"The demon at the crossroads?"

Puzzled, Odeya asked, "What's that?" ”

Sam explained:

"As Mr. Stan said, bury a tin box with your picture at the crossroads, and then the demon will appear, and you can get 10 years of good luck by trading with the demon, but when the deadline expires after 10 years, the demon will take the trader's soul and send him to hell."

"What?!"

Odeya looked at her father and screamed, "You made a deal with the demon? ”

"Nope!"

Stan hurriedly waved his hand, "I didn't make a deal with the demon, and the agreement doesn't have a clause for hell in 10 years." ”

Sam says:

I also think that Mr. Stan should not have encountered a "crossroads demon", because if you want to sign a deal, you have to kiss, so for men, demons usually turn into all kinds of beautiful women, but Mr. Stan said that if he met a man, then it should not be a "crossroads demon". ”

Rorschach nodded to the side and asked:

"Mr. Stan, did the mysterious man tell you his name?"

"He ......"

Stan frowned and thought for a moment, saying, "He seems to say his name is Lux." ”

"Lux?"

Rorschach narrowed his eyes, the name was unfamiliar, "Did he say anything else?" ”

"He just said he was passing by here and helped me get a wish."

Stan licked his lips, "Nothing else, oh...... By the way, he said he was going to Los Angeles. ”

"Los Angeles ......"

Rorschach's heart sank, and he didn't think of any clues for the time being.

Stan asked, somewhat nervously:

"You say that guy is a demon?"

"Maybe......"

Rorschach looked at Sam beside him.

Sam shook his head and said:

"It's hard to say...... According to Mr. Stan, that guy isn't necessarily a demon, because the devil never makes a deal to himself. ”

Rorschach nodded, no matter who Mr. Stan met, the most important thing now was to deal with Slabi first, that guy had so many storybook manuscripts in his hands, it was too dangerous.

……

In a park next to Madisontown.

On the ground, Slabi arranged the storybooks together in the shape of a ring.

It stood in the center of the ring, looked around, and said:

"Hello old friends, hee-hee...... Since Dad never wanted to accept us as a family, I had to do it myself. ”

Slabi closed his eyes and began to utter strange words in his mouth.

"Kalulu, Mora, O'Dona, Roma, Morafu, Carano, ......"

It turned out to be a spell.

As Slabi finished the spell, the storybooks beside him began to open automatically, and black smoke rose from the open pages, and as the smoke left, the storybooks began to spontaneously combustion.

Soon a ring of storybooks formed around Slabbi, and it stood in the middle of the ring of fire, letting out a shrill laugh.

"My friends, I'm sure Dad must have had a wonderful look on his face when he saw us...... Ha ha...... Hee-hee......"

With Srabi's shriek, dark shadows began to appear around him, followed by various roars that resounded throughout the park.

……

Inside the villa estate.

Suddenly, there was a beep in Rorschach's agent headphones.

Rorschach hurriedly said hello to Sam and the others, then walked to the side of the room and flipped the headphone switch.

Agent Hand's voice rang out:

"Agent Rorschach, the situation is very urgent right now!"

Hearing Agent Hand's hurried words, Rorschach frowned and hurriedly asked:

"What's wrong, Agent Hand? What emergency happened? ”

"When the drone was scouting over the town of Madison, it noticed a lot of strange creatures in the park outside the town."

"Strange Creature ......"

Rorschach gasped, "It can't be all kinds of monsters, right?" ”

"Pretty much ......"

Agent Hand's voice paused, "I don't know what those guys are, but I'm sure they're not good guys." ”

"It must have been Slabbi's doing."

Rorschach made a long story short and briefed Agent Hand about Slabbi.

Agent Hande said in a deep voice:

"So it seems that this investigation has escalated."

"Yes, it looks like we need to evacuate the residents of Madison immediately?"

"Well, the townsfolk must be evacuated......"

Rorschach heard Agent Hand's sigh.

She said:

"Agent Rorschach, you're really good at causing trouble, I was just about to deal with the matter of the town middle school, and now this kind of thing is happening again."

"Thank you for your hard work."

"Alas......"

Agent Hande muttered, "The nearest reinforcements will take three hours to arrive, and I'm going to evacuate the townspeople to safety no matter what you do." ”

"I know, I'm going to do it."

"Okay, stay in touch at any time, I'll try to use the drone to help you out."

"Understood."

After the call, Rorschach hurries back to the living room and tells Sam, Stan, and Odeya about the situation.

All three were shocked by the news.

Sam turned to Stan and asked:

"Mr. Stan, how many monsters do you think you have in your storybooks?"

"I ......"

Stan swallows, "I don't know...... There could be hundreds, thousands...... You have to know that a lot of monsters live in groups......"

Sam exhaled and asked:

"We're going to face an army of monsters?"

"No, no."

Stan hurriedly said, "Those monsters are not all very evil, except for a few people, in fact, most of them are just pranks, at most scary, and they simply can't exist in the real world for long, and when their magic runs out, they need to go back to sleep in the storybook." ”

Rorschach asked:

"So is there a way to keep them in the real world for a long time?"

"Unless ......"

Stan bit his lip and said, "There's a spell that I got by accident that allows monsters to exist in the real world for a long time, but at the cost that they won't be able to return to the storybook, because after using this spell, the storybook will be ignited." At the same time, the monsters have lost their ability to recover, and if they are killed, they are really dead......"

"Does Slabi know this spell?"

"Probably...... Yes......" Stan replied.

Rorschach nodded, if Slabi used this spell, he could at least kill the monsters completely, and after thinking about it, he said to Sam, "We need to evacuate the townspeople immediately." ”

"Hmm."

Sam nodded, "What's next?" ”

"Call the police, then go to the town's radio station and make an evacuation announcement."

"Okay, leave it to me."

Sam settled the matter.

Rorschach turned to Stan again and asked:

"Mr. Stan, how soon do you think it will take to finish the story?"

"I ......"

Stan thought for a moment and said, "Give me another hour." ”

"Okay."

Rorschach nodded, "We'll need to lure the monsters who want to get closer to the town. ”

Odea looked at me nervously and asked:

"So what are we going to do?"

Stan suddenly said:

"Listen to me, what Slabi wants is me, I'm the one it's looking for, and if I drive out of here, I'm sure they'll come after me, so you'll be safe."

"I'll go with you!"

Odeya looked at her father.

"Nope! You stay here! ”

Stan patted Odeya on the shoulder, "I've been hiding from people all my life, I'm angry with this real world, so I created these horrible monsters, and even later I was terrified of them, I ran away from here, I didn't want to see these horrible monsters, but now I'm never going to run away again, it's my fault, it's not the town's fault, it's not your fault......"

"There's always another way!"

Odeya stared at her father with red eyes.

"Odeya, dear ......"

Stan said firmly, "It's time for me to face my demons." ”

"Don't ......"

Tears flowed from Odeya's eyes.

Rorschach looked at the father and daughter and pondered for a moment.

"Actually, it doesn't have to be so troublesome."