She is not an investigator.

The Faceless Man does not obtain this disguise by attacking others, nor does he harm anyone through the disguise itself; it is merely a hobby for him.

The Faceless Man cannot be killed, but after suffering a certain amount of damage, he will leave and disappear on his own. He will not become hostile to you because of this; he remains friendly.

Note: If you encounter the Faceless Man in a difficult situation, that would be the most fortunate thing, provided that he has not been discovered by your enemy beforehand.

Setting: Abnormal Items: Fear Necklace

Name: Fear Necklace.

From its appearance, it is just an ordinary silver necklace.

Currently contained and controlled by the Special Investigations Division, it does not possess excessive danger or infectiousness and is currently used only as strategic equipment.

The Fear Necklace can absorb the wearer's overly intense emotions and transform them into fear. This fear cannot be ignored, and its intensity is controlled to a level that the wearer can bear but will still feel panicked about.

This kind of fear is essentially a form of mental pollution. In a sense, it can pull a person's mind back to reality due to fear. It is generally used to deal with other forms of mental pollution caused passively, and to use fear to avoid being manipulated or influenced by others.

Fear itself does not harm the human body, but wearing a fear necklace for too long can easily lead to various fear symptoms, such as claustrophobia, megalophobia, trypophobia, and thalassophobia, which are caused by the wearer's underlying fears.

Conclusion: The Fear Necklace is an anomalous item that can be controlled to some extent. It is a strategic piece of equipment used by the Special Investigations Division to combat anomalous items, and due to its low cost, it is also the most frequently seen item of its kind.

Setting Collection: Anomalous Contamination: The Second Moon

Name: Second Moon / Unknown

First discovered at the church in Maulkenson, summoned by Father Constantine, its true identity and method of summoning are unknown.

Just like its name suggests, it looks like an ordinary moon. It can rise anywhere and hang high in the sky. Even in a narrow space, it is still perceived as being above your head, but you can never touch its existence no matter what you do.

It will rise into the sky on its own in the place where it is summoned, and stop when it encounters a building, causing different degrees of mental pollution depending on the range of moonlight.

Pollution causes humans to involuntarily look at the moon, and after staring for three seconds, they adopt a prayer-like posture before losing consciousness.

At this point, the moon will enter the second phase. It will attempt to rise into the sky again, thereby affecting more people. Those who were previously affected will fall into a state of suspended animation, which will not end until the moon sets.

Note: According to Constantine's testimony, the moon would continue to rise after successfully corrupting a certain number of humans and gain new anomalous abilities, even directly communicating with some kind of being. However, this remains questionable, as the moon's corruption is too weak to be easily associated with such a being.

In summary, the second lunar cycle represents a rather weak, intermittent pollution anomaly that seems to hold deeper secrets, but so far there is no clue to it, and due to the limited number of cases, it cannot be definitively identified at present.

Setting: Anomalous Items: Ring of Fear

Name: Ring of Fear

This is a silver ring without any special patterns. It is currently contained in the Special Investigations Department and is classified as a strategic equipment anomalous item.

Unlike the Necklace of Fear, the Ring of Fear is far superior in both power and cost.

The Fear Ring can absorb the wearer's intense emotions and transform them into a powerful amplification of the body, the degree of which depends on the intensity of the emotion.

During use, the absorbed emotions will be amplified as much as possible, but this amplification will not be too dangerous. Similar to the fear amulet, the amplification will find the most suitable degree according to the wearer's psychology and spirit.

After the Fear Ring strengthens the wearer by absorbing emotions, once the emotions and amplification cool down, it will directly strip away the corresponding emotions from the wearer. This process is completely irreversible and cannot be salvaged or amplified in any way. Therefore, the Fear Ring is never allowed to be used in regular operations.

In summary, the Fear Ring is the most direct and simplest way to improve individual combat effectiveness. It is often used to eliminate or encircle isolated individuals, but due to its high cost, it is not recommended for frequent use.

Setting Collection: Abnormal Items: Tarot [Lovers]

Name: Tarot [The Lovers]

The Lovers is the sixth card in the Tarot deck, symbolizing love, union, romance, and representing a series of meanings such as decisions and choices in love.

The Unusual Lovers card can affect anyone who comes into contact with or becomes aware of it, but it can only affect one person at a time, forcing them to make decisions about love. Specifically, it can manifest as breaking up with someone you love, falling in love with someone you don't love, causing someone who is hesitant about a relationship to give up, or making someone who has doubted love believe in love again.

The Lovers card can be the biggest obstacle between lovers in many situations, but it can also bring together people who cannot love each other. However, its harmfulness still outweighs its benefits.

If you are influenced by the Lovers card, the best solution is to eat an apple.

The exact reason is unknown, but after eating the apple, all the effects will disappear, and the Lovers card will lose its effect for a certain period of time, only returning after three nights have passed.

Setting Collection: Abnormal Creatures: Mirror Demon

Name: Mirror Demon/Mirror Image/Mirror Nightmare

The Mirror Demon was first discovered in the basement of the Noval family, its vessel being an ordinary mirror.

The mirror demon will actively attract people who approach the mirror, and present the beautiful aspirations of the attracted person in the mirror, luring them into the mirror.

It is worth mentioning that this behavior is not hunting, and the harm it can cause is actually limited. Only when the other party is truly prepared to commit suicide will the Mirror Demon actually kill the other party and leave their consciousness in that fantasy.

The Mirror Demon is not overly aggressive, its origin is unknown, and it is also unknown whether it is a solitary entity. However, it seems to possess and understand a great deal of common knowledge that it has never seen before.

The Mirror Demon's true form is not a mirror, but it prefers to hide itself inside a mirror. However, this does not mean that it is bound to the mirror.

To some extent, it can change its appearance and transform into some creatures that it can understand and recognize.

It cannot transform into anything that is too large or too small, or into an abnormal creature that it cannot understand. The strength of its transformed body will be affected to a certain extent by the object it is transforming into, but the impact will not be too great.

The Mirror Demon doesn't need to eat, although it could, but it doesn't need to replenish its nutrition in this way.

The Mirror Demon is relatively friendly most of the time, even more so to those who are prepared to die. It allows them to die in a happy atmosphere as much as possible without feeling pain.

Note: The Mirror Demon likes to be with Igris, but its lifespan seems to be much longer than Igris'.

Setting: Anomalous Creatures: Crimson Butcher

Name: Scarlet Butcher / Butcher

The Butcher was born from the rituals of the Church of Blood Worship, a creature transformed from believers, born from the slaughter of over a thousand people and the pouring of their blood.

After becoming a Butcher (Seventh Generation), the Transformer will lose all consciousness and memories, including the ability to think, and gain extremely powerful physical abilities and a bloodlust.

The butcher looks like a giant hairless gorilla, but its face becomes blurred, making it difficult to see its specific features.

It carries a spear and a long knife with it.

The spear is about three meters long, and the longsword is one and a half meters long, both made of ordinary metal.

Its body is immune to most direct attack methods, including explosions, high temperatures, cutting, and corrosion.

When it spots its prey, it will first attempt to throw its spear to attack. If the spear misses and lands within its reach, it will pick up the spear first; otherwise, it will draw its longsword.

Its body is difficult to damage, but its spear can inflict exceptionally effective damage on it, for reasons unknown and unrelated to the material.

When a butcher is near death, it will use its last bit of life force to try to kill its prey, so be careful.

The butcher is hailed as a god in a church that worships blood, but for some special reason, he seems to be incomplete.

Butchers are not unique, but because the conditions for their birth are too difficult, it is rare to see multiple butchers appear together, and it is also impossible to know whether they will attack each other.

In summary, the Butcher is a very dangerous creature, but its weaknesses are also quite obvious. You need to be extra careful of its final counterattack before it dies, and also avoid its spear attacks.

The Fools of the Gods—The Worship of Eternal Night: Chapter One, The Boundary Between Life and Death

The sea was dark, the sky was gloomy, and the cold wind blew against Aaron's cheeks, making his coat rustle and making his expression even more somber.

"A storm is coming."

His voice was somewhat hoarse, lacking the vigorous strength one might expect. Perhaps only at times like these does he remember that he is no longer young.

“Mr. Aaron, it’s not safe on the deck. Let’s go back and rest.”

A sailor approached and spoke to Aaron in broken politeness. They were all rough men, but Aaron was not. This distinguished guest might be their only way out of the storm, their last lifeline.

"Perhaps..."

Aaron took a deep breath, feeling the fishy smell fill his nostrils, and pulled his hat down lower.

"Can you see it?"

"what?"

Aaron didn't say anything more, which was better for everyone, since it was just a storm.

"May I have your name."

“Howard, sir.”

"Howard...do you have family?"

The sailor paused for a moment, then nodded with a dry laugh.

"I married a woman named Jiu. We don't have children yet, but it will be soon. After this trip to Qihai, I plan to open a shop and then I won't have to work anymore."

"A beautiful wish."

Aaron nodded and patted him on the shoulder.

"Let's go back. The storm is definitely coming. I'll be leaving soon."

"Be careful, sir."

The sailor went into the cabin and closed the door behind him, which blocked the firelight inside, plunging the deck into complete darkness.

Aaron stood by the ship, looking at the sea, which was completely obscured by darkness, and at the distant mountains whose outlines could only be vaguely seen under the dark clouds.

That should be their destination. Aaron had never been there, but that's what the map said.

"..."

Until that "mountain" began to move.

Until the dark phantom revealed its true face.

Until the calm sea surface suddenly erupted into a whirlpool, and countless strange tentacles, seemingly from the seabed, climbed up the clouds in the sky.

A storm is coming.

No one was spared.

……

Splash!

Like the last moment before his vision was swallowed by the sea, Aaron's consciousness slowly disappeared and then slowly reappeared.

The cold sensation returned to his body, and a mouthful of sweet, fishy liquid flooded his nostrils again, causing him to struggle to open his eyes and stick his head out of the water, coughing violently.

His voice sounded strange, perhaps influenced by something in the water, but Aaron didn't care anymore.

Instead of the dark, deep sea that should have appeared, there was a wooden house.

It was unfamiliar; he had never seen such a place before.

But as he struggled to climb out of the water, he realized that his body was soaking in a bathtub, the bright red liquid submerging him, like blood, but much paler.

He didn't know if the water was mixed with blood.