Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 504: The Awakening of Dorian Gray

Xia Shou followed him into the wall. He could not hear any wailing, only the things around him whispering.

Sparrow led the way. The branches inside the choir wall were as complicated as an ant nest. It was unknown how long he walked and how many times he turned before he slowed down.

"You may be the only one besides me who can walk this far." Sparrow glanced at Xia Shou and suddenly stopped. "Come on my ship, I can make you the deputy captain~"

"Let's talk about it later. If that man is really Dorian Gray, I will help you this time. Besides, the Dutchman you are looking for won't be the same as the one in the movie, right?" Xia Shou asked back.

"How should I know? I haven't seen it." Sparrow said confidently.

After saying that, Sparrow continued to move forward.

The deal between him and Sparrow was not a formal deal in the club, but more like a verbal promise.

Xia Shou knew why Sparrow did not sign the contract, because in fact Sparrow was not sure whether Dorian Gray was really Dorian Gray.

After all, he himself said that Dorian Gray in the wall never spoke, so the two of them should not even have communicated.

As for the other party's true identity, it is even more impossible to determine it based on appearance. Dorian Gray lived a long time ago, and the Control Bureau has no modern information about him.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Sparrow, who was walking in front, suddenly raised his hand, then stopped, slowly turned around, and gave Xia Shou a sly, smug smile: "That's it, right? I didn't lie to you."

Xia Shou looked forward in the direction the other party pointed, and then he saw a complete person.

He had never seen an unreformed person within these walls.

But there were many red flesh threads and pale bone spurs sticking straight into his body. His torso was like a cursed doll that had been used for many years, full of holes but without a drop of blood.

The other person was very handsome, very feminine, and full of youthfulness, just as described in the novel, but indeed, there was nothing to prove that the other person was Dorian Gray.

"Um... there was a notebook next to him, signed by Dorian Gray, and I took it away." Sparrow said embarrassedly.

Xia Shou glanced at Dorian Gray's hands entangled in the silk thread, and saw a quill pen in his right hand.

"That one he squeezed too tight," Sparrow interjected.

Sparrow hesitated for a moment and asked softly, "What do you want to see him for?"

"Can you move further away? Give me some space." Xia Shou said.

"Of course, of course, I hope you can get him to talk." Sparrow walked away, looking back every few steps, and looked curiously at the farthest fork in the road.

"Sparrow!"

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away. I'll go right away."

Xia Shou walked to the fork in the road and watched Sparrow disappear before he eagerly returned to Dorian Gray.

"Are you, Dorian Gray?"

no respond.

Are you silent because you have completely endured the torture of the heavenly choir?
Or...his soul isn't here at all?

"Dorian Gray, if you are really Dorian Gray, I want to talk to you. I am the current owner of your pocket watch." Xia Shou leaned over and spoke in the other's ear in a very soft voice.

In fact, this is a gamble.

He wasn't sure if the other person would wake up, but he thought it was worth a try.

It's not just because of the underworld. The pocket watch he carries with him has a history as mysterious as the Death Note. The only difference is that the pocket watch can't speak.

Xia Shou waited for a while and even pinched the other person's face gently, but Dorian Gray didn't react at all.

It seems that this gamble was lost.

Xia Shou thought.

Forget it this time. Anyway, the route is known and he can get here. He can come again next time. He will leave a message for Su Weiyu and ask the counter to pass on the information about the underworld.

Xia Shou turned around and heard a woman's voice behind him.

"teacher……"

Xia Shou's scalp felt numb.

He turned around again and saw that Dorian Gray had opened his eyes at some point, his gaze clear and lucid.

When Xia Shou's eyes met the other person in mid-air, an indescribable, subtle feeling hit him.

These eyes... seem to have appeared in my dreams...

Dorian Gray, whose body was pierced by countless flesh and bone spurs, sat on his chair like a prisoner, staring at Xia Shou's face for a long while, then sighed:
"Do you have my pocket watch?" Dorian Gray opened his mouth, and his voice was still soft and feminine, making Xia Shou unable to tell the other person's gender for a moment.

She was dressed like a man, had a slim figure, and was hard to tell whether she was a man or a woman. Her appearance was also very neutral. If it weren't for a woman's voice, one would definitely mistake her for a man.

But is she really a woman?
"Why don't you speak?" she asked again.

"Yes, that's right! I am the heir of your pocket watch! You called me teacher just now, was it?"

"No, I'm not calling you. What do you want from me? Since you are the heir to my pocket watch, I will help you as much as I can... My pocket watch will not choose the wrong person."

Since the other party had said so, Xia Shou did not lay the groundwork any more and directly asked the most important question: "Have you ever been to the underworld?"

"Have you got there yet? How far has Merlin's shadow adapted?" Dorian Gray asked again.

Xia Shou was shocked.

Sure enough, here’s another person who knows the inside story!

"Merlin's shadow means the dark shadow, right?"

"Need I tell you? Don't you know the name of the room? Alice didn't tell you?... Oh, it's really difficult."

"Alice said so."

"I think so, but that's not the problem I'm talking about. Have you forgotten what year it is now?"

"2024."

"After so many years, you are here again... How can it be such a coincidence?" Dorian Gray said to himself and began to think with his head down again.

Xia Shou wanted to focus on asking key questions, but Dorian Gray seemed to have a lot of his own thoughts, muttering something inaudible to himself.

After a long while, she suddenly came to her senses.

"You mentioned the underworld just now, what do you want me to help you with?"

"How did you get out of the underworld?"

Although the shield says that the only way to leave the underworld is to pass through the Abyss of Hell, since Dorian Gray is here, perhaps there are other ways besides passing through the Abyss of Hell.

Even though Dorian Gray had to pass through hell before leaving the underworld, as a successful predecessor, he could definitely give constructive suggestions.

"I'm sorry, but I can't help you with that, because I didn't come out of hell on my own.

As you can see, I am now in the choir of heaven."

"You forced yourself here from the underworld by committing suicide? That's not right. People in the underworld don't die. And you have a portrait. Could it be..."

"Don't guess. I'm not dead yet. The way I came in was different from the way you did. I was captured by the owner of this choir himself."

(End of this chapter)