Chapter 600: Chapter 62: Crazy City (2)
8:15 PM, Thorn District, Gongsun Ce’s apartment.
It stood in Gongsun Ce’s room, eyeing the empty house.
“Oh… Oh! No one, no one. My pounce was in vain, what should I do now?”
The monster muttered to itself.
“He’s not here, she’s not here, the things I want are all not here! No way, no way, time to find someone else to play with…”
It left, flowing away as fast as a liquid. It reached the ground floor of the apartment building and casually devoured a few young humans it encountered.
It licked its lips, selecting its next target.
8:17 PM, John Garcia passed under the great tower for the third time, his mood increasingly irritable.
Recent rumors about the Wing of Death had reached the ears of the previous leader. John had thought he was no longer a corpse leader, but when he learned that the organization was recently focusing on abducting minor characters, he couldn’t help but feel fury rising in his heart. This wasn’t his style, never had been. Budman always said it was self-deception, but the corpse leader believed there had to be principles in what they did.
Therefore, John contacted his former subordinates and set up a meeting point close to everyone to clear the air face-to-face. But what was going on? No one had shown up yet… Did Huang Qi no longer recognize him? In just a few months, did no one care about the old boss anymore?
John sighed deeply, took out his mask — he was wearing a mask today to hide his identity — but before he could put it on, he suddenly heard a woman’s crying voice next to his ear.
“Corpse leader! You’re the corpse leader, you’re John Garcia, aren’t you!!!”
John almost yelled out in anger, he immediately turned his head, but found no one approaching. A superpower for transmitting sound? The woman’s voice beside his ear was plaintive, with a sobbing tone, almost making him think it was a female ghost haunting him. But then his reason kicked in, and he remembered the speaker’s identity…
“It’s me, it’s me!” Dust Explosion sounded insanely happy, “Listen, you have to help me, you must help me, there’s a monster! A monster appeared in Thorn District, it ate Qiluo… it ate that twin ponytail idol! The one I commissioned you to capture, the monster ate it!!”
John’s thoughts were jumping between this woman having awakened some new power and this woman going mad again, he said without turning his head, “It’s none of my business.”
“Don’t be stupid, you can’t imagine how terrifying that monster is, you don’t know what I’m talking about!” Dust Explosion screamed invisibly, “I’m telling you it’s not a problem us superpower users can handle, it’s like… February! Remember the Colored Glaze Disaster in February, it’s definitely that level of monster I recognized it’s going to destroy the entire city!!”
Dust Explosion’s account was disjointed and nearly deranged. John didn’t bother with this clueless woman and decided to go directly to the Cruel Wing District to clear things up with his old buddies.
Invisible Dust Explosion grabbed his collar before John could roar in anger and said, “Your subordinates were also eaten!!! A blonde, a buzzcut, and a big dumb guy, all eaten by the monster!!”
John Garcia turned around, and Dust Explosion instinctively shrank her neck. The corpse leader’s gaze made her feel terrified, like facing an enraged wild wolf.
“Explain the situation.”
It took Dust Explosion three minutes to barely explain the causes and consequences. Initially walking, the corpse leader started running halfway through her explanation, and she had to jog to keep up with his pace.
“I just saw you so I…” During the explanation, Dust Explosion regained her sanity and she hurriedly asked, “Hey, hey, hey! You’re a veteran, do you have contact with Demon or Red Lion? This should—”
The corpse leader’s voice was so soft Dust Explosion had to focus to hear him clearly.
“The communication equipment is useless.”
“Think why they targeted the Information Life Form first!” the corpse leader said irritably, “There’s no information firewall anymore, we’re about to repeat the end of February’s incident, we’ve entered that person’s chess game again!”
“…Huh?” Dust Explosion said blankly.
From this exclamation, the corpse leader deduced two things: Dust Explosion hadn’t yet understood the intrigue behind the disturbance at the end of February, and Dust Explosion hadn’t yet formally contacted the official forces. He skipped the explanation and directly began taking action: “Your affiliation. Independents, Light Core, Mutual Assistance Association.”
“I-I-I-I’m now with the Mutual Assistance Association…” Dust Explosion stuttered.
“Give me your phone, do you know Sister Cao?”
“I know her, I’m on good terms with Sister Cao…” Dust Explosion realized, “Heart Connection Net?”
Sister Cao’s superpower was Heart Connection Net, this power helped her listen clearly to the psychological activities of the people around her, and with this ability, she had commanded a strike team during an operation three years ago.
The corpse leader dashed to the pigeon station, carrying the invisible Dust Explosion, and boarded a Bio·Hummingbird. He took Dust Explosion’s phone and sent a string of texts to Sister Cao, which to Dust Explosion seemed like everyday small talk.
They anxiously waited for half a minute, then Sister Cao’s response came. The corpse leader relaxed a bit.
“Three years old secret code. Once you enter Sister Cao’s range of ability, you explain the events in your mind, using her power for one-way transmission,” the corpse leader ordered quickly, “This can be completed in the air, don’t waste time landing, head straight for the Central District.”
Dust Explosion felt dizzy, “Central District? Why?”
“Use your brain, stupid woman!” the corpse leader’s voice was tinged with anger, “It ate my subordinates, I’m going to arm myself and fight it to the death!”