Dream Travel

Chapter 215 Another Possibility

"Do you want to go and see the Golden City?" After a while, Borei asked Bai Mu what he thought.

Bai Mu shook his head: "I won't go now, but if there are suitable alternate dreams soon, I'd like to go and take a look."

Borei subtly rolled his eyes and sighed softly, "There haven't been any suitable dreams lately, so don't overthink it."

"Such a big city, isn't there anything special about it? Oh well, then help me send a few letters." Bai Mu found a pen and paper in Bo Lei's office and began writing letters.

Borre had no objection to this. After determining the destination of the letters, he marked the relevant information on the envelopes to avoid sending them to the wrong place.

"Remember to contact me if you find a suitable alternate dream."

"...I won't forget you. Let's go to another alternate dream first, otherwise we might not be able to catch up later." Bo Lei waved his hand, signaling Bai Mu to go with him to another alternate dream. Now that they had acquired the relevant bio-virus, they should use it as soon as possible.

The 'friend' behind the white curtain wasn't in good condition; some things would have been better if used earlier.

Now I'll go to the relevant alternate dream, and the next time I go, it will probably be the time for the final battle.

The White Curtain will be involved, and if it arrives too late, it may miss this final battle.

In this respect, the Bureau's calculations will not deviate too much. As for arranging for White Curtain to go to other already developed alternate dreams...

The Rota Bureau has figured it out: under normal circumstances, they cannot allow the White Curtain to enter Dreams with other Dream organizations, but it is okay if there are other Dreams that are being steadily developed and explored by their own people.

He is good at solving problems, but when dealing with the Dream Organization, the problems he solved were clearly not the kind of solutions the Bureau wanted to see.

Solving the problems caused by the indigenous people is not a big deal.

"Wait a moment, I need to arrange something."

Borei nodded, reminding him, "This time it will only take two days at most. There's a major battle going on over there. If your Dream Erosion doesn't stabilize by the designated time, you'll miss it."

Bai Mu wanted to say that he was special, that he should be able to stabilize Dream Erosion faster than others, but he would keep that a little secret.

After Bai Mu left, Bo Lei lit a cigarette and stood by the window smoking. The research data had been obtained, and the country's Ministry of the Interior was involved, but the Rota Disposal Bureau was not excluded from the operation.

Next, they will also need to allocate some personnel to participate in subsequent operations. Once they acquire the complete technical equipment, Rota City will also have a laboratory for condensed matter ghosts.

As for the fact that that thing is out of step with the technology of this era... who cares?
As always, the strange dreams have brought too many abnormal things, and no one cares about the emergence of some futuristic technologies in reality.

If we already have magic, what about more advanced technology?
The existence of strange dreams makes many bizarre things no longer strange, just like the current strength of the White Curtain, which Bo Lei has never been curious about.

He went from an ordinary person to an extraordinary one in less than half a year, which sounds special, but in fact, it's not a rare thing in the Dream Walker circle.

If you're lucky, even a dreamwalker with insufficient talent might enter a different dream, get bitten by a vampire or werewolf, and survive the infection to become a lesser vampire or werewolf—that's a kind of extraordinary achievement.

"Extraordinary" is just a definition, not a completely defined level of strength.

Even if someone is an ordinary person in every way, if the other person can live for three to five hundred years, that is extraordinary.

"What's with that disappointed look on your face?" Luciela, who was waiting for Bai Mu at the street corner, glanced at Bai Mu.

"I only made money, but didn't find a job."

"how much is it?"

"Why would you, an awakened being, care about this?"

Lucy Ella said matter-of-factly, "A lot of things cost money."

"So this isn't something the Awakened Ones should care about, right?"

"I think the living conditions here are good, and not spending money would ruin those conditions."

"……Row."

Can good living conditions really change the nature of an awakened person?

White Curtain led Luciela to a dark corner and made her take off her clothes.

"Are you crazy again?" Luciela couldn't help but complain.

"What's wrong with you? I'm going to another dream world. Do you think you can stay here?"

"Looking for your cat?"

"I might not have time to go. This is just to deliver something." Bai Mu shook his head, looked at the unmoved Luciela, and directly dispelled the illusion he had been maintaining.

"Ready?" Looking at Bai Mu, who had returned shortly after leaving, Bo Lei didn't ask him what he had been doing.

"Let's go."

In the makeshift hospital area, after confirming that White Curtain could enter Alexei's dream, Borei nodded. It seemed that White Curtain was also superior in digesting dream erosion.

Other dream walkers take at least a month to digest the dream erosion, and ordinary people take even longer, but the White Curtain seems to take less than a month.

That solves the problem.

"You'll only be staying in the Dream World for a maximum of two days this time, um... see you tomorrow morning?"

What can you do in two days? Just traveling will take up most of the time. Bai Mu clicked his tongue: "Maybe we can meet tonight."

After saying that, he entered the makeshift hospital, tore off the veil, and disappeared into the interior. Because the task at hand was simple, Bai Mu did not have many other plans.

Since I have some time, I'll come in and hunt for a while before heading back. Anyway, I won't get much mist from repeatedly entering the Dreamscape, so I'll try to get as many Dream Erosion Crystals as possible.

Inside the alternate dream, at the headquarters of the Revolutionary Army.

As usual, because his passage into the alternate dream was standard, no one noticed his presence at first.

After the thin layer of mystery disappeared, someone discovered him, but apart from the outsiders, the other natives didn't think there was anything wrong with him.

Bai Mu arrived here quite naturally, and since he was considered one of their own, no one came looking for him for a while.

"You're back?" Before the Bureau of Investigation came looking for him, Akame ran into him first. This black-haired Akame was carrying a food box.

"just came back."

Akame looked at him, hesitant to speak.

"I have brought the right thing."

"Thank you," Akame said softly, though she wasn't good at expressing her emotions.

She had learned some information while her sister was receiving treatment in the rear. Since her sister was an enemy, she wouldn't receive good resources while receiving treatment.

With the help of others, her sister received much better medical resources. While her condition didn't improve, it at least prevented it from worsening.

"Go see your sister first. I'm only back for a short time; I'll be leaving soon." After saying this, Bai Mu found a person from the processing bureau and handed them the letter that Bo Lei had prepared.

Afterwards, he and Akame arrived at the place where she was living now.

The Revolutionary Army's operations have now reached a stable phase. The Imperial Capital is a choke point, and Esdeath will have to inflict heavy losses on the army if she wants to quickly return.

During this period, she had no tasks to perform, so she focused on staying here with her younger sister.

"Good morning."

Upon seeing the white curtain standing next to Akame, Kurome's smile froze.

"You...you're still alive?" "What are you talking about? Of course I'm alive and well. I'm here for my injection." Bai Mu walked towards Hei Tong, who took two small steps back, looking like she had seen a ghost.

But noticing Akame's worried expression, she fell silent.

Even now, she still hasn't fully figured out what deal her sister made with White Curtain.

But she felt particularly sad every time she saw her sister remain silent.

"You're so obedient." Bai Mu took out the metal box that Bo Lei had given him and took out the syringe inside.

Although it's a virus, after being mixed, this stuff has a sapphire-like color and looks very beautiful.

"Is it really okay?"

"If there are any problems, I'll lead you all out of here."

White Curtain's words silenced Akame, who even found it hard to understand. What did this have to do with breaking out? It couldn't be that the Revolutionary Army wanted to discard them after they had served their purpose, could it?

Although the assassin would lose his job after the victory, he shouldn't have to suffer such a fate.

"Wait, let me check the instructions." Seeing that Hei Tong had resigned himself to his fate, Bai Mu took out the instructions from the box and started reading.

After confirming that the procedure was simple, before Kurohime could even speak, he injected the virus into Kurohime's arm.

You can shoot this anywhere. If you want a stronger shot, aim for the neck; if you want a gentler shot, aim for the limbs. That's what the instructions say.

There are basically no other precautions. This is a specially formulated virus that is only effective on the person in question. If others use it, they are likely to experience problems.

"I... I'm so hot, what did you use?" After a while, Hei Tong felt something was wrong, and her whole body became hot. When she underwent drug modification before, she only felt pain.

After all, those drugs are forcibly designed to improve physical fitness, which can be addictive, but they don't produce any comfortable feeling.

Not eating regularly can cause extreme pain.

"Cherish this thing that will require your sister to pay off her debts for the rest of her life."

Bai Mu sat on his weapon case, ready to swing it at anything that went wrong.

The best-case scenario is that the virus works and repairs her physical damage; the medium-case scenario is that he finishes off Kurohime with a box of drugs, preserving her mental fragments.

The worst-case scenario is that Akame gets a zombie sister.

Feeling a heat that wasn't uncomfortable on her body, Kurohime tried her best not to show any embarrassment; she strongly disliked the white curtain.

But the growling in her stomach made her unable to hold back any longer; she was hungry.

The moment hunger struck, it almost robbed her of her reason; the white curtain appeared to her as a fragrant and tempting piece of meat.

"According to the instructions, the user will experience intense hunger afterwards." Bai Mu took a frozen meatball out of the weapon box and handed it to Chi Tong: "Give this to her."

He didn't go up to her on his own initiative, otherwise Black Eyes would definitely have bitten him first.

Bai Mu knew all too well what it felt like to be starving, so he didn't intend to make things difficult for people in that regard.

Taking the somewhat cold ball of flesh, Akame hesitated slightly: "The doctor said she shouldn't eat food that's too cold."

"You don't need to listen to the doctor now."

Akame trusted Shiromu quite a bit, and she immediately went to Kurome and stuffed the meatball in her hand into her sister's mouth.

At the same time, some people were curious: "What is this thing?"

"Meat stolen through demon sacrifice... well, I don't quite understand the process, but it works alright."

"..." Akame, having heard another outrageous statement from the white curtain, chose to remain silent.

She didn't ask any more questions about what a demon was; she just hoped that Kurohime could recover properly.

Bai Mu looked at Kuroto, who was tightly embracing Akame, and pondered the Bureau's intentions. It was merely a biochemical virus that enhanced regenerative abilities, and its effect on combat power was not significant.

Such a virus is favored by the wealthy, but it is not the best choice for those warriors.

For an entity like Black Eyes, increasing speed and strength is more valuable than increasing recovery power.

The mere increase in her recovery ability wouldn't make her a significant threat; Bai Mu simply attributed it to the Bureau's cautious approach.

Kurohime is hardly one of our own, and whether she will work for the Revolutionary Army remains to be seen.

Akame's guarantee was really useful; when she chose to leave the Empire, she was able to take Kurome with her.

"The medicine takes two hours to take effect, and the process requires cooling down," Bai Mu explained, quoting the instructions.

"I'll go fetch water," Akame said immediately when she saw that her younger sister had stopped grinding her teeth.

"Sister...don't go." Kuro-tomi didn't want Akame to leave.

"It's okay, I won't leave," Bai Mu said from the side. Hei Tong glared at him fiercely, but he was too hot and weak to do anything.

Bai Mu walked over, reached out and patted her face, avoiding her biting lips: "It's so hot. Looks like you're alright now. Remember to thank me later."

"impossible--"

"Then you can wait to call me brother-in-law."

Black Eyes suddenly jumped up. Although she had no weapon, her assassination skills still made her a great threat even when she was unarmed.

Unfortunately it was of no use.

The black pupil that jumped up was instantly bound tightly by the white curtain with steel wire.

After Akame returned carrying two large buckets, she looked at what had happened in the house and sighed with some melancholy.

Previously, as an assassin, she was single-minded, but now, due to family matters, she has to consider things she never thought of before.

"I'll wait outside." Bai Mu left the house.

Akame used the ice cubes in the bucket to cool Kurome down. Seeing her sister's relaxed brows, her expression was a little complicated. She planned to find an opportunity to talk to Kurome about something.

Let's wait until the empire collapses.

The ice melted quickly on Kuroko's body, but it was enough to relieve her pain.

Two hours later, Hei Tong's body temperature returned to normal.

Feeling that she was back in action, Kurohime's first instinct was to search for her weapon.

"Black Eyes!"

Akame stared sternly at her younger sister, Kurome's face still showing resentment: "Sister, as long as there's no..."

Akame slapped Kurome across the face. Kurome's expression was aggrieved yet stubborn. She wasn't the kind of submissive younger sister, otherwise she wouldn't have parted ways with Akame in the first place.

“He has always been helping us; some things are not what they seem.”

Kuroko stared at her sister in shock, then another possibility came to mind.

(End of this chapter)