They all call me an Outer God.

Chapter 63 The Man Behind the Scenes

James looked down and touched the metal ring on his glove: "He told me to guard those fish."

"Is it that he trusted me too much, or that he was too confident in his own abilities and thought he could find the person behind the scenes?"

This personality is exactly the same as the race of the mythical creature on his body…

"Alright then, I'll guard his treasure for him. In a few days, we'll see the disordered people weeping and wailing as death approaches."

"He will definitely regret it."

……

The day after the heavy rain memorial day, at the Wright Inn.

Ria returned here again, for no other reason than that the inn would not refund his accommodation fee, and he guessed that the fishmen would not refund him half a Swarth either.

Therefore, based on the principle that the money should not be wasted and that the transaction involved exchanging money for three days of accommodation, he decided to stay at the hotel for a while longer in order not to violate the principles of good conduct.

Furthermore, there are many female fishmen here, and they are the best targets for taking fish eggs.

Thinking this, Ria pushed open the door and walked towards the stairs in front of the receptionist. The new room service lady still wore a professional smile, but her eyes were fixed on him from the moment he entered until he disappeared.

"The layouts of these floors are all quite different."

When Ria arrived at the first-floor corridor, there were half-burnt candles placed at intervals in front of the walls. When Ria brought her hand close to the candles to test them, she found that the candle flames were very cold.

He went to the public water room, scooped up a handful of water, and poured it on the candle. Instead of going out, the candle flame burned even brighter.

"Fire that is not afraid of water?"

Intrigued, Ria threw a fish egg into the candle wick, and the egg immediately showed strong signs of life.

Such fire seems to speed up the hatching of fish eggs.

Good things shouldn't be wasted.

Lia's eyes lit up, and she immediately stuffed another translucent sphere onto the fire core.

The top of the candle could only hold three fish eggs, so Ria had to place the fish eggs one by one. When she had almost finished placing them, the first fish egg rolled off the candlestick on its own, making a crisp "crackling" sound.

A fish-man the size of a palm was born.

Ria quickly went over to observe it and found that the newborn little fish-man looked exactly like the big-headed fish.

"This looks like a bighead carp."

He touched the bighead fish, and the fish rubbed against his hand, showing him great respect and affection.

Its scales are naturally arranged like pine cones. When it is happy, the scales stretch out even more, revealing the white fish skin underneath. On the fish skin, there are several layers of scales that have not grown out of the fish skin, which look just like strangely shaped fleshy tumors.

Even more bizarrely, its fish eyes bulge out, and its facial features, when combined, somewhat resemble the face of a middle-aged human.

The big-headed fish didn't conform to normal aesthetics; it looked terrifying and had a strange function. But Lia still put it in her pocket, intending to take it back to her room.

After the other fish eggs hatch and lose the female's command, they will automatically find a place to hide. Given the fish-human's ability to climb walls, perhaps these fish can climb walls like spiders.

"The entire corridor was eerily quiet."

After a moment's hesitation, Lia knocked on the door of the nearest room: "Hello, I'm a salesperson for unemployment insurance. Are you interested in learning more about our unemployment insurance? The first month is free, and you'll be compensated if you become unemployed after three months."

There was no sound from inside. "Is anyone home?"

Ria lowered her hand from knocking and let a tentacle slip through the crack to investigate. Once inside, it quickly emerged, waving itself to show Ria what was inside.

Ria stared at the tentacles for a long time, indicating that she couldn't understand them.

But there should be someone in the room.

"Gurgle!" The tentacle straightened instantly and simply opened the lock through the gap.

Inside the house was an elderly couple who were doing nothing but standing stiffly in front of the window that offered a view of the outside world.

Lia walked over, but they didn't react. They were breathing, but their pupils were dilated, their bodies were cold, and their bodies were stiff.

"What are you looking at?" He followed their gaze and saw that there was only a wall in front of the window on the first floor. In the gap between the walls, there were unsanitary corners piled up with a lot of mixed garbage that smelled terrible.

If you ignore this wall, this direction faces the Church of the Sun.

"Tsk."

He left the room and let little Swarth open the second, third, and even fourth rooms. The inhabitants, regardless of age or gender, were in the same condition as in the first room. Apart from breathing, their bodies were like those of the dead... or rather, like fish.

"The situation has developed to this point. What will happen next? Will all of these people turn into monsters with big-headed fish inside their bellies?"

Ria retreated into the corridor, where the bighead fish had all successfully hatched. They crawled on the walls, ceiling, or floor, leaving behind wet slime in their wake.

He pondered for a moment, then went up to the second floor and opened the door, only to find the same situation inside.

Back on the third floor, the neighbors' arguing stopped. It seemed that everyone had experienced something similar, and they all had one thing in common—they had eaten the fish provided by the hotel.

"Is it really not moving?" Ria went to room 302. A couple was standing by the window looking out. There seemed to be nothing special about them, but Ria remembered that this was a family of three, and it was obvious that one person was missing.

"The child missing an arm has disappeared. Could he have been murdered?!"

Ria's gaze lingered on the couple. Although they often argued, they shouldn't be capable of killing their own child. Just in case, Ria went to check the bathroom again but didn't find any strange bloodstains or pieces of flesh.

In this situation, where could that child possibly run to?
With this question in mind, Ria dialed the intercom for room service in room 302: "What did you do to them?"

A calm voice came from the other end: "Just let them do what they should do."

They've already crossed the line; there's no need for them to hide anything anymore.

The woman's voice continued, "Do you know why I don't mind you snooping on the privacy of so many tenants, Mr. Kelcha?"

“Just as you discovered, the entire Grani has now become a giant net, and you, including us, are fish that should be enjoyed by the gods. The real fishermen don’t care about the little movements of the fish in the net.”

"I didn't ask you that."

Lia said calmly, "A tenant has gone missing. You might not know this, but I'm naturally suspicious. If I can't find my neighbor, I start to think the worst—"

You killed her prematurely in order to ensure the quality of the sacrifice.

Or perhaps that child has an unusual identity, maybe...

She is the owner behind this hotel.

(End of this chapter)