18 Chapter 18
After Edmund fled in a panic, he was still in a trance for a while.
What is that?
He took the necklace outside, and was horrified to find that the necklace of the six-pointed star, which had never changed before, had a slight sign of melting.
You know, he'd seen a lot of dangerous weirdness in the Bureau of Investigation in the past, but he had never seen the necklace react so much.
The guy in this treatment room, what the hell is he......
At this moment, Edmund's mind flashed through the inner world that the captain had told him, as well as the evil gods, and his heart sank, and he hurried back to the police station.
The Inspectorate is a special security bureau that is independent of the police system but higher than the police system, so they have been borrowing the territory of the police station since they came to Arkham, of course, this arrogant attitude has also caused many police officers to resent it, Edmund was given a blank eye by many people when he hurriedly broke into the police station, but at the moment he had no time to care about such a trivial matter, and eagerly broke into the office dedicated to the members of the Inspectorate.
"IāI found ......"
The people in the office looked over, and the moment they realized it was Edmund, they lowered their heads again, looking uninterested.
Edmund opened his mouth, his original enthusiasm suddenly cooled by this indifferent attitude, but even so, he still said with difficulty: "I have important clues to report." ā
The inspection bureau is always in the line between madness and darkness, in order to protect the safety of the people, and stop the strange appearance and the conspiracy of evil gods in time...... Investigator Organization.
The oath he had made when he joined the Inspectorate echoed in his mind, and Edmund gritted his teeth and raised his voice: "I have found traces of the evil god in Arkham City!" ā
The captain stood up suddenly: "What did you say?" Are you sure? ā
"I'm sure the evil gods have descended into this world."
"Have you seen Him? How do you determine your judgment? Someone asked, confused.
"I ......" Edmund froze, he was sure of this because of the necklace's mutation and his personal experience with Rann.
The feeling that his mind seemed to have become strange was deeply imprinted in his mind, so he was sure that it was not something weird, the information in the inspection bureau clearly wrote that weirdness does not have the wisdom of normal people, and Rann was obviously able to communicate with him normally, and the other party was still hidden in human society, and others did not react, it was obvious that only God could do this.
But he couldn't explain it to his companions, his necklace was clearly a curiosity, but he couldn't explain the origin of the strange thing, and the necklace was a relic of his mother to him, and he couldn't afford to risk losing it.
At this time, he remembered all the abnormalities that appeared when he faced Ranne, and at that time his mental state was obviously wrong, if it wasn't for the necklace, I am afraid that he would have sunk directly. Fallen.
"You just have to see him and you'll know! What he looks like...... Something unusual," Edmund hesitated for a moment, deciding that his argument was not convincing enough, adding, "It's so beautiful that it's unusual." ā
Everyone in the office looked at each other with strange expressions, and finally, someone couldn't help but laugh.
This laughter became the fuse, and the office suddenly turned into a sea of joy, Edmund stood in place in confusion, and the captain said with some reluctance: "Edmund, did someone tell you something when you were at the headquarters?" ā
Edmund was a little puzzled by what the captain meant: "...... Some of the more experienced investigators have told me that the weird and evil gods are dependents, and some of the evil gods do have different faces from normal people. ā
"That's true," the captain said awkwardly, "There are often newcomers who misunderstand this, thinking that someone is too ugly or too good-looking, and they think that they are weird or evil gods, but in fact, many of them are your delusions. ā
"But...... No, I'm sure I'm facing him...... You'll see it with your own eyes! He's in the psychotherapy room on Seventh Avenue! Edmund shouted anxiously.
"Psychotherapy room?"
An unfamiliar voice came from outside the room, Edmund was in too much of a hurry when he returned, the office door was not closed, and a policeman passing by heard them arguing inside, and said in passing, "You can't be talking about Dr. Rann, right?" ā
"Oh, sorry, you guys are so loud that you can hear them in the hallway outside."
The captain glared at the careless Edmund in embarrassment, knowing that the existence of the Inspectorate, and their purpose, were kept secret from ordinary people.
Edmund was too anxious to see the captain's eyes, and found that someone finally responded to him, and hurriedly asked, "You also know Ran?!" ā
"Of course, Mr. Rann did us a great favor before, and if he hadn't helped interrogate a criminal, I guess we'd still be stuck in the interrogation barrier," the cop shrugged, "and he's a friend of our Sergeant Albert, and he's a great psychiatrist, not to mention good-looking." ā
He ...... Helped with the interrogation before, he was here? ā
"Of course, we've seen him in many of us." The police deserve to be authentic.
Edmund's lips squirmed, and his voice was so small that it almost disappeared: "Don't you think there's something unusual about him?" ā
"What anomaly? Delusion, Dr. Rann is very good at hypnosis," the policeman laughed, "maybe he's joking with you?" Ha ha. ā
With that, the policeman left, and Edmund bowed his head in silence.
Helping with the interrogation, there is nothing abnormal in the face of normal people, and most importantly, he also has normal social friends and opens a psychotherapy room.
With such an existence, it is really hard to imagine that he will be an evil god, and it is far from the indescribable existence investigated by the inspection bureau in the past.
In the mocking eyes of the people around him, the captain patted Edmond on the shoulder wordlessly: "You may have been too tired lately, take a good rest during this time." ā
The subtext is to let him withdraw from this operation.
With that, the captain left the office with the other investigators and continued their investigation, leaving Edmund alone in the room.
In the empty office, Edmund's hanging hands clenched into fists, when he suddenly realized that he had been holding a blank piece of paper in his hand.
It was the piece of paper taken from Rann's psychotherapy room, with a standard clock drawn on it.
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Since Edmund left, there was no intention of coming back.
However, Rann was not depressed for long, as new NPCs soon came to the door.
It seems that players have been flocking to the neighborhood lately, creating a bizarre illusion for people in the neighborhood. I thought it was a well-known psychotherapist who opened a psychological clinic here.
As a result, there are really people who come here.
Rann was shocked to learn that his new guest was not a player, and greeted them warmly.
"Hello, who needs psychotherapy?" Rann swept around the crowd, and there were two or three of them, and at a glance, he didn't know who had gone wrong.
Two men and a woman, dark-skinned and seemingly brother and sister, came to the psychiatric room, and they unexpectedly fell into a stupor the moment they walked in and saw Rann, and it took a full minute to react.
The man in front of him frowned almost immediately, whispering something to his younger siblings, the language they were using was still a little different from the current official language, and Rann really didn't know what they were talking about for a moment.
But judging from the micro-expressions on the face...... It should be said that it is not a good thing.
Rann was not mistaken, at this moment they were debating whether to continue.
"Little sister, this is the famous psychiatrist you are talking about? It also looks too young, and it's also ...... "too good-looking."
"yes, more like a TV star than a psychiatrist."
"I don't know very well, but I think it's a well-known psychologist in the industry who has come out to open a clinic." Xiaomei actually didn't have much investigation, mainly because her uncle's condition was menacing, and they didn't have the extra budget to hire those famous doctors.
But now that she sees Ran, the little sister has a different opinion in her heart, nothing else, this doctor is really good-looking, and their uncle has always been very face-controlling: "Don't you think...... Could it have worked wonders to have this doctor here? ā
As soon as the words fell, the corners of the two brothers' mouths twitched, but looking at Ran's confused face, the two had to admit that what their sister said might be right.
Who made their unreliable uncle unabashedly his love for beautiful things.
Rann stood calmly to the side, waiting for their discussion to end for a while before speaking, "Have you made a decision?" ā
"yes, I'm sorry." The man in charge switched the language, and it became the official language that Rann could understand, "That's right, we would like to invite you to visit the doctor, the patient is now unable to move due to special reasons, can you please come to our home to see a doctor?" ā
It feels like a lot of trouble......
Rann just wanted to refuse.
"Of course, the cost we can pay is only 400 dollars, and if you are willing to go to the clinic, you can get the 400 dollars, and if you can cure our father, there will be a reward of 600 dollars."
"Then what are you waiting for, let's go." Ran's face was grim, and he quickly packed up his things, anyway, there was nothing to clean up, and he didn't need any medical equipment for psychotherapy, mainly to hang a sign outside to tell the player that he was not there for the time being.
This series of actions is called a crisp and neat, which makes the three brothers and sisters worry while being gratified.
You must know that the treatment fee of 1,000 Western dollars is not a high price for senior doctors in this industry at all.
But in the end, they didn't say anything, let's be a dead horse as a live horse doctor.
Rann didn't know anything about the mental activities of the three of them, and followed them all the way to a relatively remote city, and as soon as he walked in, Rann was keenly aware of the many covetous eyes cast nearby.
"I'm sorry, but it's rare for outsiders to come here." The little sister whispered a word and gave the two brothers a look, and the three of them immediately blocked the left and right sides of Ran, and the sight from the shadows disappeared without a trace.
At the same time, Rann also found that the pedestrians around him were indeed a little different from the outside, the most obvious was the difference in skin color, although Arkham was an overhead city, but the cultural roots and races were still more than the previous Europe, and the skin color of these people in front of him was obviously a little surprised by the people outside.
Coupled with the characteristics between the eyebrows and eyes of the three brothers and sisters, as well as the characteristics of the surrounding buildings.
If Rann is not mistaken, they should be from the Kamuyi tribe.
The Kamuyi are a special race that only has frequent contact with players in the late game, a wandering people, who usually have special activity areas in a city, especially good at divination and medicine, and will also hold trading gatherings on special days.
They usually live a very closed life, and only if they are considered friends, that is, if they have a friendly reputation level or above, they will be invited to the Kamuyi to participate in the rally, and have the opportunity to trade items at the rally.
You may not think there's anything to say about it, but don't underestimate this trading rally, although the scale is small, but there are often good things.
For example, one of the 'artifacts' that has always been in the hearts of players, the old seal.
For example, some potions with strange effects can only appear at this gathering.
Thinking of this, Rann couldn't help but start to guess the purpose of the group of people looking for him, and soon, the three siblings led Rann to a somewhat humble two-story building.
The door opened, and a beautiful woman with wrinkles in the corners of her eyes but still in her beauty walked out of the house, and saw that the three brothers and sisters were first overjoyed, and then crossed their waists and scolded angrily:
"Your uncle is still sick, where did you all run to fool around?!"
"Mom, I'm taking my little sister and brother to the doctor." The older man explained with an embarrassed face, "Uncle, he's obviously here... If something goes wrong, you can't hide from the doctor at this time. ā
"Fart! Where is his psychological problem, the psychiatrist can't cure it, I found the local witch, only the witch can cure your father's disease! ā
"Mom......"
The little sister said coldly: "The money has been given, and it will not be returned now, so let the doctor take a look." ā
This sentence is a lore everywhere, Rann finally knew why they paid the deposit so easily, and sure enough, the woman's gaze turned to Rann, first her eyes flashed with a thick look of amazement, and then her eyes clearly showed entanglement and reluctance.
It can be seen that this amount of money is not a small amount for them.
The woman stood still for a few seconds, and reluctantly turned sideways: "Okay, you can come and take a look, but don't disturb a few great witches to cast spells." ā
Rann didn't mind her distrust, in fact, after knowing that this matter involved the Kamuyi tribe, he didn't expect to be able to solve it as easily as the last time he was at the police station, some of the Kamui people are really capable, and they are extremely good at medicine and divination, and they also know a little bit about the mysterious world, so they can all be helpless, presumably this matter is not small.
Besides, he was also curious about the great witch they were talking about.
Could it be a wizard or something? Wow, did he see magic so soon?
Of course, Rann was excited, you must know that in the middle stage, the character cards in the hands of players have a certain combat power, and magic is not a rare thing in the later stage, but at that time, it is almost the dark age of dependents and fanaticism.
Then, under Rann's curious gaze, the woman opened the door, revealing the true face of the Great Witch.
I saw a few mysterious young men wearing colorful feathers and leather hoods, and they looked very bluffing and Rann looked at each other.
Both sides were stunned on the spot.
Mom, how could the evil, evil god NPC be here??
Rann looked at the familiar white ID that appeared on their heads, and the whole Bengbu froze.
Isn't this a player???
Are they the Great Witch? How is it possible, players don't talk about learning magic at this time, and they can't even learn combat skills, and in the end, the attribute points are not enough at all.
Wait a minute.
A possibility popped into his mind, and Rann couldn't help but shake his pupils.
They're not scamming, are they?
Both sides fell into an eerie silence.
At the same time, in Yeye Hao's live broadcast room, after Rann appeared, the barrage exploded directly.