Nightmare Assault Chapter 330: Mutated

After staying in the room for a while, Xia Meng said she wanted to look at the painting. The mission was ending, so it might show new clues. “Aren’t you coming?” Xia Meng looked at them with interest. It felt like she was asking, “Aren’t you worried that I’d keep all the clues?”

Jiang Cheng didn’t even look at him. Fatty didn’t speak. He was still recovering.

“Miss Chen, I’ll go with you.” Chen Qiang stood up.

Xia Meng glanced at him and nodded. “Okay.”

After the two left, Fatty turned to ask Jiang Cheng, “Doctor, were you serious when you said we would need to deal with Butler Zhou’s people?”

“Based on the clues we currently have, yes,” Jiang Cheng answered.

Fatty nodded and sighed. He looked up at Jiang Cheng, “Doctor, you don’t need to worry about me. You should go check out the painting. The mission is ending. If the painting does provide some new clues, I worry Xia Meng…”

“There’s no need to worry,” Jiang Cheng said, “Our goal is the same in the end. Without our help, they can’t possibly deal with Butler Zhou’s troupes.” At this point, Jiang Cheng conspicuously paused. His eyes wandered over Fatty’s body before naturally moving away.

Fatty didn’t notice it because his brain was occupied by the need to avenge the little beggar. “Doctor,” Fatty suddenly spoke. He glanced at the door and window before whispering, “It was An Xuan who killed You Qi, right?”

Jiang Cheng nodded. He stood up to pour a glass of water for Fatty. “I’ve seen the wounds on You Qi’s body before. He was tortured to death. There is blood splatter on An Xuan’s earlobe. He should have put on a different layer when he murdered You Qi. After the deed, he washed his face.”

“However, due to the time constraint, he missed out on certain things. He probably didn’t notice the bloodstain on his ear…” Fatty accepted the cup.

The Doctor shook his head. Fatty looked at him in shock.

“He no longer cared.” Jiang Cheng explained, “He doesn’t care that we know he has killed You Qi. He just wanted You Qi to die. As long as he didn’t cross the line, no one would expose him. After all, why find trouble?”

After thinking about it, Fatty’s eyes changed. He had just opened his mouth when he was interrupted by Jiang Cheng. “Based on the rules, the dead You Qi would return to haunt him, right?” Jiang Cheng asked calmly. Fatty swallowed. In the previous mission, Fatty had encountered something similar. The ghosts of his dead teammates left a deep impression on his heart. Their desire for revenge for stronger than the mission’s original ghost.

It was because of this mechanism that, normally, the travellers wouldn’t go after each other.

“Both You Qi and the female ghost would hunt him tonight.” Jiang Cheng looked at Fatty, “When he killed You Qi, he might have put on an extra layer or removed the costume to prevent blood splatter.” He took a deep breath, “No matter what, he has triggered the taboo. Therefore, he has to face both the female ghost and You Qi tonight.”

“He has been targeted by two ghosts?!” Fatty thought the man had lost his mind. He asked, “Doesn’t that mean he’ll definitely die tonight?”

“That is why he has to end this mission tonight,” Jiang Cheng looked at the dark sky outside the window. He poured himself a glass of water. He held it before taking a sip. “We can just wait.” After a while, Jiang Cheng commented, “For him, the sun will never come up again.”

Footsteps came from outside the door. Since they had left a gap, when Xia Meng reached the door, Fatty and Jiang Cheng stopped talking.

“I suggest you go and take a look,” Xia Meng walked in and told Jiang Cheng directly. Chen Qiang followed her. “Mr. Hao,” He paused. “The painting…” He glanced at Fatty, but he didn’t finish the sentence.

Jiang Cheng stood up and requested Xia Meng to stay behind with Fatty. Then, he led Chen Qiang to see the painting. Chen Qiang didn’t reject him. However, Fatty felt that Chen Qiang and Xia Meng were looking at him strangely. When he requested to go with the Doctor, the Doctor denied his request. He left with Chen Qiang.

“What’s going on with that painting?” Fatty felt that something was wrong. He turned to ask Xia Meng.

“Nothing is wrong.” Xia Meng looked away. “You can ask them when they return.” When the day darkened, the bad feeling in Fatty’s heart intensified. He couldn’t wait to ask the Doctor about the painting. The door opened. Chen Qiang and Jiang Cheng walked in.

“Why are you gone for so long?” Fatty asked with concern.

Jiang Cheng sat down at the table and said, “The painting has produced a lot more clues. We should compare notes.”

“What did you discover.”

“It’s as we predicted,” Jiang Cheng said calmly, “We should be able to end the mission tonight.”

“Really?”

“Yes.” Fatty’s eyes lit up. Along with the light was the anger in his heart. The Doctor said that the mission would end with a fight with Butler Zhou’s troupe.

Chen Qiang glanced at Fatty. He didn’t get what Hao Shuai was thinking. The painting… clearly featured Fatty. The scariest thing was the painted Fatty had a pale face. He was obviously dead. Even through the painting, one could feel his lack of life force.

When he saw the painting for the first time with Xia Meng, he even thought Fatty had already been killed and the man in the room… was the ghost! Just like how the ghost disguised herself as Shi Liaozhi.

Other than Fatty, a personal maid who looked very young appeared beside Fatty. She bowed at him and held a tray. The tray had something that was covered by a red veil. She looked like… she wanted to hand the thing over to Fatty.

The thing under the veil was spherical and large. It was about the size of a basketball. Chen Qiang took a deep breath. He had a good guess about its identity.

It was a human head.