The Searcher

Special Event Step Three: [Save My Wife]

Requirement: Rescue Mr. Aha's wife based on the map Coordinate Information provided by him.

Requirement (+, optional): Before bringing Mr. Aha's wife home, try to improve the relationship between the two.

"Good luck to you... hurry up and bring my wife back."

Although Mr. Aha claimed to be very worried about his wife, after giving his instructions, he crossed his legs and continued reading today's newspaper.

Back in the passageway area.

The intense malevolent aura showed no signs of abating... it continued to affect the lives within the passage, and occasionally, bright red liquid could be seen overflowing from the walls.

The true strength of [Mr. Aha] far exceeds the overall difficulty of the Destiny Event.

Even when choosing a faction, the system warns that even if you join the Lighthouse and receive protection from the park administrator, you must be very careful of Mr. Aha.

Defeating Mr. Aha will grant you a perfect victory.

What appears to be an opportunity is actually a doomed situation.

The team members were all clearly aware of this.

Everyone agreed with Han Dong's choice of the "Horror Kaidan" faction.

The next step is to consider how to rescue Mr. Aha's wife.

"It's practically impossible to infiltrate the entire area this time... Mr. Aha's wife is in the most heavily guarded area, so we'll inevitably come into contact with 'Searchlight.'"

Once exposed, you all do your best to stall the enemy. I will rescue Mr. Aha's wife as quickly as possible.

"What if... the rescue target is also aggressive?"

Abel asked a question that needed to be considered.

For example, Mr. Aha's wife is an extremely evil ghost story, and having been imprisoned here for nearly a hundred years, she may have even more extreme emotions.

That could lead to a situation where we are attacked from both sides.

"You guys just focus on handling the 'Searchlight' matter... I'll take care of his wife."

Abel nodded and slightly twitched his animal ears.

"Okay... give me the product that's a fusion of Silent Hill, I happen to have some experience with it."

Last time, the Destiny Space that I entered with the other senior students was a small branch of the Silent Hill game series. I'm fairly familiar with some of the monster characteristics, which explains why I felt a slight sense of familiarity when I saw the Searchlight Life earlier.

With Mia's demon sword and Winry's combined power, they should be able to hold off the searchlight swarm for a considerable time.

"Good!"

As you ascend the winding staircase.

"Strange... why didn't the alarm go off? We Door Opening downstairs just now, making quite a commotion."

Strangely, the level of security at the Supervision Office was no different from when Han Dong infiltrated; several long legs were still walking back and forth in the corridor.

It was as if nothing had happened.

Abel said in a low voice, "Nicholas, do you think it might be... a sensory problem?"

These "searchlights" need to be personally illuminated, meaning they need to "see" the target before they can trigger an alarm?

"It must be... these guys seem to have focused all their 'senses' on the searchlight."

Han Dong silently memorized this characteristic and proceeded according to the points marked on the map.

The closer you are to where your 'wife' is being held, the more searchlights there are.

A new type of searchlight has even appeared in the passageway – a fixed ' Searchlight Arm '.

The searchlight was attached to the end of a thick arm, the hand gripping the wall tightly with its five fingers.

The searchlight can rotate freely at its end, similar to a surveillance camera.

After finally seizing the opportunity to bypass it, they discovered that there were four such "Searchlight Arm" in the next passage... There was no gap to squeeze through.

"There are three routes left to reach our destination... Let's make our move here."

"Good!"

The team, which had not planned to infiltrate the entire area, used this place as a turning point.

Bass!

Four flashes of sword light passed by.

Mia instantly severed the four Searchlight Arm in the passageway... but the fallen searchlights still functioned as lights, their light flashing past Mia's calves.

Sizzle sizzle...

Suddenly! A sound of electromagnetic interference rang in Mia's mind.

The field of vision also experienced flashes and blurring.

Sizzle!

In one of the searchlights that landed on the ground, strange, fleshy textures emerged from the metal surface.

With each 'buzzing' electromagnetic interference sound, these fleshy growths would become frenzied... Mia felt like she was fast-forwarding through a movie.

After a few flashes...

Wearing a steel screaming helmet, wrapped in rotten iron wire, holding a giant axe in one hand and a searchlight in the other, with an apron around his lower body, the "The Searcher" is constructed.

It is precisely the core existence of the Supervision Office that Mr. Aha mentioned... a creation combining human technology and the park's managers.

Its appearance is that of the classic monster from Silent Hill - Pyramid- Pyramid Head.

It inherits the terrifying and Heavy Pressure characteristics of Pyramid Head, and also has some of the park manager's peculiarities... Mr. Aha also warned that when encountering this thing, the main thing is to delay rather than fight it head-on.

"Retreat!"

Just as Mia, driven by her biological instincts, sensed danger and tried to back away.

Buzzing! Electromagnetic interference...

The feeling of fast-forwarding through a television screen returned once again.

The screen jumps!

The giant axe that had been dragging behind her had landed on Mia's head... she had no time to dodge.

Gaa!

At the critical moment, a crow cawed!

A 'crowman' flapped its wings and, at the crucial moment, grabbed Mia's slender waist and dragged her backward.

Click!

The giant axe crashed heavily to the ground.

Strange electrical wires were even growing from the huge gap that had been cleaved in the ground... If this axe had struck Mia, it might have been fatal.

"Nicholas ... thank you."

Mia turned her head to look at Han Dong, who had transformed into Crow Person Form," and blushed.

"By interfering with brainwaves through a special electromagnetic field, the attack also seems to come with a very strange 'wire' effect."

Wenli took out the spare metal and made a sealed temporary helmet that could effectively block the effects of electromagnetic waves.

"Good!"

Wenli demonstrated helmet making on-site, and even a simple metal helmet without specific shape requirements could be completed in one minute...

It was during Winry's blacksmithing period.

Ignoring the danger, Han Dong flew through the passage in his crow-man form, heading straight for the [The Searcher].

However...

Whoosh!

I heard a gust of wind whistle past my ear.

Han Dong actually brushed past the other person, right next to him...

Strangely, the [The Searcher] showed absolutely no desire to attack Han Dong, who was flying directly towards it, nor did it release any electromagnetic waves to interfere.

After bypassing the other party, Han Dong gave his teammate an 'OK' sign, indicating that he should go find Mr. Aha's wife first.

This also confirms that this thing relies entirely on its searchlight to capture targets; if the searchlight fails to capture a target, it will not launch an attack.

but...

Tap tap tap!

The sound of countless high heels approached from different directions.

Dozens of searchlights were closing in.