Chapter 310: I Temporarily Consider You Human

Chapter 310: I Temporarily Consider You Human

He returned to the complex where the blind girl lived.

Xiao Yu’s gaze swept over the rows of apartment buildings.

Dark under the lights?

He wasn’t entirely sure.

Every surveillance camera in the complex had been inspected.

There was no trace of the suspicious man.

Is it even possible to live in a complex without being caught on camera?

Xiao Yu made his way back to the blind girl’s apartment.

He stepped into her bedroom and stood by the window.

From his view, two apartment buildings stood directly across the street.

The best vantage point was from the building right across.

If he wanted to ‘observe’ the blind girl’s room,

it had to be at least from the third floor upward.

After all, her room was on the fourth floor.

The units in the complex were nearly identical—seven-story duplex elevator apartments.

To observe someone, you’d probably choose the fourth or fifth floor.

Too low isn’t ideal; too high isn’t either.

Wangdie’s Nose…

Xiao Yu noted the scent of the blind girl and her guide dog before leaving the room.

Shortly after, he headed to the apartment building across the way…

At the moment he entered the elevator, his eyes narrowed instinctively.

His deduction was correct!

Inside the elevator, Xiao Yu caught the unmistakable scent of the blind girl and her guide dog.

Damn!

With a sigh, he followed the trail from the third floor upwards until he reached the fifth floor, stopping at a doorway.

Bear Force… Boom!

With a fierce impact, the security door and its frame were slammed to the ground.

Without a word, a cold-faced Xiao Yu stepped inside.

It was a two-bedroom apartment, completely empty.

Yet it still carried the smells of the blind girl and her guide dog.

He headed to the bathroom.

There, Xiao Yu detected a strong metallic scent of blood and found traces of dog fur.

He then left the bathroom and moved into the kitchen.

His eyes landed on a freezer.

He opened it…

Inside lay a dog’s corpse.

Xiao Yu reached in, pressed it firmly.

It wasn’t completely frozen, suggesting it had been placed there about two to three hours earlier.

His face turned as cold as ice.

He realized he’d guessed correctly—but he’d still missed his chance!

Why did he say that?

When he first arrived in City K and reached the blind girl’s apartment,

the suspect was still there, with the blind girl and her guide dog!

Within those few dozen hours of investigation,

the suspect had left with the blind girl.

He had deduced it, but it was too late—he’d missed his opportunity!

No… Xiao Yu suddenly looked up sharply.

Leaving with someone was too conspicuous a move.

If you killed the guide dog, wouldn’t the blind girl fight back?

Would she simply follow you quietly?

Had you employed some tactic to pacify her?

Carrying her away? Lifting her up? Or…

Activating Falcon’s Eye, Xiao Yu scanned the floor meticulously.

He saw footprints—two sets, one human and one canine. No slippers were involved.

Footprints of size 37 and 42!

A vivid scene began to form in Xiao Yu’s mind.

It was a simulated crime scene!

In his vision, a man and a woman entered while holding a dog on a leash.

The dog’s prints lingered around the woman throughout.

Then, they proceeded into the living room and sat on the sofa.

The man’s prints led away, toward the kitchen… stopping in front of the refrigerator?

That’s right—this apartment wasn’t just equipped with a refrigerator; there was a freezer too.

The freezer was new… specially prepared for something?

Xiao Yu opened the refrigerator and his eyes froze.

He found a small bottle.

He took it out and uncorked it.

Instantly, his expression changed drastically.

Ether… an anesthetic!

Returning to the living room, and under the scrutiny of Falcon’s Eye, Xiao Yu re-examined the footprints by the sofa.

These were the last traces of the woman’s steps, and then…

A chaotic array of dog paw prints appeared.

Why were they so disordered?

At that moment, the girl must have been drugged, right?

Did the dog try to rescue her?

That would explain the chaotic paw prints.

He scanned the surroundings, but there were no more dog paw prints.

The guide dog had been subdued… Xiao Yu frowned.

What method did they use?

Just three centimeters from the dog’s eyes down to its nose,

a precise strike could knock it out in one hit, leaving it briefly defenseless.

Then… carry it into the bathroom, kill it, and stash it in the freezer?

Standing up, Xiao Yu’s eyes swept the area again, searching for the man’s footprints.

Another scene unfolded in his mind.

A man carrying a woman walked back toward the bedroom.

How did he deduce this?

0… Beg for flowers…

When a person is barefoot, the sole’s contact area with the ground is assumed to be normal.

But when carrying someone, the weight increases and the pressure enlarges the contact slightly.

A comparison of the footprints made this difference apparent!

In the bedroom, Xiao Yu inquired after the scent of the blind girl.

Soon after, the man’s footprints exited the room again.

Still carrying the woman, they appeared at the entrance.

Carrying her away, right? Xiao Yu sneered.

At last, he pieced together how the suspect and the blind girl had left.

Now the question was:

Carrying such a large target, how did he leave the complex?

Or rather…

Did he not leave at all?

Xiao Yu left the apartment without checking the elevator, instead heading toward the stairwell…

…………..

As he walked, he wrinkled his nose.

He continued until he reached the seventh floor, stopping in front of a unit.

Xiao Yu eyed the door intently.

His sense of smell told him that a man had recently departed from there.

Yet the scent of the blind girl still lingered inside.

Is she dead?!

With an increasingly complex expression, Xiao Yu took a deep breath.

Boom… the apartment door was violently busted open.

Step by step, he advanced.

Using the stairs, Xiao Yu reached the duplex.

There, he found a large bed where a girl lay asleep.

He exhaled deeply in relief.

She wasn’t dead—nor injured—just in a deep, unnatural slumber.

As he gazed at her, Xiao Yu’s expression turned strangely perplexed.

This whole scenario had completely deviated from the ‘preset’ narrative, hadn’t it?

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Yu smiled.

His smile was as bizarre as his situation.

He recalled countless over-the-top dramatic tropes from various novels.

For instance,

a hitman sent on an assassination mission falls in love with his target.

Naturally, such clichéd twists usually end badly.

Either the hitman dies or the target ends her life in despair.

Or sometimes, it all ends in a tragically beautiful catastrophe.

So, kid, what’s it going to be for you?

Xiao Yu’s face turned grim as he turned to leave.

At least for now, since the blind girl wasn’t dead,

he’d temporarily consider her human.