They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 187 I Have Never Forgotten

"This is absolutely disgusting—I can't stand it."

He wiped his mouth, turned around and saw the workers whose faces were unrecognizable, and vomited again as if due to stress.

"Don't worry, they can still recover once the association's people arrive."

"That's good."

I might need to adjust... In the future, I'll have to submit my resume to the Order Association, and I don't know if they'll even accept me as a great detective.

Ivan patted his chest. Although he found the mental pollution brought about by the supernatural somewhat unacceptable, he was still full of confidence in his future.

"But the most crucial point is you, Kelcha. If it weren't for you, I would never have witnessed such a scene in my life, and my revenge would have been much harder to achieve."

I think I should pay you more.

As he spoke, he reached into his pocket.

Ria watched his movements, seeing him rummaging in his pockets. But soon, Ivand stopped taking out money, stared blankly at the doorway, and gradually withdrew his hand, quickly turning his wheelchair and rushing towards the door.

It was moving so fast that it seemed to create sparks on the ground.

Two figures carrying leather suitcases appeared at the doorway. Ria squinted and observed them, noticing that they wore double-gear badges on their chests, indicating they were investigators from the Order Association.

“We received reports from the public and are now here to address the pollution leak at the Cantero plant.”

As they spoke, they placed the suitcases on the ground, opened them, and took out funnel-shaped items from them; one item was stored in each suitcase.

After removing the two items, the investigators pieced them together, assembling them into a complete hourglass.

"what is this?"

"It's a confidential item, so I can't disclose it. Don't worry about the people at the hospital, we'll handle it."

The investigators were not friendly towards Ria; they clearly knew Ria was a disorderly individual, but at this point they couldn't do anything to him.

One of them walked to the crowd on the ground and shook the hourglass up and down. Soon, star-like grains of sand appeared inside. The moment they fell, the sand disappeared, and the bodies of the people around them gradually returned to their original forms.

Ria found it amazing, but the hourglass didn't seem like a mysterious object that could cure his terminal illness, so he only glanced at it a few times before looking away.

The investigators witnessed the workers revert from a state on the verge of becoming superhuman to human again, disassembling the hourglass and preparing to finish work. However, at that moment, they felt an intensely burning gaze fixed on the two of them.

“The great men of the Order—I beg you, I’ve had a dream since I was a child: to join the Association and become a great investigator.”

While Ria wasn't paying attention, Ivand had already sidled up to the two investigators and was pleading with them in a dramatic and emotional manner.

"Although I am physically disabled, my mind is not disabled. I love the supernatural, but I also hate evil, so I think I am very suitable for the job of an investigator."

By the way, my assistant is far more capable than me. You could recruit both of us. Even if I'm not good enough, you could still consider him.

He's so young, so intelligent, and his future shines as brightly as the sun. I'm sure Kercha will satisfy you all.

As Ivand spoke, he gripped the investigators' hands tightly, preventing them from leaving. This enraged the two investigators, who decided to arrest him for obstructing official business and detain him for a week.

Even at this moment, the man still couldn't understand why he had been arrested by the very Order Association he admired most.

He looked at Ria with pleading eyes, and Ria waved him off, telling him not to worry and that she would come back to bail him out when she had time. And so, the place where the two parted became a prison. Ivand was taken to a solitary cell, and Ria witnessed the prison doors closing.

"It might not be a bad thing to let him calm down and understand the true nature of the association."

Ria has not yet found Little Swarth II and has decided to wait until he finds it before going to see Ivand.

……

"Why are you arresting me? Where am I? Didn't we agree that I would only be detained for a week?"

After Ria left, Ivand was in his cramped room, intending to take a nap, when he suddenly felt dizzy.

His vision went black, and when he woke up, he found himself in a closed room with completely transparent walls. He could see inside from the outside, but it was difficult to see the outside from the inside.

The room contained many transparent containers filled with a blue fluorescent reagent.

Among the reagents was a hospital bed with an unknown person lying on it. His body was covered with a white blanket, and many containers had tubing at the bottom leading directly to the blanket, which made Ivand feel both curious and uneasy.

"Is this a test you're giving me?"

He tried to encourage himself to move forward, turned his wheelchair and reached out to untie a corner of the white covering. At that moment, his heart was pounding for some reason, and his pupils were dilated to their maximum.

"Shh-"

One corner of the blanket was lifted, and Ivand's eyes widened instantly.

He saw that the person lying on the bed was himself, with his eyes closed and his hair dry and white.

Outside the room, a large, bustling crowd had inexplicably gathered.

"You're back," someone said to him, with impeccable humility.

"Do you still remember who you are?"
Dear Mr. Charlie, how was your answer this time?

……

a few days ago.

The Order Association detected an extremely strong supernatural reaction in a certain area. Upon investigation, they discovered that someone was summoning an unspeakable being, and the white mask also seemed to have some connection with this person.

The unusual suicides of the White Mask followers were all due to that person, whose actions had caused considerable trouble for the areas under the jurisdiction of the Order Association.

That person was a disorderly individual, and he and the plague doctor managed to erase all their crimes so well that the association could not convict them completely.

But they can't just let the other side run rampant under their noses forever.

In desperation, someone suggested waking up the person who had been dormant within the association. This was undoubtedly a dangerous move, but they still hoped that his fragmented consciousness could reach the disordered one.

Evans Charles's language served as the standard for sentencing; the crimes he committed could not be denied or evaded even by the superiors of the plague doctors, and they had to be tried and punished.

“I remember now, it seems like there was such a thing. In fact, I have never forgotten it.”

Ivand's gaze changed, and his body gradually became transparent, clearly indicating that his main body was attempting to merge with the separated consciousness.

(End of this chapter)