Chapter 62: Unshakable 05

Everyone had different expressions.

They had not expected that Gilgamesh's words could be translated in this way. If they said it was completely wrong, the King of Heroes did have the intention of mocking the magician family; if they said it was completely the same, the King of Heroes himself would be the first to object.

Especially the last sentence.

"Your soul is unique, the one and only Grey."

...No matter how you think about it, Gilgamesh doesn't mean that. Weber twitched his eyes, and after catching a glimpse of the King of Heroes' wonderful expression, he couldn't help but cough a few times to avoid laughing and exacerbating the conflict.

He understood Zhongli's intentions, but Gray was a sensitive person and might not believe what he said.

Seeing the girl's stunned expression, Weber called out, "Gray?"

"Yes, Master."

Grey raised her head suddenly, and Zhong Li withdrew his hand in time. This action reminded her. Grey lowered her eyebrows and whispered, "Thank you, Mr. Zhong Li."

"Ms. Grey, you are too kind. I didn't do anything. Why should I thank you?"

Gray's voice became even quieter, as if she was exchanging a secret: "I know that the last sentence came entirely from you, not Mr. Gilgamesh."

"Ms. Grey, this is what Mr. Gilgamesh meant. I am just delivering the message."

"Well... okay, this is what Mr. Gilgamesh meant," Gray pursed her lips and smiled. "Well, Mr. Zhongli, you can just call me Gray."

"Okay, Gray."

Gilgamesh: “…”

The heroic spirit's extremely strong physical condition allowed him to hear the entire story without missing a word. Gilgamesh looked at Zhongli, who had a smiling face and an innocent expression, and thought that gods were indeed annoying.

No exceptions!

Gilgamesh did not pursue his offense because Zhongli still had some entertainment value. The Hero King snorted coldly, attracting Zhongli's attention.

Zhong Li: "Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, I think the King of Heroes might be willing to answer a few questions. As far as I know, this is a magician's magic workshop. Why are you in a place like this?"

"What a foolish question. The whole world is my court. It is natural for the king to appear in any corner."

They really have the righteousness to "break into private homes".

Zhong Li nodded in understanding and continued to ask: "The scenery here is not pleasant. It seems not worth your special visit?"

"It is indeed a very shabby place," Gilgamesh replied, "but some interesting things have happened, so it is worth seeing."

"Oh? What is it?"

"There is no need for me to tell you." He refused outright and watched with interest what Zhongli was going to do.

Continue to ask? If Zhong Li could really lower his attitude instead of showing such "respect on the surface but contempt in reality", he could tell them.

Zhong Li smiled slightly: "It seems that the Hero King intends to leave us a test. In this case, I will not ask any more questions."

Gilgamesh: “…”

He actually stopped asking. And he even said it was a dead end.

The oldest king of mankind could not initiate the conversation, otherwise it would seem that he was rushing to tell them, which was clearly not in line with his status as a king.

However, Gilgamesh was now certain that Zhongli was really acting.

As a god, he must be able to obtain information through other means, otherwise he would not give up so easily and not even ask further questions. To sum up Zhong Li's question just now, it can be summed up in one word: "follow the procedure."

Because "asking questions" is the preferred way for humans to obtain information.

"Then go find it yourself." Gilgamesh chuckled and looked at Zhongli with undisguised mockery in his eyes.

You who want to be a human god, keep on performing. If the performance loses its interest, he will surely deliver the due judgment.

Perhaps the malice in Gilgamesh's eyes was too obvious, Weber almost broke out in a cold sweat, but Gilgamesh didn't do much. He said "Goodbye, Fuyuki", then opened the window, and after a few leaps, his figure disappeared into the gray sky.

Weber heaved a sigh of relief.

The cool breeze wrapped around the water vapor, and the room was quiet and silent.

"Mr. Zhongli," Gray said uneasily after a few seconds, "Did you make Mr. Gilgamesh angry and leave?"

Hoshino Nozomi couldn't understand.

Gilgamesh was a man of his word. He refused to provide any information, so Xingye Wang naturally followed his words.

He couldn't understand why even though he had been following Gilgamesh's wishes and finding various excuses to smooth things over, the King of Heroes' moods were still fluctuating?

In the end, Hoshino Mochi could only attribute the cause to Gilgamesh's moody personality.

In response to Gray's question, Zhong Li replied, "It's possible. Maybe I accidentally offended him again?"

He sighed, "That is not my intention."

Weber: “…”

It turned out that he was the only one who was worried that the Hero King was angry.

He looked at the calm and composed look of the young man, feeling a little dazed: Mr. Zhongli, is this considered a kind of "Special Attack Against the King of Heroes"?

"Mr. Weber?"

Zhong Li's voice brought Weber back to his senses. He shook his head and said, "I'm fine. Mr. Zhong Li, Gray, please continue on your way. We can talk about this later."

He couldn't help but think about Gilgamesh's last words.

Goodbye Fuyuki.

Of course he was going to Fuyuki, but ten years had passed and Weber was not sure whether the King of Heroes had recognized him. After all, Gilgamesh's attention was mostly on Zhongli just now, and he had not had much contact with him, let alone a "recognition of relatives" meeting.

So, if Gilgamesh did not recognize him, then this sentence was directed to Zhongli.

Mr. Zhongli is going to Fuyuki too?

At this particular point in time, there could only be one reason why the magician went to Fuyuki - the Holy Grail War.

Could it be that Mr. Zhongli wants to participate in the Fifth Holy Grail War?

Weber couldn't help being surprised.

Anyone who participates in the Holy Grail War has desires in their hearts.

Whether it's teacher Kenneth who wants to gild his resume, him who wants to meet the King of Conquerors, or other magicians who want to reach the roots and fulfill their family's long-cherished wish... in the final analysis, these thoughts are the embodiment of desire.

But the feeling that Zhongli gave him was too different, so Weber subconsciously separated his desires from him and regarded him as a real "immortal" with no desires.

But he forgot that it is impossible for a true immortal to mingle in human society, let alone order the most expensive tea, enjoy the highest level of service, or even assist the law and politics department in catching criminals.

What is Zhongli's desire?

Weber glanced to the side and saw Zhong Li's expression was indifferent, with no sign of anything unusual.

He still looked calm and composed, completely different from someone who was obsessed with something.

Weber looked away.

Just like he said just now, we will talk about these things later. The most important thing right now is to find the missing legal and political personnel and catch the magician.

Gilgamesh's purpose in coming here is still unclear, but Weber has a hunch that it is related to the wanted magician.

The noise they made when they fought just now was quite loud, which must have disturbed the magician deep in the workshop. According to the traditional magician's thinking, he would most likely not give up the function of the workshop as the strongest fortress, but would choose to hide deep inside and use various magics that had been set up in advance inside to eliminate the invaders.

But along the way, they didn't trigger any magic mechanism.

Did he find another way to escape early? Or... is he already dead?

"Mr. Weber," Zhong Li suddenly said, "please be prepared."

A strong smell of blood wafted in through the gaps in the thick door.

Zhong Li took half a step forward, blocking Gray's sight, and slowly pushed the door open.

Weber's pupils shrank.

Blood splattered all over the wall, black as ink under the dim light; scattered limbs were rolling on the open ground, with smooth cuts, obviously caused by sharp weapons; in the middle was a person lying on his back with a grim look on his face.

"He is the target this time." Weber confirmed his identity.

"Master, was it done by the Hero King?" Gray poked her head out from behind Zhongli and looked around. "It seems like he's the only one here."

Several previously missing victims and legal and political officers were not here.

"Judging from the wounds, he was indeed killed by the Hero King," Weber speculated. "On the surface, they had no conflict of interest, but the Hero King was always casual. Perhaps his words and actions were inappropriate and he clashed with the Hero King, leading to this outcome."

Weber finished speaking and fell silent.

This reason can only explain the magician's death.

Magicians are a group of unethical people. They are extremely selfish and regard everything as a help to reach the root cause. This "help" naturally includes the lives of others.

Life force can be transformed into magic power.

So before this, he speculated that the magician's motive was "to accumulate magic power." But if that was the case, why were there no remains of the victims here? Even if they were processed, there should be some traces left.

What exactly does Gilgamesh mean by "something interesting is happening here"?

Suddenly, there was a slight rustling sound beside him. Weber turned his head and saw that Zhong Li had taken a few steps and was looking somewhere.

【Detection and identification, success.】

Although the system has thermal imaging turned on, this measure cannot completely offset the existence of the "blindness" debuff, so the effect of non-successful detection and identification is greatly reduced, allowing him to only perceive the approximate direction.

But that's enough.

Sure enough, with his prompting, Weber soon noticed the anomaly. Gray picked up the bird cage in her hand, and the cube inside finally woke up from its dormant state and shouted in a rough male voice: "Is it finally my turn?!"

"Ade, be serious," Gray criticized.

The cube called "Ad" is a magic costume with a pseudo-personality (a supportive prop that assists in the performance of magic). In Gray's hand, it turns into a sickle, helping the girl destroy the magic circle in the corner and revealing the full view of its back.

In the dark cave, there are the remains of several victims.

"The number doesn't match, and the people from the Law and Politics Department aren't here." Weber shook his head.

But this is indeed where he deals with victims, where are the others?

Weber had a bold guess.

He looked towards Zhong Li, and met those golden brown eyes that seemed to see through everything.

Perhaps it was because Zhongli's several hints were too accurate, which made him subconsciously perceive that "Mr. Zhongli knows everything". Weber expressed his guess, hoping to get Zhongli's confirmation.

"Not all the missing persons in this town are due to him."

Zhongli nodded.

Weber relaxed a lot and continued, "There are magicians who harm lives to absorb magic power every year. If it was just for this reason, I'm afraid Gilgamesh would not come here in a big way and evaluate it as 'interesting'."

"Other magical incidents have occurred here, of a nature so special that the King of Heroes rushed all the way from Fuyuki to see them."

"What does Mr. Weber think?"

Weber took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I don't know. There are no other traces or items necessary to launch large-scale magic here. There is too little information for me to draw a conclusion."

Jumping to conclusions will only mislead them.

"Mr. Zhongli, what do you think?"

Zhongli did not respond immediately, and Weber's heart gradually began to lift.

In fact, Hoshino Nozomi was thinking about whether to burn it.

His luck value is only 16 points, so he has few opportunities to squander it, so he must use it wisely.

If he misses this opportunity, will it have a significant impact on his journey to Fuyuki?

The answer is yes.

The fact that Gilgamesh was sent out shows that the situation is extremely dangerous. It would be even more troublesome if Fyodor and the Red King were behind it.

But the luck value is too little, unlike the abundant luck value in Ray's movies.

Finally, Hoshino Nozomi decided to give it a try.

If the score is close to a big success, he gets excited; if it is too far away... then let Weber think hard.

Perhaps because he had too many bad lucks today, the goddess of luck finally couldn't stand it anymore and decided to favor him once. This time the points were very close, and Hoshino hoped for good luck and spent 4 points of luck to change the result to a great success.

He saw a black fog.

The fog was thick and airtight, as if it was going to swallow everything. The evil intention came over him, making his back cold. Suddenly, Xingye Wang heard a heartbeat, slow and heavy: thump- ...

He realized belatedly that it was his own heartbeat, and he realized that his mind had become very slow, like a rusty machine.

Something is stirring deep in my heart. Some emotions are swelling and about to explode.

【The will is determined, and success is achieved. 】

Hoshino Nozomi suddenly came to his senses.

That fog just now...can it trigger evil thoughts in people?

Not much of it remained, but under the influence of [Detection and Identification, Great Success], the effect was infinitely magnified, impacting Xing Yewang's spirit.

Apparently, this was the only thing in this magic workshop that could interest Gilgamesh.

Xingye Wang was not sure of its nature at the moment. He concentrated and looked at the large patch of light on the ground.

In addition to the victims in the cave, there were several other people here.

Hoshino Nozomi gave the answer: "The remaining missing persons are also here."

"What?" Weber was puzzled. "But you just agreed with me that the missing persons are not all due to this magician."

"That's right," Xingye Wang said calmly, "Someone else has been here and devoured other missing persons, and the cave just now was completely preserved due to the obstruction of magic."

He sorted out the sequence of events:

The magician hunted ordinary people, and after some of the victims died, they were all put into the cave. New victims appeared, but this time before the magician could deal with them, an unknown existence suddenly appeared and swallowed up the remaining missing people. Perhaps it wanted to swallow up the magician, but was stopped by Gilgamesh who rushed over, and then it left - or it might have been destroyed by Gilgamesh. In the end, Gilgamesh killed the magician, perhaps because of "offense" as Weber said.

...What is it? Could it be related to Fyodor?

A crisp ringtone suddenly interrupted his thoughts. Someone called. Xingye Wang couldn't see the caller, but he already had the answer in his heart.

After he answered the call, a voice as gentle as a cat came from the other end, with a usual frivolous tone: "Mr. Zhongli, long time no see~"

"Mr. Dazai, you are joking," Zhongli said calmly, "You and I have never met before, so how can you say 'long time no see'?"