Starting with Blood Healing to become an Ancient God

"Damn it! How did those lunatics get here? This is Redemption Society territory!"

Just as he was pondering this, a bright light suddenly appeared about two blocks away.

In the firelight, he vaguely saw two women in long robes gracefully flying by.

"The witches of the Forbidden Gate? Why are these guys causing trouble here at this time of year! The Redemption Society's attention will be completely drawn to them!" Ivan felt like he was about to collapse when he saw this.

"Am I going to die here today?" A wave of despair washed over Ivan.

Wang Wang Wang!

The barking of the mad dogs grew closer, and Ivan immediately held his breath, crouching in the corner of the house, his forehead and back covered in sweat.

In the deathly silence, he gradually heard the heavy breathing, the thud of the mutated claws hitting the floor, and even the dripping sound of saliva falling to the ground.

"God bless! God bless! God bless!" Ivan kept repeating to himself.

He was now terrified and had completely lost the will to fight.

It seemed that God was on Ivan's side this time; the sounds of the mad dogs outside gradually faded away, as if they hadn't noticed his presence.

After the sound completely disappeared, Ivan didn't dare to delay. He carefully stood up and tried to see what was happening outside by looking along the edge of the window.

But just as he peeked out, he suddenly saw a pair of incredibly cold and sinister eyes staring at him.

These are cold, vertical pupils, and this is a head that is much larger than a normal person's.

Its seemingly rotting skin, grotesque teeth, bizarre bone horns on its head, and the menacing claws and purplish-black skin beside it clearly declared that it had no relation to humans.

Ahhhhh!

The superhuman, battle-hardened investigator was so frightened by this sudden attack that he screamed and staggered backward, only to find that he seemed to have bumped into something.

In a panic, he turned around abruptly and instantly saw an incredibly gruesome human face.

The man had deathly pale skin and white hair, a stark contrast to his dead skin and scarlet lips.

This was indeed a human being, but at this moment her eyes were wide open, her mouth was stretched open to reveal her gleaming white teeth, and her two faces were torn into an inhuman shape by an invisible force.

He even felt that this face was more terrifying than those monsters.

Ahhhhh!

Ivan has gone mad.

A kind smile terrified a superhuman.

Chapter 0071: Xina's Merit

Ivan went mad, but he eventually escaped from Arkham.

With a strange cry and a crazed expression, Ivan charged down the north side of the street into the northern mountains.

In the darkness, Sheena's expression had returned to normal, and Zeke had transformed from a ghoul back into a normal human form.

"Young Master, are we just going to let him go like this?" Jike asked tentatively.

In the darkness, Los emerged with a smile, looking in the direction where Ivan had disappeared, and said with a laugh, "This was just a decoy."

Sheena explained, "The things he's investigating are all related to the Innsmouths, and we know very little about them. Letting him go crazy like this will attract the attention of more Eye of Insight investigators."

"If they are curious enough and confident enough, they will come back here again. However, their investigation will focus on the Tide Pirates rather than us in the central area. At that time, we can further understand the true strength of both sides through their battles."

Upon hearing this, Jike finally understood that the plan for the past ten days had all been for today.

During these ten days, Sheena often went out at night to the East District to investigate some situations, and then returned to study something with Dr. Murthy.

Then last night, after Ivan finished his investigation and successfully escaped the pursuit of the Innsmouths, Sheena disguised herself as an Innsmouth and, with the three dogs developed by Dr. Murthy, caught up with Ivan and bit him.

This one bite could completely ignite his fear, and then make him want to back out.

After striking while the iron was hot tonight, the poor investigator, driven mad by the people of Innsmouth, was done.

"How's the investigation going regarding that batch of prohibited drugs?" Los asked.

Sheena nodded and said, "The investigation is complete. It was a batch of medicines belonging to Dekans Pharmaceutical Company, but it wasn't actually medicine; it was a large quantity of high-grade nutritional supplements."

"Advanced nutritional supplement?" Jike was taken aback.

Sheena nodded and said, "The three great empires all show signs of cooperating with advanced races. According to the intelligence we have obtained, the advanced race cooperating with the Rosas Empire's military intelligence is called the Ur. They are skilled at fusing and modifying human bodies with other species."

"This transformation process requires the consumption of a large amount of biological energy and nutrients."

"In other words, this Dekans Pharmaceuticals Company is nothing more than an empty shell of our Imperial Military Intelligence Service," Los laughed.

It seems that his enemies are not only the two external empires, but also that he is isolated and helpless within his own empire.

Sheena nodded: "Yes, Dekans Pharmaceuticals often recruits volunteers for drug trials, but in the end, these people are sent to secret research institutes and become human test subjects."

As these people were talking, several shadows quickly appeared in the darkness. Then, Dr. Laban, wearing sunglasses, arrived with three other young men in black suits and carrying guns.

"Mayor!?" Upon seeing Los, Dr. Laban was visibly taken aback, his previously cold expression instantly transforming into one of surprise and caution.

He was very wary of this mayor who never showed his true abilities. He had at least three powerful superhumans under his command, so this mayor was definitely not an ordinary person either.

Los asked with a smile, "Oh! My dear city councilor, Dr. Laban, are you alright?"

Laban shook his head: "Thank you for your concern, Mayor. I wonder what brings you to the North District so late at night?"

Los said directly, "I recently received orders from the Empire to help them investigate a batch of stolen drugs. My police have discovered relevant clues here."

As he spoke, he pointed to the paw prints and saliva on the ground.

Dr. Laban looked down and his expression turned serious.

He knew perfectly well what this thing represented; it was a beast kept by those monsters.

Then, Los looked at Laban with a half-smile, but said in a very calm tone, "Besides, haven't you made a bit too much of a commotion here?"

Laban's breath hitched for a moment, then he smiled and said, "That's exactly why we need your help, since the North District is also part of Arkham."

Los asked indifferently, "That's true, but after these ten days, my police told me that you don't seem willing to assist them in their investigation. Instead, you keep sending them to the French mountains to investigate."

Laban was taken aback: "It's a misunderstanding, this must be a misunderstanding."

"Is it a misunderstanding, Zeke?" Los asked.

Zeke turned to look at Dr. Laban and replied respectfully, "That depends on Dr. Laban's actual performance."

Over the past ten days, police from the central district have gradually entered the northern district, but they have been completely isolated by the Redemption Society. Their goal is not to allow the police to move in, but to get the police to help them deal with the witches in the French mountains.

Not only did they prevent the police from conducting a thorough investigation, they also always found various reasons to send or guide them to the French mountains.

Los, who had long seen through his intentions, was just putting on an act, waiting for the right opportunity to arise.

The Redemption Society's influence worldwide is not to be underestimated. Moreover, this organization is not the kind that is overly radical. Before he has developed his own power, Los doesn't intend to directly break ties with them, at least not now.

Dr. Laban smiled and said, "Officer Zeke, don't worry! Perhaps our communication wasn't quite up to par in the past. If we communicate more effectively in the future, we'll definitely be able to wipe out this damned cult in one fell swoop!"

Los smiled and said, "That's good. However, to prevent any accidents from happening to the citizens of the North District, it would be better if we made a joint statement tomorrow. What do you think, Dr. Laban?"

“Yes, yes! You’re right,” Dr. Laban nodded.

After finishing their discussion, Los turned and left with his men.

After taking only a few steps, Los suddenly turned around and asked, "Dr. Laban, be careful of those pirates, they're very fierce."

“Thank you for the reminder, Mayor!” Dr. Laban replied.

Watching Los and the others disappear into the night, Dr. Laban turned to look at Ivan's former home.

"What are those Innsmouth people trying to do? Why are they sticking their noses in here?" Dr. Laban frowned slightly.

The young man beside him asked in a low voice, "Doctor, are we really going to allow them to fully enter the North District?"

"That's impossible. You were too rough before. You need to be more meticulous next time and not expose our core members."

"understand!"

"However, we mustn't clash with the police. Our goal now is to use the city government's resources to remove the forbidden gate. We don't want to end up in a conflict with the government instead of removing the forbidden gate! Understand?"

"Know!"

Chapter 0072 The Flower of Arkham

September 1, 1930 (Bimonthly Calendar), 561 Central Avenue, Commercial District, formerly the Rock Church, now the Beauty Flower Club.

This church, built with carefully selected stones, is now 130 years old.

The church has endured wind and sun for 130 years, but it remains incredibly sturdy. It's hard to imagine what kind of craftsmanship made the church so robust.

The church is a traditional Gothic building with a very regular lower structure and exquisite reliefs on the outer walls. The top of the church has three tall spires, making the whole church look very long and narrow.

The church served clergy for only 70 years out of its 130-year history. Sixty years ago, it was purchased by a businessman named Sham Goddard and turned into a wax museum on the commercial street.

That time, Sham completely renovated the place, overturning all the previous church designs and turning the building into the three-story building it is today, with interior decorations that were considered luxurious at the time.

Thanks to his excellent location and superb skills, Sham quickly gained great fame in Arkham, and many of the social elites of the time came into contact with him.

People take pride in having their own wax figure in the church.

Then something strange happened.

Five years after Sham moved in, strange disappearances began to occur in the business district, and it was eventually discovered that the missing people had been turned into wax figures.

They even discovered a large number of strange talismans among them, and only then did people realize that Sham was an evil sorcerer who had killed twelve citizens in six months to carry out his evil sacrifices and experiments.

Legend has it that when people found him, he was lying in a stone coffin. When they opened it, they saw him lying there in a frenzied state, surrounded by the bones of missing people and blood from an unknown source.

Those who went missing were turned into wax figures like guards after he emptied their internal organs, standing around his stone coffin.

That horrific incident shocked the entire town of Arkham at the time, which was still a town, and caused widespread panic among the residents.

Finally, the Empire sent some religious figures who baptized the church, burned Sham at the stake, and destroyed all his sinful wax figures.

After this incident, the castle was completely sealed off. It wasn't until these past few days that people learned it had been reopened, and the person who reopened it was the newly appointed young mayor.

While everyone felt something was amiss, after ten days of cleaning and renovation, the classical church was transformed.

The exterior walls have been renovated and painted white. I heard that the interior floors and walls have also been completely renovated.

Even the soil in the underground foundation was dug up and replaced, and these projects were carried out under the watchful eyes of the surrounding merchants.

According to the mayor's plan, a women's exclusive club will be built here to enrich women's lives and improve their social status.

The person in charge of this matter was a very mature, dignified, and beautiful woman. As soon as this woman, who was full of special radiance, appeared, she immediately captured the gaze and attention of all the men around her.

Rumor has it that this woman is the mayor's secretary and a very successful businesswoman.