Hospital 444
Chapter 544 - 6 The Murderer

Chapter 544: Chapter 6 The Murderer

Outside the window, the woman’s screams continued, and suddenly, with a heart-wrenching howl...

"Damn it, she tore off my mask!"

"She saw my face!"

"We can’t leave her alive—kill her!"

"Idiots, keep it down!"

These people were not quiet; Hai Yunlan could hear everything clearly from over fifty meters away.

Seen their faces, and now a need to silence her?

It seemed, even though the island was supposed to have law enforcers colluding with criminals, they couldn’t be too obvious about it.

But this meant the woman...

Hai Yunlan of course knew that with her current abilities, going out to save someone would be like serving her head on a platter, and she would likely end up with the same fate.

Eventually, the woman’s screams ceased.

Ten minutes later, the sounds of the beasts leaving echoed outside.

Hai Yunlan and Song Ran looked at each other, and at that moment, Hai Yunlan realized just how dangerous the island truly was.

"Who exactly are these people?"

Song Ran let out a heavy sigh.

"Wumianhui. That’s the name of these people. No one knows how many members Wumianhui has, their internal structure, or who their leader is. They might be just ordinary people on the island on a regular day, but once they put on the specially made masks of Wumianhui, they become one of their own. All information about Wumianhui members is top secret. One thing is for sure, though: even local councilors on the island wouldn’t dare to provoke members of Wumianhui lightly. On the contrary, those above are happy to use them for things they can’t do themselves."

"Such a secretive organization?"

"Yes. To join, it is said that you must be vouched for by an existing member of Wumianhui. Even so, it’s rumored that even within Wumianhui, members hardly know the real identities of their peers. Their masks are made of special fabric, tough to tear apart, and there’s also a specially designed voice changer inside. Therefore, most members of Wumianhui become the most ordinary of townsfolk once they take off their masks."

"Then that person named Danzha..."

"Don’t ask about that. It’s none of your business."

"Even now you still insist on keeping me in the dark?"

Song Ran continued to shake his head.

"Don’t pursue Wumianhui matters any further. These people, once they’ve put on their masks, no matter what they’ve done, nobody knows who they are. Most importantly, they’ve almost all got guns in their hands. And for people like us, getting guns is not easy."

Night.

Hai Yunlan quietly opened the door after Song Ran had fallen into a deep sleep.

The bodies of a man and a woman were still lying in a pool of blood.

The woman’s body was especially gruesome, barely clothed and bloody.

She slowly approached the bodies.

No one even dared to come and collect these two.

She put on gloves, picked up the torn clothing nearby, and intended to cover the female corpse with it. At least in death, she wanted her to have a bit of dignity.

The murderer who had killed her would obviously get off scot-free.

But at that moment, she suddenly noticed...

The woman’s chest...

Was rising and falling slightly!

She wasn’t dead!

These unexpected signs of life thrilled her, and she immediately propped up the woman, saying, "Are you okay? I’ll call emergency services right now!"

But just then, the woman suddenly coughed up a great amount of blood!

Her appearance, clearly at death’s door, drew short, feeble breaths.

But even in this state, she suddenly opened her eyes as if rallying with their last strength, and stared wide-eyed at Hai Yunlan!

"Lu... Lu Ningyuan... I saw clearly... it was him... help me... tell..."

But the next moment, her head drooped completely down.

With that, she truly stopped breathing.

She had been hanging on to that last breath, using the last of her energy to speak this name to Hai Yunlan!

Lu... Ningyuan?

She immediately realized that previously the woman had torn off one of their masks and seen the person’s face!

Once a member of Wumianhui removes their mask, they become the most ordinary person in the town.

If the woman happened to know the person, it wasn’t impossible.

After confirming that the woman now truly had no heartbeat or breath, Hai Yunlan covered her with the clothes, then returned home.

She was still stained with plenty of blood herself.

In the last moments, she had seen the face of one of the masked people.

She knew their name...

But even with this clue, would the police go arrest the person named Lu Ningyuan? Obviously, it wouldn’t be that easy.

Those wearing masks, they didn’t just wear masks, they also wore gloves. Even when she observed the lower half of the victim’s body, she felt that the perpetrator might have even used protection measures.

That is to say, they were trying their best to avoid leaving any clues behind.

Their choice was a street without surveillance.

She stripped off the blood-stained clothes and hid them under the bed.

"Lu Ningyuan... even knowing this name, what use is it?"

She couldn’t sleep at all that night, only managing a little over three hours.

Early in the morning...

The doorstep was completely surrounded by a crowd.

Soon, both the victim’s family and the police had arrived.

Song Ran had gone to work early, and Hai Yunlan blended into the crowd of onlookers.

The victim’s family, appearing to be their parents, were crying inconsolably.

Among them, the man who was clearly the father of the female victim was wailing, shouting, "It’s all my fault, if it wasn’t for buying medicine for me, Ah Yu, you wouldn’t have gone out late at night! Which bastard did this, which bastard killed you!"

What surprised Hai Yunlan was...

The police... they were all wearing masks as well!

This was quite shocking to her.

The police’s masks were distinctly different from those of the Wumianhui, the uniformed officers paired with a white, eerie mask looked downright odd.

"Officer!" the victim’s father clutched the arms of the police, saying, "Please, you must find the murderer!"

At this time, she overheard the murmuring of people nearby.

"Those who dare to kill so brazenly are probably from the Wumianhui."

"Definitely, just look at how the police are questioning witnesses, no one dares to tell the truth, they all have such strange expressions, the police naturally understand."

"No one dares to touch people from the Wumianhui..."

"Of course."

Could it be that the Wumianhui really had the audacity to act so brazenly?

At that moment, a young man ran over and hugged the father of the female victim, saying, "Uncle, are you alright? Your blood pressure is so high right now, you need to take care of yourself!"

"Ning Yuan, you, you tell me, what should I do, I only had one daughter!"

Hearing this, Hai Yunlan showed an extremely shocked expression.

Ning... Ning...

Ning Yuan?

Could it be that this young man was Lu Ningyuan?

The young man, looking at the body of the victim on the ground, was also crying out, "Ah Yu, why, why did you die like this..."

Hai Yunlan felt a chill all over her body.

If this person was one of the beasts from yesterday, it would be too terrifying...

After removing the mask, he transformed from a Demon into a person, shedding crocodile tears right here!

And the victim’s father was oblivious, still facing this Demon!

By noon, the onlookers had finally dispersed, and the body had been taken away.

And this incident also became a hot topic among the neighbors.

Hai Yunlan walked home in a daze.

Recalling the young man named Ning Yuan, she felt so nauseated that it was upheaving inside her stomach.

The police were right there!

Yet, she had no way to report the murderer!

She knew who the murderer was, but could only bury it in her heart!

This made Hai Yunlan so sick that she finally rushed to the toilet and began to vomit crazily into the bowl!

At that moment, Song Ran returned.

She didn’t work far from home, so she used her lunch break to come back and cook for Hai Yunlan.

"Yun Lan, wait until I get off work, and I’ll go buy groceries for you. Hmm, you didn’t go out this morning, right?"

Hai Yunlan looked at her mother busying in the kitchen and said, "The two people who died... the police said they lived in a nearby block. The woman owned a flower shop, her name was..."

"I don’t care about that," Song Ran interrupted Hai Yunlan, "As long as you’re safe, Yun Lan. Last night, we didn’t see anything; who died doesn’t concern me either."

"We’re just talking about it at home, that should be alright, right?"

"Yun Lan, other people’s life and death have nothing to do with us. Don’t get involved... okay? I just hope that you can be safe."