"Is this a moral kidnapping?" Archie asked.

"You can understand it that way, too." Eugene said without the slightest shame.

Archie stared coldly at the two people in front of him, remembering the words in his father's notebook, his heart was full of coldness and contempt for the inspection bureau.

Charlie and Albert ...... Is it for this kind of organization that you are desperate?

It's really, I can't laugh.

"I don't know." Archie said coldly.

Eugene sighed and glanced at Job, "It seems that words alone can't convince you." ”

He put his finger back on the frame, and Archie noticed his movement, and the alarm bell went through his mind.

He had done this before, but was stopped by Job, what is it? What will happen? Is it the Origin ability?

"Don't worry, Dr. Archie, my abilities are different from that disgusting contaminant, and they won't cause you any harm," Eugene approached Archie, his fingers slowly removing his glasses, and the black eyes under the black frames were like a jumble of coils, trying to attract the humans he was looking at, "It's just a nightmare that is hard to wake up from." ”

Sphinx! Be sure to relay what you've heard to Rann!

Archie said quickly in his mind that he didn't know if the Sphinx could understand what he meant, but some kind of intuition told him that if this person's abilities were really hypnotic, it would be terrible.

He has too much information that he must not reveal, not to mention that Archie's ability itself is a huge source of information.

Ding——

At this time, the sound of a text message suddenly sounded in the room, and Eugene's movements paused for two seconds, straightened up, put his hand in his pocket, and took out his mobile phone.

I don't know what Eugene saw, his eyes widened slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile.

"Interesting ......"

What? What happened?

Eugene threw the phone to Job, then turned and left the room: "Come here, wake up that hacker with me, there's no time for him to sleep." ”

Job catches Eugene's phone and sees the text message on it.

[Leave Archie now, or I will destroy the heritage of the strangers.] 】

"It's ...... Letter from Albert? Job's eyes widened, and he glanced at Archie, who was looking at him suspiciously, pursed his lips, and followed Eugene's footsteps.

After they left, Archie began to brainstorm.

What did that Job just say? Albert sent a text message? But isn't he still in Lord Rann's kingdom......

Archie gritted his teeth, quickly closed his eyes and went to the gap in the dream, the Sphinx didn't need him to say more, he knew what he was going to do when he saw Archie's figure, and turned and stepped into the mist.

Hurry up and inform Lord Rann of what's going on!

The Sphinx came to the Kingdom of God again through the mist, and the moment he stepped here, Rann noticed his arrival, looked at him strangely, and before Rann could ask, the Sphinx said anxiously: "Oh no, Lord Ran, something happened to Archie!" ”

He told Rann about Archie's interrogation and the eventual text message interrupting the man's ability to unleash Eugene's powers, and of course not sparing Job's last whispered name.

"Albert?" Rann had a deep surprise in his eyes, "But, it's impossible. ”

"Because Albert is still in a deep coma and has not woken up."

Albert is now in Ran's kingdom, and no movement can escape Ran's eyes, and the other party is as quiet as if he can't wake up during this time.

But if this text message was not sent by Albert, who did it?

……

Eugene and Job returned to the hospital again, and within an hour of it, Edmund watched as they left and returned.

"Did something happen?"

"There's no time to talk nonsense with you," Eugene grabbed Job by the collar and went straight into the ICU, saying roughly, "Use your abilities on him, be sure to wake people up!" ”

Job didn't talk nonsense either, although he was very unhappy with Eugene's attitude, but he also knew the priority of things now, and he couldn't care about his own weakness and used his abilities on Edie again.

The faint white light, which lit up in the ICU and dimmed again, lasted for at least an hour.

An hour later, Job was almost unconscious, Edie's face was much better, but he still didn't wake up, Eugene found a few doctors to diagnose and treat, and the doctors who worked here had never seen a situation where yesterday's near-death was almost as good today, and for a while, the three views were subverted, and only came back to his senses under Eugene's several threats, and said tremblingly: "This, this may be that when this patient was sent, his breathing and heart blood supply had stopped, resulting in a lack of oxygen to the brain." ”

"I ask you when he might wake up?"

"This ...... I can't say for sure, it could be the next second, or it could be that I won't wake up for a long time. Although the doctor did not make a clear conclusion, anyone who knew some medical common sense knew what he meant.

It's that Edie is likely to become a vegetative person.

Eugene didn't frown when he heard this, and kicked out the redundant doctors and nurses, took off his black gloves, and pressed his palm against Edie's head.

"Wait, wait, what are you going to do?" Job asked with difficulty.

"Shut up," said Eugene grimly, "where is there time for him to lie in bed now." ”

"It's time for you to wake up, Edie."

Eugene's origin ability [hypnotist] can invade the consciousness and spirit of the other party through eye contact or physical contact, and complete common sense transformation, hypnosis, suggestion, and so on.

The Origin Ability can derive different abilities as it gradually penetrates into the layers of the Dream Gap, just like Edmund's [Joker], at the beginning of the awakening ability is superior physical fitness and the use of weapons such as knives, and later on the second layer, further awaken the control of limbs and self-healing ability.

The same is true of Eugene's [Hypnotist], in addition to the initial hints, he has further developed the use of combing the spirit and disturbing the consciousness.

He had used the spirit of invading Job to force him to come to his senses before, and he had used the same with Edie now.

Edie's originally peaceful sleeping face was destroyed in an instant, his brows were furrowed, his face was full of pain, and the wiring of the brainwave machine on the side began to beat violently, Job wanted to stop him from acting roughly, but he couldn't stand up for a while.

Five minutes later, Edie screamed, finally opened her eyes, and sat up from the bed suddenly.

"Finally woke up," Eugene snorted, tossing his phone to Edie, "it's time to do something, track me the address from which this text message was sent." ”

Edie's eyes were glazed, and the phone didn't react when it was thrown into his hand, Eugene grabbed his face impatiently and took off his glasses: "Now, use your ability to find out where this text message is sent, understand?" ”

His dark eyes seemed to be a whirlpool of wires, sucking everything up, Edie trembled, picked up the phone, and subconsciously did what he said.

[Cyber Ghost]'s ability is forcibly activated, and Edie sends text messages according to Eugene's words, and at the same time uses his ability to track down the address of the two sides during the exchange of text messages.

[Are you Albert?] What are you doing? 】

【^-^】

[That thing is indeed with you, I have left Archie's side and handed it over to us.] 】

Looking at the constant text messages, the man with rare long black hair chuckled, threw his phone into the walls of Arkham Hospital, hummed a brisk tune, and walked briskly along the road in the shade.

Passers-by along the way couldn't help but look at him, without him, this man's skin is too good-looking, there is a kind of delicate and gentle between his eyebrows and eyes, which is rare for Western men, and his body is surrounded by the fragrance of flowers.

Archie Hayes.

Amos read the name in his heart, and he remembered that this man who was as cold as an iceberg, although he was not the center of the last plan, was hovering on the edge of ambiguity for various reasons.

He is Albert's best friend, hair small, and childhood sweetheart.

At the same time, his father, an undercover agent sent by the Inspectorate, a foreigner.

But at this moment, for Amos, Archie's most important identity is only one, and that is Ran's follower.

"Saving Archie Hayes should be a big help to that person."

Amos murmured softly, he closed his eyes, and stood in the shade of the road, Arkham was a rare sunny day today, and the warm sunlight passed through the shade of the trees, forming specks of different shapes, and falling into Amos's bewildering, gentle brow.

Passers-by were all attracted to him and stopped, and this strange attraction was not just like seeing a beautiful flower on the road, but some deeper reason, as if he could easily become the center of the crowd if the man wanted to.

Or...... Become a marginal figure that no one cares about, a ghost with no sense of existence.

Amos opened his eyes, and the crowd of people who had been attracted continued on their way as if nothing had happened, and they didn't even remember that they had stopped to watch a beautiful man.

Rann.

He silently recited the name in his heart, his fair face was a demented red, and the thought of that mysterious and rare flower that could never be collected in the real world was as itchy as being eaten by ants.

After plundering the Flower of the Soul of Sauron, the leader of the Outlanders, Amos disappeared for a long time to digest the strange petals.

He had received a lot of information that others could not have imagined, and for this reason, the idea of getting Rann was even stronger.

He had a hunch that that was the ultimate he was pursuing.

No one, no god, could be more special than Rann.

But how to get started is a difficult question.

But it doesn't matter, the last thing Amos is afraid of is overcoming problems.

He can lurk around the leader of the strangers for many years, and he can spend his life pursuing the ultimate flower.

And the next goal......

Amos looked at the walls of Arkham Hospital, curling the corners of her mouth slightly.

Let the inspection bureau take his place.

……

"Found it." Edie said with difficulty, his eyes were bloodshot and his eyes were full of exhaustion, his current mental and physical state could not support it at all

source ability, but because of Eugene's hints, it is strong to support the dry body overdraft spirit.

"The address is in ...... In this range. Edie pointed to a point on the map with the last of his strength, and then he couldn't hold it anymore and passed out.

"Tsk." Eugene looked at the map, frowned, and looked at the two people in the ICU room.

Both Job and Edie passed out in a coma because of their forcible activation.

Outside, Dinah and Eunice are not yet well.

"Really, there's not a single guy who can use it."

……

By the time Edie came to his senses, he had been transferred to another ward.

"I—I just ......"

"Oh, Edie, you're awake." Dinah brought water and fruit, "How is your body feeling?" ”

"It's a little better." Edie tugged at the corners of her mouth with difficulty, sat up from the bed, and covered her head sharply the next moment, "What's the situation now?" My head hurts......"

"That bastard forcibly hypnotized you before, sorry, I couldn't stop him."

Job's voice came from the next room, and Edie turned his head and looked at the person lying on the next hospital bed in shock: "Captain? ”

He could barely recognize the man lying in the hospital bed as Job, who a few days ago was in extremely good health, strong and powerful, and anyone would praise him with a 'fierce man'.

But now Job is almost a little smaller than before, and his face is thin and withered.

"What's going on!?"

"A little ability to use the side effects of overuse." Job said vaguely.

"It's not a side effect," Dinah was able to get out of bed, one of the least injured members of the squad, pouring a glass of water for Edie and Job as they woke up, "I've seen the captain's hands and feet cut off. ”

"Hands and feet?" Edie's eyes widened, and he noticed that the skin on Job's arms and legs was different from the one around them, as if they had grown new.

He remembered that they were fighting the Hidden Church before they passed out.

Is that a good result......

Edie looked at Dinah, and Dinah said lightly: "We were defeated, if it weren't for your rescue signal to let Edmund and the police dispatch, I'm afraid we would have died there." ”

"How dare that cult act so unscrupulously!" Edie's chest rose and fell violently, and he was angry.

"yes, no one thought that their counterattack would come so quickly." Job smiled wryly, "I'm sorry, this was a mistake in my judgment, I thought there would be no surprises as long as we moved fast enough." ”

"It's not your fault, Captain," Dinah sighed, "who would have thought that the leader of Black Poker would survive...... How the hell did he do it? ”

No one knows the answer to this question, or this has always been a mystery in everyone's hearts, how did an ordinary person who was slaughtered not long ago make such a sharp counterattack in such a short period of time?

"God ......"

Eunice's voice caught everyone's attention, and Eunice said numbly, "Is there any other possibility besides this possibility?" ”

"God...... ? Job muttered.

The gods of the Secret Church, of course they know that the Evil Church has its own masters, that is to say, everything they have suffered before is due to the revenge of the evil gods?

Evil gods, even in the tasks of the inspection bureau, rarely appear, and there are very few investigators to leave records, and the reason is very simple.

Because the investigators who have seen the evil god are either crazy or dead.

It's completely out of the norm and can't easily descend to reality, but once involved in the event, no matter what level of mission it is, it will automatically rise to the 'unknown' level, and there are very few investigators who can survive.

So the inspection team didn't think about it in this direction at all at first.

When everyone was silent, Edie struggled to get up and grabbed the computer next to him.

Job was taken aback: "Edie! You can't use abilities in your current state. ”

"But I'm not convinced!" Needless to say, Edie also knew his situation, and now he couldn't stand the headache just by staring at the screen.

But he can't do nothing. At the very least, at least he had to find out what this secret church was, and this organization was not a new little church at all! There is no small church where there are so many dead people who don't want to die!

"What is the dog of the loser crying wolf?" Eugene pushed open the door of the ward and walked in, seeing Edie's appearance, and mocked, "Looks like you're recovering well, that's just right." ”

"It's time to get up and work."

……

"Are they targeting the heritage of strangers?" Rann muttered something the Sphinx had told him earlier.

He returned to Albert's hospital room, and as expected, the blonde man was still lying in the hospital bed, dying.

Strange to say, Albert's injuries did not deteriorate further, nor did they appear to be healing, so he couldn't get stuck here, and sometimes Rann almost forgot that his kingdom of God was still lying sick.

Luke Sr. often wandered around here, but because Rann had no way to communicate with him, he didn't know why Luke Sr. wanted to bring Albert back in the first place.

Information from Archie and Edmund let Rann know that Albert had become the center of yet another conspiracy, and that if left alone, they would find it sooner or later.

But Rann couldn't give up Albert, not only because Albert was a friend of Archie, but he couldn't personally abandon such an investigator with a sense of justice.

Well, although in a way they seem to be hostile.

But......

Thinking of that time against the leader of the Outlanders, Sauron, Albert was desperate, preferring to burn himself to save Arkham's figure, and Rann had no way to leave him alone.

In any case, Arkham was saved, and Albert also had a share of the credit.

Rann attempted to summon the scepter, pulling out a seed in his left hand.

Recently, after his experiments in the Kingdom of God, he has been able to give birth to a variety of effective plants, which is much easier than experimenting with enchanted weapons, maybe the talent point of the Faun is in plants and animals?

The spiritual seed gradually gathered light in Ran's hand, and finally a sprout grew, and Rann plucked a sprout, broke Albert's mouth, and stuffed it inside.

Soon, a miracle happened, and the messy burn scars on Albert's body began to gradually turn gray, peeling off like dead skin, and new tender flesh grew underneath.

It took about two or three seeds of effort, and the burns on Albert's body were barely visible, and his face returned to its previous handsomeness.

But there was no sign of waking up.

Rann tried everything, but the blonde man was still like a sleeping beauty, unable to open his eyes, which made Rann very puzzled.

"Master, master." The Sphinx rubbed Rann's calf and actively recommended himself.

"I almost forgot about you," Rann looked sideways at the Sphinx, "Is there any way you can wake him up?" ”

The Sphinx put on a serious face: "May I ask Lord Ran, what kind of cat do you like?" ”

"Well, you'll be spoiled with me." Rann thought for a moment, "I don't really like cold cats. ”

When the Sphinx heard this, he instantly petrified on the spot.

That's the end, the cat sect hasn't started yet, is it going to be out?

"Answer?"

The Sphinx said with difficulty: "This person is in a state of assessment right now, so he can't wake up for a long time. ”

"Assessment?" Rann was stunned.

"Yes, so even if you heal his superficial wounds, he won't be able to wake up, because his soul is now trapped in the third layer of the Dream Gap."

The Sphinx stared deeply at the blonde man lying on the hospital bed: "Moreover, this level is the most dangerous and unpredictable level of the dream gap. ”

Rann frowned, "Will he die?" ”

"Dead? No, no, in a way, no one will die at this level. The Sphinx flicked his tail, "Everyone can come back safely from this level...... But it's hard to say whether the person who came back was his original self. ”

Rann was stunned for a moment, and at this moment, the information of the past flashed through his mind one by one, and the Faceless One, the strange one that began to appear from the staircase of the second layer.

"You mean ......"

"You're right," the Sphinx nodded, "The test of this level is carried out in the subconscious of people, it may be dreams, it may be memories, those greedy monsters will enter the subconscious of human beings to attack them and devour them, if they do not pass through this level, those monsters wandering on the stairs, the undead in the dream realm, will replace them...... Back to reality! ”

The Sphinx got up, walked around Albert's hospital bed, and sighed: "He's very dangerous now, just like the previous level, the shorter the time to pass through the third layer of the Dream Gap, the better, if the time is too long, it will attract a steady stream of weirdness into his subconscious in the fog, fighting in his dreams, and now, how many days has he been lying here?" ”

Ran: "At least a week ......"

The Sphinx gasped: "Okay, I think we can collect his body, anyway, it can't be this person who woke up, at this point in time, it is estimated that even A-class weirdness may appear, it's hopeless, bury it." ”

Rann looked at Albert, who had slept peacefully, his blue eyes closed.

He remembered the first time he saw Albert, the sunny police officer, the undercover agent advancing in the dark. Which side is the real him?

"Master?" The Sphinx couldn't help but sigh.

Rann came back to his senses and noticed that he had unconsciously touched Albert's face.

If he has been unable to sleep, then the inheritance of the stranger will probably not see the light of day.

Rann still has a lot of questions, about U-M, about strangers.

In his dreams, can he give himself the answer?

At the thought of a thought, some kind of hidden existence gave Rann a response again, and a heavy mist appeared around him, which connected Rann and Albert lying on the hospital bed, and the Sphinx subconsciously stretched out his claws, but grabbed a void.

Rann was gone. ：，，.