They all call me an Outer God.

After saying this, Ria watched helplessly as Perlmand collapsed. At the same time, an unprecedented pain suddenly shot through his heart, as if his very soul had been struck.

"Cough—cough!!!" Ria spat out a large amount of blood, and some strange writhing arcs began to appear on the surface of his skin. A meme card with a dark gray back appeared on the bloodstains, and the image of a black merchant wearing a tall black hat was smiling at him. If it were someone else who was not Ria at this moment, they would probably be scared crazy.

The people around me who were once alive are now dead beyond any doubt, and I have become a victim of their death.

The plague doctor in the distance seemed to be in a particularly unpleasant mood. He continued walking towards this side, and although he was walking very slowly, it was as if he could break through space. He would arrive here in no time.

"Hey, black market dealers... black market dealers are like dogs that can't be tamed. I should have realized that a long time ago."

James's voice was a mix of laughter and sorrow, and he seemed a little out of sorts. Ria looked at him, wanting to say something, but at this moment he couldn't control his behavior at all and could only stand there frozen, watching the tall plague doctor come up to him and pick up the meme card from the ground.

“Perlmand, you actually spread the plague to this child before you died…”

James looked at Ria: "Logically speaking, I should deal with you. Even if I don't kill you, I should at least seal you away to prevent you from going out and harming people."

"but--"

James paused at this point, then suddenly changed the subject: "Why would I do that?"

"The National Health Commission only told me to kill my patient, but didn't say what would happen afterward. Now that the patient is dead, why should I meddle and make myself uncomfortable? They won't pay me any more money."

"With fewer patients, I'm finally free to do whatever I want. Yes, I'll go back and tell them that the target is dead, his body turned into gray mist and dissipated. Now those dead crows can no longer restrain me. I can finally watch the ball game I've been longing for and enjoy the food I've been craving."

"As for the trouble in front of me, hehehe, it's none of my business."

James thought it made more and more sense, and then casually handed the meme card back to the child in front of him. Ria picked up the meme card from the ground with a black line on his face, feeling that he had been too naive. He had spent so much time with this person, and he shouldn't have had too high expectations of James.

This person's personality is exactly the same as it is now, the only difference is that he is now more rounded.

It seems he's made quite a bit of money over the years.

"Who are you?"

Ria heard "herself" speak.

"Who I am is not important. What is important is that you now have extraordinary abilities. Whether it is a blessing or a curse is up to you. In fact, obtaining these things may not necessarily be a bad thing for you. With these abilities, you can do whatever you want. As long as you are strong enough, everyone will obey you."

“I can tell you’re not a good kid. If left unchecked, you’ll get into big trouble sooner or later. Kid, if you really cause some big trouble, you might see me again.”

After saying this, James took off his hat, bowed, and then disappeared from the spot.

Ria froze on the spot, staring at the meme card in his hand for a long time. Suddenly, the thing, like a parasite, stretched out a dozen tentacles from the edge, pierced through his flesh, and disappeared.

By this time, the sky had returned to normal, and Ria was surrounded by people.

"That's him! Grab him and don't let him get away!"

Lia's expression turned cold: "What do you want?"

"What are you doing?" The men exchanged knowing smiles, their expressions clearly hostile. "We saw what just happened."

“We brothers are all underground people, and we’ve heard about the supernatural. The big shot who just appeared is the Plague Doctor of the Guardians. He seems to have given you something. Hand it over!”

"What do you mean by giving me something? That was originally mine."

Lia initially wanted to back down in front of the crowd, but then she suddenly remembered what the plague doctor had said.

Yes, now that I have extraordinary abilities, I am an extraordinary being. Extraordinary beings have nothing to fear from them. Extraordinary beings should be high above.

In an instant, the child's face turned arrogant: "A bunch of stupid idiots, you think you can surround me?"

"go to hell!"

The child reached out and aimed at the person closest to him, imagining that a beam of light would shoot from his hand and blast the person in front of him into dust, at which point everyone would be afraid of him. However, what he imagined did not happen.

He assumed an attacking stance, but to no avail. Before long, the child's face turned bright red.

Taking advantage of his small stature, he broke through the crowd and ran away. The people behind him didn't react in time. By the time they did, they had already drawn their guns and fired at the child.

"Bang bang bang bang!!!"

Ria felt excruciating pain in his limbs. In fact, this pain was nothing to him, but the young child still fell down, letting out a heart-wrenching scream. The people behind him surrounded him again, and Ria heard someone exclaiming in surprise.

"His wound is actually healing..."

"My Sun—"

"A monster, this must be a monster."

"Never mind that, just take them back first."

People were talking amongst themselves, but just as they were about to take the child away, a dark, unidentified figure suddenly appeared in a corner not far away.

"Goo."

The figure swelled up and opened two round golden eyes.

Ria noticed it too, and waved to it when no one was looking. The shadowy figure immediately raised two feathers on its head, and its form blurred into mist and merged into Ria's shadow.

Now that we've joined forces with Little Swarth, the game is just beginning.

Lia closed her eyes and let the crowd around her tie her up.

[Memory fragments collected successfully, chips increased by 20000]

"Only 20,000?"

Lia was somewhat dissatisfied: "Isn't this a bit too little? According to the procedure, you should compensate me for mental distress, medical expenses, examination fees, and all sorts of miscellaneous expenses. It should add up to several billion."

The other party stopped replying to him.

No reply means agreement.

Lia silently noted in the ledger that this thing owed her billions.

The conversion unit for these chips is unknown, and they don't seem to be anything of great value at the moment, but they are indispensable to getting to the top of the building.

These people seem to be taking her somewhere, and Ria plans to take this opportunity to familiarize herself with the extraordinary abilities within her body. These abilities are the legacy of countless patients before James, and the abilities of a disordered individual wanted by the Keepers of Secrets must be quite formidable.

(End of this chapter)