Deep in the Living

Chapter 148: Taking a Car
[Next day]

14:30 pm
Pluto City Long Distance Bus Terminal
As a coastal city, and also a marginal city that accepts the most immigrants and tourists, the passenger station here is quite developed, with shuttle buses to different cities every hour.

There are also reserve buses, which will run every half an hour if there are a lot of people.

The bus that Luo Di and the other man were going to take was the temporary reserve bus.

In their hands were the most expensive and longest-distance bus tickets, from Pluto City to Neptune City.

*Neptune City is located at the other end of the country. It is also a port city. The original land was once called Chong*.

As the total journey will take more than 12 hours, and considering the comfort of the passengers, this giant luxury bus also has berths, and the price is four times the normal price.

Money is not a problem for these two people.

The squad leader has already made a fortune in the Fighting Hall, not to mention that Roddy himself also has dividends from the Fighting Hall and a full subsidy from the Investigation Bureau.

The two of them directly booked the sleeper compartment in the last row.

Close and lock the door, and put out melon seeds, peanuts and drinks.

"Now you can finally tell me, what should I pay attention to at the rally?"

Shhh!
The monitor put his finger in front of his mouth, indicating that there was still work to be done.

She just put her hand on the door, and an invisible substance quickly covered the entire private room, as if disguising the space.

Then he slowly sat back on the bed, crossed his legs, and began to talk:

"You will be attending the gathering as a 'preparatory partner'. The most important thing is that you will undergo a special assessment during the gathering. Once you pass, the word 'preparatory' will be removed and you will be fully accepted by the sisterhood.

This assessment no longer requires you to fight.

Nor will some sister come to touch you or anything,
Instead, you need to be alone with your grandmother for a period of time. Only when your grandmother acknowledges you will the sisterhood acknowledge your existence. It sounds simple, but it is the most dangerous and the easiest to be exposed. "

"Grandmother? The monster in the corner, the founder of the Sisterhood?"

"Yes."

"The monster in the corner doesn't seem to be allowed to come into reality, right?"

“The main body is not allowed to come, but it does not say that the consciousness is not allowed to come.

Just as your consciousness can be projected to a distant real hell, your grandmother's consciousness can also be projected to a special carrier of the gathering to realize the advent of the incarnation.

The first item of the gathering is the Advent Ceremony, in which all sisters will participate.

Based on past experience,
The first time a prospective partner is brought by a sister, she will spend some time alone with her grandmother at the Advent site.

There are usually three different results:

1. Gaining recognition from the grandmother as a formal partner means staying with a certain sister until the sister completes the selection and goes to a corner.

2. He was discovered by his grandmother and executed on the spot.

3. Those who are not recognized by the grandmother and fail to become official partners will be specially transformed and become slaves of the sisterhood. "

"Squad leader, how sure are you that I won't be discovered?"

"The original plan was that we would stay together every day during this period, keeping close or even in close contact 24 hours a day, so that my disguise could slowly spread over your body and disguise your entire mind.

My grandmother only came as an incarnation, her strength will not exceed the limits of reality, and the probability of seeing through is very low.

But I didn't know that you chose to spend most of your last week in the Fifth Hospital, and my disguise transformation on you was not yet complete.

This would be somewhat dangerous, depending on your grandmother's condition and your performance at the time."

Luo Di didn't seem to care about the so-called "danger". In his opinion, a meticulous person like the squad leader must have enough confidence since he had brought him to this point.

He was more concerned about the squad leader's problem.

"Does your disguise still need 'day and night together' to slowly transmit?"

"The human brain is the most complex thing. Even corners can be formed inside it. It can evolve into different concrete forms according to the thinking of different people, and it can stimulate the human body to continue to grow and evolve in a certain direction.

No matter how perfect my "disguise" is, it is mostly external.

I am still far from achieving the perfect disguise within myself. I can only find the most perfect disguise by going to the deepest corners. Now I can't even disguise myself perfectly, let alone help the people around me to disguise themselves.

My strength limit is here, there is only so much I can do."

"Monitor, you have decided to use the corner as the main way to ascend, right?"

"What else? I'm not a genius like you who can connect my consciousness to a world with channels. Even if I'm connected to the real hell with your help, it's just an additional gift.

Even if I can really follow you to the real hell, my current body is far from enough. I might be taken away by the creatures in hell and made into a meat servant as soon as I get there.

I have to become stronger too... right?"

"When do you plan to do the inter-seam screening again? Besides, you should be considered a failure in the inter-seam screening. Can you still do the screening again?"

When Rody asked this question, the squad leader immediately opened a can of strong craft beer and poured it into his mouth.

Snapped!
The can of beer slammed heavily on the table, his face flushed, and the monitor's sitting posture became less polite.

"The Corner was very generous. I was able to survive after the failure, which was a very rare situation. It could even be said that I took advantage of a loophole. Not only did the Corner allow me to participate again, they even gave me more attention.

As for when... it won’t be long.”

Rody suddenly leaned forward and asked the question that concerned him most: "Is it related to the rally?"

The monitor looked helpless, "Why are you always able to grasp the key points? When I was in school, my grades in cultural subjects and logical analysis were only above average."

Rody's expression remained calm, as if he had guessed this in advance.

"Since it's related, I will cooperate with you. Let's continue talking about the gathering. If I get my grandmother's approval, is there anything else I need to pay attention to?"

"As long as you can get the approval of your grandmother, no one will doubt you. Just don't reveal too much and get through the rally normally."

When it comes to this,
The monitor's right foot, which was under the table, suddenly took off his shoe and stepped on Luo Di's body.

A ruddy face smelling of alcohol also came closer.

“Of course, since you’re my mate.

During the gathering, we would be placed in the same room, and even... cough! Grandma would ask us to do that kind of thing, and she might even watch and give relevant comments, which could be considered a kind of 'non-essential assessment'.

I've said before that my grandmother placed great importance on the balance of yin and yang.

If you are not good at this, you will be severely penalized, and your grandmother will try her best to improve your ability in this area.

But, Rody, you should be fine."

"Oh."

"Ah! You don't even have any reaction!"

"Since this is the request of the assembly, then follow it. To ensure that your plan is foolproof and that you can achieve ultimate victory in the next screening."

Rody's expression was extremely serious. In his opinion, surviving seemed to be the most important thing.

"Are you... worried that I'll die again?"

"Since you have encountered an accident like Teacher Guo, you may encounter other accidents. If you can let the sisters arrange a competition for you without any accidents, that would naturally be the best situation."

puff~
The squad leader couldn't help laughing, and this smile slowly turned into a smile, becoming the most profound smile in Rody's mind.

"Thank you~ I will take it seriously this time and won't die so easily."

Rody changed the subject and asked, "Why were you so determined to leave the sisterhood?"

"Hey! I was just a little touched, why are you throwing a serious topic at me again? What should I do if I don't want to answer at all?"

"Then don't answer."

Ton, ton, ton! Another big gulp of beer,

"Oh~ I really can't do anything about you!

I am a person who is very good at getting along with others, whether they are humans or pseudo-humans.

I was very happy when I first joined the sisterhood. At least on the surface, everyone helped each other, and it took me to many interesting and free places like the Garden of Eden.

But as time went on, that feeling came back!

The feeling of being dominated, manipulated, and treated as a puppet.”

The monitor's eyes also changed during his conversation, becoming cold and then full of murderous intent.

“My grandmother has a strong desire for control. Not only does she require us to meet her after we reach the corner, she also plans the growth path for each of us.

Each sister will drink blood from her grandmother.

This blood is indeed a good thing. It will greatly strengthen our pituitary gland. This is why the sisters are stronger and more difficult to deal with than the pseudo-humans of the same level.

Also because of "Grandmother's blood", she can control us to a certain extent.

This feeling may not matter to other sisters, and they may be tolerable. Some natural slaves even like the feeling of being dominated.

But for me, it is unacceptable.

I finally managed to break free from my father's control, only to fall into an even more terrifying control.

So, I spent more than two years pretending to be weak, exhausted, and even made occasional mistakes, which eventually led to my position as the "core sister" being replaced by someone else.

I became an ordinary member and used the excuse of going home to develop independently. Only then did I finally get out and return to high school to study with peace of mind... Even so, I still belonged to the sorority and what I gained was only temporary freedom.

Whenever I go to the corner, my grandmother will still call me.

So, at that time, I took the initiative to choose to escape through death.

But this time is different, because of your intervention, Rody, maybe I really have a chance to escape the control of the sisterhood while surviving and gain the freedom that I really want.

We still need to wait until we get the chance and until Grandmother gives us the specific arrangements for the "promotion". Let's talk about something a little more relaxed and don't be too tense. "

(End of this chapter)