Chapter 237 He Pulled the Trigger

Evans did not interrupt Isabel, but listened quietly to the information she brought.

Isabel forced herself to be energetic, and after telling everything she had seen in detail, she breathed a sigh of relief, fell down and fell into a coma. And Evans picked her up like a real father.

Let her sit on his lap, patted her back, and whispered: "Thank you for your hard work, Lulu."

"Leave it to me next."

He used his chin and throat to feel the scalding temperature of Daya's forehead. He felt that it was even to the point of burning, but he did not let go of her. Because Evans knew that the pain Isabel was suffering must be much higher than what he was feeling at the moment.

Before, just by feeling Daya's body trembling and shaking, and looking at her pupils that were already a little lost, he knew that Lulu's body and will had reached the limit.

Her body was wrapped in rolling heat waves, just like coming outdoors in summer. Evans felt that the corners of his clothes were burned by the heat. .

And that feeling was very familiar to Aiwas.

——It was exactly the same as when Yulia was sick as a child.

It was not a fever in the usual sense, but the body was gradually shattered under the scorching heat. Just like glass shattering like a spider web under high temperature, the young body could not easily withstand the power of the phantom.

Children could not easily withstand this pain and cried loudly. And if they did so and wanted to "vent", the power of the phantom would seep out from the cracks. Not only would it cause great damage to the surroundings, but it would also damage their own Body.

At this time, Yulia usually curled up in a corner. The fire burned quietly in her body.

She could endure this pain silently and not let Aiwass and the adults in the orphanage worry about her. But she couldn't go out to move under this pain.

Aiwass looked at the purple light shining in Isabel's cracked pale skin and took a breath.

...Purple light. This represents the power of transcendence.

——It's a nightmare.

At that moment, all the information was connected in Aiwass's mind.

The legend of Merlin in Room 201, the little girl who died long ago outside the window The child, the weapon he carried for hunting demons, Jacob, who was still the leader of the Scaleless Hand but went to such a small place, the brand new banknotes he carried, the people who gathered together inexplicably and forgot why they came, and the overlapping dreams...

Why was Merlin the participant in the transcendent path? Or why did Wei Zhe let him preside over this ceremony?

At this moment, Aiwass finally understood everything-

"...The nursery rhyme that Lulu heard, "Lock Her Up with a Key", tells a classic wrong ritual that is circulated among the people.

Aiwass opened his mouth slowly and explained to others: "Not only Avalon-in all countries where ritual studies are not popular, people tend to believe that if a child is buried in an inn or a bridge before it is built, it can prevent earthquakes or collapses caused by unknown reasons.

"But in fact, this is a wrong ritual, or it is only half right...

"Because this ritual is actually used to create earthbound spirits."

Earthbound spirits will create illusions or dreams to kill passers-by and absorb their souls to strengthen themselves. If this continues, it will become a "haunted hotel" or a "haunted bridge", and the building itself will become a ritual site.

Aiwas saw through this directly through the ritual knowledge that Teacher Iben had just taught him.

But even if you don't know this, you can guess all this from the story implied in "The Wise Man in the Oak", the brick walls on each floor, and the occasional hallucination of a little girl. This is obviously a part that Wei Zhe has modified to give a hint to the promoted.

"... So cruel."

Jacaranda sighed with some reluctance: "Foolish and backward people..."

Huoyin, who had been silent for a long time, rarely spoke and said calmly: "This is a tragedy caused by lack of knowledge."

Pure White just shook his head and said nothing.

The old supervisor was silent for a while, and said: "In this case, the 'child who was pushed down the stairs in the sealed space and fell to death' played by Miss Lulu should be the earthbound spirit of this haunted hotel."

- So this dream will specifically emphasize the "zeroth floor" and "minus one floor", because the negative one floor symbolizes death.

After Isabel brought the information and Aiwass analyzed it, they did not continue to target Aiwass, but started to cooperate.

Pure White first said: "My introduction plot and mission told me that I was ordered by my superiors to come here to investigate the situation."

"But in this era, Avalon did not have a telephone."

Avalon continued: "So the news you received should be delayed. But your room is right next to us."

"Phone" was only popularized when Aiwass was about seven or eight years old. It was about the time when Aiwas was just raised by James.

Now it is sixty years ago, and Avalon has no instant messaging device at all. It can be said that all communication depends on writing letters.

"-So, my memory and introduction plot are all false."

The old supervisor played by Chunbai said in a deep voice: "I didn't receive an order from my superiors to come here to investigate - otherwise I wouldn't have brought the gryphon with me. I know that Avalon's supervisors go on combat missions Always riding a gryphon.

"And I didn't bring a gryphon, but I wore armor and carried a weapon...so I'm actually here to collect taxes."

When he said this, he suddenly covered his forehead and stared ahead.

"Then my memory may not be right either..."

Jacaranda and Huoyin on the side looked at each other and finally said, "In my impression, we seem to be here for vacation. But in that case, we can't bring so many medicines... This is terrible It’s hard to move around, especially with the storm outside.”

"You don't come to haunted hotels when traveling. Because you already have ghosts in your heart."

Aiwass replied calmly: "Your smuggled drugs are either expensive or easily broken glass bottles. In this stormy weather, your packages are dry. This shows that you lived in here.

"And I noticed that there is more than one such package in your room. So this is most likely the place where you sell medicine, or... this is one of your warehouses."

As he spoke, he took out the Zuimeng Tincture in his hand and handed it to them.

Jacaranda and Huoyin no longer remember that they just sold the medicine to Aiwass.

Huo Yin picked up the medicine, opened it and sniffed it.

He said with certainty: "This medicine is real and has not expired - it should be a new medicine within two years."

"Yes, I just smelled it too. It doesn't look like the concentration that expired medicine should have."

Aiwass held Daya in his arms and asked her to change her position so that she could lie in his arms better. Then he continued: "It has an expiration date written on it, just so that it can be sold at a reasonable low price without causing trouble. People are suspicious. So it is either fake medicine or smuggled medicine.

"It's even possible that you are not a couple at all, but accomplices - you think you are a couple in your cognition. It is most likely because Daya saw that you are closely related and subconsciously thought so. Because of her cognition Here, only couples can live in one room..."

Following Aiwass's voice, Jacaranda and Living Silver also showed expressions of headache.

He was silent for a while and said in a low voice: "And I am definitely not a teacher or a kidnapper... both identities are false."

There are nine seats on the round table.

Even if you include Merlin, there is still one missing among the seven, but it would be just right if we add the little earthbound spirit girl.

——Originally, it was supposed to be from the ninth level, which is a pity.

Merlin said as he entered. Looking back now, that might have been the tip he gave.

It seems that each of them is in a dream. But the reality layer is not empty of people...

The further down Isabel goes, the worse her condition becomes.

Then I'm afraid what's in the zero layer, that is, the reality layer, is the out-of-control dream demon in her body. The person in the negative layer is the little girl's earthbound spirit - the earthbound spirit is also good at making up dreams and hallucinations.

One of the two little girls attracts them and controls them; the other creates false memories and identities for them. The storm outside is to prevent them from leaving here. It was also to make Daya’s fever reasonable.

——So even though everyone theoretically came in despite the storm, she was the only one with a fever!

These people all remember Agni as a kidnapper - but how could the kidnapper have a weapon specially used to hunt demons?

And that fresh banknote is more like a reward than a ransom...

Besides, if he was really a kidnapper, he would definitely break up the deal after getting the money in this stormy weather.

Moreover, his father was shot in the back without any struggle; Agni took off the other man's clothes and put them in his bag. Putting them randomly together with those expensive white crown coins, there is no fear that these money will be contaminated by blood stains. It's as if he doesn't know the value of the money at all...

To sum up, there is only one possibility——

When he realized the truth, Aiwass suddenly felt a headache.

And the old man's solemn voice also sounded in his heart:

"You realize your identity, and the blocked memories awaken in your body...

"Daya Camelot's father realized that his daughter had become a demon egg, but he was concerned about his image and identity and did not dare to hand over Diya directly to the Inspectorate, nor did he dare to continue to raise her.

“So he contacted you…a demon hunter.

"He took Dai Ya to Muwan County in the name of tourism, where supervision is weak. He gave you a generous deposit and asked you to sneak Dai Ya away as a kidnapper and make her disappear from society. .

"After this incident was reported in the newspaper, he secretly contacted you again and gave you an astonishingly generous amount of child support. He hoped that you could take Daya to the countryside and raise her - if she loses control, she will become a The Phantom killed her before and if she grew up normally, then he would come to see him secretly.

"But when you were trading in the woods, Daya discovered you. She couldn't understand what she saw, and was severely mentally shocked. The dream demon in her body woke up and lost control - you two were easily killed by the dream demon. You controlled her mind and killed her biological father.

“She wanted you to play her father. So you changed into his clothes. She hoped you would be a good father who would not abandon her, so you led her forward in the storm.

“But she kept using the power of the nightmare, which made her lose control more and more. After you arrived at the hotel, Daya finally lost control completely——"

The next moment, several tasks appeared in front of Aiwas.

[Father's love: find a reasonable way to cure Daya (points: 500)]

[Father's protection: prevent Daya from being killed by others (points: 500)]

[The real me: remember my true identity (points: 1000)]

After these three tasks became blurred, they became new——

[Free will: escape from Daya's mental control (points: 500)]

[Morality and responsibility: execute Daya who lost control before the phantom demon is fully hatched (points: 500)]

[Extra people: kill the person possessed by the earthbound spirit "Alice" (points: 1000)]

"This is..."

Aiwas subconsciously hugged Daya in his arms, and his mood became complicated.

Isabel had fainted. She did not tell Aiwas what the task requirements were on her side.

Although Merlin said that they should stay on the zeroth floor...but in fact, their real necessary task It is [return to reality]. Staying on the zeroth floor is just their way to return to reality.

The question is, does this return to reality include dying in reality?

But dying in reality will lead to falling into the negative first floor...

... If he kills the phantom demon Daiya, will Isabel's mission fail?

She had gone through so much trouble to bring the information down, but the content of the information was to kill her...

No one knows the danger of the phantom demon seed better than Aiwass - at this moment, Daiya's phantom demonization is like pressing the pause button. As long as she returns to reality, she will irreversibly start to lose control and collapse... and then kill everyone present.

If Aiwass and Isabel really return to the zeroth floor, but do nothing... then everyone will fail together.

But if Aiwass does not go back, then they will still fail.

Unless Isabel is left on this floor. But then only she will fail.

- Is this worthy of her hard work?

Aiwass suddenly raised his head and looked at Merlin with sharp eyes: "Is this the good show you are waiting for?"

"Yes. "

Merlin stopped pretending to be a detective and resumed his previous tone, smiling: "So, what would you choose?"

Evans was silent for a while and took a deep breath.

Forget it, no matter whether this can win or not...

"...It's fine if both she and I die once."

Evans said calmly, turning the muzzle of the gun and pointing it at Dai Ya's temple.

Bang!

One shot.

Then Aiwas put the muzzle of the gun against his chin, tilted his head slightly, and looked at everyone at the round table.

Obviously, his gun was aimed at himself, but he was as arrogant as if he was aiming at everyone present.

"If you won't lose at all, it's not called gambling...If you want to gamble, you can't be afraid of losing. If you want to win, don't think about winning first.

"--At most, I'll go to the negative first floor with her."

Evans smiled freely: "No matter which floor this is now...See you later, everyone. Or see you in hell."

He pulled the trigger.

Although there are only two chapters today, it is still an update of more than 7,000 words~

The dungeon will be finished tomorrow! No need to raise it anymore!