Chapter 64
Even though Xu Zhi acted like an idiot, the woman did not loosen her grip on her. It was not out of caution, but simply because she ignored Xu Zhi's request.
The two of them escorted Xu Zhi up the stairs, climbing all the way to the top floor.
As she climbed, Xu Zhi sighed to herself. If it had been the old her, she would not even have needed to think about escaping. Just climbing these eight flights of stairs might have killed her outright.
The woman escorting her did not look particularly fit, yet she climbed eight flights without the slightest effort. As expected, these Fanatics had excellent physical conditioning.
But why the rooftop?
Curiously, Xu Zhi watched the man push open the door leading to the rooftop. A light breeze swept a skyful of Black Fog into the corridor. The strands of hair resting on Xu Zhi's shoulders lifted slightly in the wind, and she caught the smell of blood carried along with it.
Then she saw around six or seven Fanatics sitting or standing on the rooftop. In one corner were three unconscious people, blindfolded and tied up, while the ground was covered in blood that outlined a ritual pattern Xu Zhi found extremely familiar.
Wasn't this the pattern from the Affiliated Middle School cafeteria?
There were subtle differences, though. The rooftop was smaller than the cafeteria, and the pattern was correspondingly smaller, yet more refined. There were no piles of severed limbs on the ground, only a pattern drawn in blood.
The moment Xu Zhi saw the pattern, she felt a faint dizziness. It was not particularly intense, but she could indeed sense a kind of "mental contamination" from it. Even the circulation of supernatural energy within her became sluggish.
Of course, only