The Old Road (Three)

Something felt like it had gone wrong.

Could it be that they hadn't been killed by someone else, but had killed someone instead?

Watching the trio get out of the car one by one, a thought occurred to Fu Qian.

"Jessica!"

At that moment, the hardworking female classmate also came out of the house at the sound of the voices.

And clearly, the oppressive atmosphere wasn't making her read too much into things. She cheerfully hurried over to greet them.

Her call was like the morning bell at daybreak. The three of them snapped out of their daze and immediately got back into character.

As the blonde woman called Jessica embraced her warmly, the two men had already rallied and started unloading things from the car.

Their movements were astonishingly in sync, but there didn't seem to be anything obviously wrong with them!

Fu Qian casually looked over their clothes and the things they were unloading.

They seemed perfectly normal, except that the car was a little too clean.

[Current mission updated: Find Lasik]

As he observed them, the mission prompt finally sounded in his mind.

Looking for someone again?

There was only a name to go on. It felt like this was going to be a tough job.

Fu Qian pondered silently, his expression unchanged.

Still, it was best to look on the bright side. With a process of elimination, it was obvious that Lasik wasn't any of the people here; otherwise, the mission would already be complete.

Though that also meant he'd have to go look for someone in the town below.

The introduction had mentioned that this place was far removed from the usual course of life. Doing this sort of thing in an unfamiliar place would be a bit of a hassle.

With everyone pitching