I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 342 The Black Hand Reaching Out from the Sewer_1

Chapter 342: Chapter 342 The Black Hand Reaching Out from the Sewer_1

She stood beside you and asked, "So, have you found anything?"

You simply responded with one word: "Wait."

"Wait for what?"

Before you could speak, at that moment, a man dressed in a black down jacket was slowly approaching.

The man looked unkempt, with long hair that seemed filthy and greasy, as if he never washed it. The hair covered more than half of his face, making it difficult to see clearly.

This seemingly disheveled man appeared to be very familiar with everything inside, dragging a large sack behind him as he slowly entered the deceased’s apartment.

Soon, the slovenly man hoisted the sack onto his shoulder and walked out just as leisurely.

According to the images seen by the Aureole Method, it must have been midnight. The people in the apartment had already gone to bed, so nobody witnessed this.

Before leaving, the slovenly man even tidied everything inside the room and cleaned up the bloodstains, only then did he carry the body away slowly.

"Let’s go, let’s check it out."

You said to Xian Qianling, who was by your side, then followed the footsteps of the slovenly man.

Once you left the apartment, you noticed that the slovenly man hadn’t gone far. He ambled over to a sewer lid, pried the heavy iron cover open with a crowbar he had ready, and dropped the body from the sack down into it, before he too slowly climbed down and put the sewer lid back in place.

Seeing you standing by the sewer lid, Xian Qianling frowned and couldn’t help but say, "Don’t tell me someone hid a body in the sewer."

"Yeah, the sewer! How did we not think of that!"

With that, Zhang Zifeng was ready to pry the sewer lid open.

You slowly closed your eyes and said to Zhang Zifeng, "Don’t be in a hurry to pry the lid off. Get your hands on the sewer system map of this area right away."

"Okay!"

Watching as Zhang Zifeng and Sun Mingyu left quickly, Xian Qianling turned to you and asked, "Are you suggesting there’s some trickery with this sewer?"

You didn’t respond to Xian Qianling right away. It took a moment before you opened your eyes and, with a smile, asked the two detectives beside you, "Have you two descended into this well before?"

Both detectives shook their heads at the same time.

You then told Xian Qianling, "Trust me, you definitely won’t want to go down."

Xian Qianling scoffed coldly, "That’s not necessarily true!"

"This well has a professional term; it’s called a manhole. It means a space just big enough for one person to go down. Unlike the developed cities of the West, those European and American films even show scenes of car chases in the sewers, while here, you can only crawl inch by inch in a space less than one meter in height and width. The environment and the smell inside, tsk tsk tsk..."

"So, what you’re saying is, that person dragged the body through the sewer to another location?"

"Mhm, at least to a place that’s more spacious, given that there are always some areas in the sewer system where a person can walk."

The efficiency in handling matters can fully reflect a person’s ability. In just a few minutes, Zhang Zifeng and Sun Mingyu returned with a roll of the sewer system map.

As you unfold the sewer system map, you immediately point to two spots: "That person must be hiding in one of these two places."

Xian Qianling’s mind worked quickly as well, and she realized, "Yuhang City is an old historical city. Many places experience waterlogging due to drainage issues. The terrains of these two locations you mentioned are relatively higher and have never been flooded, so they are the best spots for that person to dismember the bodies."

"Smart." You handed the sewer system map to Zhang Zifeng and continued, "The next steps depend on you... hey, why are you pulling me?"

You were about to slip away when, unexpectedly, Xian Qianling, that crazy woman, suddenly grabbed your arm, pulling you towards the car, and didn’t forget to issue orders to Zhang Zifeng and the others, "Hurry up and contact Old Zhang and Old Tie, tell them to stand by at these two locations."

"Got it!"

Zhang Zifeng and Sun Mingyu immediately got into a car and headed towards another location.

"Let’s go as well."

Once in the car, Xian Qianling looked at you with a smile, your face showing displeasure.

Forget it, a wise man does not fight when the odds are against him; you know all too well what kind of person this crazy woman is.

Looking at her steadily, you couldn’t help sighing inwardly, "Damn, when can I ever get back at her?"

At that moment, you didn’t know your wish would soon come true.

About ten minutes later, you parked the car on the street parking space, where police officers had already cordoned off the area.

The street was rather old and crisscrossed with alleyways. Although there were shops around, most sold hardware and steel materials. These businesses would close around six or seven in the evening, leaving the streets eerily quiet.

Both of you got out of the car, and a middle-aged police officer addressed Xian Qianling, "Captain Xian, that was fast. We had just finished setting up the cordon when you arrived."

Xian Qianling nodded at him and, seeing you follow, turned to you and asked, "Are you sure it’s this place?"

You didn’t speak; already, the Sen Luo Curse Mark, radiating with rainbow colors, was visible in your pupils.

Your vision changed in an instant, and the onlookers around the street vanished, leaving the place eerily quiet.

It was already late at night and there were only a few passersby on the street, with the occasional person walking through the area.

Soon, a very tired-looking woman walked slowly from the other end of the street. She was wearing a black coat, half-open, revealing quite revealing inner clothing; with heavy makeup on her face. Although not particularly attractive, her attire was quite popular in dimly lit places.

She didn’t walk fast; the cheap high heels’ hard soles clicked on the ground, "clack, clack," as she moved.

The streetlights were sparse on this street, spaced some twenty meters apart. Maybe out of instinct, the woman would walk a bit faster where there were no streetlights.

Before long, she reached where you were standing.

Your position was at the mouth of an alley where there happened to be a streetlight. Instead of continuing along the street, the woman turned into the alleyway.

Perhaps because of the streetlight, she didn’t walk fast, and there were also lights inside the alley, making it comparatively brighter than the street outside.

However, after walking six or seven meters, the lights at both ends of the alley suddenly dimmed!

The enveloping darkness instantly made the woman tense, and she began to run swiftly.

In her running, she seemed to be tripped by something, falling to the ground. She was only about a dozen centimeters away from a sewer manhole cover.

At this moment, the cover of the manhole in front of her suddenly lifted, a pair of dark, filthy hands burst out, covered her mouth, and then pulled her whole body into the sewer. Shortly after, the two streetlights lit up once again.