And... Tombfall Kindergarten. Isn't the name of this kindergarten a bit strange?
Why does it feel so ominous?
Thinking this, Fang Ze took out a map from the drawer and started to search.
As a result, he indeed found this kindergarten. Located in the west of Emerald City, it was quite a distance from Fang Ze's home and the Security Bureau.
It looked like it would take at least an hour by car.
Despite feeling it was a bit weird to go there, if the secret message was correct, unless his identity was known or the Rejuvenation Society had been compromised from the inside, this must be the new clue that someone had left for him...
With this in mind, Fang Ze decided not to overthink it and planned to meet with the liaison tonight to understand the situation first.
After having dinner with a slight improvement, thanks to the animated "pots and pans" he had brought back on the way home from work, Fang Ze began to vigorously train, repaying his debt of "Sealing Thunder Fist" and "Instant Step."
So he trained all the way until 12 o'clock, then Fang Ze took a shower. Looking at the time, it was almost the agreed hour, so he equipped his defensive treasures, had Mei protect him closely, and left home...
Outside the door, possibly because it was nearly 1 am, there weren't many cars on the road.
After waiting for a good seven or eight minutes, Fang Ze finally hailed a taxi.
Upon boarding, Fang Ze said, "To Tombfall Kindergarten."
Hearing this name, the driver was visibly surprised, "Tombfall Kindergarten?"
"Mister, why are you going there?"
In fact, when he mentioned the name of the kindergarten, Fang Ze was worried the driver wouldn't know it, so he brought the map with him.
Now that the driver seemed to recognize the name, Fang Ze felt curious.
Could this kindergarten be well-known?
Thinking this, Fang Ze gestured for the driver to start driving while asking, "Master, do you know of that kindergarten?"
The driver was a somewhat talkative middle-aged man.
Upon Fang Ze's query, he drove and said in a low voice, "Of course, I know."
"Let me tell you, that kindergarten is no ordinary place."
"Over a year ago, a horrendous crime occurred there. The director of the kindergarten, for some reason, went mad and killed all the children in the kindergarten."
"The female teachers were skinned and then hung at the entrance of the kindergarten."
"The incident was extremely vile and serious. The Investigation Bureau, the Security Bureau, and the Federal Guard Corps all got involved."
"But after a long investigation, no clues were found."
"They didn't even catch the director."
At this point, the driver shook his head, "At that time, I didn't know about the incident. Later, when I drove past, the whole street reeked of blood, as if resentment was gathering there that wouldn't disperse."
"Afterward, it was said that the shops near the kindergarten all closed down, and that area became scarcely visited."
"Later on, they said that supernatural events started occurring."
"Some little girls in red dresses would play inside the kindergarten or around it."
"Whenever they encountered living people, they would approach and ask some simple questions."
"Answering incorrectly, or failing to answer, would result in misfortune..."
Listening silently to what the driver had said, Fang Ze's gaze became intense.
A massacre in the kindergarten?
All the children killed, and the teachers skinned and hanged?
A group of little girl ghosts in red dresses?
Why would the Rejuvenation Society's new contact person arrange to meet him there?
Did he have anything to do with that incident?
Was he the perpetrator?
Thinking this, Fang Ze fell into silence.
Although Fang Ze wasn't exactly a good person, if the contact was such a vicious individual, then maybe he needed to change a lot of his strategies.
Like... first get resources and merits from the contact, and then later catch the contact and turn them over to the Security Bureau for more merits and resources?
Fang Ze felt that this two-pronged approach was not bad at all.
While Fang Ze was thinking this, the vehicle sped along.
Possibly because it was nighttime, the roads were less busy with vehicles and pedestrians. In just over half an hour, not a full hour, they arrived at Tombfall Kindergarten.
Fang Ze was somewhat incredulous at first, but after getting out of the car, smelling the pungent stench of blood, and seeing the kindergarten, stained with blood and engulfed in darkness, he confirmed he had reached his destination.
He paid the driver and the taxi quickly left this haunted place.
Fang Ze looked up at the kindergarten's sign and then surveyed his surroundings.
Possibly because of the murder case, the shops around the kindergarten were closed, creating a desolate scene that was consistent with what the driver had described.
Fang Ze retracted his gaze and checked the time; there was half an hour before the meeting.
He was just about to find a place to sit and wait patiently.
But just as he looked away from his watch, suddenly, in front of him appeared a little girl dressed in red.
The girl had a round, slightly chubby face like a baby's, with large blue eyes like a pool of clear water—she was incredibly cute.
Seeing Fang Ze, she smiled sweetly and asked, "Brother, I'm having some problems with my math class. I'm not very good at addition and subtraction within 10, can you help me?"
Fang Ze's gaze slightly congealed, and he tensed involuntarily!
When had she appeared?
Even with his Extraordinary Power, the sudden appearance of this ghostly figure made Fang Ze feel uneasy...
But recalling the driver's words—not to answer incorrectly, or fail to answer—
Fang Ze hesitated for a moment, then still slowly said, "Addition and subtraction within 10? Okay... go ahead and ask."
The girl in the red dress smiled sweetly again, then asked, "What is 6.3122121 minus 3.43941 equal to?"
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