Chapter 26: Hiding

This sense of crisis came on suddenly. My spiritual senses did not warn me from the beginning, but suddenly a strong sense of crisis appeared.

First, the existence that brought me the crisis appeared suddenly, and the target may not have been me, just passing by and seeing what was going on.

The second possibility is that the presence is abnormally strong, so strong that it can suppress my spiritual senses. I can only detect the presence of danger when I am very close to it and the target is very obvious.

In the few seconds I hesitated about whether to open the door, I had basically ruled out the first possibility. Who would have the time to come here just to see what was going on? And who would be an enemy who could bring me danger?

So should I open the door or not? In fact, I had already reached the door, but the closer I got to it, the more I felt the invisible pressure and extreme sense of danger. I felt fear from the bottom of my heart.

The knocking continued relentlessly, each blow hitting my heart. My hand gently touched the doorknob, and I quickly felt cold. I was at the limit of my nerves.

I wanted to look through the peephole to see who was outside, but my instinct told me not to do that, because it would be a tragedy.

Should I pretend that there is no one there? I wasn’t sure that the person outside the door wouldn’t break in! Or, should I just run away? But this is the third floor, and jumping down would make a lot of noise. Should I hide like last time? Although this place is remote and there are not many people coming and going, it is still a city, not a rural area that is almost cut off from the world.

My mind was racing, and for a moment I didn’t know how to decide. I walked to the door with my footsteps deliberately very light, so light that there was almost no sound, but even this caution could hardly bring me any help.

“Who are you looking for? This is my house, who are you?” Just as I was at a loss, a voice with a strong local accent suddenly appeared in the hallway, asking the person with strong doubts and confusion.

At that moment, I was suddenly relieved. No matter what the situation was, things had finally taken a turn for the better, hadn’t they?

I reacted quickly. After hearing this, I immediately left the door quietly. This old house was a simple two-bedroom unit. I entered one of the bedrooms and opened the old black wardrobe, hiding inside.

The closet was large and empty, and I didn’t feel crowded when I hid in it. I just couldn’t hear anything from the outside, and I didn’t know what was going on.

In this atmosphere, after nearly a minute, I heard the sound of the door opening and closing, and the footsteps of several people.

“I said how did you get into my house? Who are you? I’m calling the police.” It was the local man speaking, with a strong sense of dissatisfaction and accusation.

I heard him speak, but no one responded. Instead, the footsteps of the people in the room began to wander around. When one of the footsteps, which seemed light, entered the room where I was hiding, I suddenly had goosebumps all over my body. It felt like a deer facing a tiger.

It was absolutely overwhelming! This feeling told me that the person who came was very powerful…

I had to suppress my breath from the beginning. After all, Lao Li’s qigong training was very special. He imitated the breathing of a tortoise, and finally the breathing of a fetus. This suppression of breath was only the most basic, but it could also be used as a secret technique.

Even so, it didn’t give me much security. The man was wandering around the house, and I was hiding in the dark closet, not knowing who he was. After a dozen seconds, he stopped moving in the room, and the local man kept yelling, “What are you doing? Are you robbers?”

“Search this room carefully.” Finally, I heard the man in the room speak. His voice was pleasant, with a hint of laziness and casualness, but just that one sentence made my whole body sweat.

If I really was discovered, then there was only one thing to do… I secretly made a hand gesture, which would summon Shatu the fastest. Yes, I had to try my best.

I didn’t break out of the door because I had a feeling in my spirit that I had to hold out until the last moment.

As the voice fell, I heard several other footsteps enter the room!

The room was very simply furnished, with a large bed, a few low cabinets, and a large closet.

“What are you doing? Is there no law and order? I’m going to call someone.” The local man yelled furiously, and then he really shouted, “Someone is robbing, come quickly.”

“You’d better be quiet,” a somewhat tyrannical male voice echoed in the room, and then it should have been a push that pushed the middle-aged man away, because the sound of a person hitting the soundproof wardrobe door came from the sound of a person hitting it.

“What are you doing?” The local man’s voice was a little fearful, and he stopped at the door of the closet, saying timidly.

“Huh, is there a mistake?” It was the same lazy voice, with a hint of curiosity, not hostile at all, like it was regrettable that a fun thing turned out to be like this, but he didn’t say whether to continue or stop.

“You move aside.” The somewhat tyrannical male voice sounded again. At that moment, I was finally nervous to the extreme. I heard footsteps approaching the wardrobe, and he shouted to move aside, so he was probably telling the local to move aside.

The local man was silent, and I didn’t know whether to move or not. The tension was almost unbearable, and I was about to lose my temper.

But at this moment, a hurried footsteps ran into the room, with a rough breathing sound, loudly saying: “Hurry, hurry, hurry…”

“What’s the hurry? Are you rushing to a funeral?” The domineering man’s voice was impatient and rude.

On the other side, the lazy and casual voice sounded again: “Get to the point.”

Then there was silence outside, and I didn’t know what was going on. According to my guess, it was probably the person who had just barged in whispering to someone.

After a minute of silence, the lazy voice changed, becoming a little more serious: “Let’s go. I found something interesting.”

“Brother, what is it? Could it be that… hehe, he’s not here? Was the information wrong?” The tyrant-like man’s tone became respectful when he spoke to the lazy man, and he seemed to be quite dependent.

“Hmm…” The lazy man didn’t say anything in response.

“Don’t look at me, I don’t know anything. This is my house. I don’t know why you’re here.” The local suddenly shouted out of control. It seems that the lazy man’s gaze lingered on him while he was thinking.

“It seems that the intelligence is really wrong. I didn’t feel anything either. Let’s go.” After saying that, the lazy man took the lead and walked out of the room. I guess he saw the local man’s performance in his eyes, and he already believed that the intelligence was wrong. As for the last sentence, I have to thank the skill of suppressing his breath.

“You’d better pretend nothing happened. It’s not safe here at night, you know.” The violent man also left the room, but I heard him threaten him fiercely.

“I don’t know anything, I don’t know anything.” The local man’s voice was already extremely frightened.

But then the tyrant suddenly rushed over to me again. I thought he was going to open the closet and take a look, but instead I heard him punching and kicking: “Be a fucking man, will you? You pissed all over here. Don’t you know I hate seeing dirty things? You’ve not only dirtied my eyes, but my nose as well. Damn it.”

“Hurry up, don’t waste time, unless you want to lose to that annoying kid.” The lazy voice sounded outside the door, and the tyrant stopped, spat angrily, and left, followed by two or three followers or something.

My heart finally completely relaxed, and at that moment I almost had the urge to cry.

The room was quiet. It was almost a minute before I heard the local man stand up and then close the door.

At that moment, I hesitated. Should I go out? If the local resident discovered my presence and couldn’t help but yell, wouldn’t my whereabouts be exposed? Even though I had disguised myself at the moment, when I thought about my actions of hiding in the closet, wasn’t that the biggest flaw?

I had no doubt that the local was the owner of the house. After all, the middle-aged man who had disguised me had already left, and the local was so natural about strangers breaking into the house.

“How long are you going to hide in the closet? Are you going to come out? Are you waiting to be caught?” At this moment, a familiar voice sounded outside the closet.