Chapter 512

"Are you rhyming to insult me?"

"Not so, not so. I am I, a little confused. My words are firm, like the constant way of heaven."

Lucretia took a deep breath.

She told herself that although the bird opposite could communicate with her, it was ultimately just a bird.

Getting angry because a bird was glib was truly a bit shameful.

So, she asked with patience:

"Do you know what happened, little bird?"

For a gladiator who was used to speaking with her body and muscles, speaking well with patience was already a miracle.

"My name is Phoenix, treat me with courtesy. After all, I know your name, not a bit off! I know everything in detail, if you have this power, you will understand."

"Can't you just tell me directly?!"

"Who can understand the truth and falsehood, the chaos and the strange numbers; the world is turbulent and people's hearts are scattered, why not kneel here and pray to the gods."

Lucretia covered her forehead in pain.

"I'm convinced by this parrot, not dragging literature seems like it could cost its life..."

"Didn't expect it, these two who don't get along eventually got together; next, we should watch these two fight into a ball."

"That depends on whether this parrot is what it claims to be, a Marquis-level demon."

A moment ago.

Site-θ, Sofia's office.

Sofia was sitting at her desk, looking at her laptop, dealing with pressure from all sides.

The office door was knocked—

"Knock knock knock!"

"Please come in."

Vaux brought a cup of coffee, pushed the door and entered, and walked to the desk:

"I thought you'd want some."

"Thanks."

"Busy with what?" Vaux asked.

"Considering another potential candidate."

"Really? Who?"

Sofia had just organized her language and intended to answer, when she was interrupted by the blaring alarm.

The moment she realized an anomalous event had occurred, an anomaly appeared in the office.

The ceiling was shrouded in shadow and disappeared with a bang, and the ground was instantly transferred dozens of meters away.

Then, the entire office returned to normal in an instant.

Sofia felt her brain dizzy, losing her sense of space.

Vaux reacted exaggeratedly.

He ran to the trash can, knelt on the ground, and dry-heaved violently.

Seeing this, Sofia pinched her fingers with her nails, leaving several deep nail marks, forcing herself to wake up with pain.

At this time, she received an email.

Enduring the discomfort, she forced herself to fix her gaze on the screen again.

Then revealed a smile.

"It seems this person will appear soon."

Site-θ, Humanoid Anomaly Containment Sector.

Charlotte walked unsteadily; the stairs under her feet seemed to extend for thousands of meters.

Those steps were endless, and just looking at them made one feel psychologically uncomfortable.

Before she could adapt to this staircase that went deep into the underworld, it suddenly rushed toward her.

In less than the blink of an eye, the spatial anomaly disappeared without a trace.

Calm... stay calm... watch your breathing...

Charlotte took a deep breath, straightened her body, continued walking down the stairs, and walked all the way to the door of the East Containment Area.

Charlotte opened the door, only to see a figure fall from above and land in front of her.

"Whoosh—"

A black cloak fell slowly.

She then realized that what was in front of her was a living shadow.

She screamed, took a few steps back, pulled her taser from the holster, and aimed at the shadow:

"Don't move!"

The humanoid shadow raised his hands to surrender.

He was wearing a wide-brimmed fedora and a long coat, but his face and clothes were black.

All the shadows in the room were attracted to him, wrapping him up like a tight gauze.

He put his fists on his waist and puffed out his chest, as if posing.

He chanted in a low and strange voice:

"Don't be afraid, enforcer! I am here to defend against the despicable hands of evil."

Like an actor in an old-fashioned serial or radio play.

She shook her head, the taser still aimed at his hazy figure.

"Sorry, who are you?"

The shadow said:

"I am the seeker of justice in the dark night!"

"I am the hand of justice, punishing the evil in people's hearts!"

"I am SPECTER!"

Charlotte: "What happened to your voice just now?"

"I don't understand what you're talking about, officer!"

"What are you doing here?"

"I said, wherever there is crime, SPECTER goes! Tonight, the law is being broken here!"

"Okay, I'm not an officer, but I'm a containment expert, and you look like an anomaly. So, let's handle this simply; you come with me to the containment room, okay?"

"No time, containment officer. There is crime that needs to be stopped. Crimes that violate the laws of physics! No one is allowed to say that SPECTER is biased against the laws he maintains! Even the laws of nature must be protected from the evil stench of crime!"

Before Charlotte could answer, the communicator rang.

"Agent, stand down."

"Sorry, who are you?"

"I am Director Light, you received my order to come here. What is in front of you is 'SCP-4494', unaffected by tasers."

"SPECTER fears no weapons, it's absolutely true!" He said proudly.

"Director Light, are you suggesting we let this anomaly move freely in the site?"

Sofia giggled on the other end of the phone:

"Don't worry about him, he's one of ours."

"There are other things to worry about tonight."

Charlotte rubbed her eyes and looked at the shadow-like man:

"Okay, 'SCP-4494'... go do your business."

The shadow tipped his hat in salute, then turned around:

"Reality is changing, agent! If we want to survive tonight, SPECTER must find the root of the trouble!"

Saying that, he flew directly into the ventilation system and disappeared from Charlotte's sight.

Sofia's voice came from the communicator: "Agent, are you listening?"

"Yes, Director. What are the orders?"