Horror Game Designer Chapter 76: Gao Ming's First Killer

At the end of Queens Road, Century Hall was holding a giant charity event. Outside, the dark clouds covered the sky, and the storm ravaged the city. Inside, people sang and danced. The giant hall was filled with Han Hai’s elites. The clear glass separated the world into two. They could see each other but couldn’t touch the other.

“You can’t enter if you don’t have the invitation or work Id. You can stand outside to watch.” The fat guard stopped Gao Ming and Wan Qiu. They were all normal people, but the guard looked at Gao Ming with disdain. Gao Ming didn’t argue with the staff. He led Wan Qiu away and hid among the crowd. The security was tight. There was no chance to get close to Situ An, much less injure him.

“The hall is too big. Even if I trigger all the death portraits, I can’t cover an area so large.” Gao Ming lowered his head. If the people around him knew what he was thinking, they would be shocked.

“If hundreds of people were trapped in an anomaly, with so many media around, the news couldn’t be silenced. The centre would investigate this even if it were the last thing they did.”

The charity soon started. After the students from Han De Private School finished their performance, the corporations started their donations. These people really wanted to help the poor. After the donation ceremony was over, the host finally said the words Gao Ming had once heard on television, “Now, we’ll welcome the vice president of Han Hai Charity, Mr. Situ An, to give us a speech!”

Situ An, in a custom suit, walked out from backstage. Once he appeared, the venue exploded in applause. The music changed as well. Gao Ming’s eyes turned red as he saw Situ An from afar. He needed to control himself. Situ An was so good at disguising himself. His figure was tall and muscular. He was mature and handsome. Once people got to know him, they would realise he was even greater than they thought. He was a business genius, a great philanthropist and highly humble. He was a walking beacon of human positives. When Situ An started his speech, the venue became quiet. Everyone paid full attention to him.

“It is now daytime. If I force a horror to happen, the effect will be greatly weakened. Plus, there are so many innocent people…” Gao Ming didn’t pay any attention to the speech. He just wanted to kill the man and locked him up in his heart room. Gao Ming looked around because he had been searching for an opportunity to kill Situ An. He noticed that there were others who had the same idea as he did!

Outside the hall, a masked man silently changed his clothes. He took out a wrinkled photo from his pocket. He seemed to pray to the picture. After all, his shadow deepened.

Just as Situ An’s speech was about to end, two young men inside the hall suddenly jumped up. They rushed to Situ An without warning. The guards immediately stopped them as Situ An moved backstage. Suddenly, a pale arm reached out from the shadow. Many people saw the arm try to grab Situ An.

“Who wants to kill him?” Gao Ming believed that things were not that simple. Since the culprit could sneak into the backstage, they should have many better chances. Why would they attack when Situ An was about to finish his speech. This felt more like a show for everyone to see that Situ An was injured from the attack. Blood floowed. The security and first-aid people rushed to backstage. The host tried to calm everyone down.

“Wan Qiu, go wait for me at that bubble tea shop.” Gao Ming saw the man leave his spot and headed out. He silently followed the man. They entered the toilet one after another. After a moment, Gao Ming noticed that the shadow started to spread with the third cubicle as the centre. He was accidentally pulled into the shadow world. Gao Ming quickly hid in the other cubicle. Soon, Gao Ming heard footsteps and some familiar voices.

“Was my picture good?”

“Doctor Lu, I’ve done everything you asked me to. I created chaos so that Ah Mei could attack Situ An before the reporters.”

Gao Ming looked through the gap. The suspicious man removed the mask. He kept coughing. Using the death portrait seemed to have exhausted his life. A doctor in a white coat stood across from the suspicious man. The man looked larger than Gao Ming. He wore glasses and looked studious. However, the shadow left a huge ‘birth mark’ on his face.

Seeing Doctor Lu’s face, Gao Ming’s heart winced with pain. He remembered this doctor!

In his first death memory, he went to the doctor after experiencing the horror story. It was this doctor who treated him. He told the doctor all his symptoms. The man used the scalpel to puncture Gao Ming’s neck. That was Gao Ming’s first death. Gao Ming encountered this doctor a few more times in his reincarnations. Every time, he’d die in the doctor’s hands.

Gao Ming held his breath. After so many deaths, he was used to pain.

“All done?” Doctor Lu took away the death portrait. He wiped the picture patiently.

“Since it’s still morning, Ah Mei was restricted, so the plan wasn’t perfect…” The man was scared. He spoke faster. “The kids from Han De Private School also have been dealt with. They have all been sent to the east city dog cellar. You and Situ An can check it later.” The man pleaded. “I’ve followed your every instruction. Can you let Ah Mei go now? She’s still very young.”

“You can go, but she can’t,” Doctor Lu said peacefully. “Every one of my patient is my collection.”

“You didn’t say that before! I’ve helped you do so many things. I even killed for you! I have nothing now!” The man walked towards Doctor Lu. As he grabbed Doctor Lu’s shoulders, a woman’s arm reached out underneath the white coat. A patient’s face appeared on Doctor Lu’s body. They seemed to be fused together .

“I did lie to you.” Another arm holding a scalpel appeared from Doctor Lu’s back. It cut through the man’s neck. “Do you really think you can leave?”

The picture dropped into the blood of body. The man’s body was soon absorbed by the shadow. Doctor Lu gained something. He left the toilet and disappeared into the night.

“Situ An is already working with the monsters from the shadow world. He had the monsters attack him so that he could run for the chief of the investigation centre… Or is it to expose the existence of ghost?”

After the shadow disapeared, Gao Ming exited the cubicle. He almost attacked Doctor Lu but he heard something important from the dead man.

Doctor Lu and Situ An would go to east city dog cellar that night. Gao Ming was afraid that if he attacked Doctor Lu then, Situ An might change his mind.

“East City Dog Cellar? Han Hai Dog Cellar Case?”

Gao Ming was familiar with this murder case. The case was quite simple. It happened at the temporary housing near the edge of the east city.

One day, the kid told his parents that there was a big dog hiding inside the abandoned black cellar. At first, the adults didn’t care. However, the children in the village started to disappear. The adult started to suspect the black cellar. In the end, they found a crazy man who targeted kids inside the cellar.”