful, covered in dried blood stains, with his hands behind his back, as if carefully holding something.

The police tested the blood on him and confirmed it was the blood of the victims in the old boys’ dormitory, identifying Zheng Wei as the murderer.

At the same time, the story of Zheng Wei’s sister, Zheng Ran, who was bullied to death by more than ten people a few years ago, surfaced. The lenient handling by society and the school’s deliberate downplaying of the severity sparked widespread attention, revealing the cause of the serial murders and evoking a mix of fear and sympathy for Zheng Wei.

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The ghost in dormitory 604 was indeed Zheng Ran. Having died there, her spirit lingering in the dorm was natural.

As for the simultaneous fever among the girls in dormitory 604, it was likely due to the aura of death from Zheng Ran’s presence.

With everything explained, Lu Chu’s mission was completed.

Before leaving this “realm,” Lu Chu curiously asked Seven, “Zheng Ran was surprised that you could touch her and said that without her permission, no one could touch her. Why could you?”

Seven explained, “My job is to eliminate unstable elements in each ‘realm,’ which includes humans, animals, and even ghosts and spirits.”

Lu Chu understood. Seven’s ability to touch spirits was granted by the ‘rules,’ allowing him to act freely within the ‘realm.’

Killer of all.

Lu Chu then said to Seven, “Song Gui invited me to join him for a multiplayer mission. I plan to accept.”

Seven looked at him, “Do what you want.”

“But doesn’t that mean your identity will be exposed?” Lu Chu worried.

Seven’s role as an eliminator was a secret not to be widely known.

During the Snake Cutting realm, Song Gui had seen Seven as ‘Qi Li’ and worked with him for a long time. Unlike ordinary players who kept their own names in the ‘realm,’ Seven, to find Lu Chu, replaced a character in the ‘realm,’ whose name didn’t change with the player but could only be replaced by Seven, transcending ordinary players.

Thus, even if his role changed, his appearance wouldn’t change much. Those who had seen him would still recognize him.

After hearing Lu Chu’s concern, Seven said, “Don’t worry, I have a way.”

Lu Chu felt reassured.

Leaving this “realm” and returning to the “rules,” Lu Chu suddenly hesitated, stunned in place.

Why did he think Seven would always be by his side?

Seven didn’t need to enter the same “realm” as him to avoid being discovered.

Outside the “realm”.