Volume 1 Chapter 58: By the Time You Fall in Love With Me, It’ll Be Too Late
“Strange…”
Amber had quickly dealt with the remaining vampires in the alley. Now she was crouching in the hallway of a building, reaching her small hand toward the nose of a pale-faced girl lying weakly on the ground. A confused look appeared on her face.
“She’s still breathing?”
She clearly saw those monsters stab their sharp fangs into the victims’ necks… and yet they were still alive?
And… why does this girl’s neck not have a single wound?
Amber had dealt with similar vampire cases before. The victims were usually drained completely and turned into dried corpses… but now…
Was it because the vampires she met this time were very weak? Even so, there should at least be some kind of injury.
Amber checked the other victim nearby, a middle-aged woman. She also had no signs of blood being drained.
“Something is wrong…”
Amber thought carefully and instinctively looked at the dark stairwell. She had just caused a big disturbance downstairs, but the hallway was still deathly silent, as if completely cut off from the outside world.
Is this a trap? Or…
“What, do you think I would be scared?”
After a short hesitation, Amber adjusted her hat and smiled slightly. She then walked up the stairs.
There were no lights above. The area was dark, and the air smelled damp and moldy. Her footsteps echoed in the empty stairwell. The paint on the walls was peeling, and the handrails were covered in thick dust, as if no one had touched them for a long time.
A faint wind gently moved Amber’s hair, but made no sound. The doors on both sides were tightly closed, and no light came through the cracks. A strange silence filled the place.
No crying, no calls for help, no human voices…
Amber’s eyes scanned the doors and windows on both sides, but she found nothing.
Are there still people living here? Or are they all…
Uncomfortable thoughts began to appear in her mind, and her eyebrows slowly frowned.
Suddenly, as if noticing something unusual, Amber stopped mid-step while going upstairs and slowly turned her head.
At the end of the hallway on this floor, a door that should have been tightly closed was now slightly open. In this silent place, it looked extremely strange, almost like it was deliberately inviting her inside.
“This is too strange. I’ve felt this since earlier… like someone is trying to lure me in on purpose…”
For once, a hint of hesitation appeared on Amber’s usually confident face.
She was straightforward by nature, but that didn’t mean she would blindly walk into an enemy’s trap without thinking.
Tch, this is so annoying! If there’s really someone behind all this, just come out and face me properly one-on-one!
Facing the dark room behind the door, Amber showed no fear at all. Instead, she gritted her teeth in annoyance.
At this moment… it would be nice if Xiao Xue were here.
Suddenly, Amber thought of someone. Someone who was very cute, but who always liked to act mature.
If she were here, she would have already noticed something strange here. Maybe she would even have found the mastermind behind this!
Xiao Xue thinks, and I handle the fighting, what a perfect team!
Ah, no no no!
Amber suddenly snapped back to reality and shook her head hard. A faint red color appeared on her cheeks.
I used to deal with disaster beasts and monsters all by myself all the time. Now I can’t even handle things without Xiao Xue?
Don’t think about her, don’t think about her, hmph!
And also… even though she didn’t know why, Xiao Xue seemed very worried about the mastermind behind the amusement park incident. If I solve this case all by myself…
“Ah, by the time that happens, it’ll be too late for you to fall in love with me, hehe!”
In her mind, she imagined Bai Muxue’s awkward expression, clearly admiring her but still trying to act serious. A proud smile appeared on Amber’s face, and even the strangely open door in front of her seemed less important now.
“Well, since I can’t find any other clues, I guess I’ll have to check it myself!”
Amber took a deep breath, placed her right hand on her gun holster, and slowly pushed the door open. The old hinges let out a sharp creak.
The door slowly opened, but what appeared before her eyes was not a twisted monster hiding in the dark. Instead, it was a messy scene. Furniture overturned, objects scattered across the floor, and a wall clock smashed into pieces.
There were terrifying claw marks all over the walls. The bloodstains on the sofa in the living room stood out clearly, dark red and dry, looking very eerie in the dim light.
“In this situation… those monsters were probably here already. This family might have already…”
After searching the living room but finding nothing, Amber’s heart sank. Her eyes then landed on a bookshelf in the corner. The books and documents were completely scattered, and several folders had been torn apart, with paper pieces spread all over the floor.
Strange… don’t those mindless vampire monsters only care about blood? Why would they be interested in documents?
Clearly, since these creatures could not suddenly become interested in reading, then there could only be one explanation…
“There must be some hidden secret here… something that needed to be destroyed!”
Amber raised her eyebrows proudly and knelt down. She picked up a few torn pages, trying to piece together useful information.
“What does this say… Wangdu Emotional Disorder Care Center…?”
What is an emotional disorder care center? Does a place like that even exist in Wangdu?
Amber tilted her head in confusion. Unfortunately, the rest of the writing was too damaged to form a complete sentence.
“Forget it. I’ll ask someone about this place later…”
Just as she stood up and was about to search other rooms, she suddenly heard a faint sound enter her ears.
Someone?
As a magical girl, Amber’s hearing was far better than normal people’s. But she had not heard any strange sound when she first entered the building!
In the next room?
In an instant, Amber’s body disappeared from where she stood and reappeared inside the next room.
“Hehe, you thought I wouldn’t notice your little tricks in the next room—eh?”
The hands holding her revolver slowly lowered. A look of surprise appeared on Amber’s face.
In the corner of the room, a little girl was lying on the ground, barely conscious. Her face was covered in blood scratches, her body trembling slightly, and she was letting out weak sobs.
“Big sister… are you… a magical girl?”