Chapter 193: Er Gou’s Ritual

Chapter 193: Er Gou's Ritual

Kanon followed Er Gou to the back door of the casino. He checked his watch and as soon as it hit 10 p.m., he immediately pulled Kanon into the workshop.

"Where is this?"

Er Gou didn't take Kanon deep into the workshop but asked her to stay in the storage room.

The shelves in the storage room were stacked with black cases, behind which was a dark red iron door.

"Wait here for one minute."

Er Gou shook his finger and turned to push open the red iron door, entering the workspace.

Kanon pricked up her ears for a while, hearing continuous clinking sounds from next door, unsure of what was being done. She took off her mask and sniffed around the shelves; it seemed they were all filled with t-091. Finnd new chapters at novelhall.com

The scent of t-091 was unmistakable, like rust sprinkled into rotten milk, very easy to identify.

Er Gou came back, holding the black case that Kanon had given him last time.

"Here we are, shall we start?"

"Start what?"

"Hmm... a kind of ritual?" Er Gou said, "Originally, I should have performed this ritual on Dark Street, but I had no choice; the police are watching there too closely, and I can't work there anymore."

"What's in Dark Street, exactly?"

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you, so I won't waste my breath."

After saying this, Er Gou pulled out a dagger from his chest and without blinking, cut across his wrist.

Blood flowed down Er Gou's arm like water, turning Kanon's face pale. The cut on Er Gou's wrist was deep, it seemed even the tendons were severed.

"What are you doing?"

"This is something I learned in school, it works well." Er Gou raised his arm and said, "You might hear some strange noises, please don't be too surprised."

"Okay..."

Kanon nodded, but soon after, she started hearing strange murmurs in her ears.

The sound made her feel dizzy, as if she were drugged.

However, this state didn't last long. By the time the murmurs disappeared, she and Er Gou were already on Dark Street.

"How did we get here?"

"This is magic I learned from the Traveler star people; using this, you can walk in the void and cross galaxies in an instant. Now we are both in the casino and on Dark Street."

"I don't understand?"

"Would you speak out?"

"Maybe, maybe not."

"I'm not afraid if you do." Er Gou smiled. "Even if you did, no one could catch me."

"Oh?"

Kanon raised an eyebrow but said nothing more, continuing to follow Er Gou.

Er Gou walked to the bedside table, took out a cell phone, and handed it to Kanon. "Here you go, but... I must stand by you and watch."

"Worried I'll tip someone off?"

"No, since I agreed to let you make a call, I've completely trusted you. Staying by your side is just to help shield you from the robots' detectors, so you won't get caught for breaking the rules."

"Oh, I see."

Kanon took the phone, focusing her mental energy on it, activating her talent- "Hive Mind."

Instantly, Kanon's consciousness left her body, traveling through countless parallel worlds.

She saw numerous adventurers dying tragically and even found adventurers from other planets. However, when she tried to communicate with these adventurers, she couldn't understand them due to language barriers.

"Forget it. Let's see who's left among the human adventurers."

It seemed like Kanon had spent a lot of time, but only a moment had passed. She then found the only two remaining adventurers.

Gu Yi and Dennis.

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At 10 p.m., Gu Yi was sitting in the police station when he heard a phone ringing.

The police couldn't hear the ringing, they were just busy with their work.

Gu Yi couldn't deduce what would happen if he answered the call, but he decided to pick up the phone anyway.

Zzzzzz

A buzzing sound came from the other end, followed by a flash of white light that blinded Gu Yi.

When his vision returned, he found himself standing in a purely white square room.

Opposite him stood a voluptuous woman with delicate features, and beside him was a man of average height with sharp eyes.

"Hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Hattori Kanon, an adventurer from Sakura Country. My ability is called 'Hive Mind,' which allows me to communicate with adventurers from parallel worlds.

This is the 'Hive Space' I've created. We can stay here for twenty minutes without worrying about the passage of time outside. Ten minutes here will only seem like two seconds in the outside world."