Chapter 50 Spade: What? ! Have to work overtime again? !
"Hey, it's time to get off work. Are you kidding me? Why are you calling me?"
On the streets of Night Island, under the light of bizarre advertising billboards, everyone was immersed in the excitement and publicity that began with the reunion. Even the advertising screens on the buildings were broadcasting advertisements endorsed by famous demon players.
The young man, wearing a black suit coat and a blue shirt from the Sun Enforcement Bureau, threw the ice cola in his hand high up. After the paper cup spun several times in the air, a soft, invisible wind blew gently, and the cup lid, wrapping paper and straw of the paper cup disintegrated and fell perfectly into the correctly classified opening of the trash can dozens of meters away.
Spade snapped his fingers and hummed a jazz tune for a while. He didn't hear any response from the other side for a long time and felt a little dissatisfied.
"Hey, you let others work overtime, but you don't say anything. How can you treat guests like that? Red Heart, can you hear me?"
"Sorry, I just checked the news."
Hong Xin's voice was like a flame, burning brightly on the other side, making people feel a surge of heat when they heard it: "I'm sorry to inform you--"
The woman's hearty voice dragged out the last note maliciously. Hei Tao trembled and subconsciously put the phone away. He always had a very ominous premonition.
"You have one more overtime task to do."
"Huh?!" Hei Tao could no longer maintain his dignity and jumped up, attracting the half-dead stares of the Yedao social animals passing by. He quickly fell silent, turned his back to the crowded street and lowered his voice: "What are you talking about? Are you kidding me? If you hadn't said that this Yedao mission was very simple, just to help the Yedao branch of the Metropolitan Police Department find a knife sheath, and if you found the sheath, you could go on a paid trip, I wouldn't have come here on a business trip, okay?! Now you tell me--"
There was the clattering sound of an office chair being pushed aside from Red Heart's side, and she seemed to put down her pen: "By the way, the task you thought you had completed is not completed, so this is not considered overtime, dear Spade."
Hongxin's voice revealed a strong sympathy: "Our humanoid information collector Miss Zhenhong just sent me a report and asked me to forward it to you. The scabbard is no longer in the hands of the Night Island Police Department."
The pupils of the heterochromatic eyes under the Spade sunglasses shrank slightly in shock: "How is it possible?! The scabbard is a special ancient artifact that Shinku and the Senate have determined is highly suspected to be the Ten Commandments token, the Ame-no-Kurosakumo sword... I just took the scabbard away from the devil apostle a few days ago - could it be the □□shan group of Yedao?"
Hongxin sighed, "Yes and no... Yamagumi did apply directly to the top brass of the Metropolitan Police Department for a withering order, and temporarily lent the scabbard to me. Unfortunately, something went wrong last night, and the scabbard was stolen by Wonder."
Hearts instantly entered work reporting mode. Not only did she explain what happened in a few words, her voice was so serious that Spade involuntarily stood up straight.
"wonder......?"
Spade narrowed his eyes, took out a lighter from his pocket with one hand and lit a cigarette for himself, as if the smell of nicotine could easily suppress his current confusion and shock.
Although he looks like he has just reached adulthood, he is an adult after all, so what's wrong with smoking a cigarette?
"Yes, Wonder, the Phantom Thief who stole the Heart of Night and returned it before, it seems that Youyu's guess is correct. Whether it is to show off his skills or for other purposes, the purpose of this Phantom Thief Rising Star is to steal all the Ten Commandments tokens."
Hongxin's voice gradually became serious: "The last place he disappeared was the Ginza Building near Tanghongshan Town. At that time, Izayoi from the Yamagumi and the ninja Blood Butterfly from the Metropolitan Police Department attacked together, but failed to stop him. We must start emergency alert now... It was hard to say before, but since Fanlan said that Wonder, who can identify the Ten Commandments token, has taken action, there is no need to speculate anymore. The sword and scabbard are the Ten Commandments token."
"In the myth of Yedao, there is Ame no Murasaki who killed the Demon King of Dusk Fire in the other world thousands of years ago."
"Okay, I understand." Heitao shrugged his shoulders and said nothing more about taking a vacation. "What you haven't said is much more terrible than the salary deduction and disciplinary record from the senior executives. I'll go now."
Judging from the Heart of Night and this time the Ancient Sword, the DM system told them a huge lie using the Spring and Autumn style of writing.
Before the devil game began, the DM system had said frankly that it would choose items that embodied great emotional power or were extremely precious as the Ten Commandments tokens, so as to communicate between the inner and outer worlds and complete its own game plan. It implied that the Ten Commandments this time were designated by it, but it never said that the Ten Commandments this time did not overlap with the previous ancient divine objects.
What newly designated token... Hei Tao hung up the phone and looked in the direction of Tang Hongshan Town.
The scabbard of the demon sword passed through his hands, and he knew how terrifying the strong demonic aura on it was. He was afraid that the Ten Commandments tokens mentioned by the DM system were those ten ancient treasures.
Together with the Dead Sea Scrolls, it is a supreme divine object that records the struggle between humans and demons for the right to survive in the inner and outer worlds for thousands of years. It contains the power of the Ten Commandments given to King Solomon by God, which is said to have the power to change the world.
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On the other side, in the Yedao superimposed server, there is the evil hot spring residence in Huangquan Town.
After Bai Ye dealt with the scabbard and t173, he returned to the wooden stacked dormitory that looked like a capsule. Tangju had already fallen into silence. They arrived in this small town quite late, and the night outside was already extremely thick, with only a few flashing electronic lights illuminating the road surface on the snowy night.
The tourists and townspeople who were still wandering the streets just before night seemed to have disappeared in an instant. The streets were empty, and even the candy apple and ramen stalls that were bustling not long ago disappeared.
"Is this the curfew here? That's a little too scary."
Realizing that Bai Ye had stayed on the platform outside and had not left, You Yu took two quick steps towards him, put his fingers side by side in front of his eyebrows and looked into the distance.
"I always feel something is wrong. The shrine staff that Yangyan talked to said that the curfew in Huangquan Town was due to the fear of wild beasts in the mountains. But... what kind of wild beast would lock the doors and windows of every household in a small town with a high population density?"
Bai Ye pointed at the buildings in the town. Except for the brightly lit window of the Great Evil Soup House where one could still see the soup workers pouring water out, every household in the entire Huangquan Town had their doors and windows closed at this moment.
"You noticed it too, right? It doesn't seem like he's afraid of a wild beast, but more like he's afraid of a monster or something like that."
You Yu still looked optimistic and said some pretty scary words with a grin on his face.
"Thank goodness Shuise isn't here. If he were here, he would have given you a bow in reaction to hearing you speak like that."
Bai Ye sighed. The only shortcoming of the young master of the detective agency was that he was timid and afraid of ghosts. This was no secret among the entire game player circle.
"Then he is not here! Oh, Bai Ye, you are very natural now."
You Yu seemed to have grasped something key, staring at the other person thoughtfully, with an expression like a puppy seeking credit.
Bai Ye was startled. You Yu had already pointed out what he was concerned about: "Compared to your reserved appearance at the beginning, you can now naturally use the characteristics of each member to make jokes."
"…Your focus is really strange."
Bai Ye was too lazy to pay attention to his president who was inexplicably excited again. He turned around and walked straight towards his bed.
You Yu didn't care about the other party's attitude at all, and continued to follow Bai Ye with a smile and brisk steps.
"Rather than worrying about this, take a rest. We have to go to town tomorrow—"
Bai Ye was just about to make his and You Yu's beds for the night when he looked up and saw that all the lights on the street below had gone out in an instant.
“Boom boom boom—”
As the lights went out, a melodious chord and drum sounded. The tune was peaceful and harmonious, yet it revealed an indescribable weirdness.
Bai Ye and You Yu looked at each other again, rushed to the outside of the platform and leaned out to look. They saw that at some point, a long team had been formed on the snowy street outside. The team playing harmonious music looked like participants in the folk sacrificial activities of Ye Island. It was composed of soup workers from Daye Tangju. They set out from Daye Tangju and dispersed along the street to all directions of the town.
In the night without electric street lights, the soup workers seemed to be completely unafraid of the cold. They wore thin bathrobes, held paper lanterns with flickering candles, and walked towards other streets in Huangquan Town without looking back. It was a scene that could only appear in some night island horror movies...
Saotome Rin also mentioned in the post that she heard strange Japanese drum music while waiting for staff at the station. Now it seems that this music came from the strange activities of the Great Evil Hot Spring.
"I just saw the activity time of the hot spring residence outside. The tourists are only allowed to go out before 10 pm, and it's already past 11:40 pm... Logically speaking, our dormitory should be overcrowded now... Damn, what are they going to do?"
You Yu's voice trembled a little. Although he was not as afraid of ghosts as Shuise, he was still frightened when he saw such a creepy scene.
Those soup workers were all wearing wooden ghost masks, looking down from the platform, it was simply like... a hundred ghosts parading at night.
Bai Ye did not answer him. Instead, he heard the harsh sound of the dormitory's wooden door being pushed open.
"Let me take a look. I know there are still people slacking off here, you two! Do you want to be kicked out and freeze to death in the snowy night? Why don't you gather in the hall?!"
Kisaragi's face was distorted in the candlelight in the corridor. Youyu was startled and held Baiye's hand tightly. The latter took a deep breath and calmed down: "I'm sorry, Mr. Kisaragi, we will go now."
"Hmph, hurry up and leave! If you haven't finished your work before the big shots are welcomed back, I will definitely throw all of you freeloaders into the snow to freeze to death..."
Kisaragi's face was still very ugly, and he looked like he was about to explode, but he did not speak because there were more urgent things blocking the way. He walked in front, muttering some scary words, and the narrow wooden stairs creaked under his feet.
Bai Ye and You Yu followed the middle-aged man quietly, observing his mumblings attentively, trying to get some more information from them.
After the lights were turned off during curfew, the Great Evil Hot Spring was still magnificent. Candlelight lit up the entire hall of the hot spring. The soup workers wore the same haori and lined up in neat formations under Kisaragi's impatient urging. Bai Ye saw that several young soup workers had special earphones on their ears, so he poked You Yu and reminded him, "They are also devil players."
"Ah? How do you know?"
You Yu, who was concentrating on observing the surroundings, was startled and spoke in a daze.
"You really don't read any information at all... Demon players basically wear headphones and headsets to communicate with teammates. This is their characteristic. Even lone wolf players will use headphones to store the player panel storage card of the DM system, so that they can call up the panel with one click. Otherwise, why do you think Ms. Meihua worked so hard to research new headphones and headsets for us..."
Bai Ye sighed, and pulled back You Yu who almost went the wrong way, and pulled him to the correct position indicated by Kisaragi Maru: "Also, your position is here, what's wrong with you? You were a little absent-minded at the beginning."
"Ahh, I was just thinking..."
You Yu's smile was still bright and sunny: "Why is the hot spring water here blood red?"
He pointed to a gap in the corner of the hall that was difficult for ordinary people to find. Outside the gap, one could see a little structure of an independent hot spring courtyard. Bai Ye looked up and saw that in the narrow gap, the spring pool that should have been covered with mist was now blood red visibly to the naked eye.
"Also, the things coming from outside... those so-called big shots that we need to welcome, are they really human?"
You Yu looked at the chairs in the hall that Ruyuemaru had asked several soup workers to replace. The wooden chairs were of different sizes, some were above the shoulders and some were below the knees, but without exception, they were not the size that humans could sit on.
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