Friend Request

Looking down at the street below, where he could no longer follow the trail, Luo Di rubbed his nose.

"It should be the same person I perceived during lunch in the afternoon."

Could it be staff from the 4hs website? Since I accept and complete an offline task every day, and the uploaded videos are edited, are they sending someone to track and observe my situation?

Or is some special Pseudo-Human- organization already targeting me?

Since the tracking failed, he returned to the Teaching Building and tried to search for any clues left by the other party, but he found nothing. Even the lingering scent in the air had completely dissipated over time.

Clearly, the other party is very skilled at concealment and tracking.

Back to the rented room.

After uploading the video and passing the verification, Luo Di received a reward of 50 Fear Beans. Instead of shopping, he clicked on the customer service icon in the lower right corner of the website.

Soon, a night shift customer service representative contacted Luo Di, but the response was strange.

"You have not engaged in any violations on the website, our staff will never follow you offline, and no information regarding your offline activities has been detected to have been leaked."

If you are certain that you have been followed by someone outside the event, please address the incident first and prioritize your personal safety.

Please leave Moon City if necessary.

After receiving confirmation from customer service, Luo Di did not completely rule out the website's involvement, but began to suspect that some special Pseudo-Human or organization was targeting him, possibly related to an offline event.

"If you are followed again, be more serious."

Luo Di didn't feel any sense of crisis, or rather, this level of surveillance was not enough to affect his life. He continued to browse the mall late at night, and went to sleep when he felt sleepy.

When I woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

The goods I ordered online have arrived but are piled up at the door, with only a plain, tan-colored package sandwiched among the black packages from the 4hs website.

Once he was sure no one was around, Luo Di sent out a long, thin gray tentacle from his palm, which rolled up the strange package and tore it open.

There were no dangerous items or pranks inside, but a limited edition killer postcard, which is very rare on the market.

The back of the postcard is made up of pieces of bloody fingernails, seemingly just pulled off, arranged to form a large heart.

"..."

As the arm exerted force, the gray tentacles also exerted force, squeezing and crushing the postcard completely.

He didn't let trivial matters disrupt his peaceful daily routine. He continued to enjoy the thrill of unpacking packages and filled the entire rented room with elements of the serial killer, creating a dream room that belonged exclusively to Luo Di.

Even the toothbrush used for rinsing mouth is shaped like a dagger, and the towel looks like a Murder case object stained with blood.

Tonight's offline event requires Luo Di to go to the car rental company, find the car with the last three digits of the license plate number being "666", and drive along the navigation route set on the car.

He seemed quite serious about this event.

Not only did he focus on the event itself, but he also kept an eye on the "stalker" who might be lurking in the shadows while driving.

With Luo Di completely killing the Pseudo-Human hiding inside the car and moving around like minced meat in the seats and trunk, the risk of the offline event was eliminated.

It took an hour and a half to complete the entire trip.

This time it's very strange.

It seemed they weren't being followed; they hadn't even made a single sound with their tongues.

"After I discovered it at the elementary school last night, did you realize the risks and give up? I hope so."

Luo Di's current location was quite far from his rented apartment, almost requiring a 20-minute walk across the Moon City, so he had to take a late-night taxi.

The driver was a man with a scruffy beard and a fierce face; you could even see a machete and a pistol stuck to the side of the driver's seat.

He said it coldly when he got on the bus:

"There are probably no more than thirty people in the whole city who dare to drive a taxi in the city center late at night, and their prices are tripled. Whether you're human or Pseudo-Human, don't even think about attacking me."

If you agree, then get on the bus.

To everyone's surprise, Luo Di was charged more than three times the fare as soon as he got on the bus.

The driver had never met such a straightforward passenger before. When he looked in the rearview mirror, he saw a pair of Red Vein Through Eye, and the tough driver immediately became kind and gentle.

I arrived at the rented room at 2:30 a. m.

Click!

Unlock and enter.

Change into slippers,

As soon as Luo Di returned to his bedroom and sat down in front of his laptop, he suddenly realized something.

It's not the tongue moving.

Instead, he immediately noticed that the limited edition figurine placed on the desk had shifted slightly by less than 5 degrees.

After discovering this, a closer look at the room revealed that many things had been touched, but there was no lingering scent.

"Someone came, but they've already left..."

Immediately activate the coat's camera function, and return to the bedroom only after confirming that nothing is missing and no eavesdropping devices have been installed.

Currently, only one area remains to be inspected - the bed.

First check under the bed.

Instead of bending down to check, Luo Di used the Camera Coat to move the button camera to the top of his shoe, capturing footage from under the bed that could be directly uploaded to his brain.

There was no one under the bed.

Since that's the case, all that's left is the bed covered with blankets.

Luo Di's right hand made a chopping motion, while his left hand gripped the edge of the blankets... It was speculated that a petite, elusive Pseudo-Human might be lying inside.

Whoosh~ The blankets were pulled back.

Nobody was there.

But under the blankets and on the sheets, there was something and a faint odor, covered by the blankets, that was somewhat nauseating.

The first thing you see is a postcard, exactly the same as during the day.

Just to be on the safe side,

Luo Di continued to use his tentacles to curl it up, which also allowed him to practice his tentacles' control.

However,

This time, the back of the postcard was blank, without any heart made of fingernails... but it concealed something that made Luo Di feel physically uncomfortable and even caused him to show a look of disgust.

Below the postcard,

On the mattress that was just blocked,

There is a heart shape left.

It was not made by piecing together objects.

It is a heart-shaped shape formed by being moistened by liquid, and the scent comes from this liquid, a liquid that is only secreted when one is interested.

The other party is very good at hiding, but deliberately left this thing behind.

Instead of washing it, Luo Di threw the entire mattress and bedding downstairs to the garbage station.

When I went back upstairs, I made a point of checking on the Old Couple were renting the place to make sure they were alright.

Back in the bedroom, I opened all the windows and turned on the fan. Although the smell was faint, I couldn't shake it off. Whenever I stayed in the bedroom, I could vaguely smell a similar odor.

Back to the laptop,

I plan to submit today's offline activities.

The laptop was simply closed; opening it would take me back to the website interface.

I was just about to reply when

Beep beep beep!

A notification tone blared from the laptop's speaker, unusually jarring in the quiet of the night.

You should know that Luo Di always turns the volume down to the minimum before using his laptop, but now it's turned up to the maximum.

The computer has also been tampered with.

Moreover, the message notification sound came from a friend's reply that comes with the website.

It was Wendy, the female friend whom Luo Di had previously chosen to ignore, whose profile picture was a black-and-white smiling face.

The friends list has also changed from 0/0 to 1/1.

Wendy has been added as a friend.

Clicking on the other person's constantly changing avatar brings up a chat window.

Four of the simplest Chinese characters appear above.

"I like you."

Then another conversation popped up, as if the other party had calculated Luo Di's return home time.

"I believe you have received the 'heart,' which is a flavor I specially left for you... Your tongue seems quite special; perhaps you can lick this flavor to hunt me down."

It's okay if you throw it in the trash; I deliberately drained a lot of water, so the smell won't dissipate even by tomorrow morning.

Just as Luo Di was about to select "delete friend," beep beep!

Another message popped up:

"Don't even think about moving out of this rental house, or people might not be able to find you. They might even kill everyone in this rental house because they're frustrated and depressed."

It's a real pity. From my observation, you have neither a lover nor family, otherwise it would have been easier to win you over.

If you see this, please reply to my message~ I'm also a fascination with serial killers, and I'd love to have the opportunity to discuss this further with you.

Looking at the conversation information on the computer screen,

Deep within his mind, Luo Di experienced a rare sensation, a strong sense of discomfort and disgust, and his fingers began to twitch slightly.