Chapter 183 151. Is only tea okay?
“Wendigo?”
Li Tang squinted his eyes and stared at the policeman in front of him with an expression of disbelief, while brainstorming crazily.
If it is really related to the Wendigo...then the white dreams he experienced are not meaningless, and what secrets are buried in them?
The policeman in front of him had a noncommittal expression. He did not respond directly to Li Ming's question, but continued his official business.
"Well, our Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed that you are not suspected, so you can leave now."
The policeman smiled ambiguously, and then his tone was frivolous.
“However, if you, a group of marked dangerous elements, appear at the next crime scene next time, then... don’t blame us at the Metropolitan Police Department.”
“ Of course it won't happen, don't worry." As soon as Sato heard that he could let them go, he immediately stood up and said respectfully.
“That’s best.”
The policeman held on to the brim of his hat, as if he didn't want anyone to see his face at all, and left the airtight room.
Li Dang came back from his thoughts and hurried to the door to ask the policeman for some information, but there was only an empty corridor in front of him, and no one could be seen in any shadowed corner. , it looked like it had disappeared out of thin air.
“Let’s go, Li Ming. Although I don’t know what you were talking about with that policeman, it seems like it’s not an important thing right now. Let’s leave quickly. I always feel like there’s something wrong with the Metropolitan Police Department. Something's wrong." Sato packed his backpack, walked to Li Deng and patted his shoulder, saying.
"Of course this is not an important thing to you, but to me..."
Li Ming hesitated before he could speak. He suddenly thought that these people in front of him should also be just white people. No matter how much I told them about this part of the dream, they wouldn't believe it. It would be better to talk about it after escaping from this white dream.
And it seemed that the policeman knew him. If he was really an acquaintance, he should be able to meet him before the dream ended, or in the next dream.
That's the purpose of this policeman...
What's puzzling is, why did he remind himself that the dream was about the Wendigo incident?
Is it a reminder?
Unable to understand.
When everyone left the sealed room and came to the hall, Researcher Tsukishima was already sitting on the bench in the hall waiting for everyone to arrive, with an unhappy smile on his face.
“That’s right.”
Just as the greetings were about to begin, the young policeman quietly appeared behind everyone, continued to look at the crowd while holding on to the brim of his hat, and raised the corners of his mouth. .
“Although you entered the Metropolitan Police Department as suspects before and were interrogated, you were also the victims of the theater bombing at the same time. In order to let you citizens have a better impression of our Metropolitan Police Department, So after leaving the Metropolitan Police Department, a special car will take you there Go to the hospital and get a free physical examination. "
"Of course, if you don't want to go for a physical examination and you feel that you are in good health, we at the Metropolitan Police Department do not force you to leave on your own, but... I believe you will not. That’s how it works, right?”
"How can you be so sure?"
The policeman who had always been suspicious was right in front of him. Li Dang used words to soften and divert his attention, while walking cautiously towards the policeman from the other side. , prepare to catch turtles in an urn.
“Of course I can be sure, because all of you seem to have suffered varying degrees of injuries. If you don’t go to the hospital, I’m afraid there will be a risk of infection. If I remember correctly, regarding the New World Case There is still part of the exhibition, you don’t want to miss this event, right?”
The policeman raised his eyebrows, then he looked at Li Ming, who had been trying to get closer to him, and smiled.
"Okay, Mr. Li Dang, don't doubt my identity. In this world, my identity is a pure policeman." The young policeman took off his police cap from his head, his face He smiled and said, "Because of a certain situation, we can determine the appearance of this world, so even if I expose my face, you won't recognize me."
"It's really a thoughtful consideration."
Li Ming frowned slightly and gave up the idea of pursuing the case further. He patted the policeman in front of him on the shoulder hard, as if to remove his bones. .
"Don't let me know who you are. If I find out who you are after waking up from the dream, I won't have the patience."
"I quite hope you can Recognizing me, that should be the greatest pleasure after all,” the policeman said with a smile.
Li Tang snorted lightly and waved his hands towards everyone.
"Let's go, since our police comrades have said so, the free physical examination is a bit suspicious, but these things are really free of charge."
Everyone looked at each other at a loss. Finally, it was Researcher Tsukishima who stood up and expressed his agreement. Then they left the Metropolitan Police Department together and got into a special car to go to the hospital in the New World.
There may be other meanings in saying this. The hospital in the New World sounds really interesting.
In the car, Li Ming, who was huddled in the corner of the back seat, took out his mobile phone and searched for various information about Itacua on the search engine.
"Ithaqua is one of the Old Ones in the Cthulhu Mythology, created by August William Derleth, and appears in Derleth's short stories "Itacua"
Itacua is also known as the "Wendigo". Its prototype is the snow monster "Wendigo" in Algernon Blackwood's work. It is inspired by the indigenous people of North America about the Wendigo. The legend, or the legendary snowman. ”
It’s the Cthulhu Mythos again. This thing appears very frequently in dreams.
Last time it was the Green God, this time it’s Itakua.
Interesting.
Li Dang thought of the two books he and Kurosawa found in the drawer together with Bai Meng at the hospital in the laboratory. Could it be that White Night Syndrome is also closely related to the Cthulhu Mythos?
It can be seen from the following text that this thing is indeed very similar to the Wendigo. In addition to the passages that the policeman read to him, there are also words about its appearance.
"Another common appearance of Itacua is a humanoid with huge horns and hair, with claws as sharp as knives, vicious fangs in its mouth, and blazing eyes. Luster.
It will exhale large clouds of mist from its mouth, and snowflakes will surround it strangely. This incarnation is likely to be the original form of the horned god of nature believed by prehistoric humans.
Itacua's footsteps are as loud as thunder and can often be heard in the silent winter nights, and huge footprints will later be found in the snow
Between the footprints. The distance is usually about half a mile, and any follower who follows this trail will find it suddenly disappears, which generally means that Itacua has flown into the sky here."
Fly into the sky?
Sounds a bit unreliable.
The cannibalistic Wendigo creature appears to be flightless.
But then again, is Professor Shirai’s Wendigo Project just for the future of new humanity? There should be other secrets hidden inside, otherwise this kind of thing that is only considered because of extreme thoughts cannot be blocked.
Then continue reading.
"The residents of the Arctic Circle believe that Itaqua will appear every autumn. It wanders deep in the forest on icy and snowy nights. If an unlucky human encounters it, it will become a victim."
There are other words after the end of this paragraph, but the special car from the Metropolitan Police Department has already sent them to New World Hospital.
In the morning, they caught up with Otozaki Suzuki who came to the hospital to visit the injured, and brought a lot of Japanese specialties "hand-rolled sushi".
"Let each of you get a few points. You came to see my sister's performance and suffered a bomb attack. I'm really sorry..." Suzuki Otozaki looked apologetic and asked an assistant from behind. He took out a large box of hand-rolled sushi in his hand. "This is the sushi we made overnight. Although it is a little rushed, it should look good, so I hope you don't dislike it."
Li Ming squinted his eyes and was also assigned a box of hand-rolled sushi, just like As Otozaki said, it looks really good.
But...
The meat in the hand-rolled sushi is a bit whitish. It is cut into large pieces with large grids on it. At a glance, it is clear that it is not poultry meat, and it is not the same as the mammals he knows. Not really.
Watching Suzuki Otozaki leave with the support of his assistant, Li Ming secretly wrapped part of the hand-rolled sushi in paper towels and threw the rest in the trash can.
He always felt that something was wrong with Otozaki in front of him.
Remembering that I had already been to Suzuki's home once before, I immediately pretended to be feeling unwell and found an excuse to leave the hospital. I hailed a taxi and headed to Suzuki Otozaki's home.
On the way, he received a message from the Metropolitan Police Department, which was just a personal phone number.
"Li Ming, after all the hard work, I finally found your phone number in this world in the database. Don't be surprised now, let alone guess my identity in the first place. In the future Baimeng I will contact you through this method. 》
"I wonder if you have eaten those hand-rolled sushi given by Suzuki Otozaki? The Metropolitan Police Department just received new news when investigating the details of the case, saying that there was new progress in the case of Kobayakawa, the victim in the original case exhibition. An interested person unfolded the meat slices in the hand-rolled sushi and found that There is body hair on a certain part of the face.”
“I can’t tell you more details here, because all call records and message records of the Metropolitan Police Department are monitored. What's more, it's still in this abandoned white dream resource world."
"Complications of heavy dreams in white dreams, most of the triggered dreams are white dreams abandoned by the hospital in the past, connected together through some kind of twisted plot lines, and what you have experienced, the key words you should have already You guessed it, it’s the new world.”
"Be careful on the road. Suzuki Otozaki is not an easy person to deal with...it should be said that he is an NPC."
Li Ming smiled to himself. It would be better to say that he already had the answer in his heart. After knocking on it for a few times.
"It's so long-winded, Yuan Qingyu, I didn't expect you to have such a mother-in-law side, but don't worry, I will definitely live well, there is absolutely no way I will collapse right here."
The words being entered appeared at the top of the dialog box, but quickly disappeared, followed by a rapid message prompt.
Li Dang did not continue reading, but turned his cell phone to silent mode and put it in his pocket.
With the help of an expert in dream science like Yuan Qingyu, it would be better to say that the complications of heavy dreams can be escaped quickly.
But then again, what does the abandoned Baimeng resource world mean?
This is a two-story building with an independent courtyard, the kind that traditional people would live in. It is no longer as lively as it was when the crime happened, and it looks like it is closed to thank guests.
Pressing the doorbell, it was Suzuki Otozaki who appeared in front of Li Ming.
"Ah, you are the... wounded person from the theater? Can I call you that? Or, can you tell me your name?" Otozaki asked, looking out his face.
"Li Ming." Li Ming said calmly.
"Oh... Mr. Li Ming, what's the matter?" Otozaki glanced behind him, then turned back and asked curiously, "It's a little inconvenient for me here... If it's nothing If you have any questions or want to thank me, please come back another day. ”
Thank you.
Thank you indeed.
Thank you for serving us that meat.
Li Ming laughed to himself: "It's like this. Although I have something important to tell you, I also want to express my gratitude. Can we go in and say it? It's not convenient outside, you know. There are a lot of paparazzi following your sister, even standing guard in front of your house."
"Ah..." Otozaki couldn't refuse after hearing this reason, so he opened the door and let Li Ming in. , and then closed the wooden door.
Otonzaki is wearing a purple loose maternity dress and rooted home shoes. Looking in from the door, it is a simple European style decoration, very neat.
Entering the house is a special living room with a circle of sofas. It can be seen that the owner often entertains guests here.
There are packages of all sizes piled up in the room, and even the sofa is covered with cloth, as if the owner is ready to leave, Otozaki. Obviously he didn't intend to clean up the sofa again, so he took Li Ming to the dining table and sat down.
"Is it okay to just have simple tea?"
"Tea? As long as you don't give me blood, Miss Otozaki." Li Ming sat at the dining table unceremoniously, with a smile on his face, "Ms. Otozaki , you seem unprepared , Luring the wolf into the house is what you just did."
"Luring the wolf into the house? I have already killed Kobayakawa, why should I be afraid of you, an ordinary person?" Otozaki doesn't seem to be worried. Plan to pretend , she sat opposite the young man, "The name Mr. Li Ming doesn't sound like a native of Japan, does it?" Good name, even It is said that this is the same fate as Miss Kobayakawa."
"No, I think your name is somewhat sunny. In Chinese, Ming means dusk." (End of this chapter)