The color of blood reflected in Klein’s eyes, reflecting his almost frozen vision.

At this moment, a coughing sound suddenly came from the room, and Old Neil said in a hoarse voice:

"Dunn, what are you doing here?"

Dunn's grey eyes were extremely deep. He answered in a mellow voice without haste or slowness:

"We heard you were ill, so we came to visit you."

The room suddenly became quiet. After a few seconds, Old Neil screamed in anger and panic:

"No! You're lying!"

Before Klein and the others could speak, his tone suddenly became weak:

"Yes, I know something is wrong with me."

Old Neil... Klein suddenly closed his eyes, but the blood seeping out of the crack in the door did not stop.

Then, Old Neil raised his voice and said:

"But all along, I have never hurt anyone, nor have I ever thought about hurting anyone! I haven't, I haven't betrayed any important secrets of the Nighthawks. At most, I have reimbursed some expenses that shouldn't have been reimbursed. I really haven't done anything bad!"

"Klein." He suddenly shouted as usual, "I told you that the motto of the Secret Peepers is 'Do whatever you want, but don't hurt'. I always stick to this saying. I would rather endure and wait than do anything that would hurt others..."

At this point, he pleaded fearfully:

"Dunne, Luo Yao, Klein, please go back. Go back. Wait until tomorrow. I will be back to normal. I swear, I swear to the goddess, I will not hurt anyone else. Really!"

Dunn closed his eyes and asked in a very gentle tone: "What exactly do you want to do? What have you been trying to do?"

"Me?" Old Neil was confused at first, then he said with longing, "I'm trying to revive Sallyst, Dunn. I've found a way. I'm on the right track!"

"You should have heard that I made a mistake when I was performing the ritual magic. I failed to cure her disease and save her. I know that this is because I didn't master the mysticism well enough. Now, I have enough knowledge and experience to accomplish all that! It's a pity that I didn't get inspiration from the motto of the 'Secret Peeper' and Daly's example, and missed the best opportunity. If, if I were a High-Sequence Powerhouse, things would become very easy." As he spoke, Old Neil started to cry, "No, I can't give up anymore... Dunn, go back, go back, I beg you."

Klein clenched his teeth and heard the captain's voice fluctuate slightly as he asked:

"How are you going to revive Sallyst?"

Old Neil suddenly became excited:

"I will use the method of 'Life Transmutation' to prepare a body for her that will not age. Dunn, perhaps you don't know that the Sequence 4 of the Church of the Mother Earth is good at 'Life Transmutation', and the corresponding sequence of the 'Generalist' path can barely do it. Well, I will use the gift of the gods to complete it."

"Then, I will summon her soul from the spirit world and pray for the help of the gods to reunite the spirit and the body."

“Isn’t that a great idea?”

Dunn forced his mouth to curl up and said:

"Yes, that's a great idea. Old Neil, let us in, maybe we can help you."

"... Dunn, you still won't let me go?" Old Neil begged, "Go back, all of you. I'll be back to normal tomorrow. Really, Dunn, I swear, I won't steal your coffee beans again. Klein, Luo Yao, I swear, I won't let you cooperate with me to reimburse the unnecessary expenses again, really!"

In the slightly blurred vision of Klein and Luo Yao, Dunn lowered his head, then raised it and said, "Old Neil, you misunderstood. We are here to visit you. You are our companion. You are sick and not in good condition. We will definitely come to visit you. Open the door and let us take a look. Let us rest assured. As long as you are really fine, we will go back immediately. You know, we have a lot of tasks recently. We have to monitor the asylum and deal with various emergencies at the same time."

Old Neil hesitated for a moment and said:

"I'm really fine, really. I'll be back to normal by tomorrow."

The blood-red liquid seeped out from the cracks in the main door, flowed along the steps, onto the stone pavement, and into the soil in the garden.

"Old Neil, we have known each other for 15 years, right? We have been on countless missions together. I care about you and am worried about you. I have to see you in person to feel at ease." Dunn said in a mellow voice.

"...Okay then." Old Neil muttered, "I really have no problem."

With a creak, the front door slowly opened. Klein quickly raised his hand and wiped his eyes, restoring his vision to normal.

Then he saw that the hallway carpet was covered with bloody, sticky, hairy fluid.

Looking forward and gradually upward, he found that the floor, ceiling, round table, piano and chairs in the living room were all covered with disgusting, sticky, bloody liquid covered with dense short black hair.

Old Neil's gray head was hanging in the air, connected to the ceiling by thick mucus. A pair of eyes grew on his forehead and cheeks, cold, eyelash-less eyes.

The keys of the piano are jumping on their own, playing a beautiful and melodious melody.

"Dunne, look, I really don't have any major problems." Old Neil said with a bright smile, "Luo Yao, Klein, you think so too, right!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Klein saw sticky, bloody liquid with short black hair flowing out.

Dunn's grey eyes flickered, and he chatted casually:

"Old Neil, where did you learn about 'Life Alchemy' and 'Resurrection Ceremony'?"

Old Neil replied excitedly:

"I heard it. I tried the first part and it was indeed true! This is a gift from the gods. He kept telling and describing it in my ears. He is, He is..."

Old Neil's voice was stuck for a moment. After more than ten seconds, he spoke in confusion and fear:

"He is the Hidden Sage..."

Hidden Sage? Isn't that the impersonal god that the Morse Ascetic Order believes in? And this god later came to life, bringing evil and corruption... The Morse Ascetic Order has a complete sequence of "Mystery Peepers"... Klein's mind moved, and he thought of many things.

When the "Hidden Sage" was mentioned, Old Neil seemed to finally wake up. He looked around blankly, taking in everything.

In the indescribable silence, his six eyes looked at Dunn at the same time, smiled bitterly and said:

"It turns out that I have turned into a monster..."

Without waiting for Dunn and the others to answer, Old Neil suddenly revealed a panicked, flattering, fearful, and timid smile:

"Let me go, I will go deep into the mountains and never show up again. I won't hurt anyone. I will just quietly try my ritual. Really, please let me go, please, please."

At this moment, Klein felt something illusory shattered before his eyes.

Then, Old Neil's four cold, eyelash-less eyes flashed with a dark light and locked onto Dunn. His expression then became indifferent:

"You're pulling me into a dream!"

"No, it's no use! My eyes can see through it all!"

The bloody sticky liquid covering the ceiling, floor, and walls began to wriggle, like a giant opening its mouth wide, trying to swallow Klein and the others, while Old Neil's head became blurry, like a superposition of multiple phantoms.

Klein did not pull out his revolver in a panic. Instead, he reached into his pocket and planned to use the "Sleeping Spell".

Suddenly, he saw that everything had calmed down again. The bloody, sticky liquid covered with dense short black hair was as peaceful as a lake without wind.

Old Neil lost his expressions of indifference, coldness, hatred, and desire, and became calm and peaceful.

At some point, Dunn had thrown the sealed object "3-0611" out into the pile of bloody, sticky liquid.

The four eyelash-less eyes on Old Neil's forehead and cheeks slowly closed, as if he had no desire to open.

Any creature that comes into contact with the "quiet hair" without protection will become quiet and lose all power until the end of its life!

Dunn, Klein, and Luo Yao all drew their guns and aimed at the other's head.

At this time, Old Neil's face showed an expression of extreme fear and struggle. His strong desire to survive actually slightly overcame the influence of the seal "3-0611".

The four extra eyes disappeared. The wrinkles around his eyes and mouth were so deep, his hair was so gray, and his dark red eyes were slightly cloudy, just like when Klein first saw him.

"Dun, do you remember that I once saved you..."

"Luo Yao, do you still remember that I helped you save your family's lives..."

"Klein, do you remember that I taught you mysticism every day? Do you remember that we discussed how to reimburse expenses? Do you remember that I made hand-ground coffee for you? Do you remember that we dealt with the out-of-control Mandated Punisher together?"

…

One after another, the unreal pleading sounds entered Klein's ears, causing his right hand holding the revolver to tremble noticeably, and making him feel that it was so difficult to pull the trigger.

Bang! Bang!

Two silver demon-hunting bullets flew out and pierced into Old Neil's head one after the other.

Klein saw the extremely familiar face revealing a look of despair, saw his skull being blown open, and saw blood and milky white splashing in all directions.

The sticky blood liquid around began to shrink and quietly flowed back to the vicinity of Old Neil's head that fell to the ground. Dunn and Luo Yao lowered their guns at the same time and fell silent.

Klein watched all this in silence. He watched as Old Neil's "corpse" eventually turned into a mass of rotting flesh and blood. He saw a pair of painful, dark red, crystal-clear eyeballs in the flesh and blood.

He felt that all this was more like a dream and couldn't believe that it happened and ended like this.

He stared blankly and speechlessly at Dunn as he took two steps forward and saw the captain's slightly hunched back.

Dunn, wearing a black windbreaker, looked at the "corpse" of Old Neil in front of him and said in a deep voice as if talking to himself:

"We are the guardians, but also a group of poor people who are always fighting against danger and madness."