What?! My anime figures have all come true!

Chapter 188 He actually knew everything, but he just didn't want to face it.

"What kind of monster is that?!"

Seeing the crystallized backs of the villagers' heads, with their brain tissue turning into writhing, star-like balls, Lawrence felt a chill run down his spine, but he wasn't mentally affected.

(I actually tried rolling a die here, but failed.)

Then, just in case, this unlucky yet lucky reporter recorded the video from his phone with a camera. Although the phone could transmit video, there was no internet in the village, so he had no choice but to use this clumsy method.

Fortunately, the expensive camera was good enough that the image quality wasn't so blurry that people would suspect it was filmed with an old-fashioned door lock.

At first, the villagers in the video were not hostile to their companions who had undergone strange changes. Some even thought it was a black magic ritual performed by Wall or Derek that gave them extraordinary powers, and they kept envying and congratulating them.

As a result, they were soundly defeated by their own forces.

The heads of the villagers whose backs had turned into crystal balls exploded again. The more advanced ones instantly transformed into monsters with flesh and blood mixed with some kind of fluid, while the less advanced ones were similar to the mutated monsters in the game "The Forest".

As for the "high-value female wild woman" in "Children of the Forest"?

Sorry, it doesn't exist.

It can be said that Vol's non-combat casualties were very serious. If some people had been saved before the transfer array was deployed, he wouldn't be surrounded by corpses and puppets that are sometimes dead and sometimes alive.

"My way up—" 2

In the video, Chrissy and Lawrence spoke in unison, even their tone of fear was exactly the same. It just goes to show that birds of a feather flock together.

At this moment, he also noticed Abigail and Nyarlathotep beside him. Instead of showing any fear, they even seemed to be deep in thought.

Before Lawrence could ponder the abnormality of the two, the video on the phone began to spin rapidly, followed by a dull thud. The woman in the video, Chris, and the other abducted tourists were no longer in the cell.

Upon seeing this, Chris immediately tried to take them away, but was captured by Vol, who controlled this area, at lightning speed and was about to be taken to the cathedral in the very center of the village.

During the process of being taken away, Chris couldn't put her phone back in front of everyone, so she could only leave behind the words, "I hope someone can find you and find a way to save us," before stopping the recording.

After that, he probably turned it off and then casually tossed it away when no one was looking.

"Was she taken there, Chris?"

Now Lawrence finally had a target. He looked up at the church in the center of the village. Under the darkness and firelight, the church, which should have been simple and sacred, looked like a demon's church in hell, making people feel awe.

Just as Lawrence was about to put Chris's phone away, Abigail suddenly stopped him.

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Lawrence."

"Is there a problem, Miss Abigail?"

Because it was this seemingly well-behaved girl who spoke, Lawrence didn't feign silence and doubt like he did with Nyaruko, while inwardly wondering about her.

"Please play that video again, I think I saw Nosh!"

Upon hearing Abigail's words, Lawrence was initially taken aback, but then he remembered that the little girl had come here to find a cat.

Perhaps she had some bad experience in the past, which made this little girl with powerful superpowers value a cat so much that she was determined to find it even after coming to this dangerous place.

This reminded Lawrence of the homeless people he had seen when he was conducting research on the attitudes of the lower classes towards superheroes. They were left with only their cats and dogs for company after losing everything.

Thinking of this, Lawrence couldn't help but feel sympathy.

Little did he know that Nyaruko beside him was barely able to contain her laughter, her face taut like Light Yagami about to declare victory.

Nyarko: No, I can't laugh yet! Let's wait a little longer—until everyone is here before revealing the truth! (Trying not to laugh)

"A black cat—it really exists?!"

On the other side, Lawrence, who opened the video again, saw the figure of a black cat standing in the corner of the video a few seconds after Chris and the others were teleported out of the cage.

"Ah! It's Noshu!"

Abigail immediately beamed with joy upon seeing the black cat.

"Are you sure it's the right one?"

Lawrence looked at Abigail with suspicion.

There are countless black cats in the world, how do you know it's the one you're looking for?

"Yes! Absolutely right! That's great—Noshu is alright, he looks perfectly healthy! But he's still too naughty. He could have just waited for me to come find him, why did he have to run off like that!"

Abigail breathed a sigh of relief, then complained to the black cat in the picture.

Lawrence, standing nearby, smiled faintly as he watched Abby's childlike remarks.

But soon, the young reporter's smile began to fade, and his face eventually turned pale.

Lawrence: No, I won't trade!

Although the villagers who rushed to the scene in the video were speaking indistinctly, he could still vaguely make out some details. It seemed to be something about summoning a cat, and then everyone else was distorted—

"Because they summoned a cat, the villagers turned into monsters?"

At that moment, Lawrence had a sudden flash of inspiration, and he felt his hair stand on end. His eyes trembled, and he didn't even dare to look at the jubilant Abigail and the silent Nyarlathotep beside him.

Maybe I'm wrong?

But in such a hellish village, two beautiful little girls suddenly appeared. It seems very strange, doesn't it?

Lawrence started sweating profusely.

"Mr. Lawrence, what's wrong? You look unwell. Would you like something to eat? I have some flatbread with me. Please have some if you don't mind."

The angelic Abigail asked with concern, and took out a bag of toasted flatbread from her bag. Although it wasn't hot, it still smelled delicious when she took it out.

Lawrence: ——！ ！ ！

Absolutely do not eat this! Absolutely do not eat this! Absolutely do not eat this!

Although it smelled really good, his rational mind was frantically warning him that he absolutely could not eat anything of unknown origin.

"No, I'm fine! I'm perfectly healthy! I'm not hungry at all!"

Lawrence answered with a forced smile.

"I see—"

Abigail was somewhat disappointed when she saw this, and then ate the pancake herself.

Lawrence maintained his smile despite this.

He actually knew everything, but he just didn't want to face it.

Just like in the final rounds of CS:GO, the person crouching in the corner trying to save their weapon already knows there's a stun gun above their head, and they can even see a boot with a pie in their line of sight.

What else can he do about this?

They continued singing and dancing, pretending they knew nothing, and led the two of them toward the village cathedral.