Time rewound slightly.
At the Special Cinema, Lu Mian was forced to leave after suffering severe injuries. On his way to the ticketing area, he used a C-rank item.
"Help me check which movies Yu Jing might participate in next."
This C-rank item, the "Information Query Card," could be used to inquire about the movies another person in the same cinema could choose to enter.
It seemed rather useless, but in Lu Mian's eyes, it had a wide range of applications.
Because Yu Jing, as Hastur's successor, had already established a hostile relationship with him, he had to be eliminated. If he got the chance, Lu Mian would personally use the "Book of the Dead" to seal Yu Jing, attempting to obtain Hastur—and even the "Formless Chaos Heart Method."
"Hm? A low-level movie... I can't participate?"
Lu Mian had no idea why Yu Jing had been downgraded.
As a result, Lu Mian could not personally participate in the movie Yu Jing would enter next.
"A downgrade. It must be because some of Yu Jing's abilities have been sealed... Let other people play with you first."
After discovering that Yu Jing had only one movie to choose from, Lu Mian used the "Book of the Dead" and the brain-related item he had obtained to transmit the information to people in other cinemas.
Just as Yu Jing could use the "Yellow Scripture" to transmit information to Hastur, Lu Mian had already established a network of connections called the Divine Department before the World Cinema began operating.
The number of people in the Divine Department exceeded all imagination. Essentially, it was an intelligence organization ruled by Lu Mian.
Lu Mian spread information about "assassinating Yu Jing," "part of Yu Jing's abilities being sealed," and the movie he would enter through the network.
Naturally,