Re-entering the Torture Chamber

[Investigation Bureau First Floor Lounge Area]

Director Wang, who has a square head and a mole on the upper part of his lip, had been talking for a long time with Anna, who had come out earlier, about Anna's future arrangements.

When Luo Di stepped out of the elevator, the topic shifted.

"Luo Di, what did those guys say to you? Are they trying everything they can to keep you here until you become a full-time employee?"

"Yes, but the conditions are still quite good."

"I knew it..." Director Wang wanted to complain about the vested interests involved, but he swallowed it back, after all, he also had a cooperative relationship with this Research Bureau.

"Since you've agreed, I won't say anything more. It will take at least three months to become a full-time employee. I estimate that once you're officially hired, you'll be transferred to the capital immediately."

"The exact timing is uncertain, and there's no rush to go to the capital. Besides, the requirements for me here are quite lenient, so I might take some time to return to Jupiter City along the way, since home is still there."

Director Wang stood up, patted Luo Di's shoulder, and nodded with satisfaction. "You're much better now than when we last met. Now that you've let go of your worries, you can come back anytime you want."

"Call me anytime when you get back to Jupiter City, no problem."

"Thank you, Director Wang, for your continued help."

"You've become quite talkative, haven't you? When I first met you, you couldn't even manage a few words in a long time, let alone the polite pleasantries you're putting on now."

Since you've decided to stay in Pluto City, do your job well and don't forget your original intentions.

"Um."

"Anna will come back with me. After all, she is a trainee investigator in Jupiter City and cannot stay here indefinitely."

"Can't I stay a few more days? I'll go back by myself later..."

Anna definitely didn't want to leave, after all, the class monitor had just returned, and she seemed to really enjoy last night's activities. Everyone huddled together watching movies and eating until late at night; it had been a long time since they had been this happy.

Just then,

Anna caught a glimpse of the full-length mirror by the entrance, and there was a person reflected in it, someone she knew very well.

The person was standing in the mirror, waving their arms and slowly saying something.

Anna finally nodded, as if she had made up her mind.

"Alright, Director Wang, let's go together."

When Director Wang noticed Anna's unusual behavior and looked at the mirror, there was nothing left inside.

"Luo Di, I'll head back now... Remember to call me when you come back, and I'll become a full-fledged investigator as soon as possible."

"Good."

Director Wang and Anna left together in the car parked at the entrance.

Luo Di's original plan was to go straight home and ask about Wu Wen's past and the "sisterhood".

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the travel plans need to be changed.

[Fifth Hospital]

The dean has recently developed a new hobby.

He bought a lot of wire online and would weave related handicrafts on his desk when he was bored.

Today's document review was over, just as the dean took out the tin box from the drawer, intending to continue weaving handicrafts.

Knock knock knock~

There was a knock on the door.

The cleaning service appointment time has passed, while medical staff will send a message in advance to make an appointment if they want to come to the house.

The dean's sudden arrival at this time suggested he had foreseen something.

The tension in my heart quickly turned into relief. I got up and went to open the door myself, and even felt a little bit of longing as I got closer.

"Hello, Dean!"

"You're going to be hospitalized again, right?"

"That's right, I need to stay in the intensive care unit for a few days, and I might need to trouble you again during this time. Also, this time I need four times the dosage of the medication."

Luo Di directly presented his investigator's credentials, vouching for himself.

"Okay, room [0510] has been reserved for you. Just go there directly. I will arrange for someone to help you with the registration information later."

"Thanks."

After Luo Di left in the elevator, the dean returned to his seat with a gait almost like a young man's, a strange sense of anticipation filling his entire body.

Looking at himself in the mirror, the dean always felt that he had become much younger.

[Intensive Care Unit]

Luo Di sat on that familiar wire bed.

After taking the double dose of pills in sequence, ashes drifted down to the tip of his nose.

The locked iron gate in front of them was now open, and the screams of torturers filled the air outside.

However, this time Luo Di wasn't alone on his journey through the torture chamber; he sat by the bed, quietly waiting for another person to arrive.

Sizzle The zipper slides.

After a series of shakes, the zipper on the backpack on the bed opened by itself from the inside.

First, a pair of white arms emerged, intertwining like vines.

Then a pair of long, slender legs that looked like they were good at running grew out, spreading out to the left and right in a V-shape.

All four limbs were extended, but the torso and head were not visible.

This process seemed strange, indescribably strange.

When your legs are extended to their highest point, bend your knees so that your feet are firmly planted on the wire bed, forming an M shape.

final,

A head with drooping black hair finally emerged, supported by its legs.

The torso also develops rapidly during this process.

However, the overall shape is very asymmetrical, with many bones in incorrect positions.

Click click click~

A series of abnormal joint noises followed.

Wu Wen's distorted body has finally returned to normal, perfectly presented, no different from her high school self, and her skin even seems to have become more delicate.

His lips trembled as he exhaled his first breath from deep in his throat.

Ah~

The ability of the body to conceive is truly useful; Isabella is the perfect choice.

However, this is the only place where I can still construct the image of 'myself'. When I return to reality, I either have to continue maintaining the disguise of my head, or I must appear to the outside world as Isabella's body.

If the news that I am still alive gets out, it will cause a lot of trouble.

Alright, let's go! Let me go see my benefactor of Hell saved my life.

The squad leader had already arrived at the door, only to find Luo Di still sitting on the wire bed, observing his own condition and the "Investigator uniform" he was wearing, which had been brought to the Hell Torture Chamber with him.

In the past, whenever Luo Di projected his image, he was always wearing the prison uniform provided in the torture chamber.

But this time, the Investigator uniform actually came along with them.

The squad leader explained from the doorway, "Don't look! The Investigator uniform isn't a simple technological creation. It uses technology from the [Corner], something unscientific."

Clothing has already acknowledged you in the battle of the nursing home, and is in some way bound to you.

Currently, you can also arrive at this place along with your consciousness projection.

"Corner technology?"

"That's right, there are endless opportunities and treasures hidden in the depths of the Corner. Otherwise, why would humanity devote all its resources to rebuilding its nation in this extremely dangerous land?"

Even though human exploration is still in its early stages, it has already revealed many things far beyond modern technology.

Is that so?

Luo Di's interest was fully piqued, but he was still far from being able to explore every nook and cranny; he needed to become stronger.

"Hurry up, the medicine's effects won't last long."

The two walked one after the other through the Torture Chamber passage, and the squad leader, who was new to the place, seemed unusually excited.

"Wow, is this the world you've connected to? It's completely different from the hell I imagined... and because my head was created here, I actually feel a strange sense of familiarity with it."

There was absolutely no rejection of the dry environment here, nor of the pain hidden deep within the architecture.

The squad leader walked ahead with familiar dance steps, occasionally tiptoeing to look through the Passing through the Gate at the scenes inside each torture chamber, and even shaking hands with some of the skinless arms that reached out.

Soon the two arrived at the bottom floor of the torture chamber and walked along the deep red carpet to the door of the [Preaching Room].

The moment the door was pushed open,

Perhaps it's a sense of danger.

Perhaps it was a warning from the Mind Corner.

The class monitor, who had been relaxed and at ease the whole way, like he was going home, was now like a man with his hair standing on end, his whole body tense and his hair standing on end, hiding behind Luo Di and not daring to step into the preaching room.

Their gaze quickly locked onto the source of the danger, looking towards the center of the dome in the preaching room, where a terrifying yet somewhat familiar figure seemed to be hanging.

Fine line activity,

Multiple hooks were lowered together, bringing the leather-clad man hanging on them to the ground.

He sniffed intently at the scent emanating from the doorway.

One of them came from Luo Di, carrying a slightly painful, bone-like odor.

One was the distinctly different scent of disguise emanating from behind Luo Di.

Mr. Hook didn't seem to care much about the unfamiliar atmosphere; instead, he stared at Luo Di with great excitement.

"You've really had a great trip! You've already had your spinal surgery done so quickly! Come over here and let me check your body."

Let me see what kind of ridge it has, what variety it belongs to, and what its quality is!

As for you... stand outside the door first. The intrusion of the aliens will trigger a reaction in the preaching room, which is very dangerous for you.

I'll check on your condition after I've finished examining Luo Di's body.

It's a bit strange.

"I clearly reconstructed your head using Hell ritual, but now you've overwritten it, restoring it to its original attributes. Interesting."