Wizard: Gou adds a little bit of hunting in the era of steam

Chapter 108 Is that so, Baba?

There are a total of six core blocks in the entire core block of Custer City-State, and twelve streets or avenues. Golden Street belongs to the second-level area under the blocks.

The Idrisu neighborhood is the core area in the northern part of the city-state. There are many factories in the neighborhood, or the entire northern city is a factory area.

It's just that the people living in the Idrisu neighborhood are either senior managers of the factory or some talents with special skills, while the three streets north of Idrisu are all workers.

Wei En took Tina out of the Dumitru block, went east through the central area of ​​the city-state, and then turned north to reach the Idrisu block.

But obviously, with the size of Beicheng, it was difficult for him to find Lacey and the others.

"Tina, can you find Lacey and the others?"

Wei En had no choice but to ask Tina for help. He had checked the coverage area of ​​spiritual perception just now, but he did not find Lacey and Carly.

The white-haired girl held his hand and said, "Tina, Vision."

When Wei En opened his eyes again, the surrounding scene had changed into another scene.

In the dark and dead world, only he, the white-haired girl beside him, and...

"Hehehehaha, we meet again, young Mr. Wizard."

The demon clown crouched between the two of them. One moment he was close to Tina, and the next moment he was close to Wei En. The red eyes under the mask were full of excitement.

Wayne: "..."

Damn, why is this guy here?

"Tina, can you see him?"

"Tina, I'm always here." The white-haired girl held his hand tightly, and her originally blank eyes gained a bit of color, "Clown, shut up."

"Hey...shut up? Little girl, you don't know that I...ugh!"

boom.

Before he could finish his words, an invisible force seemed to force the clown to the ground.

Wei En only felt countless shadows emerging around him, and those shadows seemed to be the boundless malice, horror, despair, coldness, and dead silence of this dark world...

hiss!
"This is..." Wayne took a breath and looked at the clown who was being suppressed, "Tina?"

The clown's face was bulging with blue veins, and his eyes were fierce and cruel, "Quick, let her, let go, let me go!"

He was wearing a black dress, dotted with gold patterns, but his posture was very unsightly, with his head stuck to the ground and his butt raised, like a cock about to be pulled by the neck.

"Tina, shut up."

The white-haired girl moved her fingers, and more shadows appeared from the darkness, wrapping around the clown's big blood-red mouth.

"woo woo woo woo?"

Wei En looked at Tina blankly, and then at the demon clown on the ground. It turned out that the white-haired girl was the most powerful one...

"Wu Kuyant Fu Road, oh!"

Mr. Clown put his hands on the ground and gritted his teeth, trying to get up, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move half a minute.

Wei En spread his hands and thought to himself: Sorry, clown, oh no, Mr. Leonard, I can't help it either.

Then he turned to look northeast, looking for Lacey and Carly, and soon found them among the moving shadows around them.

This ability is really convenient...

In the dark world, Lacey and Carly's figures were clearly visible, as if they were standing in the spotlight.

Not only that, besides the two of them, there were several other clear objects appearing.

"Those things are..."

[You witnessed "Forbidden Object 0-34 Resurrected Coffin", the trajectory of your fate has changed to a certain extent, and the current encounter progress is 30/100.Evaluation: I advise you not to watch it.Special rewards: Survival Points +10, Origin +1, Spirit Level +1, Resilience Level +1. 】

[You have witnessed the "forbidden object 0-78 Rover's left eye", the trajectory of fate has changed to a certain extent, and the progress of the current encounter is 10/100.Evaluation: ... Special rewards: Survival Point +3, Spirit Level +1, Resilience Level +1. 】

After noticing the red prompt message in his mind, Wei En stopped looking around and said quickly: "Tina, cancel the spiritual vision."

"Tina, the horizon is cancelled."

Wei En looked at the scene around him that had returned to normal and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The white-haired girl's spiritual vision ability is convenient, but it's also really scary.

Rover's left eye should be the forbidden object belonging to the Church of Dawn. Is it on the statue of the Lord of Dawn in the previous chapel?

There are also a few other bright lights just now, wouldn't they also be taboos?
"Let's go and meet Lacey and the others first."

"Tina, let's go."

Wayne held her hand and looked at the clown doll in her other hand. I wonder if it was an illusion, but why did he feel that the doll's expression was a little lifeless?
Clown: Hee, hee hee...it hurts, it hurts so much, my heart hurts too much...hahaha...

……

……

"Damn Yegor, I've obviously contacted him and asked him to arrange for Tina to come over. It's already noon, where is the person?"

Lacey was sitting on the roof of the dilapidated house, cursing, looking at the sky, seeing that half of the day had passed, her complexion became even worse.

"Probably, he's on his way here already."

Carly sat next to her, staring at the high wall in the distance, wondering what the scene was like outside the city, "Captain, have you ever been outside the city-state?"

Lacey followed her gaze and said casually: "I've been there before. It's almost the same as in the city-state."

almost?

Carly asked curiously: "There are so many people with malicious intentions there?"

After she followed Euan from the sea to the city of Custer as a child, she never left again.

I remember that Youan once warned her that she must never go beyond the high wall, it was very dangerous.

"Most of them are aberrations. Outside the city-state, there is a lack of various supplies, especially the brilliance of your dawn."

Lacey recalled: "I remember that not long after I joined the Secret Research Department, I followed old Jack, um, and Roger to the village outside the city to perform missions."

"That village is as big as two Basil blocks, but the environment is very poor, even worse than the Laos block. Almost every day, people become aberrations due to the red moon pollution."

"But it's much better than the mountains and forests with no cover. It's a barely survivable place."

"That's it."

Carly nodded thoughtfully. Behind that high wall, there should be many heretics who need to be sanctioned, right?

"Don't worry too much about people and things that are not in front of you, Carly."

Lacey said sternly: "I would rather you become a saint of the Dawn Church. In that case, the situation in Custer City-State, your hometown, will definitely improve."

"I, I will try my best."

saint...

A trace of confusion flashed across Carly's face. Can she really become a true saint?

"Let's talk about the case again."

Lacey saw that her expression was wrong, and changed the subject: "When I went to the fabric factory yesterday, I found that many workers were not in the right state, and some images of the corpses of the porters were also found during the process."

"In addition, the disappearance of Mr. Michel, the person in charge of the factory, is now confirmed. Before he disappeared, he met a suspicious person..."

"The next direction of investigation is to find that suspicious person, and those who left through the secret passage... What do you think?"

Carly hesitated, "I, I think those workers should know something. When I asked those people yesterday, several of them had very, very strange expressions."

"Worker..."

Lacey thought about it: "Then we should go back after Wei En and the others come."

agreed?
So my thinking is right?
Carly's face was filled with joy. Just now she was worried that she would say the wrong thing and affect Lacey's judgment...

"It seems that you have initially understood the work of an investigator. I believe that after some time, you will become a qualified investigator."

"I will study hard."

At this time, Lacey noticed two figures walking in the distance, and his expression relaxed, "They are finally here."

Carly also saw Wayne and the others, stood up and waved, "We are here."

It took Wei En and Tina half an hour to arrive at the factory area, following the direction they found in their spiritual vision.

It has to be said that the area of ​​​​Idrisu Block is much larger than other blocks. After passing through several residential areas, there are factories that are far apart from each other.

However, what's interesting is that Wei En found the figure of the bone eating insect that he hadn't seen for a long time here.

[Because your tenacity level is greater than level 8, the attack of bone eating insects failed! 】

【…】

Since leaving the residential area, he has been attacked by bone-eating insects at least eight times. Unfortunately, these insects can no longer provide him with rewards.

"Wayne, we're here."

Hearing Carly's voice, Wayne waved to them and said hello from a distance. He saw Lacey and the others running this way. When he saw this, he took Tina and waited there.

"Vice Captain Luo An, it's the captain's daughter's birthday today. What gift do you want to prepare?"

"Of course it's that doll. I've already saved the gold pound."

"A guinea pound and five shillings for a doll, damn the mills, have their minds deformed?"

"..."

Ok?
A team of city guards just passed by Wei En, and he looked at these pale people.

Is it an illusion?

[You are targeted by Roan Kallio’s murderous intent.Rating: A parasitic species parasitized by the bone-eating worm. He is eager to capture you and donate it to the bone-eating mother worm.Reward: Survival point +1. 】

【…】

[You are targeted by Zairul Pinedo’s murderous intent.Rating: A parasitic species parasitized by the bone-eating worm. He is eager to capture you and donate it to the bone-eating mother worm.Reward: Survival point +1. 】

Ten killing intent locks?
Ten city guards?
Wei En frowned. Are these people controlled by bone-eating insects?
He thought for a moment, took off the musket from the holster on his waist, and stopped in front of the city guards. "Guys, can you wait a moment?"

The leading city guard wore bronze armor, which represented his captain's status in the city guard. He saluted as usual and said, "Mr. Investigator, you are blocking our way. Is there anything wrong?"

"The way to go?"

While loading bullets, Wei En shook his head and said, "That won't work. I have been attacked by bone-eating insects several times before. Now that we have collided, we can't let you leave so easily."

"Ok?"

"hiss!"

A black air flashed across the faces of the city guards, their eyes were sometimes clear and sometimes in a daze, as if they were receiving some orders.

The leading city guard was still smiling: "I think there must be a misunderstanding..."

"Misunderstanding?" Wei En laughed, "With such stiff and unnatural expressions and strange body movements, do you really think of yourself as a normal person?"

Hearing this, the city guards stopped pretending, and their faces all showed hideous expressions, "You really deserve to die, Mr. Investigator."

"Say it earlier, wouldn't it be good?"

"kill him!"

"hiss!"

bang, bang bang...

Against these city guards who were only slightly stronger than ordinary people, Wei En almost shot them one by one.

There was no chance of triggering the death feature, and the nine city guards were eliminated in the blink of an eye, leaving only the leader who wanted to wait for Lacey and the others to come over and see if they could find anything.

[You use a musket to kill Zailul Pinedo (the bone-eating worm parasite).Rating: Poor scum.Special rewards: survival point +2, gun skill +1. 】

【…】

"You, die!" The only remaining city guards roared and rushed over, slashing down with the standard long knife in their hands.

Wei En inserted the musket back, snapped his fingers casually, and dodged to Tina's side.

"Nico, Luke."

Two phantom clones cast two charm spells on the poor city guard captain parasitized by the bone worm: "Mens, Di."

"Die, kill you, die..."

"Sacrifice to the Queen Mother, your bones and your body belong to the great Queen Mother..."

"You are finished, you are all finished, the great Queen Mother will swallow up the entire city-state and turn this place into an abyss of purgatory, hahaha..."

Seeing the city guards slashing wildly with long knives, Wei En shook his head.

When will the bone-eating female worm be able to become the empress?
As far as he knows, according to the strength of the abyssal creatures, the bone-eating mother worm is at most comparable to a second-level disaster, and it is far from swallowing the entire city-state.

Is there really no way to deal with the parties of the city-state that are always in danger?
"what happened?"

After Lacey and Carly arrived, they looked at the corpses of the city guards who had been headshot all over the floor and asked.

"Hey," Wayne pointed to a few gray-white bugs crawling out of the corpse, "Bone Eaters."

"Bone-eating worms?" Lacey's face changed slightly. She and Carly looked at each other, "Were those workers yesterday parasites?"

"Huh? Worker?"

"This is the case we investigated yesterday. No wonder those workers looked a little strange. It turned out that they were all parasitized by bone-eating insects."

Lacey stomped on the bone-eating worms a few times, and said angrily, "Wei En, now go to the city guard stationed in the Idrisu block for help, and go directly to Michelle's fabric factory."

"Carly, let's go."

"it is good."

After saying that, the two women ran towards a factory in the distance.

Wei En was stunned for a moment, looked at the backs of them as they left, and then looked at the captain of the city guard who was still talking nonsense. What should I do with this guy?
After thinking for a while, he called out the mechanical door and let the mechanical puppet Zero that was inside come out to breathe.

"Baba," Type Zero drilled out of the mechanical door, bouncing around flexibly, cheering in a childish voice, "Look at me, I can control my body now."

When the driver saw it coming out, he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and kept circling around his mechanical head, "Type Zero."

"Not bad."

Wei En saw that it was covered with a layer of faint black light, which had been given the characteristics of death so quickly, and it seemed that it would come in handy soon.

"Take this man and let's go."

"As ordered."

Zero saluted, but looked at the city guard who was still slashing with a long knife, scratched his head, "Is he attacking?"

"Well."

Wei En flipped his hand and shot the city guard captain's arm with a musket. After seeing him throw away his long knife, he nodded and said, "It's okay now."

A clear emotion flashed through Zero's eyes. Was he supposed to be controlled like this?

It walked over to pick up the city guard captain, "Is that so?"

"Yes, it's great."

Wei En gave it a thumbs up, and pulled Tina along the way he came. He remembered that the city guards stationed in the Idrisu block were not far from the residential area.

"You're going to die, you're going to die, haha..." The commander of the city guard was carried by Type Zero, his hands were drooping, but his feet were still struggling.

Click, click.

"what--"

Wei En looked back, and saw that the city guard's two legs were also drooping, and from the twisted shape of the legs, it could be seen that at least one of them would be permanently disabled.

Being parasitized by the bone-eating worm is already miserable enough, but to suffer such torture, wouldn't it be nice to be honest?

"Is that so, Baba?" Zero-type looked at the city guard commander who was no longer moving, and asked for credit.

"...It's great." Wei En squeezed out a smile and gave another thumbs up.

The child is still young and needs to be taught... there is a long way to go.

Zero type also returned a thumbs up, as if he was greatly encouraged, he grabbed the poor city guard and shook it around like a toy.

"I, I, the Queen Mother will definitely kill, kill you, kill..."

Click it.

"Woo, woo, woo..."

"He's too loud, Baba."

"You did very well."

Wei En didn't look back and continued his encouraging education, deciding that he would find time to teach Type Zero properly in the future.

Otherwise, this child is afraid that he will learn to be bad...

He also counted on Zero to help him make bullets, firearms, and even other mechanical puppets.

Tina turned her head to look at the movement behind her. Seeing that the captain of the city guard was speechless, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.

Like this?

Then she turned her head and moved her fingers holding the clown doll slightly.

For the first time, the clown's fierce eyes showed a look of pity, woo woo woo woo woo woo yo...

(Woooo...don't don't don't...)
……

……

In front of the garrison in the Idrisu block, Wei En asked Type Zero to blow up the poor city guard commander and take out the bone eating worm.

The garrisoned city guards exploded one after another, and Captain Frick led three teams of hundreds of city guards to follow Wei En to the factory area without hesitation.

"How dare you use abyssal creatures to parasitize the city guards, I must make him pay the price!"

Wei En asked Type Zero to return to the mechanical door, and asked, "Captain Frick, have you met before?"

"From time to time, people from the Abyss Religion summon some abyssal creatures, but there have never been such heavy casualties. Those were elite veterans stationed at the sentry tower, and they were just..."

"Watch tower?"

Wayne looked at the sentry tower on the high wall to the north, and frowned.

It was just that the bone-eating insects appeared in the Laos neighborhood before, but now they are factory workers and city guards stationed on the outside. I always feel that they are not randomly selected parasitic targets.

"It's better to rush to the factory and ask Captain Lacey's opinion first."

"That's all it takes..."

Not long after, Wei En led the city guards to the Michelle Cloth Factory.Lacey and Carly are already cleaning out the parasitized workers in the factory.

"The Great Empress!"

"Dedication..."

The eyes of hundreds of workers had turned pure black, their faces full of madness and excitement, and they rushed toward Lacey and the others with vigorous steps.

"Asriel."

"Holy Salvation!"

Lacey showed no mercy, waving his ax with both hands and slashing through the parasites.

But Carly obviously couldn't bear it. She always stood behind Lacey to assist.

This situation improved after Wei En and others arrived.

Even though those parasites have become stronger after being strengthened by bone-eating insects, they are still far behind the city guards.

It was almost a face-to-face meeting, and those parasitic workers were pushed down by the city guards.

"Is there any way to save them?"

"No," Lacey wiped the blood on her body and shook her head coldly.

Carly bit her lip, and stepped forward without saying a word, pressing the parasite's head with both hands with the light of dawn, trying to purify the bone worm.

Lacey didn't stop him.

Even an experienced investigator like her couldn't kill all the parasites calmly.

But it is a pity that as the bone eating insects were purified, those workers did not survive...

"Damn it, most of the people here have been parasitized."

Lacey briefly exchanged a few words with Captain Frick, and asked them to control the remaining workers and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving.

"What we need to do now is to quickly find the bone-eating mother worm, otherwise more people will be parasitized."

Wei En looked at the busy city guards and the workers who became crazy, "Captain, what should we do?"

"Is that the mysterious person who met Mr. Michelle?" Carly thought of something.

"It should be him."

Lacey said with a solemn expression: "But there is another more important matter now. We must notify the city-state's high-level officials as soon as possible to thoroughly investigate the city-state residents."

"Captain, you mean it's not just here?"

"I also hope that my suspicions are wrong..."

"..."

Wayne knew very well that Lacey's suspicions were correct.

Ten days had passed since he first encountered the bone-eating mother worm... In such a long time, he had no idea how many people the bone-eating mother worm had parasitized.

But if there are so many parasites even in the Idrisu neighborhood that is not adjacent to the Laos neighborhood, then there must be some in other neighborhoods as well.

I don't know if the bone-eating female worm is still in the Laos block...

After the discussion between the four of them, Lacey directly asked Captain Frick to arrange a few city guards and notify the Parliament, the Noble Committee, and the Secret Investigation Department respectively.

Carly even wrote a special letter, requesting the Krimos Cathedral to send clergymen to assist in the investigation in the name of the candidate saint of Dawn Church.

While Lacey and the others responded methodically, Wei En led Tina around the factory area.

[You are targeted by Yanupi Pink's murderous intent.Reward: Survival point +1. 】

【…】

[You are targeted with murderous intent by Mateo Haynes.Comment: There is a big fish, it depends on whether you can find him.Reward: +5 survival points. 】

Five survival points?
Wayne glanced at the panel and frowned slightly. Based on his experience since he obtained the panel, that person's strength was at least Collins' level.

"Tina, use spiritual vision."

He had already sensed his surroundings just now, but he didn't find anything. It was up to Tina to see if she could find anything.

"Tina, horizon."

As the darkness fell, Wei En scanned around and saw an extremely conspicuous figure squatting in the corner of a three-story building not far away.

And not far from the black shadow, Melbell was staring at the black shadow...

Wei En cursed inwardly: Fuck, did the guardian knights find out who was behind the trick long ago?
"Woooooooo..."

Ok?
Wayne glanced at the clown who was still lying on the ground, and his body shook violently.

Damn, Tina is so ruthless?

At this time, the devil clown's mouth, which was originally blocked by the shadow, is now tightly sewn by the silk thread that the shadow turned into.

Let alone talking, I can’t even open my mouth...

He could only use his ferocious and cruel eyes and whining to signal Wei En to rescue him quickly.

Wei En just pretended that he didn't see it and asked Tina to cancel the spiritual vision state.

Did you get your mouth shut for summoning the Youshen vicious dog to abuse me last night?
Deserving it!
After the two of them left the spiritual vision state, Wei En quickly found Lacey and whispered: "I found out where the hidden person is."

"Where is it?" Lacey said fiercely, "I'm going to kill him!"

"follow me."

Wei En knew that the black shadow was observing them, so he didn't stop and led a few people towards the black shadow's location.

At this time, the black figure was frowning as he looked at the parasites that had suffered heavy losses in the factory, and also noticed that Wei En and others had already run towards him.

"Has it been discovered?"

Heiying had a headache, but he didn't expect such an accident to happen at the last moment.

But thinking about it, he left the hiding place in a hurry, and he couldn't be caught by the people from the secret investigation department now, otherwise the consequences would be unbearable for him.

[You are targeted with murderous intent by Mateo Haynes.Rating...Reward: Survival Points +5. 】

"Ran?"

When Wei En and the others came to the house, they only found a few bodies of the owner of the house, and the black figure had long since disappeared.

But after letting Tina use her spiritual vision again, she found nothing... The black shadow seemed to have disappeared from the city of Custer.

"Tina's psychic vision is not omnipotent. If it exceeds a certain distance or uses some special props, it will be difficult to detect it."

The white-haired girl nodded slightly, "Tina, this is it."

Lacey glanced at the clown lying on the ground and asked Tina to turn off her spiritual vision.

Fortunately, Tina hated Carly and didn't let her enter the psychic vision together. Otherwise, seeing the clown like this, the Secret Adjustment Department's biggest secret would be exposed.

Wayne noticed that Melbell also disappeared, did he chase the shadow and leave?
Thinking of this, he glanced at Carly, but didn't say anything.

"Captain, it is now confirmed that someone is behind this case, do you want to continue the investigation?"

"I'm afraid we can't continue the investigation," Lacey shook his head. "This matter is beyond our ability to handle."

As she spoke, she poured a bottle of developer potion in the room, saw the mysterious figure appearing in the room in the past two days, gritted her teeth, and said, "It really is him."

Carly bit her lip while looking at the figure. She thought of the workers in the factory who were parasitized by the bone-eating worm, and it was the first time that she wanted to kill a person.

That heretic must be punished!

"Go, go back."

Lacey looked cold, took note of the location of the house, and led the people back to the fabric factory.

Not long after they came back, the high-level city-state officials who received the notification sent their responsible persons, but some of them did not come.

The Secret Investigation Department was led by two ministers, Egor and Abbott, with a few people from the war department.

A congressman came to the parliament, but he only brought a few clerks with him. After he came here, after understanding the situation, he asked a clerk to report back to the parliament.

However, no one from the Noble Committee came, saying that the matter did not involve the Noble District and was not within their scope of responsibilities.

Similarly, neither the Church of Dawn nor the Church of Storms came, for reasons similar to those of the Council of Nobles...

Although Carly was a little disappointed, she didn't say anything. After all, she was still a candidate for a saint, not the real crown prince of the Dawn Church.

On the contrary, the major newspaper offices in the city-state were like cats smelling fishy. Many reporters came and surrounded this large fabric factory.

"May I ask Mr. Congressman, will what happened in the factory spread to the entire city-state?"

"No, the parliament has a detailed response strategy."

"Then why are these poor workers being parasitized? Why isn't the city-state's magic circle activated?"

"It still needs to be investigated. Once the investigation is clear, the parliament will work with the Secret Adjustment Department and the City Guards to provide the latest report."

"Excuse me……"

After these people arrived, Wei En and the others were left alone, and they were not told they could go back until three o'clock in the afternoon.

"This is the end?"

Wei En looked at Yegor and the others who were still discussing, feeling a little confused.

What about the follow-up treatment plan?

No need to track down the whereabouts of the bone-eating mother worm?

And what about the mysterious figure who hides behind and does all this?
"The tracking has been handed over to the people in the war department," Lacey said calmly. "In addition, in the next two days, the council will coordinate with the city guard to inspect various neighborhoods and eliminate parasites."

Carly's face was gloomy, "A lot of people will die, right?"

"It's unclear how many people died, but it's clear that this incident is unusual."

"Ok?"

Wayne looked at Lacey. He had the same guess. He always felt that the person behind the scenes was planning something.

"Abyssal creatures like the bone-eating mother worm can cause large-scale casualties. The rune array in the city-state has special detection capabilities. But this time..."

Lacey took a deep breath, "What's unusual this time is that that person can actually disable the rune circle. This is definitely not something that the Abyssal Sect can do, unless..."

Wei En's expression changed, "You mean, there is someone inside the city-state who is cooperating?"

Since outsiders can't do it, there must be an internal problem, which is very simple.

"Well, but it doesn't rule out that that person has a way to avoid large-scale detection..."

Wayne frowned. Perhaps the female bone-eating worm could avoid detection, but it was impossible for all of the people parasitized by the bone-eating worm to be there.

But it was not discovered until now, and it was obvious that there was a problem with the rune circle.

"Do Minister Yegor and the others know this?"

Lacey nodded, "He has informed me that he will investigate the rune circle later. But..."

At this point, she paused and motioned for a few people to leave here first.

After they left the factory area and arrived at the residential area, Lacey said with a headache: "If we want to investigate at the city-state rune array, we need to apply to the Parliament and the Noble Committee from the top of the Secret Adjustment Department."

"Egor is not sure that he can apply, so let's go back and wait for the notice."

"understood."

Wei En was convinced, as long as there was a follow-up investigation direction.

I'm just afraid that the city-state's top brass will do nothing and allow the bone-eating mother worm to continue dividing the bone-eating worms.

How about going to the Laos neighborhood later?

(End of this chapter)