Jingle...
In front of a courtyard gate in a remote corner, wind chimes tinkled with the breeze. As a man dressed in gray exited the courtyard, he quickly put on a straw hat, and instead of leaving through the gate, he directly climbed over the side wall and hurriedly merged into the nearby streets and alleys.
A few shadowy figures around quickly activated in coordinated response.
Some even flipped into the yard to investigate quietly, searching room by room.
A faint scent of blood in the main house caught the investigators' attention, and they quickly found another space beneath, pushing aside a large cabinet to reveal a secret passage entrance. As soon as the entrance was opened, the bloody scent became overpowering.
With guards left outside, two people descended to inspect.
At a depth of about ten fathoms underground, the sight was horrifying—a pool of blood in the center, surrounded by piles of corpses of young men and women, all drained of blood that flowed into the pool.
