Chapter 83 Bai Ye: Look who is this? Hey, Faust!
"wonder?"
Bai Ye raised his eyebrows.
Feicui nodded: "Yes, wonder, although it is only a suspicion, but according to what Mr. Faust said, it should be almost certain. The thief probably came to scout the place for the Ten Commandments token."
However, the Phantom Thief did not expect that even the Law Enforcement Bureau had no way to deal with the situation in front of them.
"Wonder doesn't have the power to affect the mind. How did they become like this? Could it be the crystal skull?"
You Yu looked at the people on the hospital beds in disbelief. On the way to the scene, he had imagined countless strange phenomena that might happen, but when he saw them with his own eyes, he still felt a long-lost sense of confusion.
The crystal skull... This kind of strange biological phenomenon, even if it involves the suspected participation of the power of the devil-level demon Mitran, is a bit too beyond the limits of human imagination when it appears in reality.
"have no idea."
Different from what Youyu had imagined, Feicui clenched her fists on her chest as she looked at her colleagues and local residents lying on the hospital beds in a state of unconsciousness.
"The most incomprehensible thing is that no one knows how this happened... This strange phenomenon is like a virus that has infected some tourists in this town at a terrifying speed, and then infected the law enforcement officers who came to inspect through the tourists who asked for help. Until now... the medical department of the law enforcement bureau and the directly affiliated hospitals have not figured out how these things were transmitted."
You Yu's eyes widened: "How is it possible?!"
"Nothing is impossible... Perhaps the power of the Demon King is more unreasonable than we thought."
A slightly cold female voice came from the busy medical staff. Meihua, wearing a law enforcement uniform jacket, sat in an automatic wheelchair, turned out of the isolation board, and appeared in the sight of several high school students.
Behind her was Spade, who was rarely seen frowning.
"Senior Plum, Senior Spade..."
You Yu stared blankly at the plum blossoms that suddenly appeared. Everyone realized at this moment that the situation in Ink City might be more serious than they had imagined. The headquarters of the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau actually sent two of the four leaders here, leaving only Red Heart to stay in Night City. In addition to the most outstanding law enforcement team, the law enforcement team [Wings of the Goddess of Victory] organized by the rising star Faust, and the local law enforcement forces in Ink City, the law enforcement force gathered here has exceeded any previous situation.
"Preliminarily, we can only temporarily identify it as a transmissible virus, but..."
Spade shook his head, his voice sounding listless.
"But the crystal skull in the legend of the Ten Commandments was clearly made by the people of the Ancient Ink City, or by the priests who believed in the Demon King Mitlan. It was used for sacrificial ceremonies. It is a decorative folk product, not a virus like an infectious disease..."
"So after Meihua and I searched the entire town, we made a preliminary guess - this town is too normal. There is not even any trace of demonic power, but this situation has occurred. It must be that the bold behavior of some desperate people has infiltrated the inner world into reality, causing the demonic power to overflow, and these unlucky people who were chosen were the first to react to this overflowing demonic power."
Spades' words were rather obscure and difficult to understand, so Clubs rolled their eyes at him and said, "Speak human language."
Spade visibly cowered. "Alright, our great technical support. To put it simply, someone is causing trouble in the inner world. It's so big that it's affecting the real world."
Jade's frown deepened, and it looked like she could crush someone to death.
"Spade-senpai... I never expected you to be joking..."
Shuise took a deep breath and felt that everything in front of him was becoming unreal.
The inner world and the outer world are essentially the inner and outer sides of one world, just like the two sides of a piece of white paper. When a major event occurs on one side, the other side will also be affected. However, because of the barrier between the inner and outer worlds established by the Ten Commandments, this impact will be reduced as much as possible to the point where it cannot be observed. Now, the abnormality of the crystal skull has swept the town, and it is difficult for several high school students to imagine what the inner world on the other side of the world barrier has become like now.
"I have a bad feeling..." Linglan stood behind Youyu with her arms folded, and reached out to adjust the hem of her skirt: "If we want to get the Ten Commandments this time... I'm afraid we have to go to the real inner world, not the superimposed world of the inner and outer worlds."
Shuise closed his eyes in despair. To be honest, when he and Youyu founded the Squid Detective Agency a few years ago, he never dreamed that he would be entangled with demon-level demons in his lifetime, and even have to enter the other world in person to find the Ten Commandments token.
"The DM system will definitely open an entrance to the other world in this town or around the Tree House Tribe in the next few days. I'll have to trouble all of you young and promising juniors to stay alert to any abnormalities in this town. Remember to report to me and Meihua in a timely manner after you find the entrance... During this time, Meihua and I will be here to process and analyze the demonic power attached to these patients, and try to see if we can reverse their condition."
Spades became unusually reliable, and Clubs nodded upon hearing that, a rare look of anxiety and seriousness appearing on their cold faces.
"We will."
You Yu and Feicui looked at each other. As the main leaders of the two teams, they clenched their fists on their chests and made a vow.
"We will. Before the demon apostle does something irreparable in the other world, we will definitely find the entrance to the other world of this town and the tree house tribe..."
Jade clenched her teeth. The terrible oppressive feeling of the impending major crisis with demonic power made her feel as if she was back in her childhood when she was powerless against an ordinary demon follower. How similar was the game at that time to the current one? Due to some actions of the devil apostle in the other world, a game appeared in Night City, which is known as the safest city where devil games will never appear. In that game, the young Jade lost everything she had. Her originally happy life suddenly collapsed, and her home has since become an orphanage under the Sun Enforcement Bureau.
Even though she could now easily destroy her most horrific childhood nightmare, that despair still lingered in her heart all the time.
And when she was enveloped by despair, it was Faust who extended a helping hand to her.
"You have the talent to be a law enforcer. Let me see...your name is Jade, right?"
In his memory, Faust came to the orphanage directly under the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau for a routine inspection, but accidentally met Jadeite who had just awakened her soul tag.
"Are you interested in becoming a law enforcer? Join the team I formed and fight the monsters that ruined your life."
Jade could no longer remember Faust's expression at that time, but his voice still echoed in her ears all the time. She had never forgotten her original intention of becoming a law enforcer - that was to fight the monsters that destroyed her life with her own hands, so that others would not fall into the bad predicament she had at that time, and that the tragedy she had experienced would no longer happen anywhere in the world.
So Feicui looked at Youyu, and this time her eyes did not move away from Bai Ye. Instead, she stared straight at Bai Ye without retreating.
"I said, I'm looking forward to your performance when we meet again... so happy cooperation."
She repeated what she had said at Solomon College, just as she always did.
The team of law enforcers dispersed from the cemetery. Bai Ye and Shuise were divided into a group and prepared to go to the town's market to look for clues and see if there were any new victims contaminated by the crystal skull virus. Shuise had performed in many cities with his teacher and the Muse Music Band, but he had never had the opportunity to go to a remote place like the Skull Town with its unique local folk customs. He was soon attracted by the exquisitely shaped marigold skull wreaths.
When Shuise first came here, he was frightened by the skeletons decorated on the wreaths. But now that he has seen them so many times, he has developed immunity to them. Shuise even nodded with satisfaction at those slightly weird wreaths and began to analyze the design of the wreath structure.
Bai Ye looked at Shui Se, who was beginning to use artistic concepts to analyze and observe the marigold wreath, and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the person working with him was the easiest to deal with, Shui Se. At least he now finally had some time alone to deal with the most terrifying time bomb in his body.
He turned around and found a good angle, until he was sure that from any direction he was just admiring the wreaths of marigolds and skulls that every household placed in front of their doors, just like Shuise, then he opened the long-missed T173 system panel.
As he expected, the confusion caused by DM has disappeared, and on the panel of t173, the familiar red dot of [Path of Destiny Exploration] lights up.
He stretched out his hand and was about to click on the long-lost new message to see the "spoilers of the next plot". He was thinking about whether he could use some means to make the DM system and t173 fight against each other again, so that he could benefit from it and not let Lily of the Valley go on the road of no return to death. Then he heard a voice that he would never forget in his life coming from behind him - it was in the opposite direction of the water.
"Look who this is."
The other person's tone was extremely calm, as if he had seen some novel toy on the street and was commenting on it casually.
"Isn't this the bad guy who dared to backstab Senior Faust in the game?"
Another voice sounded closer. Bai Ye clenched his fingers hanging at his sides tightly. He seemed to see again the cold face of the man who did whatever he wanted that night by relying on the fact that he was a student of Queen, one of the three chairmen of the Law Enforcement Bureau, and even asked several students to test the danger level of the game for him.
Bai Ye did not hesitate. He turned around suddenly, and for the first time, his cobalt blue eyes stared at someone without any emotion.
A gray-haired young man wearing a law enforcement officer's black uniform coat and a blue shirt stood at the other end of the street. His pair of emotionless, frightening green eyes were like green crystals, without malice, but also without kindness.
The same eyes as that night in Rye Town.
Bai Ye almost held his breath.
Next to the young man were several young law enforcers with the emblem of the [Wings of the Goddess of Victory] on their chests.
"Faust..."
Bai Ye uttered the name word by word.
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