dark.
The twisted patterns are constantly changing, like a maze hiding a terrifying secret.
The feeling of weightlessness brought by the fall came very suddenly.
Jiang Ming suddenly opened his eyes.
The feeling of weightlessness disappeared.
Looking at everything in front of him, he was stunned.
He found himself standing in a living room that looked somewhat familiar, but the problem was that he should have been in the technical department office of the branch before.
As a policeman and the leader of the technical department, Jiang Ming didn't believe in ghosts or gods at all. But this time, he couldn't figure out how he got here from the office in the branch.
"Where are Xiao Du and the others? And where is Expert Lin?"
Jiang Ming was sure that he was the only one in the living room.
It was a house in an old residential area, with two bedrooms and a living room. The wall above and around me had some cracks, and some places had fallen off. There were old furniture all around, a coffee table and a sofa behind me, and a TV in front of me. Looking outside through the window, it was pitch black.
There was no other sound except the ticking of the seconds of the old-fashioned electronic watch hanging on the wall.
Jiang Ming was very nervous at this time.
Even if you have received training, you will still feel at a loss when you suddenly encounter such strange things.
There were photos on the wall, and Jiang Ming immediately went over to check them out. The photo showed a family of three, and after scanning each person's face, Jiang Ming's expression suddenly changed.
He recognized the family.
That was a long time ago, when he was a neighbor when he was a child.
This family has a very good relationship with Jiang Ming's family, and the neighbor's sister often takes care of him and helps him with his homework.
But a horrible tragedy happened that year and the whole family was killed by criminals.
Jiang Ming was seven years old that year. Coincidentally, he was also present when the tragedy happened, but he was lucky and escaped by hiding under the bed.
It is also for this reason that Jiang Ming vowed to be a policeman who punishes evil and encourages good.
He wants to bring the criminal to justice.
But after so many years, the murderer of the family massacre is still at large.
Memories slowly emerged, and Jiang Ming's face was extremely ugly. He remembered that this was his neighbor's sister's house, and all the furnishings were exactly the same as before.
"How could this happen?" Jiang Ming's mind went blank.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the door, interrupting Jiang Ming's thoughts and instantly bringing him back to reality.
The footsteps outside the door stopped, and then there was the sound of a key opening the door.
Fear welled up in my heart.
Even, it's hard to suppress.
Jiang Ming sensed danger.
Hide.
This thought immediately popped into my mind.
The living room was not big, and there was no place to hide. On the left was the kitchen and toilet, and on the right was the bedroom. Jiang Ming did not hesitate, opened the bedroom door, walked in, and then closed the door.
Almost at the same time, there was a sound of the security door being opened outside and someone came in.
The other person was in the living room, just across the door from him.
Jiang Ming's heart was beating wildly at this time. This scene seemed familiar to him. It seemed that the murderer who killed his neighbor's family had come in this way.
The fears of childhood rushed directly into my mind.
Because of the thick curtains, the bedroom is very dark. I can vaguely see that the bedroom is not big, with a wardrobe and a large bed next to it.
There is a fishy smell in the air.
Jiang Ming tiptoed to the bed and glanced at it.
There was a person lying on the bed.
Not moving.
Looking more closely, there was a knife stuck in the man's neck.
Jiang Ming's eyes widened and he covered his mouth, otherwise he might scream.
At this moment, his hair stood on end. He had seen this scene before, and the already vague memory of his childhood suddenly flooded into his mind.
The footsteps in the living room were approaching, and Jiang Ming almost subconsciously crawled under the bed. Just two seconds after he hid, the living room door was pushed open.
A faint light from outside shines in.
Jiang Ming saw a person standing at the door from under the bed. From this angle, he could only see the other person's feet.
The other person was wearing a pair of round-toed leather boots, which were polished to a very high shine.
The man didn't have any additional reaction and didn't close the bedroom door. He just walked to the bed. Then some noises were heard. The next moment, the corpse on the bed was suddenly pushed down and fell to the floor with a bang.
The body fell just two feet away from Jiang Ming. This time it was lying down, the dagger on its neck was gone, and its head was tilted, facing him.
The impact of this scene is simply beyond words.
Jiang Ming's emotions were boiling like boiling water.
The female corpse looked to be in her twenties and looked quite young. At this moment, she had her eyes wide open, her mouth open, and half of her face was covered in blood. She just stared straight at Jiang Ming.
She is the neighbor’s sister.
Jiang Ming's mind went blank and his fingers were shaking uncontrollably.
The scene is exactly the same as it was back then.
He was only seven years old at that time. He hid under the bed, not daring to make a sound. He waited until the murderer left, then he ran out crying.
Jiang Ming once thought that if he was given another chance, he would definitely do something.
He would no longer let fear control him.
But now that he was experiencing it all again, he found that he didn't even have the strength to move.
Fear was like a fat man weighing over 200 pounds, pressing down on him and making it hard for him to breathe.
At this time, the murderer seemed to have noticed something and slowly squatted down. Jiang Ming's fear reached its peak as he saw the murderer was about to stick his head under the bed.
Suddenly, a scream was heard from the corridor outside.
The murderer was alarmed. He immediately got up, opened the security door and walked out.
Jiang Ming let out a sigh of relief.
"Wait a minute, the voice just now seemed to be Xiao Du." Jiang Ming reacted and realized that the voice outside was from his colleague, which made him nervous again.
Climbing out from under the bed, Jiang Ming looked at the body of his neighbor's sister.
The tears in my eyes could no longer be stopped from flowing out.
"I'm so useless. I was too timid back then and couldn't save you. I didn't expect it would be the same again."
At this moment, Jiang Ming was crying like a child.
But the next moment, he touched something.
It's the police badge on his chest.
He was still in his police uniform.
A sense of power surged in my heart.
"Yes, I am a police officer. I have sworn an oath to maintain peace and protect others. I couldn't do it when I was a child, but now I have to do it."
“I have to do it.”
The fear seemed to have subsided a lot. Jiang Ming gritted his teeth and walked out, reaching out to grab a crystal trophy on the table.
He remembered clearly that this was won by his neighbor's sister in a recitation competition. It was very heavy and could be used as a weapon.
Jiang Ming opened the door and walked out.
To his surprise, outside was actually the corridor of the police station, but it looked very dark, completely different from what he usually saw.
The air seemed to be filled with tiny gray particles, more like a strange fog.
Suddenly, Jiang Ming felt a noise behind him and he subconsciously dodged to the side.
With a swish!
A knife almost stabbed his neck.
The blade scraped Jiang Ming's skin and a pain came over him.
It was the murderer. He did not leave, but hid in a dark corner outside the door, waiting for Jiang Ming to come out and then kill him.
The first strike missed, and the second stab came again.
Jiang Ming had learned martial arts, but he had no advantage against the knife-wielding gangster, especially the opponent's speed and strength, which were not like those of a normal human being at all.
With a snap.
The crystal trophy hit the ground empty and shattered into pieces.
In panic, Jiang Ming slipped and fell to the ground.
"It's over!"
He knew in his heart that falling at this time would be fatal.
The murderer in front of him pounced on him, but at this moment, something he could not expect happened.
At the same time, a man suddenly jumped out from the side. He had two red balloons tied on his wrists and a brick in his other hand. He went up and hit the murderer on the back of the head.