mygo, but Cthulhu

"Qiansheng, you can see Arisaki and Satomi, right? I don't know why, but Kasumi and Tae suddenly couldn't see them. The doctors here also tried to make me think they were hallucinations... But since you can see them, it means they really exist. I just heard your plan. Take me away from here, Qiansheng."

"Eh? Saaya, what are you talking about? Arisaki and Satomi? Aren't they already... And what do you mean Chisei can see it too?"

Maruyama Aya was stunned by her words. She glanced blankly at the empty space beside Saaya, and subconsciously looked at Qiansheng inquiringly. The latter thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Xiao Cai, I can indeed see them... But since I can see Sha Ling's hallucinations, it means her situation is not simple... Although we can't confirm the situation yet, at least she and I are not ordinary mental patients. We need to leave here and then investigate the truth of all this."

"Okay, Qiansheng... Then I'll go back and ask Eve for help. She should be able to rescue you easily."

After hesitating for a moment, Maruyama Aya nodded silently. Then she thought of something and took out a stack of information from her bag and handed it to Qiansheng.

"By the way, Qiansheng, there's been some progress on the investigation you asked me to do. The man you described is indeed registered. He was in police custody for petty theft and has a very bad reputation among the neighborhood. Furthermore... he even ordered a life-size doll of you from an illegal source."

Maruyama Aya slowly recounted the story with an expression that was difficult to judge, but then her face turned confused and her voice sounded a little puzzled.

"But when I asked the police to check on his recent activities, they discovered he had disappeared long ago. No one had lived in his room for at least several years. After searching, they only found a notebook. Besides the awful contents, the only valuable information was a few pages about puppetry. It seemed he had discovered something that gave him the power to control people's minds... That was the end of the notebook. His neighbors had no idea when he disappeared."

"Really? That sounds strange. Why would the puppeteer be willing to give him power? He doesn't have anything to offer him..."

Bai Lu Qiansheng frowned, flipping through the information while thinking, and then his eyes fell on a familiar photo.

She knew the man in the photo. He was the guy who used some ability to make others ignore him. The information said that he contracted multiple sexually transmitted diseases due to promiscuity, gave up on himself and developed mental problems. He was kicked out after his family stopped paying for his medical expenses... Was he here for revenge?

"Xiao Cai, how are this guy's parents doing now? Have you investigated?"

"Them? I remember that when the police came, they were panicking because they suddenly had multiple STDs. They were confused for a while before they finally accepted the reality, but they had no idea what was going on."

"Sure enough, that guy took revenge on his parents and went to the hospital that kicked him out. He was able to do this because of the abilities given to him by the puppeteer... The clues are finally connected."

With this crucial information, the fog that had enveloped Bailu Qiansheng's vision was finally lifted bit by bit. Feeling excited, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and nodded slightly to Maruyama Aya in gratitude.

"Thank you, Xiao Cai. Without your help, I'd still be completely confused... Now our direction is clear. As long as we find those who have traded with the Puppet Master and gained psychic abilities, and figure out why the Puppet Master chose them, we might be able to find its weakness and defeat it in one fell swoop."

"Well, I will work harder when I get back. Qiansheng, just be patient for a while. We will rescue you soon."

Maruyama Aya nodded vigorously, and seeing her serious smile, Shiragi Chisei also felt relaxed for the first time in a long time. However, when she was about to continue to say something, she saw that Arisaki's expression in her field of vision became a little anxious, and judging by her lip shape, she seemed to be saying something hurriedly to Chisei.

"..."

But even though Qiansheng could see Arisaki's figure, she still couldn't hear her voice. After realizing this, Arisaki sighed and pulled Saaya and walked quickly outside. Shirasagi Qiansheng was restrained on the bed and unable to move, so she had no choice but to ask Maruyama Aya to go and check the situation.

After following Saaya out of the door, Maruyama Aya saw Yukina's father wailing. His twisted face was full of extreme desire. He wailed and bit off his fingers, desperately drawing strange musical notes on the ground with blood.

"I want that wonderful music! Let me hear it quickly! I want to hear it!"

"Hurry up, control the patient!"

The security guards around him subconsciously pressed him to the ground, but the man began to tremble and spit out blood. The doctors nervously tried to carry him to the emergency room, but the next moment another strange man suddenly walked into them and stared at them expressionlessly.

"Let him go. He's been contaminated by the residual sound of Truninbra. You shouldn't be the ones dealing with such a contaminated fellow. I will take over."

"What are you talking about? What's the residual sound? Get out of the way! Don't interfere with our work!"

The security guards tried to push him away without hesitation, but the man shook his head and attacked immediately. Before Maruyama Aya could see his movements clearly, the security guards fell to the ground. At this time, the people from the Shirahi family also surrounded him and threatened him with guns.

"Stop! Or we'll shoot!"

"The people of the Bailu family...but they have all been contaminated."

The man glanced at them and shook his head slightly, then walked forward without caring about the muzzle of the gun. The other party pulled the trigger directly, but even though there were several bloody holes on the man's body, he still did not stop. In their shocked gazes, he raised his hand to summon sand and dust. A small gray-black sandstorm swept past. The next second, the bodies of most of the people present slowly turned into ashes, and their heads twisted into broken scripts and fell to the ground.

"Okay, these derived pollutants have been cleaned up. Now tell me, where is Bai Lu Qiansheng?"

The bloody hole on the man's body was quickly covered by dust and recovered in the blink of an eye. At the same time, he turned his head to look at the survivors who fell to the ground in fear, and they also pointed tremblingly at the room next to Maruyama Aya. She was stunned for a moment and quickly turned around and wanted to rush in and escape with Qiansheng, but a silently surging dust suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, and the strong smell of decay made her mind dizzy.

"Don't act rashly.

Otherwise, you will also be reduced to ashes. I only want to deal with Bai Lu Qian Sheng and the trouble she caused. I have no intention of harming innocent people... unless you leave me no choice."

Chapter 221 Uehara Akatsuki

"Don't hurt her!"

Seeing the situation at the door, Bai Lu Qiansheng gritted her teeth and shouted hurriedly, and the man turned to look at her, slowly walked into the room until he stood in front of her.

"It seems you are receiving treatment, right? Bai Lu Qiansheng?"

"Now that you've recognized me, there's no need for you to harm Xiao Cai anymore, right? You can come to me if you have anything to say."

Qian Sheng stared into his eyes, spoke calmly, and tried desperately to think about whether she had seen him somewhere before, but there was no relevant impression in her memory. The man stared at her for a moment and then spoke in a deep voice,

"First, I need to ask you something... Do you know why I'm here?"

"You ask me? How could I possibly know?"

"If you don't know, take a look at the derived pollutants over there. They're all closely related to you, and in just a few days, they've covered most of the hospital. Given their harmfulness, do you know what the consequences would be if they spread?"

The man continued to ask questions expressionlessly, and Bai Lu Qiansheng couldn't help but frown.

"Unknown sir, I don't know why you think they are related to me, but the truth is they have nothing to do with me. Instead, they are related to a guy called the Puppet Master. If you want to completely eliminate them, you should go to him, not me."

"Really? Then why were all the members of the Bailu family transformed, but you were fine? You are the eldest daughter of the Bailu family, and the puppeteer has existed for a long time. If it wanted to harm you, why would it wait until now? And why did your mother rush you here? What is she trying to hide?"

The man kept asking questions, and Bai Lu Qiansheng was speechless for a moment because of the doubts he pointed out. After a long silence, he could only shake his head silently.

"I'm sorry, I also want to know what you asked. If I could get the answers, it wouldn't be such a headache."

"Really? You don't seem to have any idea of ​​the details, which is a shame."

The man sighed, then stood up and gathered gray sand in his palm.

"But I'm sure all this trouble is related to you. Killing you might solve the problem."

"stop!"

Hearing his words, Maruyama Aya opened her eyes wide and wanted to rush over, but the man didn't care about her reaction. He raised his hand and prepared to let the sand cover Bailu Qiansheng.

"You're still so anxious, Uehara Akatsuki."

But the next moment, the man suddenly heard the familiar voice of Tsuzuki Shichuan. He was stunned for a moment and turned around subconsciously, but what flew towards him was a sharp net made of silk threads.

"Tear,"

Uehara Akatsuki was instantly pierced by the net. His body stiffened for a moment before slowly disintegrating into countless evenly spaced pieces of flesh that scattered on the ground. Maruyama Aya trembled and fell to the ground due to the extremely shocking scene. After Shiraishi Chisei reacted, he couldn't help but frown in confusion.

"Puppeteer, you are here? Why did you save me?"

"Do you think I really want to do this?"

A gap appeared out of thin air in front of Qiansheng's eyes, and the twisted figure of the puppeteer crawled out from it. It looked up and sneered at her, easily cutting through the restraints on her body.

"Quick, take your Xiaocai away from here. If you want, take Sha Ling with you. This guy is not dead yet."

"Eh? But he's broken into pieces like this?"

At this time, Maruyama Aya was kneeling on the ground, trying hard to suppress her urge to vomit, but after hearing the puppeteer's words, she still vomited subconsciously. However, Bailu Qiansheng did not doubt the puppeteer's words. She inexplicably understood that this was not over yet, and rushed over eagerly to grab Xiaocai and Sha Ling, pulling them out as quickly as possible.

During this process, Maruyama Aya couldn't help but look back, and she was also confused to see that the piece of meat on the ground had turned into dust, slowly gathered together and turned into a man again. He looked at the puppeteer expressionlessly, and his voice was cold.

"I was going to try to trick you... but it didn't work. That's right, since you were able to impersonate Tsuzuki Shifune's voice and know my name, you must be aware of my identity as well."

"Yes, it's clear as day. You are an immortal who has made a contract with Kwache Utaus. How could I have thought that you could be killed so easily?"

The puppeteer laughed sinisterly, and Uehara Akatsuki calmly raised his hand to summon more dust, gradually covering the sky with a layer of gray.

"Before you do anything, I'll give you one more chance. Stop what you're doing now and return to your previous state. Otherwise, I won't care whether you belong to the Bailu family or some other faction."

"Back to the way things were before? You're really... arrogant."

The puppeteer slowly repeated his words, then gritted his teeth and forced out a twisted smile, as if he felt the extreme absurdity and anger.

"Do you know how I've been desperately holding on for so long? I've been forced to endure so much, forced to cooperate with Bai Lu Qian Sheng in this damn drama... and you, just open your mouth and want me to stop?! Who do you think you are?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless silk threads condensed in an instant, shattering the entire room in an instant and enveloping Uehara Akatsuki in an instant. However, the latter did not dodge, but calmly raised his hand and aimed at the puppeteer.

"You really refused. In that case, you can't blame me."

"Tear,"

The silk thread easily tore his body into pieces, but this was also because Uehara Akatsuki had no defense at all. The sand and dust bursting out from his palms instantly penetrated the puppeteer's body, covering it and assimilating it into a large amount of dust, and shattered it into powder on the ground.

As the flesh and blood turned back to dust, Uehara Akatsuki looked thoughtfully at the puppeteer's dust, then turned to look at the new puppeteer who had crawled out of the passage again.

"So that's how it is. You're just a tool. Someone else is responsible for all this, and he's still hiding behind the scenes... Bai Lu Qiansheng is more important than you."

"You've only just realized it? It's too late. They've already run quite a distance and must have informed Tsuzuki Shichuan. Even if I can't kill you, I can still hold you back. I advise you to..."

"Hold me?"

Before the puppeteer could finish his words, Uehara Akatsuki suddenly laughed, and his body turned into a large cloud of dust in the blink of an eye. The puppeteer's pupils contracted and he subconsciously wanted to retract the silk thread, but with the strong wind released by the spell, a wisp of dust still passed through the gap in the silk thread and quickly chased Bai Lu Qiansheng and the others. The puppeteer was stunned for a moment, and his face became more and more distorted. While he burst into a sharp roar of anger, he cut and destroyed the entire hospital in anger.

"Uehara Akatsuki! Come back here!"

Chapter 222 Just a Mortal

Run away, run away.

This was the only thought in Bailu Qiansheng's mind. She gritted her teeth and ran forward desperately. Even though she was extremely tired, she still pulled Xiaocai and Shaling and continued to run wildly.

She could smell the heavy smell of decay coming from the man, the smell of death. If she came into contact with that kind of dust, she would not be able to survive... She had to desperately escape from him.

"Ahem, hey, Ms. Tsuzuki! We've encountered a man who calls himself Uehara Akatsuki. He wants to kill Chisei. Please come over quickly!"

Maruyama Aya, who was beside her, took out her cell phone and dialed Tsuzuki Shifune's number while running out of breath.

The voice on the other side was also full of surprise.

"Uehara Akatsuki? He actually suddenly attacked Qiansheng... I understand. I'll be there as soon as possible. You guys hold on for a while."

"Okay, I hope you can hurry up..."

Before Maruyama Aya could finish her hurried words, she saw her cell phone being blown away by a cloud of dust. At the same time, her legs were bound by the dust and sand, and she lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground.

"I still can't stop you from asking for help from the Tsuzuki Poetry Ship... Never mind, just hurry up."

Uehara Xiao shook his head slightly and threw away Maruyama Aya's phone, turning it into ashes. Shirae Chisei also quickly stood in front of Maruyama Aya, staring at him with gritted teeth.

"Do you even have the most basic sense?! I've already told you I have nothing to do with those actors, so why are you hounding me?!"

"Of course I do. Since you know the names of those things, it at least means that you won't be contaminated by them. Isn't this enough as a basis for judgment?"

Uehara Xiao sneered, raised his hand and condensed the dust again, and said in an extremely cold voice,

"Besides, the puppeteer appears to be the leader, but in reality, that's not the case at all. It was forced into this position and is nothing more than a tool...which means someone is controlling it, either you or your mother."

"If Tsuzuki Shifune were here, she probably wouldn't have the heart to attack you. After all, your grandmother's death was related to her, and she's always been weak in this regard... But it doesn't matter. I will kill you, for the safety of all of Tokyo, and for my daughter to live in peace."

"boom,"

After Uehara Akatsuki finished speaking, the extremely large small sandstorm in his hand suddenly burst out and rushed straight towards Bailu Qiansheng, who had just struggled to break free from the spell seal. She flashed Maruyama Aya and Saaya out as quickly as possible, and the next moment she faced the sandstorm full of death.

"Sizzle,"

Just when Bai Lu Qiansheng thought she might be dying, a deep blue ice wall suddenly appeared before her eyes. It quickly spread out and enveloped her in an instant. Although it was constantly being eroded by the sand and dust, it still tried its best to fight against the sand and dust.

The next moment, Uehara Akira was also pierced through the body by the ice cone that appeared out of nowhere. His flesh and blood turned into sand and dust, but the ice crystals also broke down into the smallest and continued to freeze the fine dust, which made him frown.

"You deliberately gathered your strength to ensure the kill, but ended up making things worse... You are Wakamiya Eve, Itakuya's daughter, right?"

"If you like to call me that, you are welcome to do so, but you shouldn't have tried to kill Qiansheng."

In the rapidly spreading extremely cold icy fog, Wakamiya Eve responded calmly and softly while slowly walking towards him. The icy fog that grew regardless of everything soon pushed the sandstorm away, and Bailu Qiansheng's vision finally recovered. Then she saw the surrounding ice walls quickly disappear, and a familiar figure rushed over and gave her a hug.

"Qiansheng, I'm sorry I'm late... Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"Don't worry, Eve, I'm fine. You came at the perfect time. Thank you very much."

Although Eve's body was extremely cold, Qiansheng still felt completely safe. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and thanked her softly. Uehara Xiao's brows were already furrowed. He glanced at the puppeteer who was about to arrive not far away, and Wakamiya Eve who was obviously difficult to deal with. After thinking for a moment, he sighed, turned around and prepared to open the portal.

"I failed... Never mind. Let's try again next time. You can't always be vigilant against the tiny dust particles around you. I will take Bai Lu Qiansheng's life sooner or later. Goodbye."

"If that happens, I'm afraid that Himari's life will also be taken by my friend, Mr. Uehara."

Looking at his back, Bailu Qiansheng spoke quietly, and the next moment Uehara Xiao's body stiffened, trying to make his voice sound indifferent.

"What are you talking about? What's going on? There are a lot of people named Uehara in Tokyo, aren't there?"

"That's right, but I didn't say that Feimali's last name was Uehara. If you don't know her, how do you know this?"

"..."

After a moment of silence, the sandstorm suddenly stopped. Uehara Xiao slowly turned around, stared at her for a moment, then sighed expressionlessly.

"How stupid! I shouldn't have revealed my last name... Now you've caught me, Bai Lu Qiansheng. Should I praise you?"

"I don't ask for that. I just hope you can have a good talk with me. Anyway, the puppeteer and Ms. Tsuzuki will be here soon. I really have nothing to do with those actors. Why don't you talk to me?"

"Talk? Sure, but I have to do something first."