These alone proved that you were not afraid at all. How could an ordinary person remain so calm when discussing such a terrifying case? Finally, the hand I saw in the dim light, you claimed to be a game designer, as if I'd believe that. You often handle knives, you must know Director Cang. Therefore, there can only be one conclusion: you are the Skin-Peeler!"
"Ahahaha! Detective He, I didn't expect you to see through me so quickly. I was still planning to keep up the act. My boss told me to stay and play with you. You must have found it strange too, why it's just you and me in the entire hospital. It was intentional. But it's too late for you to discover I'm the Skin-Peeler now... Look at me..."
As Lei Junyi spoke, he grabbed his face and, right before my eyes, peeled off a mask. My own face appeared!
Damn it! I almost swore then. Lei Junyi chuckled, "Wait, I'll show you more!"
Then Lei Junyi began to touch his face again, peeling off another layer. Cao Xiangchen's face appeared again!
"You..."
Lei Junyi wasn't satisfied yet, he chuckled, "And more, and more, who else do you want to see..."
Then came Liu Yuning's face, followed by Ma Biao, Dao Zhiyong, Su Yaxin, Xia Xiaoling...
"Stop it!" I was truly afraid Lei Junyi would keep peeling until his head turned into a skull. How could he not feel pain? At the end, his face became Director Ma's. If he had walked outside like that, he would have scared everyone to death. Hearing me shout, he excitedly said, "Stop? Why stop, I haven't finished yet!"
Then, the guy brutally tore at his face again, and a bloody visage appeared before me. It was like a girl whose face had been ripped off by Bloody Mary!
Lei Junyi slowly approached me, raised his hands, and walked towards me with a face covered in blood and grime...
I recoiled suddenly, then found an opportunity to shove him forcefully. Grabbing his hair, I cursed, "You are the murderer who impersonated Dao Zhiyong to kill Deputy Director Ma?"
"Hahahaha!! No, I only became a shapeshifter a few days ago. But there are too many shapeshifters within us; anyone can become one. As a Skin-Peeler, I feel I have no consciousness, so I learned this from within. Isn't it fun? I can become anyone, ahahaha! So exciting... Ah... I want to keep playing, playing! Play..."
Even with me pulling his hair, he kept laughing maniacally, as if he felt no pain. I figured he must be crazy, perhaps a patient from the psychiatric hospital who was being used by Director Cang. But the reason didn't matter. I simply punched him until he was unconscious. He stopped reacting.
I stood up and searched him everywhere, finding another mobile phone. But it was dead, just like the last one. I cursed "bastard" and tied Lei Junyi up. If I had a chance to leave, I would arrest him.
After dealing with him, I went out of the operating room and observed my surroundings. I thought to myself, I couldn't get out from downstairs. If there were windows upstairs, I'd find a way to jump down. As long as it wasn't too high, with my abilities, it shouldn't be difficult. So I started searching for windows. To my surprise, I found a window on the third floor in a hallway that wasn't covered by iron plates and was slightly ajar. Just then, someone suddenly grabbed my shoulder: "Detective He!"
Bang!
The guy punched me in the face. My nose started bleeding instantly, and a sharp pain shot through my arm. I knew something had been injected into me. I wanted to resist, but the next second, I collapsed onto the ground...
I didn't know what would happen to me. Perhaps I would be taken somewhere again. However, the next moment, I heard a familiar voice in my ear: "Detective He, don't go, I'm not done playing with you yet. You don't like the Skin-Peeler? I'll take him down now, right now!"
"You sleep here for a while longer. I'll make you another Skin-Peeler. In fact, he and the shapeshifter are the same person, Cao Xiangyang. Isn't he supposed to be dead? If you go back now with the face of Cao Xiangyang, what will happen? Ahhh... I'm so eager to see your police force. Will they shoot you on sight when they see you like this? I'm so looking forward to it!"
Cang laughed greedily, looking at the syringe in his hand. He adjusted his spectacles, which were as heavy as steel plates, his lips twitching. His molars were grinding against each other in triumph. His hands were even trembling. "Damn this illness, when will it be cured? I'm so perfect, why do I have such a disease? Detective He, if you were me, what would you do?"
"I don't want this trembling hand to affect my work any longer. After I finish your face transplant, it will be time for me to change my other hand. Alright, you sleep well. Remember, this is a cosmetic surgery this time, not a face transplant. I want to make it so you can never go back to your old self, do you understand? This way, you will always be Cao Xiangyang."
"Don't think the police will believe you're someone else. You think Cao Xiangyang is dead, right? I brought you here before you could even conduct the autopsy. What a pity. But you'll never be able to conduct an autopsy again, because I've had someone tamper with Cao Xiangyang's identity. It should be said that it was prepared long ago. This way, the DNA data Xie Chuchu obtains will be incorrect. They will discover that person is not Cao Xiangyang, but you are..."
"Is it fun? Detective He, let's have an intense role-playing game. But this time, you have to be the bad guy, the bad guy, the bad guy..."
My cheeks felt as if blades were piercing them, and a chill gradually spread through my entire body, penetrating from the skin to the bone marrow, from the top of my skull to the base, even reaching the roots of my teeth.
This was the first time I had felt such a heart-wrenching, bone-chilling, extreme cold. The tool he used carried an icy aura from hell. For a moment, I felt his fingertips brushing back and forth over my nostrils: "Detective He, I was actually a woman before, named Cang Xuesong. But for the organization, I had no choice, so I had to change my gender. Heh, don't you think I'm interesting? For the organization, I even gave up being a woman. Aiyaya!"
From Cang Xuesong's mouth, a woman's voice emerged. She seemed to be stroking her lower body, squeezing it forcefully: "I don't have that female part anymore; I have this prosthesis. Ahahaha, although I can feel the pleasure of sex like you men, I can't ejaculate... It's so frustrating. I haven't played with a man in a long time..."