Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 71 Ince Zangwell is not calm

Outskirts of Tingen.

A house with a dark red chimney and a green lawn.

The first rays of morning sunlight streamed through the window, casting dappled patterns that illuminated the open, unremarkable notebook on the desk.

A slightly pale hand flipped through a few pages of the notebook, trying to find out what that damned pen had written this time.

Amidst the rustling of paper, lines of text faintly appeared:

"Ash Black from Backlund selflessly shared the acting method that was kept strictly secret by the Church, which allowed the extraordinary individuals in Tingen to grow rapidly."

"The 'Sleepless' Loyo Radin and Cohenli have been Extraordinary for quite some time, and they are just one step away from promotion. With the help of the role-playing method, they successfully digested the potion last night, and both of them immediately applied to Dunn Smith, the head of the Nightwalkers in Tingen Market, for promotion to Sequence 8 'Midnight Poet'."

"The Corpse Collector" Flybe Loyo became an Extraordinary earlier and applied for promotion to Dunn Smith at the same time.

"They successfully took the potion and stabilized their condition. Now, Tingen City has three more Sequence 8 Beyonders."

"Siga Teon also chose to submit his application at this time."

"After seeing others become Sequence 8s one after another, Leonard Mitchell's pride was greatly hurt. Thanks to the exposure of the role-playing method, he no longer needed to hide his specialness and applied to Dunn for the Sequence 7 potion 'Nightmare'!"

"Thanks to the review by High Deacon Krestai a month ago, his application for promotion no longer requires any further review or procedures; he can directly take the potion in Dunn's presence!"

"Without a doubt, the strength of the Tingen Market Nightwalkers will be enhanced to an unprecedented degree!"

"Oh, poor Ince Zangwell, what a beautiful death this is for him!"

"Poor Ince Zangwill, upon seeing this line, was thrown into chaos. His thoughts became incredibly confused, anger clouded his judgment, and he couldn't think clearly. Oh, poor Ince Zangwill~"

"Damn it!"

Ince Zangwell's eyes were incredibly gloomy, but he knew there was still a chance to salvage the situation!

He immediately grabbed the quill pen and began writing rapidly in his notebook:

"Leonard Mitchell has applied to be promoted to Sequence 7 'Nightmare,' but Tingen City lacks a key ingredient for preparing the potion, so the promotion will have to be postponed by a week."

Inszangwell had just finished writing when the line was quickly crossed out the next second.

The 'future' he wrote about could not be realized.

Ince Zangwell's face darkened, and he abruptly grabbed his notebook and flipped through a few more pages.

Finally, his gaze settled on a line of text.

"Klein Moretti requested a Sequence 8 'Joker' potion, which was personally prepared by Dunn Smith."

"Grateful for the rapid promotion of his teammates, Dunn Smith felt obligated to prepare others for their own promotions."

"During his inspection of the warehouse, he discovered that Tingen City possessed enough extraordinary materials for others to advance to Sequence 8, but lacked a key ingredient for crafting the Sequence 7 'Nightmare' potion. Therefore, he applied to the Sanctuary that very night, and enough extraordinary materials for two extraordinary individuals to advance to Sequence 7 'Nightmare' would arrive in Tingen the following day."

Ince Zangwell's face was so gloomy it looked like it could drip water; he really wanted to curse.

For the past month, he has been doing everything he can to delay the time it takes for these people to 'digest' the potion.

But now, under the arrangement of '0-08', all of this is set in stone.

He couldn't stop Leonard from advancing to Sequence 7, just as he couldn't stop Sigia Teon from advancing.

Just like '0-08', it was powerless to change what he had written.

He could certainly rewrite reality with '0-08', but only if it is logical.

The city of Tingen has no shortage of extraordinary materials, so he cannot make these extraordinary materials disappear into thin air.

Similarly, he couldn't get a thief to steal these extraordinary materials from the Tingen Market Nightwalkers headquarters.

Because these thieves cannot escape the eyes of the extraordinary.

Even now, he still has to face three Sequence 7 Nightmares and four Sequence 8 Extraordinaries from different pathways.

These people are enough to pose a certain threat to him.

At least they could hold him back when he showed up, preventing him from escaping in time.

Once the extraordinary beings of the Mechanical Heart and the Punisher arrive, it will become even more difficult for him to escape.

If this drags on any longer, even reinforcements from the Holy See might arrive in Tingen.

Although this series of events requires enough "coincidence" to come to fruition, coincidence is the last thing that "0-08" lacks.

Once you are entangled and have no time to spare, '0-08' will inevitably interfere, causing this series of coincidences to happen one after another.

If he continues to wait, even Dunn Smith might be promoted to a Sequence 6 'Requiem Master'!

It's not impossible.

Although Dunn has become less stable due to consuming too many extraordinary traits, '0-08' can create enough 'coincidences' to force Dunn to advance to Sequence 6.

If Dunn really becomes Sequence 6, it means his plan will completely fail!

Because he, being a Sequence 6, along with a group of Sequence 7 and Sequence 8 beings, and those sealed artifacts behind the Charnis Gate, even had the potential to kill him!

This means that he must plan ahead!

We must take action now, while these people have just been promoted and their condition is still unstable!

Although everything is not yet ready.

"call!"

Ince Zangwell took a deep breath, and, completely panicked, began to write rapidly.

"Dunne Smith was worried that the simultaneous promotion of two Sequence 8 Extraordinaries would cause unforeseen circumstances, so he decided to postpone Leonard Mitchell's promotion until tomorrow. Leonard Mitchell accepted his suggestion and was not in a hurry."

"Although most of the extraordinary individuals have been promoted, they are clearly unable to maintain their good condition after being promoted."

"Even after a night of digestion, it's reasonable that they still can't maintain their optimal condition."

"The gradual madness that accumulated after the body transformation affected Mrs. Sharon's mind, making her manic and irritable. To completely pit the Conservatives and the New Party against each other in Tingen, she decided to risk everything and immediately eliminate Congressman John Maynard!"

"Her reasons weren't strong enough, her motives weren't powerful enough, but she still acted. Everyone has moments when they're not thinking clearly."

She's at that stage right now, and she's confident she won't be discovered.

"The councilman's death has drawn the attention of the Night Watchers, and Dunn Smith believes the killer has fled. He has dispatched Sequence 7 Siga Teon and two other Sequence 8 Beyonders to the scene to investigate."

"There, they encountered Mrs. Sharon, who was watching the scene and had her chicken feet sticking out."

"They had a conflict."

Meanwhile, Megas was inexplicably summoned to Zotland Street and entered Blackthorn Security. Her unborn child was at a critical stage and could not stop her impulse.

"Klein coincidentally discovered the secret of the baby in Megao's belly." (crossed out)

"Klein received intelligence that he had stumbled upon Lanius's former residence by chance, and discovered and read the letters left behind by Lanius."

"Upon returning to Blackthorn Security Company, he happened to encounter Megas, who was there. Megas's mental instability made him anxious, so he tried to observe her with his spiritual vision, but the warnings from his spiritual vision made him wary."

"Combining the letter with everything that had happened before, he guessed that the baby might be the offspring of a born evil god."

After a brief pause, Ince Zangwell continued writing.

"That makes sense."

(End of this chapter)