The Labyrinth of the Monsters

Chapter 10: The Third Note

This was Gao Yang's first time coming to a love hotel, to be honest, he didn't really like it.

Red lights, red carpet, red walls, red furniture, red bed curtains, it felt like a cramped spider's den.

Qing Ling locked the door, pulled the curtains, and opened the iron box. After studying it for a while, she assembled the sniper rifle.

It was still early, and there was nothing to do.

Qing Ling sat on the peculiar love seat, while Gao Yang sat on the soft water bed. The two of them locked eyes, creating a subtle atmosphere. In fact, Qing Ling was very calm, it was only Gao Yang who didn't know where to put his hands.@@novelbin@@

Suddenly, Gao Yang's phone rang.

It was a call from Wang Zikai, "Brother! Impulsiveness is the devil! Have you thought it through? Once you take this step, there's no turning back! You'll be tainted! A man who doesn't love himself is like rotten cabbage! I despise you! Pui!"

"Women are not good things, they only slow down your reaction when use R Flash!"

"Hurry up and come out! We should play ranked games together, that's the right way to go!"

"I'm in Room 601 of the e-sports center! Big screen, advanced surround sound system, it's amazing, come up quickly! If you're a brother, let's rank up until dawn!"

Gao Yang hung up the phone.

"Are you lonely?" Qing Ling asked.

"Huh?"

"Then why do you befriend an idiot?" Qing Ling looked puzzled.

"Well... it's hard to explain." Gao Yang smiled awkwardly.

Qing Ling got up and walked into the bathroom, "I'm going to take a shower."

The bathroom was a separate glass enclosure, although it was frosted glass, you could still see a rough outline.

Soon, Qing Ling took off her coat and skirt, hanging them on the glass door. Then, she boldly hung up her white underwear.

She really doesn't treat me as an outsider!

Gao Yang quickly lowered his head, but the glass below one meter was transparent, and Gao Yang could see Qing Ling's slender legs and smooth ankles. With the sound of rushing water, hot water mixed with the white foam of shower gel flowed along the lines of her legs to her ankles, and finally dispersed on the floor.

Gao Yang took out his phone and started scrolling.

Qing Ling finished washing quickly and walked out of the bathroom, only wrapped in a sexy bath towel.

She said to Gao Yang, "You should take a shower too."

"Do I have to?"

"In the eyes of outsiders, we are here to book a room in a love hotel. All traces must conform to logical behavior and not arouse any suspicion from beasts."

Qing Ling walked to the bedside table, opened a box, took out a condom, tore open the packaging, wrapped the condom in tissue paper, and put it in her bag, as if she intended to take it away.

She thought for a moment and asked, "Is one enough? How many do you usually use?"

"..."

Gao Yang was speechless, he didn't even know what he was saying, "Just... one is enough."

After creating all the reasonable "traces" in the room, the two of them rested for a while with their eyes half-closed. Of course, Gao Yang couldn't sleep at all, he had been thinking about serious matters - real issues.

...

At 5:30, the alarm clock rang, Qing Ling opened her eyes and got out of bed.

Gao Yang hadn't slept at all, he got up as well and couldn't wait to ask her, "I remember you said before that beasts don't have reproductive systems."

Qing Ling nodded, she walked to the small freezer in the corner of the wall, opened the door, and took out two bottles of drinks. She threw one to Gao Yang and opened one for herself, taking a sip.

"I have a question." Gao Yang rotated the bottle in his hand, "Officer Huang... is he already married?"

Qing Ling nodded, waiting for him to continue.

"According to the one in ten thousand probability, his wife is most likely a beast, right?"

"Probably."

"Then wouldn't there be a problem if they sleep together?"

Qing Ling took another sip, "Beasts don't have a real human reproductive system, but they can imitate it. There are slight differences between the two."

"Imitate? Differences?" Gao Yang pondered.

Qing Ling calmly said, "I awakened at a young age, and the first human I encountered was my cousin."

"Oh."

"He had slept with many girls until one day, he slept with a human girl and found that it felt different from before."

"And then he awakened?" Gao Yang's mood was complicated. This meant that scumbags were destined for a bad ending. After all, if Qing Ling's cousin didn't awaken, he wouldn't have died.

Qing Ling nodded, "My cousin told me that if you've never had a relationship with a human, no matter how many times you have relations with a beast, you won't notice anything. But once you have one, you will notice that something is off."

"So... do you have any experience in this area?" Gao Yang swore that he was approaching this topic with a serious academic spirit.

"No." Qing Ling shook her head, "My cousin told me that it's easy to distinguish males. Because male beasts imitate the human reproductive system, their bodies react instantly, but the bodies of male humans react slowly."

Gao Yang thought of that night's "test" and couldn't help but blush.

"As for female beasts, my cousin said it's something that can only be understood but not explained." Qing Ling suddenly looked at Gao Yang, "How about we try it once, then we'll both have the experience."

Gao Yang sprayed the drink out.

"What's so funny?" Qing Ling frowned.

"N-nothing, if there's a chance... let's talk about it later." Gao Yang hurriedly changed the topic, glanced at his phone, "It's almost 6 o'clock."

Qing Ling took out a note from her pocket, a cold gleam flashed in her eyes.

"Is someone going to be killed?" Gao Yang had already guessed, "Who?"

Qing Ling handed the note to Gao Yang, "See for yourself."

- At 6 o'clock, No. 2 observation deck along the river, kill the woman beside me, aim for the head or heart.

Gao Yang looked at the note and fell into deep thought:

"The woman beside me" means that Officer Huang will also appear later, and the target must be one of his colleagues, friends, or family members. Officer Huang not only won't kill her himself, but he will also be with her, entering the surveillance range. He should be trying to create the most perfect "evidence of presence" and use someone else's hand to kill, clearing his own suspicion.This situation is not as simple as it seems.

Qing Ling pulled back the curtains, pushed the Love Seat to the window, set up a sniper rifle, tilted her head, and brought her right eye to the scope. It must be said, the sight of a tall beauty wrapped in a bath towel, sitting on the Love Seat and using a sniper rifle, was too crazy to comprehend.

Before long, Qing Ling spoke: "Target spotted."

Gao Yang hurried over, "Let me see."

Through the scope, Gao Yang looked towards the No. 2 viewing platform along the river.

The morning sun was clean and soft, and a woman with a literary and intellectual temperament was standing on the No. 2 viewing platform. She was wearing a red long dress, wrapped in a white shawl, looking at the sparkling river.

Soon, Officer Huang appeared. He was wearing sportswear and running shoes, with a towel draped over his shoulder, and he stopped at the viewing platform. The woman turned around, handed him a bottle of mineral water, and smiled gently.

Officer Huang took the water, and the woman naturally took the towel to wipe his sweat, her movements were intimate and natural.

After a brief conversation, Officer Huang took the towel and continued to run, apparently planning to do a couple more laps. The woman watched Officer Huang leave with affection, then turned back to continue admiring the river.

"His wife?" Gao Yang asked.

Qing Ling nodded, sharing the same opinion: "His wife might have noticed his identity as an Awakened Being, or at least, she has become suspicious. Officer Huang decided to eliminate her, just in case, so he wanted to use us."

"Click—"

Qing Ling set up the gun: "I'll do it."

Gao Yang didn't say anything, his feelings were a bit complicated.

He was not a saint, nor was he qualified to judge Officer Huang's decision. But he put himself in the situation, if the person under the sniper rifle was his grandmother, father, mother, sister, could he pull the trigger?

He was filled with mixed feelings, his mind in turmoil.

"The target is stationary." Qing Ling took a deep breath, "Three, two, one..."

"Phew—" Qing Ling fired. Although there was a silencer, the sound of the gun was still off, muffled and short, as if it had misfired.

Gao Yang also noticed something was wrong, he looked up, stunned.

Qing Ling also frowned, caught off guard.

As it turned out, the moment she pulled the trigger, a shadow fell from the sky, blocking the muzzle, and the bullet hit the figure. Soon, Gao Yang and Qing Ling saw clearly.

This figure was Wang Zikai.