Dual-End Operation

“Alright, I’ll wait for you here. Go on up.”

Having driven to the downstairs of Su Ran’s apartment building, Winnie had no intention of going up with her. Instead, she stayed in the car to wait for Su Ran to pack her luggage and come back.

Su Ran nodded without thinking much of it, quickly got out of the car, and headed towards her apartment.

Since this was an old district, the stairwells were narrow and had no elevators. Su Ran opened the iron gate downstairs and climbed up, floor by floor.

Seeing Su Ran disappear from her line of sight, Winnie raised all the car windows to block any gazes from the outside.

After doing this, she put on her sunglasses just to be safe.

Immediately, Winnie’s eyes changed into vertical pupils. The situation in the surrounding area was laid bare before her slitted eyes.

According to Su Ran’s account of her attack, Li Ming had lost a hand during his escape.

Even if, as the forensic personnel said, Li Ming’s severed hand did not have any characteristics of a living person, it was still a part of a human body.

And when it came to tracking humans, Winnie, as a vampire, had a unique advantage.

Eliminating the traces of the humans passing by her car one by one, Winnie found a nearly dissipated bloodstain among the numerous tracks.

The residual bloodstain Winnie found was not composed of blood, but more of a nearly dried-up, dehydrated flesh powder.

This condition of the flesh powder also confirmed the security officers’ statement: the severed hand Li Ming left behind did not possess the characteristics of a living person, but rather resembled that of a corpse.

Perhaps now, it wasn’t just a matter of the severed hand; Li Ming’s entire person might be a corpse.

Since Winnie still had to pick up Su Ran here, she did not choose to follow…

…Su Ran tracked the bloodstains left by Li Ming, which extended outwards, seemingly an intentional escape towards the outskirts of Jiangbei City.

Winnie temporarily made a mental note of this. She planned to investigate after dropping Su Ran off at the dormitory.

Unaware of Winnie’s plans, Su Ran had already returned to her apartment.

Due to the security officers’ request, she had only been able to hastily lock the door and leave. The living room was a mess from the previous battle and had not been fully cleaned up.

And now, having agreed to Winnie’s request, she had to pack her things and leave temporarily. After Li Ming was caught, she could return here.

Actually, Su Ran didn’t have many clothes to pack at home. The only things that fit her now were two dresses and a few unisex t-shirts.

To be honest, if not for the thoughtful little witch dress she was wearing, Su Ran might not have been able to find any suitable clothes to wear out on the street right now.

‘Now, for the most important thing.’

Su Ran’s gaze fell on her computer. Inside it was a very important piece of software for her: the Witch Game.

No matter what, she could not leave the computer here.

Otherwise, she would lose contact with Isa.

Su Ran went to the outlet, preparing to unplug all the computer’s cables first, then disassemble it piece by piece to move it.

However, when she saw the power strip, she froze.

A neat, smooth cut had severed it in two. There was no residue of ice crystals on the cut, which meant the person who made this cut was Li Ming.

But that wasn’t important. What was most important was that the computer had been without power this whole time.

‘So how did I contact Isa just now?’

‘It’s not possible that the computer desktop I opened was fake, right?’

Just as Su Ran was about to try a different outlet and reopen the Witch Game to investigate, a vibration occurred. It was the sound of receiving a text message. She took out her phone from her dress pocket and looked.

[The Witch Game will officially begin dual-platform operation starting today. Users can log in to the Witch Game through their mobile phones to check the witch’s status, receive rewards, and complete missions anytime, anywhere. The Witch Game studio is at your service!]

[Download link below.]

“Hey, hey, just appearing on someone’s phone without any warning… this is basically a horror movie, isn’t it!”

The appearance of this dual-platform operation text message for the Witch Game was a relief for Su Ran.

After all, a mobile phone that could be used anytime, anywhere was much more convenient than a computer that could only be used in a fixed location.

Now, she could more conveniently contact Isa anytime, anywhere, without having to worry about being in front of her computer.

However, Su Ran had quite a few things she wanted to complain about regarding this sudden new business from the Witch Game.

Although Su Ran knew it was a system and couldn’t be described with common sense, she still wanted an explanation from it.

[The Witch Game studio is at your service. No matter where you are, the Witch Game will deliver, meow~]

Looking at the system’s verbal tic, it was quite cute. Su Ran decided to grudgingly let the matter go.

However, hearing others say it was one thing; as long as she didn’t have to say it herself, it was fine.

With the mobile version of the Witch Game, Su Ran, who had now packed her clothes, could lock the door and leave.

Before leaving, Su Ran had one more thing to do.

Su Ran opened her inventory, found the tracking potion Isa had made, and then took out the torn piece of leather she had secretly saved to use as a medium, placing it into the tracking potion.

When the piece of leather fell into the tracking potion, a white mist rose up.

The originally transparent red liquid gradually faded in color.

In its place, a winding, fluorescent path made of mist appeared in front of her in the room, leading all the way to the window—the direction in which the masked man, Li Ming, had fled.

This proved that the tracking potion was truly effective.

In her current state, Su Ran couldn’t be certain of defeating Li Ming, mainly because she was worried he would suddenly burst out with the power of a peak Sequence Two and fight her to the death.

What Su Ran needed this time was not a prolonged battle, but to quickly kill the Li Ming who threatened her.

Injecting her magic essence into the potion bottle, the white mist of the tracking potion was completely drawn back into the bottle by Su Ran.

The tracking potion, after the medium had been added, could now track the other party at any time. This was also the reason for adding Silverleaf Herb and Woven-leaf Pine Needles to the formula.

Of course, Su Ran, who didn’t know how to brew witch potions, was not familiar with the effects of the various herbs in the formula.

She only needed to know that the thing worked well.

Before leaving, Su Ran checked all the switches in the house to ensure there were no safety hazards, then took her things, locked the door, and left.

“Sorry to keep you waiting, Manager Winnie.”

Returning to the car, Su Ran hugged the worn-out little backpack she had brought and sat in the passenger seat next to Winnie.

By the time Su Ran returned, Winnie had already lowered the car windows again, and her eyes had returned to their normal human appearance. She spoke nonchalantly, “I wasn’t waiting long.”

“But before we go to the dormitory, we need to go somewhere else first.”

Winnie seemed to have seen through the confusion in Su Ran’s eyes.

“First, we’re going to the mall to buy some clothes.”

“…That’s not what you said at first.”