Capítulo 2063: Chapter 1389: Return and Restoration (If I Really Break It, I Can Just Get a New One)
“Woo…”
The engine roared, and the Idol Detective suddenly opened his eyes, looking ahead.
“Wow!”
“What’s going on? You weren’t sleeping just now, were you?”
The Gourt Detective sitting next to him also had a look of terror.
“Be careful! You’re driving!”
“I know, maybe I just accidentally nodded off.”
The Idol Detective breathed a sigh of relief, a bit scared.
“Anyway, let’s talk about the case, the recent incidents in March City, and the local police’s inaction… What do you think?”
“Probably related to the upper echelons.”
“You an the Mayor?”
“That’s right, although I think so, for so reason, I feel the Mayor is just being used.”
“That’s so strange, I have the sa feeling.”
As they spoke, they exchanged a glance, and the Idol Detective puzzledly looked at the Gourt Detective.
“What’s that necklace on your neck?”
“Necklace?”
The Gourt Detective reached out, touched his neck, and took out a pendant. It featured skulls, war hamrs, and tentacle patterns… Seeing this, the Idol Detective couldn’t help but chuckle.
“What is this, you’re getting on in years and still acting rebellious like the young ones?”
“Huh? Aren’t you wearing it too?”
“Eh? I have one too?”
The Idol Detective put out his hand to feel his neck and found he was indeed wearing the sa thing.
“Where did this co from? I don’t rember.”
“Could it be a souvenir we bought at a stall before coming here?”
“Souvenir? Why would we buy sothing like this as a souvenir… Forget it, let’s keep it.”
Saying this, the Idol Detective put the pendant back on.
“You’re not going to throw it away?”
“Keeping it might be good, perhaps it’ll save my life one day, although it’s just a feeling.”
The Idol Detective joked, then faced forward with a serious expression.
“March City is right ahead.”
For the detectives, this will be a brand new story.
But for Duanmu Huai, this is just a sequel.
“Hmm…”
As she walked out of the venue, Shajuye stretched lazily.
“The rain has stopped, speaking of which, Kounatsu and their performance was really good.”
“The first song was awful, all relying on Poqi to save the day.”
Duanmu Huai stroked the panda while bluntly offering his critique.
“The three of them usually seem energetic, but when it mattered, they couldn’t compare to a social anxiety case? Not good.”
“Ahahaha, but after that, didn’t everyone’s spirits get lifted?”
Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s review, Shajuye quickly tried to soothe him.
“And besides the final band, the other bands’ performances were quite good.”
“Really? I didn’t pay much attention.”
After all, Duanmu Huai’s consciousness reawakened as the LIVE was ending.
“That’s right, for instance, that song Spring Shadow was pretty nice.”
“Oh…”
The siblings chatted as they walked and soon reached the corner, but just then, they suddenly heard a cry from not far away.
“No!”
“Hmm?”
Upon hearing the cry, Duanmu Huai and Shajuye curiously turned their heads toward the source of the sound. They saw a girl in the park not far away running to another girl and grabbing her.
“What will it take for you to return? I’ll do anything I can!”
However, facing the emotional plea from the kneeling girl, the one she was holding appeared indifferent, rely staring at her before speaking.
“What kind of resolve do you have to say such things?”
“Eh?”
“Being just an ordinary student, can you bear soone else’s life? Anything you’ll do, that’s quite the heavy statent.”
“…”
“Don’t casually make promises you can’t keep.”
“But I really…”
Hearing the other speak, the kneeling girl wanted to say more, but was abruptly shaken off. Coldly observing her, she then said.
“You always only consider yourself.”
After these words, the other turned and left, leaving the girl kneeling motionless like a sculpture.
Seeing this, Shajuye pulled Duanmu Huai.
“Brother, let’s go.”
“Oh, yes.”
Duanmu Huai rely glanced at the girl then refocused, continuing howard.
“But honestly, hearing soone say ‘I’ll do anything’ for the first ti in real life is interesting.”
Shajuye couldn’t help but comnt while Duanmu Huai snorted lightly.
“Hmph, at the end of the day, it’s just an irresponsible way to express determination; it doesn’t an much, doing anything doesn’t guarantee achieving everything.”
“Eh? Really?”
“That’s right, didn’t you say you’d do anything? Then go do higher mathematics for ? How about it? Can you do it?”
“Uh…”
Faced with Duanmu Huai’s banter, Shajuye was montarily speechless.
“See, willing to do anything and capable of doing everything are different, like math, what’s undone is undone.”
“Though that is indeed correct… but those are two separate matters, right?”
For the two of them, this was just a casual topic on the road, and afterward, they went ho to rest. After returning to his room, Duanmu Huai lay on the bed, hugging a small panda with one hand while opening the system panel.
Having obliterated the King in Yellow, Duanmu Huai also gained Ancient Essence. To Duanmu Huai, however, his greatest gain this ti wasn’t the Ancient Essence but the further mastery and control over his The Ancient Dominator abilities. Initially, in Duanmu Huai’s view, most of The Ancient Dominator’s powers pertained to spiritual pollution, which required more brainwork compared to the mindless destruction of the God of Destruction, so he was not much inclined to use them.
It wasn’t until he was sent into this enhanced trial that he was forced to start using them, and Duanmu Huai discovered this divine position… Ah, it’s quite sothing!
Of course, this was also due to Duanmu Huai devouring the abilities from that shadowy The Ancient Dominator. If it were purely just tentacles and spiritual pollution, he wouldn’t have cared about them.
But now it’s different!
Duanmu Huai has already decided, anyti he encounters sothing, he’ll scan it first, regardless of its usefulness; keeping data is never wrong. At the very least, when you need sothing, you can print it out imdiately, and apart from a fifty-ter distance limit, there are no other restrictions. To Duanmu Huai, this shortcoming hardly counts as a shortcoming!
Additionally, items printed out have an advantage: if the original is destroyed, the printed copy automatically replaces the original.
aning, if soone tries to destroy evidence in the future, Duanmu Huai doesn’t even need to stop them. As long as he scans a copy and waits for them to destroy the original, the copy in his hand automatically becos the original!
And there’s also ti retrospection… Although this ability isn’t greatly beneficial for Duanmu Huai or Subspace Evil God (since essentially all Outer Gods, Evil Gods, and Ancients exist as the sole beings across the past, present, and future tilines), it’s quite practical for restoring certain destroyed items.
March City was a great attempt at this.
Indeed, Duanmu Huai now feels he’s getting a clearer understanding of the operation of this enhanced trial. At least his comprehension of The Ancient Dominator divine position has advanced another step.
As for the Ancient Essence obtained from killing the King in Yellow, Duanmu Huai chose to enhance [Perception], subsequently gaining a Cthulhu version of the [Ability Check] skill. Of course, this check is not on a physical level but mainly through perceiving the opponent’s skills and abilities.
For example, considering Shajuye and Yuko Shionji, their current state appears to Duanmu Huai as follows.
[Kaishin Shajuye (17 years old)]
[Gender: Female]
[Strength: 45]
[Physical Attribute: 50]
[Intelligence: 80]
[Education: 75]
[Agility: 60]
[Appearance: 85]
[Willpower: 90]
[Occupation: Student]
[Skills: Listening (80%) History (68%) Cthulhu Mythos (5%) Scouting (58%) Persuasion (73%) First Aid (25%)]
[Yuko Shionji (13 years old)]
[Gender: Female]
[Strength: 15]
[Physical Attribute: 30]
[Intelligence: 85]
[Education: 80]
[Agility: 30]
[Appearance: 75]
[Willpower: 70]
[Occupation: Detective]
[Skills: Computer Use (90%) Navigation (61%) Scouting (78%) Tracking (62%) Psychological Analysis (60%)]
Well, how should I put it, at least it provides a more accurate analysis and assessnt of their situations. It’s far more aningful than that quality check, which is sowhat… Anyway, ntioning it now doesn’t change anything. But at least with this, when Duanmu Huai conducts scouting on others in the future, he can obtain information on their abilities and skills, potentially gaining intelligence from it.
A few days later, Duanmu Huai watched a news report on television.
[… Next, we’ll report on the bribery scandal involving the Mayor of March City. Based on investigations by two detectives, March City’s Mayor, Mr. Sanchuan, was found to be suspected of embezzling funds. He colluded with his secretary under the pretense of repairing the ntal hospital to misappropriate governnt funds, yet Mr. Sanchuan himself insists this is all political persecution…]
With the scene changing, a man is seen being escorted toward a police car by officers, surrounded by reporters with caras, as the man insists fretfully.
“It’s not , it’s not my fault, it’s that old bastard from the Nine Gates, not my fault…!”
Then, this unfortunate fellow is shoved into the police car and driven away. The scene shifts to an office, where the cara reveals the Clan Leader of the Jiun Family. Facing the journalists’ interviews, he appears quite calm.
“Indeed, our Jiun Enterprises took on the task of renovating March Psychiatric Hospital, but governnt funds haven’t been released yet, so we couldn’t comnce work…”
“But according to information we’ve received, you’ve been involved in Mr. Sanchuan’s embezzling of public funds…”
“These are all rumors!”
The Nine Gates Clan Leader’s face turns stern as he loudly refutes.
“These have nothing to do with us, they’re rely baseless hearsay! Our Nine Gates…”
However, before he finishes speaking, the office door bursts open, and the Idol Detective strides in with a group of police officers.
“Yo, hello, old man. I believe you’re well aware of why we’re here, right? Your Jiun Enterprises and Mayor Sanchuan conspired together to embezzle governnt property, cutting corners on construction projects. Moreover, when reported, you even allegedly conducted illegal detentions and intimidation of whistleblowers… Alright, let’s talk about this at the station.”
As he spoke, the Idol Detective gestured, and the officers promptly advanced to arrest the Nine Gates Clan Leader.
“Let go, let go! Do you have a warrant? Bastards, stop filming…”
Watching the old man struggle earnestly on TV, Duanmu Huai silently yawned.
It seems that regardless of the tiline, these guys always et unfavorable ends.
Forget it, it’s none of my business anyway.
“I’m back.”
At this mont, the door opened, followed by Shajuye’s voice. Duanmu Huai turned to see Shajuye, dressed in uniform and carrying plastic bags, approaching.
“Ah, brother, we’re having curry for dinner tonight, is that alright?”
“Of course it’s alright, everything you make tastes great.”
Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s response, Shajuye smiled slightly, though a hint of difficulty crossed her face.
“By the way, brother, there’s sothing I might need to ask for your help with…”
“Ask for my help?”
“Yes, it’s a request conveyed by the principal. He wishes to commission you to… investigate an event that occurred at school.”
“Hmm?”
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