Clown Game
Chapter 112 - 112 99 Hospital Suspicions Five

Chapter 112: Chapter 99 Hospital Suspicions Five Chapter 112: Chapter 99 Hospital Suspicions Five Chen Xiao was the first to rush out of the elevator because even a fool could tell there was danger with such a strong smell of blood.

In such a situation, the elevator was the most dangerous place, with its small space, nowhere to hide, slow closing doors, and suspended by just a cable, with the height of more than ten floors below, standing inside felt like committing suicide.

And as he dashed out, Chen Xiao also drew out the “Self-Harm Revolver”.

With his current strength, although he could make use of that indestructible second to take a shot, the consumption was just too great, and after one second, he would exhaust all his energy, turning into a salted fish.

Under “Detective Mode”, those abnormally detailed operations, precise to each muscle and millisecond, were absolutely beyond Chen Xiao at this moment.

Therefore, his hand was in a position clutching the barrel of the gun, as mentioned before, this gun’s frame was somewhat long, so holding it wasn’t too uncomfortable.

While ranged attacks were “one-off”, with the special casting material of the “Smile Gate”, it sufficed to make it an extremely handy “blunt weapon”.

It was made of solid material, convenient to carry, unexpected, and even looked good aesthetically.

If there had to be a downside, it would be that the grip felt somewhat awkward in the hand, to the point that the team leader gave it several lingering looks.

Of course, he wouldn’t ask too many questions, given the impression Chen Xiao had made on him, even if Chen Xiao was carrying a slipper in his left hand, a sanitary pad in his right, with a cardboard box on his head with two holes poked in it, claiming he was going to fight to the death against a world-destroying monster, he could accept it.

Thus, without uttering a word, the two of them cautiously arrived at the corner of the elevator area, leaned against the wall, stuck out their heads, and peeked into the corridor.

Not far away, there was blood everywhere, staining more than half of the corridor red, with four and a half security guards’ bodies lying in the pool of blood.

Four and a half meant that one of the bodies was only left in half. But the body was oddly severed from the left shoulder to the right hip in a slanted manner, torn open at a strange angle. At this point, the half that was “with legs” was in the corridor, while the upper half “with head” had already flown off to who knows where.

The other four bodies had a similar cause of death, all penetrated below the chest, just like that intern, scattered and lying haphazardly on the corridor floor with no apparent pattern. Next to one of the bodies was a mobile phone, making it easy to guess that he was the one who had just made that call.

After taking in this scene, Chen Xiao frowned.

Although this floor was already cordoned off by the police and it was night, this was still a hospital with likely many patients and doctors up and down the floors.

And at this moment, it seemed there hadn’t been any commotion, which meant these people had died quite silently, possibly without even a loud cry.

With that kind of destructive force yet so silent, the two formed an incredibly jarring contrast. Could an Anomalous Phenomenon as terrifying as this really appear on a C-level task?

At that moment, the uncle also took a glimpse of the horrifying scene in the corridor, took a couple of deep breaths, and tried to stabilize his tone.

“What do we do?” he asked. From his eyes, Chen Xiao could see the panic. If it wasn’t for holding himself together, he likely wouldn’t have been able to keep a steady grip on his gun.

“Let’s just stand here for now…” Chen Xiao thought for a while before responding.

“Okay…” The uncle agreed without thinking, very satisfied with this battle plan. Bullshit, even if he was told to charge forward now, he would definitely refuse dead or alive.

No wonder, the team leader uncle was more of a “scout” position and was mainly responsible for investigating those events suspected of Anomalous Phenomena, the kind that would report immediately if something was off. As for the subsequent battle and containment phases, he never took part in those, so, considering he had followed Chen Xiao into the elevator and gone up, that was already… well… he was actually regretting it now.

As for Chen Xiao, though his choice to “do nothing” seemed irresponsible, it was actually well-considered.

Firstly, one thing was certain: this Anomalous Phenomenon had an absolute advantage in attack power, to the extent of instant death upon encounter. There had been too many past lessons, so rushing out recklessly now and getting wiped out in an instant would be a real joke.

Secondly, he had to discard his previous hypothesis that this Anomalous Phenomenon was not just killing doctors but had started killing cops as well. Even more terrifying, it might have entered a “non-discriminatory attack” mode, killing anyone on sight.

The last point was very important: he and the uncle were both not dead yet. That was an interesting fact given the silence on this floor and the distinct sound of the elevator, unless the other party was something that couldn’t hear sounds, the idea they “hadn’t been discovered” was definitely invalid. So, the most likely possibility was that the thing couldn’t do anything to them.

“It can’t touch me?” Chen Xiao muttered.

Then, with one hand on his hip and the other pointing at the empty space in front of him, he shouted with a stern face.

“Idiot!”

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Nothing happened. The uncle, however, was startled, looking like he was about to cry.

“Hmm… interesting…”

Chen Xiao mumbled to himself as if he found it amusing. So he began to chuckle gleefully with a “heh heh heh”. In the silent corridor, filled with the stench of blood under the pallid light, it sounded especially chilling.

Afterward, he spun in a circle on the spot under the uncle’s “half-crying” gaze and waved at the empty space in front of him.

Afterward…

He took off his own shoe…

(The uncle beside him slumped limply against the wall with an expression that said, “Fine, play your games; I don’t care anymore.”)

Then, Chen Xiao threw his shoe down the hallway.

“If you can hear me, then please move the shoe… or, well, do whatever you can…” he said loudly.

In such a situation, he actually thought of communicating with the “Anomalous Phenomenon” in a surprisingly polite tone, as if he wasn’t the one who had been cursing just moments ago.

Sure enough… still, nothing happened.

“Hmm… no reaction in the hallway either. Can it not affect objects? But more likely, it just doesn’t want to bother with me,” Chen Xiao contemplated… It must be said, his ability to accurately recognize his own image at this moment was, well, quite remarkable…

His thoughts trailed off…

Suddenly, he stuck his hand out of the elevator, waved it around, and even poked his head out.

“Come and hit me! Lü lü lü!!!” he taunted.

This act almost scared the uncle to death.

Right then and there, the uncle decided that if there was any mission involving this guy in the future, he would just give it up. To hell with deductions or penalties. Spending any more time with this kid, he figured he’d probably die not by the hands of an “abnormal creature” but by the hands of his own teammate.

As for Chen Xiao, of course, he couldn’t care less about the uncle. When he realized that nothing happened even after acting so recklessly, he became even more overjoyed,

After that, he hopped out of the elevator on one leg, “bouncing joyfully”.

He teetered as he put his shoe back on.

When he was done, he even turned his head to look at the uncle, still cowering in the elevator, and flashed a “harmless” smile.

“It’s all good,” he said, then waved his hand, gesturing for the uncle to come out.

On seeing this, the uncle shook his head like a tambourine and even scooted deeper into the corner of the elevator.

“Why would I come out! I’m not field personnel,” the uncle said defiantly, deciding that no way would he comply. He had thought several times about running as far as he could by taking the elevator, but his experience told him that being inside the elevator at that moment was actually dangerous. Like in horror movies, out of ten people who take the elevator, at least nine die—and the one who doesn’t die is the protagonist.

Chen Xiao’s lips puckered in a pout, as if he had some fun activity he couldn’t share with anyone else. But seeing the uncle’s steadfast gaze, he could only shrug in resignation.

Without more ado, there’s a good reason Chen Xiao could stand so openly in the hallway—he had come up with a very reliable hypothesis.

Let’s take it slow.

First point: Apart from those few police officers, all of the equipment in the hallway was undamaged. Therefore, it could tentatively be defined that the “Anomaly” possesses rationality, opting to kill humans but not to randomly destroy walls and floors. Hence, the likelihood that the “Anomaly” is a human being is high, which is why it will be tentatively referred to as “he” for now.

Second point: “He” must only exist on the hospital’s 17th floor; otherwise, given his abilities, it would take just minutes to turn the entire hospital into a living hell.

Third point: Because the second corpse, the intern’s, was killed with a hole in the chest, and there was only one such case before, now there were four corpses with the same cause of death in the corridor. This made Chen Xiao’s previous speculation of “he’s a child” even more convincing.

Fourth point: At that moment, the spot where all four bodies were pierced was right below the chest, exactly as mentioned earlier—people tend to hit that spot when they attack others, and except for the intern, that’s where they were all hit. Thus, Chen Xiao was quite certain that “he” must only be able to hit the spot where the intern was hit for some reason.

Fifth point: It looked like all four bodies were pierced with just one punch by “him”. But why was there one body that was torn in half so cleanly, and at such a peculiar “diagonal angle”?

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In summary, Chen Xiao had another bold idea.

And at the same time… he thought of someone.

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