A Chance Encounter with a Murder Case

The person Gu Ding saw was none other than the fake Teacher Ellie who had asked him a question in class today.

Ordinary people wouldn't come to a place like the red-light district, let alone a teacher who taught cultural classes at a military academy. The real Ellie, like most teachers who taught cultural classes, was an ordinary person with a cellular comprehensive index of only around 1. As for combat power, she had none at all.

The moment Gu Ding saw Teacher Ellie, he confirmed that Reed's previous speculation was completely correct. When he saw Teacher Ellie dart into a small alley at a speed slightly faster than his own, he quickly followed.

The alley was deep and dark. His footsteps were light, but his speed was not slow.

Not long after Gu Ding disappeared, a tall man wrapped in a cloak abruptly appeared at the alley entrance. After only a brief pause, he followed into the alley.

At the end of the alley was an empty street. Gu Ding poked his head out and looked around, but found no one. Just then, a chilling killing intent rose from behind him. Before he could react, a hand reached around from behind and clamped his neck, almost suffocating him. At the same time, a faint fragrance wafted from behind him. Gu Ding clearly remembered that this perfume was the one Teacher Ellie usually wore.

"Speak, who told you to follow me?" A voice sounded in Gu Ding's ear. The voice also sounded like Teacher Ellie, but it was much colder and gave off a dangerous sense of deterrence.

"Teacher Ellie, I..." Gu Ding was about to explain something but was interrupted.

"You even brought a helper. Don't come any closer, I'll kill him if you move again." The woman pulled Gu Ding in front of her as a shield.

In the alley, the light was dim. Not far from the two stood a tall man, completely wrapped in a black cloak, his face also obscured by the brim of his hood, making it impossible to see clearly. Although he couldn't see the man's appearance, his innate sense of danger told Gu Ding that this man was extremely dangerous, even dozens of times more dangerous than the "Teacher Ellie" holding his throat. He also clearly felt that the other party's target was not him, but the "Teacher Ellie" behind him. But he also knew very well that the other party would not give up attacking "Teacher Ellie" out of consideration for him.

As expected, after the woman spoke, the cloaked man only paused slightly before stepping forward again, completely ignoring the woman's threat.

The woman immediately made a decisive move, changing her claw into a palm and delivering a hand chop to Gu Ding's neck. With her other hand, she forcefully pushed him out. It was clear she intended to use him to escape.

Gu Ding only felt a sharp pain in his neck, followed by a blur of consciousness. Then, a huge force came from behind, and his body was thrown forward. At the same time, he fell unconscious.

He didn't know how long had passed when Gu Ding slowly woke up. The scene before his eyes was horrifying.

Not far away, "Teacher Ellie" was impaled through the chest by a rod that had grown out of the man's hand. Even more bizarrely, "Teacher Ellie's" face began to gradually blur, as if a layer of human skin mask was slowly peeling off, revealing her true appearance. It was a woman who was a few shades more beautiful than Ellie, with a hint of foxy charm. However, no matter how beautiful she was, she was already dead. The rod had pinned her firmly to the wall, and she had completely stopped struggling.

The man in the large cloak reached into the woman's close-fitting pocket and took out something. In the dim night, even with Gu Ding's astonishing eyesight, he couldn't see what the man had taken.

Just then, the cloaked man suddenly turned, his gaze falling on Gu Ding. The moment their eyes met, Gu Ding felt as if a cold death god's scythe was resting on his neck. The intense sense of crisis made him dare not move at all. His intuition told him that any slight movement would instantly result in a death sentence.

"Target found, scanning!"

"Scan complete, target Gu Ding, Deep Sea Star Basic Military Academy student. Kill?" The cloaked man was muttering to himself in a low voice. Although Gu Ding couldn't hear what he was saying, he guessed that this guy was communicating with someone. But the strong sense of crisis still hadn't dissipated, and he still didn't dare to move in the slightest.

"From the military academy? Don't bother with him, anyway, that woman's body will be discovered sooner or later. How is the mission progressing?" A low and deep adult male voice quickly came from the microphone.

After receiving the instructions, the cloaked man turned to look at the already cold corpse.

"Target: Many-Faced Fox, Lin Na"

"Fourth Order Gene Body"

"Special Ability: Disguise"

"Cellular Comprehensive Index: 181"

"Affiliated Pirate Crew: Judicator Pirate Crew"

"Bounty Amount: 7 million Star Coins"

"Target deceased, target item obtained. Mission complete! Awaiting instructions."

"Since the mission is complete, retreat." The low male voice gave instructions again.

After receiving the instructions, the cloaked man finally turned and left. The moment he turned, a gust of wind happened to blow, lifting his cloak and revealing his left hand.

Gu Ding's eyesight was astonishing. Although it was just a glance, he clearly saw a white number printed on the sleeve of the other person's left hand—108.

"108? What does that mean? A code name? Or the title of some organization?" Gu Ding's mind wandered slightly.

By the time he snapped back to reality, the man had already disappeared. He looked around, but the street was still empty. Only then did he walk towards the corpse.

The corpse was impaled through the chest by a strange black rod, the other end of which was nailed to the wall. In this red-light district, criminal cases happened every day. Gu Ding had seen similar death scenes at least twenty times, so he had nothing to fear. He walked over simply to confirm whether this woman was Teacher Ellie.

Observing up close, Gu Ding was certain that this woman was, as Reed had said, an imposter. Aside from her face, her bone structure was several inches larger than the real Teacher Ellie's. Teacher Ellie wasn't short, standing around 1.68 meters, but this woman, after her disguise faded, was at least 1.75 meters tall. Her fingers were long and slender, and her nails were painted with crimson nail polish, whereas Teacher Ellie never wore any nail polish...

Just as Gu Ding was observing carefully, a metal wristband fell from the woman's wrist and rolled right to Gu Ding's feet.