My esoteric uncle Jules

Chapter 69: The Key to Skinning
Madame Bovary looked at Jules, then at the "pool" of Karl behind him, and couldn't help swallowing.

"I won't tell anyone, don't kill me..."

Jules shook his head helplessly:

"I won't kill you, but you can't tell anyone what happened here, understand? Otherwise, even I can't protect you."

Boule de Suif nodded repeatedly and whispered:
"So how do we get out next?"

"No hurry, I still have some questions for you."

Jules looked directly at Boule de Suif and said softly:
"What's your real name?"

Boule de Suif is just an insulting nickname. As for her real name, Maupassant did not give it clearly in the original work.

"My name... is Elizabeth."

Elizabeth? Jules was stunned, but didn't think much of it.

Although it is the same name as the Queen of England in my memory, the name itself is not uncommon. Respectable families often give their daughters similar names.

Jules slowly walked into the mist and waved to Elizabeth:

"Let's go first. It's not advisable to stay here for long."

Elizabeth was surprised to see Jules walking into the fog unhindered, and could not help asking:

"How did you get into the fog? There's nothing I can do."

Although Jules' steps were a little unsteady due to the severe pain, each step he took was firmly on the new ground and was not stopped by the invisible wall of fog.

He turned his head and said lightly:
"Secret—Also, I suggest you catch up quickly."

Seeing the fog gradually closing, Elizabeth finally woke up from her dream and hurriedly trotted to catch up with Jules.

Before leaving, she couldn't help but look at the "banquet ceremony" venue behind her, with fear in her eyes.

If Yule hadn't taken action, she would have died here!
Suddenly, Jules's leisurely voice sounded:

"Tell me, how did you get here? You look all alone and helpless, and you don't look like you can afford a boat ticket."

Looking into Jules's deep eyes, Elizabeth bit her lip and said:
"My father is a member of parliament, but he just..."

She was in a low mood, and after a while, she continued:
"I haven't had a mother since I was a child, so after this, I'm all alone."

Jules didn't turn around, but just nodded slightly, indicating that she should continue.

"Later, my father's friend couldn't stand those people bullying me, so he got me a boat ticket and let me leave temporarily. I was supposed to transfer at the Big Rock Islands, but ended up in this situation now."

I see... Jules thought for a moment and said:
"So what are your plans for the future?"

Elizabeth was silent for a moment, then said:

"I plan to go look for my mother next."

Yule raised his eyebrows in doubt:

"Didn't you say you had no mother?"

"No, she must exist. I saw her in my dream. I must find her." Elizabeth said firmly.

In a dream? In the past, Yule would probably have thought that the other person was talking in his sleep, but now he didn't think so.

Coupled with her special identity and her previous performance of being completely unaffected by twisted desires, perhaps this is related to her true origins.

The corners of Yule's mouth curved up:
"Then I wish you a safe journey."

Elizabeth said "hmm" and fell silent.

Jules glanced at Elizabeth beside him and suddenly remembered something.

There is still a fragment of the Sixth History that is not completed about her, that is, "Ball of Fat".

As he had not been able to find any free time during this period and had been highly focused, he had not checked the specific information of this fragment.

As soon as he thought about it, fragments of information about Boule de Suif appeared before his eyes.

[Fragment of the Sixth History: Ball of Fat]

In Mansu, power giving birth to power is dangerous. The cup's reproduction will turn into devouring, which will lead to parents devouring their own children. This is an established law, and this is "Heaven's Sin".

[Goal: Prevent "Natural Evil" from happening]

[Reward: Skinning Key]

[Secret History Integration Degree: 0%]

[Current number of losses: 0/1]

However, beyond this basic information, there was also a piece of information that Jules had never seen before.

[Tip: The gap in status is too large, so it is not recommended to enter.]

He stared at the hint, and a storm of emotions surged in his heart.

In the first two fragments that he had entered, even though he was just a mortal and the esotericists at that time could even crush him to death with one hand, there was no such prompt.

It was hard to imagine what kind of terrifying existence was involved in this fragment. With a heavy heart, he checked the information about the Skinning Key.

【Key to Skinning】

[Quality: Seventh-level rare item]

[Effect: Can be used to open the King Skin Gate.]

[Introduction: It once vibrated with the buzzing of moths, and now it belongs to the Holy Grail. Where does the door lead to? The Holy Grail offers seven answers.]

When he saw the glittering seventh level, Yu Le was not nervous at all, but felt relieved instead.

If it is a person of this level, then it makes sense - a being of this level could probably kill himself with just a breath.

He couldn't help but glance at Elizabeth beside him.

It is hard to imagine that such an ordinary-looking girl is involved in such a big secret.

It seems that my decision not to try to keep her here was the right one.

God knows when a terrible disaster will happen!

"Heavenly evil... a concept I've never encountered before. And it seems this fragment is related to the Red Cup?"

When Yule thought of the red cup, his face couldn't help but turn sour.

Bullying the weak is so shameless!
He suppressed the information of the fragment in his heart and thought no more about it.

In any case, he is still too weak now. Not to mention shaking the Red Cup, even his believers cannot compete with him.

He was too eager to become stronger.

……

With the help of the Stonehenge map imprinted in his mind, Jules easily left the fog.

When the sunlight finally fell on him, he felt as if he was in another world.

How warm...

However, when Jules subconsciously wanted to stretch, the severe pain all over his body instantly brought him back to reality.

"Damn it, I have to find a way to heal the injuries in my body."

His face was distorted by the pain.

Although his life was not in immediate danger, he could feel that his injuries were slowly worsening.

If you don't take any action, sooner or later you will have to go to the virtual world with Langchao to play the resurrection match.

Elizabeth saw Jules in such pain and was about to say something when a shout suddenly rang out from a distance:
"You two, put your hands up! Now!"

When Elizabeth realized that someone was calling her, she was frightened and quickly raised her hands.

But Jules didn't move, just stared at the man dressed as a police officer not far away, frowning.

"Excuse me, how many days has it been since the last Siren departed?"

As far as I can remember, there was only one ship traveling to and from the Rocky Islands these past two days, and I didn't see any police officers or anything like that.

Judging from his nervous look, it was obvious that something had happened.

The man approached with a pistol in hand. Seeing that Jules did not raise his hand, he kept the muzzle of the gun pointed at Jules and said in a deep voice:

"Are you survivors of the Siren? If so, that would be convenient.

A week has passed since the Siren was wrecked. After investigation, it is suspected that the Wellington family is involved..."

The corner of Yule's mouth twitched:
"Don't worry, I'm a good person."

He raised his arm with difficulty and took out his ID from the Anti-Suppression Bureau from the pocket of his tattered clothes.

Seeing that Jules' pockets were torn and did not look like they could hide a gun, the police officer's expression eased a little, but he still looked alert.

Jules flicked the document over:
"Recognize this?"

His clothes had been torn in the battle long ago, and this one was exchanged for someone else's.

Therefore, he was quite surprised when he found that the document had not been torn.

The police officer tried to identify it for a while and barely recognized the contents of the document.

Then, his eyes suddenly became respectful, he immediately put down his gun, bowed and apologized:

"I'm sorry, I didn't know my identity before and offended you!"

After saying this, he stood up straight again and said in a deep voice:
"A man called 'Centipede' has arrived and is waiting for you."

Centipede?! He's here?!

There was a hint of anxiety in Yule's eyes:

"where is he?"

At this moment, he urgently wanted to know whether Holmes and Lolita had any trouble!
(End of this chapter)