After hearing these words, Lin Qiye's mind automatically imagined the scene of the teenage Shen Qingzhu, shirtless and covered in blood, walking down the mountain.

He is indeed a cool guy... Lin Qiye sighed.

"Koizumi lost the love of his parents when he was young and grew up in such an inhuman environment. It is inevitable that he will be mentally distorted and sick...

What you see now is much better. When Shen Xiaozi first brought him back, he either stood there like a piece of wood, motionless, or yelled like a madman, and even tried to commit suicide twice.

Xiaoyan, Qian Cheng and other children were all terrified at the time and didn't dare to get close to him. Only Shen kept him by his side and led him back to a normal life. "

Old Liu glanced at the open iron gate and sighed:

"To Koizumi, Brother Qingzhu is everything to him..."

"I see." Lin Qiye nodded.

He seemed to have thought of something and asked again:

"By the way, Dean Liu, can you tell me more about the fire four years ago?"

"Fire?" Old Man Liu was stunned. "Why are you asking this?"

"I just suddenly remembered that I heard Shen Qingzhu mention this incident before, and it seemed to have left him with some psychological trauma... I wanted to confirm and see if there is anything I can do to help." Lin Qiye made up an excuse.

"Psychological trauma? That kid would have such a thing?" Old Man Liu was suspicious for a while, but still said,

“I don’t remember much about the fire… I just remember that day, I was sleeping in my room, and suddenly there was a big fire outside, completely surrounding the children’s dormitory.

I was so scared at the time that I didn't even wear shoes. I ran straight into the fire after getting soaked. But as soon as I rushed in, the collapsed beams blocked the door, trapping me and the children inside.

The smoke in the fire was very heavy. The children cried for a while and then fainted. Just when I was about to suffocate, I heard Xiaoquan crying and Shen Xiaozi roaring outside. I knew they were back...

Afterwards, I felt the air tighten and then I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I was in a coma.

It is said that it was Shen who carried us out one by one."

Lin Qiye pondered for a moment, "What caused the fire? What was it?"

“I’m also very puzzled by this… The fire started in the small dormitory, but there was no flammable material there. The experts also came to see it, but they couldn’t come to any conclusion.

Fortunately, no one was injured or killed, otherwise this would be a big deal." Old man Liu's face showed fear.

"Did you see anything strange at that time? Like... a monster?"

"Monster?" Old Man Liu shook his head repeatedly, "I didn't see anything like that."

"……I see."

Lin Qiye nodded and fell into deep thought.

Judging from the fact that the cause of the fire is unknown, it is indeed possible that the fire was caused by the arrival of a "mysterious" person. The sudden feeling of suffocation that Old Man Liu mentioned should be Shen Qingzhu's [Qi Min]. It is just unknown whether he had just awakened the Forbidden Ruins at that time, or had already awakened for some time.

Before coming, Lin Qiye also asked Shi Wenxuan to check the night watchman files of Linjiang City. The last case suspected to be a "mysterious" one was the fire in the orphanage, but because the "mysterious" entity was not seen and there were no casualties, it was only classified as a "suspected case."

In other words…after the fire, there has been no more “mystery” in Linjiang City?

It’s a pity that Shen Qingzhu was not here, otherwise we would have just asked him what happened and would have known everything.

etc.

Besides Shen Qingzhu, wasn’t there another person named Wuquan who was present at that time?

If we can ask him, maybe we can find some other clues.

Lin Qiye pretended to walk around the house and take away the "left" things. When he was about to leave, Old Man Liu grabbed him.

Seeing Old Man Liu's hesitant expression, Lin Qiye asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Young man, tell me the truth..." Old Man Liu hesitated for a moment, and asked carefully, "Did Shen... have an accident?"

Lin Qiye was stunned.

"No." Lin Qiye shook his head decisively, "Dean Liu, don't worry about it. He is really fine."

Looking at Lin Qiye's determined eyes, the doubts in Old Man Liu's heart subsided a little, and he nodded, "Okay... I understand. Ask him to send a letter home after he returns from his secret mission... This way we can feel more at ease."

"I'll tell him when he gets back."

Lin Qiye said goodbye to Old Man Liu, turned around and walked towards the alley.

He walked in the rain holding an umbrella, thinking about the whole context of the matter.

So far, whether it is the extermination of the Li family or the strange phenomenon of no "mystery" in Linjiang City, there has been no substantial progress. Next, we can only pin our hopes on finding the "mystery" that can fly...

At this moment, Lin Qiye seemed to sense something and suddenly stopped.

At this moment, he had walked away from the orphanage and came to a cross intersection in the alley.

Heavy rain poured down from the sky. Looking around with the naked eye, it was difficult to see the scenery in the distance except for the mist... In the dead silent alley, the only sound was the endless sound of rain.

Lin Qiye's eyes swept around and narrowed slightly.

"This is……"

He held an umbrella in his left hand, and a flash of magical light passed through his empty right hand. The next moment, a snow-white long sword was held in his palm.

Boom——!!!

A black figure fell from the sky like a meteor and hit the ground in front of Lin Qiye accurately!

It was a giant with bat wings, only three fingers on the soles of his feet, and two bloody machetes in his left and right hands. Above the pair of red horns on his head, a ball of red flame was dancing.

It raised the bloody machete in its hand high and smashed Lin Qiye's body with the back of the knife!

Lin Qiye slightly raised his umbrella, his eyes swept calmly over his head through the rain, a flash of snow-white blade light flashed, and the blade of [Zhanbai] firmly blocked the two machetes!

The circular air wave generated by the collision of forces instantly swept back the rain in the surrounding air.

"The 'mystery' that wiped out the entire Li family... you actually came to me on your own initiative?"

Lin Qiye snorted coldly, swung his sword to push back the giant's body, and his figure was like a rock in the rain, standing still.

The "mysterious" creature in front of him was only at the "boundless" realm and was completely vulnerable in front of Lin Qiye.

Lin Qiye was about to swing his sword to chop off its head, but his spreading mental power seemed to have discovered something, and he suddenly turned his head to look around.

From all directions of the cross-intersecting alleys, dark shadows were rapidly approaching here in the rain.

Lin Qiye frowned and cursed inwardly:

"Damn... who said there's no 'mystery' in Linjiang City?"