The Gentleman at the End-Chapter 662 - 660: The Chase

Beach,

Several investigators were examining the chunks of bodies and the indentations that William had created with a shoulder throw,

One of them was holding a device similar to a compass, trying to detect any remaining divine aura, but they found nothing.

The final conclusion was that an individual without divinity had caused the disturbance with brute force. Such a conclusion was so exaggerated that they didn’t even dare to write it in their notebooks.

One of the investigators, who had recently joined and was relatively young and shy, immediately thought of something.

"The whole city is currently screening for carriers of the plague, but the type of plague has not been announced. Is there a possibility..."

He had only spoken halfway when,

Gurgle gurgle~ The lake’s surface began to bubble furiously, as something unusual was rising.

The investigators tensed up and adopted their battle stances.

The first thing to surface was a bald face full of wrinkles, which also bore an exaggerated smile.

The wrinkles on the face became more numerous and dense due to the squeeze of the smile, easily indicating that the age of the person was at least over ninety.

But the body that followed up from the water didn’t look like it belonged to a ninety-year-old, nor even a human being.

Taller by half a body length than the tallest investigator at the scene, the figure was lean and sturdy, without an ounce of excess flesh, with every piece of muscle clinging to the bones and serving their maximal purpose.

The old man rising from the sea exuded a pressing aura, causing the investigators from the city to step back in unison,

Yet they had met him before. When the investigators came to Flower Sea Village with an investigation letter from the city, it was this old man who led the villagers in receiving them.

"To our guests from the city who have traveled from afar, it’s been a long time~ You have diligently stayed here to conduct your investigation, which is truly hard work.

Luckily, you haven’t left yet~ One of our villagers was just murdered by an outsider. This is the crime scene.

The perpetrator has extraordinary strength and killed the villager with a single move. Moreover, it seems that he deliberately caused such a commotion to draw you here.

Perhaps this person has another purpose, similar to the young man from a month ago, wanting to get in touch with our village’s Guardian God."

One of the investigators explained, "Village Chief, rest assured, not all of us came here to investigate. At the entrance to the cave, our Captain and three powerful members remain, and they will naturally not allow outsiders close.

Plus, there is your Sealing Barrier at the cave entrance, so there shouldn’t be much of a problem."

Snap!

The Village Chief’s palm, capable of crushing a skull, lightly landed on the investigator’s shoulder,

"We should still go have a look~ If something has gone wrong and angered the Buddha Mother, everyone here, including me, might be in danger.

Moreover, Flower Sea Village might be lost forever, no longer will the jacarandas bloom all year round, and the sea water will become rotten and foul. Linghai City’s number one tourist spot will be permanently closed.

Our village will no longer be able to pay taxes to the city, and the economy of the entire city will be affected."

"Alright, let’s go together then."

"Hurry up and run, young folks~ Don’t let an old man like me, who’s about to die, outpace you."

Giant footprints were left on the sand, and the Village Chief’s speed was unbelievable, dashing out dozens of meters in an instant. Only two investigators, who specialized in speed, could barely keep up by exerting all their strength.

When they arrived at the cave, the four-person team that should have been guarding the place was nowhere to be seen, not even a trace of their aura was left.

Veins popped on the Village Chief’s face as his anger reached its peak.

A month ago, this group of investigators arrived in the village to carry out a comprehensive divine survey due to implications for the entire city. To return the village to normal as much as possible, the village chose to endure and cooperate with their work.

Yet another incident had occurred, and this time, the outsider who had infiltrated the village was no simple matter, fully capable of angering the Buddha Mother, leading to irreparable consequences.

If anything happened, the Buddha Mother would abandon everything here, and all the blessings bestowed would fade away.

The Village Chief, who had lived for a full 143 years, would no longer be able to receive blessings, and the end waiting for him would be an ordinary death.

At this point, the Village Chief could no longer continue to endure and maintain his disguise, as his facial smile morphed into a look of rage and hatred.

Beneath the skin of his back, something was clearly squirming, resembling both plant rootlets and some sort of disgusting sea cucumber structure.

The two Investigators who barely kept up with the Village Chief’s speed showed surprise upon seeing that no one was guarding the cave entrance.

One of the Investigators hastily explained, "Captain Li wouldn’t make such a mistake. There’s only one possibility: the outsider’s skills are high, and they used some method to force Captain Li and the others to a different location.

The seal at the entrance of the cave doesn’t show signs of being broken, so it’s possible that the person hasn’t..."

Before he could finish,

the Village Chief suddenly turned around and slapped the overly talkative Investigator squarely in the face—crack! In silencing his babble, he twisted the Investigator’s head a full 720 degrees.

The other Investigator was shocked but, mentally tough, he immediately channeled energy into his arm as if an old man riding a crane was imparting his qi to him.

Concentrating his qi in his dantian, he swung with all his might,

hitting the centenarian Village Chief directly in the abdomen with the palm of his hand.

Boom!

A shockwave visible to the naked eye was released behind the Village Chief, but the Chief only stepped back half a step.

"A strong hit~ Unfortunately, too weak. For the city to send you interns here to investigate, it’s nothing short of an insult to Flower Sea Village, wasting so much precious time, so many opportunities for sacrifice,"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Village Chief’s mouth, along with his jaw, split open ’vertically,’ and multiple sea lamprey-like ’tongues’ emerged from his mouth.

He bit down viciously! Decapitating the Investigator, the sea lamprey-like tongues even pierced through the skull, sucking out the brain matter within.

The fresh, urban, and well-educated young brain made the Village Chief’s thoughts much clearer,

He sniffed the air anew, confirming that the other party hadn’t been in the cave long and that there might still be a chance to recover,

The Village Chief tilted back his head, letting out a high-pitched, wide-ranging shriek through his fully split mouth.

In that moment,

the villagers who were either sleeping at home or busy with other tasks all responded, each heading to the divine statues in their homes, frantically bowing and kneeling, their bodies secreting seawater and undergoing mutation throughout the process.

Meanwhile, those Investigators who had rushed over from the beach, moving slower, found that the Village Chief had finished eating with not a trace of bones left when they arrived at the cave entrance.

Moreover, he had torn open the yellow talisman barrier and the ropes at the entrance, fabricating the illusion that the two Investigators he had killed had already chased someone into the cave.

"Your comrades followed after detecting the outsider’s trail, let’s hurry up and follow~ The person is not simple, be extremely careful.

I’ve sent out a message to every corner of the village, and the villagers are on their way. We will not let outsiders disrupt our rule here."

Following the Village Chief’s suggestion, most of the Investigators chose to follow him into the cave, but two were left at the entrance to maintain communication.

The Village Chief intentionally walked at the back of the group, a strange smile on his face.

In an area of the woods unnoticed by everyone, a pair of special eyes silently observed what was happening at the cave entrance.

The owner of these eyes was clad in a brightly colored yellow raincoat.

The raincoat was quite peculiar. Its pure yellow was easy to spot, yet it never attracted anyone’s attention. The seemingly faded garment had actually blended into the environment, achieving adaptive concealment.

Under the raincoat’s hood, a mouth moved slightly, uttering a chillingly hoarse whisper,

"William... your ’Luck Value’ really is high~ To think you’d encounter a deity of this caliber so soon. Can you or Catherine really handle such a tough bone to chew?

Maybe, everyone here will end up dead because of it.

Lucky I followed along. You people are so unreliable. Right, Yellow Skin?"

The raincoat rustled, as if a response had already been given on the retina.

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