They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 221 Exposed
"Investigators can get promoted?"

"Sure, why not? Let me tell you, the career prospects for investigators are very broad. You can switch jobs from 05 to 01, it's just that most people don't last that long..."

just died.

He didn't finish his last sentence, but everyone present understood what he meant.

Ivan flicked his cigarette ash a few times: "You still know too little. I do have some different information about that circus."

"Would you like to listen?"

After asking the question, Ivand ignored everyone's answers and began to speak on his own.

“You say that investigators have a wide range of jobs, but polluters are no worse than you. Although they are feared by people because of their extraordinary abilities, people are greedy after all.”

Some polluters are too fragile and easily deceived, making them susceptible to exploitation. Too many people take advantage of their desperation to deceive and recruit them, such as underground churches and secret agents.

When he mentioned the Keepers of the Secrets, he glanced at Ria and continued, "Of course, some small organizations also recruit Corruptors, and the circus is one of them."

As far as I know, their leader specifically recruited many polluters to form this circus, and they even attracted the attention of the royal family, who signed a cooperation agreement with them to provide them with exotic performances.

This circus can charge several hundred gold coins for a single performance, and sometimes, when nobles are in a good mood, they might even spend a fortune.

"Gold coins?" Ria grasped the key point, but he quickly realized that this was not the common focus for everyone, so he could only remain silent.

One investigator complained, "So we're not just dealing with a circus, but also the aristocracy behind it?"

"Don't be so pessimistic. If we can escape, you still have the Order Association behind you to confront them head-on. Those people won't dare to do anything to you openly."

"I don't understand these people's thought process. The circus is supported by nobles, yet they send clowns to kill the viscount, and then they turn around and want to kill us... What's wrong with them?"

The investigators were already scratching their heads trying to figure out the intricacies of the situation, but Ivan said that these people were just angry because they couldn't find the clown's body.

They could have just left, but habit made them want to kill all the witnesses. If they succeeded in killing them today, they would go somewhere else to continue searching for the clown's body the next day.

For example, he could continue assassinating her at the new viscount's place. Ivand wasn't worried about Favorine's safety, after all, she was a witch who had hidden her identity for many years and was actually a meme five.

His current concern is Lia's performance.

Ivand knew that Ria wanted to portray the "Guardian," but this was a technical job for the black marketeer. In order to portray Ria, he even had to erase his own memories first to avoid the black marketeer's greed and self-centeredness affecting the performance.

As for the problems that arise later, they can be addressed once new memes are obtained.

"Aren't circuses afraid of retaliation from the authorities?"

"Why would they be afraid? Firstly, these people have the support of royalty and nobility, and secondly, their leader himself is a polluter with an extreme style of doing things, and he even thinks he's not dying fast enough."

These patients have a hard time living, and they also have a hard time dying.

Ivan sighed; during their conversation, they had reached the edge of the block.

They can leave the neighborhood and return to the city center after walking a little further.

Once there, even polluters would have to think twice before acting recklessly. However, it was at this moment that they discovered the road in front of them was blocked by an electric fence.

"Where did this electric grid come from?" Calvin stared at the blue currents that flowed intermittently across the wire mesh. In front of the grid, the two children, a bear and an octopus, were glaring at them menacingly in an attack stance.

"Where did the rabbit go?" they hissed through gritted teeth, their voices squeezed out of their throats.

Calvin stood in front, but was immediately pulled aside by Ria: "Young man, what are you trying to prove with a broken arm?" He then ignored the objections and stood in front, staring directly at the bear and octopus: "Bring out your animal trainer."

"Didn't you hear us asking you? We're asking you where the rabbit went!"

"You care about him a lot?"

"Those are our family members. Not a single one of our family members can be missing. If some people go out, all of them must go back!"

The bear roared, staring at the people in front of it as if it wanted to tear their heads apart with its teeth and claws. But then, the sound of a rabbit came from the side.

"I am here."

"rabbit!"

The bear and the octopus looked at him with delight, then asked in unison, "What is that thing you're holding?"

"It's a rabbit." The rabbit happily held up the creature in its arms. It was a two-month-old white rabbit with clear, pure red eyes, like the most beautiful garnets.

“I tell you, this is a gift from the Lord, a present given to me by the Lord.”

"Who is your master? Shouldn't you only remember the leader?"

"What commander? He's just someone who's using us. We've all been fooled by him. He doesn't care about us at all... The real commander is long dead!"

The rabbit hugged the white rabbit tightly and shouted these words. Then, he hoped to persuade the bear and the octopus to leave with him, but he was quickly met with resistance from his companions.

His companion was incredulous: "How dare you slander the commander!"

“You are a traitor, and traitors don’t deserve to stay in the house.”

"Traitors must die!"

“That’s right, traitors all deserve to die.” A completely different voice appeared nearby, and with the sound of a long whip cutting through the air, the rabbit trembled as if it knew what was going to happen.

He held the infant life tightly in his arms, closed his eyes, and used his thin back to take the brunt of the whip.

"call out!"

The expected pain did not occur.

The rabbit opened its eyes, turned its head, and found itself enveloped in a shadow.

Lia spread her arms in front of him, giving him a kind smile.

"Am I fast? Am I faster than a rabbit?"

"you--"

“Foolish, utterly foolish!” The animal tamer, wielding a long whip, finally appeared, looking at Ria’s incomprehensible behavior with cold sarcasm.

At this moment, a horrifying gash had been ripped open on Ria's back by the long whip. Not a drop of blood appeared; instead, countless golden eyes and sticky, black tentacles clung to the bones.

"You actually went to protect a beast and even exposed your identity for it. Tsk tsk tsk, what will your investigator friends think of you?"

"Oh dear, I wonder if they'll think, 'We actually spent so much time with someone suffering from contamination—it's horrible, utterly disgusting!'"

(End of this chapter)