Departure

"Delicious! Truly delicious. But there really isn't anything unusual inside the body."

When Zhang Chen returned with Chong Ying at eleven, Yu Ming had already killed all three Prison Wardens from the Investigation Department. The vines extending from his fingers had drained every drop of blood from the corpses.

At the same time Yu Ming was sucking the corpses dry, Yuan Yue, Qing Gui, and Tengu stood silently watching everything.

"What happened?" Zhang Chen immediately stepped forward.

"Brother Zhang Chen, there's no need to rush. I already have evidence proving that these people probably aren't on our side. How about you wait until I'm done before getting angry?"

Yu Ming withdrew the vines inserted into their bodies and extracted one person's intact brain. He began making shallow cuts along the central prefrontal gyrus. The sight made Zhang Chen feel somewhat uncomfortable, reminding him of the time he had dissected a frontal lobe.

"Although there truly aren't any abnormalities in their bodies, take a look at this person's brain structure. There's a major issue where the vagus nerve connects with the cerebellum, and the pituitary gland is only half the size of an ordinary person's."

Like a science professor, Yu Ming explained the interior of the bloody brain.

"This structure would make a person extremely servile and easy to control."

"Though I don't understand it particularly well, this structure would cause deviations in a person's thinking, worldview, and values compared to before. The reason we couldn't detect any abnormalities was because these people accepted this willingly. Or rather, the faith in their hearts has likely been wholly devoted to Nyarlathotep."

"I saw that every possible means of external communication in their bodies and in the room had been severed. Our actions won't be exposed, so proceeding tomorrow morning is entirely feasible."