Chapter 61

"Could it be related to what happened just now?"

After investigating all the corpses, Huang Quan felt something was fishy.

"With only a few clues, it’s hard for me to make an inference."

Black Swan shook her head, feeling there weren't many leads.

"Listen to your intuition; after all, you said... memories don't lie."

Huang Quan looked at Black Swan.

"Judging from the memories of these remains... that person is tall, much more robust than an adult male, and their methods are crisp and neat, all killing with one blow."

"Maybe a mercenary, or a killer."

"He came in from the door on the lobby side and advanced deeper into the hotel; since that’s the case..."

"He should have seen everything that happened before..."

"...Retract the previous statement."

"We must rush to that Memory Zone that branded Miss Firefly’s figure as soon as possible."

"With this friend’s style of doing things...."

"If his destination is also there—there won't be any clues left at the scene."

"You two, go this way."

"I will try my best to create a smooth shortcut for you."

Black Swan pondered and analyzed for a while, then hurriedly called the two to return to the place where Firefly was killed just now.

"Look.... leaving the lobby, the structure has become chaotic."

"Go through that corridor—be careful, don't disturb the meme."

Seeing the memes scattered on the road, Black Swan reminded the two gravely.

"This is really.... dazzling."

"Is it this room?"

The three arrived in a spacious and luxurious lobby,

Huang Quan looked at the layout in the lobby, somewhat moved.

"Yes. To be precise—it’s directly below."

Black Swan nodded.

"Are you going to teach me how to walk through walls?"

Stelle heard Black Swan’s words and couldn't help but ask.

"Although you two cannot pass through physical structures directly like a Memokeeper, I thought of a good way."

"That can allow you to arrive at the floor directly below this room safely."

"It’s very simple, do you see this big chandelier?"

"Next..... we are going to create some 'little movements' that conform to common sense."

"Do you still remember how I taught you before?"

"Feel the flow of memetic substance, walk toward the wall, and then... get close to it."

"Look, a lonely chain—say hello to it."

Black Swan directed Stelle to go around from the wall to the top of the chandelier,

and then instructed her to break the chain of the chandelier.

Stelle nodded and smashed it heavily with her baseball bat.

Rumble!

The huge chandelier fell to the ground immediately,

and the massive impact just happened to smash a large hole in the ground.

"Look—it conforms to common sense, and it’s very simple, right?"

Black Swan pointed to the hole in front of them and smiled.

"Are we... going to jump down from here?"

Huang Quan was somewhat hesitant.

"Rest assured, I will make some adjustments, stack the dream bubbles together, and arrange a comfortable soft landing for everyone."

"Come, get ready..."

Black Swan manipulated the dream bubbles,

and then jumped down first.

Subsequently, Stelle and Huang Quan followed closely behind.

"We really landed safely."

"This is really..... magical."

After arriving at the lower level safely, Huang Quan was somewhat impressed.

"Don't imitate this without a Memokeeper accompanying you."

"Then..."

"Please let these curious children who came upon hearing the news go back home."

Black Swan turned her gaze to the doorway of the room,

where a few Dreamjolt Troupe members had suddenly appeared.

Thus, the group began to take action to clear out these few Dreamjolt Troupe members.

"This way, no one will disturb us."

"Come—I can perform a little magic trick for you."

Black Swan called the two together.

"Are you ready? Be careful not to gasp."

Black Swan chuckled,

and then raised her hand to perform her "little magic trick."

"Hmm?!"

"This is..... Firefly?"

As soon as Black Swan’s technique fell,

the phantom traces left by Firefly appeared in the room.

"That’s right."

"It’s the memory related to her left in this room."

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"The slight vibration of the ground, the reflection flashing on the screen, the flow of memetic substance..."

"I gathered them and reproduced them in the form of fragments."

"As for the context....."

"We need to organize them a little."

"Hurry, performing memory reproduction on this scale is very draining for me."

Black Swan explained a few things in detail,

and urged the two to hurry to Firefly’s phantom to find clues.

"The thing that Stelle met before......."

"If I’m not mistaken.... it must be related to the Watchmaker."

Stelle and Huang Quan walked to the nearest Firefly phantom and heard these two sentences.

"She mentioned your name."

Huang Quan looked at Stelle.

"Calling you that behind your back, it seems your relationship is indeed quite good."

"She seems to be sharing her discoveries with someone, and..... it’s related to the Watchmaker."

Black Swan walked to the two and analyzed a few things.

"She still doesn't know she will become a victim....."

Huang Quan’s expression was somewhat dim.

"If, we could do it again......."

The three walk to the phantom of Firefly in front of the screen,

and hear Firefly's muttering.

[She is staring at these screens, is she looking in a mirror.....]

[What does "one more time" mean?]

Acheron looks at this phantom of Firefly, her expression very puzzled.

[Let's go......]

This time they come to the side of a Firefly phantom walking on the road.

[Us? Is there anyone else beside her?]

Black Swan also raises a question.

[Calm down, Firefly..... calm down.....]

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The tone of the next Firefly phantom is a bit panicked.

[She looks..... very nervous.]

Acheron frowns.

[Yes. What made her so nervous?]

Black Swan begins to fall into deep thought.

[Synthesizing this information, Firefly entered this corridor with a companion — there should only be one —.]

Black Swan takes the two along the memory phantom of Firefly,

and comes into a corridor.

Phantoms of Firefly are also scattered here.

[How could you....?!]

[This is not what we agreed on......]

The Firefly phantom in the corridor,

the tone seems to start to become excited.

[The situation is starting to change, it seems that the companion..... deviated from the original plan.]

Acheron speaks softly.

[Or, in terms of results.... this is that person's real "plan".]

Black Swan holds a different view.

[Mecha...?!]

[Why... ]

In front of a door, the phantom of Firefly transmits a sound again,

[She was forced by someone to go this way, and....]

Acheron seems to understand Firefly's previous encounter.

[Mecha.... an intriguing statement.]

[I remember the Bloodhound Family is hunting such a criminal — a tall man wearing silver armor.]

Black Swan cannot help but associate.

[Door... can't open.... this is a dead end...]

The tone of the Firefly phantom is a bit anxious.

[Judging from these few words, Firefly's companion betrayed her halfway.]

[Locked her alone in this room, while he himself disappeared...]

[Why exactly?]

Acheron is completely puzzled.

[She said that this transaction is related to the Watchmaker — involving the Watchmaker will touch many people's bottom line.]

[Maybe it's wanting to swallow the legacy, maybe it's to make one less person who knows, maybe...]

[Is it because there is a deeper "secret" hidden in this Memory Zone, and to catch a big fish... one needs floating bait...]

Black Swan explains faintly.

[You mean... Firefly?]

Acheron understands the meaning in Black Swan's words.

That floating bait, perhaps it is Firefly.

[This is just a worst-case assumption.]

[But let's think, if the culprit of all this is nearby, why would he let us search everywhere?]

[Unless...]

[Unless he has something more important to care about, needs — or rather, is confirming.]

Black Swan explains.

[Firefly has no other way to go, she can only leave from the side corridor.]

[Let's go, let's continue to take a look.]

Black Swan continues to take the two to trace the traces left by Firefly.

[There is actually a road here..]

In the corridor, the phantom of Firefly feels it is incredible.

[The ever-changing passage points to the wandering Memory Zone Meme... she is completely lost in the Memory Zone.]

Black Swan shakes her head.

[It's the exit... following this side should be able to leave...]

The three follow the phantom of Firefly to a door.

[It's a pity that this road eventually leads to the nest of death...]

Black Swan's expression is somewhat unbearable.

[Finally back to the lobby, this way....]

The three walk out from the exit and see the last phantom of Firefly.

[She thought she escaped, but...]

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The three look at this last phantom and can only sigh. ===== CHAPTER 176 =====