The Gentleman at the End-Chapter 651 - 649: Entering the Room

Although the two detectives had left, the steam from the instant noodles continued to rise.

Before long,

the familiar channel to the Abyss appeared out of thin air,

this time, three individuals crawled out from within,

In fact, William had wanted to stay hidden for a longer period, as the men in black hadn’t completely left yet.

But for Fangfang, who had never been in contact with the illness and had never seen the Abyss, the ordeal of endless Falling into the Abyss had left her speechless with fear.

Her entire body, including the Magic Cube on her face, trembled, and she began to vomit, convulse, and even scream hysterically.

Having no other choice, they had to exit the Abyss ahead of time, fortunately, the room was temporarily safe.

The footprints on the windowsill, the nearly empty noodle bucket, and the octopus saliva on the pillow were all strategic deceptions crafted by William,

intended to make the men in black believe that he and his companions had left hastily. This "sense of hurry" was meant to further lead them on a chase.

"These two black-clad men, who quickly located us and followed suit, seemed to be special officers from this county town based on their conversation, with quite strange facial structures and emitting a threatening aura in sufficient quantity.

Moreover, they didn’t follow my lead and chase out but instead decisively abandoned the investigation of us, which is really extraordinary... But that’s also right, having experienced the Superpower displayed by Fangfang, without special means to counteract it, indeed it would be very difficult to track us further.

Rather than wasting time, it’s better to spend it on other matters."

Meanwhile, Catherine seemed not to care about what had just happened and continued to eat the still-steaming instant noodles.

Fangfang continued to vomit in the toilet, barely managing to get over the discomfort brought by the Abyss. When she looked at William, there was even a hint of fear as she purposefully moved closer to the nearby Catherine.

She quietly tugged on Catherine’s sleeve and whispered, "Um... those two detectives haven’t left the building yet."

"What?!"

William was shocked, thinking the other party had guessed his tactics.

Fangfang continued, "But they didn’t stay intentionally waiting for us to show up. They are here for another matter. Based on the changes in the spatial geometry, they should have gone to the boss’s house.

I can’t detect any further than that, as the boss’s home houses a consecrated Divine Statue, and my detection is repelled from that area."

At this point, William also recalled the time when he inadvertently spied a glimpse into the boss’s residence while shopping. Although he had only peered through the crack of the door, he had witnessed the eerie scene of the whole family kneeling and worshiping.

"Besides us... Are there other cases in this urban village?"

At that moment, a sinister Aura seeped from the floor,

and even William, whose Perception was stripped away, could clearly feel its presence. Catherine slurped up the last noodle and prepared for battle.

This was an extremely strong "Evil Thought," making it feel like the entire hotel was permeated with a sticky substance that occasionally took the form of an infant.

"The officers are in trouble," said Fangfang.

"Oh~ Isn’t that just perfect? Let’s just scram and find a genuine place of Safety to rest a bit. I still have several videos in my favorites I haven’t watched."

Catherine was already reaching for the windowsill, ready to leap and vanish into the night.

William, however, had a different Thought, "Wait, this is an opportunity—a chance to quickly understand the current World while also owing someone a favor.

Moreover, it’s also a good test to see if the remnants of our illness ability are effective against the evil entities of this world, to assess the extent of the effect and see what level it’s on."

"William, you’re not planning on helping those two who wanted to catch us, are you? What if, after everything’s done, they turn and bite back?"

"The initiative is in our hands, we must judge the situation and make strategic decisions."

"Alright~ It’ll be good to get some exercise anyway."

"Let’s go."

William stood up and headed towards the staircase outside the room. The sound of thunder and raindrops provided excellent cover for their footsteps.

Catherine didn’t seem to have any objections; although she really wanted to find a quiet spot to continue playing with her phone, the thought of an opportunity to wreak havoc in this other world quickly cultivated her malicious instincts, temporarily shelving her plans for playing on her phone.

Fangfang stood at the doorway, showing no intention of following,

"I’ll just wait here for you guys~ I’m not good at fighting, so come find me once you’ve dealt with it. And if there’s danger, you can use the stairs to escape; I will separate you from the pursuers in different stairwell areas."

"Okay, we’ll be back soon."

William and Catherine made their way to the Second Floor along the stairs, with the wooden counter of the [Comfortable Hotel] situated at the staircase entrance,

the incandescent lights flickered uncertainly due to the insufficient voltage, hissing faintly,

The door at the end of the hallway stood wide open,

the candlelight shone through the gaps of the door curtain made of Black Bodhi Seed,

For the moment, there was no sound of conversation, fighting, and even the faint Evil aura that had spread out had retracted back, as if the battle had ended and everything had returned to Peace.

"Have those two detectives already dealt with it? Let’s wait a bit before heading over."

The two waited on the staircase half the night but did not see the black-clothed detective appear,

"Strange... let’s go over and take a look. It’s really troublesome to not have the ability to detect illnesses~ Catherine, be careful."

"Don’t just say ’be careful’; why don’t you hurry up and walk in front to protect me, this weak woman?"

"Stay close to me."

Leading the way, William instinctively reached back with his hand, still only to have tentacles wrap around his wrist, maintaining the connection between the two of them to avoid being suddenly separated by unknown factors.

Upon reaching the curtain, William peeked through the gap at the interior,

Red candles covered the floor, the shrine stood, but no human figure could be seen.

Just as he was about to lift the curtain to go further inside, whoosh! A figure suddenly flashed out.

The stooped body shape of the innkeeper, wearing flip-flops, appeared on the other side of the curtain, with a smiling expression, "Guests, what can I do for you?"

William didn’t panic but naturally continued the conversation, also mixing in a bit of a London accent between his Chinese, "Oh! Innkeeper, you are indeed at home... The thing is, we have urgent matters tonight and need to check out, so we especially came to inform you."

"Is it that urgent? It’s still pouring rain outside.

Since you’re already here, why not come in and sit for a while? After all, it’s rare for us to meet foreign friends like you. I’ll brew you a cup of the local specialty ginger tea to warm you up before you ’hit the road’."

"You’re too kind."

"Please come in."

Following the innkeeper’s warm invitation, they entered the room.

Catherine had retracted her tentacles in advance and applied a layer of mucus as a barrier on the surface of her palm, barely holding William’s hand, the two pretending to be a couple.

"It takes some time to make the ginger tea. Please sit anywhere you like. It’ll be ready in about five minutes."

"Alright."

William and Catherine sat on the sofa waiting, their gazes involuntarily drawn to the shrine, focusing on the ’Fertility Guanyin’ it enshrined and unable to look away.

Perhaps because the divine statue was related to ’life’,

William’s abdomen suddenly experienced intense cramps, pulling him out of his entranced state.

The regaining clarity in William’s vision caught an odd shadow at the corner of his eye, standing at the entrance, watching them. Although it had a human body structure, its outline was distinctly off.

However,

William, drawing upon his acting experience, didn’t turn his head and kept gazing at the divine statue, pretending that he noticed nothing, yet trying to make out the details of the odd shadow from the corner of his eye.

Gradually, he finally saw it clearly.

A hugely swollen belly was the first to come into view, presenting a swollen spherical structure, almost three times the size of an ordinary pregnant woman’s.

The individual bearing this belly was a special pregnant woman.

She stood two meters tall, with her black hair hanging in front of her face hiding her features,

Her body so emaciated that most nutrients had been sucked away by the belly, each rib bone sharply visible.

Then, something even more bizarre happened,

A monstrous face appeared on the belly,

Whoosh~the belly slowly split along the horizontal midline, forming a gaping maw large enough to swallow a human.

Not only that, but inside the gaping mouth were packed full of fetal infants, each displaying a hungry state with drool dripping.

The pregnant woman moved, positioning herself behind William, who was distracted by the statue,

Tentacle-like infant hands emerged from her belly, ready to drag and swallow William whole, with bright red saliva already dripping on his shoulder.

The next second,

William’s eyes suddenly hardened,

He flexed his hands, firmly grasping the upper and lower jaws of the gaping belly mouth, muscles maximized!

[Hand Tear!]

Whoosh!

Blood rained down,

William, using some of the physical strength he had brought with him, tore the creature in half from the belly without any resistance.

Ahh!

The scream echoed through the entire urban village.

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