Host, Please Be Honest! What Exactly Are You?

Leah subconsciously slowed her footsteps, falling a little behind Donghai the more she gazed at her very bizarre surroundings.

She felt her fingers get frozen to the bone, even though the night air was hot.

"Captain... Something isn't right."

Donghai didn't respond but slowly nodded.

The people in this house were police officers, forensic officers and all the rest.

Meaning it's not the first time they have seen dead bodies. And no matter how chopped off or butchered the bodies were, they had never reacted the way Donghai saw them react.

He felt that if not for doing their jobs, these people would like to storm out of the scene, go home and lock themselves away.

So now it got him thinking.

What was so bizarre about the bodies?

'Brace yourself, Donghai. You're a Gia. If you don't stand firm, who will?'

Donghai took deep breaths, steadying his beating heart.

Indeed. He was a Gia. He came from the side branch, which, basically any Gia family that wasn't the head one.

One course, this was not to belittle them.

Take the current Gia head, the 29-year-old Wei Gia.

He had 2 direct blood brothers from the same mother, who also had their own families. So one could say that his brother's families were now branch families.

Only Wei Gia's direct line would be the prominent family, representing the Gai clan. And following that, his heir's immediate family would also be the next leader.

That said, Donghai was Wei Gia's direct cousin since his father is Old Gia's brother.

He also lived in his own separate home away from the main house that only had the heir's family staying in.

Again, the Gia household had a tradition of competing for heirship after every 5 generations.

In this way, other Gia households would have the opportunity to allow their direct lineages to be family heads.

Old Gia had won the last hero battle in his youth, allowing Wei Gia, Wei Gia's heir and his children to lead the clan for the next 5 generations.

Yes. There were always villains who wanted to scheme and plot in every large clan.

However, for most of it, Donghai was eased with his clan because of the rules that were set aside.

Any Gia who relied on previous generational merits from their fathers or grandparents was deemed a disappointment.

Even if one were the weakest person in a class, they would still be appreciated because they tried their best with their strength compared to someone who used their father's title to claim victory.

The majority got out there and worked their asses off to earn and get to where they were now.

And because of this, they hardly cared about controlling or ruling over the entire clan.

If one has their one company, prestige, shares or any sources of income under names... Eventually, one would start being independent, not relying on family to get to the top.

Once in a while, some Gias fell in love with other professions, acting or even being doctors.

No matter what, standing with one's strength made everyone nod in satisfaction.

That was how the Gia family trained their children.

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Donghai gave himself multiple pep talks, slowly ascending the stairs with a firm heart.

'I'm a Gia! I'm a Gia! I'm a Gia!'

The duo finally reached the door leading into the couple's bedroom.

And the person who led them suddenly judged his head. "This way... You go ahead. I can't bring myself to look at it for long."

"It's okay," Donghai responded, causing Leah to have more admiration for him.

Just look at her leader? Since they came in here, she cat-panicked, feeling thrown into a tub of icy water.

However, her leader was rock-still and calm, not feeling fazed by it all.

(*0*)

"Leah, focus!"

"Right!" She replied, following Donghai in.

No matter how weird and unusual the previous situation was, they were officers of the law who had seen it all.

So how can it be that scary?... Was what she thought.

No... No... No... What was she looking at?

Leah placed her hands over her mouth, causing muffling screams to respond within the room.

~Ahhhhhh~~~~

Her face turned chalk-white the more she pointed at the bizarre corpses seated on 2 chairs, facing one another.

"Leah. Calm down." Donghai said, forcing the words out of his chattering teeth.

The bodies... Were they even human at this point?

How can such a thing happen?

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Tick-Tock. Tick----

Time seems to stop.

Donghai's world was silent and disturbed.

The couple sat on wooden seats, staring at each other with unnatural expressions on their faces.

Their lips had curved towards their ears, with no sign of surgery or forceful pulling to cause such a thing.

But that wasn't all.

The entire upper part of their eyes had suddenly vanished altogether.

That's right. They had no eyelids!

Their eyeballs were exposed, filling the space between their eyebrows and lower eye space.

Again, there were no signs of surgery or blood to show that they had been carved out.

But this alone was too strange.

The couple had eyelids just yesterday, so how can they change so much in such a short period?

Their faces had pale bluish lines running across them, and their entire bodies looked a little dried and 6-months-starved.

Was it moulding off?

Horrible!

Their skin was just too gruesome and mind-boggling to glance at.

However, the most disturbing thing was their expressions.

They smiled eerily at one another as though they knew something no one else knew.

Were they truly dead? Were they still alive? Looking at their expressions, one wouldn't know which one it was.

Donghai had to admit that he didn't have enough courage to touch these bodies or check their vitals.

However, he had a job to do, and he wouldn't be chickening out anytime soon.

It was not the Gia way.

"What a strange case. Leah, round the team and bring them over."

"On it, boss," Leah replied, happy to be finally out of the room.

Good, God!

The scene was bound to give her nightmares for months!

Donghai sighed deeply, focusing on finding more hidden clues within the room.

However, after turning away for a few seconds, he suddenly felt a chill wind caress his back.

~Swish!

Donghai threw his head behind his shockers, staring at the couple behind him.

They looked exactly as he left them.

Strange...

A moment ago, he felt something.

He felt the watchful gaze of others.

But how can that be?

Donghai chuckled bitterly.

The case's weirdness was getting to him