The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 71 - 68: Dismemberment Horror; Ghost Steps Forward to Identify the Body

Chapter 71: Chapter 68: Dismemberment Horror; Ghost Steps Forward to Identify the Body

"Are you asking to leave the game?"

The staff member approached and explained to them, "If you quit the game halfway through, we don’t refund the ticket."

"No."

Qin Zhao placed the dismembered arm on the table, "This is a human arm. I suspect there’s a body here, someone must have been killed and dismembered."

"What?"

The staff member’s expression stiffened for a moment, clearly disbelieving.

He glanced at the arm on the table and said with an embarrassed smile, "This is a prop we bought. How could it possibly be a real human arm? Are you mistaken?"

Su Xiaotong pointed unsatisfiedly at the cross-section of the arm, "Just look here, there are bones and muscle tissue. How could a prop be made so realistically?"

She mustered her courage and leaned in to sniff.

Such a disgusting smell, it almost made her throw up!

"There’s also the odor of rotting flesh; you smell it yourself!"

The staff was scared by what they said and walked forward cautiously.

He poked the dismembered arm with his finger and was instantly frightened, jumping on the spot, "Ah! It does seem real!"

The staff member jumped behind Su Xiaotong, tugging at her clothes, pale as a sheet.

"Don’t pull at me! I’m scared too!"

"I, I don’t know why there would be a body here!"

He was almost crying, in complete panic.

Qin Zhao said to him, "Go and inform your boss first, then pause everyone’s game."

Su Xiaotong: "Exactly, go inform the boss right away! What if the killer is still inside and others get hurt? Right, I’ll call the police!"

"Okay, okay! I’m on it!"

The staff member went to find the boss, and Su Xiaotong quickly made a police call.

Soon, the boss came to them.

Seeing the dismembered arm on the table, his face immediately changed color.

"How could this happen, may I ask where you found it?"

"A staffer pretending to be a ghost grabbed me, and I tore it off of him."

After Su Xiaotong spoke, the staffer just now explained to the boss, "In the scenario they were playing, Xiao Wu would pretend to be a ghost to interfere and then wear a fake arm. Logically, the arm that players tear off should be a prop."

The boss: "Hurry, call Xiao Wu over!"

All games were paused, but players couldn’t leave yet.

If the killer was hiding among the players and they were allowed to leave now, wouldn’t that let him escape?

The boss had the staff place the players in a unified resting room, and then Xiao Wu came to them.

As Xiao Wu arrived, so did the police.

"Miss Qin, it’s you again."

Captain Huo was truly astonished; how could he encounter Chu Yan’s wife every few days?

Qin Zhao also felt familiar with him and nodded in his direction.

"Captain Huo, look at this."

Qin Zhao pointed to the arm, and upon seeing it, Huo Xun’s expression became grave.

As the head of the Criminal Police Team, he could tell at a glance that it was a human arm.

"What on earth is going on?"

Sharp eyes swept over everyone, and Xiao Wu, the staff member, was sweating bullets, terrified.

"I came in a bit late today, picked up the prop, and went in without realizing there was anything different about this thing. It just felt a bit heavier in my hand than before."

Captain Huo narrowed his eyes and ordered the other officers, "You all start searching the scene, see if there are any other body parts. Then cordon off this area, everyone present today cannot leave for now."

While the police conducted their investigation, Qin Zhao observed everyone’s expressions—the boss, the staff, and the game players—none of them showed any anomaly.

Meaning, the killer wasn’t among these people.

Half an hour later, other dismembered limbs were found in every corner of the dark escape room.

The environment inside the escape room was so dim that few people noticed these limbs. Even if they did see them, they would only think they were props from a horror theme.

"We found some dismembered limbs, but the victim’s torso and head haven’t been found."

"Check the nearby trash bins and sewers."

Captain Huo gave the order, then had someone lay out the victim’s body on the ground.

The victim had a large, distinctive tattoo on her lower leg, which made it easy to identify her.

"Get the owner over here, see if he recognizes this tattoo."

The owner was brought over and indeed recognized the tattoo.

"This seems to be a part-timer we hired, named Chen Shu. But she messaged me last week saying she quit and wouldn’t be coming back anymore."

"Did she have anyone here she was particularly close to?"

"Chen Shu has a rather open personality and got along quite well with everyone."

Others who overheard the conversation between Captain Huo and the owner had saddened expressions, not expecting the deceased to be a former colleague.

Along with sadness, there was also fear; who knew if the killer was right beside them.

Captain Huo continued to ask some questions, while other police officers were interrogating the rest.

Qin Zhao and Su Xiaotong were also questioned, and they honestly recounted the process of discovering the dismembered limbs.

After speaking, Qin Zhao saw a transparent figure at the door.

It probably shouldn’t be called a figure.

This was the ghost she had encountered in the game.

The ghost floated over and stopped near the pile of limbs, looking somewhat peculiar.

It seemed to sense Qin Zhao’s gaze.

She turned her head, hesitated for quite a while, before daring to approach Qin Zhao.

"Can you see me?"

"Yeah, I could just see you a moment ago."

"Actually, I am the victim."

Her face showed a painful expression.

"I know where the killer is, I can take you to him. He cut me into several pieces, my death was too tragic. Will you help me catch him?"

Qin Zhao didn’t answer immediately, sizing her up and down.

She was wearing a dark green floral dress, presumably the clothes she had worn before death. Her complexion was the pale, ashy color common to souls, looking to be around thirty years of age.

There were no bloodstains on her body, which made it difficult to determine how the ghost had died at first glance.

Qin Zhao’s gaze fell on her lower legs, which were pale and slender, lacking any tattoos.

"Where’s your tattoo?"

Qin Zhao gestured towards the door with her chin, where the dismembered limbs were laid out on the ground.

On the ground was a section of lower leg, covered in ostentatious tattoos.

Chen Shu looked down at her own legs, then explained, "It disappeared after death."

At that moment, Captain Huo walked in.

"Who are you talking to?"

Su Xiaotong had just left to get a drink, so Qin Zhao was the only one in the room.

Qin Zhao said with a smile, "Captain Huo, do you believe in mysticism? Like ghosts, monsters, and such?"

Captain Huo scoffed, "I am an atheist. Us police academy grads don’t believe in feudal superstitions. Otherwise, how could we handle cases objectively?"

"Oh~" Qin Zhao pointed at Chen Shu, "Then how do you explain her existence?"

She deliberately allowed Captain Huo to see the ghost before his eyes.

Captain Huo: "......."

Seeing the semi-transparent figure suddenly appear in the room, Captain Huo’s facial expression cracked.

He looked down to see that the thing was actually floating!!!

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