Chapter 872: Back to the Library

The green-haired guy said, "Bro, why aren't you going up yet?"

"Get up there and show us how it's done!"

The green-haired guy's words were like a final blow, twisting the knife.

The silver-haired guy was extremely embarrassed. He glanced several times at that Deep Blue Suit Jason.

No matter how fierce his mouth had been earlier, now that it actually came down to this moment, he realized he didn't have the courage to step forward.

It wasn't like the silver-haired guy had never been in fights before.

Fighting wasn't exactly like eating or drinking for him, but it was a familiar routine.

It wasn't anything special, especially since he used to get into fights every few days back when he was a teenager.

So going up to fight someone wasn't a big deal.

But in front of this Deep Blue Suit Jason, somehow, even though it was just a matter of going up and having a fight with weapons, simple and straightforward, even though his past fights were mostly bare-knuckled, he'd also fought with knives and weapons before.

Yet right now, he simply didn't dare to go up.

He felt fear from the depths of his heart, and a voice inside him kept telling him not to go up, don't go up, absolutely don't go up.

This was perhaps the difference between someone who had killed before and someone who hadn't.

The silver-haired guy was genuinely scared.

He felt that if he went up there, he'd probably be chopped to death with a single swing.

Just as he was stuck in this awkward limbo, unable to advance or retreat.

A large hand suddenly reached out in front of him and snatched the fire axe from his grasp.

The silver-haired guy saw that it was the man named Yang Qi.

Yang Qi said, "All of you, head back to the library and regroup with the others, then wait for the police to arrive."

"Leave this person to me."

Hearing this, the silver-haired guy let out a sigh of relief.

Finally, someone had given him a way out.

Jiang Ran was a bit worried: "Are you sure you want to stay here alone? How about I stay too? Let them head back to the library first?"

Yang Qi waved him off: "Not needed. You should go back to the library with them too. And Jiang Ran, you know what I'm capable of. The rest of you staying here would just be getting in my way."

Since it had come to that, Jiang Ran didn't try to persuade him further.

He said to the others who were still standing around in a daze, "Come on, follow me and let's get out of here."

Then, everyone except Yang Qi fled the scene.

Only Yang Qi remained.

He let out a breath.

Yang Qi turned his head, and the moment he did, his entire body tensed up, as if facing a formidable enemy.

...

Jiang Ran and the others jogged all the way back to the library.

They had just reached the entrance of the library.

The green-haired guy bent over, panting: "Wait, I just realized something. It's been this long already. Did the police get stuck in traffic or something? Why are they taking so long?"

Jiang Ran said, "Let's go inside first. We'll call the police again in a bit and urge them."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and then the group walked into the library.

They walked deeper into the first floor.

Soon, they reached around the middle of the library.

And after arriving there.

The entire group was stunned.

Because they saw someone wearing the same riot gear and helmet as Jiang Ran and the green-haired guy, lying in a pool of blood.

Jiang Ran had seen plenty of dead bodies by now, so he was only frozen for a few seconds before walking over to the person he'd spotted.

He flipped the person over.

When he turned the body over, a familiar face began to hit Jiang Ran's vision.

"Zeng... Yan..."

The person lying in this pool of blood was none other than Zeng Yan, who had stayed behind.

And it wasn't just Zeng Yan.

Following the gasps of the people behind him, Jiang Ran looked up again and discovered that there were two more corpses further ahead.

He set Zeng Yan down and walked over.

He then realized these two were security guards, just like Zeng Yan.

Xue Kai and Zhang Wei.

"W-What the hell happened here?! We only left for a little while?!"

Hands clutching both sides of his head.

Jiang Ran quickly noticed that the bound Monkey King Mask Man was gone.

Huang Kaiyu was also missing.

However, the girl who had been unconscious the whole time was still lying there exactly as before, on the bed made of stacked books.

Her breathing was steady and calm, completely fine.

Lin Yu and the others saw the three security guard corpses lying in pools of blood, and panic crept across their faces.

They carefully stepped past the three bodies and made their way over to the unconscious girl. After checking her over and confirming she was fine, they all let out sighs of relief.

At that moment, the silver-haired guy looked at the three dead security guards, then at the girl who was perfectly fine.

He said, puzzled, "That's weird. Why did the three security guards die, but she's completely fine?"

The pink long-haired girl said, a bit annoyed, "So what, you're saying you wish she was dead too?"

The silver-haired guy waved his hands frantically: "Of course not! I'm just a bit confused!"

"Aren't you guys curious about this?"

The pimply guy looked around and said, "Looking at the scene here, we all misjudged one thing."

"So Huang Kaiyu and that guy wearing the Monkey King Mask were working together."

"There's no trace of them here. They must have killed these people and fled. Huang Kaiyu released that guy."

"Sigh, we should have left more people behind back then. Maybe this wouldn't have happened."

"But why would they let her go? That doesn't make sense. Could it be that Huang Kaiyu and that guy were being gentlemanly? Or did they get hurt themselves after killing people and rush off in a panic? And just forgot?"

The pimply guy couldn't figure out the reason either.

At that moment, a voice suddenly rang out.

"I'll tell you the reason."

"The reason is that I've taken a liking to her. If I just killed her outright, wouldn't that be a waste of female resources?"

A teasing, laughing tone.

Lin Yu and Zheng Zihan recognized it all too well.

It was that Monkey King Mask Man.

Sure enough, in the brightly lit first floor of the library.

From behind another row of bookshelves not far away, the Monkey King Mask Man slowly walked out.

But he didn't approach Jiang Ran and the others. After coming out, he just stood there.

"Damn! You really are a murderer! A psychotic killer!"

Lin Yu pointed at his nose and cursed loudly.

"You had the nerve to claim you were wronged earlier! I should have just chopped you dead with an axe right then!"

The Monkey King Mask Man chuckled: "It's not too late now! Come on over, I'll stick my neck out for you to chop?"

"Hahaha, what's the matter, scared? Little brat, you haven't even grown your hair yet."

"You!"

Lin Yu was furious.

"Where is Huang Kaiyu?"

At this moment, Jiang Ran slowly stood up and asked coldly.

Huang Kaiyu walked out from behind another bookshelf.

When Jiang Ran saw Huang Kaiyu's figure, he said, "Zeng Yan, Xue Kai, and Zhang Wei. Which of you killed them?"

Jiang Ran was now furious to the extreme.

Not just because of the loss of three lives.

But because this rescue mission was led by him, and the moment he took charge, three people died.

Especially since one of them was Zeng Yan, who he had a somewhat deeper connection with.

Huang Kaiyu didn't say a word. The Monkey King Mask Man on the other side said, "What? Want revenge? Come on then, I killed them all. Come at me!!!!"