Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 28 – Seamless

The gunshot was muffled.

Under the cover of the chaotic battlefield on the third floor, the sound from the small-caliber pistol was negligible.

A spray of blood erupted from the back of Guard Xiao Liu’s head.

He didn’t even make a sound as his body fell stiffly, crashing onto the saline box he had just set down.

Chen Yao froze.

She whipped her head around and saw “Miss Liu,” who had been so frail and helpless just moments ago, standing at the bathroom entrance holding a black pistol.

The muzzle was still smoking.

“You…”

Chen Yao’s mouth fell open, her mind a complete blank.

She couldn’t comprehend what was happening before her eyes.

But Lin Fan wouldn’t give her time to understand.

The moment Chen Yao turned, Lin Fan had already rushed forward!

The pistol vanished, and a taser appeared in her hand.

Bzzzt—!

A powerful electric current struck Chen Yao precisely on the neck.

Chen Yao’s body convulsed violently. Her eyes rolled back, and a gurgling sound escaped her throat.

In less than three seconds, the petite, doll-like doctor lost consciousness completely, slumping into Lin Fan’s arms.

Lin Fan dragged her to a corner.

“System, initiate Skin Crafting.”

[Ding! A suitable target has been detected…]

[Skin Crafting in progress. Estimated time: 60 seconds…]

Lin Fan didn’t stay idle.

She used that minute to frantically stage the scene.

She rushed to the door and threw the tactical backpack on the ground, its contents scattering everywhere.

The combat shovel and telescopic baton were also tossed carelessly into a corner.

Rip—

She forcefully tore off a corner of her windbreaker, slashed a long gash in the yoga pants, and ripped off a few strips of fabric, tossing them next to Xiao Liu’s corpse.

The entire scene now looked like it had been through a fierce struggle.

An armed assailant had broken in, and Guard Xiao Liu had been ambushed and shot in the head.

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Doctor Chen Yao had been shot and knocked unconscious.

The unarmed Liu Ruyan had been abducted after a struggle.

[Ding! Skin Crafting successful!]

[Congratulations, Host, on successfully crafting your second skin. System Storage Space has been expanded to 10 cubic meters!]

[Congratulations, Host, on acquiring a new ability: Memory Fragments (Allows you to obtain the skin’s recent key memories)]

A complete Chen Yao human skin, glowing faintly, lay quietly in the System Space.

[Skin: Chen Yao]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Physical Fitness: 7]

[Abilities: Intermediate Medicine, Intermediate Surgery]

[Storage Space: 10 cubic meters]

Time was tight.

Lin Fan immediately took off the Liu Ruyan skin.

The massive rift on his back instantly split open.

The moment the skin came off his legs, a familiar sense of powerlessness washed over him.

His legs were completely unable to support his body, and he fell heavily to the ground.

But he had no time to feel the pain. In a contorted position, he propped himself up with his hands and quickly grabbed the brand-new Chen Yao skin.

He laboriously stuffed his crippled legs into the skin’s slender ones.

Then came the waist, arms, and head.

A height of just over one meter fifty.

It was completely different from Liu Ruyan’s fiery one-meter-seventy figure.

Her chest was unremarkable, a B-cup at most by his estimation.

Her feet were also pitifully small, probably a size 34.

Her entire person was incredibly petite, like a young girl who hadn’t fully developed.

The moment the zipper on the back was fully closed and the rift disappeared, a flood of complex memory fragments poured into Lin Fan’s mind.

Chen Yao, 29 years old, the youngest attending surgeon at the Medical University Affiliated Hospital.

When the virus broke out, she was on leave and about to head out for a comic convention.

Lei Li and her people had saved her while scavenging for supplies.

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From then on, she had followed Lei Li with unwavering loyalty, becoming the stronghold’s exclusive doctor.

Lin Fan quickly processed the information.

The final and most crucial step of the plan.

He was her now.

She stood up, adapting to the petite body.

Then, she took out the newly acquired pistol from the System Space.

Without hesitation, she aimed the dark muzzle at her own left shoulder.

She needed a plausible reason for being injured.

A reason that would allow her to be conveniently unconscious and avoid immediate questioning.

She took a deep breath.

Bang!

Another muffled gunshot.

Intense pain shot through her shoulder. The sensation of the bullet tearing through flesh and muscle almost made her cry out.

Blood immediately soaked the white doctor’s coat.

Enduring the severe pain, she returned the pistol to the System Space.

Then, her body went limp, and she “collapsed” in a pool of blood.

Only two people were left in the infirmary.

One corpse, shot in the head.

One “victim,” shot and unconscious.

A flawless scene.

Lin Fan, after putting on the skin.

About ten minutes later.

The infirmary door was pushed open.

“Doctor Chen! We rescued a survivor, he…”

The man who pushed the door open stopped mid-sentence, his voice dying in his throat.

He stared in horror at the scene before him.

Xiao Liu, lying in a pool of blood.

Doctor Chen Yao, also lying in a pool of blood, her status unknown.

And the utter mess everywhere.

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“Intruder! The infirmary’s been attacked!”

A shrill cry instantly echoed throughout the entire hallway.

Soon, the sound of urgent, heavy footsteps approached from a distance.

Lei Li was the first to charge in with several of her core subordinates, her face a mask of frost.

When she saw the gunshot wound on the back of Xiao Liu’s head, her pupils contracted sharply.

A gun!

There was actually a gun in her stronghold!

“Ruyan!”

A heart-wrenching roar.

Zhou Ming, who followed close behind, saw Liu Ruyan’s discarded backpack and weapon and nearly went insane.

“Where’s Ruyan?! Where is she?!”

Like a maddened beast, his bloodshot eyes scanned every inch of the room.

But she wasn’t there.

Liu Ruyan was nowhere to be found.

“Everyone, calm down!”

Lei Li barked, her powerful presence instantly silencing everyone.

She strode quickly to Chen Yao’s side, knelt, and checked for breath.

“She’s still breathing.”

She then examined the shoulder wound.

“It’s a gunshot wound.”

Lei Li’s expression was so grim it looked like it could drip water.

Just then, the eyelids of “Chen Yao” on the floor fluttered, and she let out a pained groan.

“Ugh…”

Lin Fan slowly opened his eyes, which were filled with confusion and fear.

“Xiao Yao! You’re awake!” Lei Li immediately supported her. “What happened? Who did this?”

Zhou Ming also rushed over, staring at her as if he wanted to swallow her whole.

“Speak! Where did Ruyan go?!”

“I… I don’t know…” Lin Fan’s voice was incredibly weak. Paired with her pale face and shoulder wound, she looked exceptionally pitiful.

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“I just heard a ‘bang’… and then… then I saw Xiao Liu fall…”

Her body trembled violently, as if recalling an extremely terrifying scene.

“I turned around… and saw a man… he was holding a gun…”

“What man?!” Lei Li pressed.

“I… I didn’t get a clear look…” Tears welled up in Lin Fan’s eyes. “He… he seemed to have a scar on his face… I was shot right after I saw him.”

A scar!

And a gun!

Zhou Ming’s heart clenched violently.

It was him!

It must be that scar-faced man who had ambushed them in the hallway!

Hadn’t he run away?

How did he find this place?!

“That man… he seemed to know Miss Liu,” Lin Fan added intermittently. “He pointed the gun at Miss Liu and said… something like ‘You bitch, I finally found you’…”

“And then… then everything went black, and I don’t know anything else…”

Lin Fan’s testimony perfectly pointed all the clues to one person.

A scar-faced man who held a grudge against Liu Ruyan and possessed a firearm.

“Bastard!!”

Zhou Ming let out a beast-like roar.

So that scar-faced man had been lurking in the shadows, following them all along!

He must have kidnapped Ruyan for revenge!

The thought of what Liu Ruyan would suffer in the hands of such a scumbag made Zhou Ming feel like his heart was being torn apart.

He spun around abruptly, about to charge downstairs.

“I’m going to kill him!”

“Stop!” Lei Li snapped, blocking his path. “What’s the use of you rushing down now? Do you even know which way he went?”

Lei Li stood up, her icy gaze sweeping over everyone present.

“Seal all exits immediately!”

“Team Two and Team Three, start from the eighteenth floor and search downwards, floor by floor!”

“Find that man for me!”