Hong Mouxiong used every means to try to throw away or destroy the paper man. The material of the paper man did seem to be ordinary white paper, which could be torn apart, burned to ashes, and flushed into the toilet stream.
But not long after it was destroyed, it would ghostly appear again on Hong Mouxiong’s shoulder and whisper in his ear.
“Bring someone to the roof at night, don’t forget.”
Hong Mouxiong was tortured to the point that he was in a trance of consciousness all night, and he had a strong premonition that he could not resist or he would die. This great physical fear and pressure made his body constantly sweating and difficult to calm down.
His initial thought was to order a takeaway and ask the delivery men to go to the roof of the building to cope.
But the takeaway operators are obviously seen a lot, the moment you see the roof after nightfall is only willing to send downstairs, or even the door of the district. Hong Mouxiong angry and two delivery workers on the phone to scold.
He had to find another way.
Adult men are very vigilant, so Hong Mouxiong selected the first target is a child. If he can’t find a suitable child, he will also try to find a woman who seems to be better to cheat.
His prop is a handkerchief that can change.
In fact, it was easier than he thought to trick people with the fire prop. He would turn the handkerchief into a cute-looking cat or dog and lure the child up to the top floor.
The paper man would come out of his collar at this point and say, “Gotcha man.”
Then the paper man retracted back into his shirt and disappeared without a trace.
The paper man issued orders at irregular times, and Hong Mouxiong brought in a total of four children and one woman over the course of two months.
One day, the paper man told Hong Mouxiong, “Come to the roof.”
Until then, he never went near the roof, and didn’t even dare to think about what was happening on the roof.
Hong Mouxiong walked up to the roof, but saw the four children and one woman standing upright. They are sitting around together, eating hot pot.
When describing this scene, Hong Mouxiong himself kept rubbing his face with his hands.
“Whether you believe it or not, things really are like this.”
“That albino child did not know where to go, I asked those children and that woman, they all said there is no such person, there is only a white elephant on the roof of the building ……”
Hearing this, the remote Lu Yao also people a little dizzy.
Obviously is to solve the case and arrest the murderer, how the albino child has become an elephant to deliver the hot pot?
What in the world is going on.
“I know, it sounds a little …… bad to accept.”
Song Shiyi also revealed a helpless smile, “But please listen to me continue, because this case is more complicated.”
“The investigators from the Executive Board went to the field to carefully investigate, and there were indeed piles of catering waste from instant hot pots, grilled fish, and all kinds of fast food on the roof of the building. All kinds of evidence and the statement of the takeaway clerk proved that it was the abducted woman on the roof who ordered the takeaway, and she also went to get it herself.”
“The takeaway man all said she looked normal and was in a good mood.”
The four children and a woman, were reluctant to leave the roof.
How Hong Mouxiong persuaded them, they did not listen, which made Hong Mouxiong very anxious. Without the threat of the paper man, he was worried that the police would find out about him because the population had gone missing.
He only wanted to send these people home quickly, so as not to cause more attention and trouble.
Instead, these abductees said that there was a white elephant on the roof of the building, a symbol of good luck and good fortune, which helped them cure their ailments and fulfil their wishes.
In the midst of his agitation, Hong Mouxiong was arrested by investigators from the Commission’s Executive Directorate.
He was finally relieved and cooperated well in telling the before and after story.
The four abducted children and one adult were indeed also on the roof of the building, and they displayed an almost fanatical stubbornness, saying that they would wait until the elephant returned to grant more wishes.
The investigators immediately realised that something was wrong and that this was not simply a hallucination or trance. They went through various props and devices and finally found out what was wrong.
Song Shiyi said, “After …… eliminating many answers, the investigators judged that it could be a wish-granting spirit.”
Lu Yao was shocked.
He immediately asked through Isabel’s mouth, “Hasn’t Wasteland Seven been removed from the overlap? How could there still be a Wishing Spirit?”
“Wasteland Number Seven has indeed gone far away.”
Song Shiyi rubbed her hands together and placed them in front of her mouth to let out a breath, “It’s so cold, let’s talk about it as we walk. The destination is about a kilometre out from here.”
So with her leading the way, Isabel followed along all the way towards the middle of the city.
At night, there were few people and the wind was cold, a chilly fog shrouded the city, and the stray dogs on the roadside were all curled up in a ball, hiding under rubbish bins and roadside cars.
This reminded Lu Yao of Harrow, wondering where the three-headed dog was sleeping again now, and if he could eat something clean and hygienic.
“The Wishing Spirit is unique to the 7th Wasteland, once you enter here, the original ability cannot take effect on Earth, but there is a way to retain the original ability. As long as there is an Earth player that can transform the Wishing Spirit into an Apostle, then this constraint can be circumvented through the simulator.”
Song Shiyi gazed ahead with both eyes and spoke softly all the way.
“Are you saying that the origami child is, in fact, the Wishing Spirit, and this Wishing Spirit is an apostle of a certain player?”Isabel tried to ask.
“That’s the same judgement of the Executive Board’s investigators.”
The young prosecutor suddenly stopped and tilted his head to look diagonally ahead, where the city gym was located.
“There it is.”
A yellow caution tape was drawn up outside this building, but Song Shiyi arrived, but lightly dug in with her head down and pushed right through the doors all the way in, keeping the various glass doors and roller shutters open along the way.
The two went all the way in from the entry corridor, the lights were still on inside the stadium, only the red seats in the arena were empty.
“The so-called elephants, or the albino child, are all effects displayed by the [Spirit of Speech] and [Long-cherished Cloister] abilities of the Spirit of Wishing.”
Song Shiyi slowly walked onto the lawn of the football field inside as she swept her gaze around.
“The Wishing Spirit’s Speech Spirit ability will change people’s perceptions, and regarding the elephant infestation, it’s actually not only on Hong Mouxiong’s side, but there are also other citizens who have responded that they’ve seen it as well.”
“Especially in this gymnasium, three staff members have claimed that they have seen white elephant-like things appearing inside late at night.”
“This is not an isolated incident, but a planned attempt.”
“Someone is using the Wishing Spirit Apostle to start with ordinary people, and even to players like Hong Mouxiong, by influencing them so as to validate the speech spirit ability …… If he can’t be targeted and apprehended quickly, his future actions will inevitably be even more stealthy, and he may even leave the city. ”
It was only then that Lu Yao realised.
Behind the roadside restaurant case, it was actually the manipulator of the Wishing Spirit.
But there was one thing that puzzled him.
Creating panic and Wishing Spirit visions on such a large scale, was the person behind it ignorant of the committee, or did he knowingly do it with a purposeful provocation?
“The identity of the suspect is difficult to ascertain, and his ability to capture the Wishing Spirit in the previous Waste Crossbelt VII is by no means ordinary. And what makes the committee take it most seriously is that he calls himself Hokuto.”
Speaking of this name, Song Shiyi’s face became extraordinarily serious.
“Now that you’re a special intelligence agent, I’m able to tell you this information.”
“Under the committee, there are the Secrecy Bureau and the Executive Bureau, [Nandou] is in the Secrecy Bureau, specialising in protecting the lives of witnesses, self-surrendered criminals and the like, as well as sheltering and storing all sorts of evidence and special props, which is the key to the committee’s ability to get many criminals to turn themselves in.”
“[Beidou] is in the Executive Bureau, responsible for apprehension, capture as well as removal, for extremely harmful criminals or large-scale disasters, it is usually handled by Beidou.”
Isabel smoothly asked, “North Dipper and South Dipper, what exactly are they?”
“The initiators.”
Song Shiyi said softly, “He is a special class of Enlighteners, or in the terms of the Lower Realm Dimension, they can also be viewed as the main gods …… It’s just that He has become two device-like existences that have to pass the committee’s evaluation and permission before they can be moved.”
Lu Yao was a little curious.
It sounded as if Nandu and Beidu had been transformed into toolmen?
Perhaps this would ensure that the Main God’s abilities were used properly.
Isabelle followed Lu Yao’s meaning and said, “Behind that wish-granting spirit, it’s related to Beidou?”
“No, that’s impossible.”
Song Shiyi hesitated, “Because [Beidou] had an accident, it has been unusable for many years. The details involve an extremely high level of secrecy, and my knowledge is limited, so I can’t disclose it.”
The malfunctioning Beidou suddenly appeared in the mouth of one of the suspects, which would indeed cause the committee to pay great attention.
Lu Yao was about to inquire some more information when something suddenly caught his attention.
Through Isabelle’s eyes, he saw that not far away, a huge white object was slowly pacing out of the stadium’s entry and exit passage.
It had a wide and heavy body, yet it was light on its feet and made no noise at all, it had thick limbs and wiggled a long and flexible nose.
Crap.
There really are elephants out there!
Lu Yao was shocked.
