Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 134 Rescue Successfully (Fourth Update)
"Keep running!"

Before the old steward could catch up, Han Su shouted at the top of his lungs.

In theory, when the fire first broke out on the ninth floor, the old housekeeper should at least have gone up to check on it; that was his responsibility.

It would be safest for him and the children to escape at this time.

But to Han Su's surprise, the old butler didn't seem to go up to check the fire. Instead, he quickly came down. Or rather, the moment he realized the children had entered the stairwell, he abandoned the fire above and came down to find them first.

Given the old butler's ghostly speed up the stairs, he could probably get here in just a second or two if he went all out.

But that's exactly what you got yourself into trouble with...

With a fierce determination in his heart, Han Su forced himself to temporarily refrain from reciting the fisherman's chant, and instead tried his best to help the little child take quick steps toward the door.

However, the two sides were not evenly matched in speed. The short distance of twenty meters took them enough time for the old butler to quickly and ghost-like flash up the stairs to get there.

Out of the corner of Han Su's eye, he could vaguely see a figure standing straight with a stiff expression appearing at the corner of the corridor above. As if the scene were changing, the figure moved closer with every blink.

Fortunately, whether they were frightened or not, the children were only focused on following him.

With its head down, it frantically struggled with its legs.

One meter, two meters, they quickly approached the end of the corridor, only four or five meters away.

At this moment, the old butler, who had come into view of them, seemed to have a wicked smile on his face. Then, he slowly raised his hands and clapped them gently.

Han Su's heart was in his throat, ready to recite the fisherman's chant at any moment.

But he hoped that his arrangements would be effective.

Finally, just as the old butler was about to clap his hands gently in front of them during this long period of time, an indescribable shrill scream suddenly rang out from the ninth floor.

The terrifying sound waves seeped down through the floors, layer by layer.

The cry was extremely penetrating, as if it contained some kind of eerie power, instantly filling everyone's eardrums.

The moment Han Su heard the voice, he couldn't help but let out a cold laugh: "Perfect timing..."

"You really think I'm just messing around with this?"

"..."

The main purpose of setting these fires was for Princess Mononoke.

It's unclear whether she caught the black cat, but it's obvious that by then she had already seen her clothes being burned.

Han Su had witnessed firsthand that on the third night, she let out a sharp scream simply because her skirt had been slightly torn by the pot-lid hairdresser. An indescribable fear spread through her, and even the old housekeeper showed strong discomfort.

What will happen now that all the clothes have been burned?
Since the old butler gave up going to the ninth floor to check the fire, he must bear the consequences of Princess Mononoke's breakdown after seeing her dress burned.

Under this sound wave, even if the old butler clapped his hands, the effect would be much less than before.

This means that his most terrifying skill has been temporarily rendered useless.

"Ok?"

This unusual difference caused the old butler's expression to change slightly, and he frowned deeply.

He originally intended to lure out the two little mice that were scurrying around in the castle, control them, and then go upstairs to check the fire.

After all, it's a problem that can be solved with a simple high five, and it won't take up too much time.

But unexpectedly, such a coincidence occurred...

Is it a coincidence?

What was even more unexpected was that this was just the beginning. The next moment, accompanied by Princess Mononoke's continued screams of despair, the flames surged even more fiercely, with flames raging on every floor, and even heat waves began to roll down the stairs.

Han Su lit seven or eight fires along the way, and at least three or four of those fires caught fire.

The fire intensified, creating a terrifying spectacle.

Even the old butler's amused smile vanished completely. He turned around abruptly, a look of astonishment or even fear flashing across his face.

In the brief moment of this delay, Han Su had already led the three children with all his might, rushing towards the door at the end of the corridor. They were only two steps away, a distance that even the old butler couldn't catch up with in time.

"Children never know the extent of the trouble they cause..."

The old butler, his face contorted with anger, finally looked down at them, a flash of fury in his eyes, and then gently raised his hands upwards.

The withered vines on his body suddenly came to life, spreading rapidly forward with a dark aura that instilled despair, like snakes towards the children below who were still struggling to run forward.

"it's time!"

But at that very moment, Han Su, who had been calculating the timing, suddenly turned around, stretched out his hands with all his might, and casually grabbed the two people next to him.

At the same time, he whispered: "I am a deity, issuing this decree!"

The instant the incantation was uttered, an invisible spiritual force instantly stirred up the darkness within the castle. Like a tidal wave, it surged and engulfed them. Han Su and the two children he was holding on either side vanished simultaneously, as if swallowed by the darkness, or as if they were simply erased.

"Three seconds..."

"Two seconds..."

"..."

One person influenced two children, and under the watchful eye of the old butler, the invisibility ability was compressed to the extreme, lasting less than two seconds.

But taking advantage of this time, Han Su had already grabbed the two children and rushed to the door. As he let them go, he grabbed the key and put it into the lock.

Twist it!

Click!

Feeling the vibration at the key's tactile point, Han Su's joy reached its peak.

Although my mind is blank and my invisibility effect has disappeared, success is just around the corner.

At the same moment, he glanced quickly behind him and saw that the vines spreading down from the old butler's body had quickly wrapped around one of the children who had not been able to hide, pulling him toward him.

The other child was more clever. By using the child behind him as a shield, the vines slowed down their entanglement, allowing him to run a little further ahead.

They had already reached out their hands to Han Su and the others with boundless hope, their eyes filled with longing.

At this moment, Han Su was forcefully slamming open the door, thinking of pushing the people around him out first, and there was no turning back.

Meanwhile, a little child next to him reached out and grabbed the outstretched hand.

He wanted to help, so he pulled the child to his side.

But in that instant, the man with the bowl cut suddenly opened his hands, and then, expressionless, he used all his strength to push the child, who was pleading for help, to the ground.

"you……"

The child who was about to rescue the person looked at the boy with the bowl cut head with disbelief.

But as soon as Han Su turned around, he immediately understood the reason.

The child who was running over was being followed by a vine that moved stealthily like a treacherous snake. The old butler wanted to use the child's approach to distract the children in front of the door, and then launch a surprise attack to capture himself and the other two children.
The man with the bowl cut noticed this and pushed him back without hesitation, even using his body to block the vines and averting a crisis for the three of them.

Before the little boy who was about to pull the boy away could react, he looked at the bowl-cut man with anger and confusion. The bowl-cut man's eyebrows twitched, as if he had already come up with the idea of ​​pushing him out to buy time.

"Come on!"

But at that moment, Han Su burst through the door, shouted angrily, grabbed one of the children with the bowl-cut hairstyle and the other with the other, and fell straight out of the castle.

"Shh!"

At the same moment, the old butler leaped down, letting out an indescribable sound of anger. Even though Han Su had been back and forth so many times, he was certain that this was the first time the old butler had made such a loss of composure.

Seeing that he could no longer stop Han Su, he suddenly chanted a spell, and a ball of fire was drawn down and burned fiercely towards the three figures rushing out the door.

This seems to be a rare instance where he has acted irresponsibly and harbored murderous intent towards a child.

The moment he fell out of the castle, even the bowl-cut hairstyle was immediately distracted.

Only Han Su remained vigilant. Suddenly, he turned around and stood in front of the two children, instinctively raising his hand to block the flames that were burning towards him.

But the flames seemed to have a life of their own, covering his right arm and instantly causing a burning pain.

But by this time, Han Su, who was already enveloped by the night wind and falling rapidly downwards, had long lost all fear. He didn't even care about the fire burning on his right arm, and fiercely looked up.

That glance met the old butler's stiff face as he peeked out the door, a face contorted with hesitation, confusion, anger, and surprise. He forced a smile, raised his burning right hand, and then…

...I gave him a burning middle finger.

……

Meanwhile, in the castle, fires of varying sizes broke out on each floor. These flames caused even more monsters to wail, including the wooden dolls on the fourth floor, the insects on the eighth floor, and all sorts of dark creatures in the corners.

It was bustling and chaotic, like a grand carnival.

Deeper into the third floor, even the half-doctor heard the commotion outside and poked his head out to check. On one of his mechanical legs, the badly injured, irritable little boy was hanging.

His eyes widened as he looked enviously at the mysterious door that had appeared on the wall. His body, covered in wounds, trembled with resentment and uttered a string of foul words.

A little further back, Duke Black Cat appeared on the stair railing.

It crouched down, its tail wrapped around its body. Despite fighting the Ghost Princess upstairs for so long, it didn't have a single scratch on its body.

At this moment, it narrowed its eyes and looked at Han Su, who had completed the plan of entering, exiting and rescuing people in a very short time. A sense of relief seemed to appear on the cat's face.

It felt like we had been waiting for this moment for a very long time.

(End of this chapter)