From the end of the world

Chapter 120 Everyone Goes Home
I thought I had heard it wrong.

Maybe Zhu Shi didn't yell "Dad", but just uttered the meaningless syllable "ba". As for why she uttered such a silly syllable at this time, let's put it aside for now, anyway, it is definitely more reasonable than her yelling "Dad" to the monster maker. I really thought so at first.

But the following situation was completely contrary to my idea. Zhu Shi walked over to us quickly, then leaned over and held the head of the monster maker in his hands. The latter could only be said to be dead without a complete body. The only decent thing was that the face was intact, and the death was not hideous, but the expression was calm. However, from the perspective of the deceased's family, this level of comfort might be more like finding fault.

Zhu Shi stared at the head stupidly, his expression slowly changing from disbelief at not being able to comprehend the situation to disbelief after understanding it.

Ma Zao and I looked at each other, at a loss for what to do. In the end, I was the first to speak.

"The Monster Maker is your father?" I asked bravely.

"...Yes." Zhu Shi said with difficulty, "There is no mistake, this face... is my father, Ying Lingyun."

Ying Lingyun? Shouldn't your father's surname be "Zhu"? It took me a while to remember that Zhu Shi and Chang'an's fathers were married into the family.

And I definitely heard the name "Ying Lingyun" not long ago. By the way, the Shadow Changer mentioned that there was a politician from a grassroots background in Xianshui City who rose rapidly in the officialdom after hooking up with the daughter of the local invisible wealthy family "Zhu Family". When I heard about this, I originally planned to ask about it, but soon I was distracted by the perverted interest of the Shadow Changer and accidentally forgot about it.

In fact, I had heard of the name "Ying Lingyun" when I was interacting with Changan a long time ago, but because he was a person who had nothing to do with me, I didn't take it seriously. To me at the time, he was just an irresponsible and unscrupulous father character that appeared in Changan's "background story".

Anyway, I killed the man's father accidentally. No, it wasn't accidental. I killed him 20 or 30 times before, and just now I burned his consciousness network and body with the intention of seriously destroying him. It's ridiculous to say that I was careless. Anyway, I think I should apologize first?

"Um... excuse me?" I said.

"No need to apologize to me. Besides, I just provided you with intelligence support. I also had a part in this matter." Zhu Shi shook his head, and then said blankly, "So, he is the monster maker... He has been missing for so many years. It turns out that he is not participating in the confidential projects of the official forces, but secretly joined the Humanitarian Department..."

It is also possible that the Humanitarian Department is an organization secretly controlled by official forces - I remembered the suspicion mentioned in the information given to us by Lu Youxun. And now the true identity of the monster maker seems to confirm this.

As a politician and official, Ying Lingyun undoubtedly plays a role of official power. Since he also serves as a senior decision-maker in the Humanitarian Department, it is hard not to doubt the connection between official power and the Humanitarian Department.

And it is understandable why the monster maker needs to hide his true face. Once the true face under the mask is exposed to Luo Shan, everyone will doubt the background of the Humanitarian Department. In fact, even if it is not exposed, Luo Shan people like Lu Youxun are already seriously suspicious.

Combined with Luo Shan's suspicion that the official forces might have the God Seal in his past, it seems that it can also be linked to the fragments of the God Seal that the monster maker suspected of possessing. Perhaps the official forces really had the complete God Seal in the past, but due to some accident, the God Seal was broken, the Fantian incident occurred, and the power that split the secular society and the weird world into two disappeared. After the God Seal was broken, it was still owned by the official forces... Then why did such an important item appear in the basement of the room on the fifteenth floor and was picked up by me?

Where did the official forces get this apocalyptic technology of "transforming humans into monsters"?
Perhaps it is not prudent enough to suspect that the official forces have a connection with the Humanitarian Department now. It is also possible that Ying Lingyun is a traitor to the official forces, and the Humanitarian Department is indeed a dark organization that is incompatible with both the official forces and Luo Shan.

Now one thing is clear, that is, Lu Youxun really did not have any secret communication with the monster maker.

Previously, Lu Youxun was suspected mainly because of the monster maker's understanding of Zhu Shi, but since the monster maker's true identity is Ying Lingyun, everything makes sense. After all, Ying Lingyun is the son-in-law of the Zhu family and the father of Zhu Shi. It is normal for him to know about his daughter's abilities and the Forged Yama Sword in her hand.

Okay, now that I have sorted out my thoughts to this point, I have almost come out of the shock of "the monster maker is Zhu Shi's father".

Zhu Shi also seemed to have managed to emerge from his turbulent emotions and muttered to himself, "Why would he join an evil organization like the Humanitarian Department? Could it be that he actually hates demon hunters... hates our Zhu family?"

She hated evil, and even if her father was really doing something unscrupulous, she would never go along with him, and might even show an attitude of irreconcilable hatred. Having said that, as a daughter, she would definitely not feel good if she personally participated in the act of killing her father.

I have no idea how she feels at this moment.

"Do you want me to help you investigate?" Ma Zao seemed to be racking his brains to find the right words. "Although it may take a few days or more than ten days, I should be able to find out some information."

"...I'll ask you for help later." Zhu Shi sighed, "As for tonight, let me take his head back first. I need to make a report to Grandpa, and this is considered evidence."

Ma Zao did not suggest to go to Zhu Shi's house, but turned to look at me first.

As Zhu Shi's "enemy who killed his father", I don't know how to talk to him now. I accidentally killed the father of a female friend I was close to, and she saw the crime scene. How should I calm her down with high emotional intelligence and recreate a friendly and harmonious dialogue environment? - If I post this as the title of a post on an online forum, will anyone give me good advice later? I couldn't help but think wildly.

Subsequently, I proposed a temporary dissolution.

After that, we briefly discussed tomorrow's itinerary and went back with our own thoughts.

(End of this chapter)