Chapter 533 Professor

In the depths of the darkness, at the end of the dark, gloomy street. In the narrow depths of Sharnos, outside the towering gate, everything here is cold and quiet, as if even time has stopped, nothing is flowing, everything is shrouded in darkness, quietly existing here. Whether it is decades, hundreds of years, thousands of years, or tens of thousands of years, it is always like this.

But today is different.

Someone is talking.

One is the calm, indifferent voice of a man.

The other is a woman's voice full of sadness and anxiety.

"This is the Gate of Tatar, so I am here, in front of the people who arrive at the gate, you called me."

The man declared indifferently, without a trace of hesitation.

"………Me?"

The woman's voice was a little questioning.

"That's right. It's not Josef Capek's necromancy, nor the green stone that guy gave you. It's you who called me. Tremble, be afraid, but you need to make a choice."

"Choose...what?"

"Whether to obey my words or not, you have the freedom to choose."

"If I obey what you say, what will I become?"

"If you don't give up until the end, then your wish will come true."

The man's voice was cold and emotionless, as if it was the words of a machine.

"...Really?"

The woman's voice paused slightly, but continued.

"I have a loved one, a very important friend. I attend the séance for her. I am very scared because I love that person deeply, and she is my most important friend. If, in the future, something terrible happens to her... Even if she survives, what about the day after? What about the day after that?"

"I can't accept this future, the possibility of losing her tomorrow. I... am afraid of tomorrow. Even if I am with her and have a wonderful present, I will still worry and be anxious after we separate. Maybe, when I am at home, I will suddenly receive a call and learn a bad news..."

"That child is so brave and strong, but also worrying. Just like that day, I almost watched her leave me forever... I don't want to continue that fear and uneasiness. I don't want to experience an uncertain tomorrow again. I just hope to live in today and be with her... forever..."

"Really."

Facing the woman's prayer, the man's voice did not change at all. It was like ten thousand years of solid ice, stone sculpture, and machinery. There is no change, it was so in the past, it is so now, and it will be so in the future. This world, and even him, seemed to not change in the slightest, just existing here - just like darkness itself, never disappearing.

"Then, you can only make a contract with me."

"……………Contract?"

"Yes."

Faced with the man's response, the woman was silent for a moment.

"I just want to escape from this fear, if this is the only way... then I will choose to make a contract with you."

At this moment, the woman made a decision.

"Then, your wish will come true, as long as you don't give up."

Then, darkness enveloped everything.

Duanmu Huai opened his eyes.

"Extreme stupidity always brings disaster, and so does love."

Looking at the sleeping blonde girl in front of him, Duanmu Huai spoke lightly. Just as he said to Mary, the unforgettable love of Romeo and Juliet does not need to exist, let alone be appreciated. It is just a residue that will be used, twisted, and then abandoned.

Any extreme feelings are unnecessary, love is so, hate is so, hope is so, and despair is so. This is the source of the power of the evil of obsession. This girl will not be the first, nor the last, victim who is crazy for love, degenerates, and chooses a twisted path.

After all, this is the world, and so are humans. Only when the burning emotions are burning will the most dazzling flames bloom. But conversely, at the moment when the flames burst out, it is also the time when the dark shadows are the thickest.

But then again...

"Did you finally succeed?"

This is the ability that Duanmu Huai awakened in the airship case. As long as you touch something, you can see its past to a certain extent. On the airship, Duanmu Huai touched the ash on the collar of the corpse, and then saw the murderer standing next to the dead man after he fell. It's just that this ability is a bit intermittent, just like Duan Yu's Six Meridians Divine Sword, it doesn't seem to be guided by Duanmu Huai's will.

After coming here, Duanmu Huai naturally thought of using this ability, such as Xia Li's coma. After learning that Xia Li was also a guest of the Silver Twilight Cottage and arrived at the Gate of Tartar, he also tried to use this method to find the root and beginning of everything.

So Duanmu Huai would take time out every day to secretly come to Xia Li's room, then reach out to touch the girl's hair and face, trying to "read" her past.

Of course, there was no effect. But Duanmu Huai did not give up. Of course, one of the reasons was that Xia Li was a beautiful girl after all. If she was a man, Duanmu Huai would not have such perseverance and perseverance. After all, chasing a man all day long is not a good hobby... Duanmu Huai felt that he did not have such a hobby.

Since it doesn't work once or twice, then use quantity to overwhelm quality. As long as I come enough times, I will definitely have the opportunity to trigger that magical power and peek into Xia Li's past. As long as I can directly read Xia Li's past, then what she encountered will naturally not be a problem.

However, my rabbit is still very powerful.

Until today-"Luck" finally came.

The dice have been thrown, the number has finally passed the judgment, and Duanmu Huai has finally seen the past experienced by the sleeping girl.

But...

"This one really... I don't know what to say."

Looking at Xia Li in front of him, Duanmu Huai was speechless. He had seen similar feelings in An and Gu Leiya, but unlike them, the girl in front of him seemed to have some deeper sorrow and grief.

This girl... loves Mary.

It has been like this since childhood. Mary has been guarding and protecting her. Perhaps because of this, this girl has a deep affection for Mary. On the surface, she took better care of Mary than anyone else, but in fact, for her, Mary was her only inner support.

Unconsciously, she began to fear, fear of losing her best friend.

Of course, from Duanmu Huai's point of view, this fear... well, it was still reasonable.

Duanmu Huai still remembered that when he and Mary first met, Mary jumped into the cold, polluted river without hesitation to save a drowning kitten. If he hadn't taken action at that time, Mary would have been swept away by the river. In fact, Mary had done similar things many times, brave, active, and unyielding.

These are all good qualities.

But for the people around her, it's not the case.

This is what Xia Li fears.

Maybe one day, Mary will drown in the river because of something similar. Or she may be caught or even killed for meddling in other people's business. After all, she has such a personality, and she won't listen even if Xia Li says it.

This is similar to An and Gu Leya, but different from the two.

Although An also likes to make trouble, Gu Leiya is not too worried about her. On the one hand, An is very strong, and on the other hand, Gu Leiya is also very strong. Even if An encounters any danger, Gu Leiya will take the initiative to help An.

But Xia Li obviously does not have such ability, and Mary does not have a strong fighting power like An. She is just an ordinary girl. So if she encounters any danger, then... the consequences will naturally be unimaginable.

How to say... It can only be said that women are more sentimental than men. If Duanmu Huai faces such a thing, he can only say that life and death are determined by fate and wealth is determined by heaven. Some people who focus on health preservation for 30 years can be killed by a flower pot falling from a high altitude when walking on the street. It is meaningless to care too much about such small details.

But it is obvious that Xia Li does not think so.

So, she signed a contract in order to no longer have the future tomorrow...

Women... It is really incomprehensible.

Duanmu Huai shook his head. Maybe Lorena or An can understand?

Probably?

Anyway, I can't understand it.

But it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that through this exploration, Duanmu Huai finally found the mastermind behind the scenes.

Royal Master College, the first professor's office.

"Click... Click... Click... Click..."

In the silent, smoke-filled room, there was only the swinging sound of the clock. An old man in a black windbreaker sat on a chair, smoking a pipe silently. He had white hair and an old face that seemed to be full of fatigue. I don't know how long it took before the old man slowly turned his head and looked at the door.

"I didn't expect that there would be guests coming."

"Hello, professor."

Duanmu Huai stood in front of the door and looked at the old man indifferently.

"To be honest, I didn't expect that my initial reasoning was not wrong."

"Oh?"

"Where did Charlotte Bronte learn about Capek's research? Moreover, why were the victims at the beginning all students of the Master College? At that time, I suspected that the teachers of the Master College were suspected. Now it seems that my idea is not wrong."

At this point, Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes, and a breath full of fear and murderous intent emerged.

"Are you right? The owner of Silver Dusk Cottage, Professor James Moriarty?"

"Hehehe..."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's question, the old man laughed.

"Where did you know that?"

"From Miss Charlotte."

"That really surprised me. If I remember correctly, Miss Charlotte Bronte is still in a coma."

"Yes, but I have my own way."

Duanmu Huai stared at the old man in front of him and said coldly.

"You noticed Miss Charlotte's distress and directed her to Professor Capek's research meeting... All of this was planned by you behind the scenes. I'm just curious, why did you do this?"

"Hehe..."

Faced with Duanmu Huai's question, the old man raised his head and looked out the window.

"I once opened the Gate of Tartar, that was a long time ago. There, I encountered a being, a great being that existed in this world before human civilization existed. So I decided to give my body to him, to the last dark king who once ruled this world before humans - the Old Ones."

"……………………"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows, and the old man continued.

"But, this is not all I want to do. The reason I did this is just to do an experiment - that is, humans and the Old Ones, who will win the final victory? Can humans defeat the Old Ones? Or, are we qualified to obtain the legacy left to us by that great being and become the ruler of this world? Or, will that great being eventually return as a king and re-integrate this world with it?"

"It's so boring."

Duanmu Huai snorted coldly.

"Is this why you are in league with the evil gods and intend to bring disaster to the world? Humanity has encountered enough troubles, and there is no need for you to add some boring pranks to humanity."

"But this is a grand, great, glorious prank that blocks countless ideas, wishes and lives, isn't it?"

"In the final analysis, it is just a prank after all."

Duanmu Huai clenched his cane, raised his eyebrows, and looked at the old man coldly without any emotion.

"Hehe, it's a pity that you are one step late. They have already reached the South Pole. Who can finally open the door..."

However, the old man didn't finish his words.

Because at this moment, Duanmu Huai raised his right hand, and the cane in his hand suddenly stretched out, instantly framing the old man's neck, directly hooking him from the other side of the desk and pulling him to Duanmu Huai's feet. Then Duanmu Huai raised his foot and stepped hard on the old man's face!

"Puff!"

Accompanied by a slight sound, the old man's head suddenly cracked like a watermelon, and his body twitched, and then it cracked and shattered like a ceramic porcelain, and then disappeared into the air.

"How stupid."

Duanmu Huai stared coldly at the gradually cracked and weathered debris under his feet, with a hint of disgust on his face.

Humanity is already difficult, why are there always idiots who want to drag their own race down?

But in this way, the culprit is completely solved, and the next battlefield is...Antarctica.