dkrc Chapter 108 I curse you to be hunted down to death!
Chapter 108 I curse you to be hunted down to death!
Chapter 108 I curse you to be hunted down to death!
Luo Shuo recognized the pink cloth bag because Li Jiuhe had asked him to use it to track someone before.
Later he heard that the person's name was Yu Minmin, and that she was dead, but her body was never found.
And this Yu Minmin is the one who is impersonating Li Jiuhe's daughter, Li Yi.
At first, Li Jiuhe always carried the small cloth bag with him to provide clues for finding his daughter, but he stopped carrying it after learning the truth.
When they left Wangchuan City, Luo Shuo didn't know where Li Jiuhe put the small cloth bag, but he guessed that Li Jiuhe couldn't possibly still be wearing it.
Ultimately, the cloth bag didn't belong to his daughter, so it had no sentimental value for Li Jiuhe.
So why is it here? Could it be the cursed object from that rental house?
If it really is a cursed object, then why is it such a coincidence that this cloth bag appeared as a cursed object after the three of them arrived in Nanfeng Town?
For a moment, Luo Shuo felt goosebumps all over his body, and his mind was in turmoil.
Soon the ants brought the cloth bag to his feet. Luo Shuo picked it up and examined it closely. It was indeed the same cloth bag he had used to search for Yu Minmin.
Luo Shuo knew he should tell Li Jiuhe about his discovery as soon as possible.
However, Li Jiuhe is currently trying to capture the person who cast the curse, and it's unknown whether there have been any results.
Nanfeng Town Central Square.
It was already four in the morning, which is when the residents were sleeping the most soundly.
Li Jiuhe couldn't take it anymore and fell asleep sitting on the stool.
They emerged from the Dragon Ridge Mountains yesterday morning, having walked all night under Tong Cheng's guidance, before breaking through the illusions at dawn and leaving the mountains.
After arriving in Nanfeng Town, they encountered the case of the door-knocking curse. Tong Cheng rested, while he and Luo Shuo rushed over to investigate.
Another day has passed, and I still can't sleep at night.
He held on until now, but he couldn't hold on any longer, and he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Huang Guozhong, following his instructions, stared intently at the flowing patchwork shroud in the central square with his eyes wide open.
Meanwhile, in other houses, Director Mu and others were also keeping an eye on the situation.
After an unknown amount of time, a figure suddenly appeared at the edge of the square.
Director Mu, with his sharp eyes, was the first to spot the man and quickly identified him as a homeless man from Nanfeng Town.
Because of his mental health issues, Director Mu and his team sent him to the shelter several times, but he always ran away again.
Director Mu instructed his men to prepare, but to hold back for the time being, and to further observe whether the homeless man had approached the square unintentionally or if his purpose was to find the funeral shroud.
Li Jiuhe was also woken up by Huang Guozhong. He carefully watched the homeless man and saw him sit on the edge of the flower bed in the square for a while. He didn't seem to feel cold. Soon he moved closer to the middle.
Arriving at the spot with the bamboo pole, he looked up at the clothes hanging on it, seemingly a little curious.
He then reached out and shook the bamboo pole.
Just then, Li Jiuhe's voice came through Director Mu's walkie-talkie earpiece.
"Chief Mu, if this man takes the funeral clothes, don't arrest him yet, follow him."
"it is good."
As soon as Director Mu finished saying "good," the homeless man snapped the bamboo pole in two, then his eyes lit up as he picked up the burial shroud that had fallen to the ground.
The man was overjoyed and quickly put on the burial clothes. Surprisingly, the burial clothes fit him quite well.
Turning around, the homeless man swayed and walked out of the square.
"Let's go, follow them," Li Jiuhe said to Huang Guozhong.
Just as the two groups were about to leave the hidden house, everyone suddenly froze, because they heard a voice almost at the same moment: who was knocking on the door?
Li Jiuhe immediately rushed to the door that had been knocked on, and flung it open, but saw nothing.
Director Mu was a step too slow, because they didn't expect the door to be knocked on suddenly. By the time they reacted and ran to open the door, five or six seconds had passed.
There was no one outside either.
Li Jiuhe had already rushed into the street, quickly searching for the homeless man who had left the square. He saw a shadow disappear at the entrance of an alley in the middle of the street.
He immediately gave chase, while simultaneously contacting Director Mu via walkie-talkie: "Where are you all?"
Director Mu quickly replied, "There was someone knocking on the door just now, but when I opened it, I didn't see anyone. They're looking for—"
"Ignore it!" Li Jiuhe warned. "Someone is deliberately blocking our way. Don't lose track of the person who took the funeral clothes!"
Even Huang Guozhong didn't come out with Li Jiuhe. Obviously, like Director Mu, he had been distracted by the knocking and was still looking for the person who knocked near the house.
As expected, this medical investigator is only suitable for saving lives; he's still quite lacking in the skills to investigate unusual events, not even as good as Li Jiuhe, the newly recruited investigator.
Director Mu then realized what was happening and quickly led his men to chase after them into the street.
However, they did not see Li Jiuhe.
"Where are you? Where is the homeless man?"
"In this alley in the middle of the street—"
Before he could finish speaking, the walkie-talkie signal disappeared, and a buzzing connection signal sound came through.
"Let's go, to that alley!" Chief Mu immediately led his men and rushed over.
Huang Guozhong caught up with them at this time.
Li Jiuhe had already arrived at the very end of the alley. He discovered that after turning a corner, there was another exit.
The homeless man had disappeared.
Stepping out of the exit, I saw a small stream flowing gently, meandering out of the town. The surrounding area was barren land, with no houses in sight.
Li Jiuhe immediately turned back.
At this moment, Huang Guozhong and Director Mu arrived at the back, panting, and stood at the corner of the alley.
"Did you see that—?"
Before Director Mu could finish speaking, Li Jiuhe suddenly heard a splash behind him. Turning around, he saw that the homeless man had jumped into the water and was running towards the other side of the stream.
He immediately took off after him, jumped into the waist-deep stream, and approached the homeless man.
However, upon getting closer, it was suddenly discovered that the shroud on the homeless man was gone; he was now only wearing his tattered cotton-padded jacket, with a lot of the cotton batting showing.
"That's not right." Li Jiuhe immediately turned around and shouted to Director Mu and the others who had followed him to the stream: "There's one more person."
Director Mu reacted quickly, immediately turning back to look into the alley. He saw a figure climb out of a trash can, jump to the ground, and run in the opposite direction.
He immediately raised his gun and fired.
Another officer quickly followed suit and fired, and gunshots rang out one after another.
Four or five shots were fired in quick succession, but none hit the man's torso. Instead, they struck his feet, and soon one shot grazed his calf.
Li Jiuhe had already returned to the alley entrance, because there was no point in continuing to chase the homeless man, who seemed to have been instructed to retrieve the funeral clothes.
Everyone surged back into the alley and rushed toward the man lying on the ground clutching his injured leg, quickly apprehending him.
"Uncle Erbing?"
Chief Mu and the other officers clearly recognized the man, as he was a local from Nanfeng Town.
The Uncle Erbing they were talking about looked to be over sixty years old, with an honest and simple face. After being arrested, he didn't say anything, just kept his head down.
However, his gunshot wound was only superficial and not serious.
Li Jiuhe snatched the burial shroud from his hand and had Director Mu take away all his belongings.
Based on speculation, if this guy is the one who cast the curse, his abilities aren't very strong; he can only unleash them through cursed objects.
Moreover, once the cursed object is gone, this guy is essentially crippled.
However, just in case, Uncle Erbing was still handcuffed and shackled to prevent him from escaping.
There were also four police officers watching him.
The group got into the police car and soon arrived at the police station's interrogation room.
Director Mu found Li Jiuhe a clean set of training clothes and helped him change out of his wet ones.
Director Mu then personally interrogated Uncle Erbing, while Li Jiuhe sat in the corner of the interrogation room, simply listening without participating in the interrogation.
Uncle Erbing's behavior was consistent with his honest and simple appearance; he answered every question, and he answered whatever Director Mu asked.
Li Jiuhe listened for a moment and then left the interrogation room because Luo Shuo had come looking for him.
Upon hearing that the suspect had been apprehended, Luo Shuo immediately went to the police station.
He eagerly shoved the small pink cloth bag that Ma Li had found into Li Jiuhe's hand: "Did you bring this with you on this trip?"
Li Jiuhe was stunned, staring in surprise at the small cloth bag in her hand, then looked up at Luo Shuo: "Where did you get this?"
Luo Shuo whispered, "I searched the rented house but didn't find the cursed item you mentioned. Then I asked Ma Li to help me search, and her soldiers quickly found the cloth bag that didn't belong in the rented house."
Li Jiuhe shook his head and said, "I've kept this cloth bag at home and never brought it out."
Luo Shuo was also surprised: "But why—could it be—that this cloth bag is really a cursed object from our rented house? Could it be that someone else is cursing us?"
Li Jiuhe was also completely confused, but instinctively felt something was wrong.
The suspect was in the interrogation room at that moment. Without saying a word, he took the pink cloth bag and returned to the interrogation room.
Luo Shuo followed closely behind.
Because Uncle Erbing did not resist the interrogation, he had already confessed everything in a straightforward manner.
Upon seeing the two of them enter, Huang Guozhong looked up and said, "He has already told you everything. This guy just awakened last month; he's a cursed being."
Because the case involved Sequencers during the interrogation, the police station has handed over the interrogation authority to Investigator Huang Guozhong, and the police station personnel are only responsible for assisting.
According to the interrogation, Uncle Erbing confessed that he had always been a lonely man until he was forty years old when he met a mother and son who came to Nanfeng Town to invest.
At the time, the mother and son rented two rooms at Uncle Erbing's place. After a few days of getting to know each other, he developed feelings for the single mother.
Later, Uncle Erbing ran around tirelessly to help them with their investment.
As a result, a series of uncontrollable factors followed one after another. Uncle Erbing had no influence in Nanfeng Town, and his family was of ordinary means.
Although he wanted to help, his abilities were limited. It wasn't until he saw the single mother hanged with his own eyes that Uncle Erbing felt that his entire life's happiness had been ruined.
However, he did not know the reason until later, when his son cursed several families in the town and was arrested, he finally learned the reason.
From then on, Uncle Erbing harbored deep hatred for several families in the town, including the local government leaders.
But he was just an ordinary person, a bachelor who couldn't even find a wife. He had no choice but to bury his hatred deep inside.
Until last month, this guy suddenly awakened his sequence energy.
He discovered that the whole world had changed. Guided by the sequence energy, he went out and learned some information about the sequencers.
Because his abilities have only recently awakened, he uses cursed objects as a trigger when casting curses on people.
After much thought, he realized that the patchwork shroud was the perfect object for a curse. He then went to the cemetery in Mingzhu City, found the child's grave, and dug up the shroud.
After returning to Nanfeng Town, Uncle Erbing began to curse the mother and son's enemies.
And it just so happened that Li Jiuhe and his two companions arrived at this time.
After learning the whole story, Li Jiuhe was even more puzzled.
He slammed the pink cloth bag in his hand down in front of Uncle Erbing: "Do you recognize this thing?"
Uncle Erbing stared blankly at the cloth bag, then looked up at Li Jiuhe in surprise.
"You—you—are the people from that rented room?"
This cloth bag is indeed a cursed object!
"So you don't even know who you're cursing?" Li Jiuhe sneered. "Tell me honestly, where did you get this cloth bag from? And why are you cursing us?"
Uncle Erbing shook his head in horror: "This is the package I received last week. It tells me to use this cloth bag as a curse bait when I'm cursing my target, so I can curse everyone in the rented house at the same time."
"You listen to people so easily?" Li Jiuhe asked again.
"I had no choice, boss," Uncle Erbing explained. "After awakening, a voice in my head kept telling me to do as this person said, or I would be attacked by an even stronger curse. He explained my curse ability very clearly, and I was very scared and dared not offend him."
Where is this person?
"I don't know right now, but the mailing address is room 1808 of the Emperor Hotel in Mingzhu City. This address should be temporary."
Have you kept in touch since then?
"That's all."
"So you're just working for that person?" Li Jiuhe looked at Uncle Erbing suspiciously.
Uncle Erbing nodded emphatically: "Aside from my own goals, taking action against you was really just something I did on the side, at that person's behest. Think about it, I don't even know you, why would I do this?"
These words have some credibility, but Li Jiuhe believes they cannot be completely believed.
He suddenly wished Liu Qian were here; if the group leader were here, all of this person's secrets could be uncovered.
However, Tong Cheng should also have the ability to find out whether Uncle Erbing was lying or not after he wakes up.
Luo Shuo stepped forward and asked Uncle Erbing, "What type of curse did you cast on us? What are its specific contents?"
Although Li Jiuhe guessed that the curse might have caused them to get lost in Dragon Ridge Mountain, Luo Shuo felt that the two were not very related.
Moreover, he knew more about the cursed than Li Jiuhe, and had just heard the whole story of how they were cursed, so he subconsciously thought that the curse was probably not simple.
They were trapped in the Dragon Ridge Mountains and almost didn't get out. They were only able to escape if Tong Cheng hadn't performed for five days.
But the type of curse should be different from the kind of encounter like getting lost, which is why Luo Shuo asked this question.
Uncle Erbing hesitated and asked, "Your curse—hasn't it worked yet?"
"What exactly is it?" Li Jiuhe's face turned cold.
Uncle Erbing quickly explained, "He was chased to death by the owner of that little cloth bag."
"The owner of the cloth bag?"
"Chase them to death?"
Li Jiuhe and Luo Shuo spoke at the same time, both of them feeling a bit confused.
What we can confirm now is that getting lost in Dragon Ridge Mountain has nothing to do with this curse, but isn't the owner of the cloth bag Yu Minmin?
This pink little cloth bag was bought for Yu Minmin by Li Jiuhe during the days she dressed up as Li Yi.
Based on their previous deductions, Yu Minmin should have been killed by Director Meng Chao, just like the Ghost Eye and the Invisible Man, and they attributed Chen Zhenghai's death to this woman.
Therefore, in order to eliminate this hidden danger, Yu Minmin will almost certainly be killed by Meng Chao and others.
The difference between her and the Ghost Eyes and the Invisible Man is that her body will never be exposed after death, otherwise it might reveal the fact that she did not kill Chen Zhenghai.
So why would they curse Yu Minmin to hunt them down?
Moreover, Yu Minmin is only a small fry; even if she didn't die, she wouldn't be a match for Li Jiuhe and the others.
Moreover, they have Tong Cheng, whose strength is even more terrifying, by their side.
This all makes no sense!
"Is the package that person sent you still there?" Li Jiuhe asked Uncle Erbing.
Uncle Erbing shook his head: "After receiving his instructions, I burned it that same day. He asked me to do it immediately after reading it."
"So, the curse you placed on us is a location tracking device, allowing Yu Minmin to locate us anytime, anywhere, and then come to hunt us down?" Luo Shuo asked, frowning.
"That's about right," Uncle Erbing said honestly.
Li Jiuhe pulled Luo Shuo aside and whispered, "We still need to have Tong Cheng interrogate him. I suspect this guy might not be telling the truth."
Luo Shuo turned to look at the sky outside: "It's not even dawn yet, Boss Tong probably hasn't rested well. I wouldn't dare to wake him up at this hour. Why don't you go and wake him? He treats you much better than I do, so he shouldn't hold a grudge against you."
Li Jiuhe glanced back at Uncle Erbing and shook his head: "No, I can't leave."
"Why?" Luo Shuo asked in surprise.
Li Jiuhe said, "I have to keep an eye on this guy. He just said he was afraid of being cursed back, and I'm worried that the person who instructed him might be even more powerful and has already secretly placed a curse on him. Now that we've captured him, if that person finds out, something might happen."
In fact, after Uncle Erbing was taken into the interrogation room, he reset the interrogation plan to prevent any unexpected events from happening.
Luo Shuo nodded as if he understood: "That is indeed something we should be careful about. You stay here, I'll go back and wake up Boss Tong with Ma Li. If that doesn't work, we can have her share Boss Tong's anger with me."
He chuckled as he said this.
Just then, Uncle Erbing, whose hands and feet were tied to the interrogation chair, suddenly let out a scream.
Everyone turned to look and saw his body trembling violently, veins bulging under his skin, eyes bulging, and his face flushed red.
"What happened?" Chief Mu and the interrogating officers quickly stood up, looking at the scene in surprise.
One of the police officers thought that Uncle Erbing had suddenly fallen ill, so he immediately took out his key and prepared to go forward and unlock the handcuffs.
"Everyone back off!" Li Jiuhe shouted.
Almost simultaneously, with a loud bang, Uncle Erbing's body exploded, with astonishing power and an extremely strong impact.