Chapter 37: Deadly Enemy
"Life Alchemy... Resurrection Ceremony... Hiding..."

"It turns out that I have turned into a monster..."

"Let me go, I will go into the mountains and never show up again. I won't hurt anyone..."

Dunn closed his eyes, then opened them. His deep grey eyes seemed to be able to absorb people's souls. He took a deep look at "Old Neil". His cold, eyelash-less eyes were fixed on Old Blue who had retreated, not even paying attention to Dunn in front of him.

Dunn, revolver in hand, stepped back and joined Klein and Frye, who also had their guns drawn and were aiming.

At this time, the eyes of "Old Neil" widened, revealing an expression of extreme fear and struggle, and his body actually slowly slid off the "Gun of No Darkness" nailed to the wall.

"Dun, do you remember that I once saved you..."

"Klein..."

The unreal cries of pleas shook the hearts of the night watchmen present. Klein felt that his right hand holding the revolver should be trembling, but the clown's control over his muscles made it as steady as a benchmark.

boom! boom! boom!
Three silver demon-hunting bullets flew out, one in front and two in the back, piercing Old Neil's head.

Klein looked at his right hand in astonishment, unable to believe that he had subconsciously pulled the trigger.

He saw that the wrinkles around Old Neil's eyes and mouth were so deep, and his dark red eyes were slightly turbid... Blood red and milky white splashed from the opened skull onto the stone wall, creating an "oil painting" with a very artistic atmosphere.

The densely packed eyes trembled as if they had lost their support. They were originally transparent and became empty, gradually dissipating. Before dissipating, they remembered the information of the people present and the human with a poetic temperament who had just arrived.

The next moment, all the extraordinary people who were chasing after knowledge in the secret paths received a message with some useful or useless knowledge: Tingen, the Night Watcher.

He had no idea that carelessly imparting knowledge to an old secret peeper, causing him to lose control, would bring him terrible revenge and cruel enemies.

——Let’s put it this way, he probably wouldn’t live to see the time when he would bring harm to Sister Lo Mein.

"Captain... Old Neil? Light gun..." Leonard wanted to say something, but was stopped by Dunn. He had to shut up and called the old man in his heart, but got no response.

Klein stared at the disappearing eyes, and the honorific name that Old Neil had mentioned echoed in his mind: "Hidden... Sage..."

Ding, the light gun turned into a bright yellow light spot as Old Blue thought, adding a bit of warmth to the cold underground space.

Klein glanced at Old Blue with a complicated expression. He knew that Blue shouldn't be blamed for this matter, but... if he could be more gentle... or pray for the help of the gods... using ritual magic...

Ritual magic? Why didn't I think of using ritual magic after the priestess used the light gun to control Old Neil? Captain Dunn didn't remind me either? Klein was startled, and then his expression became gloomy... That might mean that Dunn and himself subconsciously believed that ritual magic was ineffective.

He watched woodenly and speechlessly. After the illusory eyes on Old Neil's body disappeared, his body became shriveled and a hole was burned in his chest by the light gun. No blood flowed out of it, as if the internal organs and blood in the hole were burned and evaporated in an instant.

The air was filled with the disgusting smell of barbecue, and Klein seemed a little uncomfortable. He suddenly saw a nearly transparent figure vaguely appear in front of Old Neil. It leaned down and hugged the corpse. Its figure quickly evaporated and then disappeared completely...

The ring on Old Neil's left ring finger shone with a faint light, as if something strange was mixed in, making it look extremely beautiful.

Klein combined what Old Neil said about rituals, resurrection, and soul recall, and vaguely understood something. In the heavy and depressing atmosphere, he heard Dunn command:
"Frye examines the remains, while Leonard and Klein go to Old Neil's house to look for possible clues."

“Okay.” As soon as Klein opened his mouth, he was stunned for a few seconds by his own voice. It was so hoarse and so low, as if he had a bad cold.

……

"Matthew, Blue, thank you for your help." Dunn brought the two Mandated Punishers to an empty room and said in a low voice:

"Can you tell me how you found out that Old Neil... um, had problems?"

Matthew looked at Old Blue, and his doubts were no less than Dunn's.

Old Bruce had a solemn expression and spoke out the words he had prepared long ago:
"Don't underestimate the underground trading place that Swain and I run. Old Neil often goes there to buy some commonly used ritual materials. After all, he is a secret peeper, so this is normal. But recently, one of my informants told me that he asked for the blood of a living person... Well, although he didn't buy it... But you have to know that the blood, souls, etc. of a living person are inseparable from evil rituals..."

This informant certainly did not exist, and it did not matter whether Old Neil had asked anyone else. What mattered was that the ritual Old Neil performed did use a large amount of human blood...even though it was his own.

When Dunn heard about the words "blood" and "ritual", he understood the cause and effect. Then Old Blue and Matthew brought the "sealed object" of the "singer" path to his house... This was also reasonable. The Sun Path was very effective in dealing with evil spirits and demons, and the sequence of that seal must be not low...

"Dunne, I'm sorry."

Old Blue bowed his head to Dunn and apologized sincerely:
"Under the blessing of the seal, I saw those eyes... I thought that if I solved it, I could save old Neil... I should have invited a ritual expert..."

……

Klein and Leonard found some manuscripts in Old Neil's residence, which contained messy records of some strange and bizarre rituals:

"Life is made."

"The materials needed include: 100 ml of water from the Elven Spring (Golden Spring on Sonia Island), 50 grams of star crystal, half a pound of gold, 5 grams of phlogiston, 30 grams of hematite... and a large amount of human blood."

Under the blood of the living, Old Neil made a comment:
"I can consider extracting my own, accumulating one after another, and saving it with ritual magic."

I might consider drawing my own... Klein closed his eyes and wrinkled the draft with his fingers.

……

"Klein, send you two back for me. Um, use the Nighthawk carriage..." Dunn said to Klein who had finished his investigation and report, and then rubbed his temple. "Well, the civil servant is not here. Klein, rent a public carriage and you pay first."

"Okay, Captain." Klein looked at Dunn, whose memory was still not good, and found it somewhat amusing, but the heaviness in his heart suppressed all joyful emotions.

Suddenly, he was shocked to find that the Joker potion he had just taken a day ago was actually showing signs of digestion...

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