Staying Up Late

The Suspect

With such a light tap from Li Bai, there naturally wasn't any fluctuation of spiritual energy or Gang Qi. At most, it caused a faint surge of electricity, with no miraculous effect whatsoever.

The video that had been playing automatically froze.

There was nothing strange about it. It was merely the normal response to a preset command. As for spells and the like, that was purely wishful thinking.

Before Qingyao Demoness could react, Li Bai continued skillfully swiping across the screen. He moved the progress bar forward a little and replayed that section of the video.

The camera slid down from the window of his hypnotism treatment room, focusing on the concrete path beside the greenery on the first floor.

The recording equipment used by those Naughty Kids was unexpectedly good. Despite the great distance, the image was incredibly clear, as if everything were right before their eyes. It was far clearer than surveillance footage—obviously, the scene had been filmed with professional equipment.

The blond foreigner had not been the Little Ghosts' target. They had given him only five or six seconds of screen time. The elementary school students had been too busy arguing to notice immediately that the camera had been knocked askew. The image shifted away from its target, and only a moment later did they realize what had happened and turn the camera back toward the window of Li Bai's hypnotism treatment room. The footage then showed the hospital security guards rushing into the room.

However, those few brief seconds had allowed Li Bai to see the foreigner's features clearly. It had happened to captured him straight-on. He appeared to be around forty or fifty years old, with an eerie smile at the corners of his mouth.

He had inexplicably gone to the path outside