Chapter 15 New Clues

When only Jiang Cheng and the others were left on the bus, just as they were about to get off, the doors suddenly closed, and the bus slowly started moving again.

"Damn it!" Huai Yi's face turned green. "What's going on? Where are they taking us?"

But this was the first time something like this had happened, and Jiang Cheng and Fatty had no experience. Everyone was panicking.

Jiang Cheng looked down at his shadow, but found that it wasn't moving. He had no choice but to step on it a few times, trying to call it out to ask what was going on.

Although Wu ignored him, after a few minutes, the bus stopped again. The doors opened with a "creak—", and outside was still a blur of fog.

Fortunately, Jiang Cheng and the others were already used to it. Inside and outside the bus doors were completely different worlds.

But what they were thinking now was whether the world outside was still the real world they were in.

If it was, then why did the bus close its doors and continue driving after Xia Qiang and the others got off?

They could feel that the bus was treating them differently than Xia Qiang and the others.

Fatty and Huai Yi both looked at Jiang Cheng, obviously waiting for him to make a decision.

"Get off!"

After seeing his shadow jump off the bus first, Jiang Cheng no longer hesitated and immediately jumped out, with Fatty and Huai Yi following suit.

Fortunately, the view became clear immediately after getting off the bus. They saw the studio's sign at a glance.

It was still dark, and the streetlights cast a dim light.

"We're back!" Huai Yi said in surprise. Although it was customary to return to the real world after completing a mission in the Nightmare Assault, he wouldn't feel at ease until he saw it with his own eyes and felt his feet on the soil of the real world.

Back at the studio, they didn't even bother to wash up. The three of them just leaned back on the sofa, looking like they had escaped a disaster and were sure to have good fortune.

At Huai Yi's suggestion, Jiang Cheng rummaged through the refrigerator and found a few bottles of red wine. Without much fuss, the three of them drank straight from the bottles, one bottle each, and then went upstairs to sleep.

"Jiang-ge," Huai Yi wasn't much of a drinker, and his face turned red after half a bottle. Lying on the sofa, he slurred, "What if... what if we all get drunk and get ambushed in the middle of the night?"

Fatty smacked his lips, looking down on him. "Huai Yi, don't worry about it. The doctor and I haven't even tasted what this wine is like yet, and you're already out."

"Oh."

Jiang Cheng woke up the next morning. Sunlight streamed in through the window, covering the floor and the mattress he had placed on the floor.

People only know how to cherish things when they are about to lose them, like this sunlight and the mundane life day after day.

He didn't get up immediately, but lay on the mattress, lost in thought.

It was hard to imagine that one day such a life would become a rare enjoyment for him.

Every time he left a mission, he had the habit of reviewing it, as there were some things he didn't have time to think about in detail during the mission.

For example, this time, it was about Wu and the murderer.

In the mission, Wu and the murderer fought twice, but the results were completely different.

The first time, after Wu helped him evade the chase, Wu was also injured by the murderer with an axe, leaving a wound on the shadow that was difficult to heal.

Of course, the murderer paid an even heavier price, as one of its arms was cut off at the shoulder by Wu.

But at least it seemed that the strength of the two was in a relatively balanced state.

But only a day later, in the second fight, the murderer was killed by Wu in an extremely miserable way, and its entire body was dismembered.

On the other hand, Wu, apart from being a little angry, had no obvious injuries on its body.

Could it be that Wu was just in a bad mood and burst out with amazing fighting power in a desperate situation?

After thinking about it, Jiang Cheng didn't think so.

Also, after he went back and found Wu, the amazing aura it showed, and the blood-colored cracks that climbed up its legs like a spider web, he had never seen before.

This seemed to be a new move that Wu had obtained in a very short period of time recently.

What exactly had it been doing behind his back?

And the most important point was that Wu's defeat of the murderer in the rain night of the script was, to some extent, contrary to the rules, or at least, it had touched the rules.

This was definitely a major discovery.

Could this indirectly indicate that there might be a power that could override the rules?

...

Too much information flooded in at once, and Jiang Cheng didn't push himself too hard. After noting down the things he needed to pay attention to, he changed his way of thinking.

After all, there were too few clues at the moment, and continuing to deduce wouldn't lead to any results.

The biggest gain this time was Wu's attitude towards him.

He could clearly feel that Wu's feelings for him had changed subtly. He couldn't say exactly where it had changed, but it had taken the first step in a good direction.

He planned to go out later to buy Wu something it desperately needed.

Judging by the time, it was about time. Jiang Cheng opened the door, but Fatty and Huai Yi were nowhere to be seen.

Going down the stairs, before he even reached the bottom, he saw Fatty running out of the bathroom with a toothbrush in his mouth, saying unclearly, "Doctor, you're up so early today. I thought you'd sleep until 12 o'clock and then get up for lunch on time."

"Where's Huai Yi?" Jiang Cheng asked directly.

He remembered that the kid was drunk yesterday, so why was he gone so early in the morning?

"Oh, Huai Yi said a friend sent him a message about the recent situation outside, so he went," Fatty replied.

"Friend?" Jiang Cheng frowned, obviously thinking of something bad.

Seeing this, Fatty immediately said, "Doctor, don't worry. I reminded him. He said it was okay, that he could trust this friend. Do you remember him saying he would hand over some unfinished business to a friend? This is that friend."

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Cheng took out his phone and called Huai Yi. The call was hung up after the fourth ring.

Jiang Cheng put down his phone, and his face improved.

This was their agreed-upon way of contacting each other. There was no need to answer the phone. Hanging up after four rings meant that everything was safe.

Huai Yi sent a message shortly after, telling them his current location and also telling Jiang Cheng and Fatty that he had some information related to the Night Watchmen and that they should stay in the studio and not leave. He would be back later.

But even so, Huai Yi rushed back to the studio, but when he pushed open the door, it was empty.

About 5 minutes later, after confirming that Huai Yi wasn't being followed, Jiang Cheng led Fatty out of an alley nearby.

"Aren't you guys being a little too cautious?" Huai Yi asked, seeing Jiang Cheng and Fatty in disguise.

"Who knows if your friend will betray us?" Fatty said pretending to be cautious. "The doctor said there are a lot of scammers these days. It's always good to be careful."

"What intelligence did you get?" Jiang Cheng cut to the chase.

Hearing this, Huai Yi's face tightened. He pulled Jiang Cheng and Fatty to the sofa to sit down before mysteriously saying, "The Night Watchmen are fighting with the military. It happened last night."