Chapter 315: Xiao Hua Got Caught by the Chainsaw Killer
When the three of them heard Jiang Ran agree, they were all delighted.
After all, there's strength in numbers.
"Great, now let me explain my plan!"
After securing Jiang Ran's cooperation, Xiao Q couldn't wait to share his plan.
At that moment, Jiang Ran suddenly raised his hand.
Xiao Q asked him what was wrong?
Jiang Ran pointed to his slashed arm and his still-bleeding stabbed calf.
He said: "Before discussing the plan, could you first take me to the medical clinic to get bandaged up?"
...
The four of them then left Jiang Ran's hotel room, with the three supporting Jiang Ran as they carefully took the elevator down to the 1st floor. When they reached the 1st floor, they discovered the hotel's main entrance was closed, and the only way in or out was through the open windows on the 1st floor.
This made things particularly difficult for the injured Jiang Ran.
Since none of them had been to the island's medical clinic before,
they had to ask a female staff member at the front desk for directions.
After that, the four of them left the hotel.
They found the medical clinic not far from the hotel.
They brought Jiang Ran to see the island's doctors and nurses, who began treatment and bandaging.
...
The chainsaw murderer—Manager Xiao Zhang—entered Xiao Q's room carrying his chainsaw and let out a sinister chuckle.
He was ready to unleash a bloody massacre with his chainsaw.
But when he turned on the light, he discovered the room was completely empty?!
Manager Xiao Zhang checked everywhere, inside and out, and indeed there was no one in the room.
Therefore, he could only take the elevator upstairs to the room where Ke Bei was staying.
When he reached Ke Bei's room,
again, there was no one.
Manager Xiao Zhang began to feel that something wasn't quite right.
So finally, he went to Xiao Peng's room, which was on the highest floor among the three rooms.
Yet again, there was no one in the room.
Looking at the messy state of Xiao Peng's room and feeling the still-cool temperature inside, which indicated the air conditioning had only recently been turned off,
there wasn't that stuffy feeling you get when it's been off for a while.
He also pulled back the bed covers and felt the sheets.
The slight warmth that came through to his hand confirmed that Xiao Peng had indeed left not long ago.
"Where did these three go in the middle of the night?! And what a coincidence that they left right before I arrived?"
Manager Xiao Zhang wasn't foolish enough to go searching for the three's whereabouts.
Instead, he went to the hotel's surveillance room.
Using his privileges as a deranged criminal, a deranged serial killer,
he temporarily kicked out all the staff from the surveillance room.
He sat alone in the surveillance room, moving the mouse with his right hand as he began checking the surveillance footage.
The surveillance footage Manager Xiao Zhang could access was just the hotel's ordinary surveillance.
Not the various island surveillance feeds that those in the live stream room could watch.
He pulled up the hallway surveillance for Xiao Q's floor.
This position allowed him to see the situation outside Xiao Q's hotel room.
He centered on the time when he had entered Xiao Q's room and moved backward.
He discovered that half an hour earlier,
Xiao Q had left his room.
Following his departure, Manager Xiao Zhang continuously adjusted the surveillance footage.
He saw Xiao Q going to the 10th floor to drink hot milk.
He fast-forwarded the time.
Then, he saw Xiao Q carrying a cup of hot milk as he returned to his own floor.
Manager Xiao Zhang looked at the current surveillance time and frowned.
Because he saw that after Xiao Q returned to this floor, he suddenly stopped at the corner.
It was as if he had seen something terrifying—the cup of hot milk in his hand dropped, spilling all over the floor.
Immediately after, he saw Xiao Q run away.
"Such good luck? He happened to run into me just as I was entering his room?"
Manager Xiao Zhang thought that if Xiao Q had returned just a bit earlier or later,
he would have been dead for sure.
"People with too much luck will eventually use it all up one day."
He continued adjusting the surveillance footage.
He saw Xiao Q sending messages and making calls on his phone before taking the elevator.
Then, he saw him going to Xiao Peng's room.
Not long after, he saw Xiao Q, Xiao Peng, and Ke Bei all leaving Xiao Peng's room.
This didn't surprise him much.
Manager Xiao Zhang kept watching.
He discovered that these three people, moving cautiously the whole way, first went to another floor to discuss something, then went to the 30th floor.
Manager Xiao Zhang remembered that Jiang Ran seemed to live on this floor?
"What are they trying to do?"
Immediately, Manager Xiao Zhang saw in the 30th-floor hallway,
Jiang Ran suddenly fleeing his room, with another person rushing out after him in close pursuit.
Then, Xiao Q and Xiao Peng came out from the front.
While Ke Bei used a flamethrower to ambush the person chasing Jiang Ran from behind.
Manager Xiao Zhang zoomed in with the camera.
Although it wasn't perfectly clear, it was still high-definition quality.
When he saw this person's true face, he laughed scornfully: "Stupid bastard, called the number one deranged serial killer of their country by Koreans, yet ended up being thrown down by Xiao Q's group and falling to his death."
"I told all of you people not to go after Jiang Ran first, but you didn't get killed by Jiang Ran—instead you died at the hands of three pawns. What a pig."
Then, Manager Xiao Zhang continued checking the surveillance.
He saw the four of them dealing with that guy, then entering the room and leaving again, eventually leaving the hotel.
He didn't know where they went, but it seemed like they probably went to the island's medical clinic.
"These four have teamed up? Perfect, they can all die together."
...
After getting bandaged up at the medical clinic,
Jiang Ran was supported by the others as they walked.
They didn't return to the hotel, but instead went to some of the supporting facilities near the hotel.
Like supermarkets, various duty-free shops, and similar places.
They wanted to see if these places sold chainsaws.
What makes the chainsaw murderer frightening is the chainsaw in his hands, so these people planned to learn from the enemy to counter the enemy.
They wanted to use chainsaws to fight back.
But unfortunately, these supermarkets and duty-free shops didn't sell things like chainsaws or entrenching tools.
Thinking about it, that made sense—this was a tourist area, why would they sell you such things?
But these people didn't give up;
they planned to keep looking.
They thought that some of the staff responsible for landscaping on the island should have things like chainsaws and entrenching tools.
Of course, they were also discussing other plans.
For example, Xiao Peng suggested digging a big pit somewhere to lure the chainsaw murderer into falling into a trap.
But to be honest, successfully implementing this plan would be quite difficult.
Just as the group was wandering around like headless flies in the supporting facilities near the hotel,
Xiao Peng's phone suddenly buzzed.
Xiao Peng pulled out his phone, didn't unlock it, but just looked at the screen and saw that Xiao Hua had sent him a message on WeChat.
"This girl, still not sleeping at this hour? Could it be that she's scared and wants me to go keep her company?"
Xiao Peng somewhat casually opened his phone.
Xiao Q and Ke Bei were supporting Jiang Ran up ahead.
After walking for a while, they realized that Xiao Peng, who was checking his message, hadn't caught up, so the three stopped.
Xiao Q looked back.
He found Xiao Peng standing still in place, not moving.
The light from the phone screen reflected on his face, making his face appear darkened.
Xiao Q's heart sank—could something have happened?
Sure enough, Xiao Peng walked toward them step by step with a heavy expression.
His voice somewhat choked and urgent, he spoke these words:
"Xiao Hua has been captured by the chainsaw murderer."