Nightmare Apostle

"Everyone is going?" Ye Zheng paused for a moment, asking for confirmation.

"Yes, including you and me." Yang Xiao nodded.

"Alright, you must have your reasons for deciding this, I believe you. But how do you know that it’s Ma Jing who has been targeted by the ghost?" Ye Zheng truly wanted to know this point.

"I can’t completely confirm it yet, but I’ll tell you later."

Looking out the window, the sun had already peeked over the horizon, the first rays of sunlight had splashed down, painting the sky with a layer of dark gold. After quickly packing a few things, Yang Xiao opened the door and reminded, "Let’s go, let’s head to the scene."

Through Hu Weimin’s report, they already knew that last night Hu Weimin and Ma Jing spent the night at the clinic, and it was also at the clinic where Ma Jing disappeared.

On the way, Ye Zheng was still complaining that such important decisions as changing the lodging place weren’t discussed with everyone by Ma Jing and him.

But Yang Xiao knew in his heart that changing the lodging place had nothing to do with being sought by the ghost. No matter where Ma Jing hid last night, she would die, the ghost would find her.

Upon arriving at the clinic, there were already 7 or 8 security team members gathered there, everyone was methodically investigating the scene.

Some were responsible for questioning the night-duty nurse, while others with notebooks were going from room to room inquiring patients. Yang Xiao and Ye Zheng found Hu Weimin in a more secluded room.

This room’s arrangement showed it was a dormitory, but it was smaller, the whole room was asymmetrically long and narrow.

Hu Weimin sat alone by the bed, hunched over, his whole demeanor seemed very dejected, while a man seated at the desk was asking him something.

Seeing Yang Xiao step in, a glimmer of light appeared in Hu Weimin’s dim eyes, as if he saw hope.

"Thank you, Captain Ding, why haven’t I seen Chief Zhou?" Yang Xiao recognized the team member questioning Hu Weimin, it was the same middle-aged man who had previously led the team at the Cultural Palace to find Wang Yong’s body.

"It’s Captain Ma who’s here." Captain Ding stood up and greeted, "Chief Zhou went to the front plant to help, I heard there’s been a breakthrough over at Director Zhai’s side."

Captain Ding gathered his paper and pen with a nod, "Chief Zhou instructed that once Captain Ma arrives, it’s all handed over to you, we have other tasks."

Without further ado, Captain Ding turned to leave. As he lifted his hand to grab the coat hanging on the wall, Yang Xiao accidentally glimpsed the red string tied to his belt, with a small gourd attached.

Previously, Yang Xiao hadn’t seen any security team member wearing such things, let alone officers. This was typical feudal superstition, subject to severe criticism.

Judging from this, Yang Xiao could determine the current attitude of the security team.

They had come to believe that these series of events were not caused by enemy agents causing sabotage, but indeed some inexplicable forces at work.

This was a good thing for Yang Xiao and the others, saving them a lot of trouble.

"It seems last night’s events shocked them." Ye Zheng, watching Captain Ding leave, quietly analyzed, "They assigned people to protect each group of ours last night, but Ma Jing still disappeared without any clues. This goes beyond their understanding, only ghostly forces could achieve this."

"You’re right, last night... two security team members also stayed in the clinic, and it was them who went with me this morning to find you." Hu Weimin quickly said.

"Calm down, take your time, what exactly happened last night?" Yang Xiao sat down, signaling Hu Weimin not to be nervous.

"It was Ma Jing who wanted to stay here last night, and I agreed. At first, everything was fine, but just as I went to the bathroom for a bit, Ma Jing... she disappeared!"

The initially stabilizing mood of Hu Weimin quickened at this point, his voice tinged with fear, this experience profoundly shocked him.

"You dared to go to the bathroom, no, are you crazy?" Ye Zheng couldn’t understand.

"No, no, it wasn’t going to the bathroom, just... I was simply relieving myself in the room, just over there."

Hu Weimin raised his hand, pointing to the corner of the room, explaining with lingering fear, "I was standing there urinating, my back facing Ma Jing, the whole process probably... probably took just over half a minute. But when I zipped up and turned around, Ma Jing was gone!"

"Oh, the door... the room door was also open, but I swear, I didn’t hear any noise at all, not even the sound of the door opening, let alone footsteps... there were no footsteps at all!" Hu Weimin emphasized.

"Then did you go out to look for people?" Ye Zheng pursued.

On hearing this, the already pale complexion of Hu Weimin showed a further difficult expression, "I didn’t go out to search, I... I was afraid, under such circumstances, anyone wouldn’t leave rashly, I didn’t know what happened, nor was I sure if the target was me."

"I understand, so you shut the door, kept quiet, and pretended nothing happened, hiding in the room all night, only going out after dawn to explain the situation to the security team on duty and then took them to the dormitory to find us, right?" Yang Xiao inquired.

"Yes, more or less... more or less just like you said." The more Hu Weimin spoke, the quieter his voice, and his gaze began to evade.

"There’s nothing to be embarrassed about, you handled it very well, leaving the room rashly in unknown circumstances would be foolish," Yang Xiao comforted, "you’d fall for the ghost’s blinding technique."