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Town Hall.

An ancient and profound, lightless corridor, stretching endlessly along its length...

When your thoughts and consciousness are no longer focused on the corridor, no longer pondering how deep it is, and no longer preoccupied with what's in front of you.

A Wooden Gate will appear in the corridor.

Behind the Wooden Gate lies the town mayor's office.

The mayor doesn't need to be responsible for too much about things in Derry Town.

It will only intervene when Derry Town is subjected to a severe attack, disaster, major rebellion, or serious spatial problems.

Generally, the mayor is in his office, browsing through the various scrolls representing the small worlds, selecting some 'demons' with great potential and in line with the Derry Town's principles, and trying to guide them to rise in rank and become members of the town.

Just then.

The mayor suddenly stopped reading.

A small statue displayed on a platform—an old man with withered, dark skin, wearing Chief Priest and holding a snake-shaped dagger—suddenly split open from the middle, scattering fragments all over the ground.

Upon seeing this, the town mayor couldn't help but sigh softly.

"What a pity... If Richard himself had craved power and pursued the void on his own, he could have stood in an even higher position."

To rely solely on the unwavering bonds of family to navigate through emptiness is far too narrow-minded.

The mayor reached out and lightly touched the bell on the upper right corner of his desk.

Ring~

The bell rings only once before returning to stillness.

However, the ringing of the bell summoned an extremely terrifying being.

A pale, delicate hand with long fingernails immediately pushed open the office door, crawled in through the crack, and accompanied by a soft humming sound.

"La la la... Mayor, what do you want with me?"

"Richard is dead and murdered. The matter involves two Hidden Resident... You need to go to the Central Hospital to find out the cause of Richard's death and collect relevant evidence."

As the town mayor uttered those words.

Several more arms emerged from the crack in the door, expressing surprise.

"Richard ...it would take me a lot of effort to kill him."

Moreover, it's impossible to completely kill him in his hospital. His divinity allows him to possess people almost indefinitely.

Furthermore, if Hidden Resident dies, shouldn't the prosecutor be responsible for the investigation and evidence collection?

Oh? Does that mean she's also one of those involved?

"Hmm... Let's find out the reason quickly. Jane wouldn't break the 'balance' so easily. I believe there's more to this than meets the eye."

Hearing the mayor's instructions, the woman on the arm wasn't in a hurry, but continued humming a song as she spoke:

"La la la, it's good that this annoying old man is dead... However, I would prefer that the prosecutor also die."

"Speaking of which, if the prosecutor's actions constitute justifiable homicide, wouldn't she suddenly gain complete control of the hospital? That would disrupt the balance of power."

"No, during this special period, the hospital must be managed by two people working together... No problems are allowed to occur before the Joker is completely dead."

"Hmm... lalala~~"

The arm was pulled back through the crack in the door.

The clerk personally went to the Central Hospital.

[Void Otherworld]

That's too difficult...

Han Dong leaned back against dozens of crows, panting heavily.

In the process of forcibly suppressing Dean Richard with my physical body just now.

Even Though with the strongest enamel protecting the body, it still appears vulnerable when engulfed by color.

A brief contact lasting only a few seconds.

This caused the enamel shell and flesh to be completely destroyed.

All that remained were pitted bones... Not only the arms, but even the nearby body was devoured; the gallbladder was gone, the stomach was missing, and a huge hole was torn in the lungs.

This is still based on the premise that someone helps.

Without the assistance of the female corpse on the outside, Dean Richard would have eight more chances to be reborn... Moreover, during the rebirth process, he would continuously absorb the offerings in the hospital to further adapt to the Star-Color within his body.

Even Though Han Dong is unaffected by the Void Mark, Even Though with Miles's help, everyone will eventually die.

However... Dean Richard, who had already taken Star-Color (the larva) as a vessel, mentioned in his speech that apart from the mayor, no one in Derry Town could restrain him.

That's a bit scary.

The thought of this town mayor sent chills down Han Dong's spine...

"Get moving!"

There's still work to be done; things in Derry Town are far from over.

Even Though his body was crippled Even Though his brain was completely drained of energy... he had to move.

Cut off the pain receptors.

A syringe with gold trim emerged from the broken skeletal hand, piercing the recently beheaded Dean Richard. As the syringe absorbed the contents, the skeleton disintegrated and vanished.

A Cellular Essence of mixed colors was absorbed into it, a cell population completely different from the one before.

As mentioned earlier, Han Dong wanted to upgrade the level of the Faceless Head, Destiny Creature Cellular Essence paired with the Knight-Errant was no longer suitable... What Han Dong needed was the BOSS-level Cellular Essence from the True Destiny.

The LV.2 head pairing has become clearly insufficient for Han Dong, the knight, and he must upgrade it as soon as possible.

at the same time.

Han Dong also took out a test tube and collected the color exhaled by Dean Richard before he died.

They planned to fulfill Richard's last wish by injecting the purified color into the little girl's body.

The father-daughter photo on Dean Richard's desk, and the fact that the little girl was reborn from the void but retained all her humanity, are enough to show how much Richard values his daughter.

"I must get out of the hospital as soon as possible and return to Sam's farm to seek refuge... This time the exhaustion was too severe, and I will need at least a few days to recover and study how to upgrade the Faceless Head."

As for the main quest of killing Dean Richard, I can claim the reward after I recover to my peak condition.

Speaking of which... why Void Otherworld still exist?

Han Dong stared at the Black Pyramid and the void, showing no sign of collapsing due to the dean's death.

There was no time to think now. Han Dong slowly recovered his body while working with Miles to find an exit.

During this time, he also had a brief conversation with Miles through demonic whispers.

They seem to be discussing the 'salary issue' for working overtime during the Spring Festival.

Of course, the salary is not cash, but the benefit Miles gained in this incident.

The person who actually killed Dean Richard was not Han Dong... but Miles.

Once the Town Hall confirms Dean Richard's rebellion plan, Miles, who killed the dean, will surely be rewarded, and may even be re-evaluated... and added to the ranks of the Ten Evils.

At the same time, Miles's execution of Dean Richard also infused his "evil aura" with some Void Attribute, making it more aggressive.

This is the overtime pay given by Boss Han.