Chapter 520: Bait

Facing Duanmu Huai, Mary explained to him in detail what happened that night.

Noticing that her friend's expression was not quite right, she waited for her in the school dormitory. On the way, Charlotte's mood was very low, and then suddenly, that terrifying steel monster appeared from behind her friend, and it was captured by her right eye. If you are attracted, you will follow yourself.

"I see."

After listening to Mary's narration, Duanmuhuai thought for a moment, then looked at the girl in front of him.

"To be honest, I still don't understand what the current situation is, but if it's about the current situation of Miss Charlotte, I can tell you the reason."

"Why?"

"It's actually very simple to say. The reason why Miss Charlotte didn't wake up is because what's here is only her body, not her soul."

"Why???"

I have to say that when Mary heard Duanmuhuai's answer, she was also taken aback.

"what do you mean………"

"Her soul is not here, so no matter what the doctor does, she can't wake her up. What she wants to say now can be regarded as a living dead."

"Then, where is Charlie's soul?!"

Hearing this, Mary also clenched her fists and stared at Duanmuhuai, who shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't know about it. From the current point of view, the biggest possibility is that her soul may be in that dark city."

"There……………"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's words, Mary once again recalled the city she ran that night, dead silent, without the slightest breath, like a cemetery.

"So, how do I find her? If this continues..."

"As far as the current level of medical technology is concerned, if it's not difficult to just keep the body alive, and Miss Charlotte looks like a noble lady, at least we don't have to worry about her being suspended from life support because she can't pay. Hmm... ...This is considered a good thing, but I still need to investigate the specific situation.”

Duanmuhuai said this, and glanced at Mary. Although he didn't say anything, from what Mary said just now, Duanmuhuai always felt that this girl named Charlotte seemed to have some kind of relationship with this series of events. The monster that wandered in the dark city before has been completely wiped out by Duanmu Huai. However, after killing the monster, the originally closed and dark city disappeared. Immediately afterwards, Duanmuhuai saw a strange man wailing and screaming in pain not far away. This completely melted and disappeared into the darkness.

In this way, at first glance, Mary and Charlotte seemed to be just victims of this random killer, but Duanmuhuai always felt that something was wrong. After all, even the subspace has been revealed, and according to Mary's words, on the way home, Charlotte took the initiative to bring up these murders, as if she wanted to confess something to Mary, but in the end she changed the subject.

From this point alone, it can be seen that maybe Charlotte is not just a simple victim.

Perhaps Mary also had such thoughts deep in her heart, but...she didn't want to believe it.

Regarding the golden pupil, Duanmuhuai also asked Mary, and learned from Mary that she did not become like this from birth, but suddenly became like this a year ago. Not only that, after having the golden pupil After that, Mary would always have some strange dreams. In the dream, she was always in a dark city, being chased by something, and she was just running away desperately until she finally woke up...

I've seen a doctor, but nothing works. In addition, what I want to say is that since her right eye turned golden, Mary's analysis of ancient texts and relics has been very fast. She was originally a student of the History Department of the Master's College, but now she is going a step further in this regard. In many cases, she was able to successfully analyze ancient inscriptions and records that seemed very difficult, even lost in a short period of time...

Hearing this, the corners of Duanmuhuai's eyes couldn't help twitching. He really deserves to be the golden pupil. If nothing else, this is simply a bug for archaeological research...

As for the magic resistance ability of the golden pupil, Duanmu Huai almost guessed what was going on. He had also carefully looked at it before in the City of Darkness. Don't look at it, it seemed that Mary was just playing the eagle-chicken game of running after me with that steel monster, but in fact it was not the case. Every time the steel monster made a move, it would burst out with intense force. The evil power of this kind of evil power, ordinary people will be powerless just by touching this kind of evil power, and even their vitality will be deprived, and they can only wait for death obediently.

But Mary was able to run all the way in it, and was finally caught up because she was weak and unable to run.

If you use a game as an analogy, then it is equivalent to that when Mary was running away, the steel monster kept debuffing her, but Mary kept showing immunity...

It's just that she doesn't feel it herself.

Well, this looks quite similar to a certain pickpocket's hand, but the power of the golden pupil is much stronger than that hand, unless it is a physical attack, it is basically ineffective against Mary.

It's no wonder that the steel monster ran away after Mary, the magic attack had no effect, and it was also very desperate.

It comes with magic resistance and magic breaking... The value of this golden pupil seems to be really high.

After checking Charlotte, Duanmuhuai and Mary left Charlotte's house together.

"At present, the situation is very obvious. Your friend fell into a deep sleep and lost his soul. Maybe it has something to do with that dark city, so..."

Duanmuhuai stared at Mary, and the latter held his breath, staring at him.

"Do you want to cooperate with me?"

"Why?"

I have to say that Mary was really stunned when she heard Duanmuhuai's proposal.

"cooperate?"

"Yes."

While speaking, Duanmuhuai took out a certificate from his pocket and handed it to Mary.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Duanmu Huai. I am an investigator and a detective. I came to Wudu this time to investigate the serial murders that occurred here. From the current point of view, the serial murders I am investigating , It should be related to what you have encountered, so I think we can cooperate to explore the secrets behind this, and maybe we can also find a way to wake your friend up."

"Detective... Investigator..."

Staring at Duanmuhuai's ID, Mary was also stunned. She was a little embarrassed to say that, when she found out that only she could see the other party and no one else could, she wondered if the man in front of her was some kind of death... ... At this moment, his face turned red, and he lowered his head.

It's too high school, it's embarrassing.

"What do you think, Miss Mary?"

Fortunately, Duanmu Huai was too tall to see Mary's expression at all, so Mary also took a deep breath and raised her head.

"I would, sir, but what exactly?"

Although Mary is a top student in the History Department of the Master's College, it may be okay to ask her to decipher some ancient inscriptions or ruins, but she has no choice but to face those terrifying monsters.

"I need you as bait."

"Bait??"

It has to be said that Mary was stunned upon hearing this.

"Yes, you also noticed that those monsters seem to like your right eye very much. If there are still monsters who see your right eye, they will definitely not be able to help but pounce on you. At that time, I can put them in your right eye." Eliminate and investigate at the same time."

That's right, the reason why Duanmu Huai made no progress like a headless chicken was because there were no clues. But after the previous battle, he can be regarded as having experience. Duanmu Huai could feel that on that day, there was a very big ups and downs in the subspace fluctuations of the entire Fog City, and then the City of Darkness appeared.

Of course, the city of darkness was not in its complete form at that time, Duanmuhuai could feel that it was more like the bottom of the sea seen from the surface of the sea—it was just the reflection refracted on the water surface, not the real city of darkness .

It's still asleep and hasn't woken up yet.

Duanmu Huai and Lorena obviously had no way to lure these monsters out, and after they disappeared, the Dark City would also be closed. Therefore, if you want to enter the Dark City again, you have to wait for those monsters to show up again. From the current point of view, Mary with golden pupils is like a lantern fish in the deep sea, and is the most able to attract the attention of these monsters.

Although logically speaking, it is possible to only open this time, but Duanmuhuai believes that it will definitely not end so simply. The next time they enter that dark city again, I'm afraid there will be a complete version of the dark city!

Faced with Duanmuhuai's invitation, Mary thought for a while, and finally chose to agree. After all, she has no other way now, not to mention that after that time, Mary also found out that the monster was indeed staring at her eyes. Maybe if she encounters it again, it will have the same result.

That being the case, her choice was obvious.

"very good."

Hearing Mary's answer, Duanmuhuai nodded, and then he took out a ring from his pocket.

"Why?"

Seeing the ring in Duanmuhuai's hand, Mary blushed immediately and looked at him in surprise.

"This is a kind of sacred weapon. Wearing it can protect you from harm."

Duanmuhuai put the ring directly in Mary's hand, and then said.

"The other thing is...you need to strengthen your training."

"train?"

"That's right, how's your sports record?"

"Well……………"

Faced with Duanmuhuai's question, Mary was a little embarrassed. She was just an ordinary girl, not particularly outstanding...

"Starting tomorrow morning, I will send someone to assist you in training, at least to give you enough strength to escape the pursuit of those monsters."

There is no need to think about fighting. The ability of the golden pupil is only to increase magic resistance and magic break, and it is not true that a slap can break the magic. Mary is just an ordinary girl and does not have a particularly strong combat power. Simply put, she just needs to be able to run.

"I, I see."

Mary did not object to Duanmuhuai's decision. She still remembered the feeling of being chased by that steel monster that night. At that time, Mary thought that if she could run faster and work harder Some words... So, she did not object to Duanmuhuai's request.

Well, until the next morning.

Early the next morning, according to the agreed time, Mary left the apartment two hours early, and then she saw a very cute and docile girl with long pink hair in nun clothes standing outside the apartment. . Seeing Mary, the girl came over with a smile on her face.

"Ah, hello, may I ask that you are Miss Mary Clarissa Christie?"

"Ah, yes, may I ask that you were invited by that gentleman..."

"That's right."

The girl nodded.

"My name is Lorena. Starting today, I will be in charge of your daily training, Miss Mary!"

"Ah, hello...Miss Lorena."

Hearing Lorena's words, Mary hurriedly saluted her.

"So, what are we going to do?"

"Well, it's very simple."

Lorena looked at Mary with a smile, and then spoke.

"First of all, we have to run in the morning, turn off the physical activity, and then proceed to the next training!"

"Ok, no problem."