Chapter 1739: Chapter 1166: Honestly, Coming Up With Titles Is Harder Than Writing Updates
“I thought you called out in the middle of the night for sothing serious.”
Stepping out of the elevator, Duanmu Huai yawned, looking utterly uninterested.
“And it turned out to be for such a trivial matter?”
“How can this be considered trivial?”
Ann followed beside Duanmu Huai, speechless. It’s no wonder she was so nervous; AAA had indeed considered researching this gun. After all, the miniaturization of a reactor is a technology that anyone would be drooling over. If they could, AAA would dream of having such technology!
But… no way!
AAA’s research director had already explained to Ann and her mother. In principle, they indeed had the ans to disassemble this plasma gun. However, there was a significant problem — this is a weapon!
Weapon!
It’s well known that many high-tech new weapons are often equipped with self-destruct devices to prevent unauthorized disassembly and research. Not to ntion, the principle of this gun relies on a reactor, and it doesn’t even require anything too complex — just let the reactor go out of control, and this handgun would instantly beco a nuclear bomb, turning everything within a few hundred ters into ashes.
So the question is, should they take this risk?
After discussing it with her mother, Ann ultimately decided not to take this risk.
The reason is simple: if this gun were so kind of rare relic, then AAA would risk everything. But from what they could see, this gun seed entirely like a creation of the Tribunal. With Duanmu Huai casually tossing it to Ann and not even intending to take it back, it’s likely the Tribunal has mastered this manufacturing technology, maybe even selling them by weight.
This also implies that the Tribunal might have many similar weapons, so taking this risk isn’t worthwhile. It would be better to establish a good relationship with the Tribunal rather than ssing with such dangerous technology behind the scenes. The latter option is evidently safer and more controllable.
As for why they invited Duanmu Huai over instead of sending the gun themselves, it was simply that everyone was too nervous. Especially after knowing it was basically a nuclear bomb, even the bravest wouldn’t dare to carry it around casually, so they had Duanmu Huai co and deal with this contentedly.
Therefore, when Ann accompanied Duanmu Huai to AAA’s underground secret warehouse and watched her casually tuck the gun into her coat, they also breathed a sigh of relief.
In any case, at least now the responsibility was not on AAA’s side.
“How is the thing I asked you to do?”
“It’s been taken care of.”
Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s inquiry, Ann imdiately took out a tablet and handed it over. Duanmu Huai swiped the tablet and soon saw a photo and detailed record appearing on it.
“Honda Miyo, 11 years old, cause of death unknown. She attended Yagiki Primary School. She was introverted and rarely interacted with others. Her father, Honda Tetsuhito, is a famous painter. Honda Miyo was influenced by her father from a young age to learn painting. In her essays, she ntioned wanting to be a picture book artist in the future. Later, due to a traffic accident, her right hand was injured. After receiving dical treatnt, she recovered, and she…”
“Also liked drawing with crayons, right?”
Before Ann could finish, Duanmu Huai interjected, and Ann paused before nodding.
“That’s right, so… could it be that the witch we eliminated yesterday was…”
“Most likely this little girl, without a doubt.”
Duanmu Huai casually returned the tablet to Ann, scoffing. anwhile, Qianshu, who had followed along, curiously looked around with a puzzled expression.
“What’s going on? What are you guys talking about?”
“As of now, we suspect that the deceased girls weren’t killed by witches.”
“Huh?”
It’s impossible to deny that Qianshu was sowhat shocked upon hearing this.
“They weren’t?”
“That’s right. In fact, if we’re not mistaken, these witches were transford from those girls.”
“Wait, wait! Is that so?”
Upon hearing this, Qianshu nearly jumped up.
“Does that an the witch we eliminated at the factory…”
“Most likely was the deceased daughter of the factory owner from back then.”
The reason Duanmu Huai had this suspicion was because, after eting with the editor Teng Chuan, she had inquired about the girl in question. From Teng Chuan, Duanmu Huai learned that the factory owner’s daughter was quite talented and enjoyed weaving, even gifting her hand-knitted sweaters and gloves to Teng Chuan’s niece for her birthday.
Of course, for Teng Chuan, it was just casual talk, but for Duanmu Huai, who had fought in the Witch’s Barrier, it imdiately caught her attention.
However, at that ti, Duanmu Huai did not make an imdiate judgnt. After all, a single instance was insufficient to support a conclusion.
But now, a second case has erged… Alright, as it stands, this seems about 100% accurate.
The girl who liked weaving died, and in the Witch’s Barrier, everything appeared like woven fabric creations. The girl who liked drawing with crayons died, and a crayon monster appeared in the Witch’s Barrier — it can’t be a coincidence every single ti, right?
“Wait, so you’re saying that those kids weren’t killed by witches but beca witches after their deaths… Uh… I can understand that, but if that’s the case, why did those kids die? Was it suicide?”
At this mont, Qianshu also reacted, but soon after, she raised another question.
Indeed, this is now the biggest issue.
From the collected intelligence data, it seems that after a girl dies, she transforms into a Witch, then creates a Barrier to use the Witch’s Kiss to manipulate others into committing suicide. This can be confird by data analysis.
However, this raises a new question.
How did these girls die?
Whether it’s the factory owner’s daughter, the niece of editor Teng Chuan, or the girl investigated by Duanmu Huai and Xitong Lingnao this ti, all their causes of death are unknown.
Now, it’s ti to ask the professionals for answers.
“Mugeng, what do you think… whoa?!”
Duanmu Huai turned her head, looking at Mugeng who followed her like a Ghost, and was almost startled — the pink-haired girl behind her, with eyes vacant like a dead person, just silently stared at her, without a word, like so persistent spirit.
“What’s with you? Sleepwalking?”
“I thought Miss Duanmu had forgotten about .”
Staring unblinkingly at Duanmu Huai, Mugeng’s expression remained eerie and grim.
“Deceiving with sweet words and then tossing aside, fine… Anyway, I’m such an easy woman to deal with, I know Miss Duanmu won’t care about . At most, she’ll just look for when I’m useful, and throw aside when I’m not. Yes, that’s it…”
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
Hearing Mugeng’s muttering, Duanmu Huai rolled her eyes speechlessly, why is this woman so troubleso. I contracted you, wasn’t it to use you? Do you think I picked up stray cats and dogs from the street because I have nothing else to do?
“Nothing… ahem, hmm, turning into a Witch after death? Although I haven’t seen what a Witch truly looks like, such a situation is very rare.”
“Really? In my line of work, it’s not uncommon for Demon Possessed to turn into Monsters.”
Hearing Mugeng’s response, Xitong Lingnao beside her watched her warily — which is normal, as what appeared before her was a Demon, and a very powerful one at that.
“That’s because the human body cannot withstand the Demon’s Strength, so it actively mutates to be able to bear it. But according to what you said, those girls’ bodies didn’t mutate at all, right.”
“It… seems indeed like that’s the case.”
If there were mutations, it wouldn’t have been written as “cause of death unknown”.
“Strictly speaking, mutations in the Soul aspect are actually very rare. Physical fragility can be understood, but as for the Soul… to twist a Soul, it requires emotions of a considerable intensity.”
“Intense emotions?”
“Hatred, Despair, Anger… and it must be to the extent that it completely shatters the personality and mind, otherwise, no matter how the average person’s soul mutates, it can’t turn into a Monster.”
“Isn’t this kind of thing your Demons’ specialty?”
Hearing this, Xitong Lingnao couldn’t help but taunt.
“Tempting Humans into corruption, plunging them into Despair, then devouring them completely.”
“Don’t get it twisted.”
In the face of Xitong Lingnao’s taunt, Mugeng obviously wouldn’t just sit there and take it.
“In truth, most of the ti, Demons don’t have to do anything, just watch from the sidelines. After all, your Humans already harbor enough malice among yourselves. What we do is rely give them a push when they hesitate, but it’s you Humans who ultimately push them into desperation… ouch ouch ouch ouch!!!”
However, before Mugeng could finish speaking, Duanmu Huai reached out with a small hand and pressed down on Mugeng’s head.
“Shut up, Mugeng. Maybe you’re right, but being destroyed by Humans and being destroyed by Demons are two different matters. Even if Humans are all vile and despicable, it’s not the place for Demons to ddle. Human matters will be resolved by Humans themselves, and the Tribunal will not allow anyone to intervene in Human affairs, be it Demons or Deities. Such heretic statents, I don’t want to hear them again, understood?”
“Un-under-understood…”
Seeing Mugeng nodding vigorously with tears in her eyes, Duanmu Huai finally released her hand.
Watching this scene, Qianshu and Xitong Lingnao beside them couldn’t help but whisper to each other.
“That was really domineering of Xiao Ai.”
“Earlier, when she ntioned the Tribunal being Human supremacy, I didn’t quite get what it ant; now I finally understand…”
No wonder the two of them felt such admiration. Before, although Duanmu Huai told them that the Tribunal believes in Human supremacy, they thought it referred to the legitimacy and righteousness of Human existence, as many religions claim. Those who follow my teachings are good people, and those who don’t are evil, so good people are superior to evil people…
Now they realize the Tribunal doesn’t engage in such flowery talk. Whether Human nature is good or bad is irrelevant; as long as it’s Human, they support it unconditionally. Conversely, anything non-human, they oppose unconditionally… In a way, there isn’t a more extre form of Human supremacy.
It must be said, it was only at this point that they gained a profound understanding of the Tribunal.
But soon, they would discover that this was only the tip of the iceberg of the Tribunal.
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