Mystery: The Last Shepherd

Chapter 243 The Anomaly of "Pain" and the Complete Digestion of the Magic Potion

A few days later, in the apartment Lu Ze rented.

He lay alone on the bed in the room, his expression constantly changing, sometimes a contemptuous smile, sometimes a cold and cruel look in his eyes, and sometimes a dignified and ruthless expression.

His expression shifted constantly as he remained silent, toying with and examining the white bone in his hand.

Judging by its appearance, it is a human rib, with a smooth and glossy surface. However, once it is touched directly, it will cause intense pain, as if the whole body is being cut by invisible blades, just like his original extraordinary item, "Pain".

The good stuff I finally got, I only used it once, and it mutated into this state?
Lu Ze felt a little unable to accept it.

He recalled that his "Painful" dagger was first swallowed by Lanluus and then extracted from the corpse. During this process, the dagger may have undergone strange changes.

Moreover, this bone seemed somewhat familiar to Luze. He had a rib bitten off and swallowed by Lanluus back then. The bone in his hand now, in both size and shape, seemed to fit perfectly into the rib on his right side.

In other words, his ribs and the "Pain" dagger were swallowed by Lanluus at the same time. Inside the belly of this strange being that was giving birth to the offspring of the evil god, they were decomposed, fused together, and then separated again, becoming a new extraordinary item.

Is it even possible for something like this to happen?!
He thought incredulously.

But how should we use this bone?

From the outside, it looks like an ordinary human rib, with nothing special about it except that it can feel pain.

After a brief attempt, Lu Ze discovered that both the original "Charm Aura" and "Disease Aura" were ineffective. As for the most important "Pain" ability, it seemed unusable as well. He tried smearing his ribs with blood, but the invisible aura did not materialize.

Has this thing become useless?

Lu Ze refused to believe that the fusion of his power, the Sequence 5 extraordinary item, and the offspring of the evil god would result in something utterly useless.

It's impossible to even imagine!
"If only the Queen were still here, she could look into it and figure it out quickly."

He thought with regret, "Wait, perhaps the craftsmen of the Steam Church could do it too. But if I bring something so suspicious to their door, they'll definitely find out."

Lu Ze studied it for a while longer, but still couldn't figure out how to use the bone, so he had to put it away for the time being.

He closed his eyes and felt the changes within his body.

That night's battle brought him not only that touch of divinity, but also gains in the realm of potions—after killing Lanius, he completely absorbed his "Hermit" potion and "Rose Bishop" potion.

He didn't quite understand the specific reason, but felt it might be related to the offspring of the true creator.

During the "playing" process, the higher the target's rank, the better the feedback from digestion. A descendant of an evil god in his own sequence was killed under the deception of Lady M, destroyed and corrupted by the illusory tide. The inhabiting body, namely Lanius, also suffered damage and distortion. Perhaps this far exceeded his need for digestion.

Unfortunately, at that time, my consciousness was blurred due to the erosion of divinity, and I did not feel the specific moment of digestion.

Although digesting the two potions alleviated his semi-mad state, the infused divinity compensated for the deficiencies of his madness, giving him new symptoms of schizophrenia—it was truly a hellish joke.

So far, the only undigested potion in Luze's body is the Sequence 5 "Shepherd" potion. He hasn't considered how to play the "Shepherd" role yet, although he has herded "lambs" a few times, but the feedback from digestion is minimal.

However, before digesting the "Shepherd's" potion...
"Brother, she's here."

Lu Ze heard his sister's voice coming from downstairs. He opened his eyes, got out of bed, and went to the living room on the first floor. A female guest was sitting on the sofa. She had brown curly hair draped over her shoulders, wore a well-fitting dark green dress and a wool shawl, and politely accepted the tea offered by his sister, saying thank you.

"Mr. Anderson!"

Upon seeing Lu Ze, the languid-looking woman instinctively stood up from the sofa. She had rushed over on time after receiving the letter the other party had entrusted to a driver to deliver the day before.

"Welcome, Miss Fors."

Lu Zedao.

He was about to say a few polite words when he suddenly became absent-minded. His eyes turned stern, and he snapped at her, "Stand up straight! What are you doing slouching like that!"

"Yes!"

Fors was startled and immediately tensed up, standing straight with her chest out and head held high!

She didn't know what had happened, but she dared not disobey Mr. Anderson's orders. He now had the air of an interrogator in a dark room, ready to whip her at any moment.

"Ahem. Excuse me, please sit down. You don't need to stand so straight."

Lu Ze regained consciousness, cleared his throat, and said.

"OK."

Fors sat down, confused and uneasy, placing her hands on her lap and sitting very properly. She hadn't been this upright since graduating from medical school, and Hugh would be astonished to see her.

"I invited you here today because I want to take your insides out. No, no, I'm sorry."

As Lu Ze spoke, he started rambling incoherently again, and under Fors's horrified gaze, he couldn't help but smile wryly and explain, "As you can see, my mental state isn't very good right now; I'm a little schizophrenic."

This is by no means a slight improvement.
Fors thought with trepidation.

Under her gaze, the powerful extraordinary being's expression shifted constantly. It was as if several souls had been crammed into one body, vying to break free and seize control. This made his words and actions incoherent, terrifying, and insane.

"I called you here because I would like you to pay a visit to Miss Audrey."

Despite his mental turmoil, Lu Ze said to Fors, "She had previously considered joining an organization called the 'Psychological Alchemy Society.' I hope you can ask her for me if she has joined that organization yet."

When he was working as Audrey Hall's bodyguard, the Psychological Alchemy Society had already been trying to contact her. Now that some time has passed, the two sides should have made contact.

Lu Ze's idea was simple: to contact the Psychological Alchemy Society through Audrey and have them treat his mental state. They were professionals in the field of psychological research and their expertise lay in that area.

Moreover, there was no conflict between them, and the other party should agree as long as he paid some compensation.

"Miss Audrey, I understand!"

Fors dared not refuse and immediately agreed repeatedly.

(End of this chapter)