Chapter 421: Influence
At noon when the sun was shining, in a very cleanly decorated kitchen, a curly-haired girl with a big bow on her head was standing there, humming a little tune while cooking, happily preparing lunch.
In the midst of the busy work, the girl standing on a small stool skillfully used kitchen utensils to prepare two plates of food. One plate contained breaded chicken legs and vegetable salad, and the other plate contained several fried fish. After preparing the dishes, the girl poured some milk, one in a cup and one in a plate.
After preparing all the dishes, the girl put everything on a plate and brought it to the dining room in the house. At this time, a black cat was sitting on the dining table in the dining room. The black cat was staring at a hand mirror placed on the dining table with an extremely serious look on its face, as if it could see something in the hand mirror.
"Grandpa, it's time to eat~"
The girl named Salia put the plate on the dining table and carried the dishes on the table. She gave the plate of fried fish and a dish of milk to Black Cat, and kept a plate of breaded chicken legs and a glass of milk for herself. After hearing Salia's voice, Hei Meng nodded and moved the hand mirror in front of him to the side.
"Yeah... got it."
As the black cat spoke, it began to lick the milk in the dish in front of it. Salia, who was standing next to it, sat down and looked curiously at the antique hand mirror with a crescent pattern placed next to the black cat, then spoke curiously.
"Grandpa, you've been staring at the mirror since a while ago... and your expression is a little strange. Did something happen?"
"Almost... I just got news from the mirror that the group of traitors in Black Dream showed some major abnormal movements at 12:00 this morning. We can confirm that all the pseudo-moths started migrating at the same time and changed their dream world coordinates. They are now completely difficult to track..."
After licking the milk a few times, the black cat said to Salia. Hearing the black cat's words, Salia was stunned, and then said in surprise.
"All the pseudo-moths of the Black Dream Hunters have started to move? How could this happen? This has never happened before..."
"It just hasn't happened since you can remember. This has happened to them before. When the association encounters a serious incident, they will take similar actions to enhance concealment... So, the Black Dream Hunters must have encountered something recently, and it is most likely something bad."
The black cat said this to Salia, and after licking the milk, he began to eat the grilled fish on the plate with both paws. After listening to what the black cat said, her brows frowned slightly, and then she seemed to think of something and continued to mutter.
"What bad things have happened to you recently? Um... Speaking of which, last night when I went to the Dream Realm to look for the Black Dog from the Security Bureau to go hunting, he asked me about the Black Dream Hunting Group, saying that the Rosicrucian detective had asked him to help with the question."
"That Rosicrucian?" After listening to Salia's words, the black cat who was chewing fried fish became serious. Then he raised his head and looked at Salia with a serious expression, and then continued to speak.
"You mean... last night, the Rosicrucian asked someone to ask you about the Black Dream Hunters? Could it be that they have had any connection with the Black Dream Hunters?"
"Well... I think it should be that. According to what the detective said, he traveled to a small town in southern Castile and found that there was a disease called sleeping sickness in that town. It was said that those who were sick worshipped a moth god that could bring beautiful dreams. After hearing that, I knew that it was a hotbed for Black Dream to breed false moths, so I asked Black Dog to tell the detective some information about the Black Dream and the false moth base, asking him to be careful... After all, in my dreams, I am often taken care of by Lord Paarthurnax, so it should be okay to tell them something that has nothing to do with us."
Saria said this to the black cat, and then she thought for a while before continuing to speak.
"Hey... Grandpa, you said that after I told them the information, the Rosicrucian attacked the Black Dream Hunters directly, and they fought with Black Dream, so Black Dream showed such abnormal behavior today."
While biting the bread, Salia told Hei Meng her guess. Listening to Salia's guess, the black cat shook his head.
"Impossible. You gave them intelligence last night that the Black Dream Hunters had unusual movements this morning. If they really took action against the Black Dream Hunters, it would be almost like taking action immediately after receiving the intelligence. This is too unstable no matter how you think about it. At least we need to analyze it.
"Also, judging from the performance of this Rosicrucian before, they don't even have much hatred with Black Dream, and they may not even know each other well, so they lack the reason to take action."
Black Cat analyzed and spoke in a serious tone. Listening to his words, Salia said with some disappointment.
"Hmm... Is that so? It would be great if they started fighting. Lord Paarthurnax might be able to fight against the Pseudo-Moth in the Dream World..."
"Don't think too much, Salia... To deal with those traitors, we'd better not pin our hopes on external forces that we ourselves cannot figure out." The black cat said this, and then after taking a few more bites of the fried fish, he continued to speak.
"But this time, Black Dream's unusual movements still concern me. I will try to find out what happened to them... Well, if there is a chance, you can also ask Black Dog or even Dragon indirectly, asking them how the detective who encountered the Black Dream base is doing now, and which city is that base specifically? Is there any special phenomenon recently? You don't have to ask deliberately, just find a chance to talk about it."
Hei Meng instructed Salia like this, and Salia nodded after drinking a glass of milk.
"Yeah, I understand, Grandpa."
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Conquer the northern shore of the sea, Navaha.
In the afternoon, in the southern port area of Navaha, the church fleet was still here. Like many citizens of Navaha, many sailors and passengers on the fleet were talking about the chaos this morning.
Due to the nature of the church, most people on the fleet noticed unusual movements last night, as if some large-scale extraordinary event had occurred. However, they had no idea how serious the incident was, and the few people on the fleet who had actually experienced it were all severely affected.
In the captain's cabin of the fleet's flagship, the USS Boone, the escort fleet's commander-in-chief, Jod, was leaning on his bed, looking haggard and with a very bad complexion. In front of him were several men in strange priest robes.
They were heresy investigators from Troyes, and they came to Navaha specifically to take over the Haiyuan Church case. However, they never expected that after they came to Navaha, the situation here became more complicated than before.
"Mr. Jode... According to what you said... a huge extraordinary creature in the form of a strange moth appeared here last night. It not only hypnotized everyone in the city, but also prepared to devour the spirits of the hypnotized people."
Sitting on a chair in the captain's cabin, the leading investigator spoke to the haggard Joad lying on the bed with a surprised look, and Joad nodded and spoke slowly.
"Yeah... that should be a creature from the dream world that can affect reality. I suspect there is a cult of 'shadows' that practices dream abilities in this city. This creature might have been summoned by them..."
Joad spoke seriously to the investigator. After hearing what Joad said, the investigator's expression became serious for a moment, and then he continued to speak.
"We all thought... we were only here to deal with the Haiyuan Cult, but we didn't expect things to become more complicated... A cult that practices dream abilities. I've heard of a group called the Black Dream Hunters before. I wonder if it's this one..."
"I'm not sure... Shadow cults are usually more secretive. People like us who often drift on the sea have more contact with the Sea Abyss Cult, and at most the Dark Gold Society. This time we encountered an opponent who mainly relies on dream abilities. It was really difficult. We almost all died..."
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