Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 204 Three Shots Back
A gloomy and oppressive ancient castle, a listless and fearful child.

A butler with a forced smile, a sinister monster, and crows circling in the gloomy sky.

We're back again.

His mind was still filled with images of the crazy future of the boy with the parted hair.

Now this guy is hiding in the crowd, head down, not daring to breathe, his expression both cowardly and bewildered, with a hint of shrewdness.

It's really hard to reconcile him with the tall, bizarre, and insane figure he will become in the future.

Can he even imagine what he will look like in the future?

In addition, Han Su's gaze slowly swept over the withered butler, the worm monk, the horned lady, the pale giant, the half-doctor, the pig-headed butcher, the ghost princess...

So, the children sent here are here to inherit their power?

No matter how you look at it, it seems utterly absurd.

Han Su looked at the pale monster again, thinking of the report codenamed the Pale Giant.

Inside, there are murals depicting giants being worshipped and sacrificed to, photos of enormous bones filling huge tombs, and video screenshots from laboratories showing people being injected with something that turned them into crazy little giants.

Each of them has a different appearance, but they are all classified under the code name "Pale Giant".

If we understand it this way, then the gods...

What exactly is it?
If the monster on the fifth floor represents the "copper" world that once appeared in reality, then what about the other monsters?
How did these terrifying things come to be gathered in such an ancient castle?

……

……

There are too many problems; the more I think about it, the more my head aches.

Every time he came in before, Han Su had to pretend to be in a dazed state, as if he were being controlled.

This time, however, he didn't pretend, but his gaze still seemed unfocused, as if he were completely controlled.

He remained in this state, rethinking the kidnapping case and re-examining everything in the castle.

Even after he was locked in the cellar once again, his thoughts did not stop, and he kept looking at Number Two with the parted hair.

By this time, the old butler had left, the monsters had gone upstairs, and it had become quiet outside. The children, who had experienced the initial intense fear, had gradually calmed down and were trying to understand what was going on.

It was at this time that Little White Corpse began to show his spoiled young master side, bragging to the other children.

At first, he didn't boast very loudly; he was still in the stage of trying to intimidate the children around him with his eyes. However, when his eyes didn't work, he started to proudly say that his father was Secretary Number 2 and that he doted on him very much.

He will definitely come and rescue me.

This child probably never imagined that one day he would tell his father that he would kill his whole family.

Han Su just kept staring at the guy with the parted hair, considering whether he should just pull out his belt and strangle him right there.

This idea had been with me ever since I first learned about the White Corpse's identity.

These children who came out of the castle, I don't know why they became like that, but I have their fate in my own hands.

He could summon the mechanical fragments at any time, causing the Flash to appear and return to the castle to kill him.

No matter how powerful he becomes in the future, it will be meaningless to him who can return to ten years ago.

In the future timeline, he has already begun to use the Mother Tree to impact Qinggang.

So, should we have resolved this ten years ago?
Or should I change my attitude towards him now, be more tolerant and caring, so that I can earn his gratitude in the future?

"call……"

Han Su let out a soft breath and stood up.

This time, I won't just passively wait here for Duke Black Cat to come to me; I need to buy myself more time.

“I’m telling you, everyone in my household listens to me, even my servants…”

The young man with the parted hair was boasting louder and louder, and he had already started to stand up, gesturing wildly as if he were giving a speech.

Han Su strode towards him, his hurried manner startling the man with the parted hair, who timidly took a step back.

But Han Su just slapped him twice and then kicked him to the ground.

The boy with the parted hair sat on the ground, frozen in place for a moment, before suddenly bursting into tears: "You hit me? You actually dared to hit me? Even my dad wouldn't dare to hit me..."

"Listen carefully, I'm hitting you because you've been a bastard since you were a kid, you don't care about other people's lives!"

"If you don't value other people's lives, then one day when others don't value yours either, you'd better not complain!"

"..."

Han Su finished explaining earnestly, and regardless of whether the man was listening or not, as he covered his face and cried and screamed, Han Su raised his hand. He made the shape of a gun, and then fired three shots at him.

There was a silent flow of spiritual power, but the children couldn't feel it. However, this spiritual power, along with Han Su's will, laid the groundwork before their destiny began.

If you're going to shoot me one day, then I'll shoot you three days back now.

After firing those three shots, Han Su didn't say a word. He turned around and went up the narrow stairs of the cellar.

The reason Han Su didn't strangle him directly was because he understood that the fifth floor would definitely choose a child to go up.

Thinking about it now, the monster on the fifth floor initially targeted Wei Lan, but Wei Lan was rescued by him and later became a member of the Queen Organization. If he hadn't rescued her, would Wei Lan, who reappeared in the world, have also become a member of the Bronze Sequence?
However, what can be analyzed is that even if he takes down the small-headed guy now, a substitute will appear on the fifth floor.

He will once again suffer the same torment that the little man endured, and will most likely appear by his side to compete for the will of "bronze".

In comparison, it would be more appropriate for the sinner to be borne by the smaller member.

Instead of offering gentle advice, it's because it's useless. How can you expect to correct someone's temperament, which took ten years of training from their family, with just a few words?

I'm not in education!
The only thing Han Su corrected was this time: beat him up more clearly!
……

The little boy's crying caused the sound of mopping footsteps to be heard outside. With a rustling sound, the hunchbacked guard outside opened the small door and carried in a lantern containing a crystal finger bone to illuminate the room.

The moment Han Su reached into the lantern, he dodged to the side, his figure like a ghost in the night.

Before the hunchbacked man could react, she had already circled behind him, jumped high, and kicked him in the back.

In the future, his mental activity had reached the forbidden zone of gods, and his strength had improved a lot. Now, he was brought back to ten years ago by Flash. His body returned to ten years ago, but his mental activity also returned.

Of course, there's a vague sense of oppression, but in any case, it's much better than my previous self.

"Oh!"

The hunchback was kicked and stumbled, but he stubbornly refused to fall. He was furious and turned around to grab Han Su.

But Han Su simply ducked slightly to dodge the grab, then ran up the wall two steps, turned around and delivered a knee strike that slammed into the hunchback's chin.

The impact was solid, and my tender kneecap actually ached slightly.

Caught off guard, the hunchback's head was jerked to the side by the bump, but it was still unharmed. However, the roar from its throat became even hoarser, and it stretched out its large hand to slap Han Su.

"Something's wrong..."

Han Su began to notice the problem. In the instant he dodged the slap, he activated his mental activity and pressed his hand on the hunchback's lower back.

The spiritual power immediately seeped into the hunchback's body.

However, no spiritual activity or willpower was felt within the hunchback's body; his spiritual power seemed to have vanished without a trace.

Han Su confirmed the strangeness of the monster inside the ancient castle.

The hunchbacked man had always appeared clumsy and stiff, and even children who had not received training in mystical powers could play hide-and-seek with him. But now, he was still clumsy and stiff, yet he also appeared sturdy, and even with his spiritual abilities, he was still difficult to defeat.

However, these few attempts have shown that even if it's difficult to defeat it, escaping is not a problem.

While Han Su was pondering these questions, the hunchbacked man became increasingly angry, his movements growing louder and louder, almost like a madman. He opened his two large hands to grab Han Su, but at that moment, a cat's meow suddenly sounded behind him.

Immediately, a fat black cat leaped out from the shadows and scratched the hunchbacked man on the back of his neck. The hunchbacked man's body stiffened instantly, and then he fell straight to the ground.

"So that was the weakness?"

Han Su thought to himself and made a note of it, so that he could deal with the hunchback more easily next time.

The black cat, having dealt with the hunchbacked man, tilted its head slightly and looked at Han Su, as if it didn't quite understand why he had come out early.
"If only you could talk."

Han Su thought about the various questions he had about the castle and pondered them silently.

However, this time we need to buy time to start investigating the castle as soon as possible and to complete preparations for our escape from it.

There are still many urgent matters to be dealt with in the future.

But at that very moment, a piercing and abrupt sound rang out from the wall beside them.

"Ding-a-ling..."

It was an old telephone mounted on the wall.

Han Su remembered clearly that there was no such telephone mounted on the wall in the first-floor hall of the castle before.

No, there wasn't. It was just a dusty black briefcase under the telephone.

When he first entered the castle, he observed that these two items were not in the main hall at that time. It seemed that they had suddenly appeared here after he came out of the cellar.

"So, this is my reward for rescuing the pot-headed guy and Rong Qiyue last time?"

He suddenly realized something, and a faint excitement finally welled up in his previously suppressed heart.

(End of this chapter)