He Ran Away

In a high-rise building in Cangnan City.

Creak.

The door was slowly pushed open, and Zhao Kongcheng walked in listlessly, sighing from time to time.

"Old Zhao, what's wrong with you?"

The five people sitting inside asked in surprise when they saw Zhao Kongcheng's appearance.

"Were you injured last night?"

"Judging by your expression, it's more likely you're heartbroken..."

"Holy crap, Old Zhao, your wife isn't divorcing you, is she?"

"Don't talk nonsense."

The five of them started guessing one after another. After a while, a silent Zhao Kongcheng sighed softly.

"Am I really... that unattractive?"

"..."

The five of them rolled their eyes in unison, pretending not to hear him, and went back to their own business. Some were sharpening knives, some were cleaning guns, some were playing on their phones, and some were sleeping soundly...

"No, I'm asking you seriously!" Zhao Kongcheng was anxious.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to Zhao Kongcheng, Hong Ying, who was cleaning her gun, sighed, "Brother Kongcheng, did something happen?"

"You could say that," Zhao Kongcheng paused. "I met the owner of that golden Forbidden Zone last night."

Upon hearing the latter part, everyone suddenly looked up, stopped what they were doing, and their eyes began to gleam.

"That guy who's suspected to be the Seraphim's agent?"

"Yeah."

"Is he very strong? Who is he?"

"You're overthinking it," Zhao Kongcheng shook his head. "He's just an ordinary high school student. That 'Klein'-level power fluctuation is probably just residual power left by the Seraphim on him. He's just a newcomer who has just entered the 'Zhan' realm."

Hearing this, a hint of disappointment appeared in their eyes.

"I thought a 'Klein'-level powerhouse had arrived in Cangnan City..."

"But then again, if that extremely dangerous god really chose an agent and he grew to the 'Klein' level, the higher-ups would definitely know."

The man sitting on the sofa narrowed his eyes slightly. "Regardless, the Seraphim chose an agent and bestowed a Divine Forbidden Zone upon him. This is a major event, and we need to report it to the higher-ups immediately."

"By the way, Old Zhao, since you met him, where is he? You didn't bring such an important person back?"

"He ran away..." Zhao Kongcheng said faintly. "He told me he was going to get his backpack, and then he ran away while I was spacing out."

"..." Everyone was speechless.

Just as they were about to complain, the room door was opened again.

A man still wearing a dark red cloak walked in, with bloodstains still on his face, his steps as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

Seeing this man, everyone, including Zhao Kongcheng, immediately stood up.

"Captain!"

"Captain, are you alright?"

The captain waved his hand, shed his blood-stained cloak, and sat down on a small stool by the door, an indescribable weariness in his brows.

"I'm fine, but... the Ghost-faced King escaped."

Everyone's expression immediately turned serious.

The captain continued, "I chased the Ghost-faced King all the way to the outskirts north of the city last night and fought it. It was severely injured, and then it forcefully escaped by harming its own origin."

"So, the Ghost-faced King might have already escaped Cangnan City?"

"No, not necessarily," the man sitting on the sofa suddenly said.

Everyone looked at him, and the captain's brows rose slightly. "Tell us, Xiangnan."

Wu Xiangnan slowly stood up, took out a map of the area around Cangnan City from under the sofa, and spread it out on the floor.

"Cangnan City is located in a relatively remote area, and it's quite far from the nearby cities. The captain fought the Ghost-faced King in the northern suburbs last night. Besides Cangnan City, the nearest city there is tens of kilometers away," Wu Xiangnan drew a circle on the map.

"So what?" Hong Ying's eyes were full of confusion.

At this moment, the captain's eyes gradually lit up. "The Ghost-faced King is severely injured. Before it recovers its strength, it can't possibly cover such a long distance."

Wu Xiangnan continued where the captain left off, "And for the Ghost-faced King to recover its strength, it can only rely on eating people, which means..."

"It will definitely return to Cangnan City?"

"That's right."

Zhao Kongcheng's brows furrowed slightly. "But Cangnan City is so big, we have no idea where it will appear."

"The sewers," Wu Xiangnan pushed up his glasses and outlined a curve on the map with a red pen. "Ghost-faced Men like to hide in the sewers, and the Ghost-faced King escaped through the sewers before. There is only one sewer connecting to the northern suburbs, which means the Ghost-faced King's appearance location is likely somewhere along this sewer."

"Immediately dispatch people to search along this sewer. This time, we absolutely cannot let it escape!" The captain's eyes flashed with cold light, and he immediately gave the order.

"Got it!"

"Oh, right, one more thing." Wu Xiangnan turned to look at Zhao Kongcheng. "Make sure you bring back the Seraphim's agent. His potential is too great; he absolutely cannot fall into the hands of the Ancient God Church! In a sense, this matter is a higher priority than clearing out the Ghost-faced King!"

Zhao Kongcheng immediately puffed out his chest. "Leave this to me. I'll definitely capture this kid myself!"

"Didn't he run off? Can you still find him?" Hong Ying muttered softly.

"He's wearing the uniform of the Second Middle School. I'll stake out the school gate today. I don't believe I won't be able to catch him!"

A confident smile appeared on Zhao Kongcheng's lips.

"Brother, why aren't you going to school today?"

Yang Jin asked curiously, looking at Lin Qiye, who wasn't wearing his school uniform or carrying his backpack.

"I have something to do today, so I'm not going," Lin Qiye said as he put on his shoes and opened the door. "Is Auntie still sleeping?"

"She just got back an hour ago."

"I know. Go to school a little earlier later. Don't be like me."

"Okay."

Lin Qiye closed the door and silently removed the black ribbon from his eyes, putting it into his pocket.

His eyes had recovered, but he hadn't told his aunt and Yang Jin yet. Firstly, his aunt had just finished her night shift last night, so they hadn't seen each other at all.

As for the second reason, Lin Qiye had only just acquired these eyes and couldn't control the power within them well. The golden light would still occasionally appear from the depths of his eyes. Although it wasn't very obvious, if his aunt and the others saw it, they would definitely force him to get his eyes checked again, wasting money.

He wanted to announce this matter only when he could control his eyes completely.

However, since he was going out, Lin Qiye no longer needed to keep the black ribbon on. It was too attention-grabbing.

Lin Qiye took out the sunglasses Yang Jin had bought for him from his pocket, put them on, and strode towards the bus stop.

After more than an hour of bumpy travel, Lin Qiye finally arrived at his destination.

Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital.

The last time Lin Qiye came here was ten years ago.

In these ten years, Lin Qiye had changed a lot, and this psychiatric hospital had also changed a lot.

All the old walls had been renovated, the main gate was twice as wide as before, and two modern high-rise buildings had replaced the original three-story buildings. Even the six large characters "Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital" were now gilded hot stamping!

Standing at the main entrance, Lin Qiye could no longer connect the modern hospital before him with the small building in his memory.

The only thing that hadn't changed, perhaps, was the old security guard.

He was just much more stooped, and his hair was much grayer.

The old man seemed to have seen Lin Qiye, squinted his eyes, raised his right hand, and pointed at Lin Qiye...

Just as Lin Qiye thought the old man still remembered him and was about to greet him, The old man shouted loudly:

"Hey, you silly kid over there! You're blocking the cars behind you!"