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Chapter 208 Vision
The deceased were a married couple.
Passersby couldn't help but move a little further away from the couple, clearing a space around them.
There was only one girl—who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old—who was sitting on the ground, hugging her knees, crying her heart out, yet remaining completely silent.
She didn't let out a single wail; only Jiang Xingni could hear the slight sobs mixed in with her breathing.
For a fleeting moment, Jiang Xingni thought of herself when she was a child.
When Jiang Xingni's parents died, Jiang Xingni was much younger than the girl in front of her.
However, compared to the girl in front of him, Jiang Xingni was completely unaware that his parents had died.
She just squatted there blankly, staring at the two corpses in the alley.
Jiang Xingni could no longer remember much of what happened next.
Painful memories are often unconsciously forgotten by the body's physiological mechanisms. In the repetition of day after day, clear pain becomes blurred and then gradually becomes numb.
This is unavoidable; the human body always has its own protective mechanisms against overly painful memories.
Jiang Xingni paused for a moment, then realized once again that she could not recall the scene of her parents' death. She only remembered that it was in an alley, but which alley was it? And what was the specific manner of her parents' death?
But death looms before my eyes.
Even through the mask in front of her, Jiang Xingni could see clearly that her parents' deaths were caused by a monster.
Jiang Xingni knew very well that he was hesitating.
Is she extending her affection to everything connected to the other person? Is she drawing parallels between herself and the other person? Is she thinking of her younger self, someone who didn't even understand death?
Jiang Xingni himself didn't know either.
Her memories of her parents were already blurry; she only remembered that her father was a man and her mother was a woman, both with black hair and black eyes, and no particular features in their appearance.
Even her parents' identities and why she grew up in the lower city were not very clear to her.
—She can't remember.
Jiang Xingni suddenly realized that something was wrong.
With her supernatural abilities, even if she couldn't remember back then, she should be able to recall them now.
Otherwise, wouldn't that be a disgrace to the title of "Eye of Truth"?
What is causing this? Just as she couldn't see Xiao Jiming's existence back then, she still can't see the truth behind her parents' deaths.
Jiang Xing squinted and stared at the girl for a while.
"System," she murmured to herself, her voice calm. "Could you help me find out her information?"
As long as something exists in this world, it's impossible for it to be completely devoid of information online.
Jiang Xingni didn't need the system to show her the girl's entire life story; she only needed some information, such as her name and the names of the deceased.
The system obediently agreed.
In less than half a minute, the data investigation was completed, packaged, and sent to Jiang Xingni's mobile phone.
The investigation is in; the girl's name is Lu Ming.
Lu Ming is fifteen years old this year, two years younger than Jiang Xingni, and has just started high school—not the same high school as Jiang Xingni.
The parents' confidentiality level was very high, and the system did not conduct an in-depth investigation, only obtaining a file with more information than words that were blacked out.
He was killed on the spot by a monster in the street.
Someone has already called the police, and they are on their way. Lu Ming is the couple's only child. He was walking with them when, for some reason, he escaped unharmed.
Jiang Xingni paused for a moment, then stopped.
The downtown area was still too dangerous for a young girl.
Wearing this disguise, Jiang Xingni couldn't just walk up to him and, as a caring older sister, ask what happened, if he was alright, or if someone might try to harm him, but he shouldn't be afraid and would protect him.
She hid herself in the shadows of the crowd and buildings, her gaze piercing through the layers of bustling people, glancing towards the direction of Lu Ming.
So Jiang Xingni simply hid in the shadows, delaying his journey home.
She couldn't be sure if the girl in front of her was truly harmless and had only survived in the lower city thanks to her parents' protection, but that didn't stop Jiang Xingni from deciding to stay for a while, not to disturb her or anyone else while she was mourning her parents' deaths, until the police arrived.
Lu Ming raised her head as if she had sensed something, and looked around blankly.
Tears were still welling up in her eyes, and her eyes were red.
But all that could be seen was a circle of people passing by.
No one stopped for her sake, no one stayed because of her.
Lu Ming buried his face in his knees again.
She had a vague idea of what her parents were doing.
Her parents weren't very vigilant, and occasionally they would reveal some clues about Lu Ming.
This was enough for Lu Ming to know what her parents were researching—strange things, superpowers, things that sounded like something out of a novel or comic book.
Lu Ming never imagined that these things would actually happen to him.
He even caused the deaths of his own parents.
Thinking of this, Lu Ming began to feel dazed again.
She knew nothing, she was no match for her parents in anything, she was far less outstanding than them, so why were her parents the ones who died instead of her?
Lu Ming would rather face the death she imagines, to die for her parents, to save others, than live a life of aimless mediocrity like she does now.
She would rather her death have meaning than see someone who truly deserves to live die like this.
Jiang Xingni had no idea what Lu Ming was thinking.
She didn't even notice Jiang Xingni's presence. She just looked around blankly before lowering her head again.
Jiang Xingni didn't stay in the shadows for long; after only a few minutes, she heard a familiar voice.
The bustling crowd was gone; the sound of sirens broke through the noise, and hurried footsteps rushed over, with people saying "Make way!" "Make way!"
Jiang Xingni finally felt relieved. She turned her head and looked in Lu Ming's direction one last time.
Although the law is indeed of little use in the downtown area, the police still have some authority.
For example, Jiang Xingni still trusts that no one would dare to rob or do anything more outrageous, such as murder, in front of the police.
It wasn't because Jiang Xingni felt that these people had any respect for the police; it was simply because it wasn't worth it.
The effort put in was not worth the reward.
Even if there were undercover agents lurking among the police, robbing a young girl like that wouldn't be worthwhile.
"Keep an eye on things for me," Jiang Xingni said softly to the system in his mind, withdrawing his gaze.
Immediately afterwards, she felt a gaze upon her, the direction of which she couldn't discern.
—That gaze landed precisely on Jiang Xingni.