Chapter 109 Return My Hard-Earned Money! (Additional Updates with Monthly Pass)

Not long after, Wei En and others returned to the Secret Adjustment Department.

boom,

Lacey threw his body heavily on the high-backed chair, and for the first time, his face showed a look of exhaustion.

Carly returned to her seat without saying a word, lowering her head and not knowing what she was thinking.

After Wei En pulled Tina back to his seat, he did not forget to give Marco a look, telling him to be careful.

Marco and Lidia noticed his eyes and realized that the atmosphere was not right, so they quickly and quietly separated.

After Lydia walked away from Marco, she gracefully walked next to Lacey and said, "Captain Lacey, I am Lydia Ernst who came to the movie today."

"How many years have you been studying at Klande? Have you lost your brain?" Lacey looked at her with a half-smile.

"..." Lidya clenched her fists and was silent for a long time before she squeezed out a smile, "Sister Lacey, you are still so direct."

"You have changed a lot. Well, you have become less likable."

Lidya's eyes were about to burst into flames. Damn it, why is this woman who has bullied her since she was a child still so annoying? ?

If he hadn't known that he couldn't beat her, he would have let her experience the cross sword technique taught by Clandide Academy...

Before Lydia could say anything else, Marco pulled her back and said, "Captain, I'll teach her some of the duties of an investigator first, and I'll start taking her on missions tomorrow."

"Given our relationship, it's more convenient for you to be responsible. But Marco,"

Lacey looked at the two of them and reminded: "If something like yesterday happens again, don't blame me for beating her up too..."

Before she could finish speaking, Marco said quickly: "I understand, I promise I will never do it."

Chief Lacey, Ms. Lacey - please, please don't say any more, or someone will really die! !

"It's best..."

For the next time, everyone in the first department fell into silence, each sitting at his desk thinking about his own things.

It wasn't until the clock struck four that Lacey said, "Go back."

Marco packed his things as quickly as possible and rushed out of the office with Lidya, as if staying for another minute would put him in a desperate situation.

Wayne also left with Carly, "We're leaving first too, Sister Lacey."

"Um."

What makes Wayne happy is that with Lacey here, Tina doesn't have to follow him back to his residence.

Especially when Mr. Leonard was punished so badly by Tina today...

He didn't want to enter that real world again at night and have the clown vent his anger...

Well, but just in case, he still planned to make more preparations.

After the two of them left the Secret Investigation Department, they saw Marco and Lydia standing at the door waiting for them, wanting to know the status of the afternoon case from them.

Just now in the office, Lacey's mood was obviously not right, and they didn't dare to ask any more questions.

"So, someone deliberately introduced bone-eating mother insects and parasitized them inside Custer?" Marco frowned after learning about the case.

Wei En nodded, "Yes, Lacey means to wait until the senior management's application to investigate the city-state array is approved before the investigation can continue."

"Well, this is a troublesome matter. The Parliament and the Noble Committee may not agree to the intervention of the Secret Service." Marco looked at Lydia and asked: "Is there any solution from your brother's side?"

"Brother? I don't want to look for him. Yesterday, grandpa told me not to disturb him in the near future. He especially warned me not to compete with him anymore..." Lidya said angrily.

"You, this will happen sooner or later,"

Marco felt a headache. "I will ask my family about this matter after I go back to see if they can tell the committee."

"Then I'll try Grandpa too..."

"Well, as long as we continue to investigate, I believe we will find something."

Wei En knew that both of them were from noble families, and many people in the family were members of the noble committee.

In particular, Lydia's Ernst family is one of the twenty-four meritorious families in the Kingdom of Chartland and is very prestigious in the entire Castor city-state.

He remembered that he had also met the old Count Ernst, a very majestic old man, at the welcome celebration held by Dawn and the Secret Adjustment Department.

Not long after, the four of them separated at the entrance of the Secret Mixing Department, and Wayne and Carly walked towards the Golden Avenue together.

At this time, Carly, who had been silent, said, "Wayne, do you think I should work harder?"

"Why do you say that? You have worked very hard."

Wayne knew that she was still troubled by the fact that no one had gone to Dawn Church, but as he had learned before, ordinary people and most believers were dispensable to the church.

They will not take the initiative to save those in distress out of sympathy or out of their own beliefs.

Especially in their view, the fact that the city-state can still maintain a certain degree of order is mostly due to their contribution.

To paraphrase a saying from the previous life, their Dawn Church has contributed so much that they deserve to enjoy the Ancestral Temple!

"If I became a saint of Dawn Church, would they appear there today..."

"Maybe, but they have all been parasitized by bone-eating insects. Even if people from the church appear there, there is no way to save them."

Wayne knew very well that what had happened could not be changed.

"I know," Carly bit her lip, "But I, I don't like it when they do this."

"oh?"

"I hope they're there when I need them, which is how it should be."

Wei En glanced at her in surprise, "Is that what you think?"

"Well," Carly lowered her head, "Since I am a candidate for a saint, I will most likely be a saint in the future. They shouldn't ignore my existence..."

Is the focus on ignoring?

This kind of thinking has nothing to do with sympathy, kindness and compassion.

Wei En thought for a while and said: "I don't know what kind of efforts it takes to become a saint, but I think as long as you want it, you should work hard to achieve it. This has nothing to do with whether you like their approach or not."

"And if you want to change something, you must first have this ability yourself. Strength, wealth, or power are all abilities."

Carly murmured: "Is this so..."

This was the first time she heard such words. Few people mentioned power and wealth in front of her. Only her teacher taught her that if she wanted to better protect something, she must become a stronger priest...

It turns out that to do this, you need to become more than just a powerful priest?

Thinking of this, Carly raised her head and looked at him, "Thank you, Wayne, I already know what to do."

"You are welcome."

Wei En noticed that her bright and clear eyes were mixed with some strange colors. This was the first time...

He didn't know how much impact these words would have on Carly, but only by becoming stronger can a person get the desired results.

Even if you have to give up something in the process - this is the price you must pay for growth!

"By the way, Uncle Euan returned to the clinic in the morning. You'd better go back quickly. It's too late for him to worry."

"Yeah." Carly was about to nod and looked at him doubtfully, "What about you?"

"I'm going to go to the neighborhood of Laos, you know, and I need black bread to survive."

"Then, goodbye."

"goodbye."

Looking at her back as she trotted away, Wei En sighed. If possible, he didn't want to say those words.

But the reality is like this - a person can be kind and compassionate, but he must not be naive and cannot be manipulated by others, especially in such a world.

Strength, power and wealth... can be the same.

but,

Despite what he says, he is actually a person struggling to survive in this world.

Wei En thought with a wry smile: I'm afraid the king with a strong mouth is talking about me, right?

[You are scanned by Melbell Osiris’ mental perception. Comment: Well, I guess he is wondering if you have been dropped. Reward: Survival point +1. 】

"..."

Wei En cursed secretly, this damn guardian knight is really haunting.

But he didn't dare to stay too long, as there was no guarantee that Melbell wouldn't change from perception to murderous intent, and then to...

This time, it only took less than twenty minutes for Wei En to arrive in the slums.

Instead of going from Golden Avenue to the Laos neighborhood, he chose to go directly through the Ruhr neighborhood, which would save some time.

Looking at the dark and dilapidated scene deep in the block, he sighed in his heart: No matter how many times he comes, the slums are still the slums, and there is still no change...

Moreover, after the baptism of yesterday's rain, the sewage on both sides of the road has overflowed the road, and people no longer fantasize about avoiding these smelly sewage.

At the same time, the garbage that can be seen everywhere is no longer piled up, but floating under the dark water, swinging back and forth as people move around.

The only difference is probably that there have been two different groups of people passing by.

[You are targeted by Favaro Vysotsky's murderous intent. Comment: Another poor creature parasitized by bone-eating insects. Reward: Survival point +1. 】

【……】

[You have obtained the love seeds of the abyssal creature, the bone-eating mother worm, which is extremely eager to reproduce in you! Comment: This is probably fate, right? Reward: Survival point +1. 】

Damn it, the bad taste of the panel is becoming more and more obvious.

But after seeing this prompt message, Wei En couldn't help but feel relieved. It was good that the bone-eating mother worm was still in the Laos neighborhood.

But where is it hidden?

Wayne looked at the surrounding buildings. This was the most "bustling" area in the Laos neighborhood, not far from Ednir Avenue in the Ruhr neighborhood.

If it were him, in order to make it easier for people to plant bone-eating worms, he would definitely choose a place where the gray-white body of the bone-eating worms would not be easily noticed.

Hard to detect?

Wei En's expression changed, and his eyes turned to his feet, or to be precise, to the sewage on both sides.

If those bugs were hiding in the sewage...

It can not only accommodate the huge body of the bone-eating mother worm, but also continuously release the bone-eating worm through the pipes, turning people into parasites.

And with the help of those parasites, it can take the bone worms farther away through these people.

In an instant, he thought through all the links, and now...it seems that he has found the hiding place of the old female insect!

[You are targeted with murderous intent by Mateo Haynes. Rating: Recommended to leave. Reward: +5 survival points. 】

Um?

It's him?

The mysterious shadow in the Idrisu neighborhood actually came to the Laos neighborhood?

Wayne quietly walked into a street bakery and pretended to choose the brown bread in the store, as if he was looking to see which piece of brown bread fit his size.

"Long time no see. Are you already an investigator?"

The shop owner was very impressed with him and said with envy after seeing what he was wearing.

"I just passed the interview."

Wei En said casually, focusing on the people outside.

It wasn't that he didn't want to listen to the prompts on the panel and leave directly, but after what happened with Claire, he couldn't let others realize that he had the means to discover their existence.

"Sorry, I don't have enough money today. I'll come back to buy it tomorrow."

"Okay, okay."

The shopkeeper watched him leave in surprise, as if he didn't expect that an investigator would be so poor.

No matter what she thought, Wei En walked straight out of the Laos neighborhood through the disgusting sewage.

At this time, a dark shadow slowly appeared in the bakery, "He comes here often?"

The shop owner quickly said respectfully: "I have been here many times, but he was not from the secret blending department before."

"oh?"

The shadow stared thoughtfully at Wayne's back, the investigator who would buy black bread in the slums...

It's really a different kind of existence.

…

…

After deliberately detouring through the Ruhr neighborhood, Wen stayed near the Krims Cathedral in the core area for a while before returning to his residence before the night bell rang.

Dang, Dang Dang...

Wei En closed the door and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the red moon rising quietly with the sound of the bell.

"You came back a little late today~"

After hearing the sound, Wei En noticed Claire leaning against the bedroom door. Well, she didn't forget to bring him food this time.

Grilled fish, barbecue, grilled sausages, baked potatoes... a barbecue feast, not bad.

Wayne walked to the table and sat down, picked up a piece of barbecue and ate it, "I have a question, um, how much do you know about abyssal creatures?"

"What abyssal creature?"

Claire also walked over and sat down next to him, holding her chin with one hand and staring at him unblinkingly with her charming eyes.

"Bone-eating Mother Worm."

"Oh? Custer showed up here too?"

"Also? Have you seen it elsewhere before?" Wei En was stunned for a moment.

Claire nodded, "I've encountered it once before in other places. The Abyss Cult likes to use these disgusting things."

"Abyss Cult?"

It seems that Sister Lacey's guess is correct, that black shadow may really be a member of the Abyss Sect.

"Well, it is a sect that is active in the Western Continent and rarely comes to the Eastern Continent."

The Western Continent, separated by the Cordo Sea...

Wei En said thoughtfully: "Then what do you think their purpose in coming to Custer is?"

"This is the second question," Claire asked with a half-smile, "Are you sure you want to know the answer?"

"……Sure."

Wei En really wanted to find out something, not to avenge the ordinary people who were parasitized by the bone-eating mother worm, but because this matter actually related to the city-state.

This makes him very concerned!

"Then you should also answer my question."

"You ask."

"Well, I haven't thought about it yet. I'll ask you when I think of what to ask."

Wei En glanced at her helplessly, is this fun?

"Do you still want to know the answer~"

"……explain."

A smile flashed across Claire's face, "According to the usual practice of the Abyss Cult, there is only one purpose for using the bone-eating mother worm, and that is the sacrificial ceremony."

"Sacrifice ceremony? A sacrifice ceremony that requires hundreds or thousands of people as sacrifices?"

"Hundreds or even thousands are not enough,"

Seeing how delicious he was eating, Claire also picked up a piece of potato and ate it gracefully, "After they choose a city-state, they will definitely carry out the largest sacrifice, which is probably equivalent to a level three disaster."

"Level 3!?"

"Well, at least five thousand people are needed as sacrifices. So, there is not much time left for you~"

Wei En frowned, things had become serious. He originally thought there were only more than a thousand people...

And if it was like what Claire said, he would not be able to survive such a disaster.

"Is there any way to stop them?"

"I forgot to mention that the people who preside over a sacrificial ceremony of this size are usually very powerful. Are you sure you want to stop them?"

Wei En persisted and asked, "How scary is it?"

"At least you have to be at the level of your director to resist."

"..."

He is now a bit reluctant to deal with the captain level. Facing an extraordinary person like the director, whether he can escape is a question.

Fortunately, I didn't continue the investigation without overestimating my capabilities, otherwise I wouldn't know how I died...

Wei En ate silently. It seemed that he would have to find a way to tell Lacey and the others this information tomorrow.

"How's it going? Are you scared?" Claire licked the potato residue on her fingers.

"There's nothing to be afraid of. In the worst case, I'll leave early."

"Good idea, then do you want to come back to the Eternal Life Society with me?"

"Don't even think about it!"

Wayne rolled his eyes, "There is a level three disaster here in Custer. Does it have nothing to do with you? It seems that you will be able to leave here soon."

"Who said I was leaving?" Claire looked at him affectionately, "You are still here, how can I bear to leave you?"

"……speak nicely."

"In fact, I won't be able to leave anytime soon."

At this point, Claire suddenly thought of something and suggested: "How about we cooperate to destroy the Abyss Sect's plan? That would be very interesting~"

Wayne glanced at her, and he was a fool to believe this.

"You don't believe it?" Claire puffed up her cheeks, "It's rare that I want to help."

"Do not believe."

"Then why do you believe it?"

"Unless you can find all the people who are being parasitized."

"Everything?" Claire rolled her eyes, "You don't think I can't do it, do you?"

Wei En nodded honestly, as if he didn't believe that the city-state array would not be able to detect those parasites.

"Give me two days and I'll let you see the results."

"Two days?"

"Hmph, you don't think my name of 'Thousand Faces' is fake, do you? Although it doesn't work in front of you, please don't doubt the strength of a minister-level transcendent!"

Speaking of this, Claire looked resentful and felt very resentful in her heart.

It was hard for her to reach this level, but it didn't work for a wizard apprentice...

"Wait until you find them."

Wei En didn't talk about cooperation anymore. His strength was only at the captain level. Being involved in such a thing was no different from being a cannon fodder.

The right solution is to find a way to pass the news to the top, so that the big shots in the city-state can have a headache.

And just like he said, if we really encounter irreversible danger, the worst we can do is just slap our butts and walk away.

Could it be that living and dying with Custer...that's just crazy.

"Wait~"

Claire looked at him deeply, turned around and left from the shadows, as if she really planned to try to find all the parasites.

"She really went?"

Wayne shook his head, unable to understand this woman's brain.

After eating, he washed himself, changed into clean clothes, and came to the studio.

This time, for the first time, Miss Zombie did not stay in the bedroom, but followed him.

Wayne looked at her curiously, "Is something wrong?"

"Just, are you sure you don't plan to do experiments on me?" Sawa lowered her head and squeezed out such a sentence in a golden and iron voice.

"...sure, but I have other things to give you."

"Say." Miss Zombie raised her head and glared at him.

Wei En asked the driver to summon the mechanical door. He pointed at the Zero coming out of the door and said, "Your mission is to teach him some common sense."

"how is it like?"

"Just teach him what you know. I'm talking about the real world, not the world of the dead."

"Okay." Sharapova waved to Zero, "Follow me."

"Baba?" Zero looked at Wei En, then at the zombie lady whose body movements were a little weird, looking very curious.

"Go ahead and study hard."

The driver also flew in front of the mechanical puppet and stared at it seriously, "You have to study hard, you know?"

"Um."

After the undead and the mechanical life left the studio, Wei En couldn't help but sigh and finally dismissed them.

What kind of hobby? Really, I want to let him do experiments every day... He is not a pervert.

"It's only seven o'clock..."

Wei En took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. The party time in the evening was ten o'clock, right?

It's still early……

He looked at the various tools in the studio, thinking about what to do next.

In the end, he had no choice but to find that with no money in his pocket, he had nothing else to do except study runes and potions in his mind, or Jerry's Codex.

"Forget it, just give the ghost some symbolic information."

Thinking this way, he took out his "typewriter" and started typing quickly.

"On August 17, 1578 in the New Calendar, the weather was sunny. The city of Custer was as peaceful as ever, except for the discovery of bone-eating parasites..."

The last time,

If even the information about the Abyss Sect is only 6p, he will quit working in the future!

Dang clang, clang clang.

"Huh? Ten, ten gold pounds??"

Wei En looked at the ten gold coins with a face value of 1 gold pound in the blue and white box. What's going on?

The impact of these ten gold pounds on him was greater than when he got 6 pence...

Could it be that the liaison officer had the same mind as Little Zombie and Claire, and had also taken the wrong fake medicine?

There is another letter...

"Dear Custer City State Intelligence Officer, thank you very much for your information, and please continue to pay attention to the information on the Bone Erosion Mother Insect incident - Salal Brand of the Clander Intelligence Department."

Salal?

Has the liaison officer been replaced?

Wei En looked at the gold pounds and thought about it for a long time, and his expression became worse and worse.

If he guessed correctly, the intelligence fees he passed on before... were all shamefully withheld!

Bastard!

How dare that damn former liaison officer deduct the money of a conscientious low-level intelligence officer like him?

Give me back my hard-earned money! !

…

…

What he didn't know was that Ms. Olivia Tapea, who was about to become the former liaison officer, was riding a steam airship heading towards the city of Custer.

"Here I come, you shameless salary thief, a twisted wizard who has gone astray..."

Olivia looked at the red moon outside the window, with the same smile on her three beautiful faces.

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