Star Forge Titan

"Who?" Meni asked with difficulty.

"Weren't you just talking about me?"

"Mr. Cohen!" Meni said the name he had just mentioned in a voice that was almost wailing.

"Could it be that you have become a ghost?" the assistant researcher exclaimed in disbelief.

But then, she felt her neck tighten and breathing became increasingly difficult. The darkness in front of her eyes intensified her panic, making it completely impossible for her to think calmly about such things.

Excuse me……

A top player who had misled the other party said sorry in advance in his heart.

In addition, by relying on the environment, actions and a little deliberate creation of psychological pressure, Miss Menie Kaye will quickly fall into panic in a very short period of time. At that time, the conspiracy that should be exposed to the sun will naturally collapse.

Although Alvin knew that his current behavior was extremely immoral, even cold-blooded and cruel, he did not stop his work.

In order to find out the mastermind as soon as possible, he was not going to let go of any clue that might be related to it.

Besides, this Miss Mayni might not be as innocent as she seems...

With the pair of eyes blessed by God that could see through darkness and illusions, the stern-eyed black-haired boy now noticed very clearly that Meni Kaye's face, which looked younger than her actual age, was filled with tears and fear.

In addition, there is a trace of deep-seated guilt.

Why, guilt?

A shadow flashed in Ivan's eyes, and at the same time, he loosened his hand slightly to allow the other person to breathe.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Miss Meany shouted excitedly, and she looked like she was about to collapse because of fear and regret.

"Mr. Cohen, I shouldn't have given you that letter. Woohoo! I didn't know it would cause you so much pain. If I had known... if I had known, I would..."

Then, from the crying assistant researcher, Alvin learned a piece of information that surprised him greatly.

Mr. Gena Cohen seemed to have suddenly received an urgent letter about his family half a month ago.

The letter conveyed by Miss Meany indicated that Mr. Cohen's wife had suddenly been diagnosed with a very serious illness and was likely to die within a few days.

His five-year-old eldest son and his three-year-old daughter are now left unattended.

This situation is obviously very serious, but the transfer order to leave the underground headquarters of Zhenli Rock has not been reviewed and approved. Under normal circumstances, the handling speed of similar incidents will definitely not be this fast.

Mr. Cohen, who has a gentle personality and always doesn't want to cause trouble to others, tried to remain pretty much the same as usual even in this extremely anxious situation.

So, except for Miss Meany, who witnessed him almost collapse because of forwarding the letter, other colleagues did not know about this incident.

And what happened after that was that horrific and vicious incident.

This seemed to further confirm the other party's view that he had become a corrupted person due to excessive pressure, but Alvin noticed another problem.

The information about Gena Cohen that he got from Menie Kaye did not seem to be completely consistent with what he got through Catherine's channels.

His wife was staying at home well half a month ago and had not suffered from any serious illness that could cause death.

From any perspective, she was a healthy mother and a very qualified mother, so her child was naturally well taken care of.

As a result, Gena Cohen, who applied for temporary leave on the grounds that his family was sick and his children had no one to take care of them, naturally could not get the free time he urgently "needed".

He cannot return to his hometown.

Chapter 57: A Clue (Part 1)

No matter how gentle a person is, there is a sacred place deep in his heart that cannot be violated in the slightest.

Obviously, for the material alchemist named Gena Cohen, his family is his biggest weakness, but also the people he values ​​most.

His purpose was not so much to hope to return to his hometown, but rather to urgently want to go home, to return to the home that was most important to him, to be with his sick wife and helpless children, to become their pillar of support, and to support his family in overcoming the current difficulties.

But this not excessive wish could never be satisfied, and then he began to feel anxious, and then from the anxiety came sharp fear, and from the fear finally flowed heavy despair.

All this completely overwhelmed Gena Cohen, who was usually gentle and kind, and made things slide rapidly towards the most extreme abyss.

At first glance, all the clues seem to be connected, forming a complete logical loop, making the whole thing clear at a glance.

A very serious change happened in Gena Cohen's family, but he couldn't go back in a short time. Coupled with the accumulated pressure from work and the poor communication in the feedback channels, a series of misunderstandings that should not have occurred occurred.

All of this combined led to the worst possible outcome.

Is it reasonable? Although there are some accidental elements in the process, it is indeed reasonable overall.

As for letters containing false information, perhaps they are just pranks played by others, or the product of office politics, bullying of honest people, and so on.

If you want to explain, you can easily find seven or eight reasons.

However, Alvin only felt suspicious about this, just as he believed more in necessity than in chance.

It is certainly possible that seemingly insignificant malicious acts can eventually lead to disasters, but we must admit that the probability of such acts actually causing a major disaster is very small, otherwise the world would have become a mess long ago.

Therefore, after obtaining new information from Miss Menie, Alvin not only did not feel that he had found the truth, but became more and more certain of the existence of the mastermind behind the scenes.

Even though what happened later attracted almost everyone's attention, he did not forget what happened to Rimore, and even vaguely felt that there was some vague connection between the two things.

Of course, I now have another problem to solve.

Looking at Miss Menie crying her heart out, Ivan, shrouded in darkness, put her down.

After her feet touched the ground, Miss Maynie felt her legs go weak and she collapsed to the ground powerlessly.

She vaguely felt that there seemed to be an extremely tall figure standing in front of her. Even if she guessed that the other person was not the ghost of Mr. Cohen, it was impossible for a person devoured by the devil to leave behind a remaining soul.

But the fear in her heart could not be stopped, causing the petite lady to tremble all over.

The darkness obscured the other person's vision and also covered the embarrassment on Ivan's face.

Although the gamer mentality he developed in his previous life made him not very particular in many aspects, as long as it did not touch the bottom line of principles, he would not hesitate to do things like pretending to be Batman to intimidate relevant people.

But after understanding the general situation and confirming that the other party is not a real villain, Alvin still feels very sorry.

However, he still has some issues that he needs to understand, so he has to reluctantly continue to play the role of the villain or dark hero for a while.

As for the regret in his heart, he always carried it silently on his own, but it never affected his pace of progress. After going through so many things, the boy's heart was much stronger than his peers.

"Letter, where did it come from?"

Ivan continued in that hoarse, low, and echoing tone that sounded like a ghost:

At the moment, this is the first focus he thought of, and it is also the most suspicious part of the information currently known.

"Where does the letter come from? That..." Meni choked a little, but still tried to organize her words.

"Of course the letter is from the mailbox...Aaaaaah!"

Suddenly, she hugged her head with both hands, let out a scream, a look of pain appeared on her face, and she fell to the ground and twitched violently.

"Calm down, take a deep breath!" Ivan quickly held down Miss Menie's twitching body, and at the same time rolled up a handkerchief and stuffed it into her mouth to prevent her from biting off her tongue due to the spasms caused by the convulsions.

This unexpected situation reminded Alvin of Rimore's abnormal performance on the training ground.

At this point, clues of the dark force behind the scenes appeared again, but now is not the time to continue questioning.

Obviously, the question he had just asked had triggered the spell effect in the other party's mind. The false memories implanted through the illusion conflicted with the real memories. The resulting cognitive confusion, when serious, would trigger a physiological rejection reaction like this.

Under normal circumstances, the effects of this spell will be completely ignored by the recipient, and the false memories will be taken for granted by them. As long as the most critical contradiction is not discovered, there will be no conflict between the two memories. They may even subconsciously ignore its existence, just like slowly forgetting that memory.

After finally controlling the twitching Meni, Alvin immediately took out a palm-sized, rabbit-head-shaped plush toy from his pocket.

This is the second-generation product after Khayang modified the communication undead that he used last time. In essence, it is still a short-distance communication equipment made by combining undead magic with magical engineering.

The rare combination of technology makes the magic wavelength emitted by this equipment when it is in operation very different from that of general communication spells, so it will not trigger the conventional monitoring magic arranged for general communication spells.

Therefore, even if you are in the heavily guarded underground headquarters of the Rock of Truth, as long as you control the frequency of communication, you will not attract the attention of the security department when using it.

Without bothering to complain about the appearance of the equipment, Ivan clenched his five fingers slightly, and the rabbit-headed doll immediately let out a short scream. Then, from the doll's rapidly squirming three-petal mouth, Khayang's deliberately suppressed voice came immediately.

Unlike the half-broken harmonica that barely served as a sound-generating device before, after systematically studying basic magical engineering knowledge during this period, Khayang can now combine relatively simple mechanical sound-generating devices with necromancy spells.

In this way, not only is the device more compact, but the call quality is also significantly improved.

Sensing the vibration in his pocket, the necromancer who was in class sneaked under the table while no one was paying attention, and whispered to the cat-head-shaped plush toy in his hand:

"what's up?"

"I found a clue. It's in the laboratory where the incident happened. Now I need help. The person who provided the information was most likely under an illusion. After the spell effect was destroyed, he has developed a stress reaction and needs to be dealt with as soon as possible." Alvin explained the situation on his side simply and clearly.

“…” Ka Yang was stunned for a moment.

To be honest, after nearly half a month without finding any useful clues, he was actually planning to give up. Anyway, if there was any conspiracy, it would happen in Lind, the Central Empire. What did it have to do with him, an Elrond from the Northern Kingdom?

He is not a righteous hero, but rather an 'evil' necromancer.

"Okay, I'll be right there." After receiving the call from the hero of justice, the 'evil' necromancer decisively stated that he would set off immediately.

After putting away the cat-head doll, Ka Yang rushed out of the desk and shouted loudly to the teacher who was looking at him:

"Report, I need to go to the bathroom."

Chapter 58: A Little Clue

"So, what are you going to do with this guy?"

Looking at the calm but unconscious Meni, Kayang, whose hair was still as messy as a bird's nest, said speechlessly.

"It would be very troublesome to silence them, wouldn't it? This is the important headquarters of the New Era Research Institute. If even a cleaner disappears, it will cause unnecessary trouble. Although, if the body can be completely disappeared, it can delay the situation for a longer time." The evil necromancer said maliciously.

"I'm not so depraved as to use the lives of innocent people to protect my secrets." Ivan glared at Khayon and said in a helpless but serious tone.

For a moment, he wasn't sure whether this guy was joking or serious.

Hearing Ivan's answer, Ka Yang showed an expression that said 'I guessed you would say that'.

"Okay, hero, I was just kidding." The Necromancer spread his hands out as if to say, 'I really can't do anything to you.'

Just now, Khayang, who had skipped class to pee and rushed here, used a 'little trick' of necromancy that was not suitable for others to see to relieve Meni Kaye's stress response. Now he was fiddling with the debris on the ground with a bored look on his face.

As for why Khayon, a necromancer, can do this, just kidding. A qualified necromancer's understanding of the human body is comparable to that of a professional doctor to some extent.

To use an inappropriate example, they have dissected more corpses than the average person eats bread in a day.

Khayon successfully resolved the stress reaction caused by the accidental destruction of the hallucinogenic spell with just a silver needle and a small amount of nerve paralysis potion. The only magic he used was a few low-level necromancy spells with very slight fluctuations that would not cause too obvious movement.

"What do you think about that letter?" Alvin suddenly asked after thinking for a moment.

He had already told Ka Yang about the new intelligence he had obtained. No matter how he thought about it, it would be more appropriate to discuss this kind of conspiracy with this guy.

After all, this necromancer in front of him with dry and messy hair like a bird's nest has the potential to become the king of traitors.

"That letter was probably just a trigger, or at best, a spark, a damn spark that seemed to have 'accidentally' fallen into the pile of firewood, perfectly timed in every sense."

The Necromancer chewed on the word in great detail, his face revealing an evil expression that made him look like a villain.

"How much do you know about hallucinogenic magic?" Suddenly, Khayon changed the subject.

"Not much, but at least I know one thing. For ordinary illusionists, completely controlling a person, especially a transcendent, is often impossible with just one or two spells. That's something only the strongest among high-level transcendents can accomplish."

As he spoke, Alvin couldn't help but recall the robber leader who suddenly committed suicide on the train.

"Yes, so if the madman who set himself on fire did not do it voluntarily, then he must have a relatively close relationship with the murderer. Even if they don't meet every day, they will at least meet two or three times a week." Ka Yang nodded and began to express his guess.

"He must implant the command bit by bit through long-term spellcasting in order to make the other party end their life in the way he wishes to see."

"But this actually involves a corrupted ritual that summons demons. Compared to a simple linear operation like finding a high place and jumping down, it's countless times more complicated."

Khayon scratched his already messy hair, a look of distress showing on his face, which was very rare.

"Honestly, I have no idea how they could have made someone, with a certain level of thinking ability, voluntarily offer their faith to the evil god and perform a blood sacrifice with themselves as a sacrifice."

"That completely goes against the human instinct of self-preservation. Normal hallucinogenic spells should be like this, because some small contradictions will break them down." Pointing at the still unconscious Meni, Ka Yang said in a strange tone:

“…” Ivan also looked thoughtful.

"Perhaps we can change our thinking. The other party didn't directly control Mr. Gena Cohen to initiate the ceremony, but instead guided him to think something like 'the ceremony must be held.' As for why the ceremony must be held..."

The two looked at each other and suddenly said in unison:

"go home!"

"Yes, that explains it." Khayon stood up and paced back and forth excitedly.

"Remember what I mentioned before? When we first entered the laboratory, that young nobleman and I saw someone drawing strange patterns. Although we immediately realized that something was wrong, well, that's not important. What's important is that the thing that guy kept muttering at the time was..." The necromancer took a deep breath, subconsciously lowered his voice and slowly said:

"I can finally go home."

For a moment, the surroundings became extremely quiet, and the only sound was the two amateur detectives' subconsciously quickened breathing due to the overly serious atmosphere.