They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 364 Where are you?

And so, a vehicle carrying the contained Ivand headed toward Cranbea. The investigators in the back of the vehicle carried the mysterious object with trepidation the whole way, fearing that their mentor might run into trouble on the way.

They also didn't understand why their mentor was suddenly transferred, but they couldn't question the decisions made by their superiors.

The royal family and the Church of the Rising Sun do not have the right to directly command the Order Association; if they want to do anything, everything must be approved by the prosecutor.

There are only eight prosecutors in 05, though there are supposedly nine. But one of them is missing, and his position has remained unrepaired. Perhaps those people are still waiting for the missing person to return.

The Grand Prosecutor of Cranbea approved the mentor's transfer, but with conditions—

The transfer process of the mentor is supervised by the association. After arriving in Kranbea, the mentor must be housed within the Kranbea Order Association, and no one is allowed to contact him.

The prosecutors' considerations are always reasonable. The security at headquarters will only become more stringent. What we should be concerned about now is the roadside.

If something goes wrong along the way, even being sentenced to hang a hundred times wouldn't be enough to atone for their crimes.

"Sometimes I really don't understand what those people are thinking."

One investigator spoke to another, who immediately silenced him.

"Shut up, are you out of your mind?"

"Anyway, there's a barrier here, and the people in front can't hear what we're saying. No one can get in or out of here before we reach our destination."

"Doesn't this mean that if the contained person goes out of control halfway through, we will be the first to suffer, and we won't even be able to escape—wait, did the contained object just move?"

The investigators immediately went on high alert and went into combat mode. They saw that a corner of the white cloth covering the person in the container had been moved aside, revealing the mentor's withered, corpse-like skin. His malnourished silver hair slowly fell from the side of the bed and draped over the ground.

It was at this moment that they realized it wasn't the instructor who had moved, but the vehicle that had been attacked, causing the barrier to activate its countermeasures.

It is normal for internal vibrations to occur at such times.

"Who, who is attacking us? What kind of supernatural being is it?"

"It looks like it's someone..."

Through the barriers and windshields, people could see a figure walking towards them on the road not far away, ignoring the traffic.

The man was dressed so formally that it seemed he was about to go to the National Assembly Hall to attend a parliamentary session, but his hair was casually tied back and hung down to one side of his shoulder.

His facial features do not belong to any of Enderles' ethnicities, but are more similar to those of people from parts of the Middle East.

Strangely, even though the figure was still so far away, the barrier could instantly activate its defensive measures, and just looking at him made everyone in the car feel breathless.

"that person……"

"Be careful, it's Hephaestus. Someone predicted that he wouldn't let this opportunity pass, but no one expected that person to come so openly."

"The mentor's existence and relocation are classified. How would he know what we're going to do? And what benefit would that person gain from hijacking our car?!"

“They don’t need a reason to do things. Sometimes they just find it interesting. For example, right now, he may know what we’re going to do, but even if he doesn’t, if Hephisgate sees our car, he will usually choose to destroy it.”

"This is really baffling... Isn't that guy in front afraid of being surrounded and attacked?"

On the surrounding taller buildings, a group of people had already been waiting there, setting up machine guns.

These are all mysterious items. A single bullet from them can blast a target to smithereens, and they only affect the target, causing no damage to anything else.

The figure in front stopped and raised his hands in front of everyone.

“Look, he’s scared. Even supernatural beings can’t withstand the power of those bullets. He’s all alone, so what makes him think he can fight us?” one person said.

"Don't underestimate him, you have no idea how terrifying he is! But he hasn't destroyed our car yet, what is that guy trying to do here? Is he trying to kill the mentor, or—"

Just as everyone was filled with apprehension, someone fired the first shot, and then countless bullets came from both sides of the building towards the people in the middle.

Ordinary people screamed and hid in the nearest buildings. Their memories would be erased by mysterious objects later. Moreover, the higher-ups ordered that it was better to sacrifice ordinary people than to let Hephaestus escape.

It would be best if there was no one around him.

Each Hephaestus has a different strength, and now they can only pray that the Hephaestus they encounter is not a powerful one.

After a round of gunfire, the transport vehicle took advantage of the chaos to change lanes and speed away from the original road, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"The car has already accelerated. Our vehicles have anti-reconnaissance capabilities, so even supernatural abilities cannot detect their whereabouts. That person must have just happened to be passing by."

"Just passing by, do you really believe that?"

"Why are you always contradicting me today? Don't think that just because you joined early I'll always go along with you..."

Before one person could finish speaking, he was staring at the scene outside through the glass behind him when he saw a face suddenly pressed against the glass.

Behind the vehicle, Hefiesgertu clung to the car body with one hand and secured his body with both feet. He waved to the crowd with his other hand, then lifted one foot back and kicked it forward.

With a "crack," glass and sheet metal, along with fragments of the barrier, scattered backward. The investigators' astonished faces seemed to freeze as they watched Hephaestus enter the carriage, then ignore them and walk toward his mentor, slowly bowing his head.

The man had a long gun hanging on his back, which he had somehow gotten from someone. Almost without hesitation, Hephaestus pointed the gun at Ivand with one hand and fired.

The investigators' faces were almost contorted with fear, and they nearly forgot what they were supposed to be doing.

The bullets were used up as if they were free. In the end, Hephaestus threw the gun out when it was out of ammunition and found that the container used to contain the bullets was completely undamaged.

The person inside showed no sign of waking up; they looked exactly like a corpse that had been dead for a long time.

"The tendons in my limbs were cut off and pulled out inch by inch, all the water in my body was evaporated, my eyes were blinded by poison, my eardrums were punctured, my tongue was cut off... I heard that they did this to you without using any anesthesia. It was really terrible."

"How long have those people kept you locked up? Investigators have been replaced one after another. The people at the top have been enjoying themselves for too long. I really hope to see you wake up and let the door open, giving them a long-awaited shock."

"How about this? Let me kill you now. Maybe that guy will just show up! Your good student's expression will be quite something."

"I'm really looking forward to everyone's reaction."

As he spoke, he took out a longsword, aimed it at Ivand's head through the container, and made a sudden thrusting motion, but in the end, Hephaestus failed to pierce the container.

Perhaps he was unwilling to expend so much effort, or perhaps there was another reason, but whatever the reason, the investigators watched him jump out of the car after his failure and quickly disappear into the distance. Before disappearing, he mocked their defenses as utterly useless.

The investigators were even more baffled, but when they thought it was Hephaestus, it all seemed normal again.

"But that person just kicked the barrier apart... With that kind of strength, killing us or even destroying this place would be a piece of cake, but he didn't do it."

Moreover, it's said they like to assimilate normal people, and there shouldn't be any assimilated among us.

"Why is this again?"

Everyone was baffled, but fortunately the barrier quickly restored itself, and they eventually arrived in Kranbea and successfully delivered their mentor to the association's headquarters. Some people were curious about what the vehicle was transporting and tried to come and visit, but the investigators erased their memories and kicked them out.

The mentor had become a ghost-like figure, and there were no signs of life on the surface, making it hard not to suspect that he was really dead.

Several senior investigators surrounded their mentor, working to free him from the container's restraints and transfer him to a new containment room, where they connected him to complex mechanical tubes used to detect and suppress signs of life.

During this time, everyone had to be extremely cautious. Everyone wished they could hold their breath and avoid making any sound. Although they all knew that Ivand could not wake up, and even if he did, he could not make any moves, no one dared to gamble with the future of humanity.

"This line pierces the brain... connecting to marker point 23."

"Put this into your wrist."

"This one..."

Just as everyone was busy and overwhelmed, a series of footsteps sounded. Some people looked back and found that the person who came was none other than the Pope, the Radiant Sun. Although no one knew whether he was a stand-in or how he got in, someone immediately told him to leave.

McBenny scoffed at them: "Even your superiors wouldn't dare speak to me like that, so who are you?"

"And how many of our superiors have you contacted? First of all, I am very grateful for the church's financial support, but please do not interfere with our contained objects. I don't know how you got in here, but..."

"Hehehe, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't even have seen a hair on this containment object!"

McBenny grabbed the investigator by the collar and threw him aside, then rushed toward Ivand, trying to grab him.

"This is the only person who might see the door again. Once I become omniscient and omnipotent, what are you people compared to me!"

His face was agitated, and his expression was unnatural: "Truth, it's all for the sake of truth—"

"stop!"

The crowd was shocked, and some even wanted to shoot the Pope on the spot, but just as the Pope touched Ivan's hand, an accident occurred.

At that moment, he seemed to see something else through Ivand. Logically, the image of a god associated with omniscience and omnipotence should be mysterious and magnificent in his imagination, but a hellish scene suddenly flooded into McBenny's mind.

A colossal humanoid figure shook its tentacle-like head and roared towards the sky, while countless creatures on the ground twisted and clashed in battle—

"No!"

McBenny screamed, blood seeping from his eyes, but when he finally managed to see Ivan's face clearly again, he found that Ivan's features had vanished for a moment.

Not far away, a red-haired man in a blue robe and wearing black-rimmed glasses walked out from behind the door.

"Oh dear, Your Holiness, didn't we tell you not to visit here? What's wrong with you?"

"Lord Sphinx." The investigators bowed to him, surprised that the prosecutor would appear here.

Sphinx lifted his glasses frame with his index finger: "It seems that His Holiness the Pope has suffered from some indescribable corruption and is beyond saving. Moreover, it is truly impolite for a mere stand-in to come here and make such a fuss."

"kill him."

As soon as the man finished speaking, the investigator standing nearby swiftly shot and killed him.

Then, Sphinx walked up to Ivand and stared at his face.

"You encountered Hephaestus on the way, didn't you? He didn't harm you because his initial goal was to corrupt his mentor."

"However, my mentor has always been very resistant to pollution, so don't worry about it, it will dissipate in a while."

After saying this, Sphinx left. He knew that Hephaestus's actions were just a small "prank" compared to his real purpose. He seemed to act unpredictably, but in reality, everything he did had a purpose.

"The Pope's double is dead, and he still refuses to show himself, but if he wants to do something, why not go along with them? Sometimes it's quite interesting to watch those seemingly respectable old guys gradually tear off their disguises."

"However, it's unclear how long this farce will last. Aren't people's lives just toys for those politicians? If they really dare to break the seal of war and let the supernatural join the war, then everything will truly be over."

When will we be able to usher in true peace?

Sphinx sighed, "Chief Prosecutor, you've been missing for so long, where have you been? Without your advice, things are really boring."

……

Lia paused, and everyone else turned to look at him.

"What's wrong with you?"

"I'm fine, but it seems like I'm having auditory hallucinations again, as if someone is calling my name."

Moreover, this time there was something else besides auditory hallucinations. Hephis Gott told him that his mentor had been transferred to Cranbea.

If you want to wake him up, please don't let him run back to where he started.

[Is this all you wanted to tell me?]

Of course, to confirm the authenticity of the suddenly sensed aura, a clone followed them. It turned out that their defenses were not very good, but the container used to seal the mentor was indeed difficult to break.

I think this is probably because that thing was personally bestowed upon us by the being behind the door.

In other words, while Charlie was unconscious, as long as he sensed danger, that thing would automatically appear around his body, serving not only as a container but also as a protective measure.

Now, unless he awakens on his own initiative, there's no way people can wake him up, and right now, those people are preventing him from waking up.

(End of this chapter)