I write obituaries for the gods

The room erupted into chaos. Taking advantage of this moment, Lin Chen swung his axe at the door lock—

"Crack!"

He suddenly flung the door open—

"Bang!"

The moment the door opened, Jiang Zhengge rushed in, rifle in hand.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Clap clap clap!"

Lin Chen followed closely behind and fired at the enemy who rushed out of the room:

"Boom! Boom!"

The silencer was used to cover up the gunshots as much as possible so as not to disturb the neighbors.

"Zhanyi, is anyone else here?" Lin Chen and Jiang Zhengge stood back to back in the middle of the room, pressing their earpieces.

"It's been cleared." Li Zhanyi's voice came through.

"It went quite smoothly."

Lin Chen and Jiang Zhengge put down their rifles and headed to the toilet together.

As soon as the toilet door was opened, a blast of wind and rain hit them – the security window had been broken open, and Oswald was standing on the driver's back.

He grabbed the driver's head and forced him to look up.

Lin Chen squatted down and took out the photo to compare with the prisoner.

“It’s him, that’s right.” Lin Chen nodded.

“Do you even know what you’re doing…” the driver growled. “I’m Mrs. Redfield’s…”

“Driver,” Jiang Zhengge chuckled, “What’s wrong? Would Mrs. Redfield pay a ransom for a driver?”

The driver swallowed hard.

“You don’t understand… Mrs. Redfield cares about each and every one of us…”

“But she wants you to return to the Mercury Society,” Oswald suddenly said.

Lin Chen raised his head and looked at Oswald's face, which was wrapped in bandages.

He could clearly sense that Oswald's tone had changed.

"Wait... I recognize this voice..."

The driver struggled to lift his head; his collar was flipped open, revealing a triangular eye tattoo underneath.

"You are...Oswald...!"

“It seems you still recognize me,” Oswald said in a low voice. “In that case, you should be able to realize that you are no longer of any use.”

"No! Wait, no! I can still..."

"Crack!"

Oswald snapped the driver's neck cleanly and decisively.

"Os, so fast? Aren't you going to ask a few more questions?" Jiang Zhengge looked at the gentleman.

"No need."

Oswald bent down, and ashes surged from his arms, quickly burning over the driver's body.

Soon, he became someone who looked exactly like the driver.

“I will stay here and wait for Mrs. Redfield’s call,” Oswald said in a low voice. “I will inform you as soon as I hear from her.”

"Watch out, the Red Gang patrol is coming!" Lucy's voice came through the headset.

"It's time to leave."

Jiang Zhengge patted Lin Chen on the shoulder and nodded to Oswald:

"Oss, don't act impulsively."

“No,” Oswald said.

As Lin Chen walked out of the room, he turned back for one last look at the driver who had been transformed from Oswald.

Once his face was no longer wrapped in bandages, his expression became somewhat inscrutable.

He was grieving.

"Old Jiang, what is mercury?" Lin Chen asked as they went down the stairs.

“Let’s talk about it when we get back,” Jiang Zhengge said, holding up his gun. “It’s a long story.”

"..."

The evacuation went smoothly. With the help of a truck arranged by Oswald under the guise of the Green Gang, everyone left the Pinewood District with ease.

Back at headquarters, Lin Chen had just taken off his equipment when Lucy approached him anxiously.

"Is he alright?" Lucy asked.

“It’s okay, Lucy,” Jiang Zhengge patted her shoulder. “Oswald knows how to take care of his emotions.”

"I never expected that members of the Mercury Society would appear in this place..." Lucy bit her lip.

"So, what exactly is the Mercury Society?" Lin Chen asked.

Lucy remained silent in response to Lin Chen's question.

She seemed to be struggling with whether or not to speak, at which point Jiang Zhengge nodded:

“Lin Chen and Zhan Yi are qualified to know the situation. After all... since Mercury has started to cause trouble, there is absolutely no way we can avoid them.”

"Okay, I'll tell you."

Lucy gave Lin Chen a forced smile, then waved gently.

"Here you go, I've made you a cup of coffee."

"..."

In the kitchen, rain was falling outside the window. The streetlights in the darkness pierced the security window with a pale white light, which spread like mercury on the kitchen cutting board.

Lucy leaned against the cutting board, holding a cup of coffee, lost in thought.

“This can be considered as sharing information in advance,” Lucy said. “I originally planned to save it for before entering the Silver Zone.”

"It seems that Mercury is some kind of organization entrenched in the Silver District...?" Lin Chen asked.

"You can't say that. The Silver District is one of their branches. The real Mercury Society is just like mercury, it is ubiquitous and seeps into every inch of the world."

"To be precise, it is not a specific organization, but rather a secret society whose members are spread across various organizations, including the super-government government...the Foundation...and even the Bureau of Investigation."

“Secret societies…” Li Zhanyi murmured, “Is that similar to… a secret society?”

"Pretty much," Lucy nodded, "except that the Mercury Society has a wider range of activities, a more diverse membership, and a strict internal hierarchy, with subordinates having no idea what their superiors are doing."

"The Secret Party seems to be in a similar situation," Lin Chen said.

“Wrong,” Hua Luori shook his head. “The Secret Party is just a complete mess.”

Everyone looked at Hua Luo Ri.

"What?" Hua Luori shrugged. "It really is like that."

“For a long time, the U.S. government was controlled by members of the Mercury Society,” Lucy continued, “until the American unification war, when the demigods trained by the Lizardmen shone on the battlefield and won them enough votes.”

"After the birth of the super-America, the Lizardmen seized control of the new Washington and immediately began to purge the members of the Mercury Society."

"Wait a minute, isn't this the Illuminati?" Li Zhanyi suddenly realized, "They're portrayed as secret villains in many novels!"

“The Illuminati are their shadow over Super America,” Lucy nodded. “They are not light; they are mercury that infiltrates and poisons the world.”

"So, the Mercury Society members were gradually expelled from Super America and moved to Rain City..." Lin Chen nodded slightly.

Wait a moment...

Lin Chen suddenly recalled his conversation with Mr. K in the Rain City Star.

At the time, Mr. K always thought of Lin Chen as a member of a mysterious organization who had escaped from the United States.

So Mr. K thought Thomas Lin was a member of the Mercury Society?

Looking at his attitude back then... Lin Chen suddenly realized just how high the Mercury Society's status was.

"So, Oswald is also a member of the Mercury Society?" Lin Chen asked.

"Yes."

Lucy shook her head, her expression turning somewhat distressed.

"His disguise was that of a local police officer in the Silver District, but he was secretly operating in that area as a spy for the Mercury Society."

"Later, he discovered some secrets of the Mercury Society, and thus chose to betray it."

"The price of betrayal is severe... He lost a lot, including his own face."

At this point, Lucy slightly turned her head away.

"Later, he joined the Investigation Bureau and traveled all over the world for the Bureau. After being injured once, he returned to Yudu and joined the Rapid Response Division 1."

"From beginning to end, the Mercury Society has always been Os's target for revenge."

"To this day, he has not gotten over it."

Just listening to Lucy's account, Lin Chen found it hard to imagine what Oswald had gone through.

But he could vaguely guess what it was: what else could a man who gave all his money to the welfare home have lost?

“Since Mrs. Redfield’s driver is a member of the Mercury Society, it means that the Red Gang is also colluding with the Mercury Society,” Jiang Zhengge put down his coffee cup. “Mrs. Redfield is really a clever old woman… The Foundation… Superb… The Mercury Society… In the Liberty District, all forces have become her tools.”

"People like that usually end up getting burned while playing with fire," Hua Luori shrugged.

"What should we be aware of regarding the Mercury Society?" Lin Chen asked Jiang Zhengge.

“There’s nothing to be careful about, because it’s impossible to guard against them,” Jiang Zhengge shook his head. “Of course, no matter how mysterious they are, when it comes to confrontation, they are definitely a force to be reckoned with. We just need to defeat them.”

“But the danger of this organization has always been its mind poison,” Lucy added. “And now that the Mercury Society has intervened in the Liberty district… they will never allow us to enter the port at will.”

“Based on my understanding of them, they have probably already packaged up the rain and sold it to others for a good price,” Jiang Zhengge chuckled. “There are quite a few dangerous guys among those Mercury Society messengers, and we will inevitably have to clash with them later.”

“I’m just worried that Os might lose his temper,” Lucy sighed softly. “For so many years, he’s stayed within the rules of the Bureau of Investigation, but these are chaotic times, and I’m afraid he might get himself into trouble…”

Seeing Lucy's distressed appearance, Jiang Zhengge gently patted her shoulder.

“It’s alright, we’ll all be watching over him,” he said.

Suddenly, the communication from the bronze mask came through:

"Oh no, Godfather! Mrs. Redfield has suddenly gone mad!"

"Going crazy?" Lin Chen frowned.

The next second, an explosion was heard outside the window—

"boom!!"

Everyone stuck their heads out of the window: a string of flames shot into the sky, scorching the clouds black.

"The Red Gang has suddenly begun attacking the territory of the Mentis Cult!" shouted the Bronze Mask. "According to Mrs. Redfield's claim..."

"She wants to purge all Mentis followers!"

......

Chapter Thirty-Three: Chaotic Battle

"Boom..."

Amidst the muffled thunder, shells rained down on the ground, causing buildings to collapse and leaving nothing but barren land.

Amidst the roar of artillery fire, Lin Chen stealthily moved through the ruins of the slums, surveying his surroundings.

He had visited this slum not long ago, and now it was completely ruined: shells had sliced ​​off the outlines of buildings like blades, and the broken, jagged ruins rose and fell like the ribs of a dead behemoth.

"They don't seem to intend to leave any survivors." Lin Chen pressed his earpiece.

"Be careful." Li Zhanyi's voice came through the earpiece.