Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 430 Rights
Milo plans to go to the Scarlet Witch to find out more about the so-called Abyss Illusion.

The addition of the Dream Realm was already mentally taxing enough, but now there's this inexplicable Abyss Realm. If it were just a figment of Milo's subconscious imagination, it wouldn't be so bad, but the raven in the illusion said such a bunch of nonsensical things to Milo, making his thoughts waver.

But there is no denying that Milo had an extremely dangerous night.

He was certain that he was at risk of being trapped in the abyss forever, but the clues and hints left to him by his subconscious allowed him to escape successfully.

If the raven that appeared in the abyss is indeed a personality that exists independently of the illusion, then Milo's escape is most likely related to him.

After all, according to him, the Abyss is a special world that only high-ranking beings can access. In short, it is a field with an extremely high threshold, and only special beings who have touched upon forbidden knowledge and generated thought are qualified to enter it.

But all of this is just Raven's side of the story.

Without confirming whether the raven in the abyss is real, Milo cannot guarantee that his views are merely an expression of his subconscious understanding of the abyss.

Moreover, if that raven truly possessed an independent will of a living being, how did it enter the abyss of Milo?

There are too many inexplicable details in everything.

Milo needs to verify each of these points.

……

The good news is that he has escaped from the abyss.

The diverse and even contradictory knowledge from various classic texts did not erase or swallow his consciousness; Milo successfully digested it, or rather, it accepted Milo's existence.

This is why Milo was able to recognize the wonder of the equations on Emma's blackboard at a glance.

And the bad news is.

The Scarlet Witch is as irresponsible as ever.

She was always nowhere to be found when Milo desperately wanted to ask her something, but would pop up and nag him when he was bored out of his mind, especially when he held the flesh and blood of the Old Ones in his hands...

This behavior is no different from that of a scumbag woman who abandons her boyfriend after getting back together with him.

……

"Hey, wait a minute."

Milo suddenly remembered something.

He remembered that the raven in the abyss had once revealed his real name—Tutis Crow.

According to Milo's logic, everything in the abyss was formed based on his subjective consciousness, but he never knew the raven's true name.

So, if we calculate it this way, the method to find out if the raven encountered in the abyss is the same raven in the real world is actually quite simple.

Why not just check if the raven in the real world is named Tutis Crow?
...

"Then it's necessary to check the archives of Nanwei City."

Milo was thinking of heading to the law enforcement office, or if all else failed, going directly to the church to ask for clues about the raven.

As a result, he turned around and bumped into his only criminal investigation officer on the street.

Enid was frantically heading towards the Milo house.

It's past noon now, and they're probably getting impatient waiting at the law enforcement office, so they're preparing to come and wake them up.

It's not hard to see that the opera house incident and what happened in the world of imitators have caused Enid considerable distress. This young woman, who usually sleeps very well, now has huge dark circles under her eyes, probably because she stayed up all night.

She strode angrily toward Milo, about to say something, but before she could utter a word, Milo grabbed her head with his elbow.

And a brand new task was issued:

“You’ve come at the right time. Here’s a job for you: visit all the archives in Nanwei City, including the remote towns and villages around it, and bring back the files of all the guys with the name Tutis Claude. No, bring back all the files of people with the surname Claude.”

"you……"

Enid was furious.

She frantically yanked at Milo's arm, trying to pull her head back.

After struggling for a while and realizing it was useless, she simply stopped struggling, sighed, and said aggrievedly:

"How can you do this? There's a ton of work to do at the office and you don't care. You sleep until noon. Do you know how busy we are dealing with the opera house? We never see you all day long. When we do see you, you either make me wash dishes or run errands." That's what he said.

But Milo knew that the source of this guy's overwhelming resentment was definitely not these things; what really bothered her was the Dürer family case.

He knew Enid's personality very well. Even though the case had already found evidence of a crime, she couldn't get anyone's support and kept hitting walls at every turn. That was what really troubled her.

Yesterday, she went to Dulle's house with a group of people, only to be turned away and ordered to return by her superiors. It's likely that not only did the higher-ups in the enforcement team warn her, but she'll probably get a scolding when she gets home.

Rebecca was busy with the opera house case.

Now Enid's only hope is Milo, but Milo is nowhere to be seen all day long.

……

"Then, if you help me, I'll help you."

Milo leaned close to her ear and whispered:
“Leave the matter with the Duller family to me. You can’t handle it by going there in such a big way. Besides, after you make such a scene, the head of the Duller family will definitely move his incriminating evidence quickly, or even destroy it.”

Enid looked up, her eyes widening, and urged, "So what should we do?"

“So you have to lower their guard, stop them from being so impulsive, be more composed, you’re over twenty years old,” Milo said earnestly.

“You’re a year and a half younger than me!” Enid immediately became displeased.

"Alright, get to work and get those files back for me. When you come back, you'll naturally see the evidence of the Duller family's crimes. Go on, be good."

Milo released Enid's head, patted the tricorn hat on her head, and gave her a couple of nudges to signal her to hurry up and get to work.

Enid was skeptical, but she had no other choice. She could only give Milo a "don't mess with me" look before happily heading towards the archives.

……

After seeing off his little lover from the abyss, Milo continued to stroll towards the law enforcement office.

As he walked down the street, he suddenly realized that the road beneath his feet was the same street he and the homeless man Yan had chased each other through in the Abyss Illusion.

The scene in the abyss was still vivid in my mind, and everything around me was exactly the same as what I had seen and heard in the abyss.

Even the fresh meat shop at the corner of the street still exists.

To be honest, Milo had never really paid much attention to this shop before, and he had never gone inside to buy anything.

However, today, Milo deliberately slowed down as he passed the shop.

His gaze swept through the shop's glass window, taking in the scene inside.

The shop's decorations, shelves, tables, and chairs were exactly the same as what Milo had seen in the Abyss. The only difference was that the shop owner was not Robben, but another burly, bald man, whose wife also helped manage the business.

Milo stood in front of the butcher shop for about ten seconds, but ultimately couldn't find any little girl inside.

Just as the bald shop owner noticed Milo's presence and was about to greet him and extend an invitation, Milo turned and left the street corner.

……

do not know why.

Milo instinctively reached into the inside pocket of his trench coat and rummaged around for a moment.

He found only an empty metal flask.

But he knew very well that he didn't want to drink right now; what came to mind was his long-lost addiction to cigarettes.

"It seems the raven wasn't wrong. We can't arbitrarily conclude that everything in the abyss is an illusion; at least its impact on me is real."

Milo shook his head and stuffed the flask back into his trench coat.

He saw cigarette shops on the street, but after much consideration, he suppressed the urge to take a breath of fresh air.

After all, the effects of the abyss may be real, but the right to make the final decision still rests in Milo's own hands.

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(End of this chapter)