Mystery: My Encounters with the Celestial God

Chapter 244 Go quickly and invite Arodes! (3K)

"The case of Deacon Ikonser, which was received by the Siviras Field and handed over to us, has been investigated and is now complete."

"The terrified whistleblower wasn't lying. Edmund did indeed become a 'water ghost' for some unknown reason. Although he had already drowned, he still retained some of his memories from his previous life and wandered back to his original address."

"He was recognized by a neighbor who knew him and asked the police for help."

"We also tried to find his family, but we discovered that his wife and children had committed suicide by poisoning themselves two weeks ago because they were unable to repay the huge debt."

"And the time they died coincided with the time Edmund appeared..."

The captain of the Mechanical Heart squad, with a somber expression, reported the information gathered from his investigation to the deacon in charge of his duties.

Although the investigation was going smoothly, he felt no relief at all.

Because Edmund's "story" was like a heavy stone weighing on his heart.

And this wasn't even the most tragic "story" he had ever encountered.

"Now that the investigation is complete, write up the action report and submit it."

"The Tasok River, geographically speaking, should belong to the Punishers, which is beyond our jurisdiction. It would be best to inform them and have them conduct a search to prevent any strange entities from remaining in the Tasok River..."

"I'm talking about the bizarre thing that caused Edmund to become like this!"

Iconsel Bernard smoothed down his unkempt and defiant hair and began to process this extraordinary case according to standard procedure.

His gaze then darted around, he awkwardly adjusted his hat, pointed at Ron who was swaggering in his office chair, and asked curiously:

"What's wrong with this little guy!?"

The member of Mechanical Heart, whose question he had asked, straightened up, bent slightly, and whispered in the butler's ear:

"Deacon Ikonser, this little fellow was found with two vagrants and Edmund when he was discovered."

"Furthermore, based on the descriptions of the two homeless men, he should be a wild Extraordinary!"

"A wild, illegal extraordinary being!?"

The man with the tousled hair exclaimed in surprise, pointing incredulously at Ron, who was swaggering around with his feet propped up on his desk.

When did wild extraordinary beings become so arrogant?

Why does this guy seem to be back home?

The butler's surprised gaze made all the members of Mechanical Heart lower their heads, unable to understand why a wild extraordinary being would be so arrogant.

"Butler, he also gave two loaves of bread to the two homeless men. I suspect there must have been some kind of deadly poison inside, or the bread's appearance was just an illusion, and its true form was bloodstained scalp and rotting flesh!"

"Eating those two loaves of bread might even incur a terrible curse. We just did a divination; if they keep being eaten, it will cause a painful death!"

"We have sealed it away layer by layer and classified it as a Level Two Sealed Item!"

Just then, the squad leader of Mechanical Heart, unable to withstand the gaze of his superior, stepped forward again to report on the progress of other situations.

"Hey, those are just two loaves of bread that you can never finish. Why are you being so stupid as to make things so complicated?"

Hearing this despicable guy slander him, the blond boy slammed his hand on the desk and shouted angrily.

There are mentally challenged people every year, but there seem to be more this year than usual. Ron is really puzzled. It's just two loaves of bread, what's wrong with these people that they're making such a fuss?

"Ha, two loaves of bread that you can never finish?"

"Let alone whether its infinite replication characteristic will lead to any terrible consequences, such as life being quietly drained away."

"According to the divination results, since it's just bread, why did it ultimately cause someone to die a painful death?"

"I advise you to honestly confess the extraordinary beings behind you and your evil plans. Don't underestimate you just because you're a child. If there's real evidence, you'll face the judgment of the 'Court of Judges'!"

The squad leader of Mechanical Heart was particularly unconvinced and stubbornly began to analyze the situation. His rational analysis and threatening words immediately won the approval of his teammates and Ikonser, causing all their attention to turn to the extraordinary person who was about ten years old.

Upon hearing this, Ron fell silent, somewhat regretting having followed along. The atmosphere of stupidity here was even stronger than that of Source Castle, filled with a kind of "aesthetic" of low intelligence.

The boy opened his mouth, but in the end he hesitated and uttered a sentence.

Is it possible that eating only bread would lead to malnutrition, and that if you kept eating it without stopping, you would die from overeating?

The moment these words were spoken, the entire office fell into a deathly silence.

This is truly a simple, unpretentious, and incredibly realistic answer.

"No! Don't try to fool me!"

However, the squad leader of Mechanical Heart was clearly unwilling to accept his own stupidity. Seeing that the second-class merit was about to slip away from him, the squad leader shouted loudly and tried to start re-analyzing.

"That bread. That bread, yes, that bread is alive, it."

You're really stubborn and won't see the light!

Upon seeing this, the blond boy pursed his lips, raised his head disdainfully, and gave up on continuing to communicate with the person in front of him.

Because you can never wake someone who is pretending to be asleep!

"Alright, Trike, I'll confirm the details later using divination. What you should do now is finish your report and keep a close eye on this unfamiliar extraordinary individual!"

The butler with his disheveled hair was also a little dumbfounded. As a mechanical heart butler who often dealt with sealed artifacts, he had seen all sorts of negative effects.

This is the first time I've seen a "magical item" like bread that even an "appraiser" can't identify as having negative effects.

Perhaps we've all overcomplicated things, but thankfully I have other ways to confirm.

Ikonser Bernard adjusted his hat again, glanced at the blond boy again, then instructed his men to keep an eye on him, while he pushed open the door to retrieve a powerful sealed artifact.

A few minutes later, the deacon pushed open the office door again, and in his hand came an old silver mirror with strange patterns.

On its sides are two black gemstones, like two small eyes, staring unblinkingly at the people in the room.

The ancient mirror trembled slightly as soon as it entered the room, as if this highly intelligent sealed object had sensed or seen something.

"Your Excellency Arodes, I would like to know the negative effects of this bread that keeps splitting apart?"

Holding the silver mirror respectfully, without daring to be negligent in the slightest, Ikonser was like a humble servant. He gently stroked the surface of the silver mirror three times before asking the question he had just come up with.

Ron, meanwhile, pushed up his monocle and looked with interest at the sealed artifact that had just been secretly observing him.

He seemed to sense a familiar aura on this silver mirror.

Just as the butler finished speaking, the surface of the ancient silver mirror suddenly rippled like water, and a rich, blood-red color spread out from the ripples.

"Any normal person can see that this is just a harmless, filling, and infinitely divisible ordinary loaf of bread. Its negative effects are probably something the curly-haired baboon has to guess!"

The intense crimson light shifted and transformed, eventually forming a blood-soaked statement that silently mocked all the members of the Mechanical Heart within the room.

"So that's how it is. Its negative effects are really strange. No wonder I kept guessing wrong! Arodes is mocking us. Its attack power is unexpectedly strong today. Is it in a bad mood or something?"

Upon seeing the word, Ikonser's expression changed drastically. He clearly realized that his race was not a curly-haired baboon. Looking at the bloody word and sensing the unusual atmosphere, he had a very bad premonition.

"Based on the principle of reciprocity, it's my turn to ask a question. Will you choose to answer the question or complete the task?"

"If you choose to lie, or answer incorrectly, you will be punished!"

Looking at the blood-stained words and feeling the burning gazes behind him, the butler's face twitched, and he forced himself to say:

"I choose to answer the question!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the bloody words on the surface of the silver mirror changed and formed new sentences.

"I ask you, is the great, supreme, just, loving, wise, and all-encompassing 'Ruler of Time and Space' greater than the 'God of Steam and Machinery'?"

Upon seeing this question, Iconsel Bernard's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, because from Arrodes' description, he could clearly sense that the former was the correct answer.

but

If he dared to choose the first option at this moment, he would undoubtedly be questioned for his lack of devotion to God, so in the end, he was left with only one choice.

"Arods wouldn't have done this on purpose, would he? Why punish me this way?"

Without time to think, feeling the increasingly scorching gazes around him, the butler gritted his teeth, stamped his foot, and growled resignedly.

"My answer is no, I believe the 'God of Steam and Machinery' is greater!"

"Lying! Wrong answer! You will be punished for blasphemy!!!"

Before Ikonser could finish speaking, the blood-red words on the surface of the silver mirror suddenly changed, as if it had seized some once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and was impatiently arranging the butler's next fate.

With a deafening roar, a bolt of silver lightning struck down from mid-air, charring Ikonser Bernard, who was caught off guard. His hair swelled up again, black smoke billowed from his mouth, and he collapsed heavily to the ground.

The silver mirror with its ancient patterns didn't fall down with the mechanical heart butler; instead, it floated elegantly in mid-air before shamelessly landing on Ron's desk.

(End of this chapter)