Commonalities of the Victims

Su Ran couldn’t quite remember how she had left VIP Room Number One.

She only remembered that after being fed countless desserts and stating that she absolutely couldn’t eat another bite, Miss Li had sent her out of the room.

When she regained her vision, she saw Winnie standing beside her, untying her blindfold.

“I ate too much~”

Feeling the fullness in her stomach, Su Ran felt that she could skip dinner today.

She had gone in with an empty stomach and come out with a full one, all in the span of a single afternoon.

“You’ve worked hard.”

Winnie poked Su Ran’s soft little face.

The amount of food she had been fed this time was not small, even if she had only taken a bite of most of it.

“Go home early today. You can start work tomorrow.”

Winnie glanced at the time.

It was about time for the Sakura Cafe to close, so she simply let Su Ran leave early.

“Wait! Li Shanhai is still outside!”

Hearing that Winnie was about to let Su Ran go home, Yuan Shirui hurriedly came over to remind them.

Winnie glanced at Su Ran, seeking her opinion.

Seeing the latter nod to indicate it was fine, she said, “Shirui, then bring him in.”

With that, Winnie made no move to leave, but instead took a seat next to Su Ran to listen in.

Li Ming’s case involved the user of puppet magic, and Winnie also wanted to learn more.

Yuan Shirui went to the entrance of the Sakura Cafe.

Seeing Li Shanhai with a cigarette dangling from his lips, she reminded him to extinguish it before letting him into the shop.

The little eyes hiding nearby saw Li Shanhai leave with the maid, let out a sigh of relief, and slipped out of the shop.

Yuan Shirui led the man into the break room but didn’t leave.

Instead, she closed the door behind them.

It was now Blood Hunter work time.

“Officer Li, we meet again,” Winnie said, being the first to break the silence.

Her heart, however, was full of curiosity as she looked at Li Shanhai, wondering what new clues he would bring.

“Miss Winnie, I didn’t expect us to meet so soon. To be honest, when I found out you were the manager of the Jiangbei City Blood Hunter branch, it really gave me a shock.”

Li Shanhai found a chair and sat down in the break room.

Although he said he was shocked by Winnie, his relaxed tone clearly indicated he wasn’t really that startled.

“Alright, let’s cut the pleasantries. What business do you have with our Little Ran this time?”

When she mentioned Su Ran, Winnie became serious.

In just a few short days, the security officer represented by Li Shanhai had come looking for Su Ran twice.

If Winnie hadn’t been aware of the security officers’ usual conduct, she would have thought they were treating Su Ran as a suspect.

Getting down to business, Li Shanhai rubbed his chin, sat up straight, and began to organize his thoughts.

“Beizhou Academy. As I understand it, you should have an acquaintance studying at Beizhou Academy, correct?”

Hearing Li Shanhai’s words, Su Ran heard a familiar name.

The first person she thought of was Eve, followed by Bai Yun and Feng Wei.

‘Beizhou Academy? That’s Eve’s school? Why would it be related to that place?’

Su Ran nodded slightly, remaining silent and continuing to listen to Li Shanhai’s new findings.

“We have two new discoveries this time. The first is what I just mentioned, Beizhou Academy.”

“Since both you and the deceased Miss Dai were attacked by Li Ming, I wanted to find the commonality between your attacks. The first thing that came to mind was that you were targeted because you are both women who live alone.”

“With that in mind, I started looking into your social circles.”

As he spoke, Li Shanhai looked at Su Ran with a probing gaze, as if seeking an answer from her.

“In both of your social circles, there is someone studying at Beizhou Academy. Most importantly, they both participated in this year’s practical assessment.”

“And this year, before they set off for the practical assessment, Beizhou Academy encountered an incident. The students’ beneficiary insurance policies were opened without their knowledge.”

“From the moment you received the insurance money from Beizhou Academy, I suspected that both your and Miss Dai’s information was leaked at that time.”

Winnie deeply agreed with what Li Shanhai had been able to uncover.

After Su Ran was attacked, she had a faint feeling that the incident was related to the personal information leak at Beizhou Academy.

But at the time, there was no direct evidence to support Winnie’s speculation.

Now, however, Li Shanhai, by investigating the other murder victim, had managed to connect the two.

“Information leak?”

Su Ran found it hard to understand why Beizhou Academy would let their information be leaked so easily.

Winnie was able to reinforce a blindfold with magic essence to the point where she couldn’t remove it.

Beizhou Academy should have also used magic formations or spells to seal such important beneficiary information.

“To be honest, I’m still trying to investigate the specifics of this matter. My daughter also studies at Beizhou Academy, so I must find the person who leaked the information.”

Looking at Li Shanhai’s brow, Su Ran was reminded of Li Xiaodie’s appearance.

‘Those two really are father and daughter.’

As for the information leak, Su Ran had never heard Eve mention it.

“But even if the information was leaked, why did Li Ming’s target me and Miss Dai out of so many people?”

If the other party were a random killer, there would be no need to go through so much trouble to steal their information.

That meant the other party must have had a specific purpose and criteria for selecting their prey.

Perhaps a clue could be found from the victims of the Hermel incident.

The Basic Knowledge of Magic Formations the system had just given her…

Su Ran prepared to study it seriously.

“There’s one more discovery. Besides the vampire’s aura, we also found traces of water on Li Ming’s body, but it doesn’t seem to have been generated by magic essence. Do you know any useful clues?”

Just as Su Ran’s mind was about to wander, Li Shanhai mentioned his second discovery.

His main purpose in coming here was actually to confirm Su Ran’s connection to Beizhou Academy.

The other information he had found… as a Blood Hunter, Su Ran had a right to know.

“Little Ran probably wouldn’t know, right? After all, she uses ice magic. Even if it were melted by fire, the residual water would still contain magic essence, am I right?”

At that moment, Winnie interjected, subtly reminding her about the ice magic.

Su Ran realized that she had already demonstrated her witch abilities in front of the security officer.

It was possible he suspected her of being the one who killed Li Ming.

“Just as Manager Winnie said.”

Li Shanhai stared at Su Ran’s face for a long moment, then sighed with some regret.

“What a pity. If we could find the person who killed Li Ming, we might know more clues.”

Just as Li Shanhai was about to say something more, Yuan Shirui, who was standing to the side, interrupted their conversation.
“Manager, a vampire has appeared outside the old city district!”