Nightmare Assault Chapter 5: Nightwatch

The middle-aged man turned to look at the muscular back but was glared back. The encounter ended awkwardly. The muscular man stood up and offered to start the watch. He urged the rest to sleep early.

The muscular man’s vigil would go from 10 pm to 12 midnight. There were 6 hours left after that. After discussing with the rest, Jiang Cheng would stay up from 12 midnight to 2 am; the middle-aged would take the shift from 2 am to 4 am; Fatty would stay up from 4 am to 6 am.

The muscular man found a thick blanket and settled down beside the fireplace. The flame cast his face occasionally in the shadow.

Jiang Cheng lay on the sofa next to Fatty’s. The middle-aged man stayed on the other side of the living room, away from them.

“Brother,” Fatty stretched his neck over to whisper, “Are you asleep?”

Jiang Cheng turned around to show him his back. Jiang Cheng stayed up for the two hours the muscular man took the vigil. Other than the sound of wood burning, nothing happened. When it was time, the muscular man walked over to ‘wake up’ Jiang Cheng.

“Be on alert when you’re on the watch. Shout to wake us up if something happens.” The muscular man added as if in worry, “Those things have a higher chance of happening after midnight.”

“What things?” Jiang Cheng stood up to ask.

The muscular man’s face dimmed, but he still answered in a whisper, “Supernatural things.” After a quick exchange, the man took the sofa Jiang Cheng vacated. Jiang Cheng walked over to the fireplace and continued the shift.

The surrounding was quiet. Other than Fatty’s occasional snores, there was no other sound. The middle-aged man and the muscular man had their eyes closed. They looked like they were asleep, but Jiang Cheng suspected they were just pretending, like how he had been earlier.

Two hours later, Jiang Cheng walked to the other side of the living room and shook the middle-aged man awake. They didn’t have much time to talk. Jiang Cheng went back to sleep while the middle-aged man took a few sips from the bottle of mineral water and went

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