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Chapter 144 Metropolis, but a City Without People

The moment Jaeger woke up, he realized that something seemed wrong with his surroundings.

A bone-chilling cold was slowly spreading through his body, causing him to shiver. At the same time, his gaze instantly fixed on the blood-red characters that appeared before his eyes:

You sensed danger in your surroundings.

The long-awaited [Danger Sense] feature has finally been released!

Danger Sense is a passive card unique to the Mystic Detective deck, indicating that Jaeger is currently using [Jaeger].

The identity card for Winchester.

Last night, after dealing with Eddie Reiner's matter and returning from the lab.

To guard against any unforeseen circumstances—primarily against the "gatekeepers" who wrote about religious groups and read them as cult members—Jaeger switched his identity card as [Jaeger Winchester].

After all, dealing with a group of cult members requires magic against magic, and ace against ace.

Langdon's deck of Poison Mist and Lego Builder's abilities are somewhat physical, so they probably won't be as effective as the Mystic Detective's deck against cults that are likely to be closely related to some mystical elements.

As it turned out, his decision was correct.

—But he didn't expect things to get so serious that when he woke up, he saw a series of warnings saying "You have sensed danger in your surroundings".

The problem was that Jaeger cautiously scanned his surroundings but found nothing amiss.

But the chill still lingered, and what was most strange was that—

What gave Jaeger a bad feeling was not any particular direction, but all directions.

It was as if he were in the midst of a huge source of danger, with eyes watching him from all sides.

This strange situation couldn't possibly be a coincidence that the "gatekeepers" had taken action. What exactly did they do?

Yeager pondered for a moment, then got out of bed and walked back and forth in the hotel room, discovering that his [Danger Perception] was at its peak when he was standing by the window.

By the window?

Jaeger then looked out the window and yanked open the floor-to-ceiling blackout curtains that were standard in the hotel room.

But the moment the door was opened, Jaeger's expression changed abruptly.

His room was on a very high floor, and with the floor-to-ceiling windows, he could overlook most of the metropolis.

Now, the metropolis, which is usually sunny and full of hope, is shrouded in a strange, grayish-white fog of unknown origin.

Fog blanketed the elevated highways that encircled the city and shrouded the towering buildings.

Even the usually clear blue sky was shrouded in a strange pale hue.

It was as if the metropolis had been suddenly imprisoned by a fog, its once-representative gold fading into a hazy, pale, and lifeless gray.

Wait, it's deathly still?

Jaeger suddenly realized why he had subconsciously felt that the metropolis was now lifeless.

Because the usual flow of traffic on the overpass and the crowds surging on the streets have all disappeared.

The overpasses and streets were deserted.

So here's the question: where have all the citizens of the metropolis gone?

Jaeger frowned instantly, realizing the seriousness of the situation.

To make matters worse, he subconsciously touched his wrist and found the Burks braid that he usually liked to wrap around it—

They've disappeared too.

Burks is no ordinary snake, but those cultists actually managed to make it disappear.

Is the reason for its disappearance the same as that of the citizens of the metropolis who vanished en masse?

Is it related to the fog that is currently enveloping the entire city?

And if all humans, including animals like Burks, have disappeared—then why am I still here?

One mystery after another emerged, but Jaeger remained calm.

Since the situation can't get any worse, we might as well think about how to break the deadlock.

It seems that the culprit behind everything that is happening right now is likely the "gatekeeper".

However, regardless of how they actually did it, their goal was undoubtedly to win the Escalius Medal trophy.

Just then, Jaeger suddenly remembered something and quickly took out his phone. Thank goodness, the phone's functions seemed unaffected and could still be used normally.

He logged onto Pingo and sent a message to Hera Above.

【Great!】: "Heroine, are you still there? Did you also see—this unusual fog?"

After sending that message, Jaeger instinctively wanted to ask about Louise and Clark.

But then he remembered that they weren't actually familiar with his current identity, and Jaeger suddenly paused.

Wait, what if the citizens of Metropolis, and Burx, all disappeared—

Jaeger quickly used the ability of the Puppet Master's Threads to try and see what was happening from Langdon Parrels' perspective.

The result was that, upon closer inspection, the view of [Landon Parrels]'s identity card simply went black.

When I tried to switch directly, all I got was the message "[Status abnormal, switching failed]".

"————" Jaeger immediately narrowed his eyes.

Clearly, like everyone else, Langdon has "disappeared."

This is probably why he can't switch identity cards for the time being.

But strangely, if it were just a simple disappearance, Jaeger should at least have been able to find out where Langdon went.

Unless, of course, this "disappearance" involving the entire city is strange and not the same as what he imagined.

Just then, a sound suddenly rang out, clearly audible in the otherwise silent room.

A "ding-dong".

That's a message notification sound on your phone!

【Hera Above】: "————Just as you said, detective, I also saw the fog."

In addition, I also noticed that it seems that all the citizens of the metropolis, including some tiny creatures, have disappeared?

If you hadn't messaged me first, I probably would have thought I was the only person left in the entire metropolis.

Fortunately, it seems I'm not fighting alone.

Upon receiving Wonder Woman's reply, Jaeger breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, Wonder Woman doesn't seem to have been affected by the "disappearance" and, like Jaeger, is still in the fog-shrouded metropolis.

This means that Jaeger at least doesn't have to fight the "gatekeepers" alone, but has teammates.

【Great!】: "I am also glad that I am not alone, heroine."

In order to deal with the situation that might arise, I suggested that we meet first and then discuss what to do next.

You should be able to see that our current predicament is inextricably linked to those cult members trying to steal the Escalius Medal trophy.

【Hera Above】: "You're right, Detective."

Where shall we meet? I'm currently in the downtown area of ​​the metropolitan area.

【Great】: "That's great, I happen to be in this area too."

Okay, let's meet at the Daily Planet building. See you later.

Wonder Woman clearly had no objection to this.

[Hera Above]: "Understood, see you later."

The conversation came to a temporary end, and Jaeger put down his phone, but couldn't help looking up at the window again.

His gray eyes, somewhat resembling the color of the fog outside the window, held a hint of coldness: "—Alright, let me see what kind of move you've made—the gatekeeper."

(PS: I had writer's block and reread the plot of these chapters, so I'm late. The next update will be tomorrow morning, so please don't wait.)

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