My Healing Games

Chapter 39 Hunting the Killer!

After a long time, the girl and the monster disappeared into the mist, and the bathroom returned to normal, as if nothing had ever happened.

The water in the shower slid down Han Fei's body, and he collapsed onto the bathroom floor, having lost all his strength.

His clothes were completely soaked, and looking at his hands, he still felt a sense of unreality.

"I... dug through the flesh."

Although his original intention was to save people, the horrific scene still had a great impact on Han Fei.

He felt as if he were standing at the scene of the crime, watching everything unfold before his eyes.

With his mind buzzing, Han Fei kept washing his hands under the shower, as if there was blood on them that was invisible to the naked eye.

"This is just a beginner's quest."

It took Han Fei a long time to get up from the floor. He turned off the shower and stood blankly in front of the bathroom mirror.

The sight of those blood blossoms blooming on the wall was so shocking that even now, thinking back on it, he still feels a lingering fear.

“Wei Youfu asked me to help that girl. The other victims didn’t cause any trouble either. In their view, the girl inside the monster’s body needed help.”

Han Fei dared not get too close to the mirror; he silently organized the clues in his mind.

"The girl looked to be in her teens, but she seemed to know nothing and was completely isolated from society. Her world consisted only of her father, mother, and brothers and sisters. Perhaps it was because she had not received a normal education that she was able to say such terrifying things in such a calm tone."

His clothes clung tightly to his body, and Han Fei was now experiencing a splitting headache; he had reached his mental and physical limits.

"My mental and physical abilities are still too poor. I couldn't keep going after just two beginner quests. I need to level up as soon as possible."

With his back against the wall, Han Fei was already a little unsteady on his feet. He opened the attribute panel and first added all the free skill points he had gained from completing the two beginner tasks to his acting skills.

"Attention Player 0000! Your acting skills have reached Level 5 (Intermediate)! Congratulations on crossing this threshold! Now you can finally say you possess acting skills!"

After playing the game for a few days, Han Fei used all his skill points to improve his acting skills. He was constantly in a life-or-death situation and didn't pay much attention to it.

Only after seeing the system notification did he realize that his acting skills had indeed improved significantly. He could easily control his facial muscles and make subtle changes in expression.

In addition to his improved skills, his mental resilience and adaptability have also improved dramatically, probably surpassing many veterans who have worked in the industry for many years.

After improving his acting skills, Han Fei took out the landlord's diary from his inventory. It looked like an ordinary black notebook, clean and without a single word inside.

"I guess it's because I haven't mastered the correct usage yet." Han Fei was really too tired. He put the laptop back in his inventory, then walked out of the bathroom and closed the unlocked security door. "It's a pity that no neighbors came over to visit last night."

After finishing his work, Han Fei chose to exit the game.

The crimson color spread throughout the world, and Han Fei had grown accustomed to it all.

He took off his gaming helmet and lay on the bed, not wanting to move at all.

It's always night in the game, but in reality, the sun has already risen.

Lying quietly in bed, Han Fei's mind was filled with various clues about the murder case when he opened his eyes, and when he closed his eyes, he felt as if he were in a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Amidst this extreme inner turmoil, he slowly drifted off to sleep.

The midday sun shone into the room through the gaps in the curtains, and Han Fei was awakened by the ringing of the phone. The stun gun, baton, and other items he had ordered online had arrived.

After retrieving the package, Han Fei read the instruction manual and learned how to use it. He could now be considered to have some fighting ability.

After eating something simple, Han Fei turned on his phone and began to piece together the clues.

"The eighth deceased was a girl, probably between thirteen and sixteen years old. Considering that there is no information about her in the citizen database, she is very likely an abandoned child. In today's technologically advanced world, even orphans in orphanages have a full set of identity registrations. Only children who have been completely isolated from the outside world from a young age would have a situation where no one can be found in the database."

"With the help of the sixth-generation AI, as long as a person leaves some trace on the Internet, his or her identity can be identified and traced. In other words, the deceased No. 8 never used the Internet."

“Abandoned babies, forests, strange parents.”

Han Fei took a pen and wrote a sentence on the blank picture of the eighth deceased: "Living in a place far away from cities and technology, possibly deep in the forest."

"The murderer used beauty to kill people. Number 8 was the last victim, dying before dawn, at the moment the work was completed. Based on the short poem of the victim Number 8, I believe the murderer is very likely Number 8's father."

With the scope of the investigation narrowed further, Han Fei remembered another clue.

"If the murderer chose to kill Wei Youfu because he had a beautiful soul, then the murderer probably knew Wei Youfu."

After checking Wei Youfu's interpersonal relationships online, Han Fei finally set his sights on the toy collection store that Wei Youfu frequented.

He studied the case for a long time and concluded that no one, from the shop owner to the employees, could possibly have committed the crime.

"Just Wei Youfu alone requires investigating so many people; I'm afraid I can't handle it all by myself." Han Fei now truly understood how difficult it was for the police to solve cases. After much deliberation, he finally decided to seek help from the police.

After hiding the gaming helmet, Han Fei took out his phone and dialed Li Xue's number.

Investigating a serial murder case from ten years ago independently is too difficult for a comedian.

Han Fei needs help, and at the same time, he also wants to make a deal with Li Xue.

"Li Xue, do you have time now?" Han Fei's phone receiver kept ringing with curses and pleas for mercy, but he couldn't hear Li Xue's voice: "Are you on a mission?"

"I'm cracking down on prostitution."

"Could you come to my house? I know what the deceased, number eight, looked like in the human body mosaic."

"You've figured out Number Eight's identity?!" Li Xue's tone changed completely: "Great! I'm coming right away!"

"The place I rent is in..."

"I know where you live. Have you forgotten why I personally took you home last time?"

Twenty minutes after the phone call ended, Li Xue, dressed casually, appeared at Han Fei's doorstep.

"Your home is quite clean; it doesn't seem like the home of a man living alone."

Upon entering the house, Li Xue was stunned when she saw the walls of Han Fei's house.

The wall was covered with photos of the victims, and all the relationships and clues were listed in detail. At first glance, it felt like walking into the office of the serious crime unit.

"Sit wherever you like." Han Fei poured Li Xue a glass of water.

"I remember you're an actor, aren't you?" Li Xue's gaze remained fixed on the densely packed photos on the wall. "Do you also work part-time as a private investigator?"

"Don't misunderstand, I just recently participated in a movie that involves human body puzzle patterns. The movie is called Flower of Evil, which is adapted from human body puzzle patterns." Ever since playing "Perfect Life", Han Fei has given people a gentle and humble feeling, and he is never arrogant or impatient no matter what he does.

"You mean... you only studied human anatomy patterns for the sake of filming, and now you've uncovered crucial information about the eighth victim?" Li Xue, a former detective from the Major Crimes Unit who had seen it all, was also shocked by Han Fei.

(End of this chapter)