the last gentleman

Chapter 15
bell!doorbell ringing
The boss who was playing with dead fish specimens looked up at the young man who entered the door,

There was a trace of surprise in the dim eyes, as if he was a little surprised that Yi Chen could return 'intact', but a smile also appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"You seem to have found something by the lake."

"I encountered a little trouble, but it has been resolved."

"Um……"

The boss continued to immerse himself in the specimens without asking any further questions.

Ka~ Go back to the guest room, close and lock the door.

Take out a glass in the bathroom,

Fill it with the lake water kept between the roots,

In the process of squeezing the water out of the lake by the roots, Yi Chen recalled the chilling lakeside experience.

"The sheriff..."

Although it is easy to complete the anti-kill,

But Yi Chen's eyes captured an uncomfortable picture that made the fur tingle.

While grabbing the sheriff's collar,
Its chest exposed the fleshy fish scale tissue, densely packed, and oozing with slippery mucus... Even Yi Chen's fingers were covered with some mucus

For such a picture, I instinctively feel repulsive.

"The skin is scaly, is it a sign of pathology?"

At this time,

Little Putao drilled out of the neckline and took the initiative to popularize science.

"The "diversity" of disease symptoms is beyond imagination, and this fish scale disease is relatively common in sea areas, rivers, and such large lake areas.

do not worry,

The flora in your body will form a protective layer, and skin-level contact will not make you infected.

But if you accidentally cut it, you will be at risk... Remember to use an ax next time. "

"clear."

Sheriff business aside,
Take the glass filled with lake water and put it in front of the kerosene lamp.

【Visual Enhancement】

Like the eyes of a high-definition imager scanning the water quality,
The double-enlarged high-definition images reveal terrifying images invisible to ordinary people.

"Is this... some kind of parasite?"

Swarms of parasites are floating in the water, in huge numbers.

and,

Just ten seconds after the lake water was poured into the cup, these parasites had already laid a large number of eggs on the cup wall.

The transparent egg body can refract the faint green light, perhaps this is the origin of the name of the green lake.

"Maybe this is the reason why the boss said not to have "interactive behavior" with the town?
However, the plants growing inside and outside the town are all normal and show no signs of disease.

Even the roots that are directly used to store the lake water have not been affected in any way... In other words, these parasites are ineffective against "plants", which I must make good use of. "

While Yi Chen was analyzing in a low voice,
Little Putao jumped directly off his shoulders,

Holds the glass in a limp, limp black arm,
gurgle gurgling ~ a mouthful
This scene shocked Yi Chen. "What are you doing?!"

Little Putao gently shook her arm with only three fingers, signaling not to worry.

"Observation with the naked eye is always limited,
If you eat it directly, it will be more intuitive and more detailed to feel it with your body.

Don't worry~ I am a sick body, this thing can't infect me. "

"Did you get any useful information?"

"Hmm~ These small things that rely on water sources are obviously controlled by some kind of [consciousness subject]...the moment I swallowed them, I still wanted to send a signal, but unfortunately my body is not so easy to penetrate.

How about we try to find the subject?

Might be able to get a pretty good 'big grape'. "

"No hurry, this matter has to be taken slowly."

"It's also... With your current ability and me who is still immature, even if you can find the [subject], you may not be able to kill it smoothly. This matter needs to be carefully planned.

I'm tired~ I'm going to rest. "

chat over,

Little Putao directly buried most of her body into Yi Chen's shoulder, only a small piece of black fur was exposed.

Shortly after,
The bonfire party in the center of the town also came to an end.

Yi Chen leaned against the window, watching the tourists and residents on the street returning to their respective residences one after another, and nothing bad happened...at least not on the surface.

Thoughts circled and intertwined in the brain.

"According to the innkeeper, [three days] is very difficult to achieve.

In other words, the longer the tourists stay, the stronger the desire to "occupy" Green Lake Town will be.

By the time,
Those who participate in the assessment will inevitably break out large-scale conflicts with the sick forces in the small town.

Don't be in a hurry.

There are still many potential dangers in this small town, and the only thing that needs to be done today is to have a good rest. "

After confirming the airtightness of the house, fall on the pillow and go to sleep directly.

……

Green Lake Town - Center Street

With the end of the bonfire party, the whole street fell into silence,

But in some dark corners, there are still subtle movements.

deep in a certain street,
The three-person team that tried to invite Yi Chen to join before is currently 'eliminating the disease' here.

During the party, they took the initiative to accept the invitation of an 'unmasked person' to go deep into the street and was ambushed.

current.

The blond-haired Edmund had a murderous look on his face, and his pupils were bloodshot.

Holding a short sword in one hand and a pistol with the Mariano family's 'feather decoration' in the other.

Swish!
The thin sword was drawn out, and there were still some pus residues hanging on the surface of the sword.

What fell in front of him was a man with scaly skin, and the pathogens hidden in the brain were pierced by a short sword... The whole process was done without even pulling the trigger of the pistol, and the sword was handled with one hand.

same,

Two of his companions also each killed a Blighter.

The woman on the side was wiping the silver dagger with the rag she carried, and said softly:
"It seems that the small town is the key to the assessment. If we want to pass the organizational assessment, we should find out the root cause of the disease, or make a sufficient contribution to 'cure the disease'.

Judging from the party,
The mayor wearing a golden ghost mask and the Public Security Bureau are very suspicious. "

Edmund the fair hair adjusted his clothes,

"No hurry...there are still two more days left.

Since I participated in the party today, I will go to experience the free lake tour tomorrow and find out before proceeding to the final action.

I can't wait to get the [skin] of the tissue. "

……

Except for this team.

The rest of the people who participated in the assessment also found abnormalities one after another, killed or even captured and tortured sick townspeople in different areas.

A large number of death news spread in the small town,

The townspeople who stayed at home became impetuous and irritable one by one, and even kept scratching the fish scales hidden under the clothes with their fingers, and even simulated hacking on the furniture.

same.

There was also a change in the [Green Shade Hotel] where Yi Chen lived.

An arm covered with fish scales stretched out from the dark under the door,
Perhaps due to the mutation brought about by disease, the length and flexibility of the arms are slowly surpassing the human range,
protruding nearly two meters in length,
Then through the very rational joint twisting, it folds upward...

click!
The padlocks on the doors fell one after another,
The incision is smooth and mucous,

Even more terrifying is,
Every padlock that was cut was firmly grasped before landing, without making any noise.

crunch~
Doors that have not been opened for months are slowly being pushed open.

A shadow crawled from the top,

The messy long hair that hasn't been trimmed for a long time hangs from the ceiling to the floor, dragging gently like a broom, making a slight rustling sound...

　I took little Ah Fei to the playground to play on Sunday. Don't hit me!do not hit me!

　
(End of this chapter)