Enforcer Manual
Chapter 1188 - 984: Our Friend Xiaofu_2

Chapter 1188: Chapter 984: Our Friend Xiaofu_2

The janitor’s answer only added to his confusion.

Could it be that not only the janitor’s arm had a problem, but her eyes or cognitive system were also malfunctioning?

Before he could continue, Vince Mott realized the seriousness of the issue from a glimpse he caught out of the corner of his eye.

While they were talking, three students hurried past the staff building, and Vince Mott distinctly noticed the same symptoms on their wrists, the bruise-like purple color spreading into the sleeves. However, since they were wearing long-sleeved uniforms, he couldn’t immediately determine the full extent of the spread.

Even more eerily, like the janitor, these three students seemed completely unaware of the changes occurring in their bodies.

The incident from over twenty years ago originated from a strange illness among Psychics, leaving mysteries that haunted him like nightmares, and now, another set of unprecedented symptoms had emerged.

...

Meanwhile.

After a brief moment of daze, Song Lan and the others returned to familiar surroundings.

They had stayed a long while in a strange era, but for the "present" time dimension, it was only a fleeting moment; night had passed, dawn arrived, and Lu Xiang was using the "Sea of Souls" to understand the butterfly effect they had caused over the past few days.

In Song Lan’s words, Mr. Benjamin Abell missed the train to the new era, his life forever halted in the year 2141.

Consequently, the man who broke into the prison with the "holy sword" had vanished as well.

For history, Benjamin was an important figure.

He founded The Keeper and ignited the intense "Witch Hunt Movement." Looking at the information displayed by the "Sea of Souls," Lu Xiang suddenly recalled a long-standing academic debate.

At least regarding this issue, the dispute between the heroic and people’s historiography had a clear outcome.

The "Witch Hunt Movement" did not cease with Benjamin’s era; three months after his death, The Keeper was established, and a new founder took up his legacy, eventually stirring up a factional campaign against Psychics.

The difference was, shortly after the "Witch Hunt Movement" began, an organization with the goal of rescuing Psychics appeared from the "outside," rumored to be led by a woman referred to as the "Nun" internally. However, the United Government’s intelligence department ultimately failed to gather concrete information about this mysterious woman.

This news finally put Qi He’s anxious heart at ease.

Qi Yun had survived and, following their left instructions, became the leader of the Psychic organization.

It was a strange feeling.

The ever so lengthy span of over twenty years passed in an instant, and even the accumulated fatigue and weariness were brought back here.

And at the end of that journey, they had personally witnessed a scene of being despised and hunted by the entire world.

Everything you experience can become a lethal weapon, even a leaf or a droplet of rain could take your life in ways beyond one’s imagination—it was far from the relaxed scenario described by Song Lan. Rather, it was closely akin to the horror films produced by Kolo Film Industry years earlier, based on the themes of the Grim Reaper and accidents. The difference was that in reality, the frequency of misfortune was much higher, with three or more attacks occurring within an average minute.

This was the price of killing Benjamin.

Qi He could hardly imagine how they would have survived that dangerous period without Song Lan—an existence completely beyond comprehension.

His effortless demeanor made him suspect if Song Lan had undertaken many such actions before.

Another puzzling aspect, yet unasked, was Song Lan’s reason for taking action against Benjamin.

"There seems to be some trouble at the dumpsite."

Lu Xiang broke the silence, pushing back the questions Qi He was about to ask.

It seemed to be another unexpected change caused by the butterfly effect, "Medea said Ge Fu woke up all blue."

"What do you mean ’all blue’?"

Song Lan was lost in confusion.

"The whole person turned purple-blue, becoming a blue Ge Fu."

Lu Xiang also questioned Medea with the same doubt and received this response, "Ge Fu himself claims that there is nothing uncomfortable about his body, he even says that humans are supposed to be blue and also suggests that both Medea and Dr. Bai Zhu are a bit off in the head."

The symptoms can make a person’s speech and actions aggressive.

This was the first conclusion Medea reached. Under normal circumstances, as someone at the very bottom of the food chain in the junkyard, Xiaofu would definitely not dare to say in front of them that they have mental issues. To prevent the spread of the disease, they have already quarantined Ge Fu.

According to Medea, after her and Bai Zhu’s persuasion, Ge Fu finally accepted the "people are not originally blue" setting, but adopted a passive-aggressive attitude of "Sure, whatever you say is right."

After being isolated, Ge Fu has been continuously fiddling with his newly developed Horn Bug device. Aside from the change in his skin color, he doesn’t seem to exhibit any significant differences from his usual self.

Medea could tell that Ge Fu is treating this as a prank in his boring life, today turning Medea and Bai Zhu into the targets of his prank.

When suddenly one day, a close friend of yours declares with utmost certainty that 1+1=3, and you cannot refute it, all you can do is to adopt an attitude of "Ah right, exactly, exactly."

"Medea wants to know if you have any clues about this?"

If possible, they still hoped to resolve Xiaofu’s discoloration issue quickly.

They believe that the purple-blue complexion appears unhealthy, evoking a feeling as if he is severely poisoned and won’t survive long.

Overall, Xiaofu was still a decent colleague; they truly did not wish to exchange a hair-head for a bald one.

"...Why do you think I would turn people blue?"

Faced with the soul-searching questions from everyone, Song Lan was perplexed, wondering what kind of image he actually held in these peoples’ eyes.

"Because among those who could do such a thing, you are the most likely to actually act on it."

Lu Xiang said earnestly. She could think of many abilities that could change a person’s skin color and alter their cognition, but there were only a handful of Ability Users in this world who had time to waste on such things.

"It’s the nutritional injections."

Qi He suddenly spoke up, absolving Song Lan of suspicion. After a brief moment of haziness, some unfamiliar information surfaced deep in his mind, "The nutritional injections marketed by Cloud Biological Pharmaceutical, they’ve mixed something into them... In your practice of abilities, is there a possibility that you inadvertently brought something back to this era?"

The year 2141 was precisely when the outbreak of strange diseases among Psychics occurred, with many believing that a contagious disease originating from Psychics was rapidly spreading among the population.

And shortly after their return to the year 2167, an odd disease induced by nutritional injections appeared.

Qi He vaguely "recalls" using his official position to investigate Cloud Biological Pharmaceutical, but ultimately came up empty.

Once the nutritional injections became widespread, many voices claimed that it was a corporate conspiracy. The overly cheap price completely replaced food; even a penniless beggar could receive basic living supplies at the generous distribution centers of Cloud Biological Pharmaceutical.

Poverty ultimately overtook warnings and conspiracy theories. The universal adoption of nutritional injections, despite the company’s near-loss scenario, became a movement for all.

Qi He, understanding the company’s modus operandi, was even clearer that Cloud Biological Pharmaceutical would never engage in acts of overwhelming generosity.

But no one knew exactly what ingredient Cloud Biological Pharmaceutical added to the nutritional injections.

Everyone who ever attempted to investigate this matter ultimately disappeared mysteriously.

What concerned Qi He more was that this time-travel seemed to have triggered some kind of switch, and when the switch was activated, an unprecedented catastrophe followed.

Lu Xiang’s next words confirmed his suspicion, "Medea said, Ge Fu grew a third eye."

First turning entirely purple-blue and now growing a third eye, these are clear signs of mutation.

"Does he show any other abnormalities?"

"Ge Fu told them, ’You lunatics, humans originally have three eyes.’"