Chapter 5 1.3 The First World

Ryan tapped his finger on the wooden desk. The rhythm of the finger tapping is slow when his thinking is in its optimum state. But, when he's thinking is in a disordered state or when he is stress, the tapping becomes faster and annoyingly loud. This is Ryan's bad habit that he is unable to change even after his soul changes its body. From his face, people usually cannot guess what is the man is thinking. But, his close friend and his coworker able to gouge how deep his thought is based on the tapping of his finger.

Ryan's face frown in a deep concentration. He stared at the pictures of some women that scattered on the wooden desk with great interest. You must think that he is thinking something serious and worth anyone's attention, but, actually, no. Ryan's mind is wondering about a completely useless matter.

His thought is filled with nonsense thing such as about the original's preference on a woman, about how many girlfriends that Zhang Wei had, or the reason for their breakups when all the women are so breathtakingly pretty and gorgeous, and as a matter of fact, his thinking trailed into forbidden direction multiple times when his gaze stared heatedly on their cleavages and stunning figures.

The system wanted to smack its host's head with a baseball bat to keep his thinking in the pure and right direction.

(Host, you're a pervert. A lecherous old man with an innocent face. I wondered, how many girls and women you corrupted?)

{Whose are you calling a pervert?! I am just appreciating god's beautiful creation wholeheartedly. How can a system like you understand human desire?}

White ball rolled its eyes in dismay.

But, seriously, how many former girlfriends the original had? If he searched around his memories, this woman in the picture in front of him was Zhang Wei's fifth girlfriend. Although their relationship is only lasted for about a month before the couple breaking up in mutual agreement. The reason? Ahem. He should keep them a secret. It is a shameful and embarrassing thing as someone might question his manly aptitudes.

"What's wrong with Jane? Is she went missing? Or someone kidnapped her?"

"You do know her." Derrick Lee's stating the fact. "Don't tell me she is...?"

"Well, yes. She is the fifth one."

"Oh..." An awkward silence engulfed the surrounding. "Well, she is found dead, murdered by someone, this morning in a construction site outside the city."

Ryan choked on his saliva.

"Pardon? J...just now, you said his another...no, I mean, Jane is found dead? And, she is murdered?" Are you kidding me? Did this guy get cursed by some powerful witches? All the women who dated him get miserably murdered? What a tragic life! Is this a coincidence, though? Why the same thing that happened to him in his old world, had also affected his current's body? Is he the one who gets the curse, or...

"Unfortunately, yes. She sustained the same injuries as the first victim, with multiple stab wounds on her body. And, this is an important clue, the one we didn't close out to the public." Derrick Lee's slid a stash of pictures in front of him.

Ryan's eyes twitched in annoyance. What is this dumb person doing? Why is he showing an important clue to an outsider like him? How could he hand over such an important picture to a murder suspect?

"There are weird initials carved on the side of their necks."

Ryan lazily checked the pictures. This is not his case anyway, why should he bother with them? And, he had zero enthusiasm. Well, he is not an honorary member of a police organization right now. He felt less guilty because of that. But, the moment his sight fell on the initial J on the other side of the victim's neck, his eyes becomes wider. His calm facade fallen apart completely.

What? Why would this kind of thing appear here? In this world? This is just a coincidence, right? Ryan scanned the pictures again and again. Impossible. No, no. This is...

"Mr. Zhang Wei? Did you recognized the initial?" Derrick Lee noticed Ryan's sudden change in behavior. His aloof attitude turned 360 degrees.

"You said, both of the victims had this mark, on the side of their necks? Are there only two victims? There's none before them?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure? 100% sure?"

"Well, I guess, I am." Derrick Lee nodded his head to confirm Ryan's words.

Ryan took out his smartphone from his jacket. He started dialing a familiar number on the phone. Zhang Wei is definitely not an ordinary person and also not a simple doctor from a simple background family. He had a tremendous influence and a wide range of connections with powerful people.

"It's me." His eyes showed dangerous glints. Ryan didn't care if the other saw it. He found that man, here, in this new world! "Could you track all of my former girlfriends' whereabouts in these past few months? Ah, yes, all of them, whether they are alive or dead. Thanks for your help. Goodbye." He ended the call.

"Are you perhaps suspecting someone? Did they targeting your former girlfriends?" Derrick Lee decided to ask as soon as Ryan finished his phone call with the other people.

Ryan gives out a smile, although the smile never reached his eyes.

"Probably. I'm just checking them anyway. Better safe than sorry. If sir Lee wanted to check, let me tell you this first. I had ten exes. Two of them already dead in a span of 48 hours. And, that left with eight. I think, about three of them are abroad, working or migrate over there, and had never set their foot in this country again. So, we can assume they are safe. Then, we are left with five more persons. Do you, perhaps wanted to investigate and record their names?"

Derrick Lee gestured his chin towards Sarah. He is asking her to note down the information using his body language.

Sarah Lee understood her superior's order and took an action. She sat beside Derrick Lee and started to jot down all the words that came out of Ryan's mouth.