## Chapter 16.6: The Situation of an Active Paraphiliac
The Situation of an Active Paraphiliac:
“So, these are the assignments. Did you understand?”
After Muzak repeated the assignments, he asked me if I had written them down.
“Mhm.”
I had already written everything down in my notebook.
“Hey, Xueqing, can you really convey the assignments to the next person properly? Or should I just call him for you? The person after you is… uh… what’s his name again?”
His name is Juncheng An, a dear friend.
Muzak is also a friend.
However, Juncheng is a more important friend.
“Xueqing, you can’t speak loudly, right? Do you really not want me to pass the message for you?”
“No.”
I don’t want to entrust this matter to anyone else.
“I’ll do it myself.”
“Hmm… alright then. But if it doesn’t go smoothly, call me.”
“I understand.”
“Then, bye-bye, goodnight.”
After hanging up the phone, I looked up the phone number and dialed Juncheng.
The call connected.
“Hello? This is Juncheng An, is it Xueqing?”
“Mhm.”
He recognized my voice immediately. Juncheng is indeed a very careful person.
“Tell me the assignments. Ah, wait a moment, I’ll grab a pen.”
“Okay.”
Faint static came from the receiver. Juncheng must have wedged the phone between his shoulder and ear.
“Alright, start talking.”
“Mhm.”
I picked up my notebook and began to recite the assignments.
Midway through, Juncheng’s slightly confused voice came from the receiver.
“Uh, Xueqing?”
“What’s wrong?”
Perhaps he hadn’t heard clearly.
My voice was too quiet.
I continued to repeat it, raising my voice slightly.
But Juncheng still seemed not to have heard, and asked with confusion.
“Uh, I can’t hear you. Can you speak a little louder?”
“Okay.”
I cleared my throat and projected my voice.
“For English assignment, it’s fill-in-the-blanks on page 28, and translate the whole text. For Math, choose any 3 practice problems from Chapter 3, and in addition to that, complete two practice tests.”
I rattled off all the assignments in one breath.
Using my loudest voice.
“Uh, I still can’t hear you very well. Why don’t you just take a picture of the specific assignment details with your phone and send it to me?”
Ugh, he still couldn’t hear?
It was a bit troublesome.
My voice was too quiet after all.
But I couldn’t make my voice any louder.
My throat had been injured.
Originally, I couldn’t make any sound at all.
But thanks to Xun’s help, my throat was healed.
Due to aftereffects, I can’t make a very loud sound.
However, I didn’t feel down after getting injured.
On the contrary, I was a little happy.
Because I, too, was a disabled person (mute), I was incomplete, and finally, I could be one of them.
I was very happy.
Very glad.
Very delighted.
I never once regretted it.
And I never will.
But…
It’s troublesome not being able to convey my voice to others, isn’t it?
It was the first time I felt inconvenience.
I wanted to talk to Juncheng.
But my voice couldn’t reach him…
“No, phone.”
“Ah? You don’t have a phone either?”
“Mhm.”
I should buy a phone next time.
The money should be enough.
After dealing with a serial killer, I got… tens of thousands, right?
I have no interest.
But it should be enough to buy a phone.
“What about a computer? Do you have a computer?”
“No.”
This way, I won’t be able to tell Juncheng the assignments.
Should I ask Zack for help…
I don’t want to.
Suddenly, I had a great idea.
“You, come, my home.”
Juncheng’s flustered voice came from the receiver.
“What? Come to your place?”
It’s fine if he comes to my home.
I want to see him.
“Address, not long.”
“…Okay, I understand. Tell me the address, I’ll come to your place.”
Great.
I persuaded him.
“District Six, Binhai Road.”
Black Street has many entrances. The closest one to Juncheng’s home should be the one on Binhai Road.
There is an entrance to Black Street in Beishan Park.
“Black Street, building 221B.”
“Ah? Black Street? Is there such a street?”
As expected, Juncheng didn’t know about the existence of this street.
Ordinary people don’t know about it. Even if you take aerial photos, you won’t be able to capture this street.
It exists in reality, yet it cannot be accessed freely. This is a street that belongs to the ‘inner world.’
Those who live on this street are all members of the organization.
Although ordinary people cannot enter here, I just need to go and pick him up.
Suddenly, the window shattered.
Someone jumped into the room and attacked me with a knife.
I drew a military dagger from my waist and blocked the oncoming blade.
The force was immense, and I was sent flying.
Who is it?
“Hey? Xueqing? Hello! Xueqing! Are you there?”
The man didn’t continue his attack. Instead, he tilted his head towards the receiver that was making sounds.
“Hello! Hello!”
Juncheng was worried about me.
I can’t let him worry.
I have to go and tell him…
As I reached for the receiver, the man kicked my stomach.
I countered with a spinning kick, but due to the vast difference in strength, I was sent flying again.
“Hello? Xueqing! What happened! Hello!”
The tall, slender man picked up the receiver and hung up the phone.
Juncheng’s voice disappeared.
This guy… I really dislike him.
“That way, you won’t be able to call for help, hehehe…”
A sharp, unpleasant voice.
The man stuck out a tongue like a lizard’s, licked the side of the blade, and smiled lewdly.
“Hmm? Are you that rumored ‘Ghost Hunter’ who’s been hunting us lately? I didn’t expect you to be such a little girl…”
“…”
A murderer.
He broke into my house.
How strange.
He actually came to my doorstep.
Is this guy tired of living?
Murderers are all mentally unstable individuals.
The murderers in mystery novels each have their own motives.
But murderers don’t.
They kill purely for the sake of killing.
Incomprehensible.
I don’t really understand what’s fun about killing.
Killing without reason is meaningless.
“Those good-for-nothings you killed deserved it! They couldn’t even kill a little girl like you, they don’t deserve to be called murderers!”
The phone… it shouldn’t be broken, right?
If it’s broken, who should I find to repair it?
The uncles in the general affairs department should be able to repair phones.
“Oh? Not changing your expression? You have good psychological resilience, or perhaps… you’re so scared you’re about to wet yourself? Hahahaha, come on, let uncle dote on you~”
He hung up the phone abruptly. Juncheng must be worried.
I still need to tell him the assignments.
“Heeheehee, I love little girls like you the most. I can violate you while listening to your whimpers, and then cut you from your belly button all the way up, slicing your throat so you can’t scream, heeheehee… the thought alone makes me excited!”
“Shut up.”
This guy… is very annoying.
“The voice, is too loud.”
“You… what did you say?”
Is he angry?
Such a boring guy.
“I said you, are noisy.”
I should cut off his tongue.
However, compared to other murderers, he seems a bit stronger.
Let me be a little serious.
…
I cut off one of his hands and a few fingers, and gouged out his eyeballs.
However, at the critical moment, he was rescued by a companion.
I didn’t expect there to be two of them. Did they come specifically to kill me?
What a hassle, I don’t want to chase after them.
I’ll call Juncheng first.
It took a lot of time, he must be anxious.
“Hello?”
The call connected.
But it wasn’t Juncheng who answered.
It was a girl’s voice.
Is it his younger sister?
“Hello, I am…”
“Are you that Xueqing?”
…Her voice carried killing intent.
Strange.
Did I say anything to offend her?
“I am Jiang Xueqing.”
“Is that so… You are Jiang Xueqing. So, what do you need my brother for?”
…Her voice hid anger.
She seemed hostile towards me.
“Convey, assignments.”
“Oh~ is that so? Then you can tell me. My brother isn’t home right now~”
Not home?
It’s so late, yet he went out?
Juncheng is a rational person. He wouldn’t do such a reckless thing. That means…
He went out to look for me.
As expected, he must have heard those sounds just now, making him have some bad assumptions.
So, for my sake, he went out.
“Hello?”
“…I understand.”
“Ah? Understand what! Explain! What is your relationship with my brother!”
The murderer escaped.
Juncheng will surely go near Binhai Road to find me.
If the two of them meet…
“…”
“Hello! Speak! Who are you! Who are you! Where did you come from!”
“Sorry, thank you.”
Thank you for telling me this, Juncheng’s younger sister.
I hung up the phone and rushed out of my house.
Before Juncheng meets them, I have to catch up to those two murderers.
And then, kill them.
The only one who can harm Juncheng is me.
The only one who can take Juncheng’s body is me.
Anyone who harms Juncheng besides me, I will kill them all.
Kill them.
Tear them to shreds.
They don’t deserve to be whole.
