socalfunplaces Chapter 688 A Possible Mr. Moon!
Chapter 688 A Possible Mr. Moon!
It's best to treat cases of missing five- or six-year-old children as a joke.
Who would have thought that the police would take this so seriously?
Perhaps neither the siblings expected that so many people would go missing during this period.
"This is ridiculous!"
Ian scolded him while his face was full of embarrassment.
During this period, he also complained about the incompetence of the police.
So much time has passed, and there is still no news of his son.
Who knew that the real reason was that their own two children were making a fuss here, and even gave such crucial and fatal wrong information.
Miss Triss's breathing began to quicken.
Several of her colleagues devoted a great deal of energy and effort to this case.
They hadn't received any useful information for a long time, initially thinking it was due to their own incompetence. Little did they know that it was the missing person's relatives who provided the fatally wrong information.
"You're practically making a joke of the police force!"
Triss couldn't help but shout a rebuke.
However, the noble couple in front of them dared not utter a single word.
After a long apology, Ian pleaded in a low voice, "My son Jerome's friend who likes dolls is named Cordas. Could you please help me find out where he is now?"
"After this matter is resolved, I will definitely publish an article in the newspaper to thank the Public Security Bureau."
"Don't worry, Mr. Ian, we will do our best."
"I just hope that you two will stop cursing our police department for being incompetent at home."
As she was leaving, Miss Triss couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.
Chu Yang, standing to the side, frowned deeply.
"Obsessed with dolls? In the original story, there was a Mr. Moon who was very passionate about them and was known as one of the three celestial idiots."
"But if I remember correctly, that Mr. Moon should still be on the path to becoming a pharmacist."
"Later on, he switched to the lunar pathway, and eventually, that guy became a great figure known as the Sequence Four Witch King."
"But that Mr. Moon doesn't seem to be named Cordas."
"Could it be that Mr. Moon had previously used a different name to conceal his identity?"
Chu Yang's mind raced.
After the investigation was completed, the two waited for the carriage to arrive at the street corner.
"So this family really was up to something. They were joking about something so serious."
"I really wish I could have red-haired Stero come and cause them trouble himself."
Miss Triss, standing on the street corner, couldn't help but mutter some words.
God knows how many scoldings they received from their superiors during this period because of similar missing persons cases.
Now it has suddenly become clear that some of the criticism was unwarranted.
How could she not be furious?
Just as Chu Yang was secretly shaking his head, completely unwilling to pay attention to such sarcastic remarks.
Suddenly, a large number of servants emerged from the house in front of them, each carrying a strange doll.
They walked straight toward an open space at the corner of the street.
The ground there was charred black, clearly a place used for burning garbage and household waste.
"It seems that Mr. Jerome's beloved possessions are going to be completely burned to ashes."
"This little guy will probably regret his actions if he knew he would end up like this."
Chu Yang couldn't help but shake his head in regret. These dolls looked quite ornamental, and it was a real pity to burn them like this.
Just as one of the lovely maids was carrying a small doll and passed by Chu Yang, his spiritual senses suddenly stirred.
He vaguely sensed that something was amiss, but couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"What triggered my intuition? Has the trajectory of my destiny been altered?"
Chu Yang couldn't help but start using his Pure White Eyes.
Then, the moment he used his cheat ability, his brain churned and he immediately fainted.
"Damn it, it's a high-level anomaly!"
This was his last thought before he collapsed.
When Chu Yang woke up again, a full moon was already hanging high in the sky.
Chu Yang took out his broken pocket watch and checked it, discovering that he had been unconscious for more than eight hours.
Meanwhile, even now, his head is still throbbing with pain.
It was clear that in that final moment, he still hadn't recovered the spiritual energy he had depleted.
"What's wrong with you? Why is your spiritual energy being depleted so drastically?"
"When that Officer Triss brought you back, I thought I was going to see a monster born before my eyes."
"How could human spirituality be so thoroughly depleted?"
"Even a recently deceased ordinary human wouldn't reach your level."
Manhattan, who was guarding the bedside, had a look of utter horror on his face.
As an extraordinary individual within the Reader sequence, Manhattan possesses far more esoteric knowledge than the average person.
Many extraordinary individuals transform into monsters because their spiritual power, or rather their spiritual awareness, is so depleted that they are unable to sustain themselves.
However, after Chu Yang had been unconscious for several hours, there were no signs of any monstrous fluctuations within his body.
Manhattan even investigated for a long time but found no clues.
Otherwise, he would have already killed his beloved student himself.
Chu Yang's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was already churning with turmoil.
He was perfectly aware that his current state was absolutely wrong.
"So, all of this was thanks to my cheat-like abilities protecting me?"
"However, besides the effect of the pure white eyes, it is also possible that the god of knowledge and wisdom has once again bestowed his favor."
"Moreover, my soul comes from another world, so it may not be so easy to lose control. In fact, my soul doesn't have much of a connection with this world, so it may never be able to lose control."
"But if that's the case, why can I so easily mobilize the power deep within my soul?"
Chu Yang racked his brains but couldn't think of a single possible scenario.
He had no choice but to feign extreme fear on his face and explain weakly, "I saw something very strange."
"I tried to probe it with my intuition, but I fainted completely in just a moment."
"Perhaps that item is of a very high level, and may even involve unknown secrets."
Hearing "Manhattan" here, I couldn't help but gasp.
"You're just casually observing unknown and mysterious things?"
"So you're extremely lucky you didn't die."
"It's my fault for not teaching you this taboo beforehand."
Manhattan paced back and forth anxiously.
In the world of extraordinary beings, there is a hidden rule: one should not easily explore anything that is unknown.
Those things may very well contain taboos that even powerful extraordinary beings cannot touch.
Anyone who enters the gates of the extraordinary knows this rule.
Perhaps only Chu Yang, a guy without any elders to guide him, would dare to act so recklessly.
Chu Yang was filled with helplessness.
He simply felt that his destiny had been altered, so he subconsciously opened his Pure White Eyes to observe.
Who would have thought it would lead to such terrible consequences?
However, this experience did bring him some benefits.
At least he knew that his body wouldn't be easily corrupted and turned into a monster.
In the future, with the help of his prophetic knowledge of the plot, he can pursue taboos with greater confidence and boldness to some extent.
Seeing that Chu Yang's spirits were improving, Manhattan gave him another stern warning before turning and leaving.
"The teacher probably guessed that the truth wasn't so simple, but thankfully he didn't press me for details."
Chu Yang breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
As a Sequence Seven Extraordinary Being, how could Manhattan not notice the flaws in Chu Yang's language?
Moreover, Chu Yang had just woken up and didn't have enough time to fabricate a perfect lie.
But Manhattan reacted as usual.
"As expected, everyone has secrets, even among extraordinary individuals."
"I just hope my secret can remain hidden forever."
Chu Yang muttered a couple of words to himself, and then the scene before he fainted flashed through his mind again.
"Those people are so strange, they're even connected to the highest level of secrets."
"That almost killed me."
Thinking of this, his forehead was covered in cold sweat.
The secret he saw in me just now, it hides the truth of this world.
If we were to summarize it in words, that secret could be described as a gray fog.
And soon, the ruler above the gray fog will become the Fool Klein.
In other words, Chu Yang just almost used his Pure White Eyes to unravel the secrets of the gray mist.
This is absolutely unforgivable.
In other words, the Pure White Eyes had a sufficient effect to make him unconscious immediately.
Furthermore, his body has neither the basis nor the possibility of going out of control.
Otherwise, he couldn't even imagine what a terrifying monster would have been born on the streets at that time.
"But speaking of which, things that are connected to the gray fog are quite precious."
"In future Tarot gatherings, many members will possess this extraordinary item."
"This is actually a pleasant surprise."
Chu Yang couldn't help but shake his head.
He had previously fainted on the spot after viewing that kind of item.
In that brief moment, less than a second, the Pure White Eyes still delivered their intended effect.
Now he can even use the power of the Pure White Eyes to reconstruct items with those extraordinary properties.
"Now, as long as I prepare enough materials, I can completely establish a connection between the hidden entities above the gray fog and the corresponding items."
"That way, I can truly qualify to become a member of the Tarot Club in the future."
"However, all of this depends on Klein's response; otherwise, I still won't be able to easily enter the gray fog."
Chu Yang couldn't help but mutter to himself, feeling mostly secretly pleased.
At least he discovered a brand new path to join the Tarot Club.
He originally thought that if he was forced to, he would have no choice but to personally contact the people around Klein.
But that's a path for the inferior.
After all, Klein was under the watchful eyes of too many great beings.
Anyone who establishes a connection with Klein's true form will be monitored.
He would never take that path unless absolutely necessary.
Meanwhile, deep in a dimly lit alley in a gang-controlled area.
At this moment, Miss Hugh was completely shrouded in a black robe.
His eyes were full of caution as he carefully concealed himself among the ruins.
Not far from him, several men who looked like gangsters carried a corpse and threw a flag into a pre-arranged transport wagon.
The carriage was already piled high with the corpses of many dead people.
The bodies of these people looked extremely thin, and their clothes were very tattered.
After observing some new details, Miss Hugh quickly concluded that these guys were all dead homeless people.
"What the hell are these damn gangsters doing? How could they be so kind as to collect a homeless man's body?"
"And one of the guys inside is the owner of the clothing store Chu Yang mentioned."
"What on earth is he doing? Is he heading towards becoming a ghoul?"
"Or has he become a real corpse collector?"
"However, according to Mr. Chu Yang, the corpse collector must become a believer of the Church of the Night."
"Of course, there are other secret churches that can also achieve this."
"The most incredible thing is that this ordinary and unremarkable clothing store owner actually knows about role-playing techniques."
"What exactly happened to this guy recently?"
Miss Hugh became increasingly alarmed as she looked at the document.
Just as her thoughts were racing, Holmes, the clothing store owner who was tidying up in front of her, suddenly turned around.
Miss Hugh's thoughts wandered for only a moment, but Holmes accurately detected her hiding place.
Holmes didn't lash out. Instead, he waited until he had dealt with the other gang members from the neighboring area before turning around with an unfriendly expression and staring at the corner where Miss Hugh was hiding.
Holmes was holding a brass-shaped rune in his hand.
Miss Xiu was also holding the rune that Chu Yang had once given her.
It was precisely because they sensed similar runes on each other's bodies that they refrained from making a move.
"Who are you? Why do you have these runes? And why are you following me?"
Holmes's expression was extremely cold, a far cry from the kind and amiable clothing store owner he had been during the day.
After a slight hesitation, Miss Hugh explained:
"I am the arbitrator, Hugh."
"I called you here because I received a new commission. Someone is very interested in your case of being dizzy and dead."
Holmes frowned. "Are the authorities watching me?"
At this moment, he appeared very aloof on the surface, but inside he was already terrified.
He was just an ordinary person who had long been accustomed to relying on clothing stores for a living.
Where have I ever experienced something so terrible?
Not to mention he knew about the existence of official Extraordinary Beings.
He also knew that being targeted by the official extraordinary individuals would definitely not end well.
Fortunately, he had secretly learned some knowledge about the world of extraordinary beings beforehand. (End of Chapter)