Chapter 164: A Visit (Please enable auto-renewal)

"Although... it is possible for a Chairman like me to be overturned by a group of directors joining forces, but that is a matter for another time..."

Aaron locked the drawer, adding a layer of Spirituality seal.

With Roberts dead, although the Investigation Bureau would inevitably continue to pursue the newly appeared Mysterious powerhouse, the Green Forest Cathedral could close the case.

Presumably, the previous high-pressure situation would ease, and there would be no more high-level investigations.

Night.

Aaron finished Sylvia's steak with satisfaction, and while sipping lemonade, he asked: "Is the money in the account still enough? How is your self-study going?"

"..."

And in the ward, Percy Anias was tied to the hospital bed, his hands and feet firmly bound by shackles; he had already been given a sedative and was sleeping.

Sylvia said: "So for the sake of safety, please have a pill as well, Young Master."

"However, one must not do it twice... doing this once will inevitably arouse the vigilance of relevant existences, or even be deliberate fishing... so one cannot keep shearing the same sheep; one must hit and run... like me, ever since I sheared the 【Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood】, I haven't thought about It, and this time I sought out the 'Lord of Hidden Corpses'..."

Not long after, two guys who seemed to be night-shift workers, but whose faces showed no fatigue at all and were instead full of vigilance, followed in. Looking at the empty alley, they looked at each other, their expressions becoming extremely grave.

Sylvia wanted to say something but hesitated, goosebumps rising all over her body.

It could be said that the current Sylvia was not only the head maid but also doing the work of a butler's assistant or even a butler.

An Investigation Bureau agent wearing a police uniform sat on a bench, head drooping, seemingly very sleepy.

"This is also regular fallowing and crop rotation to accumulate fertility, so that the chives never run out..."

They couldn't afford medical care at all; when sick, they could only find medicine peddlers wandering the streets to buy anesthetics or flour pills as placebos, or rely on their bodies to tough it out.

"Speak plainly."

He put down the water glass, trying his best to maintain his facial expression: "No... I don't need it!"

In fact, his teammates had to break his limbs under the orders of the Investigation Bureau higher-ups who arrived later to barely subdue him and remove the Ghoul Mask.

The Investigation Bureau's previous workload was too heavy; even the Extraordinary could not quite stand it.

"When I went to the market this afternoon, I met a former neighbor who lives in the slums. It is said that after her son took deworming medicine, he not only passed a large number of worm eggs but even disgusting long worms..."

And the remains of Non-human Existences are very precious and rare.

After all, although Roberts was dead, the Mysterious powerhouse who killed him had not yet been caught.

For the Investigation Bureau, an unknown Non-human Existence might possibly invite a disaster even more terrifying than Roberts!

"No, it's just that saying such things in front of the Young Master is a bit rude and very indecorous..." Sylvia replied with a blushing face.

For Aaron, ordinary Spirit Materials were no longer very appealing.

And Aaron also safely handed over a portion of the cash for her to manage.

Aaron regretted asking.

When his head drooped and touched his collar, he would reflexively snap up, scan the surroundings, and then repeat the previous process.

Aaron asked with a smile.

Sylvia took out another small oil-paper packet. After opening it, inside were several white pills, which had a sweet, candy-like scent.

As for the poor?

However, there were still clever methods involved, such as sitting by and watching them pray to Evil Gods like the previous Lin or the current Roberts, and then performing Purification and Jiusu himself to intercept a portion of the Evil God's power!

Aaron was still very skilled at how to shear the wool of these Evil Gods.

Under the cover of the 'Shadow Ring', Aaron climbed over the wall from a corner, took off his mask, and walked into the hospital swaggeringly.

Although he had cautiously used the Non-human Level Magical Item—the Ghoul Mask—in the Battle of the Waterworks, this Magical Item had sensed the aura of the 'Lord of Buried Bones' and gone directly berserk.

"This was brought by the street patrolman this afternoon. He said the waterworks were found to have water quality problems and might contain a large number of parasites... Although boiling the water can kill all the parasites in it, for the sake of insurance, it is better to take some deworming medicine... These deworming medicines have already been distributed for free throughout the city..."

"It is still enough, please rest assured, Young Master."

Third floor of the hospital, outside the ward filled with the smell of disinfectant and alcohol.

'Green Forest Public Hospital'!

It was mainly funded and built by the City Hall and was the premier general hospital in Green Forest City. Although it might not be as good as private clinics in some specialties, because of the municipal funding subsidies, the prices were relatively low, making it the first choice for some middle-class families to see a doctor.

Last time, after Sylvia followed his advice, she had been conducting professional studies.

Aaron changed into a black windbreaker, wore the Human Skin and Raven Mask, and walked through the dark streets.

Night.

Aaron waved his hand: "I am not one of those old stubborns."

"Hmm, although many street patrolmen have been withdrawn, my Danger Perception tells me that the Investigation Bureau agents are still hidden in every corner of this city, waiting for prey to take the bait..."

"What? Is there something else you're hiding?"

Aaron stopped, smiled, and looked up to see a massive building; it was a hospital.

To make matters worse, in order to keep Roberts, Percy did not remove his mask in time, resulting in him suffering intense pollution and becoming a true madman!

At this time, Percy was placed in the Green Forest Public Hospital to recuperate, and the Investigation Bureau physicians had already examined him and confirmed that his mind had been heavily polluted; as for whether he could recover, they had no certainty at all.

From the other direction of the block, Aaron walked out and sighed: "For me at present, my attack power is enough... but I still lack defensive and movement-type Extraordinary abilities... Hmm, for all Extraordinary, before opening high-level Primordial Matter, shortcomings are inevitable and can only be compensated for by various means, such as crafting Magical Items... Where can I find another sucker like Roberts to accumulate high-quality materials?"

Aaron stopped thoughtfully, turned into a small alley, put on the Shadow Ring, and his figure instantly vanished under the cover of darkness.

Therefore, after some mental soothing, he was sent directly to the public hospital to treat his limb injuries and for continued observation.

If his condition could improve after waking up, perhaps he could still live the life of a normal person; if he still sank into the Abyss of madness, then I am afraid he would have to be sent directly to a mental hospital for 'convalescence'!

But the mental hospitals of this era... are really not good places. Some mental hospitals even sell tickets, exhibiting mental patients like animals in a zoo!

By the hospital bed, Aaron looked at this young investigator with interest.

(End of chapter)