Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 383 That's it!
There is one more thing.

Marty, that brat who scribbles on the walls, harms small animals, and bullies his classmates.

Daisy has confirmed Milo's speculation that Marty is indeed a young psychic.

However, unlike Milo, who was a visionary who naturally formed under a combination of unknown factors, Marty was created through artificial means, at least according to Daisy.

Someone forced things onto Marty that he shouldn't have been able to see. Coincidentally, Marty's clairvoyance was already higher than average; he possessed that kind of talent, but unlike Milo, he didn't have a guide to help him…

Therefore, during the nightmare phase, he entered a state of being lost, and gradually drifted further and further away.

Those distorted and terrifying images for him, such as the doctor performing surgery on Kai, or the black wings that attacked the vampire manor, were all things he received in his dreams. Unfortunately, by then he could no longer distinguish between dreams and reality.

To some extent, he can now be defined as what the church calls an "apostle of misfortune".

However, Daisy's ability to perceive information was not yet fully developed, and the information she could receive was fragmented and incomplete. In her field of vision, Marty's figure had long since disappeared.

Even... when Milo encountered Marty for the first and last time in front of Chodingham College, the Eye of Thought could no longer see the child.

A bizarre yet unavoidable thought popped into Milo's mind.

—Perhaps, perhaps the person appearing at the academy gate, Marty, is Imnal.

After this crazy idea flashed through Milo's mind, a series of clues and details made sense when compared, especially after Milo had just experienced a bizarre and convoluted fraud. He was even more convinced that this was something Imnar could do.

It can transform into the form of any life form, and not only its appearance, but perhaps even its memories.

The kid who got a good beating from Finn in front of Jodingham College was no longer Marty. The real Marty was in a state of being "replaced" at that time, so the Eye of Thinking on the Star Tower could no longer capture his figure.

So why did Imnar appear in Milo's life as a detestable child?
It bullied Kai, showed itself, and then staged a disappearance.

……

“Rick…”

Milo slapped his forehead.

He finally remembered the notebook Rick had left in the underground morgue of the law enforcement office.

"Damn it."

Milo cursed under his breath.

In order to find the missing Marty, Milo had Rick cooperate in releasing the spell.

Now, the third-order magic that steals thoughts has become the channel through which this Great Old One continuously transmits deceptive words into Rick's mind.

...

Milo witnessed once again the terrifying depths of this extraordinary Great Old One.

Because when he looked back and carefully reviewed everything that had happened recently, Milo discovered that almost anyone could have evolved from Imnar.

When one is unable to distinguish between the real and the fake among the familiar faces in their memory, and begins to immerse themselves in extreme self-doubt, they fall into another trap set by Imnar, which is the chaos that it repeatedly emphasized to Milo in Prayer Square.

After the sudden realization, there was a profound sense of unease.

Milo could only be thankful that he had performed the Dream Induction on Daisy.

On the way back, the reason Milo was able to see through Imnar's impersonation of Marshall was because of the connection between him and Daisy through a dream, which conveyed Daisy's unease and fear to Milo.

Based solely on this slight hint of fear and unease emanating from Daisy, Milo sensed something was wrong.

This has a striking coincidence with the very beginning—the beginning of it all, when Milo was still the city guard, he heard Daisy's cries and prayers in front of the murder hut that was about to be burned down by the church, and thus saved her, but was also completely drawn into this endless disaster...

If we trace it back to its source, it was that murder that made Milo remember the source of Daisy's fear, thus providing him with a starting point to realize his dream.

When one's perspective is not broad enough, all of this can only be attributed to coincidence.

This is why Milo felt fortunate, because after recognizing Imnar once, the same thing wouldn't happen again. The psychic would remember its scent, as the Scarlet Witch had instructed.

……

Of course, the most urgent task is not to reminisce about the past.

If nothing unexpected happens, then something unexpected has definitely occurred again.

Milo returned to the South City Enforcement Office from the Red Witch's spawn point, the dilapidated monastery, in the afternoon. Rick, who left that note early that morning with his umbrella, has not returned yet.

Milo knew that Rick, being a half-dead, wasn't so easy to kill, but that was precisely what made him worrying, as it could lead to even more serious consequences.

Looking at everything Imnar has done so far, it's easy to see the difference between him and the ancient beings Milo had encountered in the past—whether they were the Familias, the Great Old Ones, or even the Outer Gods among the ancient deities. They all shared one thing in common: disdain and contempt for ignorant and lowly humans. This contempt wasn't just a matter of attitude; it penetrated to the very soul. In their eyes, even Milo was merely a slightly coarser grain of sand in a vast desert.

Imnal, however, treats Milo as an opponent of almost equal stature. Its way of thinking, its tricks and methods, and even its soul, are more like those of a human being. Through countless imitations, deceptions, and substitutions over the long years, it has acquired a personality and has even forgotten the part that belongs to its divinity—its original name.

It was the first to propose a confrontation between the Great Old Ones to Milo. And that is precisely what makes it so terrifying.

Milo could no longer betray its superiors as a lowly subordinate; it was about to face an Old One who possessed both personality and divinity.

……

"No, what good would it do to trick Rick away...?"

Milo sat on the autopsy table in the morgue, resting his chin on his hand.
I'm seriously considering this very perplexing question.

Now, Daisy is awake, and Daisy is asleep again. Milo can't expect her to find Imnar out of the city like she has a third eye, especially since the last time she did so, she was directly attacked and cursed by Imnar.

Moreover, after Imnar learned its true name, its power far surpassed what it used to be, making it much easier for it to hide itself now.

So what was the point of using Milo to trick Rick away, regaining his godhood, and making a bunch of threats, only to disappear for so long?
What is it waiting for?
Or rather, what is it plotting?
"Or was it originally intended to trick me, not Rick?"

Milo felt that this possibility was more likely.

The silhouettes of Eric and several other banished shadows emerged on the dark morgue wall, gesturing in sign language towards Milo—

"The last place the coroner was seen was at the opera house, where he made a minor blunder, and then he disappeared."

Eric turned his gaze to the other people.

The others also shook their heads, indicating that they had not seen Rick.

Henry added: "The Garnier Opera House is open as usual today, and I haven't found anything suspicious, at least not me."

Besides, Kane, Old Man, Will, and Jones are still wandering around the city, searching for Rick's whereabouts.

Looking at the information reported by the exiled shadows.

Milo turned his gaze to the handwriting on the note Rick had left behind, the most striking sentence of which was undoubtedly—

"Amina eventually reconciled with her fiancé, but not everyone can escape the curse of dreams, right?"

Without a doubt, it was this sentence that completely disrupted Rick's thinking.

This statement does indeed bear some resemblance in tone to the lengthy pronouncements that Milo heard from Imnar in Prayer Square.

"I'm starting to miss those hunters."

Eric gestured a few times.

Milo looked Eric's dark shadow on the wall up and down with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, and asked, "Do you want to hear what you're saying?"

“Exactly, exactly.” Henry, standing to the side, wholeheartedly agreed.

“I know that guy shot me, but looking at it from another angle, he does have some unique skills in finding people.” Eric spread his hands to indicate that he was just stating the facts and not letting personal feelings interfere.

“This is a classic case of forgetting the pain once the wound has healed,” Milo said, pointing at Eric.

The other banished shadow nodded in deep agreement.

……

Just as the "group" was chatting happily, Milo turned her head and found Enid standing at the basement stairwell. When their eyes met, Enid looked a little bewildered.

"what?"

Milo asked Enid.

"Oh, it's nothing, you're busy."

Enid left those words behind and dashed back downstairs as if she had been startled.

Listening to the clattering sounds of the little girl climbing the stairs, Milo slowly turned around and muttered to the others:

"How long has she been standing there?"

"I don't know," everyone shook their heads.

"Strange, why have I been so unwary lately..."

Milo rubbed his forehead, puzzled.

The same thing has happened twice today; he didn't notice anyone approaching.

This is not a good sign.

(End of this chapter)