“Why don't we stay here for two more days and have some fun before going back?”
Duan Chen felt indifferent and waved his hand, indicating he didn't care.
“Then the expenses…”
“I’ll pay.” He glared at the women with their ulterior motives.
“Duan Chen, I don’t think you should always be the big dummy.” Bai Ye smiled charmingly. He had intended to stir up trouble, but he didn't expect Duan Chen to see through him and retort coldly, “Then you pay?”
“Then you can be the dummy.” Bai Ye chuckled sheepishly.
While booking the hotel, Duan Chen noticed two men, one fat and one thin, one tall and one short, sitting on the steps at the hotel entrance, glancing at him from the corner of their eyes.
“Do we know each other?”
Duan Chen frowned. He disliked being watched, and he felt that the gazes of these two men were definitely not friendly.
“No, no, no, we don’t know you. Sorry, sorry.”
The thin man apologized repeatedly, while the plump one seemed to not have reacted yet, staring blankly at Duan Chen.
“Master, these two are not right.”
Duan Chen silently activated his mind-reading ability.
“Damn, no way, is this guy really an esper? Speaking of which, the girls around him are quite good-looking. Damn it, don’t let him notice me.”
“I still want to go to a seafood restaurant for a meal tonight…”
Duan Chen’s lips twitched, and he thought these two might just be ordinary people with weak psychic abilities.
“Let’s go.”
“Okay.”
After entering the hotel, Yan Qiu tugged at his clothes, his expression a little strange.
“No, Master, that strange feeling in my heart hasn’t gone away.”
Duan Chen smiled, “The thin one might have some psychic abilities, but the fat one isn't very bright. There’s no threat.”
“But I still feel something is wrong, like… the matter isn’t resolved?”
Duan Chen’s eyes flickered. Yan Qiu’s ability was absolute perception, it would never be wrong. If that was the case, perhaps those two really had some issues.
He went to the entrance again, intending to confirm with his True Sight.
Unfortunately, the two men had already left.
He shook his head and said to Yan Qiu, “Be careful then. I don’t want to get involved in any weird incidents while on vacation.”
“Yes, I’ll tell Tian Qi and the others.”
“No, you don’t have to. You’ve finally got some rest, I’ll just keep an eye out. The psychic fluctuations from those two aren’t strong, they probably can’t cause much trouble.”
Yan Qiu was stunned.
“Alright then.”
The matter wasn’t taken to heart by the two of them. After quickly booking the hotel, they returned to the beach.
“I heard there’s a fireworks show tonight.”
“Let’s stay and watch. The hotel isn’t too far from here anyway.”
Duan Chen said lazily, lying on the ground.
There were still many people on the beach. For some reason, Duan Chen felt a sense of unease.
This feeling of unease persisted for a long time, even after the fireworks show ended.
“You guys go back first, I’ll sit here for a while.”
Perhaps after being idle for so long, he was a bit unaccustomed to it.
“Me too.”
Nia plopped down beside him.
“Then we’ll head back.”
Jia Yunlian’s gaze lingered on Nia for a moment before she turned and left.
In a way, Nia was much stronger than her, so there was no need to worry about the child's safety, let alone having Duan Chen by his side.
After the fireworks show ended, the tourists had no reason to stay. In about ten minutes, only the two of them were left on the beach.
“Did you notice?”
Nia said softly.
“What?”
Duan Chen frowned. His unease grew stronger, his heart pounding as if something bad was about to happen.
“Something is wrong here.”
“…I have a feeling, but I can’t pinpoint it, I don’t know what’s wrong.”
Nia lowered his gaze, his eyes looking a little sad. “Those tourists might not be able to go back.”
“Wh—!”
“Boom!”
Fireworks exploded in the air. Duan Chen suddenly turned around. What exploded in the air were not fireworks, but the tourists who had just left!
Blood and flesh splattered in the sky, eventually falling onto the beach, appearing incredibly horrific in the night.
Without a moment's hesitation, he immediately rushed towards them.
“Damn it!”
Duan Chen’s expression darkened. Before he could run far, he collided with an invisible transparent wall.
In the distance, a man wearing a baseball cap stood bathed in blood, a look of enjoyment on his face.
He looked ahead, towards the location of Duan Chen and Nia, and sneered.
But the next second, a golden light flashed, and the sound of the transparent wall shattering clearly reached his ears. His expression changed, and he turned to run.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
The man’s heart skipped a beat, but seeing that the person standing in front of him was just a little boy, he breathed a sigh of relief.
“Be good, move aside for Uncle, or else…”
He pulled out a pistol from his waist and aimed it at Nia’s head.
Nia tilted his head and looked at him strangely.
“Damn it!”
The man cursed. If he didn’t escape now, that powerful esper would catch up. He didn’t have much time to bicker with this little boy. Under the boy’s gaze, he pulled the trigger without hesitation.
“In your next life, remember not to meddle in other people’s business!”
“Bang!”
As the man was about to escape, he found that Nia’s body didn’t fall. He lightly tossed away the bullet in his hand, and numbers “5” appeared in his eyes.
“You…”
The man’s eyes widened, and he even forgot to escape.
“Playground!”
Nia beckoned, and a group of strangely-looking dolls cheerfully hopped over from behind him. The man was so scared his legs turned to jelly.
He was certain Nia was not an esper, but…
“Hehe… hehe…”
The dolls hopped around. No matter how frantically the man fired, until his bullets ran out, the dolls were tattered. However, even so, they did not stop their advance.
“Monster!”
He roared and rushed forward, reaching out to grab Nia.
“Bang!”
A gunshot rang out from behind him. The man’s expression changed as he felt a sharp pain in his ankle, causing him to fall to the ground.
“Tie him up!”
Duan Chen’s voice was cold. When he saw the blood and flesh around, he knew he couldn’t stand idly by.
“Okay.”
“Who… who are you people?”
The man’s eyes were filled with terror.
Duan Chen turned on his flashlight and saw crimson blood flowing from the man’s ankle. However, this blood was somewhat different from human blood, it seemed too… vibrant?
When Duan Chen even placed his hand there, the blood actively clung to his fingers.
Nia walked over and said indifferently.
“He is not human.”
“Um… do you know what he is?”
“He is a heretic, named… Blood Drinker.”