Incident

In the afternoon, after watching Moko leave over the wall, Bai Jingxuan stood up from the shade and stretched lightly. She patted her jeans a few times, then picked up the book in her hand and turned to leave the courtyard.

Strangely enough, she hadn't seen anyone at the orphanage since noon today.

Although the courtyard where she and Moko met was relatively secluded, the orphanage had a large number of people, and someone would inevitably pass by. Normally, if she wanted to chat with Moko, she had to lower her voice, pay close attention to the movements in the corridor, and immediately shut up when she saw someone coming.

Because Moko said that ordinary people can't see Fairy, if she chats with Moko here, others will only think she's talking to thin air.

Bai Jingxuan didn't want to be misunderstood like this. Although she didn't reject life in the orphanage, she still hoped to be adopted. If she was thought to have mental problems because of "talking to thin air," then even that last bit of hope would be dashed.

Today, despite keeping a close eye on the corridor, she didn't notice anyone passing by.

This situation was somewhat unusual, but not particularly strange, so Bai Jingxuan didn't pay too much attention to it.

Is today a special day, or is there some kind of event?

She simply thought this as she walked slowly down the corridor, her book clutched in her arms.

Bai Jingxuan's usual room is some distance from this courtyard, requiring her to pass through an entire sanatorium building. The only advantage is that, considering her condition, her room was arranged on the first floor, so she wouldn't have to climb any stairs.

Walking alone in the quiet corridor, she looked through the glass window at the office building across the courtyard.

In the dim light, she seemed to see several dark figures flash by.

"That floor, I remember it was..."

Looking in that direction, she finally sensed something was wrong, and quickened her pace.

Liu Wenqin has been the director of the Fangting City No. 1 Welfare Institute for ten years.

She wouldn't say she knew the welfare home inside and out, but she certainly had a firm grasp of its facilities and staff distribution.

With over 400 employees, she can't remember everyone's name, but she knows each and every one of the department heads very well.

Therefore, when she wanted to bring the entire orphanage to a standstill and prevent anyone from resisting, she only needed a few phone calls to do so.

"Yes, Sister Lan, that's right. Don't resist them. Anyway, tell those guys in your room to calm down. They won't resort to violence until then."

After finishing her last phone call and putting down her phone, Liu Wenqin let out a long sigh of relief.

Then, looking at the man who had been standing in front of the filing cabinet, she suppressed her panic and fear and said as calmly as possible, "I've done as you said. When exactly do you plan to leave?"

Upon hearing her words, the man in front of her slowly turned his body towards her, revealing his full appearance:

This is a tall, thin man with a pale face and a scar on his eyebrow.

He looked to be in his early twenties, with a youthful appearance. He had a small mustache and a somewhat sinister look. His hair was rather long and was tied into a small braid at the back of his head. For some reason, there were a few strands of purplish-red showing through his jet-black hair.

The man wore a long black robe covered with strange characters that Liu Wenqin couldn't understand, forming a golden, eerie pictographic image. Although she couldn't identify what it was, it was unsettling to look at from afar.

"A wise decision, I want to applaud you, Ms. Liu."

With an enigmatic smile, he said in a somewhat strange voice, "Your few phone calls will save thousands of lives. You are a true welfare director, and I respect you greatly."

"Then could you please lead by example and stop having your men make things difficult for a group of orphans, disabled people, and children?"

Liu Wenqin felt her hands trembling, but she still insisted, "They can't possibly resist you, and no one here is capable of resisting you. Take whatever you want, why kill anyone!"

She said this because at that moment, right outside her office door, a burly man in a guard uniform was leaning against the doorframe. The man's head was bowed, a police baton lay beside him, blood flowed down his uniform, and his heart was now just an empty hole.

That was the Security Department at the welfare home. He rushed to the director's office as soon as he realized what had happened and tried to resist the man in black.

He was brave and fearless, and strong and powerful. The troublemakers he encountered in the courtyard were no match for him. Therefore, even though he knew that the man in front of him was strange, he was not afraid and charged directly at him. However, his martial prowess was in vain against the man in black robes. In the blink of an eye, he was killed by some unknown force and fell to the ground at the door.

Afterwards, a group of men in black robes who had followed the man dispersed and went to various parts of the orphanage, killing anyone who dared to resist with bloody cruelty. They then coerced Liu Wenqin to send a signal to various departments that "comply and you will not be killed," thus quickly taking control of the entire orphanage.

"For the sake of efficiency, ma'am."

Faced with Liu Wenqin's questioning, the man spoke politely, but his words were anything but. "We need to eliminate the potential danger as quickly as possible—for example, that call you're about to make to the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau right now. If you don't hang up immediately, there won't be anyone left alive in this orphanage. Please believe me, we'll act faster than the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau can arrive."

Upon hearing this, Liu Wenqin's heart tightened, and her hand, which had been resting behind her desk, paused. She glanced at the man with suspicion, then looked dejectedly at her phone screen and reluctantly hung up the phone.

"You are a bunch of devils!"

After giving up on seeking help from the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau, she angrily accused them. "You know perfectly well what kind of people those elderly people and children are here. If you have even a shred of human conscience, how could you bear to lay a hand on them?"

"What kind of people? Of course I know. To put it simply, they are a pitiful bunch, aren't they?"

The man in the black robe chuckled and spread his hands, "Children who have lost their loved ones, elderly people without anyone to care for them, many of whom are disabled, and some even have difficulty taking care of themselves. It's truly heartbreaking."

"But, poor thing, haha, poor thing."

He abruptly changed the subject, and began to chant as if on a pilgrimage. "Who in this world is not pitiful? Those without glory are of no use in life, but they become nourishment in death and are grateful to the Lord. Even in death, they should thank me, for at least in this moment, they are with the Lord's grace."

As he spoke these words, the man's expression was one of utmost piety and faith, as if these were his true thoughts, even if they seemed like utter nonsense to most people.

"You want them to thank you? That's absurd, you're really crazy..."

Liu Wenqin's eyes widened, her Adam's apple bobbing slightly. She stared at the man before her in disbelief, as if looking at some monster. "What exactly do you want here?"

This question made the man stop singing.

He lowered his hands, looking somewhat uninterested at Liu Wenqin behind the desk, and said in a strange voice:

"To be honest, although killing everyone here would only take us time, you've met my request and prevented the Anomaly Countermeasures Bureau from interfering with our meeting, so I don't mind showing a little bit of the small kindness within my mediocre values."

"Our people have already begun searching this orphanage. It doesn't matter if you continue to hide it. But you should know that once we find the target ourselves, the answer you know will lose its value."

"So, I'll ask you the same question I asked you when we first met, and I hope you can give me a proper answer this time."

He walked slowly toward Liu Wenqin's desk, ignoring her attempts to back away, lowered his head, placed his hand over his left eye, and exaggeratedly pulled his eyelid open:

"This is the last question. Tell me, Ms. Liu, is there a girl here who has lost her left eye?"