The sky gradually darkened, but Hu Tao did not go back to his room to rest.
Hitzfeld had too many things to think about and too many concerns to bear, so she ignored the order she had given to Walnut, asking her to pay attention to the mental state here at all times.
Although the girl tried her best to cover it up when she delivered the meat, in Walnut's opinion, she still had too many flaws.
So Pinocchio did not intend to follow the order and not go upstairs. She quietly found the ointment, took some and smeared it on a wet towel, planning to wait for the right time and sneak up to smear it on someone's face.
This didn't matter to her, and it wasn't even extra work.
After all, she had died a long time ago. Even if her puppet body was damaged, she could ask Her Majesty the Crown of Annual Rings to replace it with a new one. She didn't need to rest. She could stay awake forever and make up for her past mistakes with actions.
fault……
As the blurry faces came to mind, Hu Tao pouted and her breathing became a little rapid.
In fact, she doesn't need to breathe. This is just an organ structure that her creator specially made for her to take care of her former identity so that she can maintain this habit.
There was a friction feeling under her feet, and Kurumi knew it was Lily without even looking.
Lily had become familiar with her a long time ago. Although the big white dog couldn't quite understand why a thing that smelled like a piece of wood could run around like a human, at least the other party gave it meat to eat, so it didn't care about the details.
"Woof!" It looked at Hu Walnut and opened its mouth to call out to her.
Walnut glanced down and found that its ears were half drooped and it seemed a little depressed.
"...Can you feel the soul of life escaping outward?" Walnut was a little shocked. She squatted down, straightened Lily's dog face, and looked at its eyelids, finding it a little unbelievable.
Something must have happened to this dog... She had seen Sheridan dogs before, and it was true that these dogs often had high IQs, but not to this extent!
Lily was obviously unhappy about being treated like this, but she didn't struggle too much and behaved very docilely overall.
"Thank you for trusting me." Pinocchio hugged it gently, "You are a dog, and I am a puppet. We are not human, but we can still be good friends~"
"Wang!"
"It will probably take a while for the host to fall asleep." Hu Tao glanced upwards, then turned around and sat down on the stairs.
"Do you want to know my story? Walnut can tell you..."
……
“Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up…!”
"Everyone, check your armor and weapons! And most importantly, your physical condition! I hope that you will return with the same number of people as when you left! Don't get yourself killed out of stupidity!"
Under the night sky, there was a tense and solemn atmosphere. A group of people who rarely get together stood on the lawn, putting on armor and checking their weapons and guns. Not far away was a carriage specially vacated for this operation.
Am I hallucinating?
Until now, Ali still feels dazed. He can't understand this development - how could Ashley's request be successful?
Such an outrageous request! Just because she thought her stepmother had mental problems and needed protection... How could the parish agree to such a ridiculous request?
"Don't think too much." A big hand pressed on my shoulder.
Ali looked up and saw his most respected instructor Portman.
"It's not that Ashley asked them to come. She doesn't have the ability, and neither does Aisuen Hitzfeld."
"Then we...they..."
"This is an order from a higher authority, the Central Diocese." Raymond patted him on the shoulder. "We were planning to do this anyway."
Ali's face changed instantly.
With such good grades in academic subjects, he must be smart. He immediately deduced the connection between the various anomalies.
"Instructor." He stared at the fully armed war machines and swallowed his saliva. "If you want to protect one person... you don't need to bring these people..."
Not only were all the parish knights of Blackwood City mobilized, but also the police force and the city defense force. According to the plan he just heard, they were going to split into two groups, one group would take the train to Shuangshen Peak, and the other group would go to surround the southern back mountain.
This was obviously not an action planned to protect anyone. It looked like an attempt to capture some extremely vicious criminal.
But how is this possible?
Ali tried to find rationality, but he couldn't connect the word criminal with the detective.
They were still together yesterday and only officially separated at noon today.
Although they only said a few words in total, her calmness and composure left a deep impression on him.
This kind of person... especially a famous detective who has made great contributions, how could she be a criminal?
"It's protection, for sure." Raymond said after a moment's silence, "This matter is very complicated... You may not be able to see the enemy on the surface, and the enemy is not the physical monster you think it is."
"I don't understand, instructor."
"Not all the people here are here." Raymond pointed to the north, "In Blackwood and even Wayne, there are countless people who will enter dreams at the same time. This is a joint action that sweeps across the real world and the dream world. The purpose is simple, which is to save people."
"Save her?" Ali was stunned. "Save her? Miss Hitzfeld?"
"You are qualified to stand here as a witness. Someone in black clothes will come to question you later." Raymond did not give a direct answer.
"Well...I know you were eavesdropping outside at the time, and you should have heard how Ashley answered them."
"Yes, but she..."
"She is very talented." Raymond sighed.
"Even if she doesn't become a Flintstone Knight, she will shine in another system."
……
"I know you're more anxious than anyone, but I suggest you take a break."
Meanwhile, in the bakery across from the train station, Darent was admonishing his temporary partner.
That was Ethan, who was grabbing an extended sausage bread and devouring it in big mouthfuls. Sometimes he would choke because of eating too fast, so Darent picked up the cup and fed him water.
"Rest? I just got back and got this kind of news. How do you want me to rest?"
Ethan took a big sip of water and let out a breath fiercely, with anger still on his face.
"Not telling anyone about such a big thing... That's outrageous!"
They actually contributed a lot to tonight's action.
It can be seen from their identities, one is the Shadow Lion system, and the other is the Library system. This means that the two families have already sensed something wrong and are jointly investigating the current situation of Hei Mu.
Hitzfeld had long been under suspicion.
She is not the only one who is proficient in deduction within these systems. When all possibilities are blocked, more and more attention will be focused on her.
The two men walked for an entire afternoon and just as they returned to the city they were found by men in black who asked them for information. They were confused but still cooperated and reported all their findings. The other party politely asked them to wait, and half an hour later they brought a telegram and asked them to choose whether to participate in the operation.
"Before I came here, I checked on the Root Network. It was your boss who raised the alarm."
Darent said.
"It has an impact even from such a distance... The sea of time is really mysterious and interesting."
Hearing him say this, Ethan immediately transferred his anger to him.
"She could be consumed by this mystery!"
He pounded the table hard.
"You're just laughing at your friends like that?"
"If you also think of her as a friend, then you should know what she would do if she were in this position."
Darent said coldly.
"Does anger help?"
"Can I help you solve your current problem?"
"You have become much more capable, Isendor... you even look younger after untying your knot."
"But I don't want your IQ to regress. It doesn't fit your character."
"……I'm so excited."
Ethan calmed down quickly.
"sorry."
"No need to apologize." Darent took a sip of water and looked out the window - the Southern Station had been completely blocked by the police.
"I'm not much better than you...it's just that wood doesn't easily show expression."
At the same time, Dongquan Island.
Darkness enveloped the entire island, and the sea fog that usually surrounded the island spread towards the coastline little by little, gradually blending with the normal air.
"Another eternal night."
In the corridor of the institute, Gray Joe was pushed in a wheelchair.
He looked out the window at the dark world, shook his head and said, "I must apologize for not being able to stop her from seeing you..."
"No need."
The person pushing the cart revealed himself and it was the security chief with a ponytail.
Her face was solemn and her eyes flashed coldly in the darkness.
"You have helped Dongquan Island a lot."
"Let the young people take charge this time."
Chapter 89: Historical Turning Point 1
Hitzfeld couldn't make up his mind.
Of course, she had already decided to take responsibility, she just hadn't figured out how to solve the problem of the sea of time.
If the mysterious lord's plan is followed, she must first inherit the identity of the "mysterious lord", use herself as the spiritual foundation to drive the operation of the new system of extraordinary people, and gain benefits from the process.
If no one interfered, the plan should have reached the second half by now. It was she who discovered her own abnormality in advance, which forced the creation of the new system to be suspended, and neither she nor the mysterious master could get much mysterious feedback.
Hitzfeld is not greedy for this thing, but according to the mysterious master's speculation, in order to close the sea of time, she needs to be more powerful than she is now.
"Then tonight we'll focus on testing..."
Thinking this, she stood up from the table and looked at the bed.
If you have used the Ring of Desire enough times, you can use this opportunity to enter the dream world and find the entity of the Sea of Time in the dream world.
What we lack most now is intelligence.
I have to at least figure out what's in there, whether I have enough abilities to clean out those disgusting monsters, and then consider how to close the sea of time itself and cut off its channel of spreading from the dream world to reality.
So she didn't plan to delay any longer. She took out a pair of boots specially prepared for falling asleep from under the bed and put them on. After rinsing her mouth and washing her face, she lay down on the bed, closed her eyes and didn't move.
After about three or four minutes, the door of the room was pushed open.
A short figure crept in, holding something in his hand, walked to the bedside, and suddenly pressed it against the girl's face.
It happened faster than he said. Hitzfeld suddenly opened his eyes, and his two eyes, one dark gold and one azure blue, locked onto the person at the same time, directly meeting the pair of dark black eyes.
"Body owner..." A cry of surprise came from the shadow on the other side. As they changed their shapes, the wet towel filled with ointment missed the target and hit the wardrobe with a thud.
"Walnut..." Hitzfeld was a little surprised. She was just a little uneasy at first, but she didn't expect that the puppet almost ruined her life.
But it's not Walnut's fault.
I was the one who gave the order and I forgot to remind her. She must have thought that I was really possessed by some evil spirit.
Well... just like back in Blackwood Town, she witnessed the tragedy between her relatives and teacher.
She wanted to speak, wanted Kurumi to leave the house, but it was too late.
The flashback at the Twin Gods Peak established a connection between the Sea of Time and the Mysterious Lord. Her left eye was the key, the elevator, and the portal. One step out would lead to history.
"Ah!" She only heard a short scream from the little Pinocchio, as if a light wooden body fell down and threw itself into her arms like a child. Her entire consciousness was swept into the long river of history, and when she opened her eyes again, she was no longer in the bedroom.
……
It is dark here as well.
After taking a clear look at the surrounding scenery, Hitzfeld made a judgment.
She did not possess anyone, but appeared here in her own body and image, standing on an almost deserted street with a simple church in front of her.
I say almost because there was someone there. There was a man in a suit standing in front of her.
