Chapter 49 Chapter Twenty-Four

What follows is what happened that night.The bathhouse, which was once blocked after the incident, was reopened that night under the plea of ​​the boss not to affect the business.After Di Zhi went back, I was alone for a long time in a daze. When it was almost nine o'clock, I suddenly thought of the bathing place I hadn't been to for a long time. The blood on the locker room floor was scraped clean, and the wood grain on the floor was clearly visible.As soon as I saw this, I couldn't help but think of the bloody murder the night before. As for the guests, most of them were frightened by the murder and checked out one after another. Except for Kono and me, there was only a group of three male guests.The family of the urban girl whom I was so obsessed with also left in a hurry the day after the murder.Right now, there are very few guests in the bath, and none of the servants has taken a bath, so the water is extremely clear, and one can see clearly even one's toes when sitting in the bath.

Except that there is no distinction between men and women, the baths here are comparable to the bathhouses of the metropolis. The spacious shower is empty, and a bright electric light hangs from the center of the high ceiling.Although it was summer, the surrounding environment exuded a cold atmosphere, and I seemed to see someone dismembering a corpse on the ground. I felt very lonely, and suddenly remembered that Sanzao, whom I had gradually become familiar with in the past two days, was in a wood-fired hut outside a wall, so I opened the cover of the peephole to look for him. "Three creations?" I said.

"Hey." The sound came, and his dull and bewildered face appeared from the corner of the firewood burner.That face, which was illuminated by the burning coal fire, seemed to be covered with a layer of black shadow, and I couldn't help feeling a strange chill in my heart. "This bath water is really comfortable." "Hehehe." Sanzao let out a silly laugh in the dark. Feeling very confused and not knowing what to do, I closed the lid of the peephole, hurried out of the bath, and stood in the changing room to wipe myself.Inadvertently looking up, I saw that there seemed to be a small gap in the frosted glass window in front of me. Through this gap, I could clearly see the corner of the deep forest that the gangsters fled into the night before. In the dark distance, there was a white light flashed by.

I wondered if it might be a moment of dizziness, so I temporarily stopped the hand wiping my body and observed intently. This time, the white light seemed to move a bit, and then flashed again.It looked like someone was wandering in the forest. It happened at this juncture, and I immediately thought of the gangsters from the previous nights.If the man's true face can be found out, all doubts can be solved.Unable to suppress the sudden surge of curiosity, I hurriedly put on my clothes, walked around the courtyard and rushed to the forest.On the way, I stopped by Kono's room and found that he had gone somewhere, and there was no one in the room.

That night, there was not even a star in the sky, and it was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.With the help of the faint light, I tried my best to move forward with one foot high and the other low.Afterwards, even I was deeply surprised. I didn’t expect that I, who was cowardly, would suddenly become so bold. But at that time, I only wanted to solve the case and make others look at me with admiration, and I was almost in a state of ecstasy.Having said that, I didn't intend to catch the gangster by myself, I just wanted to see his true face clearly from a distance that didn't take risks.

As I said before, after walking out of the courtyard of the lakeside pavilion, there is the entrance to the forest.I hid behind the trunk of a big tree and approached the light with trepidation. After walking for a while, as expected, I vaguely saw a figure.The black figure was holding a flashlight and was looking at the ground intently, as if looking for something.Unfortunately, the distance is still a bit far away, and I can't see who the other party is. So I mustered up the courage and approached the man.Fortunately, the trees are very dense, as long as you pay attention not to make noise, you don't have to worry about being discovered.

Not long after, I was close enough to be able to vaguely recognize the color of the other person's clothes and the shape of his face.