Chapter 189

, The Genie Starting from Marvel

In room 2110, Constantine, Connors, Lao Die, and Lin Fengjiao sat around the table.

In the time just passed, Lin Fengjiao had told them everything he had discovered yesterday and today, including his hypothesis regarding Lin Jiu.

"There's a problem. You said you saw the name Xiao Feng on a spirit tablet, but I searched the list in Yan Shu's room, and that name wasn't on it." Connors recalled the list of Pigeon Building residents he had secretly seen.

"Then perhaps that is also a key character. I can be certain I didn't see it wrong." Lin Fengjiao emphasized. When he was in the funeral hall, after the fire of the heart ignited, his five senses had been enhanced to a certain degree. Coupled with the fact that he had his Heavenly Eye open the whole time, Lin Fengjiao could be certain he hadn't simply misread or missed it.

"Let's put the matter of Lin Jiu and this Xiao Feng aside for now. I have something I want to ask." Constantine suddenly spoke, changing the subject.

Looking at the three people in front of him, Constantine took something out from his bosom and placed it on the table; it was his shotgun. "Everyone here, including me, probably isn't from this world, right?"

Constantine asked this because everything was too coincidental.

Just after entering the Hell Apartment, a Blood Character Mission immediately appeared, and the missions were basically all for newcomers. The only one who wasn't a newcomer was less of an "undercover" and more of a designated villain, and the current mission scene was constructed based on Lin Jiu's past.

If this didn't count for anything, then think about it: Lin Fengjiao was a veteran Taoist—perhaps not high-level, but he definitely had skills. Lin Jiu was an evil Taoist who could leave another world and had the confidence to break the entire scene alone; Constantine didn't believe he was just being arrogant.

Although Constantine couldn't see through Lao Die, he had brought out the talisman Zhang Wei gave him as if it were nothing, showing he was quite confident in his own strength.

Connors was about the same. Last night, when Lin Fengjiao solved the problem in the corridor, Constantine went to probe Lin Fengjiao's tone, and when he returned, he found that Connors was also pretending to be asleep. This guy might have also sensed the situation in the corridor.

Finally, counting himself, a visitor from Hell carrying a mission from Mephisto, this lineup was so gorgeous that it was incomprehensible. There wasn't a single dead weight, and each had their own unique skills. Even if Constantine were to form a team himself, he might not be able to put together such a squad.

Therefore, there must be higher-level people clashing behind this. Constantine had to understand who the main clashing parties were so he wouldn't stand on the wrong side. If Mephisto was looking to die by provoking the Genie, he, Constantine, would jump ship on the spot today; he was determined to be a traitor.

The scene was silent for a second. Lin Fengjiao nodded. "I am indeed not from this world. I was originally a true-transmission disciple of Maoshan, and I helped the Underworld print some underworld banknotes to earn some performance points."

"Lao Die never lies. Lao Die has always been an antique dealer, but the antiques I deal with can be traced back to the demons that occupied the world in ancient times." Lao Die spoke after Lin Fengjiao.

Connors hesitated for a moment. "I come from a world that is rapidly changing. Superheroes are constantly appearing. I was originally a retired soldier in our country, and later I switched to studying biology."

Constantine glanced at Connors. This world sounded very familiar. Superheroes—this person couldn't be from the Marvel world, could he? No, not necessarily. Marvel had people watching it; maybe this person came from his original world.

"My identity is simpler. I'm a wage earner, and my immediate boss is a Hell Monarch. Coming here, my nominal mission is to ask the landlord of the Hell Apartment for copyright fees." Constantine explained his identity. "I came here through my boss's channel. If it's convenient, could you tell me how you came here? The current matter might involve many great beings."

Lin Fengjiao was the first to speak again. "The environment in our world suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse. It wasn't just the End of Dharma Era; it was the apocalypse. When I was dying, I saw the help of an unknown existence and came to this world."

"The demons sealed in the hell of our world suddenly all broke free, and the power of time erosion and wisdom all returned to them. Moreover, they gained the blessing of some kind of power and became incomparably strong. When everything was beyond saving, I also saw an unknown existence." Lao Die looked at Lin Fengjiao.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds. "That existence called himself the Genie."

"Wait, wait." Constantine felt his head starting to smoke. "You all made wishes?"

"What wish?" Lin Fengjiao asked in return.

Wrong! Constantine grabbed his hair. "Then you've met him. What does he look like?"

Lao Die shook his head. "I don't know. I've never truly seen him; I can only slightly perceive his existence."

This didn't seem like the Genie's style of doing things. Could it be that the Genie had changed his way of finding fun? That didn't seem right either; compared to that possibility, this seemed more like some fake Genie.

Constantine weighed the situation and looked at Connors. "Are you the same as them?"

Connors shook his head. "My world shouldn't have reached the point of destruction. I was kidnapped by a criminal organization that called themselves the Secret Prayer Society, and then I was sacrificed to this world."

"Wait a moment, wait a moment, let me think, let me sort this out." Constantine felt he had caught a clue.

First, listening to Connors, he should be from the Marvel world. The boss of the Secret Prayer Society was that Woody, but Mephisto said that Woody's prayers were not directed at Dormammu; he just believed that the god he worshipped was Dormammu.

Secondly, if the Genie on Lao Die and Lin Fengjiao's side was fake, then the most likely impersonator should be Dormammu. Earth suddenly couldn't be entered, and his "believer" Woody was beaten up by a group of people calling themselves the Genie's attendants—this was a clear targeting. So Dormammu wanted to know who was targeting him; this was a logic that could be deduced.

Then... Dormammu wanted to let Lao Die and Lin Fengjiao mix into the Genie Mutual Aid Society under the name of the Genie. The villain for this act was now present.

He himself was thrown over by Mephisto to earn points; strictly speaking, he shouldn't be counted as a positive character, just a tool.

So the positive character was Connors? Sacrificed over through the Secret Prayer Society... it sounded like something the fun-seeking Genie would do.

Dormammu created a fake Genie to try to develop undercover agents, so the Genie let Dormammu's real "believers" accept fake orders to mess up the fake Genie's plan, thereby truly striking at Dormammu.

But Connors didn't know anything. Shouldn't the positive characters be the people from the Genie Mutual Aid Society?

Wait... maybe they had already appeared? I just didn't know it.

"May I ask, how long have you been in this world?" Constantine asked the other three.

"Five days," the three said in unison.

Five days. According to the comparison of power, Dormammu should have the first move, but the Genie directly saw the "future" and arrived later to surpass him. To maintain the balance of power, it was possible that the Genie Mutual Aid Society had just entered here five days ago. That was why Dormammu had brought Lin Fengjiao and Lao Die here, and the Genie had then thrown Connors over.

As for himself, it should be that Mephisto discovered movement here and threw him over later, right on time.

"So... the one who came is Johnson Thomas or Frank..." Constantine said subconsciously. Immediately after, he felt that he had established a weak connection with a certain urban legend in this world.

After using his power to terminate the connection, Constantine reacted. Mephisto was really a dog for making him, this tool, earn more points. He must have placed a mental suggestion. Constantine was one hundred percent sure that the urban legend he had just connected to could definitely be linked to Johnson or Frank.

"What exactly are you thinking? Have you figured it out? You asked so many things, and you haven't said a word?" Connors was a bit annoyed. If you're going to be something, why be a riddle-maker?

"Some things, it's not that I don't want to say them, but I can't." Constantine gave a bitter smile. If he were to say all his speculations under Dormammu's nose, wouldn't he be helping Dormammu? Even looking for death shouldn't be done like this.

"However, the good news is that, judging from the existing intelligence, our chances of survival are not small."

Constantine was very certain that Lao Die and Lin Fengjiao were Dormammu's undercover agents, and Dormammu wouldn't let them die so easily. He himself was Mephisto's person, so his life had a bit of a guarantee, and Connors was connected to the Genie, so he also had a chance of surviving.

"So, do you know how to break the situation?" Lin Fengjiao asked.

"Hmm... as long as we solve Lin Jiu and break the secret of this mission, we can survive."

As Constantine said this, he noticed the other three looking at him with the eyes of an idiot.

Going over what he had said in his mind, Constantine was speechless. He seemed to have said something useless; knowing a little more didn't seem to have any effect.

Knock, knock, knock!

At this moment, the door of 2110 was suddenly knocked.

"Lin Fengjiao! Lin Fengjiao! Open the door!" Yan Shu's voice came from the doorway.

Lin Fengjiao glanced at the others and walked toward the door.

Constantine silently put his shotgun under the table and loaded the bullets. Lao Die and Connors also prepared themselves.

As soon as the door opened, Yan Shu squeezed in directly.

"Chen You! Chen You!" Yan Shu shouted loudly.

Lin Fengjiao stood to one side; the doorway had already been blocked by neighbors.

"Get out of the way!" Yan Shu pointed at Constantine very impolitely and then walked past them.

After circling the room and looking at every corner, Yan Shu turned to the four of them. "Where did you take Chen You?!"

Constantine's heart tightened. Chen You, the owner of the fried rice stall, was missing?!

"Yan Shu, what are you talking about?" Lin Fengjiao asked in return. "We've been chatting in the room the whole time; we haven't even seen Chen You."

Yan Shu snorted coldly and pulled a compass fragment from behind his back. "This was found at the door of your room; it's Chen You's thing! His room was turned upside down, and he's gone!"

Lin Jiu made a move! What a great trick of framing someone!

Constantine reacted. They had been thinking about dealing with Lin Jiu, forgetting that this person wouldn't wait for them to make the first move.

"Yan Shu, sit down first; this must be a misunderstanding." Constantine stood up and took Yan Shu's hand, trying to get him to sit down.

Yan Shu waved his hand forcefully, pushing Constantine back two steps.

What great strength! Constantine steadied his body and discovered that all the neighbors, including Yan Shu, had undergone some special changes.

"Still quibbling! Auntie Mei saw the guy who came with you find Chen You!" Yan Shu pointed at Constantine's face and questioned him.

Lin Jiu did it on purpose!

Lin Fengjiao was certain in his heart. "Yan Shu, we really aren't familiar with that person; we just rode together to rent a room. Look, he didn't even rent a room with us."

Yan Shu hesitated a bit; it seemed that made sense.

Constantine pressed his advantage, holding the demon statue in his right hand. Bewitch Humans!

The fluctuations of magic enveloped the neighbors and Yan Shu. Although they weren't strictly human, their current self-perception was still human, so it could still have some effect.

"Yan Shu, no thief would leave traces behind. That person must have intentionally put the thing at our door; this is framing us," Constantine followed up immediately.

"That's not impossible, but why would he frame you?" Yan Shu asked in return.

"Oh my, you have to ask the person who did the evil deed; how can you ask the victim? Isn't this equivalent to asking Chen You why he didn't kidnap someone else but only kidnapped him?" Lao Die said at the right time.

Yan Shu was persuaded a little. "That makes sense. Then actually, we should go to 2442."

After Yan Shu's hatred was transferred, the malice emanating from the bodies of all the neighbors faded a lot.

"No! This is just your one-sided story. From now on, wherever you go, you must have our people following you until Chen You is found!" Yan Shu had a moment of distraction, then changed his tone and said directly.

What kind of operation is this? If we were the perpetrators, one following another, wouldn't the person accompanying us be very dangerous?

Constantine wanted to say something, but Lin Fengjiao tugged at his clothes and spoke first. "Sure, we have no objections. This can also prove our innocence."

Seeing Lin Fengjiao agree so readily, Yan Shu also felt that he might have wronged them.

"If it really wasn't you who did it, after finding Chen You, I'll give you a twenty percent discount on your rent." Yan Shu said with a hint of compensation.

Lin Fengjiao nodded and leaned close to Constantine's ear. "Someone set up an altar to perform magic, affecting Yan Shu's actions. Look at the back of his clothes."

Constantine tilted his head and took a look. There was a talisman drawn with charcoal on the back of Yan Shu's clothes.

Lin Fengjiao walked to Yan Shu's side, placed his hand on him, and wiped the sweat from his palm forcefully over the talisman, turning it directly into a pitch-black stain.

"Don't get chummy yet. Just follow me; we're going to 2442 first!" Yan Shu pulled Lin Fengjiao's hand off his shoulder, then led the neighbors, wrapped the four of them in the center, and walked upstairs together.