Chapter 28 Exit (big chapter, updated today)
“The gas pipeline exploded again...”
“The pipelines in Rhine City are too old and always explode... ”
The comments in his ears made Lin Qi feel a little depressed. The red-haired woman who was chatting and laughing happily a few hours ago has turned into what she is now.
The stretcher was covered with white cloth, covering the body underneath from head to toe. Dark red blood seeped out from under the white cloth, and there was also a burning smell.
After all, the life he knew was disappearing before his eyes, and Lin Qi was inevitably a little sad.
But more of it was weird and astonishing.
How is it the same coincidence as the fire in the Hall of Order?
It was like the experience of the night before yesterday was repeated. Everything seemed to be controlled by someone, and I hit a wall step by step. Like a flying insect trapped in a spider web, the harder it struggled, the deeper it sank, and was eventually swallowed up silently by the web.
But there was no sign of direct intervention.
Furthermore, only the archbishop and himself know about the actual investigation. It cannot be leaked and should not be targeted. Besides, it is a completely impromptu decision to track the trajectory of the strange object before closing in the evening. , even if Officer Natalie wanted to reveal it, it was too late.
What on earth is going on? Is there someone behind the scenes?
The more Lin Qi thought about it, the more he felt that danger was lurking around him, and his mind became more and more confused, until someone from behind tugged his arm.
As soon as I turned around, I saw Officer Natalie's strange expression and...a head of dazzling red hair.
Mrs. Bessie had quietly appeared behind her at some point, and she and Officer Natalie were watching him hanging his head in deep thought next to the body in a depressed mood.
Um? What's going on? Wasn't she the one who died?
Lin Qi opened his mouth, pointed at the red-haired woman, and then pointed at the body behind him.
“Um, I don’t know him. Maybe he was a guest I’ve received before. He just said he wanted to talk to me about something, and then he blew himself up in front of me. It’s probably because ordinary people’s minds were eroded by strange objects. , this kind of thing is quite common, but this man’s death was a little more violent. The police gentlemen said that he had explosives hidden in his body and are investigating his identity.”
Mrs. Bessie's expression was quite calm, more relaxed than the surrounding passers-by, as if nothing had happened just now.
"You're okay after the explosion?"
Lynch looked at the broken glass doors and windows, and then at Mrs. Bessie. Despite such a severe explosion, the red-haired woman was still dressed as she was when we met at noon. Not only were her clothes not dirty or damaged, but her hair was not messed up. She even held the ivory pipe in her hand, looking graceful and elegant.
"You underestimate the power of the Soul Shifter, not to mention Mrs. Bessie. With her ability to protect herself, she will be fine even if I am killed." Officer Natalie patted Lynch on the shoulder and turned her head. Explained to Bessie, "We encountered some situations today. He was a little too nervous. Don't mind."
"Pfft, I didn't mind. Natalie, your little partner is quite cute." Yes, you actually feel sorry for me. Boy, I like you, and I will give you a 10% discount when you buy or sell things."
"Wait, don't lie to me, you can't do this when selling things. Forget it." Lynch blurted out instinctively.
"Haha, I was so stupid just now, but now my reaction suddenly became faster." Mrs. Bessie had no consciousness that the store had just been bombed. She took Officer Natalie's hand and said, "Sit in the back, first Your business is done, I’m afraid my place will be closed for a few days.”
So I was just fighting with the air? In fact, the accident here has nothing to do with us.
Tsk, it’s a bit embarrassing, but it’s always a good thing that the people you know are not dead.
Lin Qi followed, sighed slightly, and entered the store while laughing at himself.
The messy shop has become worse. All the goods have been overturned. No wonder it will be closed for a few days.
Mrs. Bessie did not look distressed and walked in briskly. However, the three of them had just walked halfway when a shout from a blue uniform came from behind.
"Madam, Mrs. Bessie, please wait a moment. I have a question that I need to ask you for confirmation. Do you remember the name Donny Naton?"
"Never heard of it. Is it the one that exploded just now? What does this person do?”
“A newspaper reporter, it is said that he has been missing for several days.”
"I really don't remember. I'm sorry, Mr. Police."
The blue uniform left in disappointment, while Mrs. Bessie led the two of them around the debris on the floor and got into the small door behind the counter, a narrow A corridor appeared in front of Lynch. At the end of the corridor was an ancient dark red wooden door.
Rough and thick, there is a strange skull painted on the door, exuding a strange atmosphere.
[Gate of Blood, my blood and soul will guide you and bring you to my side. 】
"In order to prevent ordinary people from accidentally coming into contact with special products, and to prevent accidents like just now, all mysterious-related facilities and items are stored separately. Come with me." The red-haired woman said, taking out a He pricked his finger with a sewing needle and smeared a drop of blood on the skull's forehead.
Two lines of blood flowed from the eye sockets. Lin Qi smelled a strong smell of blood, and then the heavy wooden door slowly opened, revealing a dark space behind it.
"Wait a moment."
Mrs. Bessie entered the door first, just like walking into a normal room, and then there was the sound of moving the lever, and the lights quickly turned on.
The moment the door opened, Lin Qi felt a stinging pain in his eyebrows, a buzzing in his ears, countless lights and shadows shaking in front of his eyes, and he was in a trance, as if he might faint at any time, until a few seconds later The feeling of discomfort gradually faded away. He pressed his eyebrows with lingering fear, where he still felt pain, and smiled at the worried police officer, indicating that he was fine.
‘Travel companion, what’s going on? ’
[The gate distorts the distance between two points, bringing you into direct contact with another location. 】
‘So this is Doraemon’s random door? ’
The female voice was silent for a moment before continuing:
[No, both sides need to be fixed. 】
‘Hiss, you peeked into my memory, and pretended not to see it when I remembered that I shouldn’t have seen it. So why do I have a headache? ’
[There are eleven sources of mysterious filth behind the door, which have caused too strong stimulation. Do you need me to show you the strange objects one by one? 】
‘Forget it, I won’t peep into this kind of privacy. '
"Are you okay, Lynch." The police officer had already held his arm and said loudly, "Bessie, Lynch..."
"Don't worry, it's normal for people with keen inspiration. It will get better after a while." Mrs. Bessie had already lit the lamp and came out, but she was stunned. "You recovered? So fast? Impossible, I can't do it here. There is a disaster level..."
"Huh? What?" Natalie raised her eyebrows.
“Ahem, I’m talking about destructive-level strange objects. People who can’t sense them will not be affected, but how can they recover so quickly if they sense them.”
"Maybe it's because my brain is slower than others." Lynch shrugged and muttered in his mind, "Is that what you said, that I recover faster than others?" ’
[Yes, your will is strong enough and you can quickly adapt to abnormal stimuli, not just mysteries. 】
“How can there be such a statement.”
Mrs. Bessie looked at Lynch for a while, put aside her surprise for the time being, and led the two of them into the open door of blood. Behind the door was a rather spacious space with no doors or windows, but there was a gas pipe sticking out of the wall, which was warm. Gas lights illuminated the entire space. There was only a red wooden door poking into the corner of the room, not leaning against the wall at all, which looked quite strange.
There is a row of metal cabinets standing beside the wall. There is a vague feeling of weirdness and ominousness inside. In the middle of the room is a circular platform raised from the ground, like an altar, with complex patterns engraved on it. .
“Something.”
Bessie took the box handed over by Officer Natalie, stroked it for a moment and said, "Well, the way to store William's holiday surprise is to ensure that the packaging is complete and the ribbon is tied."
As she said that, she put He placed the strange object on the altar, crossed his arms, and looked at the strange object beside him, lost in thought.
“You need to track the trajectory of the strange object, right?”
"Yes." They both nodded at the same time.
“Huh, strange objects look like entities, but they are actually just manifestations of dream memories. Therefore, the actual concept of carrying and transferring strange objects is not really taking an object, but carrying it. A memory. "
Lin Qi felt like she was back in a college mathematics class again, and the only thought in her mind was what was she talking about?
"So if we want to see the mysterious trajectory clearly, we first need a light that can guide me to focus on the mystery."
As she spoke, the red-haired woman carefully took out twelve black sticks from the cabinet on the side. Candles were fixed one by one around the altar.
“The Black Falcon is a semi-mysterious creature from the New World. It likes to devour creatures contaminated with mysterious filth. Even hundreds of meters in the air, it can keenly detect subtle mysterious tracks on the ground and integrate its soul into candles. Can perfectly meet our requirements ”
The candles were lit one by one, and whether it was an illusion or not, Lin Qi only felt the sound of flapping wings and a clear scream ringing in his ears. "The mysterious trajectory is too illusory for mortal eyes to peep into, so we need to guide the mystery to leave an illusory mark in reality for a short time."
This time she moved a small He took out a handful of dry leaves and stuffed them into the incense burner, then lightly lit them.
"Dreamcatcher is a standard mysterious plant. Once in a lifetime, it can guide the mysterious memories of dreams to temporarily appear. Unfortunately, it will only show all the surrounding memories indiscriminately. But if the juice of the human-faced sunflower is dripped at this time, it will It has directivity."
As he spoke, he opened a small glass bottle and poured three drops of liquid into the incense burner. There was a soft pop, and thick blue-purple smoke came out of the incense burner. However, the smoke seemed to be restricted, hovering above the altar without spreading outward at all.
“Turn off the lights for me.”
Instructing Lynch to turn off the gas light, there was only a circle of fire around the altar in the room. The red-haired woman sat cross-legged next to her, clapped her hands together, and a crystal ball floated in front of her as if it was being held up.
"Then, I'm here to find you."
Mrs. Bessie wiped her left and right eyelids with her index finger, then pressed her fingers on the crystal ball, pushing the crystal ball in the blue-purple mist Floating, his eyes followed the crystal ball closely, with a strange smile on his lips. The atmosphere also became more and more unpredictable, leaving Lynch and Natalie unable to even breathe.
‘Traveling companion, traveling companion, she is not using any power or ability, why does it look like magic. ’
[Secret method, using mysterious special techniques, she used one of them. 】
‘Can I use it too? ’ Lynch was full of expectations.
【Not now. 】
‘You mean it’s enough to wait until I alienate my soul? ’
[Yes, I wish you success. 】
"Oh, I found you, my dear."
Lynch was harassing the voice in his head. Mrs. Bessie in the blue mist suddenly moved and murmured softly to herself. At the same time, The movement of pushing the crystal ball is getting faster and faster, but the amplitude is getting smaller and smaller.
"You are right here, I saw your trajectory...thorn flower...ah~~"
The voice that sounded like she was dreaming suddenly stopped. Mrs. Bessie let out a shrill scream, jumped up suddenly, kicked the strange object away, grabbed a basin of water next to her and violently poured out all the candles, and then threw out the crystal ball. He smashed it hard on the ground and smashed it into pieces. His legs were weak and he knelt beside the altar.
However, the next moment, she jumped up quickly, grabbed the hammer beside her, and smashed it against the altar. She hammered three times in a row, breaking the stone platform into several pieces, and then threw it away. Hammer, slumped to the ground again, huddled up holding his head, and kept muttering in a low voice: "He's looking at me, he's looking at me, he..."
"Bessie, wake up. .”
Natalie hugged the red-haired woman hard, and only then did Lynch see her front clearly.
At this time, the red-haired woman no longer had the calmness she had just now. She had a look of horror on her face. The corners of her eyes were cracked and blood was seeping out from the wounds.
“He found me, he found me, it was so scary, hoo, it’s okay, I’m okay, just one step away, hoo, Natalie, hoo, I escaped.”
"What's going on? What happened?" The police officer hugged Mrs. Bessie and gently patted her back to calm her down.
"I disturbed an evil and terrifying existence and was almost caught up by it." The red-haired lady broke away from Officer Natalie's arms, grabbed her hand and shouted, "Listen, Na Tully, no matter what you are pursuing, stop immediately and stay as far away from this matter as possible."
"What did you see?" the police officer said solemnly.
"I don't know. I didn't see it clearly. If I see it clearly, I won't be able to come back. But that evil will is too terrifying. No, it is definitely not something we should touch. That damn strange thing is related to With this terrifying will, the thing you want to investigate is closely related to it, no, it is directly related. God, what case are you investigating and why are you directly related to this existence? Stop immediately and stay away from this case. , otherwise you will be approached by this will sooner or later."
"Bessie, this is not the first time we have faced those cultists who sacrifice to evil gods."
"It's different. , absolutely different, our souls, everything about us, will be swallowed up by it, no one can escape, it's too scary, hurry up, stop it now. Also, take that piece of shit away, hurry up, I will never do it again. Touch it, never.”
"Okay, okay, don't touch it, neither of us will touch it." Natalie gently helped Mrs. Bessie wipe the blood from the corner of her eyes, "Are you okay? Will you be affected in any way?"
"I'm fine, don't worry about me. I'm a professional. If you say I ran away, I ran away. Fortunately, I just sensed a little breath through the trajectory. I have to rest for at least half a month. The mental impact is too great. I You must start meditating now, otherwise you will leave permanent trauma. Remember what I said, never touch this case again."
"I understand, don't worry, I will ask for leave from Victor when I get back. ”
Natalie comforted her for a while, then picked up the strange objects on the ground, winked with Lynch, and returned to the outside world through the Blood Gate.
In Mrs. Bessie’s shop, the police were still taking final notes. The two of them walked to the Rand River without disturbing the busy police officers.
It is already past four in the afternoon, but the sun is still shining warmly on me, temporarily dispelling the chill in my chest.
Looking at the mysterious expert who was calm and composed just a moment ago, he was almost frightened crazy on the spot in the blink of an eye. The reason was not even that he was being targeted, but just being noticed. Lin Qi finally had an idea of the danger he was facing. Intuitive awareness.
An ancient flicker glanced at me, and he was already dead. If he continued to investigate now, he might be facing something even more terrifying.
A narrow escape from death.
But it's impossible to give up now. If you give up, you won't be able to get the memories of Red Moon, and you will definitely die in a month.
It means that if you shrink your head, you will die, and if you extend your head, you will die. Rather than shrinking and waiting to die, it is better to stand up straight and give it a try, maybe you can survive.
It’s just that the danger now has exceeded expectations, she...
Lynch turned his eyes to Officer Natalie. She had obviously not recovered from the shock and was also lowering her head in thought.
I have to fight tooth and nail to survive. She is not the same. I underestimated the danger before and planned to hug her thigh. Now that I know how dangerous it is, I would be very sorry for my savior by involving her again. Let's find a way to get her to quit. It's enough for me to do this by myself.
But given her character, it might be difficult...
"Sorry, Lynch." As his mind was spinning, Officer Natalie's voice came to his ears, "I'm quitting."
Huh? Lin Qi was a little stunned for a moment.
"My father died in the incident where the evil god came. I don't want to be involved in similar cases again." The police officer lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Bessie is right. This is no longer an enemy we should contact. I will explain the situation to Victor and let him find a way to solve the follow-up investigation.”
Lin Qi's lips moved but he said nothing, but his heart felt much more relaxed.
"Don't continue to be a consultant. Take a good rest these two days. I'll ask someone for the Red Moon memories you need. Maybe I can find them. Then I'll go back to the club in two days. If I come to see you again, please don’t run around for the next two days and wait for news from me on No. 221." Officer Natalie raised her head, took a deep look at Lynch, showed a faint smile, took off her hat and bowed slightly. , "Nice to meet you, Lynch."
"Yes." Lynch did not refuse, he knew that this was a good opportunity for the police officer to exit safely.
She didn't know her mission, so that's why she asked him to quit. This was good, but she didn't have to worry about how to convince her to quit.
As for himself, he never thought about giving up, but instead he felt a sense of fighting spirit.
Go home tonight, sort out the clues, and continue fighting tomorrow.
Now that I have a gun and a ring, at least I have some ability to protect myself. Let me see how scary you are.
Lin Qi touched his two things to rely on, with a smile on his face.
Besides them, I have greater support, right, traveling companion.
[No, Lynch, I just...]
'I know that you are just a witness and will not provide me with any substantial help. I am already mentally prepared, but you will always follow me. Look at me next to me, just like before. ’
Quietly.
‘Hey, if you don’t fall for it, you can’t trick it out. ’ Lin Qi curled his lips, ‘Not to mention whether it’s the same as before, at least you will stay with me. ’
[Yes. 】
‘That’s enough, let’s go home first and continue to witness the scenery of this world together tomorrow. ’
With murmuring in his heart, Lynch bowed deeply to Officer Natalie's retreating back, turned around and headed home.
(End of this chapter)