Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 262 Token
Neferenka was like a person who had never appeared.

His arrival was abrupt, and his departure was equally hasty.

If Emma hadn't been holding that bottle of diatomaceous earth and trioctahedron in her hand, she felt she might have forgotten the conversation she had just had.

What made her even more disoriented was that she realized she could no longer remember what Nephren looked like.

……

In Milos's office, Emma stared at the two items in her hands, lost in thought for a long time.

When Neffren first mentioned nitroglycerin, she thought she was going to have to pay for all her previous sins.

But even after Nephren left, she still hadn't come to her senses.

A strange sense of loss lingered in my heart.

...

She was a little puzzled as to why Milos hadn't returned yet.

As she got up to leave, she noticed some strange marks on the carpet.

Where Nephren had walked, she saw some smaller, almost circular stains, as if made by the legs of larger chairs or tables, except that most of the circular stains were split in two.

These stains are like footprints, alternating between left and right as they move forward.

It doesn't look like the kind of mark a human boot could leave.

More like some kind of...

The hoofprints left by animals.

But Emma, ​​who had just discovered the footprints, couldn't remember whether she had seen Nephren's boots, or even his long coat that covered his feet...

……

She met Professor Milos in the corridor.

The other party was having a pleasant conversation with mathematics professor Jason.

What chilled Emma was that Professor Milos seemed to have completely forgotten about the meeting. He even appeared quite surprised when he saw Emma, ​​asking her if her condition had improved and if she could return to the academy to teach...

Moreover, throughout the entire college, and among everyone she knew, no one had ever heard of any professors from the University of Bleechester visiting.

They also did not see any northerners wearing long coats.

Emma rushed home as if fleeing, locked herself in her room, and curled up in bed.

She didn't mention what happened today to anyone else, including her best friend Enid and Milo.

...

Just then, Milo, who hadn't changed his clothes for several days, returned home and prepared to change into a new, smelly uniform.

On the way back, he bought some smoked meat that little Finn liked to eat.

This will be the first time he's having dinner at home this week.

Of course, Kang would inevitably scold him, but the whole city knew that dozens of people had mysteriously disappeared, supposedly swept away by the canal water. The law enforcement office must be extremely busy, and Kang could understand that perfectly well.

As for Emma.

"Knock knock knock."

Milo knocked on Emma's door.

He knew Emma was in the room.

He could hear Emma's heartbeat even when he was still downstairs. What struck him as odd was that Emma's heartbeat was much faster than usual today.

To make sure the girl was alright, he decided to come up and check on her.

"Don't make noise, I'm going to rest."

Emma's cold response came from inside the room.

Milo was used to this. As long as he could make a sound, that was enough.

"Okay, remember to come down for dinner later."

In fact, Emma's attitude towards him is much better now than before. In the first few years, when Milo was drunk every day with Yan and his gang, Emma disliked him very much.

I don't know when it started, but probably after the incident with the Sherman family, the originally purely indifferent attitude gradually began to change into being hot and cold.

Overall, the relationship has improved somewhat, which is enough for Milo.

……

"I know, I know."

Emma's impatient response came from inside the room.

Milo shrugged and went downstairs.

He was completely unaware that Emma was staring blankly at the irregularly shaped 38-sided crystal in the room.

Her memory of Neferenka had become so vague that she could no longer even recall the specifics of their conversations.

They had even forgotten the fear they felt when they first saw those footprints in Milos's office.

Now all her attention was drawn to that trioctahedron.

The crystal itself is nothing special; it's just a hard object. The eerie glow it emits is merely a refraction of outdoor light, making it unremarkable in a dimly lit room.

But the darker the environment, the more Emma felt that this thing seemed... seemed to have something to say to her.

A strange feeling, but not exactly fear, lingered in her mind.

……

Milo was completely unaware of all this.

His sense of crisis failed to register at all.

By this time, he had changed into new clothes, organized his revolver and other equipment, and after confirming that everything was in order, he put on his hat and returned to the law enforcement station.

……

Unbeknownst to anyone, Shadow had quietly passed through Nanwei City, selected its chosen assistant, and left behind its token.

Unlike other monsters from other lands, Nephren did not bare his fangs here. He had no hostility toward this land and simply enjoyed this moment of participation.

When everything turns to ashes, he will not refuse to be an elegant spectator.

……

Even the church was unaware of the purpose of his visit.

As he was about to leave the city, he took one last look at the towering walls and 97 parishes, as if to etch the city's appearance into his very being.

He knew he was not the first shadow to descend, nor would he be the last.

Those truly sinister things are still on their way.

He was looking forward to everything that was about to happen here, whether it was killing or annihilation, it was the most beautiful part of the process of civilization's evolution, and it was destined to become one of his many works.

"This land is not as barren as it appears on the surface, and it is not entirely without the power to resist."

He looked back towards the direction of the church bridge on the outskirts of the city, then turned his gaze to the old-fashioned building of the city's southern law enforcement office.

"But it is still too weak and powerless, ultimately unable to evolve. This will be the beginning of a new round of slaughter. Hide, Crimson Shadow, you and your apostles, pray that you will not encounter my other thousand faces..."

Finally, Neferen Ka's gaze fell upon the location of the city's law enforcement headquarters.

He murmured softly towards that spot:
“Yog Sothos, I look forward to seeing your offspring again, but remember, never harm the assistant I have chosen…”

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(End of this chapter)