my cthulhu game

Chapter 209 Who is the investigator and who is behind the scenes?

in the afternoon.

In the office building of Miskani Toque University, the dedicated faculty lounge for honorary professors.

Since the centenarian Professor Wingate Peasley, the last member of the "Honorary Professors Association", passed away the year before, this lounge has become much more lonely.

Many students regard the members of the "Honorary Professors Association" as nonsense lunatics, but as long as they have a basic understanding of the behavior of these scholars, they will understand that the "Honorary Professors Association" is not exaggerating.Their members have come face to face with cosmic evil, manifested as monstrous beings, and still survived.A colleague dubbed them the modern-day Knights of the Round Table.

There are several portraits of the founders on the wall (Note)——

Professor William Dale, who devoted himself to the first human expedition deep into the mountains of the Antarctic interior; His son Wingate continued to preside over the work of the Honorary Professors Association; Professor Albert Wilmas, who sometimes confided with friends about his encounters with the Plutonians; Professor Henry Armitage, who donated A large sum of money was given to the local dog farm in Arkham. According to his will, no matter how the times change in the future, the libraries, museums and office buildings of the University of Michigan must keep dogs.

(Note: They are the protagonists of "Mountains of Madness", "Shadow Beyond Time", "Whispering in the Dark Night" and "The Dunwich Horror")
Eight leather-upholstered easy chairs sit around an ancient round table with glasses, brandy decanter and a warm blue coffee jug.The aroma of coffee filled the air.

No matter the time, Miskani Toque University has always abided by their principles.When U.S. officials tried to pry any information related to the "real mystery" from their mouths, they stubbornly refused.To this day, the restricted area of ​​the UM Library, which hides many mysteries, is still closed to "Green Delta" and "Project Oath".

The history and occult professors at Michigan are well aware that an ambitious human organization is no more credible than a friendly alien on this perilous planet.Therefore, they cautiously kept a distance from those large investigator organizations.

When Police Officer Hog Barker bypassed the fierce watchdog in front of the office building and hurried into the faculty lounge, there were already several people there.

Whenever there is any new disturbance in Arkham Town, several police officers who have a good relationship with the University of Michigan will visit here to discuss relevant countermeasures.

"Emily!" Officer Buck caught sight of his sister, Officer Emily Buck, "Why are you here?"

"I'll go first." On the side, a girl with braids blinked and bowed to the young professor Tingting standing by the French window, "Mr. Stephen Dell."

She is naturally an ancient poetry tone.Chen Qiang disguised himself to make up his mind before making a move, and Gu Shiyin, the most knowledgeable employee of the "Fortress of Reason", had been spending the past few days in the library of the University of Michigan to meet teachers and students of the University of Michigan.And the professors at the University of Michigan are also very fond of this talented girl who has learned a lot and memorized at a young age.

Professor Stephen Dale, who was sitting in a chair, pushed his glasses.With a thin figure, he has a pair of light blue eyes, shining shrewdly.

The grandson of geology professor William Dale, the young Stephen Dale has a double doctorate in biology and history.

He was deeply fascinated by the stories about the Antarctic expedition told by his grandfather: Among the rolling mountains of the Antarctic Plateau, there are hidden magical cities of ancient plant races, and the horrible creatures called Shoggoths still linger. Among the ruins of the city.

William Dale vividly describes how he escaped from the Shoggoths by a narrow margin and forbade his descendants to go to the South Pole again.Stephen Dell obeyed his grandfather's instructions, stayed in Arkham, and became an ordinary university professor.Only when outside forces interfered in Arkham—perhaps to steal books from the restricted section of the library—he led the faculty in an attempt to defend themselves.

"No, you stay here," Professor Stephen Dale said to Gu Shiyin, "just so you can listen to it. What's the matter, officer?"

In Arkham Town, Gu Shiyin used the Austrian name "Gudeli Strauss", which did not arouse too much suspicion from the teachers and students.

Professor Stephen Dale hopes that the University of Michigan can make friends with this young genius.The Buck brothers and sisters, who had complete trust in Professor Stephen Dell, didn't think much about it either.

"I'm at your command," said Inspector Barker anxiously, "and keep an eye out in front of Pickman's Pawn Shop. There's a strange oriental man there. Pickman's men didn't notice anything special about him, but I did. He's no ordinary customer. I'm worried..."

……

The Buck brothers and sisters naturally didn't know: through the monitor on Gu Shiyin's body, that "strange oriental man" was listening to all their conversations from a distance.

"It's the town's police." Chen Qiang stretched.

It seems that the relevant departments in Arkham are not as depraved as imagined, he thought.

……

In the staff lounge, after listening to Officer Buck's report, Professor Stephen Dale nodded.

"I see," said the young professor, pulling out his phone, "just so, look at this photo. Emily took it yesterday."

Buck looked at the photo: "Isn't this the entrance of the Pickman Gallery? What's wrong?"

In the photo, a tall and handsome Chinese man in a suit and leather shoes is walking down the steps at the entrance of the gallery.

"Initially I just photographed him because I thought he was handsome," Emily replied, "but then I found out where I'd seen him."

"Where?" Buck asked curiously.

"He is the president of the Huaguo Qin Group," Professor Dale made an exaggerated gesture, "Qin Yixian, Mr. Qin. Maybe you haven't heard his name, let me put it another way... the first partner of 'Fortress of Sanity' often appear on TV instead of Mr. Chen, who is the bastion of reason."

(Chen Qiang, who was eavesdropping on the other end, glanced at Qin Yixian next to him: "Is there such a thing?"

Qin Yixian: "Do you know how many things we have handled for you? You hands-off shopkeeper.")
"It turned out to be such a big man!" Buck sighed.

The Qin Group is not well-known in the United States, but if it is said that it has just released the "fortress of reason" of virtual reality technology to the world, it is really "no one knows and no one knows".For ordinary American citizens like Buck, "Fortress of Sanity" is also a hot super company.Huaguo is so big, so it is qualified to become a partner of "Fortress of Reason", and the Qin Group must also be very powerful...

(End of this chapter)