The Gentleman at the End-Chapter 660 - 658: Sacrifice

Whether it was William, Catherine, or Fangfang, they could all sense that the seemingly normal landlady had already mutated and could be defined by the keyword "Mutant" provided by the hospital.

However, she herself seemed unaware of this, still living a life close to that of a normal person, finding ways to run the inn and make money for her family.

Or perhaps she was aware, and operating the guesthouse was just a front.

Nevertheless, the information provided by the landlady was crucial, although some parts might have been fabricated, the overall information was still very valuable.

Based on the landlady’s description, William also had some questions.

"If the Village Chief performs his duties diligently during his tenure, does he still need to be replaced?"

"If he performs well and is approved by the Buddha Mother, he could continue to participate in the Village Chief election.

The current one has been in office for the longest period here, serving seven terms, but this year might be dangerous for him, considering the major incident that occurred in the village."

"Seven terms? Over seventy years? How old is the Village Chief this year?"

"Around a hundred years old, I guess~ I’m not exactly sure, by the time I was born the Village Chief already had white hair... However, during his tenure, his health seems to have improved."

"Where does the Village Chief live, can we meet him? We are very interested in the local culture, and speaking with such a respected Village Chief could be very helpful for us."

"Sorry, the Village Chief does not meet with outsiders.

Even we need permission to see him, and the Village Chief is not necessarily in the village, as he has received direct blessings from the Buddha Mother and often lives underwater.

He only shows up in certain special circumstances.

Like the last time, when a few damned youngsters sneaked into the cave where the Main Divine Statue is located, the Village Chief sensed something was amiss, but it was too late by the time he arrived."

[Cave]

William caught another key term, but he did not ask for more details. Given the recent incident in the village, any questions about the Divine Statue might be met with suspicion.

And there were also some very strange points in this conversation,

The Village Chief, as the primary person responsible for Flower Sea Village and also recognized by the Buddha Mother as a special villager,

logically, the symbol of the Buddha Mother, the "Main Divine Statue," should be kept at the Village Chief’s home, right?

The fact that the landlady said the Village Chief arrived too late suggests there is quite a distance between them, even hinting that the Main Divine Statue might be located outside the village.

"Why would the statue that protects the whole village be placed outside the village? Shouldn’t such an item be kept at home to be worshiped? Even someone like the Village Chief has to stay away from the statue, only alternating daily shifts of villagers to guard near the cave where the statue is located.

Does that mean the statue has Social Phobia?

Even its devout villagers do not want to see it, preferring to be alone? If it truly has Social Phobia, there would be no need for the Buddha Mother to interact with the villagers, or just directly enslave everyone and be done with it.

Or is it that the object is exceedingly dangerous? Even the local villagers dare not directly contact it, perhaps the earliest villagers who came here paid a terrible price during their encounter with the Buddha Mother.

Subsequently, the villagers devised ways to keep the Main Divine Statue deep in the cave at some distance from the village, selecting and replicating Divine Statues, and indirectly receiving the grace brought by the statue through methods like village sacrifices to the Flower Sea?

If so, the rank of this ’Flower Sea Buddha Mother’ must be very high, and the purity of the Main Divine Statue equally so, far surpassing the ’Fertility Guanyin’ I had encountered before.

If Catherine could indeed absorb it, it might not only awaken her Dreaming ability but could also greatly enhance Catherine herself... But there are definitely risks involved; we must not be hasty, as even a slight error leading to exposure could result in us being labeled as plague carriers targeted by many forces.

This is not just an opportunity for Catherine but for me as well."

Thinking this, William could not help but look at his own abdomen, sensing the subtle changes that the Abyss rotation brought to his physical body.

Having been in this alternate World for so long, he had gradually adapted to the restrictions and feelings of frailty brought by the illness and had come to a realization. free𝑤ebnovel.com

Removing all illnesses except for the Abyss might not entirely be a side effect of crossing worlds.

It might be that William, while undergoing the processes of "Dreaming" and "World Crossing," subconsciously blocked other abilities or moved them elsewhere, retaining only the Abyss.

He wanted to use this opportunity to train and understand the essence of the Abyss in such a pure form, free from the interference of other plagues, as the diseases William originally carried were too cumbersome and remained somewhat bloated even after purification through "Silver Murk."

After several days of fleeing, interacting with the local deities, and absorbing the enlightened Divine Statues, William indeed had a new understanding of the Abyss in his abdomen; the next step was learning how to use it.

[01:00]

In the early morning hours.

Fangfang had long been asleep, as her Blood Flesh Magic Cube needed sufficient sleep to perform optimally.

Catherine was still wearing only a loose sweatshirt, her pale legs stretched out on the bed, watching a series and drinking chilled cola bought from the landlady.

With each drink, an octopus tentacle would grow from beneath the sweatshirt and brush slightly.

Meanwhile, William was sitting cross-legged on the balcony, palms stacked on his abdomen, continuously sensing the Abyss.

Thump, thump—soft knocks sounded.

Catherine, engrossed in her phone, didn’t hear them at all; it fell to William to walk over from the balcony to open the door.

When the door opened,

the beautiful and voluptuous landlady, dressed in nothing but a spaghetti-strap nightgown, leaned against the doorway.

"You indeed haven’t slept yet~ I mentioned during the day that during the shift change of those disgusting investigators, I could take you for a stroll on the beach.

See if you need it? If so, I’m ready to take you out now to enjoy the coastal scenery."

"Catherine, do you want to go?" William asked, seemingly casually, but he stealthily made a hand gesture.

"You go alone~ I just reached the climax of the series, and I’m a bit sleepy; don’t wake me up when you get back."

"Alright."

Seeing that William was the only one following her, a flush of red tinted the landlady’s cheeks.

As soon as the two stepped out of the guesthouse, the landlady directly slipped her arm through his.

The thin-as-silk nightgown clung tightly to William’s muscular arm. The soft touch was extensive and intense enough to make most males incapable of resisting,

yet William maintained his composure, though he did not shrug her off.

Under the landlady’s lead, they quickly reached the beach.

"Stand here, don’t move~"

With her gentle words, the landlady instructed William to stay still,

then suddenly embraced him tightly from behind, her soft body pressing fully against his back.

Not only that, but the landlady also pressed her moist lips near William’s ear, quietly singing a song from the village.

Under the backdrop of the night sky and the sea of flowers, the scene of a man and woman embracing looked rather beautiful.

However, William could feel something off, even a sense of death.

The song by his ear had a hypnotic effect, and the landlady’s arms tightened around his waist with each verse, like a rope binding him, making it impossible to escape.

The singing not only hypnotized but also awakened something in the sea,

Blue flowers floating on the sea were slowly raised, until one by one, cold, wrinkled skulls surfaced.

These drowned corpses shared the same feature—their eyes were replaced by flowers.

The bodies followed the song toward the shore,

their throats emitted a low growl, and their arms reached out as far as possible, clearly trying to grab William’s body to pull him into the sea as an offering to the landlady.

But at that moment, William’s eyes sparkled with clarity, showing no sign of being hypnotized.

"Landlady, after taking so much money, you still want me? That’s rather heartless. By the way, would it affect you if the divine statue in your home were missing?"

"What do you mean?"

"No meaning... Goodbye, landlady~ your figure indeed is great, but it’s nothing compared to the principal at my former school. This allure doesn’t affect me.

Moreover, I’m not too adept at showing mercy."

Twisting his core,

a whirl of energy forcefully broke the landlady’s grip and allowed him to seize her other arm.

Twisting his waist to her back,

at that moment, William recalled the special training at the Bunny Castle Club, remembered the rhythm of playing instruments, and the collisions in wrestling.

[True Shoulder Takedown]

Bang!

Like a powerful grenade exploding at the shore, the waves soared up a full ten meters.

The landlady’s body, along with the advancing drowned corpses, got completely torn apart in that shoulder throw, limbs scattered across the sea.

Having completed this,

William didn’t rush to leave; he quietly crouched by the shore and gave the sea of flowers in front a universally understood friendly gesture.

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