my cthulhu game

Chapter 239 The Reality Under the Veil · Bigby

Foster's eyes gradually became glazed.He finally understood what had happened to poor Father Sheen, and that he was suffering the same fate.

"You chopped with swords, burned with fire, forced him to drink poison, especially you, you used transformation spells to try to... turn my insides into worms," ​​Bigby could no longer hide his feelings. Identity and voice, "When you found that it was all in vain, you came up with the most vicious plot."

"No! Forgive me..."

"I am old, weak, and deprived of my powers, while you are young and full of imagination. You forced me to come to the north of town, to the construction site of the lunatic asylum, and then buried me alive in the cement foundation."

Foster's expression grew increasingly desperate.This is impossible, he thought painfully.

Unless the entire building is demolished, it will be impossible for Bigby to escape...

"I'm still alive..." Bigby sighed leisurely. "I'm still awake, but I can't see or hear anything. I'm living alone in the underground of that building, experiencing eternity."

Foster's skin began to turn gray.He opened his mouth to say something, but the rotting tongue fell out of it.

"The time for redemption has come, my sad disciple. You could have lived your life at ease, but I still come from the future to demand the price of your betrayal. Compared with the pain I encountered, your pain is really worthless mention, right?"

Foster felt like his blood vessels were filling with dust, and his brain was collapsing cell by cell.He is no longer John Foster, he has become a rotting wind, blowing and sinking into the dark world...

"farewell."

Beside Bigby was a little gray pile of dust, the last remnant of poor Father Sheen, who guarded the chapel.

And Foster has disappeared.A pile of the same dust appeared where he was originally, and there were still vague marks of two soles on the ground.

……

In the big house.

Me, Lily.

My experience today can be described as "bizarre".

I entered the haunted house, only to find that there was indeed a puddle of freshly congealed blood.

Then, lurking in the grass outside the house was a terrifying man with a strange mask.

I thought I was brave enough, but I couldn't help but scream out when this strangely dressed man suddenly appeared from the grass.

[Lily's fighting test failed 81/50]

In a panic I thought about throwing my fist at a man; I was fighting boys in Norway and I was confident in my fighting skills, but the guy didn't do anything to avoid my inevitable punch .

"Hey, wait..."

The other party did not fight back.His voice sounded familiar, and at this moment I remembered that I still had a dagger in my pocket.

Just as I reached for the dagger, the man took off his mask.

……

"...It's me. I'm not an enemy!" Chen Qiang simply took off the gas mask that was probably useless, "I have no malicious intentions."

[Chen Qiang's charm check with punishment succeeded 7/33]

At this time, it is extremely difficult to convince a girl that the man in the mask in the grass is not malicious, but Chen Qiang did it.

"Mr. Chen?" Lily stopped halfway through swinging the dagger.

"It's me," Chen Qiang nodded, "like you, I came to explore the haunted house. You see, the only difference between you and me is that I have more equipment than you."

"This strange mask, costume and belt?" Lily still didn't put down the dagger in her hand.Maybe the person who scared people into a mental illness last night was Chen Qiang himself who looked like this, and the blood stains were just a trick?
"The mask is a gas mask, and the clothes are specially customized to hide in the grass without being discovered. This vest can protect people from sharp blade attacks," Chen Qiang said, "They are all special things for adventure, so you should always Do you believe it?"

[Chen Qiang's Speech Skill Check 50/90 succeeded]

Chen Qiang felt that he was not lying, but the system obviously believed that concealing future equipment in front of a person in the 20s was a kind of deception.

"I've never seen a gas mask like this..." Lily muttered, but she still put down her dagger.

Chen Qiang's equipment was weird and beyond her ability to understand, but it was a fact that he had no malicious intent.

"It's dangerous here," Chen Qiang said, slipping through the window, "You shouldn't have come here by yourself. You hurt yourself. At least, you have to..."

[Chen Qiang failed the agility test 92/70]

"……Uh."

Chen Qiang got stuck when he walked through the window. Fortunately, he was dressed much thicker than Lily, so he was not scratched by the broken glass.

Seeing his clumsy appearance, Lily burst out laughing.

This man is no more flexible than herself, she thought.In real danger, it is not certain who will protect who.

"Lily, why are you here?" Chen Qiang coughed slightly to hide his embarrassment.

"Didn't you say it?" Lily said, "Expedition. Now you are here too. The man is ahead, do you have any objection?"

"No, I have."

[Chen Qiang's detection check was 44/72 successful]

Although Lily didn't remind him, Chen Qiang still noticed the blood under his feet.He touched it with his gloved hand.There is no doubt that it is still new...

[Lily's psychology test failed 67/33]

"I'm here to be a scout?" Lily raised her eyebrows in the wrong direction.

"No. What I mean is, you should leave here." Chen Qiang said, his eyes drifting over the pile of leftover cans in the corner.

Is it Bigby?Or……

"Maybe there is some dangerous person hiding here. It's enough for me to be here." Chen Qiang said.

[Chen Qiang failed the persuasion check 63/43]

"No," Lily shook her head. "If you really plan to leave, it's for the two of us to leave together, and then call the police. Anyway, two people are safer than one. If you want to stay, I will stay too." I’m here to help you.”

She pointed to her dagger, indicating that she was not afraid.

"I'm not alone, my friend is waiting for me outside," Chen Qiang changed the direction of persuasion, "Actually, we are some...well, people who are similar to private detectives, and I undertook the work related to this house." Commission. You see, the reason why I was able to find you so quickly..."

He lowered his voice: "...my friend is watching with a telescope in the distance. She reminded me that I must find you as soon as possible. If it weren't for you, I might not choose to venture into the house. My task is only to confirm the identity of the house It's just the situation. My friend is up there on the hill. So—get out of here!"

[Chen Qiang's desperate persuasion check succeeded 11/43]

Although there was still doubt in her expression, Lily finally obeyed Chen Qiang's instructions.Indeed, Chen Qiang's words answered some of her questions: Maybe Mr. Chen and Mrs. Megan are strange people from foreign countries, hired by the police to solve these weird cases.

"Speaking of which, you are willing to continue to assist our work as an investigator, right?" Chen Qiang was a little worried that Lily would not be on the list of investigators, and he would not be able to restore her sanity in time.

Lily nodded.Female police officers are no longer a rarity in the United States, but it is still exciting to be an employee of a mysterious "detective agency" as a woman.

"I……"

Sudden--

[Chen Qiang succeeded in listening test 39/73]

[Lily failed the listening check 87/80]

(End of this chapter)