Chapter 264: The mysterious girl
Matsuda Yumi went cold all over. Every inch of her skin prickled as if charged with static, and goosebumps erupted in less than a second.
As the head rolled, its deathly pale face still wore an expression of intense terror. It belonged to a security guard from the parking garage. Even without his cap, Matsuda Yumi recognized the middle-aged man who occasionally helped her back into her parking space.
Only now, there were nothing but two bloody holes where his eyes should have been.
It took almost everything she had to suppress the urge to scream. She glanced in the direction the head had rolled from, but saw neither the rest of the body nor the killer.
Yumi's face was pale. Struggling to control her rapid breathing, she looked around. The entire parking garage seemed deserted except for her.
Only a few seconds had actually passed since she discovered the head.
Gritting her teeth, Yumi pressed the button on her remote to unlock her car.
The beep of the unlocking signal made Yumi's heart leap. The sound was painfully distinct in the parking garage.
She hurried around to the driver's side, opened the door, scrambled into the seat, shut the door, and started the engine.
She performed the whole sequence in one smooth motion, displaying the best driving skills she had managed since getting her license.
Vroom!
She slammed down on the accelerator, and the Honda shot backward out of its space like something possessed.
With a bang, it slammed into the car behind it.
Ignoring the dizziness from the impact and the damage to both vehicles, Yumi immediately shifted into drive, turned the wheel, and charged forward.
An eerie black shadow flashed in front of the car.
"Aaaah!" Vroom!
Like many terrified female drivers,