Black Forest Special Investigator (Six Thousand Words)

"How did Night's End City manage to do it, perfectly matching my expectations?"

Xiao Xiao was still thinking about this question when he went downstairs.

What I was going to do could be considered selfish to some extent, and I was initially a little embarrassed about it.

But the people of Night's End City successfully dissuaded this kind-hearted person from being kind.

What's this?

The perfect victim?

Even his usually indifferent face showed a slight curve at the thought. Then, Xiao Xiao went down the stairs. Outside, endless, surging crimson tentacles and a palpable sense of hatred and danger rushed towards him. The surrounding buildings seemed to have transformed into menacing monsters. It looked as if Xiao Xiao's act of going downstairs was like voluntarily walking into the monsters' mouths.

His calm demeanor was surprising, as he had his hands in his pockets.

It didn't look like they were fighting against a city that had gone completely mad; it looked more like they were going downstairs to buy groceries.

"Am I crazy, or is this guy crazy?"

Upstairs, watching Xiao Xiao face the blood-soaked street without even drawing his gun, Lin Bo was completely dumbfounded. He couldn't understand where Xiao Xiao's confidence came from. "Am I dreaming?"

"Slap me!"

"..."

Little Four and his men were also staring blankly at Xiao Xiao as he came downstairs.

But upon hearing Lin Bo's words, they all immediately raised their hands.

"Etc..."

Lin Bo was taken aback and said, "I'll do it myself!"

He slapped himself in the face, but then felt it wasn't enough, so he reached into his inner thigh and pinched it.

His expression immediately turned pained and confused. "I wasn't dreaming..."

He then turned to look at Little Four, and asked blankly, "What exactly is the rank of your guild leader?"

"We haven't even obtained the Fourth Element yet, so of course we're at stage three for enhancement..."

Little Four seemed to be the calmest among the people present. "Theoretically, it's the same as mine, except that I have a few more special items."

Thinking of the terrifying shadow he had seen behind Xiao Xiao earlier, Lin Bo became more sober.

But he couldn't help but say, "Even so, he's far from being able to take on an entire city, isn't he?"

"Why can he act so arrogantly?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Little Four acted nonchalantly, glanced casually downstairs, and said, "Is it natural?"

"Strength is an instinct, and our Brother Xiao has always been terrifying."

"My advice is that there's no point in waiting here now; we should hurry up and prepare what he wants us to do!"

"..."

Little Four Si crunched the candy in her mouth with a loud crack, her voice lowering slightly:

"If you fail to complete the tasks he assigns, you will definitely experience how terrifying he is..."

"..."

Hearing his words, even Lin Bo and the others couldn't help but shudder.

It's clear that Little Four spoke from the bottom of his heart. This is Chairman Xiao's personal assistant, after all. What doesn't he know about Xiao Xiao? And even his personal assistant finds him so terrifying. Doesn't this prove something? The terrifying aura we occasionally sense from him is real. Don't be fooled by his gentle demeanor; he's actually a...

While these people were thinking, Xiao Xiao had already arrived on the street.

He stopped as soon as he stepped out of the street, feeling the city ground beneath his feet become soft and squishy, as if it were a living, writhing, sticky piece of flesh. Looking up, he saw that the surrounding buildings had transformed into monsters, as if they had shed some kind of disguise. Around the street, all sorts of monsters stared at him intently, their presence chilling and terrifying.

Those bright red tongues, which evoked an instinctive sense of dread, were almost licking his face, one by one.

"Whoosh!"

At that moment, Xiao Xiao's hair stood on end, and he felt an instinctive tremor.

His muscles reacted at that moment; the intense crisis sensed by the Insightful One triggered his instinctive response, and the power of the Violence Factor instantly caused his body to generate a defensive instinct, like suddenly seeing a snake and wanting to jump up and hide.

But Xiao Xiao used his Mind Burst ability to barely hold on.

He even let the slippery tongue lick his face and let the sharp bone spurs press against his throat.

Instead of showing hostility, he suddenly revealed a gentle smile on his face.

Hello everyone...

He greeted us with a smile, and at the same time, he used his insightful abilities to the fullest.

All the distortions and madness, threats and fears around him vanished rapidly at this moment. Xiao Xiao saw the streets around him, once filled with blood and flesh, turn back into the concrete and steel structures they had been in before. He saw the huge tentacles being erased from his sight little by little. He saw the bloody monsters turn into a group of tense and angry people, and the noisy sounds became clear.

There was no crazy city, no terrifying monsters, just a group of tense people.

Xiao Xiao saw that he was indeed standing right below the clinic. Around him, seven or eight police cars blocked both sides of the street, completely sealing off the area. Dozens of armed the Guard Hall and a large crowd of people, both nervous and eager to watch the spectacle, stood in the surrounding shops, craning their necks to look at the scene. Further away, one could even see the shadows of fully armed troops.

They were certainly in danger, with countless guns pointed at them.

They were also full of "malice," shouting at him, "Stop! Don't move!"

"Hands behind your head, don't go any further, or we'll shoot..."

"..."

"..."

It seems that my counterparts in Night's End City have indeed mobilized almost all of their available resources to deal with me.

At the level of the original inhabitants, only when the entire city is truly on high alert can outsiders feel that the whole city has come alive, rejecting and threatening them. That omnipresent malice is like a terrifying monster.

"This is a feasible approach!"

As this scene unfolded before his eyes, Xiao Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

His previous research on the theory of the natives in Black Gate City made him understand what was going on. In the eyes of strangers, or rather, in the eyes of delusional mental patients controlled by the Mother, the malice and hostility of those around them could be perceived. Moreover, they not only perceived it, but these unsettling things, such as malice and hostility, were even seen as monsters.

It is still unclear why these the Guard Hall and other armed personnel came.

But they were all undoubtedly coming for people like them. The stranger sensed this and saw terror approaching.

Because of their sheer number and the pervasive hostility they felt, they perceived the streets as being filled with monsters.

When faced with a threat of this magnitude, a normal stranger would almost certainly not be able to stand idly by and wait to die. Even Xiao Xiao almost fought back because of his instinctive reaction. If it were anyone else, they would probably have already run away or engaged in combat with these the Guard Hall.

Once a fight breaks out and the chaos escalates, an even more terrifying scene will unfold.

When the whole city is filled with people hunting you down and bullets wanting to kill you, it's no different from having enemies all over the place for a stranger.

Is this the truth behind why the entire city rejects him?

In a moment of Mind Burst, Xiao Xiao understood these things.

But in reality, only a short time passed, Xiao Xiao raised his hands as promised, facing the nervous crowd:

"Don't be nervous, I surrender!"

"But why do you all want to arrest me?"

"..."

"Surrender?"

The police officers and armed personnel who had cornered Xiao Xiao downstairs at the psychological counseling clinic were also stunned for a moment.

They received a phone call from above and mobilized all their personnel, preparing for a fierce battle. However, to their surprise, they encountered no terrifying terrorists, nor even the slightest physical confrontation. In particular, the other party's questions seemed innocent and puzzled, giving them the feeling that they had punched the air with all their might.

No one answered Xiao Xiao's question at this moment; instead, he was immediately surrounded by people.

Someone pulled out Silver Revolver from his back waistband and a red-handled fruit knife from his pocket, their expression strange.

The leader waved his hand. "Search!"

Immediately, people rushed into the psychological clinic, but no one noticed Lin Bo and Little Four.

Xiao Xiao was not surprised by this. If the outsiders did not directly resist, it would be easy for them to slip away from the natives. After all, the power of the Mother's illusion gave each of them incredible abilities, and these abilities were equally effective against the natives.

"Report: No explosives or other dangerous items found."

The search team quickly ran down and saluted. "We found a body, suspected to have died from poisoning."

"Someone died?"

The team leader's expression darkened slightly.

Although it wasn't as serious as the orders I received, the fact that someone died meant there was definitely a problem.

He immediately glared at Xiao Xiao: "Take him back for questioning."

"Leave two teams here to eliminate the danger and search for his accomplices..."

"..."

Xiao Xiao had no objection to any of this. He simply maintained his perspective as a native and used his ability as an observer to sense everyone around him. His gaze inadvertently swept over some of the people mixed in with the group, silently noting them down. However, he dismissed the vast majority of the armed personnel around him as potential threats.

My decision was right.

If it were truly a battle against an entire city, then I absolutely could not do it.

Even if he summoned the Butcher to wreak havoc, he still wouldn't be a match for a city.

However, I have a different perspective.

The perspective of indigenous people is inherently different from that of outsiders.

To outsiders, the city is alive; it can easily incite all its residents to harbor malice, attack, or even ostracize them. Therefore, from the outsider's perspective, they are powerless against Night's End City. However, the perspective of the natives is different. From their point of view, it's impossible for everyone in the city to be their enemy.

Pollution from the mother can only affect a portion of the population.

Xiao Xiao was put into a car and sped off to a certain place. Those who remained there were still on high alert and dared not relax.

"He seemed so confident, so amazing..."

Not far from this block, Lin Bo and the others just stared blankly, in disbelief:

"So you were just swallowed by the monster?"

"..."

"How could our guild leader be swallowed up?"

Only Little Four, who was beside him, slowly unbuckled his belt, his eyes gleaming. "He's just toying with the monster."

Lin Bo looked at Little Four, increasingly puzzled. "What are you doing?"

"Carry out the chairman's orders."

Little Four said, "The president has already given me a hint."

"Name?"

"Xiao Xiao!"

"Age?"

"Twenty three."

"Identity?"

"Senior Investigator of the Black Forest Biological Laboratory in Black Gate City... in secret!"

"..."

Xiao Xiao was taken to a sealed office where glaring lights shone directly on his face. Behind the lights, someone stared at him menacingly and demanded answers, but Xiao Xiao had already prepared his answers. He could also come up with answers on the spot if he hadn't thought of any, and his responses were exceptionally fluent.

"The Black Forest?"

As expected, the person on the other end was quite surprised when they heard Xiao Xiao's identity.

Now that he had switched to the perspective of the natives, he would begin his plan from their logic. Xiao Xiao had long anticipated that a massive organization like the Black Forest Biological Laboratory would have a powerful influence in a world with normal logic, and the people of Night's End City would surely have heard of them. By impersonating one of them, he could add some weight to his identity.

How can you prove your identity?

"Just call and ask."

Xiao Xiao replied nonchalantly to the other party's answer, "It's a secret, and of course I don't have any documents ready for you."

He wasn't worried about the other party going to the Black Forest Biological Laboratory to confirm.

Firstly, I've long been aware of my importance to the Black Forest; if they knew my situation, they'd probably try to cover it up. Secondly, I am a member of the Black Forest, aren't I? I participated in such an important research project of theirs...

... although the work is being studied.

"We will."

The interrogator on the other side, seeing how frankly Xiao Xiao answered, instantly began to believe him a little more.

But there was also a hint of doubt in his voice. "Why would the people from the Black Forest come here?"

Xiao Xiao smiled and said, "For tourism."

"Smack!"

A transparent plastic bag was tossed onto the table and slid down to Xiao Xiao: "You need to bring a gun on a trip?"

Xiao Xiao looked at the other person in surprise. "No bullets..."

"..."

The other party was speechless for a moment, as they had indeed not found any bullets, not even in the clinic.

After a pause, he looked intently at Xiao Xiao and said, "We received intelligence that you are a group of terrorists."

"Now you'd better tell me honestly, where did your accomplices go?"

"..."

"Just a companion."

Xiao Xiao pondered for a moment and said, "We can only be called accomplices if we are bad people. Until you have solid evidence, we can only say that we are companions. I don't know where they went. I only know that I came here to travel honestly. Before anything happened, your people arrested us. I don't know who wanted to frame me, but you should know that I did nothing."

"Nonsense!"

Hearing what the other person said, the person slammed their fist on the table. "There's a corpse in that clinic!"

"It was there when I went there."

Xiao Xiao said, "And you can check if my fingerprints are on it."

"You..."

The other party was speechless for a moment, but their anger clearly increased.

"Director, it's been confirmed. The other party is indeed from the Black Forest Biological Laboratory."

At that moment, through an invisible pane of glass, someone quickly reported to a man with a cold expression, "It's a bit strange. When we first asked, they said they couldn't find such a person, but shortly after we hung up, Black Forest called again. They sounded very nervous, saying that was their employee and that we absolutely mustn't do anything out of line..."

"... They even threatened that if anything happened to this person, they would hire a legal team to sue us."

"..."

How did the people from the Black Forest get here?

Hearing his subordinates' report, the expressions of those around him became somewhat strange.

For them, this whole thing was really baffling. They didn't know how they were told about such a dangerous person, but after they apprehended him, they didn't find any dangerous items. And upon investigation, it turned out that this person's identity was actually quite special. So, according to common sense, at most they would just temporarily detain the person and then report to their superiors to discuss how to handle the situation.

Unexpectedly, the director's expression was cold, and his gaze even inadvertently revealed a blank look.

Immediately, he coldly ordered, "Prosecute what? We found a body at the scene, which means they must be involved!"

"Interrogate him!"

"If he doesn't answer, then we'll use some tricks. I don't believe he won't answer!"

"..."

"We uphold the law..."

Upon hearing his words, the people around him were stunned for a moment, feeling that the director seemed unusually irritable today.

But there were still some obedient people who immediately agreed.

Inside the interrogation room, another person quickly appeared before Xiao Xiao. He placed a thick stack of newspapers, a hammer, a cup of milk tea, and a handful of shredded hair in front of Xiao Xiao, coldly smiling as he looked at him and said, "You've come to Night's End City for a reason. What are you doing here? Where are your accomplices? Since you won't talk when I ask you properly, don't blame me for being ruthless..."

Xiao Xiao listened silently to his words, seemingly lost in thought, then suddenly looked up and smiled:

"So, you were contaminated?"

"..."

He didn't lower his voice, and everyone inside and outside the interrogation room heard him say that.

However, lower-ranking police officers had no idea what was happening, let alone what the pollution was.

But the man who was about to torture Xiao Xiao suddenly changed his expression and leaped forward.

He grabbed a hammer and aimed it at Xiao Xiao's head.

But when faced with his sinister and ruthless face, Xiao Xiao simply smiled and broke free of his grip.

His hands were handcuffed to the back of the chair, but under the influence of the intermediate level of Violence Factor, the metal deformed with just a little force. He then reached forward and grabbed the gun that had been thrown onto the table in front of him. The gun was empty.

Xiao Xiao aimed at the person rushing towards him, his expression relaxed, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a flash of light erupted from the gun, which was empty of bullets, and the man holding the hammer had his head blown off.

The Silver Revolver had been thrown and beaten earlier, and it was already seething with anger; now it seemed to be quite powerful.

"Verification 1: The abilities of strangers are also useful in reality."

"..."

Xiao Xiao thought to himself that after switching back to the perspective of the natives, he had not become an ordinary person. He had simply seen the world of the natives as a stranger. His abilities still existed, even if they were terrifying powers brought about by some kind of abnormal Violence Factor. After all, from the perspective of the natives, the Violence Factor was a gene enhancement drug.

In reality, I am also an enhanced version of myself.

Furthermore, even if those people know their guns are unloaded, as long as they don't doubt themselves when they fire, their belief that they can kill will influence those around them, causing the person being shot to "die" from their own gunshot.

In other words, the indigenous people believed they had the ability to kill someone with an empty gun.

"Splash..."

Suddenly seeing Xiao Xiao break free of his handcuffs, grab an empty gun, and kill someone, the surrounding area was in complete chaos.

The corridor echoed with the sounds of people running and guns being cocked, but after Xiao Xiao killed the person who was about to torture him with a single shot, his movements remained slow, even possessing a certain unhurried elegance. He wasted no time, taking a step to the soundproof and opaque glass next to the interrogation room and slamming his fist into it.

The next moment, he passed directly through the isolation wall and arrived next to the director who had ordered the execution.

During the interrogation just now, I used my Insight ability to see who gave the order.

The Silver Revolver was pressed directly against his temple, and he laughed, "You're corrupted too."

"Release the director, don't move..."

Amidst shouts and curses, countless people surged into the cramped room, guns in hand, threatening him fiercely.

"You're not allowed to move!"

Xiao Xiao looked at them, his expression relaxed, but he tried to appear serious. He said, "I am a senior investigator from the Black Forest Biological Laboratory. I'm here in Night's End City to carry out a secret mission. You may not know, but I believe your superiors certainly do: Night's End City is being threatened by a mysterious force called the Mother. I'm here today to..."

"... to completely rid you of the threat of this power!"

"..."

At this point, he took a deep breath, suddenly raised his gun, and repeatedly pulled the trigger at the ceiling.

The banging sounds continued incessantly, and the noise was exceptionally loud.

After firing the shot, Xiao Xiao withdrew it, a satisfied expression on his face, his eyes gleaming faintly at that moment:

"So, everyone in Night's End City, if you've seen this video, please prepare yourselves immediately!"

"I think you've always wanted to find those contaminated individuals, and now, your chance has come."

Hehe, I went drinking yesterday...