OBS Chapter 3495 Tracing the Origins of Internal Organs
Chapter 3495 Tracing the Origins of Internal Organs
Chapter 3495 Tracing the Origins of Internal Organs
Grace and Helen never considered making their relationship with Shad public in any way, partly because of people's attitudes towards humanoid relics. This wasn't some prejudice; it was an instinct ingrained in the blood of intelligent life, something the two sisters understood perfectly.
Therefore, apart from outsiders, everyone in this world knows that the humanoid relic is definitely not a person.
In short, it's hard to say whether the "secret of flesh growth" that the Blood Spirit School obtained from the false people was worth it, but that's not something Shad should care about.
Before everyone set off, Claire, having heard that Shad had arrived, also rushed back to the Snow Mountain Hall. Today, the witch was also dressed in the traditional clothing of the Fatu people, with white face paint, a stark contrast to her usual fashionable urban attire.
As the high priest during All Souls' Day, she naturally had her own work to do all day long, and Shad even suspected that she had sneaked out at this time:
"Claire, you look beautiful in this outfit."
"I know you're trying to comfort me. I've already told Elder Ursa not to put any face paint on me, but she just won't allow it. Welcome back, Shad~"
Claire gave Shad a big hug, then glanced at the maids standing behind Shad. The platinum-blonde witch put one hand on her hip and said:
"I don't care what you do with them, but you absolutely must show up at the bonfire party tonight."
"Of course, Elder Harald just said that tonight will be very lively and that I must not miss it."
Shad agreed, and Claire then extended her right little finger to Shad:
"I might be a bit busy tonight, so you can't leave before I come to find you."
Xia De then smiled and hooked his little finger around hers:
"no problem."
“Then it’s settled. I’ll have Stella keep an eye on you tonight.”
She kissed Shad on the cheek, then turned and fled as if running away. Shad decided to talk to Miss Larson about the snake fangs later that night.
Once Claire's footsteps faded at the top of the stairs, the blonde maid from Moon Bay smiled and said to Shad:
"It is said that All Souls' Day is also a time when locals are blessed to confess their love. The number of local young men and women who register their marriage after All Souls' Day is several times that of other months."
"I see. I've been on this island for almost a month and haven't heard of it. Matilda, how come you know after only two days?"
The maids from the South chuckled softly. Considering that they would be forced to come into contact with disgusting fake human "internal organs" today, Xia De thought that perhaps he should invite them to dance with him tonight.
Of the seven maids from Moon Bay, only one remained in the town, in case the fortune teller was needed for other matters. The remaining girls boarded Shad's small boat and headed to the Time Wheel City dock.
The group first met with Sylvie and Miss Elizabeth on the Radiant Messenger. The girls, worried about Shad, warned him against any further rash actions. However, upon hearing that he had mainly been investigating the fake people in the city that day, the witch and the ship girl didn't object; the latter even said:
“I’m giving you my token. If you need long-range fire support, activate the token, and I can directly control this ship to bombard the city from the sea. Shivi has investigated the coastal defenses of Time Wheel City; this city can’t withstand my firepower.”
Shad quickly stopped her dangerous idea and assured her that he would be careful.
The imposters he has discovered in the delegation so far are Miss Lavender, Viscount Allefield's fiancée, and Sir Lorraine. Considering that the latter holds a public office in the delegation, her sudden disappearance might cause unnecessary trouble, so Shad decides to start with "Miss Lavender."
Although she was a melancholy girl who wrote in her diary to express her expectations and anxieties about her future married life, a fake person is still a fake person; they are merely monsters that look like humans. Finding and secretly kidnapping Miss Lavender was not difficult, and Shad was not worried that it would alert the "House of Fake People," since his desire for revenge was to be expected.
Furthermore, according to the notes left by the factory workers, the "House of the Pseudo-Humans," which was forcibly relocated after self-splitting, cannot be moved again in the short term. After all, it is a house, not a carriage, so even if the pseudo-humans know that Shad is going to take revenge, they cannot make any attempt to escape.
As for the surprise, fear, weakness, and pleading it displayed when "kidnapping" that first-stage fake human, it was indeed quite deceptive. If Shad hadn't been able to see the abnormality on its face, he probably would have hesitated whether he had kidnapped the wrong person. However, the maids of Moon Bay didn't have so many thoughts; they only needed to obey their masters' orders.
For safety reasons, Shad did not bring the fake mannequin back to the Radiant Messenger, but instead took it out of the city with the maids. In the cedar forest outside the city, Shad used magic to summon a warm and comfortable camp, and then treated the maids to a hearty meal with rubies before beginning their operation under the somewhat gloomy afternoon sky.
"Hmm, have you dissected humanoid creatures before?"
Looking at the fake human lying by the fire, bound by the [Chains of Great Sin], Shad hesitated before asking Matilda and the others. The blonde head maid, knowing what Shad was worried about, took the knife from his hand:
"Don't worry, this is a skill that I learned as a maid."
Shad didn't particularly want to describe how bloody the following scene was, but at least the female fortune tellers didn't show any discomfort.
And inside the pseudo-human bodies that looked like ordinary people, there were indeed only clumps of writhing flesh and blood, without any clearly differentiated organs. So the girls, who had already learned Mr. Albert's unique magic, each cast spells on the flesh and blood to perform "Internal Organ Tracing".
Although the principle involves the secret arts of vampires, this magical technique is essentially still divination. And since it is divination, the results obtained by each person will certainly be different.
Of the six girls who had contact with the "internal organs group," four received instructions from their "blood relatives." After discarding one address located far east of Carsonrick, the remaining three addresses became the next targets.
"It seems that Mr. Albert's secret technique is indeed effective, and he will be pleased with the result."
Shad didn't let everyone follow; instead, he and Matilda left the camp alone and went back into the city. Twenty minutes later, following the three addresses from before, they captured another fake person.
"This is an ordinary local resident who makes a living by running errands for people near the docks. I left some money at his house before I took him away. He also has an elderly mother and a younger sister at home. Matilda inquired with people in the neighborhood and found that this person had no record of leaving Fatummister Island. Therefore, he must have been replaced as a fake person after the [House of the Fake People] came to the local area."
These cockroach-like creatures must be dealt with as soon as possible.
The second fake human was also a stage one fake human. Although his face looked fine, a huge eyeball was embedded in the back of his head. After the six maids continued with the previous steps and performed the [Internal Organ Tracing] six times, probably due to their increased proficiency, Shad obtained four valid addresses this time.
He instructed the girls remaining at the camp to burn the useless dolls and record their insights from their divinations, then took Matilda out again. Twenty minutes later, they returned with brand-new dolls, remarking:
"While the high efficiency is partly due to the small size of Time Wheel City, perhaps Mr. Albert has truly invented a miraculous technique that is very effective against pseudo-humans."
He and Matilda then brought back a group of imposters from the city every twenty to thirty minutes, each with a different identity. Apart from the first imposter, Miss Lavender, who came from the De La Réon delegation, the others had no connection to De La Réon.
Local residents, tourists, sailors who arrived by ship for rest, and merchants who came to Timewheel City to buy clocks. These people generally had relatively ordinary real-life identities, not involving any nobles or powerful individuals. This also suggests that the pseudo-people who came to the city probably really wanted to put their gains in Tobesk into practice, but unfortunately, Shad wouldn't give them such an opportunity.
By 4:30 p.m., the number of dummy figures burned had reached seven. However, during the "internal organ tracing" of the eighth person, Matilda and a girl with a ninth ring simultaneously received completely different results than before.
Because the dummy's abdominal cavity could be dissected over a large area at once, the six girls were divided into two groups of three for the divination. When the first group of the eighth girl was divining, the two girls who directly touched the disgusting flesh inside the dummy's abdominal cavity with their hands first frowned slightly as they stared at the blood-red inside. Then, Matilda groaned, blood flowed from her mouth and nose, and she fell straight backward.
Another Miss Penster from the ninth ring plunged her head into the dummy's abdomen as if trying to devour its flesh, but thankfully she restrained herself at the last moment:
"I saw blood! I saw endless blood and flesh."
She was dragged away from the fake humans by her companions, and Shad immediately went to treat them both. Fortunately, they had only suffered mental damage due to their consciousness coming into contact with the [House of the Fake Humans] and the influence of the whispering element; a little rest would do the trick, which was a common occurrence for diviners.
"So, we found it, right?"
Matilda, who had fainted, quickly regained consciousness. She softly asked Shad, who was pressing her forehead to treat her, and Shad nodded:
"According to my vampire friend, this phenomenon means that when it was transformed, the 'blood pool' did not contain any local pseudo-human blood; its blood came directly from the [Pseudo-Human House]. What else did you see when you saw the endless blood light?"