Hyperdimensional Warlock

Chapter 3966 Commissioned Releaser

After waiting for a while.

There were bursts of cheers coming from outside.

Ingres looked out through the black lacquered window pane and saw Sisley, dressed in a funny clown costume, who had returned to the children's house at some point.

He walked forward with his feet together on the colorful balls, waving the balloons and blowing the trumpet, causing bursts of laughter from the children around him.

Seeing this, Sisley performed a few acrobatic moves on the colorful balls.

The performance ended with a backflip and a chest salute.

The children who were fostered in the Children's House burst into cheers again.

Ingres naturally saw this scene outside.

As the manager of the Children's House, Sisley would occasionally appear outside and perform, which could be considered a little Easter egg of the Children's House.

Sisley seemed to have a good relationship with the children, and his face was always filled with a smile.

Only Ingres could see it.

His smile was still an act, not a smile from the heart. But compared to the numb smile in the past, his smile now had a bit more madness.

Ingres sighed. He naturally understood Sisley's changes.

It all stems from the "Joker's Complex".

"Side Quest "The Clown's Heart""

"Mission Overview: After learning about the Dark Corner, Sisley felt mixed emotions. He didn't know whether he should blame the mysterious child, nor did he know what to do next... After reaching the bottom of despair, a crazy idea suddenly emerged in his heart."

"Mission objective: Find a way to find the mysterious child in the dark corner (the dark corner has been opened and can be enabled now) / Find the secrets of the dark corner and take revenge on the Fashion Guild (Choose one of the two, you can complete the mission by achieving either one)"

Ingres could guess that Sisley's madness at this time was because he had heard before that the mysterious child came from a dark corner. He felt that his search was hopeless, and some crazy ideas were born in despair.

For example... launching a suicidal revenge against the Fashion Guild.

However, it was only under Ingres' strong pressure that Sisley suppressed the frenzy in his heart.

But from the look in his eyes, it can be seen that his self-suppression cannot last too long. Once it exceeds the limit of his inner endurance, he will inevitably do something even crazier.

However, his coming this time should be able to ease his depressed emotions.

Thinking of this, Angel looked at the mission objective on the text column.

"Goal 1: Find a way to find the mysterious child in the dark corner."

This quest objective previously had grey text and indicated that Vignette was not turned on and could not be enabled.

But now the text color has returned to normal, and it is marked at the back that it can be enabled.

Telling Sisley about this should help ease his emotions a little.

While Ingres was thinking, Sisley had already walked into the office of the Children's House, which was also his exclusive dressing room.

After Sisley came in, he immediately returned to his calm state from the laughing clowns outside.

But Angel knew that this was only on the surface, and the fire in his heart had not been extinguished at all.

"Sir, I have found information about Xidaya." Sisley said respectfully.

Angel did not ask him to report immediately. The information itself was five years late, so it would not matter if it was a little later.

Ingres waved his hand, motioning Sisley to come over.

"I came here this time not only to find information about Xidaya, but also to tell you something else."

In the face of Sisley's puzzled eyes, Ingres spoke slowly.

"My colleagues and I have recently discovered the dark corner entrance and have sent people in to explore."

Dark corner?! Sisley's pupils widened instantly.

Angel: "Of course, we explored the dark corner for other reasons. However, I also asked the first group of people who entered to help keep an eye on the mysterious child you sheltered."

"If I get any news, I'll tell you as soon as possible."

After hearing what Ingres said, Sisley's whole body was shaking, and he couldn't help but loosen his hand holding the document bag. The documents fell to the ground.

Sisley quickly apologized: "Sorry, I was a little too... too excited."

Sisley quickly picked up the documents, and while doing so, he was also sorting out his inner excitement.

After a while, when Sisley had filed all the documents, his excitement gradually subsided and his rationality returned.

"Sir, I can follow you into the dark corner..."

Before Sisley could finish his words, Ingres waved his hand.

"I know you want to go to the dark corner yourself, but it's not open yet. At least, wait until the first group of people we sent out come back and get more information before deciding whether to open it."

Seeing Sisley's eyes dimmed, Ingres said, "Wait a little longer. It won't take too long."

"Maybe, we don't need you to go there in person. Our people have already discovered the mysterious child in advance?"

After hearing Ingres's comfort, although Sisley was still a little disappointed, the depression and madness in his eyes were obviously reduced, and a bit of hope emerged.

Of course, only Ingres had such an influence on Sisley.

Sisley must have ignored what others said.

But under the influence of nightmare, Ingres' words, even if not the golden rule, were enough to be regarded as a guiding principle for Sisley.

After having a brief chat with Sisley to calm him down, Ingres asked about the information about Xidaya after he was obviously relaxed.

Sisley handed the document bag to Angel: "All the mission information related to Xitianya is here."

After handing it over, Sisley briefly recounted the information he had learned.

——Xindaya is missing, and her younger brother has posted a mission to find his sister in the homeless house.

This is basically the same as the "looking for someone" that Vera mentioned before.

Angel untied the rope and took out a thick stack of information from the bag.

Ingres glanced through it briefly.

I found that although the information is thick, it is basically the same.

It is a missing person mission. Because it is posted in the mission hall but no one has completed it, the person who posted the mission will continue to post it.

The archives here are the same task released at different time points.

This task has been launched since five years ago. Up to now, it has been launched and cancelled, and cancelled and launched again more than ten times.

The most recent mission release was at the end of last year.

Judging from the frequency of the tasks, Xidaya's brother is still very obsessed with finding his sister. Even after five years, he still hasn't given up.

If what Vera said is true, and Xidaya and Shadiya are the same person, then handing Shadiya's body over to her brother should be able to complete the "return home" mission.

But the premise is that Xidaya and Xiadiya are really the same person.

With this question in mind, Angel carefully read the mission information.

After a moment, Angel's eyes locked on a column in the information.

"Sida is a relatively famous makeup artist. She once wrote for the underground magazine Dark Beauty. She changed her makeup by contrasting light and dark, which was very popular with readers. Dark Makeup even opened a column for her called the Head Changing Column."

"At that time, when she was doing a head-changing column, Xitianya used her own face to make up. Each makeup was like a head-changing magic. You couldn't tell what her original face looked like at all. For this reason, Xitianya gave different names to different makeups of herself."

"Among them, the most popular makeup looks among readers are named Xitia, Shatia, and Xideya... In addition, Shadeya, Xiadiya, and Xiadanya also received good responses..."

Angel: "Shadya is just the name of a makeup look?"

To be precise, it is the name that Xitianya gave to herself after a certain look of makeup.

In a broad sense, Shadya is indeed Sidaya.

However, Ingres still had some doubts. Could it be a coincidence of names?

After all, the name of the makeup, Xia Diya, made it impossible for Angel to bring her into the atmosphere of the corpses...

Angel thought about it and decided to ignore everything else and just go meet the person who issued the task and find out.

Thinking of this, Angel began to flip through the pages, wanting to see the name of the person who issued the task, Xia Diya's younger brother, and where he lived.

But when Angel turned to the last page and saw the name of the person who issued the task, he was distracted for a moment.

"Mission request: The missing sister."

"Difficulty estimate: 3 stars."

"Commissioned publisher: April 1st."

Angel: "This is... April 1st?"

Angel did not hide the surprise in his eyes, and Sisley also looked over curiously: "April 1st? The name is quite strange, but the mission commission of the Wandering House is not based on real names. There are also anonymous forms. For the convenience of calling, the client will give himself a code name."

"Perhaps, this April 1st is a code name?"

Ingres stared at the name on the document in a daze for a long time.

After a long while, he whispered, "April 1st, it may not be a code name, it may also be a real name."

Sisley: “Hmm?”

Angel: "I know a man called April 1st..."

"This person must be very special to be remembered by the gentleman, right?" Sisley said subconsciously.

Angel shook his head at first, but after thinking about it, he nodded: "April 1st is an ordinary person, but in my opinion, he is also a very special existence."

Without further explanation, Angel stood up and prepared to leave.

Angel had thought about meeting April 1st before, but was delayed by the Dark Corner incident. Now that the Dark Corner incident has been temporarily resolved, and April 1st happened to be on the "return home" mission again.

Then you have to go and see it.

But before that, Angle still needs to confirm whether it will be "online" on April 1st.

Yes, it means “going online”, or “entering a dream”.

Unlike other NPCs in the dungeon, April 1st is the only "dream" NPC that Angel knows of in the entire Modern City.

Before, when Angel learned from Zuniga about the "specialness" of April 1st, he immediately wanted to use a bird's-eye view to lock his position.

But by then, April 1st was no longer in the modern city.

In the words of the challenger, it means going offline.

In the words of the dreamer, it means waking up in reality.

Therefore, if you want to find April 1st, the first thing you need to do is to see if April 1st is online.

……

Half an hour later.

Angel arrived at the central area on the Silver Wing Express's Fashion.

The last time Angel saw April 1st was in a bakery in Tina Street, where he worked as a clerk. But this time, when Angel used the God's perspective to look for it, he found that April 1st was lucky enough to be online, but not in the bakery.

But went to——

Angel raised his head and looked at the towering building in front of him.

Fashion Building.

It is also the headquarters of the Fashion Guild.

The place Angel is going to this time is the Fashion Guild...the small building next to it.

It’s said to be small, but actually it’s not too small.

There are also more than ten floors.

It is located in the central area and is adjacent to the Fashion Guild. The existence of such a building in this land-scarce place already demonstrates its core value.

This is the Public Security Bureau.

Yes, April 1st is now a "guest" at the Public Security Bureau. To be more precise, he was arrested by the Public Security Bureau and is temporarily detained in the detention room here.

Angel did not break into the Sheriff's Office directly, but waited at the door for a moment.

"Mr. Angel!"

A clear voice accompanied by the tapping sound of high heels hitting the ground came from behind.

Angel turned his head and saw Lizzie, wearing a black and white professional suit and a tight skirt, walking towards him quickly.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, sir." Lizzie said a little embarrassedly.

Angel nodded indifferently.

Earlier, after learning that April 1st was detained in the Sheriff's Department, Angel called Lizzie over.

Although Lizzie belongs to Tina Entertainment, the Public Security Bureau and the Fashion Guild of Modern City are closely related, and it can even be said that they are one and the same.

With Lizi's authority in the Fashion Guild, it would be easy for her to take someone away.

In order to avoid further impact, Ingres called Lizzie to help.

"Is the person you want to mention called April 1st?" Lizzie asked, looking at Ingres curiously.

"Yes, his name is April 1st."

Ingres briefly described the physical features of April 1st.

After hearing this, Li Zi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go in and pick him up now."

After saying this, Lizzie prepared to enter the Sheriff's Office, but as she walked forward, she looked back at Angel curiously.

Angel naturally understood what Lizzie was looking at. He was silent for a moment and said softly, "I am not an illusion body this time."

Lizzie was a little embarrassed, "I, I'm just curious."

Lizzie turned quickly and ran into the Sheriff's Office.

Angel shook his head helplessly and stood at the door silently waiting for news from Lizzie.

Not long after, Lizzie walked out of the Sheriff's Office, followed by a young man with his head lowered and a face full of shame.

This young man was exactly the clerk that Ingres had seen in the bakery on April 1st.

He kept his head down from beginning to end, not daring to look up at the road, and just passively followed Lizi.

He didn't even know why he was released.

I don’t know who this woman is who brought him out?

He just kept walking forward with his head down, and the shame made him not dare to look at the people around him.

So, when he was brought to Angel by Lizzie, he did not raise his eyes to see Angel's face, but only saw a pair of shiny leather shoes...