茶杯狐 -CUPFOX

Chapter 148: A Passat

Shiling’s Mom, who was nearby, saw Xiang Kun pull out a crumpled piece of paper that appeared to have the number “6” written on it. Presumably, it was an old draft of some sort. She watched him fold it expertly into a paper aeroplane and then transform it into a paper crane. He seemed to be well-practised in origami.

Although she knew that Mr. Xiang was about to fool her daughter again, Shiling’s Mom didn’t show any displeasure. In her view, if Liu Shiling, being a girl, became engrossed in paper folding, it would be a more “natural” pastime than obsessing over flipping coins all day.

Liu Shiling watched Xiang Kun fold the paper intently, without the slightest doubt about Uncle Bald’s claim that it was “magic paper”.

In the end, Xiang Kun folded the paper into a turtle and handed it to Little Fatty Girl, saying solemnly, “I’m gifting you this magic paper. I hope that one day you can master magic and become a magical girl.”

Liu Shiling then nodded very seriously, “Hmm!”

Watching the two engage in such juvenile conversation in all seriousness, Shiling’s Mom couldn’t help but chuckle. “Mr. Xiang, my home is not far from here. Would you like to come over for a meal?” she asked.

Xiang Kun stood up while laughing, “No thanks, I have some things to handle, so I must leave first.”

Watching Mr. Xiang’s bald form retreat, Shiling’s Mom suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to ask him for his contact details. However, she shook her head, dismissing the thought, thinking they probably wouldn’t have much to do with each other in the future. She then took her daughter, who was still reluctant to see Xiang Kun leave, and headed home.

Xiang Kun directly purchased a ticket for a high-speed train, preparing to go to Yangcheng City.

On the train, he thought back to Liu Shiling’s coin. He still somewhat perplexed as to why his sensing ability for the coin had declined. Could it be that due to too much flipping, some particles or energy responsible for sensing had been worn away?

To confirm, he gave Liu Shiling another item that had a super sensory connection with him. Ideally, it would have been a one yuan coin just like before, but he had not re-established such a coin in recent times, so he had to give her the paper instead.

He had established a connection with the A4 paper some time ago and its sensing ability hadn’t changed much. He gave it to Little Fatty Girl to see if it would follow the same pattern as the coin.

Guo Tianxiang lived separately from his private clinic. While he rented his home, the clinic property was purchased – an odd arrangement.

However, considering Guo Tianxiang’s habit of drinking blood and sleeping directly in the clinic afterward, it made sense. This place was his primary base.

The process in which Guo Tianxiang treated people was first to conduct some simple checks at his clinic and then draw blood. After drawing blood, the patient would come back the next day for detailed treatment.

After drawing the blood, nurses would bring it to his office promptly. He would appear to use the machine for testing, but in reality, he would secretly drink it.

He took a considerable amount of blood, probably more than 200ml each time, it was unclear how he managed to persuade patients to do so.

If Guo Tianxiang only acquired fresh blood in this way, then he could not be considered a heinous criminal… um, rather a heinous ghost.

However, Xiang Kun, who had Guo Tianxiang’s memories, knew very well that this guy had committed a lot of murders, not only abroad but also domestically.

Instead of going directly to the vicinity of Guo Tianxiang’s clinic, Xiang Kun climbed to the rooftop of a nearby tall building. He switched his vision to infrared imaging mode and observed the people and terrain in the vicinity from afar.

In fact, on his way there, he had already checked the nearby terrain using the map app. He now needed to combine the structure of the actual scene with that of the map to construct a detailed holographic image in his mind.

After observing for about ten minutes, Xiang Kun changed to another direction. He took a bus to another tall building. After managing to get to the top, he continued to observe the area near the clinic. This angle allowed him to see the blind spots he couldn’t observe from the previous rooftop.

After changing to three different observation high points, Xiang Kun gradually approached the block where the clinic was located.

Initiallv, he had planned onlv to observe from one hizh point, to understand the terrain fully, to establish entry routes, and escape routes in case of an emergency.

However, during his first observation, he noticed something strange: someone entered a black Passat parked diagonally across from the clinic building. But the car’s windows were tightly closed, no engine was running, and no air conditioning was turned on. Even after more than ten minutes, the car didn’t leave.

Although his infrared heat imaging mode couldn’t see the heat source from the car occupants, he could determine if the engine was running or if the air conditioning was working through the heat source of the car body.

Just after Cold Dew, the weather should be cooling down. However, the climate in Yangcheng was quite strange these few days. At 2 p.m., the outdoor temperature was still 330C – it was stuffy without wind. Sitting in the car without opening a window or turning on the air conditioning was undoubtedly uncomfortable.

Or perhaps the window was open on the other side of the car that he hadn’t seen?

Generally speaking, this was not an abnormal situation. Perhaps the car was waiting for someone, and the driver could be occupied elsewhere and had not yet returned.

However, to Xiang Kun, who had paranoid tendencies, any slight doubt would grab his attention and trigger his imagination and speculation,

As a result, he cautiously changed his observation angle a few more times and continued to monitor the area at a high point. After an hour, the car hadn’t moved, no air conditioning was turned on, and no engines were started. Although he didn’t know if the person who had entered the back seat was still there when he changed observation positions, he had definitely marked that car with a “?”. He planned to observe it more closely later.

Xiang Kun began to approach the block where Guo Tianxiang’s clinic was located. He walked slowly while keeping his vision mode in infrared imaging. His hearing and smell were also constantly gathering information about the surroundings.

He didn’t focus all his attention only on the black Passat just because he had become suspicious of it.

Even though he was wearing a wig and a baseball cap, he tried to avoid various surveillance cameras as much as possible. If unavoidable, he made sure his face wouldn’t be captured too much.

When he was about a hundred meters away from the building where Guo Tianxiang’s clinic was located, he stopped. He took out chewing gum he had just bought, and started chewing it while standing under a tree and looking down at his phone. It appeared as if he was waiting for someone or a ride, but in reality, he was paying attention to the movement inside the black Passat, which was parked about ten meters to his right.

Based on the sound, there were definitely two people inside.

“…Damn, turn on the aircon. It’s too hot today. I want to sleep a while but I can’t…”

“…The rules state you can’t turn the aircon on…”

“…Didn’t they say the suspect went to **City? Haven’t they found him there yet? What if he heard something and escaped earlier? Then we are purely wasting our time here…”

“…Go and say that to Old Tan…”

“…If I had known, I’d choose the night shift, rather than suffer in this heat during the day…”

“…Haha… then you go change it. I’ll continue with the day shift. The weather forecast said it’s gonna cool down tomorrow…”

After standing there for over twenty minutes and hearing what he has wanted to hear, Xiang Kun wrapped the chewed gum around a ball-point pen bead that was linked to him and prepared to cross past the Passat. He seemed to have done this casually as he walked past the car to cross the street and proceeded in the opposite direction of Guo Tianxiang’s clinic..