Chapter33 No. C-001

Somewhere in Tokyo.

The ceremony place.

In the chaotic main hall, men and women in uniform ran hurriedly past.

The space is circular, with a circle of fixed benches against the wall.

The walls, ceiling, and floor are all covered with different kinds of animal fur. People who come in for the first time will more or less feel like they have returned to primitive society.

Brown lion skin, striped Bengal tiger skin, horned deer skin, cheetah skin with beautiful spots, Siberian bear skin, Norwegian fox skin.

The furs of these beasts were spread out in layers on all sides, without any consideration of cost. Thick layers were stuck to the feet, walls, and ceiling.

The animal skin was covered with strange symbols using a fine brush similar to the color of rotten green leaves.

Triangles, quadrilaterals, strange words and shapes intertwined and then they began to glow.

The people coming and going seemed to have long been accustomed to the peculiarities of this place, and they all strode forward in tactical boots. In the crowd, Usami Reiko was waiting anxiously at the front desk, raising her watch from time to time to calculate the time.

Takashi Sakai ran over from the other end of the ceremony hall.

He was wearing a pair of sportswear with tidal sweat stains on his forehead, as if he had just finished exercising.

"Here!"

Usami Reiko threw the bag skillfully, and after the other party caught it, she immediately turned around and walked back the way she came.

Sakai Takashi wiped the sweat off his face, took out his gun from his bag, put it on his waist, and jogged after him.

"What's going on, even you?"

"The support team is on a mission, and there are no more personnel available. Let's go, three of us."

"Three?"

"And that bastard."

Usami Reiko replied coldly, and the two of them ran straight to the end of the corridor.

This place was also wrapped in layers of animal skins, with yellow and dark green rune lights shining on the faces of women and men - the further in you went, the fewer staff there were.

At the end is a huge iron door with a golden handle in the shape of a ship's rudder and a layer of silver on the front of the iron door.

——As the head of the logistics department, Usami Reiko certainly knows that this is not electroplating.

It is real silver and gold.

Although Mystique can still penetrate them easily, after countless tests, these two metals are considered to be the best.

It can barely weaken some of the mysterious escape.

Strange dark green light patterns flowed, and after a while, the rudder-shaped handle began to turn by itself without anyone around...

click -

The huge silver door opened from the outside, revealing a more lively space inside.

The researchers in white work clothes were busy with their own work. When they heard the sound, a few of them looked up and glanced at Usami Reiko. Their eyes moved coldly, then they immediately lowered their heads and continued to work.

Bai Ju quickly walked over from not far away.

He was wearing a dark green camouflage uniform, and the necklace with countless iron plates still hung around his neck.

"Boss Usami, Sakai."

Bai Ju greeted the two and asked them to follow.

This is the second level of the ritual house. Different from the nested area outside, only here do you begin to truly get in touch with the core of the ritual house.

Including this time, this is the second time that Usami Reiko has set foot here.

"The Mysteries have detected the chord waves of Chaos Ritual."

Bai Ju's deep bass is just like his mood, gloomy and heavy.

"Mystery?"

Sakai Takashi asked while jogging, stroking his short hair.

"No. SMC-C-001: The Arcana."

Bai Ju explained as he walked.

This is a set of rating rules given by the researchers at the Institute of Ritual after the emergence of the secret ritual, specifically for the mysterious items that may emerge in the future.

——SMC-C-001

SMC is the abbreviation of Special Mysterious Class, and C stands for level.

C grade:

Item possesses mild aggression and procedural awareness.

The user has to pay a price, and in some cases, lose his life.

(Including physical disability, restrictions on life and behavior, confusion of mind, temporary confusion of thinking, etc.)

(Cannot be held and used multiple times or for a long time.)

-

During the conversation, the three people entered a space surrounded by white.

Usami Reiko knew that she was about to see the so-called 'world's first' "special item".

Mystery...?

The crimson light swept across the three people, and behind the wall, instruments roared.

Detect, detect, detect.

Sakai Takashi looked at the white walls around him blankly, and subconsciously moved closer to Usami Reiko.

"Hey, this isn't the place..."

The woman nodded.

"By the way, I've never been here before." Sakai Takashi interrupted with a grin: "What happens if the verification fails?"

Usami Reiko smiled coldly, and pointed at the all-white wall without leaving any trace: "If you don't pass, countless machine guns will appear there and shoot you into a sieve."

Sakai Takashi: …

"will not."

Bai Ju was facing the scanner, and said without turning his head: "If it doesn't pass, another measure will be initiated here. If it still doesn't pass... we have the only insurance."

"Self-destruct system."

"The three of us can retire early."

Sakai Takashi waved his hands awkwardly: "Don't joke like that..."

"It's not a joke."

After the scan was completed, Bai Ju turned around and looked at the two people: "This is not a joke. The original intention of designing this place is to protect important items."

"The emergence of the "Secret Ritual" has turned the core area into a 'special item storage room', which is the place under your feet."

Bai Ju stomped his boots and said, "What you are going to see next will be the world's first item with extraordinary power."

"We'll talk about the rest later."

The cold machine opened, and the sound of air gushed out. A road that was only wide enough for two people to pass side by side, went straight down, spiraling into the shadows.

Bai Ju was the first to step in, followed by Usami Reiko and Sakai Takashi.

The stairs extend downwards step by step, and under each step, there are light strips to guide and illuminate.

The further down you go, the more humid the air becomes and the lower the temperature becomes.

You can even hear the sound of dripping water.

Sakai Takashi felt a little cold.

"We are underground?"

The footsteps of three people came down the stairs, one step at a time, going deeper into the room.

Judging from the echo, it was still a very long distance away.

"Underground." Bai Ju answered briefly and led the two to the end of the spiral staircase, about five or six floors down.

In front of them, a very old "manpowered" elevator appeared in the eyes of the three people.

"This……"

Sakai Takashi was speechless. What era is this?

Bai Ju calmly touched the bell above the elevator shaft with his calloused hands.

Jingle Bell--

The melodious sound of the copper bell rang out into the darkness of the well.

There was a sound of ropes rubbing against each other.

"You can't use the elevator." Bai Ju said, "Mystery will interfere with signals and imaging. Who knows if it will interfere with electricity?"

"The verification at the door..."

Hearing Sakai Takashi's rebuttal, this top ritualist rarely showed a barely perceptible smile: "Do you have a better idea?"

Bai Ju's face was full of complex emotions, he seemed to hate her, but also seemed to be helpless: "There is something wrong with this fucking world, people, and machines."

"What else can we do?"

Chapter 34 Hour hand, minute hand, second hand

This was the first time that Reiko Usami and Takashi Sakai worked on a human-powered elevator.

To put it simply, a few people sit in a basket and some people pull it, so as to achieve the purpose of rising and falling. At best, it is a human-powered elevator in a ceremony hall, but it is more gorgeous and stable.

Maybe, when you are at home, you can also set up a small basket and play with your son.

"You don't even have a girlfriend, stop dreaming."

Usami Reiko sneered, and under the sidelong glance of Sakai Takashi, she lit the cigarette with a "pop".

The red Mars slowly sank into deeper darkness.

"Minister Usami..."

Several people were descending as the ropes rubbed against the bearings. The dark space gave people an illusion of stillness, and even the slightest breathing sound could be heard from far away.

Bai Ju suddenly spoke, and turned to Usami Reiko hesitantly: "Minister Usami, about Yoshino..."

"It goes without saying."

Usami Reiko interrupted Bai Ju with a cold face. The other party seemed a little embarrassed, and the tough guy's facial muscles twitched slightly.

"I think the deaths of Nagayama Keiichiro and Yoshino Kenichi are indeed related to me."

Sakai Takashi's eyes widened in surprise.

Bai Ju explained indifferently, ignoring the increasingly stiff expression on the woman's face: "When we received the support signal, there was indeed no team on standby."

“It is not within my power to order the field team that is currently on a mission to return.

In that case, I misjudged the urgency and danger of the 'Request for Support' signal."

"otherwise……"

Bai Ju said in a low voice: "Otherwise, I should have gone alone. I think if I went, they would have a high probability of surviving..."

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