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Chapter 603 Recognizing Gu as Father
007 guessed that those children had most likely been killed.

She only hoped that Gu Mian could hide their bodies well so that they wouldn't be seen and cause a sensation.

At this moment, she was unaware that Gu Mian had created an artistic arrangement on the ground outside the building.

"By the way, besides those kids from earlier, are there any other children who brought lower-class people here to play?" Since the topic of children had come up, 007 wanted to find out who the little girl in the red dress was, so he started to probe for information.

The snake-headed mask was unaware of 007's intentions. He replied, "There used to be quite a few. Since no adults usually come here, it became a playground for the children in the neighborhood."

"But after the restricted area collapsed, the monsters inside were released and roamed the streets. Since then, far fewer children have come here."

"Hmm." 007 nodded slightly, knowing that the collapse of the restricted area was all thanks to Gu Mian.

The snake-headed mask had no idea that he had just met the 'Destroyer of the Forbidden Zone'. He continued, "After the destruction of the Forbidden Zone, there are only a few kids who still come here often, and you just saw them."

He did not mention the little girl in the red dress.

007 couldn't very well ask directly, "Do you know a little girl in a red dress? She really likes to climb on your back."

She pursed her lips, suddenly remembering how the little girl had called Gu Mian "Dad" earlier.

Perhaps she wasn't calling Gu Mian "father".

007 remembered that Louis had looked up and glanced at Gu Mian earlier, perhaps the little girl was calling Louis "Dad".

And judging from Louis's age, he should have children by now.

Thinking of this, she looked at the snake-head mask again: "Your circus ringmaster must have a son or daughter, right?"

Upon hearing this, the snake-head mask on the other side immediately froze for a moment.

007 keenly noticed his body language: "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"It's nothing..." The snake-faced mask paused for two seconds before continuing, "Our leader did have a daughter, but... but she died three years ago."

really.

The little girl was indeed Louis's daughter.

007 scrutinizes the man in front of him through the mask.

She noticed that when the little girl was mentioned, the person in front of her became noticeably abnormal in tone, and their body movements became stiff. They also spoke haltingly as if they were hiding something.

"Have you seen her?" 007 continued in a casual tone.

The voice of the snake-headed mask carried these fears: "Of course I've seen it. Although Commander Louis is a very good man, his daughter is completely different from him."

He paused here, as if recalling something: "Commander Louis's daughter is named Sharon. She was a devil from a young age, just like other upper-class children."

"She would put people in dog cages and throw them into places with the most mosquitoes in the summer. I had a friend who was locked up like that. The chirping of insects made it hard to fall asleep. After staying there for a few days, he was covered in welts. Fortunately, Captain Louis found him and released him. When he was released, he had no healthy skin left and was on the verge of death."
"When she's in a bad mood, she'll brandish a stick covered in barbs and charge into the crowd, and every time, quite a few unlucky people get hit."

"She would drive her steel toy car around while we were sleeping, and break the legs of sleeping people."
“We would hide whenever we saw her, afraid that she would come up with some bad idea again.”

Upon hearing this, 007 thought to himself, "Wow!"

She hadn't expected Sharon to be so dramatic, but she had just noticed that the atmosphere between Gu Mian and the girl was surprisingly harmonious.

007 was quite worried that Gu Mian might accidentally be put into a dog cage by Sharon.

She wanted to check on Gu Mian's situation, but with the snake-head mask right in front of her, she couldn't make any sudden movements. Gu Mian was unaware that 007 was worried about the dog cage; at that moment, he was holding the red leather shoes in his hand, looking at the pale-faced little girl beside him.

Judging from Louis's posture just now, he must have come up to find him.

The little girl's earlier cry of "Dad" was probably not directed at him.

Gu Mian guessed that this was Louis's daughter, but she didn't know why she had died.

"The death of a child from an upper-class family," Gu Mian stroked her chin, "How did he die?"

He also remembered the world's background—"poor medical standards."

"Could it be that he died of illness?" Gu Mian wondered as she looked at the girl beside her.

She kept changing her expression, looking unhappy.

They didn't run away anymore.

Gu Mian reached out and poked her head, making her two pigtails stick up and down: "How did you die?"

The girl got upset after being poked twice.

She raised her hand, seemingly wanting to give Gu Mian a couple of whacks, but then, as if remembering something, she lowered her hand and just rolled her eyes at Gu Mian.

Gu Mian thought to herself, "Maybe it's because I'm thinking of those five kids stuck to the ground."

Why isn't Louis coming up yet?

After poking the little girl's head, Gu Mian leaned against the wall listlessly, thinking that the demonic dungeon was still more exciting.

While drooling over the evil spirit, he glanced at the audience and saw that the teacher's seat was empty.

He left too?

Gu Mian had just noticed that Teacher Killer didn't look at the stage much either, not because he couldn't bear to watch the performance.

The "Killing Game Teacher" maintained a disdainful expression, his face seemingly saying, "If Killing Game hadn't collapsed, who would watch your lousy show?"

Gu Mian stared at the empty seats in the audience: "You can't just wander around like that. What if you see something you shouldn't?"

In fact, the teacher who killed did see some things he shouldn't have seen.

He was standing by the wall outside the building, staring blankly at the five children lined up neatly on the ground.

He didn't like the host on stage, so he simply got up and left.

He originally planned to leave this lousy place and go home to rest, but when he came out, he saw five people lined up on the ground in front of the building.

Teacher Killer immediately recognized them as the five children who had been backstage.

At first, he stood suspiciously in front of the gate not far from the group and asked, "What are you doing lying here? By the way, where's that lowly person you took away?"

They were already dead, but the killing teacher never considered that possibility.

Receiving no response, the teacher approached to observe more closely.

(End of this chapter)