My Vampire System novel Chapter 154

Chapter 154 A soloution?

Several soldiers were standing outside the second year building, they were blocking all the entrances both at the front and backside of the building. During the investigation, all the second-year students were ordered to gather outside on the field in front of the second-year building. A lot of rumours were going around in the crowd of students, they were all wondering what was going on.

The second-year teachers started the investigation because they were the first on the scene, when they discovered that it was actually a first-year student who had died, they called in the first-year teacher and handed over the investigation to them. At the back of the building, in the alley, Fay and Hayley were currently investigating the scene together.

Looking around the gruesome scene of the murder, Hayley and Fay were reminded of things they had seen on the battlefield during the war, that’s how bad it looked to them. Because they were both war veterans they had become immune to this kind of blood and gore, as Hayley was kneeling on the floor and examining body parts, she seemed to be unaffected by the whole thing, she was picking up bloody bones and bits of flesh like she was checking out some clothes in a fashion store.

After she had looked around for a while it seemed like she had spotted something interesting, she started to pick up body parts one by one and placed them in a specific order, some of them she lined up in a row so she could examine them in more detail.

Looking at what Hayley was doing Fay said, "Are you trying to piece him back together or something?"

"I noticed something strange about all the parts I’ve gathered and lined up, they all have one thing in common," Hayley replied.

"As far as I can see the only thing they have in common is that they are spattered with blood all over. So what did you notice? Do you think it was some type of beast that came through a portal, or maybe it is a student with an unusual ability?" Fay asked as she looked around, she was trying to see what Hayley had noticed.

Hayley picked up one of the body parts which looked like part of a leg, she then showed it to Fay and said, "You see this here?" while she pointed at two puncture marks. "For the most part it looks like who or whatever did this used some type of claw to dig into this student’s flesh, but on some body parts I noticed those puncture wounds that look like teeth marks." Hayley continued, "Sometimes the flesh is ripped from the body in whole chunks, but sometimes it looks like something chewed on it." In a soft voice, she whispered to herself, "It probably wasn’t to taste the blood."

"Okay, I see what you’re saying," Fay said with confusion on her face. "But doesn’t that only confirm our theory that it was a beast that did this?"

"Well, the thing is, this isn’t the first time that I’ve seen these kinds of marks. Do you remember when we went through the red portal and we discovered the true dream member?" Hayley asked. "Well, he wasn’t the only one, I’ve seen the same marks on other students in the sickbay before."

"You’re not saying those two students could have anything to do with it, are you?" Fay asked incredulously.

"I’m not saying that they are the culprit, but whatever it is, it’s clearly following them around, or linked to them in some way." Hayley replied.

"Once this investigation is over, it looks like we will have to call the two of them in for some more questioning."

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Once Vorden had returned to the park, he also explained what had happened on the way there, such as how the news had already spread and regarding the investigation of the scene. After cleaning Peter up with a few bottles of water, and changing his clothes, they all went back to the dorm room together.

Inside the first year building dorm room, the group had gathered. Vorden, Peter, Quinn were all sitting down, Layla, on the other hand, couldn’t stop pacing around and was nervously fidgeting with her hair.

"Damn it!" Layla shouted. "Now that I’ve witnessed everything, I’ll be called an accomplice. If they find out about this, we could be put in the dungeon. What will I tell my parents then?"

It was the first time the group had seen Layla so freaked out. Although she tended to overreact to things at times, it never seemed like she couldn’t deal with the situation, however this time she was very worried and agitated.

"Peter, I think you owe us an explanation," Vorden said. "Fair enough, if you were hungry and needed to eat something, but why didn’t you come to us? You knew we were waiting for you outside. This is the second time that you’ve done something like this."

"I’m sorry, I don’t know what came over me," Peter said. "When the hunger grew and Earl slapped me, I just lost control. When I finally regained control, I was already eating his corpse, I don’t know what happened in between."