My Mr. Mermaid

Untitled Part 35

Chapter 35 by ryuxenji

Tang Yi-Bai took off the murderer's vest and ripped it in half. He then tied the two halves together into a makeshift rope and tied the murderer's hands behind his back.

After securing the knot, he called the police.

The man was still unconscious. By the light of the moon, Yun Duo could see a pool of blood on the ground — the blood was flowing out from the back of the man's head. Her heart sank and she asked Tang Yi-Bai in a small voice, "Will he die?"

He should die — but when she thought that she might become the one to end his life, Yun Duo felt a chill from the very bottom of her heart. She had never even killed a chicken before in all her life, and now she was going to have killed a man?

Tang Yi-Bai bent down and checked for signs of breathing under the man's nose. "Don't worry, he's not dead." He was concerned that Yun Duo would feel bad waiting here, so he said, "Go wait for the police on the main road. I'll be fine here alone."

Yun Duo shook her head resolutely. "No."

Her complexion was still deathly pale, but at least she had finally spoken. There was also some life in her eyes now, so Tang Yi-Bai was slightly reassured. Honestly, he was truly afraid that she would faint or something out of fear. Still, even though she was timid, she had had the courage to attack the culprit. This decisiveness made her even bolder than some people more daring than her.

Tang Yi-Bai understood Yun Duo's concerns — no normal person would be willing to have another person's death on their conscience. He consoled her by saying, "Whether he lives or dies, Yun Duo, you've saved more people today. He wanted to kill us just because we saw him. If anyone else saw him, he would also kill them without any hesitation."

Yun Duo nodded and said, "Why do you keep saying it's me? It was actually the two of us."

Tang Yi-Bai smiled. "Yes, it was the two of us."

The police responded surprisingly quickly. In no time at all, they heard the sound of police sirens coming from right outside the alley. A large group of people including some armed police officers rapidly charged into the alley. When they came closer, they saw two young people standing together, and there was a half-naked man lying on the ground. The man's hands had been bound together behind his back. When they turned the man over and saw his face, it was the face of the murderer who had been eluding them for so long.

The policeman in the lead was very surprised, and then he felt extremely grateful. He walked up to Tang Yi-Bai and Yun Duo and shook their hands, thanking them as he did so.

After handing over the man to the police, Tang Yi-Bai and Yun Duo still had to go back with the team to the police station to give their reports. Only after hearing what the police had to say back at the station did Yun Duo know how horrifying this murderer actually was. He had previously attended a martial arts school, and he also had a certain level of courter surveillance ability. Based on the analysis of police's criminal psychologist, he had an antisocial personality disorder, so he found it particularly effortless when killing others.

Yun Duo was chilled after hearing all this.

Tang Yi-Bai was also left musing. If he had not chosen to take them through that alley as a shortcut home, they would not have bumped into the murderer. When he had asked Yun Duo about the dark shadow behind her, it was completely meant as a joke. How was he to know that this joke would truly draw out a sinister alligator? What if he hadn't made that joke back then? That man might have just let them pass through, or he may have perhaps ambushed them from behind and killed them off.