416. You're Playing with Fire

"Hello, Mr. Corneon."

Trist pulled down his hat brim and quickly scanned the room, finding no trace of Stone.

You should knock first.

Seeing this, Corneon remained calm. He moved his hand from the cup to the book, and with his other hand quietly pulled open a drawer, inside which was a pistol.

"I apologize, because some of your subordinates might not be very polite, so we gave them a little etiquette training."

Trist glanced at the thug lying at his feet.

Although he looks quite dashing now, Trist doesn't want anyone to see how he fled in terror and hid behind Xiya when he was hit by a series of typewriter clicks.

"Mr. Corneon, I don't know if there is a traitor within your family. We came to visit out of goodwill, but someone tried to attack us just now. It's really terrible."

Trist walked into the room and said.

"I have quite a few traitors around me."

Corneon smiled.

"Thank you for helping me eliminate the traitor. I think a good reward is due to you."

"Mr. Corneon, you are playing with fire."

Lu Ban didn't want to play games with Corneon, so he said...

"That monster is not something you can control, nor can it grant you immortality; it can only turn you into Walking Corpses."

Upon hearing Lu Ban's words, Corneon's gaze turned somewhat cold. He closed his book and smiled.

"I don't know what you're talking about. If monsters exist in the Ruined City, they should only exist in the sewers of the slums."

Corneon said.

"Don't rush, let me explain to Mr. Corneon."

Trist took the pipe from his mouth and continued.

"Many years ago, when Mr. Corneon was still in the early stages of his career, he acquired some knowledge, some knowledge about exotic lands, and knowledge about summoning exotic creatures. This knowledge overturned his understanding, and since then, Mr. Corneon has kept it in mind and has never forgotten it."

"But ordinary people can't even touch the otherworld. The monsters in those wildernesses are terrifying enough. Even though Mr. Corneon has a fairly large organization, he still hasn't been able to come into contact with the extraordinary. He has many children and grandchildren, and his organization is thriving, but these worldly things can no longer touch his heartstrings. Only things from the otherworld are what he pursues. Such an empty castle would have collapsed as he grew old and died, until he met Dr. House."

"Dr. House is a doctor who runs a private clinic. More importantly, he is the descendant of the Crane's Song School who has been stranded in the Ruined City. Unlike those charlatans, he showed Mr. Corneon a real miracle and convinced him that he could also possess the method that enabled the Daoist He Ming to ascend to immortality and achieve immortality."

"Mr. Corneon provided Dr. House with housing, materials, money, and test subjects. In the Ruined City, it is quite difficult to conduct such experiments. Although the wealthy people in the upper city are corrupt and tyrannical, if anyone touches their interests, then the Iron Fist will follow. This is why, even though the Catania Family has achieved its current power, it still has to associate with those in the upper class, has to be obsequious, and has to launder its businesses."

"The pollution from the factories that have sprung up in recent years has just met Dr. House's needs. He opened a clinic in the border area between the rich and poor, and generously treated the workers, providing them with drugs at low prices. In reality, he was conducting experiments. The drugs he used were essentially just inducers that caused people to become increasingly alienated. As the workers suffered more and more from the alien pollution, ordinary industrial exhaust pollution could no longer cause them any more damage."

"Of course, these rituals to summon alien monsters cannot be carried out with medicine alone. Dr. House searched for a long time and finally found a suitable vessel, which was the companion of the girl Liz. He suffered from an illness, and the medicine was expensive. Dr. House provided the medicine, which slowly eroded the other's body, and relied on regular check-ups to slowly carry out the ritual."

"Dr. House told Mr. Corneon that this exotic monster could modify the human body, grant immortality, and give him unlimited power. Mr. Corneon did indeed have a group of good-for-nothing children, and he did believe that if these children inherited the family business, the family's assets would be squandered. Therefore, his idea was to obtain immortal life and rule on this eternal throne for a thousand years."

"But accidents are always the main theme of the Ruined City. According to Dr. House's plan, the test subject should have transformed into a monster in Dr. House's basement after a period of time. But the accident broke all of this. Flora, as Tack's woman in the Sharp Blade Gang, chose to inform the Catania Family because of her jealousy of Liz and her disappointment with Kata. She revealed Tack's hiding place and when he would appear here."

"And in the Catania Family, there are always some people eager to make a name for themselves, including one of Mr. Corneon's distant relatives, Mackey, who led a group to attack the House of Happiness apartment building, killing Tack and also affecting Liz lived next door to Tack, and the experimental subject."

"Liz was fatally wounded on the spot, and the experimental subject was born prematurely due to the catalyst of death."

"On that day, in the House of Happiness apartment, the mud-like monster completed its transformation and descended into this world ahead of schedule. It devoured Liz and merged with her last remaining consciousness. The two achieved fusion and will never be separated again."

"The monster was secretly contained. It has shown amazing power and will grow stronger with each killing. Mr. Corneon discovered that it seems to have a good liking for Stone and is able to move around with Stone. Therefore, it was made to mimic the appearance of a dog and accompany Stone."

"Mr. Corneon wanted immortality and wanted the monster to grow, but the monster seemed to have its own consciousness. It killed Dr. House, who wanted to conduct a second experiment, and the test subject Flora, as well as Mackey of the Catania Family. They knew very well that the monster was seeking revenge. Liz and the test subject's will was gradually influencing the monster. They wanted to find a way to control it, so they commissioned me to investigate the truth behind it."

After saying this, Trist picked up his pipe and took another puff.

"Mr. Corneon, are you satisfied with the story I told you?"

After hearing all this, Corneon's expression remained unchanged.

"A very good story. So, Detective Trist, have you found a way to control that monster?"

He asked a question.

"No, Mr. Corneon, that monster will only keep devouring until the very last moment, and you will not be able to control it."

"Trist replied."

The next instant, a speck of mud dripped down from the ceiling.

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