Birth Volume

Chapter 001: Reborn in the Girls' Bathhouse

May 1, 2012, around 4:30 in the afternoon.

Brilliant sunlight poured over the campus of Haiyuan City Police Academy. Because of the holiday, the campus, usually bustling and lively at this hour, now felt a bit deserted and bleak, even giving off a sense of emptiness!

Just at this moment, in the girls' bathhouse on campus, a sudden commotion broke out—panic, embarrassment, and angry shouts erupted.

"You filthy pervert, stinking turtle, rotten bastard! How dare you barge in here in broad daylight to peep at me taking a bath? You must have a death wish! I'll beat you to death, I swear I'll beat you to death..."

As the crisp curses rang out, the dull "thud thud" of a basin striking a head echoed as well.

In the spacious bathhouse, a girl completely naked was using one hand to cover her important parts with a towel, while the other hand wielded a wooden washbasin, fiercely beating the pervert who had suddenly barged in.

Strangely, the pervert just stood there like a block of wood, neither dodging nor resisting, letting the girl hit him as she pleased.

After just a few swings of the basin, the pervert's body swayed, and then he collapsed stiffly onto the cold floor.

The girl thought he was playing dead, so she picked up the basin and smashed him a few more times, cursing as she did: "Oh, still pretending to be dead? I'll teach you to pretend, teach you to pretend..."

But after a few more hits, she felt something was off, because the guy had stopped reacting entirely. Realizing something was wrong, she stopped beating him, bent down with trembling hands, and reached out to check his nose.

At that touch, her heart skipped a beat in fright. She slumped to the ground in a daze, her beautiful face drained of color, half her soul seemingly gone—because... this pervert had stopped breathing. No breath, no pulse, no heartbeat at all.

Now, this was a big problem!

The girl who had beaten someone to death was named Linda Bennett, a student from the 2008 class at Haiyuan City Police Academy, majoring in investigation, and a campus belle famous throughout the academy.

Although it was the May Day holiday, she hadn't gone home like the other students. She didn't want to face her tense relationship with her parents. Anyway, in a few months, she'd be starting a year-long internship, so she decided to use this long holiday to recharge, review theory, and strengthen her skills—thus, she stayed behind in the empty campus.

If it were any other girl, coming alone to this empty and slightly eerie bathhouse at such a time would surely be nerve-wracking. But Linda Bennett was a fifth-dan black belt in taekwondo—skilled and bold, she wasn't afraid at all!

Walk the night road often enough, and you'll eventually run into ghosts.

Linda Bennett didn't like walking at night, but she did enjoy bathing alone. Usually, she would sneak in late at night when it was quiet, because... she didn't want anyone to discover the secret on her body she was ashamed to show!

She'd kept this habit for all four years at the police academy. Who would have thought that the one time she bathed in broad daylight, she'd run into a reckless guy barging into the girls' bathhouse.

When she entered the bathhouse with her basin, undressed, and started singing while bathing, she suddenly realized she was being peeped at. And it wasn't someone sneaking around in the shadows, but someone who had barged in openly and was staring at her. How could she not be furious?

Of course she was angry—not just angry, but humiliated. In her shame and rage, she didn't hesitate to grab her huanghuali wooden basin and smash it over the guy's head. And then... the scene at the beginning unfolded.

Linda Bennett never expected that this pervert, who not only had the guts but also seemed strong, would be so fragile—after just a few hits, he was dead.

It was only after the pervert stopped reacting that Linda Bennett finally got a good look at the unlucky guy's face.

She actually knew him!

Not only was he a student at the police academy, he was just as famous as she was!

But Linda Bennett was famous for being rich, powerful, attractive, and having top grades. As for the guy in front of her, named Brian Carter? He was notorious for being poor, stupid, cowardly, and incompetent. Any random person could bully him—he was the epitome of a loser, the classic example of the poor, short, and ugly.

Linda Bennett, terrified and bewildered, wondered: how could such an honest guy, who usually walked so carefully he was afraid of stepping on ants, suddenly dare to barge into the girls' bathhouse?

Was he on steroids?

Or had he eaten a bear's heart and a leopard's gall?

No matter where he got the courage, the fact was he had come in, and she had really beaten him to death.

Now... she was in big trouble.

Getting expelled and ruining her studies would be the least of it—she might even face criminal charges!