My Iyashikei Game Chapter 18: Flower of Sin

To survive in Perfect Life, Han Fei had repeatedly studied the human jigsaw and frozen body case. He tried to put himself in the killers’ shoes and stared at the wall of crime scene photos deep into the night. So many innocent lives were snuffed off like candles in the wind. Whenever he was reminded of that, Han Fei’s heart gripped with pain. Why would someone do something so inhumane?

Han Fei knew he would have to detach himself to understand the killers. Through the medium of the crime scene photos, Han Fei constructed the image of the killers in his mind. Twisted minds and deformed emotions, compelled by hatred, they used drastic methods to achieve their own goal. Within the killers’ perspective, they followed their own form of logic. Every single one of their kills were meticulously planned, this was not a crime of passion. Their expressions might speak of madness but their actions were entirely logical. Many things were wrong with their minds. There was no empathy and love in their emotions. The selfishness, hatred and heartlessness were carved deep into their bones.

The puzzle derived from the victims gradually clarified. A human figure slowly surfaced, albeit blurrily. He was introverted, selfish, heartless. He was sensitive in a way and had trouble communicating with others. He was definitely clever but not in the conventional sense. He wore a mask in the day and would only shed it when he was ready to work on his prey. At that moment, he lost all his disguises and revealed a smile.

The smile was like a rose growing above one’s grave. The thorn dug deep into the bones. The pretty flower grew from a desecrated and dirty soil. When Han Fei lifted his face to reveal that grin, Zhan Yueyue hugged Director Jiang’s arm and both men took an involuntary step back. No one shouted for the camera to stop, no one even dared to speak. When Han Fei took another step forward, Zhan Yueyue and Director Jiang retreated again until they knocked into the staircase banister.

Zhan Yueyue, who was going weak in the knees, attempt

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