Enforcer Manual
Chapter 415: The Root of All Evil_1

Chapter 415: Chapter 415: The Root of All Evil_1

Just as Song Lan, following the principle of doing a good deed each day, had personally sent the shadow that had been trapped in the interrogation room for many years to the hell transfer station, Big Radish Head and the others finally smashed through the wall. With steel pipes in their hands found from who knows where, they shouted "Adventurer 13" as they rushed into the space behind the wall.

In the darkness, they could vaguely see Song Lan wielding a fire axe and facing a fluttering shadow, but when they entered, they found only Song Lan and two skeletons.

The array of weapons scattered around Song Lan wordlessly spoke of the dangers of the battle.

"Why did you come?"

This question stumped the three of them for a moment before Big Radish Head replied, "There’s strength in numbers."

They had heard noises coming from the basement, and after some deliberation, they rushed to the first floor, called Fengling, and together they charged toward the basement.

They considered their current situation and concluded that Song Lan had not only helped them but was also a civil servant with weak combat abilities. Leaving him alone to face the monsters from the Void would likely end in misfortune rather than luck.

However, judging from the situation at the scene, this civil servant seemed to possess some combat ability. Big Radish Head secretly speculated that his individual combat skills might be on par with those of the Rebel Clan’s Boss—the strongest fighter he’d ever seen.

"What he means is, if we want to survive in this town for a long time, we must join forces," explained the mayor of Sheep Village, providing a detailed account of Big Radish Head’s words, "You’ve said before that there might be other creatures from the Void hidden in the town, encountering them unprepared and alone would be very risky."

Reflecting on their experiences since arriving in the town, he felt that their way of interacting with Song Lan and Fengling was not quite normal. Although they all ostensibly came to build a place to live, they had divided into two groups in their actions, each doing their own thing.

There were only five of them, yet the creatures of the Void were endless, so they could not afford to abandon any teammate.

Spicy Chicken stepped forward with concern, "I just heard the sounds of battle, are you okay?"

As he came down the stairs, he was prepared for anything.

No matter what monster was waiting for them in the basement, he would violently strike their heads with the steel pipe in his hands.

"I’m fine."

Song Lan was somewhat surprised. He could see that the three of them were actually scared to death, but they still rushed over as soon as they heard the noises.

"What kind of monster was it?"

"Never encountered it before, but it wasn’t very strong. Probably just a small fry," he answered.

Hearing this, the three looked at each other. They always thought that referring to a Void creature as a "small fry" seemed a bit odd, but judging from the scene, whatever the monster was, it had been thoroughly eradicated, leaving not even a trace behind.

Soon, their attention was drawn to the two skeletons in the room, "Who were they?"

"Former Adventurers, unluckily they fell victim to a monster’s attack," replied Song Lan.

He bent down to pick up Captain Kate’s pistol that had fallen on the ground; the bodies were highly decomposed, and the gun was the only item proving her identity.

There was still much for him to do, "I need to report this discovery to headquarters, I’ll take care of things here."

After understanding Song Lan’s intention and confirming several times that he was not injured, the three tactfully went upstairs.

After all, they were not considered members of the Void Investigation Bureau yet; it was best for them to avoid secrets involving the identities of fallen adventurers.

Moments later, Lu Xiang received a call from Song Lan.

His efficiency at work had once again exceeded her expectations, and the years-long unresolved case was finally coming to a close today.

"The ghost of a mad scientist from the previous era..."

She murmured to herself, the identity of the murderer sounded unbelievable, and she didn’t know if Doug could accept such an outcome.

"In his words, it’s technology that separates consciousness from the body."

In fact, Elmon and the Guardian Spirit’s existence both confirmed the correctness of this theory. Even today, when provocative experiments are completely banned, there are still people engaged in relevant research, only they have moved their institutions to the "outside world," which is not under the jurisdiction of United Government law.

Elmon was a victim of this experiment.

Although the Assassin who murdered researchers trapped his soul in this dark basement, he could not stop the technology from continuing.

So...

The real culprit once again fell on the company’s shoulders.

Song Lan originally thought she had wrongly accused the company, but in fact, it once again proved people’s evaluation of the company—you can associate eleven out of ten bad things with the company.

"Leave this matter to me."

Lu Xiang sighed heavily, she had to return Kate’s bones and belongings to Doug’s hands, while the identity of another victim in the Interrogation room became an eternal mystery.

Of course, beyond that, there was an even more important task—arresting the innkeeper. According to the shadow’s description, the Boss was also one of the murderers who killed Kate. While Kate was busy dealing with the Consciousness Entity, the Boss, holding a shotgun, sneaked up behind her and shot her.

This left her deeply sighing.

Kate avoided the pursuit of the company and crime syndicates, only to end up killed by a brainwashed innkeeper.

Perhaps even the mysterious organization that guided her to investigate the town did not anticipate that she would lose her life in this way.

"Oh, right."

At last, Lu Xiang suddenly spoke up, "Today the rescuer service center received a message that the company has noticed our website and has dispatched a professional research team. It won’t be long before you see them."

"It seems they really don’t learn from their mistakes."

"No, I took a look at the list, and this time they have learned their lesson," said Lu Xiang.

Lu Xiang continued, "The team is led by a newly certified one-star rescuer, and the other team members are regular employees from the related industry."

This time, the company changed tactics.

They sent a group of insignificant characters, who were merely trivial numbers to the company. Even if they all died in the town, it wouldn’t cause the company too much damage.

"Knowing them, they’ll likely keep sending these investigators continuously. As soon as one batch dies, there will quickly be others to fill their vacancies."

"Alright, I got it."

Song Lan hung up the phone reluctantly, not expecting the company to stop throwing lives away so quickly, switching to a scattergun strategy instead.

Then he contacted Medea and others, who were highly interested in the discovery of a Consciousness Entity attaching to objects, urging him to send all the "cursed" objects back to the junkyard as soon as possible.

And after hearing about the company’s movements, Medea volunteered herself. She couldn’t wait to introduce some new friends to these company people.