Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 258 Letters
After Rebecca regained consciousness, Milo no longer needed to stay with her in the intensive care unit.

The reason he's been keeping watch alone these past few days is partly to guard against the possibility of undead, but more fundamentally, it's because Milo is worried about Rebecca's condition.

It wasn't that I was worried about her injuries.

He was worried about Rebecca's mind.

Investigator C's popular science explanations are still very valuable.

Sanity (SAN) is a concept in Chinese astrology. When an ordinary person with a normal worldview experiences too many abnormal events, their SAN value weakens, and their mind gradually sinks into a deep abyss of madness, potentially leading to permanent loss of self and consciousness.

In Milo's view, whether Rebecca can wake up does not depend on the recovery of her injuries, but on whether she can withstand those things that overturn her understanding, yet no one can give her a perfect explanation.

As it turned out, Rebecca held on.

Or rather, her sanity value was not completely cleared.

……

"Perhaps kittens really do have a healing effect on the soul."

This is the most reasonable explanation that Milo has found so far.

However, seeing smiles on the faces of the other two who returned alive from Ikham made Milo very satisfied.

Perhaps humans are not as fragile and vulnerable as C says.

……

With Rebecca waking up, a large number of "enthusiastic" people will surely come to offer their condolences, and the law enforcement team will naturally need to send more people to take care of her.

It's time for Milo to leave the intensive care unit and get on with his own business.

He first went to the top floor of the hospital building to check on the "sunbathing" of the zombies.

Fortunately, the heavens were kind to us today, granting us an hour of scorching sun, which allowed the rotting flesh that shouldn't have been moving to finally return to dust.

Milo didn't go back to the intensive care unit to stare at those unfamiliar leaders.

After confirming that he had not forgotten any of his personal belongings, he went straight back to the law enforcement station.

……

News of Rebecca's awakening had already reached the law enforcement office first.

After several days of heavy pressure from superiors, the law enforcement office, which had seemed lifeless, finally showed some vitality. This should be considered the best news in these unfortunate days.

Nobody wanted anything to happen to Rebecca.

"Cheer up, brothers."

"The boss pulled through. We'll be able to hear her yelling in a few days, huh?"

……

Criminal Investigation Team Office.

It is 7:00 AM.

Milo thought that at this time, old Theon should still be lying in a group of women, not yet awake, but when he pushed open the office door, he found the guy already standing there smoking opium.

"The smog in Nanwei City is caused by guys like you, isn't it?"

Milo waved and walked into the office, casually opening the window.

"I heard you worked as a nanny at the hospital for a few days," old Theon said, puffing on his cigarette as he read the morning paper.

“Well, since I came to your world, no woman has ever made me so devoted to her,” Milo muttered jokingly.

“I don’t know about the others, but as for Rebecca…” Old Theon turned around and looked Milo up and down: “With your build, you’d probably be a bottom at best.”

"Tch~" Milo scoffed loudly.

I'm too lazy to keep arguing about this topic.

A real man's virility is never proven by words.

Oh, and of course, in special circumstances, your mouth can also serve as proof...

...Milo walked back to his desk, where, in addition to the itinerary reports for the past few days and the forms that needed to be filled out for the weapons records, there was also a brown envelope.

The stamp on it reads "Miskatonic University".

The signature is a single letter – C.

"Ok?"

Milo was somewhat puzzled.

This guy is clearly in Nanwei City, so why did he go to all this trouble to write a letter? Is there something he can't say in person?

Could it be that he discovered I took his old seal?

……

Milo sat down, opened the envelope, and took out the letters inside.

“Mr. Valrocan…”

C's handwriting is beautiful.

Every stroke belongs to the classical calligraphy style advocated by academics. However, it is not hard to see that the wounds left by the cuts he made on his hand at the Confession Wharf caused some difficulty in his writing, and some of the fine characters are not connected.

"I regret that I didn't have enough time to stay in Nanwei City. I love this ancient city from the bottom of my heart, and there are still many things I didn't have time to talk to you about..."

"Why does this sound so cheesy?" Milo muttered to himself.

"The truth is, some unfortunate news came from the Seven Valleys in the northwest. The Old Ones who returned to their habitat did not choose to hide. New turmoil has already broken out, and that land urgently needs the assistance of investigators. I had no choice but to leave without saying goodbye..."

"I hope you can lend a hand with this unresolved matter. Those three old seals are only one of them. If they really cannot be found, then let it be that fate has decreed that they will remain in Nanwei City..."

"This letter conveys the will of the professors at the University of Michigan. Below is the professor's warning to me, which I will relay to you verbatim, Mr. Valrokan: The chaos will not end here. Other clans will follow suit. Dark shadows will creep in during the long night. Please be careful."

"Fortunately, with someone like you in charge of Nanwei City, may the people here be free from the scourge of darkness."

—C.
...

Milo fiddled with the short but rambling letter in his hand, slowly frowning.

What does it mean when the shadows of darkness will quietly descend in the long night?

Can't you just speak like a human being?

Even the eccentric Scarlet Witch has started to speak human language after communicating with Milo a few times. But Investigator C, who usually speaks perfectly normally, suddenly becomes strange when writing letters.

"Hey……"

Milo sighed.

However, although the letter was written in a very whimsical way, he could still understand the general meaning.

According to him, the unrest caused by the clans would not be limited to this one instance.

In short, Nanwei City should be the lucky one chosen, and there may be Great Old Ones or other strange things appearing here next.

The specific reason remains unknown.

Milo didn't doubt the veracity of what Investigator C said in his letter.

After all, he had already started encountering strange things.

For example, Rebecca's cat.

Can anyone explain where that little cat that can only kill two zombies at once came from?
No.

If the cat could talk, this would be much easier, but unfortunately it can only meow.

……

Just as Milo was in a state of confusion.

Old Theon suddenly got up and walked into the hallway, shouting towards the law enforcement hall downstairs:

"Is anyone free? Butch! You're the one. Go and deliver a fruit basket to our Chief Enforcer! You really have no manners at all."

(End of this chapter)