The most shameless alchemist in history

Now there are more and more suspicious points about Leopard Tail, but Du Lei did not reveal them in time.

"What does this prove?" Kotetsu knew there were too many suspicious points, so he frowned and asked Dure for his opinion.

“I don’t know what this proves, but I have a question,” Dure said after thinking for a moment.

"What's the problem?" Kotetsu pressed, after all, Hyogoro was one of his team members.

"Is Leopard Tail really Leopard Tail?" Du Lei asked a thought-provoking question, which made Kotetsu fall into deep thought.

Just then, Ape Arm, who had been chasing Bee Sting and Leopard Tail in the distance, returned. He gestured to Hu Che and the others, his gestures were simple, meaning that Hu Che and the others should follow, obviously he had already found Bee Sting and Leopard Tail.

"Leopard Tail, what's wrong? Please answer me! You're really making me worry, Leopard Tail!" Du Lei and the others heard the sound of bee stings from afar; the sound was very clear in the dark tunnel.

Using the light of their flashlights, they could see that there seemed to be a mine ahead. The underground tunnel was laid out as a longitudinal passage with railway tracks, and there were several large mine pits nearby. Bee Sting and Leopard Tail were in one of the mine pits.

"This smell!" Du Lei frowned from afar, noticing a strange odor permeating the air.

"Hehehehe." A sharp laugh came from the darkness, which was somewhat eerie, especially for girls. Hearing such a high-pitched laugh was enough to make their scalp tingle. The sound came from the leopard's throat.

"I'm back, I'm back! This place that I hate and despise, I'm really back!" The voice was high-pitched, completely different from Leopard Tail's usual voice, yet it came from his throat.

"No, no, don't come any closer, please don't come any closer!" Leopard Tail suddenly covered his face, curled up into a ball, and shouted in fear.

"I don't want to come back here! This place is too terrible! I want to leave! I want to leave!" Leopard Tail changed his posture again and shouted in panic. He looked like he was possessed, which made Wenli, who was in the distance, feel scared and hide behind Bailing.

"What happened to Mr. Leopard Tail? How could he suddenly become like this? Could he be possessed?" Wen Li was very worried about this. She was concerned that something might happen to Leopard Tail, after all, as a member of the guard team, he had put himself in danger several times along the way to protect her safety.

"Leopard Tail, wake up!" Kotetsu couldn't take it anymore. He stepped forward, grabbed Leopard Tail by the collar, and lifted him off the ground.

"Leopard Tail, wake up. Everyone's here. It's alright, everyone's here," Bee Sting comforted him gently.

"Hehehehe, you'll die." Leopard Tail was grabbed by Kotetsu. If it were his normal state, he would have given in long ago. He couldn't beat Kotetsu and would be completely subdued by him.

But now he completely disregards Kotetsu, and the sound coming from his throat is chilling.

"What nonsense are you spouting? If you keep spreading these alarmist rumors, I'll beat you up," Kotetsu threatened him fiercely.

"The gates of hell have been opened, and all of you will die here!" Hyo-o-O-Wan ignored Kotetsu's threat and shouted loudly. The sharp sound echoed in the empty mine, and the syllable "die" was drawn out due to the echo, making people's hair stand on end.

433 Warm and hospitable

Leopard Tail's current behavior was clearly abnormal, and Kotetsu was furious. He immediately decided to teach Leopard Tail a lesson, but at this moment, Du Lei, who was not far from him, suddenly made a shushing gesture, which made Kotetsu stunned. He looked at Du Lei in confusion, wondering what he was up to.

All eyes were on Dure. Dure closed his eyes and twitched his ears slightly. He was listening carefully to the sounds around him. In the deep, dark underground, sound travels very fast, and he could easily hear sounds from afar. He seemed to have heard something.

"Mr. Dure, what are you doing? Is something wrong?" Wen Li couldn't help but ask when she saw Dure's appearance. She was a little frightened by the leopard tail earlier and looked around anxiously, wondering if something might suddenly appear.

"That sound is bad, we have to go!" Du Lei's face grew increasingly grim, until it turned completely pale. He shouted a warning to Wen Li, Kotetsu, and the others, because he had clearly heard the strange noise.

"Oh, what are those things?" Just then, Wenli exclaimed in surprise. Not far from her, white things appeared, blocking their way. Due to the light, she couldn't see them clearly, but it was a series of recent events.

This included both the leopard tail's strange reaction and Du Lei's loud warning. Anyone with a little common sense would know that something was wrong. In fact, in that brief moment, the group of white things had already gotten closer, and at this time the light gradually became clearer.

Winry could clearly see that the white things were skeletons, skulls—a group of skeletons that should have been lying in coffins had all stood up.

"Damn it, is this some kind of ghost? How could I run into something like this?" Hu Che stared wide-eyed at the sight. He looked around and found that there were hundreds or even thousands of skeletons all around him. As they approached, they made a "crackling" sound, showing a strong tendency to surround them.

"Devil, they are all devils and will be devoured by devils. Everyone will fall into endless darkness, hee hee hee." Leopard Tail continued to shout and struggle, looking like a madman.

"You better shut up already!" Kotetsu swung his fist and punched Hyobi, knocking him unconscious.

"Leopard Tail, are you alright, Captain? What happened to you?" Bee Sting was very concerned about Leopard Tail's safety.

"Just let him quiet down. Ape Arm, you hold this guy. It looks like we're having a hard time leaving here." Tiger Che threw the limp Leopard Tail to Ape Arm, asking him to take care of it, even though he had a lot of complaints about Leopard Tail.

But after all, Leopard Tail was a companion they had spent several years with, so they couldn't just abandon him.

“Where did all these things come from? It’s terrifying!” Wenli had never seen anything like it before, and she trembled with fear.

“If I’m not mistaken, these are the spirits of the dead who died underground. Look, some of them are still wearing miners’ clothes, and some skeletons are carrying mining pickaxes.” Dure’s keen observation skills allowed him to immediately grasp the important information.

"What are these miners doing, they're all dead, why are they bothering us?" Kotetsu didn't understand why they were in this situation.

"How would I know about such things? But they seem to welcome us, that's for sure." Dure's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

"What did you mean they welcomed us like this?" Kotetsu's eyes widened.

“Of course, didn’t you see how eagerly they wanted to keep us here?” Dure first touched the large crossbow on his back, but he quickly realized that these skeletons had no flesh and blood, so shooting the crossbow bolts would be useless. Seeing a skeleton rushing over, he took the opportunity to knock it down.

He snatched a pickaxe from the skeleton, weighed it in his hand, and found it to be fairly handy and usable.

"You bastard, this is no time for jokes. How can there be so many of them? No, we have to break out of here, otherwise there will be more and more of them, and then we'll be in trouble!" Hu Che scolded Du Lei, and as the skeletons approached, he also began to fight in close combat.

He swung his fist and slammed it down hard, each punch accompanied by a series of "crackling" sounds, the sound of skeletons being smashed into pieces. His fists were quite strong, but no matter how powerful he was, he couldn't withstand the sheer number of skeletons, which swarmed around him in groups.

It was practically a vast, white sea of ​​skulls.

"No need to wait until then, we're already in trouble. Damn it, we're completely surrounded and can't get out at all." After swinging his pickaxe and taking down more than a dozen skeletons, Du Lei finally realized that they were in an extremely unfavorable situation.

Just as he was speaking, another skeleton swung a shovel at his back, but luckily he reacted quickly and barely dodged it.

"We were so careless. We didn't expect there to be so many undead here. Are we going to be wiped out?" Kotetsu was extremely unwilling, but the ever-increasing number of skeletons made him despair. If they continued fighting like this, they would eventually be exhausted.

"It's all my fault for dragging everyone down. If it weren't for me, none of you would have had to come here to die. It's all my fault." Wenli felt extremely guilty about this. Her voice was trembling with tears. In this situation, she watched Dure and the others fight, but she couldn't do anything about it.

"That's right, holy water!" Dure held his pickaxe horizontally, and six or seven skeletons swung their shovels down at the same time, making it very difficult for him to defend himself. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he shouted loudly.

"Holy water? What holy water?" Hu Che was completely confused and didn't understand what Du Lei was talking about for a moment.

"Holy water! The holy water the old woman gave us! It's with Miss Wenley! Quickly try that stuff!" Dure shouted a reminder.

"Oh right, the old woman gave me a bottle of holy water before we left. She said it could save lives. Here it is." Wenli immediately took the holy water out of her pocket. Originally, she hadn't paid much attention to the bottle of holy water.

But now she understands that this bottle of holy water seems to have an effect.

"Hurry up and sprinkle the holy water over there, quick!" Dure pointed to the right and reminded Wenli, he couldn't care less about anything else now.

"Understood," Winry nodded emphatically, and then forcefully poured the holy water from the bottle in the direction Dure pointed.

Although she didn't know if the holy water would work, it was their only hope for alleviating the situation.

434 Two Days of Memory

The bottle of holy water in Wenli's hand, given to her by the old woman who ran the inn in Spring Breeze Town, was their last hope. In fact, before throwing the holy water out, they were all somewhat desperate and dared not have too much hope.

After all, the army of skeletons in front of them was too terrifying, numbering at least several hundred or even thousands, completely surrounding Dure and his group. But the moment the holy water was sprinkled out, the droplets of holy water touched the surface of the skeletons and instantly spread out a white mist.

Along with the mist came agonizing screams and the cracking sound of bones breaking. Under the watchful eyes of Dure and the others, large numbers of skeletons were vaporized and evaporated, making the previously blocked road suddenly wide. Wenli was dumbfounded and looked at Bee Sting in disbelief.

"Don't just stand there, hurry up and get out of here!" Du Lei shouted decisively, urging them to leave quickly.

"Wow...you're that powerful? I understand, let's go now." Wen Li was startled and stammered. She knew this was no time to linger, so under the escort of Bai Ling and the others, she quickly ran forward without daring to look back!

The group ran in the dark for more than ten minutes before they finally ran out of energy and stopped to catch their breath. In fact, given the stamina of Kotetsu and the others, they could run for an hour without even breaking a sweat, let alone more than ten minutes. But Winry couldn't keep up.

Once everything returned to calm and there were no unusual circumstances, Kotetsu decided to slow down so that Winry could at least catch her breath.

"Have we gotten rid of those skeletons? That was terrifying. I never imagined there would be such horrible things underground." Wenli gasped for breath, suddenly remembering the vast white sea of ​​skeletons she had just seen, and she still shuddered.

"In this deep, dark underground, we really can't afford to be careless for even a moment. We still need to be careful, because no one knows what we'll encounter next," Hu Che reminded everyone. Just now, the sea of ​​skeletons had almost driven them to the brink of death, and who knows what they'll encounter next.

"Cough cough... What's going on?" Leopard Tail, who was being carried on the back of the ape arm, coughed twice and woke up. The ape arm then put him on the ground.

"Leopard Tail, you're finally awake. How are you feeling?" Bee Sting went forward to check on him.

"Leopard Tail, you bastard, what happened before? Explain yourself!" Tiger Che was not as gentle and considerate as Bee Sting. When he saw that Leopard Tail was awake, he immediately went up and grabbed Leopard Tail's collar, shouting at him loudly. Leopard Tail's behavior before was too suspicious.

"What's going on, Boss Kotetsu? I don't understand what you're saying at all." Leopard Tail looked puzzled and confused. He looked tired, his face was pale, and cold sweat was dripping down his forehead, as if he had just woken up from a long nightmare.

"Don't you remember what just happened?" Du Lei didn't quite believe Leopard Tail's words, and he scrutinized Leopard Tail's eyes as he asked.

At this moment, both Wenli and Bailing looked at Leopard Tail, because Leopard Tail had been acting strangely for quite some time.

"Hey kid, are you trying to pick a fight with me? I'm warning you, don't think I'll respect you just because you saw through the black smoke before. Don't take yourself too seriously!" Leopard Tail didn't dare to say a word when Kotetsu questioned him, but now even a young kid was talking back to him, which he couldn't stand.

"See through the black smoke... what are you talking about?" Du Lei was momentarily stunned, not quite keeping up with Leopard Tail's pace.

"It's about Black Smoke impersonating Miss Winry. By the way, where is Miss Winry? How is she?" Leopard Tail suddenly remembered this and immediately asked.

“I…I’m here,” Wenli said weakly.

"Miss Winry, it's so good that you're alright! Where's that guy who impersonated Miss Winry? Let's hurry and chase after him, we can't let him get away! Hey, what's with those looks? What are you staring at me for?" Leopard Tail was furious, looking like he was about to fight someone.

But at that moment, he also noticed that the way the people around him were looking at him was a little strange.

"Leopard...Leopard Tail, do you really not remember what happened before?" Although Bee Sting had tried his best to protect him before, the way Bee Sting looked at Leopard Tail now was not quite right, because the contrast between Leopard Tail before and after was too great.

"What, Bee Sting? Even you don't believe me? Why are you looking at me like that? What's wrong with me?" Leopard Tail trusted Bee Sting the most among all the guards, but even Bee Sting's eyes were full of doubt and confusion, which made Leopard Tail a little angry.

“He wasn’t lying; it seems he really knows nothing about what happened before.” After carefully observing Leopard Tail’s eyes, Du Lei could confirm this.

“Hey kid, do you even have the right to speak here? You…” Leopard Tail shut Du Lei down with a single sentence.

"Shut up! You almost killed us all before!" Kotetsu roared at Leopard Tail.

"Wh...what? I killed everyone? How is that possible? Putting everything else aside, I definitely can't beat you, Kotetsu...Miss Winry, is this true?" Hyobi was a little scared by Kotetsu's shout. He turned to Winry and asked her.

“It’s true. It seems a lot has happened.” Winry nodded. She had always been a gentle and kind person. Although Leopard Tail had caused them a lot of trouble and frightened them quite a few times, she still forgave Leopard Tail.

"But I don't remember anything. I only remember that we were on Nightmare Mountain... Right, where is this place? Did they catch the guy who impersonated Miss Winry?" Leopard Tail pressed his right thumb and middle finger knuckles against his temple, trying to recall carefully.

“No, we’ve already left Nightmare Mountain. In fact, two days have passed. Leopard Tail, what’s wrong with you? Is your memory stuck two days ago?” Bee Sting shook his head and told Leopard Tail the correct time.

"Two days ago? We're not in Nightmare Mountain anymore? Bee Sting, you're not kidding me, are you?" Even Leopard Tail himself was startled this time.

“That is indeed the case. I have a question for you.” Dure confirmed this as well, and looked at Leopard Tail with suspicion. The situation had become somewhat confusing.

"Just ask me whatever your question is." Leopard Tail was getting impatient. Normally, if Du Lei asked him a question, he would inevitably be met with a barrage of sarcastic remarks, and he would simply ignore Du Lei. But now Leopard Tail realized that he had a problem, and a big problem at that.

"Do you know Siegel?" Dure asked, enunciating each word clearly.

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Chapter 435 Opportunities to Showcase

As Leopard Tail regained consciousness, things became increasingly complicated. Leopard Tail had no idea what he had done in the past two days. His memory seemed to have been interrupted since Nightmare Mountain, which greatly surprised Kotetsu and the others. This was too incredible; he had missed two days of his memory.

But Dure was the first to find the crux of the problem. The loss of memories on Nightmare Mountain could be understood as them being tricked by the green orb, but everyone else had regained consciousness except for Leopard Tail. Furthermore, there was another major point of suspicion: Siegel knew Leopard Tail and even called him by name!

“Siegel? Let me think… I don’t think I know anyone with that name.” Leopard Tail thought carefully, then shook his head slightly.

"No? But someone specifically mentioned knowing you by name. Could it be that he's mistaken?" Kotetsu was very dissatisfied with Hyo-o's answer.