Hiromi Collection - Chapter 43
Scrolling through the page again, a row of records appeared.
Date: 200X-06-26
Information about the mysterious person with a blank name 22:30:15
This is a mysterious spell from ancient Egypt: 〓〓★**~○▲**〓□〓~☆**~◆★※☆〓〓. The person who receives this message will receive a gift from the underworld. If you forward this message to more than twenty friends via QQ within three days, you will get what you want most. Otherwise, after three days, you will pay with your life.
Jianjun200822:30:45
Who are you?
Information about the mysterious person with a blank name 22:31:02
You don't know me.
Jianjun200822:31:07
Sorry, I don't chat with people I don't know. Goodbye.
Information about the mysterious person with a blank name 22:31:13
Remember to forward this message, otherwise...
Jianjun200822:31:20
otherwise?
Information about the mysterious person with a blank name 22:31:25
Otherwise, you will die.
Jianjun200822:31:50
...You're so boring.
Information about the mysterious person with a blank name: 22:32:22
You better believe me, because someone has already died.
Information about the mysterious person with a blank name 22:32:24
Those who disobeyed all died...
Jianjun200822:32:30
What?
Jianjun200822:32:32
say!
Jianjun200822:32:34
say;
Then came a long list of the word "speak," all written by Jiang Jianjun, while the mysterious man remained silent.
Qing Tong TO Lin: "The client told me that when they arrived at Jiang Jianjun's rented room, his computer was still on and his QQ program was running. So at first they just thought he had gone out temporarily but forgot to inform his family. It wasn't until they contacted the relevant magazine and everyone who knew him but still had no news of Jiang Jianjun that they started to panic. After waiting for three days, they finally couldn't hold back and called the police."
LinTO Qingtong: "Suicide?"
Qing Tong TO Lin: "It doesn't seem like it. He promised No. 2 that he would submit a manuscript to the magazine."
LinTO Qingtong: "Do you think this matter is related to that mysterious QQ?"
"Lin, there's a system message." After a long silence, Liao, who seemed to be doing nothing, spoke in Luo Lin's mind.
"Ugh... What did you just eat?" An indescribable feeling of nausea was transmitted from Luo Lin's central nervous system through imagery.
"That demon, its taste was barely acceptable."
"How many times have I told you, if you want to use my body, don't come back right after you finish eating!"
"I can't help it, Old Man Luo restricts me from leaving you for more than 5 minutes."
"Then don't share that part of your memory with me! I'm human, I don't eat that kind of thing!"
"Okay, okay, don't be so petty. I'll try to be more careful next time. Hey, who added you?"
Luo Rui clicked on the profile of the person who requested to add him as a friend. Nickname: asdfasdf, Level: 1, no other information.
Without hesitation, Luo Lin moved her mouse to the "Reject Request" field, with the reason: I don't add strangers.
The rejection message was sent, and a few seconds later, a beeping sound came from Luo Lin's speaker.
"Did you turn on the system sound?"
"No."
He pressed the combination key with a puzzled look, and a window appeared in front of Luo Lin.
asdfasdfTO粼: "This is a mysterious spell from ancient Egypt, 〓〓★**~○▲**〓□〓~☆**~◆★※☆〓〓. The person who receives this message will receive a gift from the underworld. If you forward this message to more than twenty friends via QQ within three days, you will get what you want most. Otherwise, you will pay with your life in three days."
Luo Lin's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly typed a line on the keyboard.
LinTO Qingtong: "A mysterious person has appeared here to help me keep an eye on things."
The chat window with Qing Tong shook slightly and automatically overlapped with another chat window of Luo Lin.
粼TOasdfasdf: "Who are you?"
asdfasdfTO粼: "Someone you don't know."
粼TOasdfasdf: "Why are you sending me this kind of message?"
asdfasdfTO粼: "I have no choice, I don't want to die."
粼TOasdfasdf: "Do you believe in that spell?"
asdfasdfTO粼: "...Someone has already died."
粼TOasdfasdf: "Who? Who died? Did anyone call the police?"
asdfasdfTO粼: "Several people who received the message but did not follow it have already died."
Another window popped up on Qing Tong's side.
Qing Tong TO Lin: "Ask him if he knows Jiang Jianjun!"
粼TOasdfasdf: "Do you know Jiang Jianjun?"
asdfasdfTO粼: "I don't know him."
Qing Tong TO Lin: "Ask him if he knows Jianjun2008!"
粼TOasdfasdf: "Do you know Jianjun2008?"
asdfasdfTO粼: "...He's dead."
粼TOasdfasdf: "Who? Who died? Jianjun2008?"
Qing Tong TO Lin: "Hold him back, I'm almost there!"
粼TOasdfasdf: "Can I have a proper talk with you? I'm a friend of Jianjun2008."
asdfasdfTO粼: "If you don't want to die, send out the message."
粼TOasdfasdf: "What's with that spell?"
粼TOasdfasdf: "Are you still there?"
LinTOasdfasdf: "I have something to ask you!"
Suddenly, Luo Lin's vision went black, followed by a beep and the rumbling sound of machinery.
"Damn it!" Luo Lin slammed his fist on the computer desk. At this critical moment, the computer restarted automatically!
(IV) Three girls
At 10:35 AM on July 12th, at the main entrance of Chengnan University
Seongnam University is a comprehensive university renowned for its liberal arts programs. Despite several years of efforts to increase the number of male students, this growth is still minimal compared to the predominantly female student body accumulated over the years. To date, over 76.77% of the student body remains female, earning it the nickname "the land of women." In such a school, it's no surprise that the few male students become the focus of attention, especially when that male student is also quite handsome.
"Lin, look, look! That girl is really something."
"Hey, that innocent one is pretty good too!"
"Wow, that girl is hot!"
Enduring the clamor of the lecherous monster in her mind and the multifaceted glances from the girls entering and leaving the school, Luo Lin, almost at her breaking point, glanced at her watch again. It was 10:35, a full hour and 35 minutes since her appointment with Qing Tong at 9:00.
As expected, that detective fox who was good at standing people up remained true to his ways. Luo Lin sighed and prepared to go to a nearby place for a drink before coming back.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." The apologetic voice from behind successfully attracted Luo Lin's attention. He turned around and saw a girl rushing over and greeting a boy who had been standing not far from him since earlier.
"Why are you so late?"
"There seems to have been a car accident on the road we came from. Most of the cars are stuck in traffic. I'm so sorry." The girl, who was making a funny face while apologizing, and the boy, who was complaining but didn't seem too angry, quickly disappeared from Luo Lin's sight while chatting and laughing. Luo Lin turned around again, but this time, she stopped halfway.
"When did you arrive?" Facing the unremarkable face that had appeared before him at some unknown time, Luo Lin asked the unoriginal question. Then, he noticed a patch of blood peeking out from under the other person's coat.
At 10:45 a.m. on the same day, on the tree-lined path south of the No. 1 teaching building of Seongnam University
When two men walk together, they are bound to be compared, especially since both men are over 1.8 meters tall, and both men should be handsome from behind, especially since both men are currently studying at Chengnan University.
Having been approached countless times with bizarre excuses and forced to reveal his face, Luo Lin felt like a rare animal in a zoo. While he could move freely—far more free than the tigers and lions in the zoo—the relentless stares that followed him wherever he went were unbearable. Besides, unlike the tigers and lions in the zoo, people didn't have to buy tickets to see him; it felt like a huge loss for him. This made him wonder how the boys at Chengnan University managed to live. Besides feeling sympathy, Luo Lin also felt a chill run down his spine. So, despite it being the middle of summer, he hunched his shoulders slightly. In contrast to his discomfort, Detective Qing Tong seemed much more at ease.
"The one on the left is good, and the one on the right looks great from behind, but it's far less so from the front."
This had probably happened a dozen times already; Luo Lin overheard the girls around him whispering amongst themselves, oblivious to everyone else. The man on his left was obviously talking about him, while the one on his right was Qing Tong.
As mentioned before, Detective Qing Tong is not human. Although she likes to live in human cities and maintain a human appearance, loves to eat human food, and loves to meddle in human affairs, Qing Tong is undoubtedly a nine-tailed fox with considerable skills.
Luo Lin sometimes envies the ability of older demons to freely change their appearance, which helps him avoid many people and things he doesn't want to face, such as the group of female students from Chengnan University who wish they could burn holes in him.
Previously, at the university Luo Lin attended, because of his peculiar constitution, which made him prone to attracting strange and supernatural people, although he was quite good-looking, no girls would bother him.
"That person is terrifying!"
"That person was very sinister."
"That person is incredibly strange!"
This is all the "objective evaluations from others" that Luo Lin has accumulated so far. It is under these circumstances that Luo Lin not only cannot find a girlfriend, but he also rarely makes normal human friends. On the contrary, he has many uninvited monster friends. Although in most cases the appearance of these "friends" will bring him a lot of trouble, Luo Lin feels that the world of those creatures is much simpler than being entangled by equally troublesome humans.
Of course, constantly associating with those friends also had a significant side effect on Luo Lin's growth: as a human, he was incredibly slow-witted and useless in many ways! For example, he had absolutely no idea how to deal with women. And it was precisely because of this that, now, as he walked along the tree-lined path of Chengnan University, Luo Lin, whose identity was unknown to anyone, began to regret that Qing Tong had concealed his true appearance, disguising himself with such an ordinary, even ugly, face.
Admittedly, Luo Lin never thought he was particularly handsome, but things were different when there was a comparison.