"Song Shi Hot Spring Hotel didn't get its name from Song Shi Mountain or Song Shi Mountain that everyone knows. The name Song Shi came from the name of the first owner and the lady owner. Even the name of Song Shi Mountain came from that name. The first owner was the son of a wealthy merchant in the city, and he met the kind and innocent lady owner from the countryside …"
The tour guide at the front was explaining the origin of Song Shi Hot Spring Hotel.
The tourists listened with great interest.
Teddy, on the other hand, looked around nervously.
Neither the tour guide's explanation nor the beautiful scenery attracted Teddy's attention. Or rather, he didn't care about these things at all.
What he cared about were the unusual things.
According to the only Demon Hunter he knew, those freaks would not appear during the day.
However, he was still nervous.
After all, everything around them was unfamiliar and unfamiliar. Who knew what would happen?
By now, Teddy regretted signing up for the so-called 'hot spring cultural tour'. He should have stayed in Ai City and adapted to the sudden unfamiliarity in a more familiar environment instead of choosing to deal with the increasingly unfamiliar world in an unfamiliar environment.
This kind of feeling was simply terrible.
Just as Teddy was considering whether he should leave the group and return to Ai City, a storm came.
The tour guides and tourists rushed into the hotel.
The owner of the hotel, an unusually beautiful lady with exquisite makeup and a graceful bearing, welcomed them with a smile.
The men who entered the hotel were all stunned when they saw the fourth-generation lady boss mentioned by the tour guide. Even Teddy was no exception.
However, unlike the men around him, Teddy quickly returned to normal.
He looked at the heavy rain outside the window and frowned.
Under such a heavy rain, it was basically impossible to leave the mountain.
The torrential rain hindered their line of sight, and the muddy and slippery road could easily cause an accident if they were not careful.
"Customer, what can I do for you?"
While Teddy was deep in thought, the fourth generation owner, Song Shi, came over with a cup of hot tea.
"It's nothing."
"Thank you."
Teddy politely accepted the hot tea but didn't say anything.
The lady boss pursed her lips into a smile and did not pursue the matter. After bowing slightly to Teddy, she stood up and asked the other tourists if they needed any help.
Looking at the back of the lady boss, Teddy had reason to believe that there was no need for any historical inheritance. As long as the lady boss was there, any store would have a booming business.
As a matter of fact, that was the case.
After a while, another group of people ran in through the heavy rain.
Just like their small group.
This group of tourists was also a small group. Including the tour guide and driver, there were only five of them.
"What a heavy rain!"
"How unlucky!"
"It's all your fault for wanting to soak in the hot spring!"
Behind the tour guide were four young people, two men and two women. Judging from their expressions, they should be two young couples.
At this moment, the girl walking in front of the two couples was complaining about the boy.
The slightly plump bespectacled boy was fawning over his pretty girlfriend, who had permed blonde hair.
However, the other party clearly did not appreciate his kindness.
Not only did she look at him coldly, but she also ordered her boyfriend to get a towel.
Her unruly and willful attitude attracted the attention of the people around her.
However, the girl did not hold back. Instead, she spoke louder and louder.
"Hurry up!
If I knew this would happen, I would have gone shopping with them! "
Teddy shook his head at the words that came out of his mouth. He looked at the couple behind him.
The couple was a lot better.
The guy was wiping the girl's hair with a towel while the girl was smiling.
It was normal.
Teddy took a quick glance at the couple and then ignored them. He leaned against the corner of the lobby, waiting for the lady boss to assign him a room.
Fortunately, although there were two groups of tourists, they were both small groups. The small hotel was more than enough for them to stay in.
The room that Teddy was assigned was 201.
It was on the second floor, facing the staircase.
To the left of the room were 202, 203, and to the right were 204, 205, and 206.
The room beside the staircase was open, with a billiard table, a table, and a sofa. It should be the activity room. At the edge of the activity room was a railing, and from there, one could see the courtyard of the hotel and the scenery of Song Shi Mountain. If it was a sunny day, the view would be great.
Teddy's group was a family of three.
The biggest room was 206.
Two of the tour guides obviously knew each other, so they checked into 205 at the same time.
The other two couples checked into 202 and 203.
204 was empty.
Teddy picked up the key and entered 201. After a careful inspection of the room, he heaved a breath of relief — it was his professional instinct as a police officer, and when he found out that the world was not what he thought it was, Teddy's professional instinct rose to a new height.
Just like that moment.
Teddy heaved a breath of relief and took out an electric baton and two high-temperature lighters from his backpack.
The electric baton wasn't the traditional one. It looked more like a mobile phone, with two metal contacts at the front. It was small, but the amount of electricity it could discharge was enough to immobilize a grown man in a few seconds.
The high-temperature lighters were the same. They looked like a small spray can or a gun, but when the trigger was pulled, the nozzle could discharge up to 300 degrees.
After learning how to deal with the monsters from Kieran, Teddy paid a high price to get the two items.
He wasn't looking forward to anything.
It was just pure defense.
Until now, Teddy couldn't fall asleep without carrying the items with him.
Even so, Teddy would often wake up in the middle of the night.
However, today was different.
After entering his room, Teddy felt a little sleepy.
Especially after checking the electric baton and high-temperature lighters, the sleepiness hit him. Unconsciously, he picked up the electric baton and the high-temperature lighters and lay down on his bed.
Maybe he was too nervous in the past few days?
Teddy was still thinking in the moments before he fell asleep.
The next moment, snoring sounds came from all directions.
Teddy fell into a deep sleep.
Chop, Chop, Chop!
In a daze, Teddy was woken up by a rhythmic sound.
He pushed himself up, frowned, pushed the door open, and headed downstairs.
When he reached the first floor, Teddy realized the noise was coming from the kitchen.
At this moment, he finally realized what that rhythmic sound was.
"Chopping ribs?"
Teddy grumbled. He raised his hand and subconsciously lifted the curtain of the kitchen.
Teddy loved ribs.
Especially the crispy ribs, Teddy was fascinated by them.
However, the moment the curtains were lifted, Teddy widened his eyes.
What did he see?
He saw himself!
Stripped naked, he lay flat on a long table. The beautiful lady boss stood beside him, holding a sharp, wide-bladed kitchen knife in her hand. She raised it and swung it down.
Each swing would produce a 'chop' sound.
Fresh blood splattered everywhere with every swing of the sword.
Teddy sucked in a breath of cold air and took a step back.
But something behind him tripped him, and he fell down just like that.
Bam!
The heavy thud obviously startled the lady owner, who was chopping meat in the kitchen.
She lifted the curtain and walked out.
She was no different from the beautiful lady owner in Teddy's memory. She was still as beautiful as ever. Even though her face, hands, and body were covered in blood, her beauty didn't diminish at all. Instead, it added a different, strange sense of beauty to her.
Teddy flipped over and stood up. Without thinking, he picked up a chair in the hall and threw it at the lady boss.
Wuuu!
The chair flew towards the lady owner with a gust of wind.
However, the lady owner merely swung the knife in her hand and the chair was cut in half, as if it was a piece of tofu instead of a chair.
Teddy's eyes shrunk.
He knew he was no match for someone who could do such a thing.
Even though the lady looked like a weak lady.
Without a second thought, Teddy wanted to dash upstairs.
However, right at that moment, he tripped again.
Just like before, Teddy fell to the ground again.
What was worse was that the lady boss was right in front of him this time.
The knife in her hand was swung down.
"Aaaargh!"
Teddy sat up abruptly in bed, clutching his chest and gasping for air.
Only then did he realize that it was all a dream.
But …
The dream was too real.
Tiny beads of sweat appeared on Teddy's forehead as he recalled the scenes in his mind.
A while later, Teddy got off the bed and headed to the washroom.
He needed to wash his face and clear his mind.
However, the moment he turned on the faucet …
"Aaaargh!"
A sharp scream came.
Teddy's instinct as a police officer made him turn around and run out the door.
The whole corridor was quiet.
The scream came from 204 on the right.
That's the couple living here, right?
The couple that was having a fight?
Did something happen?
Teddy raised his foot and kicked the door lock.
Bang, Bang!
Bang!
One kick, two kicks, and on the third kick, the already aged door opened with a resounding sound.
However, the young couple was nowhere to be seen.
All that was left was a person hanging from the beam.
Although it was just a back view, the familiar jacket and pants were enough for Teddy to recognize that it was his clothes.
In fact, other than the jacket, he was wearing the same clothes as the person hanging from the beam.
"This?"
Just as Teddy furrowed his brows, the figure that was hanging there seemed to be blown away by the wind as it turned around with a creaking sound.
It's him!
It's him!
Although his face was purple and his tongue was sticking out, how could Teddy not recognize him?
But he was standing there …
Huh!
Just when the thought popped up in Teddy's mind, his vision suddenly shook.
He was high up.
He was suffocating.
He was waving his hands and legs.
However, the rope around his neck was getting tighter and tighter.
On the other hand, he, who was standing on the ground, revealed a very strange smile. He just watched as he was about to suffocate.
The lack of oxygen in his brain slowly turned blurry.
His vision had long since become blurry.
Kak!
Suddenly, the sound of a pair of scissors was heard.
Teddy, who was hanging from high up, fell to the ground.
The pain from his body made Teddy sit up.
"Huh?!"
Teddy was stunned.
He was still on the bed.
He was still holding the electric baton and the high-temperature lighter in his hands, but his body was also aching.
Especially the neck area.
The suffocating feeling was still there.
"Is this a dream?"
Teddy took the electric baton and the high-temperature lighter into the bathroom. He looked at himself in the mirror.
There were no strangulation marks on his neck.
There were no bruises on his body either.
It was just that the scene just now was too real.
It was so real that he couldn't tell if this was a dream or not!
He looked down at the electric baton and the high-temperature lighter in his hands.
He didn't see these two things in his dream before.
But at that time, he seemed to have unconsciously neglected these two things.
And room 204!
He remembered there was no one there.
But in his dream, it became the room of that young couple.
That dream was filled with strangeness, but he treated it as a matter of course.
According to his habits, such a thing would never happen.
Unless …
"Did I run into a monster?"
Teddy couldn't help but wonder.
Dok, Dok, Dok.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
Teddy asked nervously.
"Hello, dear customer, it's time for dinner.
Would you like to have dinner? "
The lady owner's voice came from outside the door.
Dinner?
Teddy looked outside the window and realized the sky had turned dark without him noticing. The rain was still falling, but it was a little lighter.
His stomach was growling from hunger.
"Hold on.
I'll be right there. "
As Teddy spoke, he picked up his coat and put the electric baton and two high-temperature lighters into the pocket of his coat. He had also specially chosen this coat to be similar to a windbreaker. It had a large pocket so that he could carry these things with him at special times.
"Okay."
The lady boss replied from outside the door.
But Teddy didn't open the door after packing up. Instead, he walked to the window.
He didn't forget Kieran's reminder.
When running into a monster, the first thing to do was not to fight, but to run.
Teddy was willing to listen to the expert.
As for the rest?
Until now, Teddy couldn't even be sure if he was looking at a human.
Without a backpack, Teddy was agile enough to jump out of the window and out of the courtyard.
The height of the second floor was nothing for Teddy, who was well-prepared.
He rolled away from the ground and removed the force of the fall.
However, just as he was about to stand up, he tripped again.
Plop!
Teddy scrambled to his feet in the mud, but when he turned his head to see what had tripped him, he froze.
A body!
A corpse had tripped him!
The body belonged to the girl from the couple who had an argument earlier.
The body was wearing the same clothes as when he first met her, and her exposed face was washed away by the rain.
Huu!
Teddy heaved a long sigh of relief. He was glad that the body wasn't him.
If he saw his own body again, Teddy couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't go crazy.
But before Teddy heaved a sigh of relief, a series of shouts came from the hotel.
"Sally? Sally? "
After two shouts, the boy from the couple dashed out and saw Teddy standing beside his girlfriend's body in the rain.
Behind the boy, the couple, the family of three, and the two tour guides also saw the scene in front of them clearly.
The timid girl, the boy, and the two tour guides screamed in fear.
The other two men stood in front of their girlfriend and wife, looking at Teddy with vigilance.
Teddy raised his hands to show that he was harmless.
"I think I can explain.
Actually … "
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