Chapter 190: Serious Illness Steady Performance
In the reception room of the east building, Little Red Riding Hood fell into long thought after listening to the information brought by Yu Sheng.
A few minutes later, she let out a long sigh. "There might be a dark angel hidden deep in the 'fairy tale'. This is really the worst news I have heard in recent days. In other words, the 'trap' set for me in the white exhibition hall was actually the cultists trying to free their 'master'?"
"It was a test, but it's hard to say what the next test will look like," Yu Sheng nodded slowly. "Now that I think about it, their methods in the 'museum' were actually very crude. There were too many uncertainties in the process of the sacrificial ritual inducing you to lose control. What if you retreated without successfully reaching the white exhibition hall? What if you changed your mind at the last minute that night? And those 'security guards' who wandered around after being activated - they stood in front of you. I guess this is definitely not what the cultists wanted to see."
"So they might just be collecting some 'information', trying to see if inducing subset out of control can change the structure of the 'fairy tale'," Little Red Riding Hood frowned. "If they succeed, that's great. If they fail, the clues will be cut off by Old Zheng. If it weren't for your incredible ability to 'talk to the dead', the Secret Service would have a hard time tracing the matter back to the Angel Cultists."
Yu Sheng nodded. "In fact, the Secret Service has run into new troubles. They only caught the two exposed Angel Cultists. It is said that the arresting personnel have been stalking the South City for a long time, but have not found any traces of other members. It seems that the day after you came out of the museum alive, the cultists knew that their plan was out of control. Everyone cut off their connections and hid. The two exposed ones probably didn't expect their information to be leaked so clearly, so they didn't run away."
"...You got into that cultist's head and didn't find any clues about his accomplices?"
"No, that guy protected his mind very well. Irene had penetrated his subconscious defenses, but he could still blur out his accomplices in his dreams," Yu Sheng said with a curled lip, obviously a little unhappy. "To be honest, if there was no problem with the ritual in his dream, I might have discovered something if I had lurked for a while longer. But that guy woke up... It seems that the fact that the ritual failed due to the use of counterfeit and shoddy materials is really deeply rooted in his mind."
As soon as he finished speaking, Irene, who had been sitting obediently on the sofa, immediately stood up: "I am also deeply impressed by this kind of thing, okay! You bought materials for me to rub my body from the five-dollar store, and I even suspected that you bought the same brand from them..."
Yu Sheng's face suddenly tightened and he didn't say anything. There was something in his heart that he was too embarrassed to say out loud - in fact, the "alchemical materials" he bought for Irene were not as good as the counterfeit products bought by those cultists. The same things were several dollars more expensive than what he bought.
He was afraid that the moment he said this, Irene would fly up and bite him. This guy's body was made of rebar today, and a bite from him would have the force of 1.5 vises...
At this time, Little Red Riding Hood spoke again: "Those angel believers will definitely attack again, but now the Secret Service has been alerted, and the cultists will definitely be more secretive. They probably won't attack our members directly with fake commissions or other things that can be easily detected like last time. But I'm afraid that their brains are not normal, and they will take more cruel measures..."
"So you must be vigilant during this period," Yu Sheng said in a deep voice, "Whether you are a member going out or staying in the orphanage, you must be careful and pay attention to any suspicious people or objects appearing nearby. The identities of all people entering and leaving the orphanage must be checked, including acquaintances. If possible, it is best to communicate more with the members of the organization about the commissions they have received recently to see if there is anything suspicious. If not, you can ask me to help. We don’t have many orders anyway..."
Yu Sheng stopped talking. He saw the girl opposite him looking at him with a smile, and he scratched his nose awkwardly: "Why are you looking at me?"
"Nagging adult," Little Red Riding Hood laughed, "You said I was always nagging."
After saying that, she waved her hand and said, "Don't worry. Although Tonghua is just a group of 'children', it is also an old organization that has been active in the border area for many years. We know how to deal with those guys with bad intentions.
"Also, you mentioned 'suspicious' just now... I actually encountered a suspicious thing today."
Yu Sheng immediately became excited when he heard this: "What did you find?"
"A strange shadow, like a thorn bush, appeared on the outer wall of the building in the outdoor activity area. It flashed for a moment and then disappeared, but I am sure I saw it."
Little Red Riding Hood said this with a serious face. She did not ignore the matter because it was small or the information was insufficient at this stage. During the cooperation stage with allies, she must share all the discrepant clues she found without omission. This is an unwritten "rule" in the special profession of spiritual detectives and investigators.
Too many people have died because they missed even the slightest bit of intelligence when dealing with alien worlds or entities.
Yu Sheng was puzzled by the shadow described by Little Red Riding Hood.
As a "newbie", he certainly couldn't imagine what that thing was.
It was Irene who broke the silence: "Have you seen anything like this before within the orphanage?"
"If you mean something like 'hallucination', then it's not uncommon. There are countless nightmares and things that try to interfere with reality. It has happened before that voices suddenly came from a classroom at night, or lights came on in a locked room, and someone danced. But it's the first time that a shadow exactly like that thorn has appeared," Little Red Riding Hood said thoughtfully, "and it happened at such a sensitive time."
Yu Sheng didn't speak for a while. He lowered his head and thought. After a long time, he broke the silence: "That's great. Let's talk about the other thing I want to tell you."
Little Red Riding Hood looked at him curiously.
"I have a plan that may temporarily 'protect' all the children in the orphanage," Yu Sheng raised his head and said to the girl with a serious face, "but this requires your cooperation, and... the process may be a little bit weird."
When Little Red Riding Hood heard this, her eyes widened immediately: "Ah? Are you serious?! Is there such a way?"
"Do you remember the 'wasteland' that you and Xiaoxiao went into?" Yu Sheng didn't keep the question in suspense and said directly, "You both escaped an attack in the Black Forest there."
Little Red Riding Hood blinked: "...You mean, this process can be 'copied' in batches?"
"It should be possible. Just repeat your experience with Xiaoxiao on other people," Yu Sheng said, holding up a finger. "To put it simply... take a bite."
Little Red Riding Hood's originally excited and expectant expression suddenly turned into a dull expression: "..."
She realized what was going on.
"Let me confirm this," the girl looked at Yu Sheng with a troubled expression, "There are more than 70 people in the orphanage. Are you planning to give each of us a bite?"
"right."
"...Do you have enough blood?"
"The dosage should not be large," Yu Sheng said seriously, "At the beginning, Hu Li used his teeth to scrape a small wound on my hand and it worked - and if it doesn't work, I can do it twice."
Little Red Riding Hood still felt that this topic was strange: "So what are you going to do specifically? It's not a good idea to just have the children do a 'blood-receiving' ceremony. First of all, we are a formal organization..."
"There are several options at the moment, including mao blood curd, cold mixed blood sausage, blood tofu, my blood vermicelli soup, and having them fight a bloody battle with squirt guns in the muddy water... But I rejected this plan before leaving, mainly because it's winter now."
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Little Red Riding Hood was stunned as she listened to the other party's plan. Her expression was as if her rationality had evaporated. It took her two minutes to realize what she had heard. Her eyes almost glared at Yu Sheng: "You have to pay me for listening to your 'plans' - I need at least two injections of rationality blockers before I can sleep tonight!"
When Yu Sheng heard that the other party was still in a joking mood, he knew that although his proposals had a great impact, they were still listened to, and he couldn't help but smile.
But just as he was halfway through laughing, the fox next to him, who had been silent, spoke up: "My benefactor, I've always wanted to ask you, does blood... still work if it's cooked?"
The smile on Yu Sheng's face and Little Red Riding Hood's stunned expression froze on the spot.
Then Yu Sheng thought about it and discussed with Hu Li: "But it smells fishy raw, and children too young can't accept it... It takes too long to take effect when applied on the body, and the effect is not stable."
"How about some cilantro? I love cilantro."
"Not really - most children don't like cilantro."
Little Red Riding Hood stared back and forth between Yu Sheng and Hu Li for more than a dozen times, and finally couldn't help but speak: "No, can you discuss such a weird question so casually?"
"You'll get used to it," Irene sighed in a mature manner, "They've always been like this. Yu Sheng dares to think anything, and Hu Li dares to accept anything."
Fortunately, this weird discussion didn't last long.
"I think we can test the effect in batches first," Yu Sheng turned to Little Red Riding Hood with a serious face, and spoke without caring whether the other party was ready or not. "Let 'parents' like you try it first. After all, you are already in a very unstable period and belong to the high-risk group. It will be most effective to establish your 'protection mechanism' first. As for the children... most of them are in the early stages of nightmares, so we can take it slow first. What do you think?"
Little Red Riding Hood sat there blankly, her mind wandering for a long time. Suddenly her eyes rolled and she spoke hesitantly, "…Then how should I tell them? What reason should I use to call everyone here?"
"…Just say you ordered takeout."
little Red Riding Hood:"……?"
(End of this chapter)
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