Magic High School.

The mayor smiled as he watched the passageway slowly close.

“Rean once told me that if we both had children… sigh… let’s forget it…” He sighed, turning all his past and glory into this final sigh.

"Buzz!"

The passage is completely closed.

Seeing the secret passage door close, he instantly switched back to his just-woke-up and dressing state, and called out to the outside, "Coming! Sorry to keep you waiting..."

……

The passage was closing silently, and the last glimmer of light was extinguished.

Li Ge sprinted forward, carrying the girl he had just met on the first day of their relationship, as he fled through the tunnel, whose destination he didn't know.

Although much information remains unclear, Li Ge has been able to piece together a fairly complete picture of her parents' stories.

For some reason, the older generation discovered the precursors to blood thirst disease. Perhaps it was the unusual combination of blood thirst and meme contamination that led them to gather a group of like-minded and equally powerful individuals, preparing to quietly save the world.

These people even naively named their squad "The Brave Squad".

However, their failure, the death of their parents, and the final loss of this clown mask may have been due to the betrayal of Albion, the current director of the Bureau of Abnormalities, or simply the lack of knowledge about the blood disease.

The aunt went into hiding with her, while Albion became the director of the Anomaly Management Bureau. Mayor Ronan, on the other hand, had one foot in the upper echelons of the Empire, taking care of himself and the elementary school student in his arms while maintaining a superficial relationship with both the Empire and the Anomaly Management Bureau.

This also explains why Li Ge was able to own a house in an affluent area, and why he never lacked money in his life. Li Ge even always thought that his parents' inheritance was supporting him.

But the question that Li Ge most wanted to know was still unresolved.

What exactly is thirst disease?

Those infected with the blood-thirsty disease will turn into mummy-like monsters after death, known as the "blood-thirsty ones"...

Therefore, every city and district in the empire has professional corpse collectors. Their task is to collect all the dead, no matter where they die. Where do those bloodthirsty monsters go after they are collected?

So, Li Ge looked at the elementary school student in his arms, and his plan to track down the corpse collectors' convoy and investigate where they were taking the Bloodthirsty monsters was put on hold.

If Li Ge were alone, he would definitely sneak into the corpse collectors, eventually find the Bloodthirsty monsters' destination, and thus find the mastermind behind it all.

But now, he's not alone; he has people he needs to take care of...

Even though it was only the first day we met, but...

Li Ge looked at the timid elementary school student. If her parents hadn't died, this kid would most likely have been a child who had played with her since childhood.

But right now, Li Ge only feels a sense of responsibility.

Perhaps it was Mayor Roland's attitude of entrusting his son to him, or perhaps it was out of gratitude for the kindness he had shown him over the past decade, but Li Ge ultimately decided not to take the risk.

More than ten years ago, when my parents' irresponsible in-laws entrusted me to others, was it the same?

He shook his head, wanting to take the child back to school first. In fact, as soon as the child returned to school, Li Ge would immediately contact the vice principal and tell him about the almost identical changes that occurred in his world after taking the potion, just like when he was a senior student named Chang Gong.

Li Ge even suspected that the potion that Senior Chang Gong had was from her own world.

This is not impossible, after all, the change is so close.

If Senior Longbow's meme contamination reaches its final stage, will it be similar to the transformation from "blood thirst" to "blood thirst disease," and finally to "blood thirster"?

For the academy investigating the source of the potion, the Bloodthirst Disease in their own world should be a good clue, and Li Ge can also use the school's power to at least change the world he has lived in for seventeen years.

The next moment, Li Ge rushed out of the tunnel.

There were no more lights or cities around. Looking up, Li Ge could even see the entire art capital of Viona in the distance, as well as the densely packed [Bloodthirst Disease] within Viona.

They left Viona and were now at the foot of Mount Karen on the outskirts of Viona.

There were only a few scattered [blood-thirsty] creatures around me. Were they here to climb the mountain, or were they just idle and planning to spend the night on Mount Karen?

After all, this is the most beautiful scenery in Viona, but right now, Li Ge just wants to run away.

"Uncle... Uncle..." the girl in his arms spoke slowly; this was the first time Li Ge had heard her voice.

“You call me… well, never mind, uncle it is then…” Li Ge was in no mood to correct the elementary school student’s form of address.

She was too young. Although they were only five years apart, in Li Ge's eyes, it seemed as if they were a generation apart.

"I'm sorry, we'll take you back to my home later, along with the last of our family members, and we'll escape together." Li Ge gently comforted the little girl and slowly placed her on the grass.

He wasn't planning to take any risks for the time being. He intended to quietly go home, or hide near his home, and wait for his aunt to return before taking her and the mayor's daughter back to the college.

Li Ge didn't know where else was safe, so he could only return to the academy.

"Mmm," the little girl responded softly, offering no resistance.

Li Ge even had the urge to pinch her chubby cheeks, but she resisted and said, "Let's go quickly."

Li Ge used a simple method to disguise both of them, putting a clown mask on her and making a grand escape under the stars.

Chapter 55 The Power of the God-King!

Meanwhile, at the mayor's home.

“Ronan, it’s been a long time since we last caught up, hasn’t it?” Albion was a robust man with one eye. Although he looked somewhat old, with a few more strands of silver hair on his head and wrinkles beginning to appear on his face.

But when he stood up, he was as tall as an iron tower, and even his single eye revealed an undeniable intimidating power.

“Yes, we’ve hardly had a get-together since our defeat…” the mayor said, slowly pouring himself a glass of wine.

“But I found Rean’s child.” Albion grinned.

His muscular face, when he smiled, was as terrifying as a great white shark.

Despite his inner turmoil, Ronan showed no emotion on his face, only asking in confusion, "Who?"

“One of them has become an abnormal monster!” Albion said. “I didn’t expect that when I confirmed that it was Rean’s child, he had already been possessed and become an extraterrestrial monster, No. 39 Imposter. You should have heard of the name of this containment object.”

"I've heard of it. It almost caused the disappearance of the entire population of a small town." Mayor Ronan continued to feign compliance. He knew that as long as he didn't expose himself, he would be safe, and so would Li Ge and the others.

"Sigh, is it because of that incident from the past?" Albion said, looking at his best friend from his youth. It seemed that he really came to reminisce today. He grabbed the bottle and downed the liquor.

“I’ve said it before, Rean and the others are wrong. I’m still on this path, even though we have different beliefs.” He said slowly, “But when disaster strikes, clean hands can’t save anyone. Ronan, I need dirty hands, many hands.”

"Join my Bureau of Anomalies!"

"Just like we used to, we're going for one last push."

Mayor Ronan didn't say anything; he just silently poured himself a drink.

This group of former heroes didn't even dare to mention anything related to that person, for fear of being discovered.

"So, your goal is to contain all those 'anomalies' and transform them into your own power?" Ronan slowly revealed his guess.

"It seems you understand me best. This is the only way I can do it, a roundabout way to achieve my goal. This is the last method I, a guy with no talent, can try." As he spoke, this towering man seemed to have completely let go of his worries.

"Is this also the reason you compromised?"

"Yes, I need power, we all need power..."

The room fell silent instantly, with only the sound of bottles clinking against glasses.

"Beep!" At this moment, Albion's communication device suddenly reported. Without the slightest hesitation, he said directly in front of his former partner, "This is headquarters, please speak!"

"Containment Item No. 17, Blood Pursuit, has been delivered, and the trail of No. 39, Imposter, has been successfully tracked." The report came through the voice.

For a fleeting moment, Mayor Ronan's hand trembled.

“Alright! Keep tracking. How much longer do we have for support of the NO.18 containment object?” Albion said.

In order to contain No. 39 the Imposter, he used the power of the other three containment objects at once, which was an action he was determined to take.

"3 minutes."

"The operation to capture the imposter NO.39 is officially underway!" He immediately hung up the communication, then turned around, a fleeting look of melancholy in his eyes as he looked at his former partner, whose face showed shock.

Can I go and watch?

"Hahaha, Ronan, you've finally decided to believe me." Albion laughed, putting his arm around Mayor Roland's shoulder. "Come on, let me show you the power I've built up over the past ten years!"

……

In a dark corner on the outskirts of Viona.

"Uncle, something's here..." the elementary school student in his arms suddenly said.

For a moment, Li Ge was stunned, because there was no label other than "blood thirst disease" in his field of vision.

"what?"

Her reaction wasn't fear, but a kind of emptiness: "The smell, it's exactly the same smell as when Daddy shoved Mommy into the basement..."

Li Ge was stunned for a moment, and immediately wondered if this little girl had ever seen a very "Cthulhu" horror story.

However, suddenly, more and more people with blood thirst disease approached him directly and surrounded him.

"When did I expose myself?" Li Ge asked in confusion, recalling what Lola had just said.

It smells awful...

"I'm being tracked? When? How did they track me?" Li Ge was immediately filled with questions.

The next moment, a roaring helicopter stopped and hovered directly above them, clearly revealing their location.

Without any hesitation, Li Ge instantly covered Lola's face with the clown mask.

His identity had already been exposed, but Mayor Roland hadn't...

He couldn't possibly betray his teammate at this time, even though this teammate seemed like the Riddler of Gotham, and even fast-forwarded directly to the White Emperor City entrustment.

"A treasure?" This was the only possibility that Li Ge could think of.

My counter-surveillance skills are at least good enough to fool the Bureau of Abnormal Affairs, so the only thing that can track me down silently is my Noble Phantasm.

Lola seems to be able to sense the scents of other Noble Phantasms?

Li Ge didn't know if her guess was correct, but she couldn't hesitate any longer.

Escape to the school? Or choose to cause a huge disturbance and burn the city to ashes?

"Sorry, Auntie, I might have to slip away now."

The helicopter's searchlight illuminated Li Ge's figure. He should have trusted Lola more and fled when she said something was coming.

If Li Ge knew that the Anomaly Management Bureau had used three special containment objects to capture him, he would probably think that targeting a little Karami like this was worth it.

"Li Ge, is that right? We're here to negotiate." The voice from the loudspeaker rang out from the helicopter.