The Rogue System [BL]
Chapter 193 - A new face

Chapter 193: Chapter 193 - A new face

A total of thirty corpses were recovered. The ones in the pond were also sent to autopsy. it took a total of two days to get this place cleaned up. he barely had time to even go and meet up with his grandma.

She had been frequently visiting that kid, Jung Shi in the hospital. He was still unconscious after his surgery but the doctors assured him that he come out of the woods.

This gave him a great sense of relief.

Joo Haolei did not know why but he felt a sense of connection to this boy. It felt like he met his family member.

He took a whiff of the cigarette and lightly tapped the ash off the tip. His friend Lai walked into the premise with an unknown look on his face. he looked super glum and downcast,.

"What? did sister break up with you?"

"no.... it’s weird.... she.. she is acting weird hao. we have been dating for a while okay. but she had never accepted any of my physical advances before. You see she had a promise ring. She vowed to remain pure till marriage. But yesterday,...."

Joo Haolei pulled him close. "You don’t have to rub it on my face. why are you here without taking care of her? you do realize that after care is vital right? You must not leave your girlfriend, after just doing it." he playfully strangled him from behind.

Lai Tsu just flopped around like a dead fish. "but she left....."

"Huh?"

"She left after doing it. no snuggles, no smiles. She just left after we were done." Lai tightly gripped his friend’s coat. "Do you think I’m not that great in bed? Is that why she left?"

"Dude. How would I know if you are good or not? Just ask her yourself."

"Haohao.. please can you ask her." He clung to his clothes.

Without bothering about him Joo Haolei walked around with him dragging behind him. "I’m not meddling any further in your relationship. You guys should deal with it yourself. Especially when it comes to sensitive topics like bedroom issues."

Lai flopped down soullessly on the ground. "waaaa I’m so pissed offff!!! Why did she just walk away.. why.... She wanted it. She said that she had been wanting it for so long so why?"

Tears started to roll down his face."

Joo Haolei sighed loudly. He pulled him up. "Come on, lets get a drink,"

They went to the local p=bar in the village and got two soju. The bastard just chugged them both down and started to cry even closer.

Complaints after complaints about his life flew out of his mouth.

All the while Joo Haolei remained silent. He would just nod and occasionally pat his back. His friend needed to unload all that emotions and he was willing to be the emotional dumpster for him..

The bastard thought got drunk after just three bottles.

He straight up collapsed on the table drooling all over it.

"Hao ah, can you take your friend away... he looks like he needs rest," the bar owner softly urged him.

Joo Haolei was so tempted to toss this guy in a ditch and leave but since there was a serial murderer around, he carefully picked him up and left the bar.

He tossed him in the back seat and strapped him up.

Subtly he felt a gaze focus on his back.

He glanced back. The abandoned road at that mysterious killer’s house was in that direction. He could feel some sort of cold energy coming from there.

Frowning he got into the driver’s seat and drove away.

He first dropped his friend at his place and straight up went to the hospital. It had been two days. he had barely seen that kid in that long time. Something in him has been urging him to see him as soon as he could.

So that’s exactly what he did.

It was the middle of the night.. the visiting hours were over but since he was a cop he was allowed in at any time. He got into the kid’s ward. It was shared with two other people. Only a privacy screen separated them.

The young boy was on the bed close to the window.

He slowly walked close and sat down on the small stool nearby. His hands automatically held his cold palm. "I’ll definitely find that bastard.. you.. you just get better. I’ll be there for you okay?"

Lai Tsu had done a search on Jung Shi’s name. but nothing came up. no one with his description and that name existed.

This young boy was an unregistered person.

’or a kidnapped child..’

Child kidnapping has been going rampant in the city recently. So many families lost their children to the criminal ring. Even after searching for so long they were unable to find the mastermind of these heinous crimes. Even the chaebol Bai family lost their child ten years ago. the poor boy was just ten years old then. it was such a mess. The family used all connections to try to find the kid but they were unable to find him anywhere.

Just as he was thinking this, he got a call.

"Hello?"

"Mister Joo, we have done an autopsy of these corpses. I think you need to come down and see this. How soon can you get here?"

"I’m already here," he reluctantly got up looking at Jung’s face. He gently pinched his pale cheeks. "Brother will be back okay? just hang on for a while."

The mortuary was in the basement level of the hospital so that it would be easier to access the ambulances that come to the parking lot.

He rushed to that spot.

A young doctor stood out the door of the mortuary anxiously. "Mister Joo, thank God you’re here. please come in," he gestured for him to rush in.

He then pulled out one of the corpses from the cooler. "This was the recently killed victim. His bone age indicates he was fifteen when he died. his body was not totally decomposed so we were able to identify the contents of his stomach. the kid was given a high dose of sleeping meds mixed along with some kind of fruit, maybe papaya? We are still searching on that. cause of death is overdose."

"In all the thirty corpses I checked all of them have a lot of deficiencies. This is sign of malnourishment. The children must have been very sickly because They did not have a balanced diet you see. But all these bones are very strong and sturdy. I can’t understand it."

"oh and there is also this fact. Every single boy, all the corpses were boys, you brought in, were estimated to be fifteen years old when they died,"

Joo Haolei did not understand most of the analogy but he understood the base of his investigation.

"Killing them at fifteen? do think this is some kind of a cult?"

"Might be. Look at this one." He pulled out another bag of bones. "This is the oldest human remains we found in that out of the thirty corpses you found. This boy has been dead for almost 200 years. 200! Each victim was killed exactly at an interval of two to five years. The killer or killer must have a routine of finding children and killing them. This is definitely a cult activity. Or maybe a family of killers lives there."

"Is that all?"

"Hmm for now. if I find out anything new, I’ll let you know," the doctor excitedly smiled up at him.

"Thank you for your hard work... don’t overwork yourself."

"How can I sleep when I have so many bones to research? It’s so exciting to see the history these bones have."

"Whatever floats your boat." Joo Haolei headed directly over to the ward. He didn’t want to go back home today.

It was getting late and driving that far was too tiring. So he rented a small sleeping bag and Laid down next to Jung Shi’s bed.

What he did not notice was that young boy on the bed started to move slightly.

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Sounds of cicada’s crying echoed in his ear.

Eric slightly moved his fingers. ’Eh? I’m alive... that’s great. I thought I might be dead...’ he proceeded to check all parts of his body from the tip of his toe to his head. He felt pain in his torso and the back of his head.

he was able to move around but his eyes refused to open. it was like it was stuck together with glue.

Eric pried open his eyes with his fingers and look around.

He was in a hospital for sure.

He gently touched his terse where he felt the most pain. He could feel the bandages down there. ’Did I get that badly wounded? Wasn’t it only a broken rib?’

"Jung," a soft voice called him.

Stunning Eric looked to his side. A young teenage boy with straight black hair covering his face, looked at him. his lips were arched up in a pleasant smile.

There was a huge air tube shoved down his throat so Eric was not able to say anything. He just lifted up his hand to touch the boy. But to his surprise, it went through him.

The boy looked stunned. "Me...." the boy pointed to himself and anxiously looked around. "Me..."

He looked at him keenly. The silhouette... he had seen it somewhere.

’its..... Ghost boy?!!! Oh, my goddddd!! You have a face!!!!!!’