bullyxtreme Chapter 100 : Song
Chapter 100 : Song
Soon after, Lin Bai held two B-grade anomaly cores in her hands - one from killing the anomaly in this mission plus one as reward.【Next is the anomalous singing】
Lin Bai took out the other commission's mission document and checked it again, confirming the time and location.
Then she came to the Investigation Bureau's front desk and received a house assigned to her.
"Uh, sir, it's like this - recently high-grade housing is rather tight, we only have ordinary rooms available. We'll arrange one for you to use first, and when high-grade rooms become available, we'll reassign you. Is that okay?"
"That's fine."
【Lin Bai didn't care about housing anyway, since he didn't belong to this spacetime】
"Thank you, sir."
Lin Bai took the keys and address and left the Investigation Bureau. A staff member led Lin Bai to her room.
【Ordinary room?】
Lin Bai looked at the entire villa with a back garden and swimming pool in front of her and fell into thought.
"Sir, the usage rights to this house now belong to you."
"Alright."
After entering the room, Lin Bai found the house was fully equipped with everything organized neatly and spotlessly clean. Sensing no one else around, Lin Bai's face writhed and transformed back into Bai Ling, removing her disguise.
"Have to say, the Investigation Bureau's benefits are pretty good."
The girl hummed while taking a bath, browsed videos and played games. Time passed quickly, and soon it was 1 AM.
【It's time】
Bai Ling followed the navigation to the residential complex with anomalies, sat on a park bench, and waited for 2 AM to arrive.
【The mission document said there would be singing at 2 AM】
【But Investigation Bureau people investigated and found nothing】
【Could it be that only selected people can hear this singing?】
【So Investigation Bureau people can't discover it, but people who hear the singing disappear one after another】
While Bai Ling was thinking about various possibilities, an old woman came from a distance leading a child. The moment they saw Bai Ling, they ran away. Seeing this, Bai Ling chased after them.
The two entered an elevator. The moment the elevator doors closed, they breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly the elevator doors opened again and Bai Ling walked in, looking puzzledly at the terrified old woman and the child showing fearful expressions.
"Um, why did you run?"
"You're not an anomaly, you're human?"
After hearing Bai Ling speak, the old woman patted her chest and panted heavily.
"Aiyo, why did you chase us? I thought we encountered an anomaly."
"I saw you run when you saw me, so I chased. Sorry about that."
"Sigh, it's almost 2 AM and you're sitting there alone. If I didn't run when I saw you, that would be strange. Little girl, you're so pale that from a distance, I really couldn't tell."
"What happens at 2 AM?"
"At 2 AM..."
The old woman suddenly stopped talking and looked at Bai Ling suspiciously.
"You're not from our complex?"
"Auntie, I'm here looking for my friend. She disappeared. Can you tell me what happened in this complex?"
The old woman spoke half-believingly:
"Sigh, telling you isn't impossible."
The old woman rubbed her fingers vigorously.
Seeing this, Bai Ling nodded and took out three hundred-yuan bills and handed them to the old woman.
Seeing Bai Ling was so understanding, the old woman smiled so happily that half her wrinkles disappeared.
"Then I'll reluctantly tell you. Previously, one household argued with the people downstairs, saying they wouldn't sleep at night and kept singing. The downstairs people said they never did that, and the upstairs people even called the police over this."
"But the police didn't investigate any results either. We other residents didn't hear any singing, but soon after, that whole family disappeared. At first we thought they moved away, but then other residents said they heard singing from downstairs, and we knew something had happened."
"Like this, whenever residents hear singing, they disappear shortly after. Police have come many times but still no results. After so many times, we've summarized our experience - every day at 2 AM, one household will hear this singing, then they'll disappear."
"Then auntie, if this place is haunted, why don't you move away?"
"Those with the ability to move away left long ago. I only have this one room and have to raise a grandson. I haven't heard any singing yet."
Just then, the time reached 2 AM and the elevator stopped, arriving at the old woman's floor.
"Sigh, why are you singing?"
"I'm not."
The old woman saw Bai Ling's mouth wasn't open, but she indeed heard singing. She looked at her grandson, and the little guy nodded:
"Grandma, I heard it too."
【This is bad】
The old woman immediately sat on the ground and muttered:
"It's over, we've been targeted. No wait, there's still time. We'll move away tomorrow."
"Grandma, where else can we go?"
"Right, we have nowhere else to go. With this little money on us, we can't survive outside at all. We'll have to come back eventually. Sigh."
Seeing this, Bai Ling asked:
"What about her parents?"
The old woman's expression dimmed:
"Divorced. The child was awarded to my son, but he still has to work, so I'm taking care of her."
"Do you know any other information, auntie? How long after hearing the singing do people usually disappear?"
"Usually they disappear at 2 AM the next night."
"Then like this - before 2 AM tomorrow, I'll come find you. Just stay in your room and wait for me to come."
"Sigh, little girl, you can exorcise anomalies? Forget it, I have nowhere else to go anyway. I'll trust you this once."
Seeing this, Bai Ling waved goodbye to the old woman. After the old woman went inside, she didn't notice Bai Ling was still outside the door, waiting as time passed.
The girl crouched until 5 AM without discovering any anomalous phenomena, and couldn't help yawning.
"Ah, looks like I'll have to wait until tomorrow to know what's really going on."
But just then, the door opened and the old woman walked out, eyes vacant, as if sleepwalking.
Bai Ling didn't wake her but followed her. Soon they arrived at the garden inside the complex. Bai Ling didn't see anyone or hear any sounds, but she observed that the old woman in front seemed to be suffering from something.
Seeing this, Bai Ling summoned her anomalous domain, instantly covering half the complex. She tried to make that anomaly manifest through this method.
But she ultimately miscalculated. There was no one else around, and even the old woman slowly returned to normal, somewhat confused as she scratched her head.
"Strange, where did I come to?"
"Old woman, you were sleepwalking."
"How could that be? I've never sleepwalked before!"
"How do you feel now?"
"Yes, I feel that singing is getting closer and closer."