Don't Find Me [THE8 Fanfic]

The Case of Renjun

The next day, I proceeded unto another case from the files that I had obtained. The victim, Huang Renjun, apparently was a runaway and has no contact any relatives. He had a rented apartment in a small district, and I interrogated his neighbors.

"He was a bright and cheerful kid. Of course, all the elders here pampered him spoiled."

"Is there anything bad about him, that would possibly lead to his death?"

The lady, who was his neighbor, went silent for a moment. She sighed while she reminisced her previous events regarding the teen.

"He... Something was wrong one day. He seemed restless and figety. Then I left for his room to offer dinner, and the door was unlocked, so I gently nudged it open. There I witnessed him with a disposable needle injecting strange liquid into his arm. I glanced at his arm to recognize previous needle marks as well."

"So he was using drugs."

"Yes. I never imagined such young kid to be corrupted so fast."

"Do you think this would be related to the murder somehow?"

The lady before me shrugged her shoulders and I took leave into his apartment after inquiring some more information.

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This time I examined the laptop, which was unlocked, in his room. The charger was still connected and the applications were still running. The files were ordinary, containing various cartoons and games, but the background was unsuitable for a normal teenage boy. It was a background image of a man with a falcon head and a sun-disk placed above it. More importantly, it was the Egyptian god, Ra.

I pondered if the previous painting of a god was also related or it was mere coincidence. I glanced below the screen and saw an app, which was a music playlist, still running. It was set on replay, which explained why the music continued, but the audio was mute. I raised the volume and picked up a familiar music. Find Me?

Then I caught a glimpse of a paper stuck underneath the mouse pad, and I  secretly snatched it.

'Where silence fills the land of papers.'

After much observations, I took note of the hints and surroundings, later departing from the place.