Chapter 194 Angel Umbilical Cord
As soon as the word "umbilical cord" came out, Yu Sheng noticed that the expression on Little Red Riding Hood's face was visibly a little strange.
Then, she frowned slightly: "I feel like... this isn't the first time I've heard this word."
"It was first when I went to the Secret Service to look up the data on the 'Adulthood' operation seventy years ago," Yu Sheng nodded gently, his expression extremely serious. "I mentioned it to you after I came back. The data at that time recorded that one of the divers who returned to the real world kept repeating the words 'baby crying' and 'umbilical cord' before he died."
Little Red Riding Hood took a deep breath.
Yu Sheng couldn't help but turn his eyes to the "umbilical cord" in the box again.
...Why does Lao Zheng have this thing in his hand? What is this so-called "umbilical cord"? Whose umbilical cord is it? How is it related to the "fairy tale"? The answer seems to emerge faintly. Yu Sheng frowned and tried to piece together those vague and trivial clues and ideas into a complete circle. While thinking, he hesitated and said: "If this 'umbilical cord' is really related to the dark angel trapped in the 'fairy tale'..."
Little Red Riding Hood involuntarily took another breath: "Your words are a bit scary."
Then she paused, and then continued uncertainly: "The key is... Lao Zheng is just an 'ordinary man' who studies and collects rare objects. At most, he knows some tricks to protect himself from supernatural powers. Something of the level of 'Angel Umbilical Cord' would be a bit explosive if it was placed in the Secret Service. How could it fall into his hands?"
Yu Sheng didn't say anything for a while, but his mind couldn't help but recall the "psychic ring" he had seen in Lao Zheng's bedroom before, and the black tentacle that he saw coming out of the crack in the ceiling after he touched the psychic ring.
The tentacle was swinging around in the air, as if looking for something.
While thinking, he hesitated and spoke: "What if this umbilical cord was not found by Lao Zheng from somewhere, but was given to him by the Dark Angel?"
Little Red Riding Hood frowned tightly. She understood what Yu Sheng meant by this. Then her expression became more and more strange. Gradually, this strange expression turned into a helpless and complicated smile. She smiled bitterly and muttered: "Old Zheng... Old Zheng..."
She raised her head and looked at Yu Sheng beside her with a bitter smile: "Do you still remember those 'psychic' runes left by Lao Zheng? They were crude and simple, and even poorly made by a novice, but he used those runes to easily contact the 'Dark Angel' that the cultists might not be able to see even if they tried their best. Now there is this umbilical cord... Do you know how ironic this is? "Those angel cultists treated Lao Zheng as a disposable tool, and even killed him because they thought that Lao Zheng would 'defile' their Lord. In fact, according to their theory, Lao Zheng might really be the chosen one of 'Ankaela' - at least in terms of the 'distance' to the Dark Angel, he is closer than every cultist."
"For ordinary people, being born closely connected to a dark angel is not a good thing," Yu Sheng sighed and closed the box. "What those angel believers desperately pursue is what normal people would rather avoid."
"We've taken this thing away," Little Red Riding Hood nodded to Lao Zheng's nephew, "If you find anything else suspicious in your uncle's belongings, contact us immediately."
Then she paused, fished out a notepad and a pen from her pocket, quickly wrote down an address and handed it to the other party: "Also, you may have some nightmares in the next two days, which is a normal phenomenon after being exposed to 'pollutants', but the impact is not serious so there will be no sequelae. If you keep having nightmares, go to this address and find a doctor named Lin. Say that 'Little Red Riding Hood' referred you there, and she can help you."
The young man hurriedly took the note: "Oh, thank you, I'll remember it."
After leaving Old Zheng's house, Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood did not return directly to the orphanage, but walked slowly on a secluded path near the apartment building.
"I will go to the Black Forest again after I return," Yu Sheng said, weighing the wooden box in his hand. "I will take this umbilical cord and the bullet the hunter shot me last time with me, and see what happens."
"...I always feel that every one of your actions has crossed the taboo line of the spirit world detective business," Little Red Riding Hood couldn't help but roll her eyes, "Do you know how many safety rules you have violated in just this one sentence? If you were an ordinary spirit world detective, you would have died several times over just because of this behavior habit."
Yu Sheng chuckled: "I am just an extraordinary spirit world detective. I have died several times."
Little Red Riding Hood slapped her head and said, "...Okay, I forgot about it."
Yu Sheng smiled, took a long breath, and looked up at the sky: "Okay, we're done here, it's time to go home - I'll take you home first?"
"No need. My wolf pack and I will take the shadow shortcut back. We can just run a bit to relax."
"Okay, I'll go home first. Please be safe on the road."
"I know, I know - bye."
An illusory door opened in the living room of No. 66 Wutong Road. Yu Sheng stepped through the door and returned home from another part of the city in the blink of an eye.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw three Erins huddled in front of the computer, one typing away on the keyboard, one holding the mouse and leaving an afterimage, and another staring at the small map. Not far away, Hu Li was hanging the freshly washed tails one by one on the clothesline on the balcony. The neatly arranged silver-white fox tails sparkled in the sun.
Seeing this familiar and ordinary daily scene, Yu Sheng couldn't help but relax. He hung his coat on the hanger near the entrance and shouted to the busy dolls and foxes: "I'm back."
"The benefactor is back!" Hu Li was the first to run over happily, and quickly circled around Yu Sheng several times, "Is everything going well?"
"It went well, it went well," Yu Sheng was so confused by this fox girl that he had to reach out and hold her down. Then he glanced at the pile of tails that were hung on the balcony, "...You wash your tails a lot recently, and it's a big deal every time."
Hu Li said seriously: "In winter, it is cold and dry, so you need to take care of your tail. After washing and drying, it will be fluffy and very comfortable to hold while sleeping!"
Yu Sheng actually couldn't understand it. After all, if Hu Li's tails were well maintained, she could just launch a round of missiles the next time they fought. Besides, she could grow new ones at any time to replace them. Was it really necessary to maintain them?
But seeing the happy and serious look on the fox girl's face, he decided not to ask. Cyber Fox Fairy was probably like this...
At this time, Irene (one of them) also came over. She looked up at Yu Sheng and asked curiously, "What are you holding in your hand?"
Yu Sheng weighed the wooden box in his hand, and his expression became serious: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the umbilical cord of the Dark Angel."
As soon as he said this, the three Ires were all stunned.
Then the sound of someone being killed came from the computer on the coffee table.
"Oh my god..." The two Erins in front of the computer exclaimed at once, and quickly tapped on the keyboard, taking advantage of the few seconds of waiting for resurrection to output all their efforts to the family of the game planner.
Irene, who was standing in front of Yu Sheng, took a half step back in an exaggerated manner: "What?! What did you bring home?!"
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Yu Sheng bent down, opened the wooden box and showed it to Irene.
"This was found in Lao Zheng's belongings. I went to his nephew's place before I came back," he explained the origin of this thing. "I suspect Lao Zheng actually has a strong connection with the dark angel trapped in the 'Fairy Tale', and he probably doesn't completely trust the angel believers, so after obtaining this umbilical cord in a certain ceremony, he hid it - now, this thing may be the key to solving the mystery of the dark angel 'Ankaela'."
When Irene saw the shriveled umbilical cord in the box, she stepped back subconsciously. She was not affected by mental pollution, but she instinctively felt that this thing was a bit disgusting. After hearing Yu Sheng's explanation, she couldn't help but show suspicion on her face, and looked at Yu Sheng with a strange look: "You are not going to use it to make wine, right?"
Yu Sheng: “……?”
When Irene saw that the other party was silent, her expression suddenly became more complicated: "...You're not going to use it to make wine, are you?"
"Is this the impression you have of me? I eat everything?" Yu Sheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I want to take this thing into the Black Forest to see how the 'subset' of fairy tales will react to this angel umbilical cord. It would be best if I could use this opportunity to figure out the true state of 'Ankaela'. It would be even better if I could find its weakness."
Irene listened to Yu Sheng's "plan" blankly, frowning: "Why don't you just use it to hang out in the bar?"
Yu Sheng: "Is my plan so unreliable?"
"It's not a question of whether it's reliable or not," Irene said with a serious expression, "but have you ever thought about another possibility - what if you bring this 'angel umbilical cord' into the Black Forest and it causes the Dark Angel to wake up or escape faster? After all, it's this kind of thing."
Yu Sheng frowned.
"Indeed, there are risks in this regard, so we must be prepared to 'cut' the umbilical cord at any time," he said slowly and seriously, "But no matter what, we have to give it a try - we really don't know enough about the Dark Angel 'Ankaela' right now."
Seeing Yu Sheng's serious look, Irene felt relieved, but she still asked subconsciously: "The plan is good, but are you sure you can cut off the umbilical cord's 'connection' with the outside world at any time? You don't know anything about seals..."
Yu Sheng thought about it and said seriously: "If it doesn't work, I will eat it on the spot."
The little doll froze for a moment.
After a few seconds, she jumped up on the spot: "...So you still have to eat it in the end!?"
(End of this chapter)
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