After dawn.

Cheng Shen first concocted a rare-level potion potion for Yusefka.

She had almost digested yesterday's potion, and Cheng Shen watched her take the potion, and she was successfully promoted to a rare professional compassionate pharmacist.

The materials needed to prepare a perfect-level potential potion are hard to find here, so you can only wait until you get out. He pointed out to Yusefka again, and the samples of plague serum were basically already curative.

It's ready for mass production.

"Why haven't the herbs I wanted been delivered yet?" Cheng Shen sat in the office, closed his eyes and recuperated, but his consciousness dived into the depths to communicate with a soul seed.

Weak information soon came.

"...... afternoon at the latest" Covey thought about it, feeling that he should still tell Cheng Shen about what had happened recently in the Holy Courtyard.

He replied, "There was an accident on the side of the Holy Courtyard, and even the appointment of the deacon was temporarily suppressed, and it is said that it is the central clinic in the inner city, and there is a body to be replaced by a big man, which has caused some trouble."

"Huh!?"

Cheng Shen's eyes narrowed slightly.

Hearing this crucial message, he immediately thought of his own flesh.

"What's going on?"

He asked.

"I haven't gotten any specific news yet, but a few of the Blood Crows from the Holy Courtyard have left, which seems to be a big trouble, oh yes, I vaguely heard them exchanging divine blood as they left...... and so on."

Covey replied honestly.

He didn't dare to be dishonest, Cheng Shen was not only able to control his life from a distance of hundreds of miles, but also showed him the terrifying ability to listen to his heart.

The slightest bad thought will be detected by him.

"Divine Blood ......"

Cheng Shen disconnected in deep thought.

He could predict that once his body lost control, it would immediately turn into a terrifying devouring monster. If it is allowed to grow indefinitely, it is only a matter of time before a city is destroyed.

Let's not talk about it.

His body also carries two terrifying and strange curses at the same time.

But he couldn't figure out that the Holy Court would link this matter with the divine blood, could it be because his bright red form was extremely special?

"It may just be a misdiagnosis......

He said in his heart.

It's just that the news reminded him.

Time is running out.

The system gave him a seven-day deadline to get his body back, but no one could predict what would happen to his body during these seven days.

It's better to do it as soon as possible.

"When the body is recovered, the identity of the crow doctor will not matter."

Cheng Shen stood up.

I thought about it.

He contacted Covey again.

"Find an excuse to transfer me to the Holy Courtyard, I'm going into the inner city."

"It's not the scope of my duties......

Covey complained.

"That's your problem, I'll see the order from the Holy House tomorrow at the latest."

Cheng Shen replied undeniably.

Covey's initial role in this step was to help him suppress the two sensational events of Merger's death and the clinic's annihilation. He is now a black crow, and with his status, it doesn't matter whether he can succeed him as dean.

The clinic is all under his control anyway.

Whether he is the dean or not doesn't matter what.

And when he gets his body back, if his identity is exposed in the process, Covey will naturally be useless.

Cheng Shen must take advantage of the moment to squeeze his value to the greatest extent.

Thinking about it, he got up and left the clinic, ready to visit Freljord, and by the way, to observe the reaction of the church after the death officer was released last night.

……

On the puppet side, Cheng Shen used a soul clone to complete the work on his behalf, and attracted the attention of the superintendent of the redemption home.

He left in disguise.

Sneak into the city and get ready to find some side quests.

Cheng Shen first

Time to think of the puppet shop, the task of that horror warehouse, he has not yet finished. He didn't dare to expose Old Johnny's strength before, but now that he has the level of the peak of the fourth order, there is no need to be afraid of him.

Race all the way.

The deserted puppet shop was soon in sight.

Cheng Shen had a keen eye, and at a glance, he saw that a little puppet in a red dress was lying on the threshold of the puppet shop as if he were pretending to be dead.

Alice.

Cheng Shen is also interested in exploring the secret of this little thing.

He quickened his pace, and just as he was about to get closer, he suddenly saw Alice, as if she had heard some kind of sound, and immediately rolled over and fell down the steps, and then her head popped out and pretended to climb out with great difficulty.

「…… Huh?"

Doubts suddenly rose in his heart.

Approaching, Cheng Shen observed Alice, bent down and reached out to pick her up, and the little puppet in the palm of his hand immediately struggled desperately.

"Don't! Let me go! Get me out of here!"

She shouted hoarsely.

"You can't leave?"

Cheng Shen thought of the picture where she could go directly just now, and couldn't help but ask.

「……！」

The puppet in his hand instantly became quiet.

The vivid face, drawn in bright red paint, evokes a creepy smile.

"You're here! There you are! I've finally waited for you!"

Cheng Shen realized that something was wrong.

His eyes suddenly became dark.

Reincarnation Desperate!

Airplanes!

Alice's soul is dragged directly into the boundless world of despair.

The waves were as black as ink, the sky was filled with dense clouds, and an eye as large as it was infinite was suspended silently in the dome.

With a loud rumbling sound.

seabed

An old manor house in the style of Western Europe slowly emerges.

Inside the manor, corpses were strewn all over the place, rivers of blood flowed, everything was dyed blood, and three figures stood in this terrible netherworld filter.

Thereinto.

A man and a woman stood in place with a jagged blade that had been cut into a jagged shape, covered in blood, their eyes blank and their faces glazed, and the blood that flowed drew a thin thread behind their heads.

Like marionettes.

Another slightly older figure was in the main hall, posing a female corpse dressed in aristocratic costume one after another.

The sickly smile that appeared on that distorted face may make people have nightmares for several nights after watching it.

Old Johnny.

Alice's desperate experience actually has something to do with him.

Cheng Shen recalled some things, it was about the Xicheng tragedy he had heard about, and he thought that the scene in front of him should be the original scene.

What made him feel uncomfortable was.

This story was told to him by old Johnny himself.

"When he talked to the redeemer when he took me to the factory, he clearly showed remorse for the incident. Now it seems that it is just a show, and the perversion in the heart of this old thing has been ingrained......

Cheng Shen shook his head.

He was not interested in watching the original tragedy repeat itself, and directly extracted Alice's soul.

Some inquiry.

His face gradually became unsightly.

"Old Jonny keeps you at the door every day, pretending to run away, just so that you can wait for the "Carl" who will help you make a different choice?"

He asked solemnly.

"Yes......"

Alice, whose soul took on the appearance of a girl, said pitifully.

"Did he say who you were waiting for?"

Cheng Shen asked.

"I...... One time when he was in a good mood, I heard him casually mention that he said that person would have the power to change the world......

Alice's answer eliminated Cheng Shen's last trace of luck.

"Hoo ......"

He couldn't help but take a deep breath, causing waves to rise in the Sea of Despair, and countless unknown horrors emerged and disappeared in the depths of the ocean.

The news was too shocking for him.

He had thought that old Jonny was just being threatened by the church and had to be Carl's weird guide.

But I don't want to.

This perverted old thing still has an amazing identity that has been hidden from the church!

The man who can say this and make such preparations, he can only think of one being,

The unbeliever!

The untrustworthy were also the same old survivors.

Only they will know how the other survivors came to this world!

This sudden shocking news was a hundred times more shocking than when Cheng Shen saw the ghost throwing the Poke Ball.

How did old Jonny calculate that Carl would be a vessel for the Arrival?!

Wait a minute!

An even more terrifying guess suddenly occurred to him.

Since Carl can remember, Marge has always been peeping at him all the time, and when it comes to her extremely hated old Jonny's performance, Cheng Shen can't help but think about it, she has always understood the possibility of this matter!

His coming,

In fact, it has already been calculated by this group of people for a long time!?

A great terror enveloped Cheng Shen, making his heart colder than a corpse.

Since entering the city, he has not found any clues about the unbelievers, who knows, the traces of their existence have long been scattered in every corner of his activities, intertwined into a tight web.

And he,

It's in the net.

"If I hadn't been so cautious at first, I'd have been exposed to the limelight by now.

Right now

Marg may ...... She's sure she already knows who I am."

Cheng Shen said firmly.

Marge's attitude towards him has become more and more peaceful lately, and she rarely scolds him anymore, and her sister, who has become her emotional trash can, is a bit miserable......

Moreover.

She should know the most about so many recent changes in herself.

"I'm just not sure what her position is, she's also one of the untrustworthy in the first place? Or are you trying to use me for other purposes?"

Can't figure it out.

And also.

The ghost thing had also reminded him before.

The hidden unbelievers may not be sure who will be the Advent, but they all use their own means. Especially the old Jonny, who has the closest contact with Carl, this kind of calculation can be said to be unguardable.

If he hadn't been cautious enough......

On the first day, he had the idea of looking for a chance to communicate with Alice! That's when he's going to have to be exposed!

"It's okay......"

Cheng Shen looked at Alice's soul.

"He's not in the store now?"

"Yes......"

Alice had already tasted his tricks and did not dare to lie.

"You are all people who were killed by him, why don't you dare to resist when you become ghosts?"

Cheng Shen asked.

"He holds our soul box, and as long as he gives the order, we can't even have the slightest thought of disobeying it......

Alice said.

"The thing that has been by his side?" Cheng Shen remembered a wooden box that Old Johnny always carried with him.

It's filled with a variety of lifelike and delicate dolls.

Now it seems that they are all poor people who were tortured to death by him and made into puppets.

This old thing's hobby is really perverted to the extreme.

"Immortality really makes people perverted."

Cheng Shen shook his head.

It is because of the long lifespan that people will continue to pursue more exciting things, those lives

For thousands of 800 years, I am afraid that none of the transcendent people have normal thinking.

「…… Does he usually associate with other people?"

Cheng Shen thought of one thing.

"Yes!"

Alice nodded affirmatively.

"There is an old tailor on West Street, and she makes our clothes by herself......

……

Back in reality, only a split second has passed.

Cheng Shen lowered his head and looked at Alice, whose facial expression gradually became smarter, "Although you almost killed me, but seeing that you are still honest, I can give you a way to live, and now take me to the place where he hid the treasure."

"Follow me!"

Alice rolled over and jumped off the ground and ran forward quickly.

Entering the inner room, the door was locked, and Cheng Shen was about to use force to destroy it, when he saw Alice pull out a hair and poke it into the keyhole.

Card.

The lock was opened directly.

"I usually do small things that he can tolerate, and he acquiesces......

Alice said with mixed emotions.

With the soul box, even if they run to the ends of the earth, they will be controlled by old Johnny.

He didn't care if the puppets would run away.

As for what Old Johnny asked her to do, except for himself and Cheng Shen, I'm afraid no one will understand the meaning, even if Alice has no intention of leaking her mouth to others, it will not hurt.

"Huh!? He didn't take the Soul Crate with him!

」

As soon as you enter the house.

Alice shouted excitedly.

Cheng Shen looked, and sure enough, a locked wooden box was firmly placed on the table.

"It can't be a trap......

He immediately cautiously released his perception and checked his surroundings, and there was indeed nothing.

Unless there is a formation here that even he can't see.

But that's basically impossible.

The effect of energy mastery allows him to see the flow of any form of energy, even the higher energies that he cannot yet control. And, judging from the previous performance, old Jonny should not be very good at formation.

It's one thing to have a long lifespan.

Mastering the formation method is more important to rely on talent...... And cheating.

He obviously doesn't have either.

Cheng Shen controlled his perception and cautiously covered the soul box, and suddenly sensed an energy containing a powerful aura.

Transcendent Matter......

He stopped.

This soul box must be very important to old Jonny, whether he touches or destroys, he will be immediately aware of it.

He had more important things to do.

"Destroy it!

Destroy it!"

Alice commanded excitedly.

"There's no hurry."

Cheng Shen responded, staring at Alice's resentful gaze and continuing to walk deeper.

He had to do one thing before he could alarm old Johnny.

Come to the backyard.

Cheng Shen tells Alice to go out to deal with old Johnny, who may rush back at any time, and then locks himself in the warehouse.

Walked over to the candlelit workbench.

Cheng Shen picked up a piece of wood and began to carve it without distraction.

In the quiet warehouse, there are gradually more sounds that should not be.

A system prompt will sound along with you.

[Trigger the side quest - Puppet Horror!] 】

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