Eldritch Horror Theatre

”That guy isn’t normal.”

Yuan Shan had already noticed it, without needing any warning from Fu Qian.

There was something deeply wrong with that man. This wasn’t an ordinary person throwing a fit.

”It’s as if his whole being suddenly went completely still, yet he still retains his sanity,”

Su Gao commented from the side.

”I feel like there might be a transcendent factor at play. I have to go take a look.”

Yuan Shan took swift and resolute action; as she spoke, she opened the door and stepped out of the car.

In the dark of the night, while his female companion was still staring in dumbfounded shock, the intently buttoning Brother Elegant was hauled into the air by his collar.

Faced with this sudden scene, the woman’s already knotted nerves were violently stimulated once again, and she instinctively tried to scream.

However, she quickly realized that although her mouth was wide open, no air came out at all.”Go get some rest,”

Yuan Shan said indifferently, glancing at the woman while dangling Brother Elegant like a chick.

Her words clearly had an excellent soothing effect. The young lady didn’t raise any questions; she simply lowered her head and walked away in silence.

”Excuse me, can I help you with something?”

Meanwhile, even after being dragged back to the car by Yuan Shan, Brother Elegant actually hadn’t forgotten about his buttons.

Only when he had finished adjusting them did he look up at Yuan Shan with a smile, asking in a flawlessly elegant tone.

Faced with Chief Yuan, whose stunning beauty was far superior to his companion’s, he made no effort to hide his admiration. He even sucked in his gut as he spoke.

”I do!”

Chief Yuan was already in a bad mood, and Brother Elegant’s appraising gaze felt like a wad of thatch stuffed into her chest. A nameless fire immediately flared up within her.

She gave a cold snort, and in the next moment, she unleashed her Demigod Might at full force.

”From now on, you will answer whatever I ask.”

...

Facing the Demigod Might directly, Brother Elegant was undoubtedly dazed for a moment.

”Of course. Answering a beautiful lady’s questions is only polite.”

Yet after that brief moment of distraction passed, Brother Elegant’s tone remained completely unchanged. He even reached out, attempting to kiss the back of Yuan Shan’s hand.

”Fuck!”

His attempt was undoubtedly thwarted, and Yuan Shan was genuinely moved to murderous intent.

”He’s under the influence of a transcendent factor.”

However, Chief Yuan was not one to act on impulse. Suppressing the urge to kill, she turned her head and spoke.

A moment later, the car window slowly rolled down, and Su Gao and Fu Qian looked out one after the other.

”But he really is just an ordinary person,”

Su Gao commented once again.

”For an ordinary person to do this is simply unbelievable.”

Yuan Shan frowned and cast another glance at this fellow with his maxed-out elegance, feeling as though her common sense was being challenged.

”And from the looks of it, he’s the only anomaly around here. Everyone else is fine.”

”Name?”

After a moment of thought, Yuan Shan asked with a cold face.

”Strangers need not have met before to share a bond. A name is merely a placeholder.”

”...Have you come into contact with any transcendents recently?”

”I have.”

Hmm?

Yuan Shan’s eyes instantly lit up.

”The beauty of you two ladies is absolutely transcendent and unearthly.”

”...Do you know the Soul-Searching Technique or something like that?”

Yuan Shan turned her head and looked straight at Fu Qian.

What?

”Use it freely. I’ll take responsibility for the consequences.”

”I am a dignified consultant. Is my only purpose to do the dirty work?”

Faced with the Chief’s fury, Fu Qian shot her a look full of contempt.

”Did you discover something?”

Successfully calmed by that glance, Yuan Shan suddenly realized that her strategist hadn’t spoken much since this began.

”I have.”

”Really? What did you find?”

Yuan Shan’s spirits lifted.

”One look and you can tell this guy is rich,”

Fu Qian said earnestly, scrutinizing Brother Elegant.

”...Isn’t your focus a bit weird?”

Yuan Shan felt her eyelids twitching.

”His lifestyle must be full of dazzling luxury and debauchery as well.”

Fu Qian ignored her, instead looking in the direction Brother Elegant had come from.

”What exactly are you trying to say?”

Realizing that Fu Qian wasn’t joking, Yuan Shan quickly calmed down.

”If one isn’t careful, their body will become overdrawn. And when it’s overdrawn, it needs to be replenished.”

...

The next moment, Fu Qian looked at Brother Elegant.

”Have you recently taken something special because you were feeling inadequate?”

...

”The body is a precious treasure. In order to fully enjoy pleasure, I have actually always been using—”

”Something with transcendent effects.”

Fu Qian interrupted him.

”Such as the ’Night of Nights’.”

”...Yes.”

”Toss him aside, time to get to work. You should know where Ambor lives, right?”

Fu Qian didn’t ask anything else, simply looking up at Yuan Shan.

The latter’s face was now gloomy, faintly harboring a thunderous fury.

Clearly, things were heading toward the most drastic possibility.

This suddenly appearing anomaly was inextricably linked to Gulade’s gang.

However, as a regional guardian, Yuan Shan wouldn’t act out in denial of reality. She promptly tossed Brother Elegant to the side of the road and got back into the car.

”Those bastards, they actually dared to—”

Driving swift as wind and lightning, she gritted her teeth and spoke.

”To be fair, we were the ones who forced them to take such desperate risks.”

Fu Qian continued to discuss the matter objectively.

”In fact, the harm caused by their little tricks doesn’t seem particularly massive right now. If we hadn’t been actively looking, we probably wouldn’t have even noticed.”

”Besides, with Grantham around, he will undoubtedly try his best to exercise restraint.”

”So theoretically, quietly observing changes would be fine.”

”This is a matter of principle.”

”Illegally distributing transcendent drugs is one thing, but that was an ordinary person. They have seriously crossed the line.”

Chief Yuan, however, sounded completely resolute in her murderous intent.

”Exploiting ordinary people to achieve their goals by any means is strictly forbidden. This is an immutable iron law, and they must pay the price for it!”

”Fair enough.”

Fu Qian offered no further commentary on Chief Yuan’s principles.

”Speaking of which, how did you connect this to the Transcendent Potion so quickly?”

At this time, Yuan Shan seemed to remember something.

It had to be said, Fu Qian’s questions just now had leaped too drastically in logic, making it hard not to draw associations.

”Oh, I’ve seen what it looks like when someone takes it before.”

Fu Qian replied casually.

”You took it!”

Chief Yuan’s hands jerked, nearly driving the car into a ditch.

Naturally, she was met with Fu Qian looking at her like she was an idiot.

In truth, what Fu Qian had recalled just now was the peculiar behavior of a certain Brother Handsome in his dreams.

Though seemingly totally unrelated like wind, ox, and horse, the two shared one common trait—when faced with a mental influence they shouldn’t have been able to resist, they exhibited an unreasonable level of resistance.

When things are abnormal, there must be something sinister at work. At the time, he only thought it was strange, but comparing the two now, some questions were easily figured out.

After all, thinking about it carefully, Brother Handsome also had a dire need for such a thing.

”It seems that although that stuff hasn’t been brought out into the open, it’s still become popular within a small circle.”

At this moment, Chief Yuan also realized Fu Qian’s true meaning.

”It’s not surprising. After all, the demand is there.”

Fu Qian looked outside at the faintly darkening red full moon and the increasingly thick darkness beneath the moonlight.

”There’s only one question now. Did the anomaly trigger a reaction from the potion, or did the potion trigger the anomaly?”

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