Chapter 737: I Am Guilty

The effect of the healing potion and the burning of the original flames made Lu Mi's wounds basically stop bleeding, and in some places, there was even the growth of flesh and blood and the scabbing of the skin.

Lu Mi, while putting on the "Lying" ear clip, trying to move the hideous crack on his chest and abdomen to a relatively unimportant position, stared at the oil painting hanging on the rock wall, and many thoughts flashed through his mind:

"As a 'Supervisor,' she wouldn't easily fight directly?

"Peierle's main body was hiding in the dark just now, avoiding possible accidents?

"But if she did it herself, maybe we would have been solved long ago, and there would be no chance to create accidents...

"And Peierle doesn't seem to care much about the fact that she didn't capture me alive. Doesn't the failure of her person in the painting mean that the 'Black Box Trading' she initiated failed to perform the contract, and she will inevitably suffer a serious backlash later?

"She's not a fraudster..."

Thinking of this, Lu Mi suddenly had a guess:

"Capturing me alive has always been just Peierle herself saying it, there is no other corroboration...

"This might indeed be a requirement put forward by the other party of the 'Black Box Trading,' but it is not the only requirement, it is highly likely to be one of several requirements, and the least important one, so after Peierle created the special mirror world, she immediately left this oil painting, let the person in the painting deal with us, and she went to other places.

"She is going to complete the most critical and important requirement?

"'Broker's' words cannot be completely believed either...

"Judging from the tone just now, she seems to have succeeded, and thus is very certain that the vortex is about to take shape, and it won't be long before everyone is involved...

"Looking at it this way, she wasn't nearby at all, just said a few words from a distance with the help of the connection before the person in the painting disappeared completely, and couldn't even be tracked."

Lu Mi felt that his guess could explain Peierle's performance and some details in the previous battle very well, and this made his heart a little heavy.

If it was really what he thought, the vortex of the "Truth Academy" had indeed not been effectively stopped and was about to take shape!

After a while, what would happen?

At this time, Mr. K walked to Lu Mi's side, also staring at the broken oil painting.

He said in a hoarse voice:

"I am guilty.

"I failed to investigate the 'Truth Academy' plan in advance, letting the problem accumulate to the point of imminent outbreak."

During the speech, Mr. K's shoulder flesh squirmed, and two pale, rather thin, wet arms grew out slowly, while the black robe that also had its sleeves cut off could not be restored.

Without waiting for Lu Mi to respond, Mr. K turned his head and said:

"The movement here will soon be detected, not suitable for staying long.

"You come to find me tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Lu Mi glanced at his companions who were either hiding in the shadows or "psychologically invisible," and nodded lightly.

He also intended to transfer to a safe house as soon as possible, so as not to suffer misfire from official Beyonders.

After Mr. K "teleported" away, Seeing Fu Lan Ka, Jianna, and Anthony walked out from their respective hiding places.

"We are going back to the safe house now." Lu Mi said without hesitation.

Seeing Fu Lan Ka nodded slightly, and said with a look of regret and heartache:

"'Arrogant Armor' doesn't know where it was exiled to. It would be a great pity if it were really lost."

Just now, if it weren't for the "Arrogant Armor" directly attacking the "Supervisor" Peierle's person in the painting, forcing her to change her life form, indirectly causing the illusionary Punishers to disappear, even if Lu Mi could still think of a way to draw the island liar Monit, he would be unable to support through the later stages—in that way, he would not only face Peierle's punishment, but also inevitably have to deal with Anthony's Punisher.

For Lu Mi and the others, "Arrogant Armor" was a hero, a very easy-to-use sealed item, and no one wanted it to be lost.

"If it were human, had wisdom, it could find its way back itself, but now..." Lu Mi sighed and grabbed Anthony's shoulder with his left hand.

Just at this time, dots of brilliant starlight emerged from the void, quickly outlining into a dreamlike pair of doors.

The doors opened, and "Magician," "Judgment," and "Hermit" walked out.

"Magician" looked around and looked at Lu Mi, who was missing an arm and in a miserable state, and asked with a slightly strange expression:

"You were attacked?"

While she was speaking, the quarry hollow, which only had the light of calcium carbide lamps, became a little gloomier, and invisible curtains seemed to be pulled up all around.

"Yes." Seeing Fu Lan Ka replaced Lu Mi, whose injuries were only relieved and not enough to die suddenly, and briefly told the whole thing.

"The one who attacked you was Peierle's person in the painting, and her main body went to do other things?" "Magician" lady asked for confirmation.

"Should be like this." Lu Mi answered.

"Magician" looked at "Judgment" and "Hermit," their eyes met, and none of them concealed their own doubts.

After a short silence, "Magician" did not explain, the starlight in her eyes gathered, seemingly outlining some pattern.

A drizzle of rain fell accordingly, sprinkling on Lu Mi's body, letting his wounds heal completely.

Seeing Fu Lan Ka and the others, who were also nourished by the rain, washed away their fatigue.

This is very similar to the ability "Lady Night" used in the dream... Lu Mi had some associations.

"Magician" lady nodded and said:

"Write the detailed process for me tomorrow."

After speaking, she had already disappeared with "Judgment" and "Hermit."

And as the gloom around faded, Lu Mi found that they had returned to the safe house in the administrative district—Jianna had summoned "Judgment" lady's messenger here.

"'Magician' lady and the others are very confused that we were attacked by Peierle's person in the painting." Anthony put away the blank sketchbook and said his feelings just now.

Lu Mi nodded and said:

"What they should be confused about is not that Peierle attacked us; it's not strange for a 'Supervisor' with 'Black Box Trading' as the core to do anything."

"Then what are they confused about?" Jianna and Seeing Fu Lan Ka couldn't think of an answer.

Anthony tried to analyze:

"What they are confused about is indeed not that Peierle attacked us, but that we were attacked by Peierle.

"They seem to believe that we wouldn't be attacked by Peierle, as for whether Peierle had this intention and the action to realize the idea is not important."

Lu Mi and the others fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, Seeing Fu Lan Ka "ah"ed.

While looking at Lu Mi and the others, she happily pulled her hand slowly out of the "Traveler's Bag":

"'Arrogant Armor' is in here, it's back!"

"Magician" lady helped find it back? Lu Mi just had such a thought when he noticed Seeing Fu Lan Ka's action.

He immediately shouted:

"Stop!"

Can't let Seeing Fu Lan Ka take out the "Arrogant Armor"!

This is a cramped room, and I am here!

Seeing Fu Lan Ka's expression froze, and she stopped her elbow in time.

Inside the mirror world composed of tunnels of gloom and nothingness.

The "Supervisor" Peierle constantly transferred from one mirror to another, looking for the final destination.

Her expression was quite relaxed, rejoicing that this disaster had instead promoted the formation of the vortex.

At the other end of the gloomy and void tunnel, a bright ball of yarn quietly followed behind her, rolling forward silently, leaving a line hidden in the dark.

The next morning, after mailing the letter to "Magician" lady, Lu Mi came to the headquarters of "Psychic" magazine and met Mr. K in the basement.

Both of them were physically intact.

Mr. K, wearing a huge hood and a black robe, didn't care about this, and said to Lu Mi in a hoarse voice:

"Come with me to a place."

"What for?" Having had the cooperation last night, Lu Mi's attitude toward Mr. K became more and more relaxed.

Mr. K nodded as if to say:

"One is that I want to repent, for this matter, and the second is to tell the Lord through the statue that you have grown up and can serve as His messenger. He will make arrangements at the appropriate time, believe in the Lord, believe in the Lord with all your heart."

Just going to a place with the "True Creator"'s statue? That's fine... It's troublesome to really go to see God... Lu Mi lowered his head humbly and said:

"This is my honor."

Mr. K walked to his side, grabbed his arm, took him into the Spirit World, and began to "teleport."

Passing through layers of rich color blocks and countless indescribable transparent creatures, the two arrived at a church.

The church seemed to be located in a deep valley, its surface was water-black, carved with a large number of human bones, and the top was very similar to the church of the "Eternal Blazing Sun" Church, in a hemispherical shape.

Mr. K didn't speak, bent his waist and back slightly, and passed through the open door.

Lu Mi followed closely behind.

He immediately saw the spacious but gloomy prayer hall, and saw a huge, pitch-black cross standing in the depths of the church.

On the cross hung a naked male statue, with obvious rusty iron nails exposed on various parts of its body, and fresh red blood rendered around each iron nail.

This is the "True Creator"'s statue? Lu Mi was shocked in his heart and hurriedly withdrew his gaze.

What he saw in the "Fool" Church, the "Eternal Blazing Sun" Church, and the "God of Steam and Machinery" Church were just holy emblems, not statues—he thought Mr. K was using the statue to refer to the holy emblem just now.

Mr. K walked all the way to four or five meters in front of the statue and stopped moving.

Lu Mi lagged behind a little and stopped his steps.

On the way from the door to here, he had already seen the face of the hanging statue clearly:

The nose, mouth, and ears were all quite blurry, only outlines, but the eyes were very clear, closing tightly, as if bearing all the pain and sin.

Mr. K drew a cross on his chest and shouted in a hoarse voice:

"Praise You!

"Praise You for creating everything!

"Praise You for bearing the sins of the world!"

Lu Mi followed the same action and praised the same words.

Suddenly, his head felt dizzy, his eyeballs became slightly hot, and he had a sense of familiarity with the current scene.

This... Lu Mi's spiritual intuition told him that this was the negative effect of the Bainfer contract being activated.

That effect was:

In scenes closely related to Bainfer's past, one would see the truth that shouldn't be seen.

Is this closely related to Bainfer's past? Was he once a clergyman of the "True Creator"? While Lu Mi had some guesses, he suppressed his curiosity and still stared at the ground.

Suddenly, his gaze froze.

He saw a lizard-like blurry creature.

That was the lizard-like little elf that appeared in his dream about Kordu Village, the lizard-like little elf that crawled out of Aurora's mouth!

It likely influenced Aurora, making her not seek help from "Hela" in time!

And at the end of the "Shadow Tree" incident, this lizard-like little elf also appeared.

Now, why would it be here, in the church of the "True Creator"?

When Mr. K half-lay on the ground, letting his face stick tightly to the water-black stone bricks, Lu Mi subconsciously raised his head and looked forward.

He saw the huge pitch-black cross become illusory, seemingly standing on the top of a certain mountain range, and saw that on the blurry figure hanging, one lizard-like little elf after another crawled in and out, circling and flying...

Lu Mi stared at this scene numbly, and Mr. K's voice, which was slightly muffled because his mouth was stuck to the ground, rang in his ears:

"Merciful Father, please forgive me, I have committed sins."

(End of volume)

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