Mystery Detective of the Steam World

Chapter 48 The End
To the doll whose head was larger than a house, Li Wei's shots were like raindrops, utterly insignificant. Yet, these seemingly insignificant attacks had an effect comparable to sulfuric acid. Li Wei saw the bullets explode on the doll's face, sparks of fire lingering on its skin. Then, the parts of the doll's face that were stained with flames began to crumble and collapse, and it reached out to cover its cheeks, letting out a scream like that of a baby crying.

it works!

Seeing this, Li Wei was overjoyed. At the same time, he gritted his teeth again, and the passage of time around him slowed down once more!

Death Eyes!

Li Wei took out the magazine again, quickly loaded it, then raised the muzzle and pulled the trigger once more—this time, Li Wei didn't even need to aim, he just unleashed all the bullets in one go!
The bullets also struck the puppet's enormous face, and this time the puppet could no longer hold on. Its head began to shatter and collapse in various places, and it let out a shrill scream, desperately scratching at its face. Its thick fingers, upon touching its face, instantly tore it to pieces. In the blink of an eye, a large section of the puppet's head was broken off, and from the gaping hole, Li Wei keenly caught a glimpse of something bright red, like crystal, radiating light.

Based on Li Wei's experience playing games and watching movies and animations, that thing might just be the core!

Then, let's do it one more time!
Li Wei activated Death Eye once again. At this moment, he could feel his brain starting to ache, and the blood in his veins was flowing like magma. He was falling downwards. If Li Wei hadn't used Death Eye twice in succession to slow down the flow of time, he would have already fallen back to the ground.

Although he could launch another attack afterward, Li Wei still felt uneasy, after all, this was the best opportunity available. What if the puppet realized what was happening? He might never have such a good chance again!
Li Wei reached into his pocket again, took out a second makeshift loader, and, gritting his headache, inserted the bullets. He then closed the magazine and raised it again. This time, he squinted, staring at the distant, bright red spot of light, about the size of a star.

Then, Li Wei pulled the trigger.

Bullets were fired, each following the same trajectory, flying forward, passing through the scattered fragments, through the gaps in the puppet's constantly waving fingers—and then piercing through the bright red light.

"———————!"

Li Wei saw the light spot burst into an incredibly dazzling brilliance in that instant, and the next moment he fell heavily to the ground.

"ah---!"

Li Wei clutched his head and screamed. The fall hadn't caused him much damage, but Li Wei felt his head, after using [Death's Eye] three times in succession, was as fragile as a water-filled balloon. The impact of hitting the floor felt like his brain was about to burst out…

Fortunately, Li Wei's decision was correct.

"Detective, are you alright?"

Clutching his head, Levi curled up on the ground, stunned by Katie's shouts. He waved his hand, signaling her to be quiet, and after a moment, slowly sat up.

"Ugh...it hurts so much..."

Li Wei gasped, feeling a sharp pain in his head as if he were being pricked with needles. It seemed that using the [Eye of Death] continuously had indeed taken too much of a strain on his body.

However, Li Wei had no regrets, after all, this move was truly powerful! You must know that just now, with the blessing of the [Eye of Death], Li Wei launched three consecutive attacks on that puppet, which was nothing short of a super explosive output!

It deals the damage of three rounds in one round, what more could you ask for!

"call……………"

Li Wei shook his head, then grabbed Katie's hand. He felt a sudden lightness in his body, and Katie simply lifted him up from the ground.

"…………Thanks………"

Li Wei looked at Katie's soft, boneless hand and silently thanked her. She chuckled and withdrew her hand. It seemed to her as if it hadn't taken any effort at all…

"What did you just do, Detective? Has the threat here been eliminated?"

"What do you see?"

"I?"

Upon hearing Li Wei's question, Katie blinked and thought for a moment.

"I only remember that you jumped towards the ceiling, and then it seemed like you disappeared, and then you fell down again... something like that."

"Did you see anything else?"

"…………………"

Katie and Henry exchanged a glance and shook their heads.

It seems that it can only be seen within the [Soul Vision], and ordinary people cannot see it?
"I think the threat has been eliminated."

Li Wei glanced at the mission notification in front of him. After he destroyed the red dot, a mission completion notification popped up, which was one of the reasons that reassured him. Moreover, he found that the room, which had been completely sealed off, had now been completely transformed.

The room looked very eerie before, but now it only has a dilapidated atmosphere, and the dolls around it are covered with dust.

As for the boy who was originally sitting in the chair… “Eek—!”

Using the firelight to make out the figure, Katie let out a small scream. The boy was slumped in a chair, his body mostly decomposed. Through the rotting wounds, a strange shadow could be seen…

Li Wei walked forward silently to the boy's body, then reached out and ripped open the boy's abdomen. Katie and Henry then saw that inside the boy's body, a doll was embedded between flesh and bone, its head completely shattered, its hands raised as if struggling to get rid of something.

"This, this could be... "

Looking at the doll hidden inside the boy's body, Katie felt a chill run down her spine, and Henry's expression was also not good.

"Okay, problem solved."

Li Wei stared at the puppet, remained silent for a moment, and finally spoke.

"Our work is finished. Now, let someone clean up the mess."

And so, the investigation into the haunted house came to a complete end. However, to everyone's surprise, when they dragged their exhausted bodies away from the haunted house, they learned from the soldiers guarding the place that they had been inside for less than two hours.

But to everyone else, it felt like half a day had passed!
As for what happens next, it will naturally need to be explained one by one.

Although Li Wei and the others survived, the unfortunate soldiers were not so lucky. Not only that, Henry also sent people to find those who had gone missing before—when he was possessed by the evil spirit of that person, he already knew that the person had secretly killed his family and servants one by one out of fear of betrayal and then hid them in the warehouse under the cellar.

This is why Levi and his companions encountered Henry in the cellar.

Incidentally, MI7 did burn the house down afterward. Of course, they didn't do it secretly; they found the current owner, who was terrified when he learned that there were over a dozen corpses buried in his cellar. Naturally, he readily agreed. So MI7 found an excuse, demolished the house, and burned it to the ground.

Overall, the joint operation by various departments was very successful. After reporting back to MI7, everyone went home.

However, although Li Wei desperately wanted to go home and rest, he still dragged his tired body to the jewelry store he had visited before.

Li Wei knew that many disgusting plot points involved the protagonist wanting to find something important, but instead of going to get it immediately, they would take a break or waste time, only to find that the item was lost when they finally got there... This kind of plot was often used in games, and it annoyed Li Wei.

So even though he wasn't feeling well, Li Wei still felt that he should get his hands on that ring first, and everything else would be fine later.

Fortunately, when Li Wei returned to the "Moonlight Splendor" jewelry store, it was still there, neither closed nor disappeared, which relieved him. He got off the carriage, straightened his clothes, and then pushed open the door and went into the jewelry store.

"jingle."

"welcome."

The same shop assistant appeared before Li Wei, and her eyes lit up when she saw him.

"Ah, Mr. Li Wei! Hello! May I ask what brings you here today...?"

"I want to buy that Crimson Temptation."

Li Wei stood in front of the counter, staring at the salesperson as he spoke, feeling a little nervous, afraid that the salesperson would say, "The ring has already been sold" or "What is that?"

Fortunately, none of these unpleasant things happened.

"Please wait."

The shop assistant nodded, then turned and went behind the counter. After a while, she came out holding the jewelry box in her hands.

When Li Wei reached out and opened the jewelry box, the ring, still as red as congealed blood, lay quietly inside, without the slightest sign of abnormality. Li Wei picked it up and—put it on his index finger.

There was no problem at all. It seemed that the ring in Li Wei's hand was just an ordinary ring, and Li Wei did not feel any strange power.

Only one line of system notification appeared, and then it disappeared quietly.

[Additional conditions detected]

Only then did Li Wei breathe a sigh of relief, and then he took out a punch card.

"I bought it."

(End of this chapter)