Professor Ashford is very fast and seems quite professional.

He quickly took out some soft green brainworms with unknown skin, legs and brain patterns from the tool box, as well as fragments of various unknown monsters that Charles had never seen before. He sewed them onto Lucy's face one by one, or stuffed them directly into the cracks of the skull.

Seeing this scene, Charles felt his mouth dry and he subconsciously crossed his arms in front of him.

No? Is this how everyone on this path performs surgery?

"Newborn"... Did you just change their race?

If you really have to live with such a face... then it can only be considered living, not to mention that there may be any side effects.

The operation was over in about ten minutes.

Lucy, lying on the ground, had completely passed out. On her face, countless indescribable "objects" were twisting wildly, and even her skin had lost its original color.

Although the surgery was performed on her head, the flesh and blood under her black dress began to wriggle, as if some life transformation was taking place.

The other "doctors" had turned their heads away and no longer looked directly at him. Even the "ascetic monk" behind Charles had turned away and began to slowly chant a prayer in his heart.

Professor Ashford, who had been half-kneeling, slowly stood up, took a deep breath, and turned to look in the direction of Ciel.

"Did you send for me, sir?"

Professor Ashford took a few steps towards Ciel and said, "The 'treatment' is complete. How much she can resist the impact of the potion... depends on herself."

"Ah."

Charles nodded and said, "When she wakes up, I'll ask her to send the money to you, triple the amount."

"Ha ha……"

Professor Ashford smiled and shook his head, saying, "The opportunity to complete the 'Reproduction Ritual' is rare. I'll just take the money for the materials. Thank you, Miss Ciel, for this opportunity."

After the professor finished speaking, he turned around and told the "doctors" behind him to leave. Even the "ascetic monk" behind Charles was sent away by him.

Soon, the only people left in the entire cathedral were the unconscious Lucy, and Charles and Ashford standing opposite each other.

"I have often heard your name from Adele, Miss Charles, please don't mind me calling you by your first name like this."

Professor Ashford raised his hand, removed the Silver Crow mask from his face, and said, "I haven't formally introduced myself yet. My name is Ashford, a professor of the Redemption Society."

The old man under the silver crow mask looked surprisingly ordinary.

His hair was completely bald, he had a tuft of white beard on his upper lip, and his face had many dark spots. If he was just walking down the street, Charles might have mistaken him for an ordinary old man.

But on his bald head, there seemed to be something protruding under his skull, which looked like a mutated and hyperplastic bone, almost breaking through his scalp.

"Char, Avna Russell's assistant."

Charles nodded and didn't say anything more.

After all, she didn't seem to have any identity to introduce.

After hearing Ciel's introduction, Professor Ashford was stunned for a moment, then gave an awkward laugh and said, "Haha... Your Excellency is truly humorous."

Charles didn't say anything, waiting for the other party to bring up the topic.

He is a third-level "newcomer" of the Redemption Society. Now that he is so respectful to me, I'm afraid he has something to ask of me.

"Actually, the reason I'm willing to come here this time is because of one thing."

After a few words of conversation, Professor Ashford probably understood the general personality of the girl in front of him.

She is the type of person who likes to be straightforward. When facing such a person, you just need to express your needs. Whether you can make this happen depends on the other person's own thinking.

"You should have heard of this. I'm very ashamed to say this, but I'm Xie Lun's mentor..."

Ashford shook his head helplessly and said, "I've been so engrossed in my new research that I've neglected to discipline my disciples. This is why things like this happened. I'm also responsible for this."

"I came here specially this time mainly for one thing."

Ashford paused at this point, but he couldn't tell what Charles was thinking from her expression, so he continued, "I want you to persuade Adele to return to the Redemption Society."

As if worried that Charles wouldn't agree, he immediately explained:

"Adele is very talented in medicine, especially alchemy. If she stays in the Redemption Society, she can further develop her talents."

"Besides, her safety would be better protected in the Redemption Society... Didn't I see in that 'Administrator Kitty's' spiritual notes that she actually wanted to investigate Adele? If she could return to Anzu with me, she would have better protection, and it would also be beneficial to her academic research."

"If you're willing to do me this favor, I'll pay you 2000 Soviet pounds after Adele returns to the Redemption Society, and I'll also do you a favor. What do you think?"

2000 Soviet pounds plus a favor from a third-level transcendent?

Sounds like a good deal.

But Charles just shook his head and said, "It's a pity, Mr. Ashford, Adele's decision to stay or go is entirely up to her own will. I have no reason and no right to interfere."

After hearing Ciel's answer, Ashford took a deep breath. After a long pause, he spoke, "Sorry to bother you. Lord Lucifer will probably wake up soon. If you have any follow-up questions, you can always come to see me for a follow-up consultation. I will probably be staying in Burren City for a while."

Professor Ashford put on his mask again, turned and walked towards the secret passage, sighing inwardly.

Why are Adele's friends...each one more difficult to communicate with than the last?

Needless to say, the eldest daughter of the Russell family had a face as cold as ice and had absolutely no interest in Su Bang.

2000 Soviet pounds! That’s 2000 Soviet pounds! You could buy a country house or a spacious house in the center of Ansu.

Not to mention there is also a favor of my own.

But these two people turned a blind eye to the money. Their indifferent attitude made Professor Ashford begin to doubt when his favors became so worthless.

Am I still level three?

Professor Ashford quickly disappeared into the secret passage.

In the entire underground temple, only Ciel and the unconscious Lucy were left.

Ciel lowered his head, thinking about what Professor Ashford had just said.

It seems that the main purpose of this professor coming here is to persuade Adele to return to the Redemption Society. Do the top leaders of the Redemption Society also see any potential in Adele?

Moreover, in the notebook, it was also written that the professor went to find Adele. He was most likely unrelated to his own misfortune... But why did the simulated self encounter a disaster immediately after meeting him?

Could it be that the people who come here are not the key...

It doesn't matter who you meet...

The key is……

This thing called "establishing connections with extraordinary people"?

Charles quickly recalled the mind map he had made in the hotel before. After comparing them one by one, a clearer thread appeared in front of Charles.

Almost every time I encountered misfortune, I had established connections with different extraordinary people in some way before I encountered it.

When I come into contact with Avina and the others, there are only minor disasters and troubles, but if I come into contact with people of a higher level, will the disasters on myself be aggravated?

If we follow this line of thought, we can address most of the disasters.

Will I... be unlucky if I meet a superhuman?

Has this happened before?

Charles's thoughts reached a dead end.

Just then, a light cough was heard. Charles looked down at the direction where Lucy was lying and saw her slowly open her eyes, then raised her hands and hugged her head in pain.

"Gu..."

A gurgling sound came from her mouth, as if she was drowning, as if something was stuck in her throat.

102

Chapter 102: Great! Respected! Omniscient Mother Goddess!

"Ho...ho...ho..."

Heavy breathing echoed in the underground sanctuary.

Less than four meters away from Ciel, Lucy, the "Destined One," supported her body and slowly sat up. Not far away, she was panting heavily, like a wounded beast.

Charles could sense the complex and changeable negative emotions in her mind. These negative emotions indirectly affected Charles, forcing her to take two steps back and try to stay away from the influence Lucy had on herself.

Click——

While backing away, Charles's boot accidentally stepped on a piece of gravel.

This subtle sound immediately affected Lucy, who was in an unknown state at the moment. She suddenly turned around and looked in the direction of Ciel.

At this moment, the scars on Lucy's face were throbbing again and again, and countless indescribable foreign objects were drilling into her cheeks through the cracks on her face. On her yellow-green right eye, the three purple pupils were constantly trembling, looking straight in the direction of Charles.

A sense of crisis surged from Charles' heart, and a slight spiritual alarm also buzzed in Charles' mind. In an instant, four black shadows emerged from the shadows under her and blocked Charles's way.

“Oh… Heh…”

Lucy forced her head up, her chest heaving violently, but her breathing gradually subsided.

The indescribable thing on her face was accelerating towards the inside of her cheek. Two minutes later, Lucy, sweating profusely, let out a long sigh and lowered her head again.

Lucy's body swayed slightly twice, then she put her hands on the floor, slowly stood up and turned towards Ciel.

At this moment, all the strangeness on her face had disappeared, leaving only a few dark cracks that seemed bottomless, and the right eye with three pupils.

Her left eye was completely red, and the black pupil in the center no longer moved, looking completely useless.

"Thank you……"

Lucy looked in Ciel's direction and began to thank him, but her voice was extremely hoarse.

She walked towards Charles step by step, and Charles cautiously made way. Judging from the direction Lucy was moving, she was heading towards the seal.

Ciel didn't say anything to interrupt Lucy's actions. She needed to figure out the effect and side effects of the gold coin. If that didn't work, she could kill Lucy when she was extremely weak and take the gold coin away before the simulation ended. The system would tell Ciel the answer.

Under Charles's gaze, Lucy staggered to the front of the gold coin. After she saw the direction of the gold coin, she finally lost control of her body, knelt down in front of the gold coin, and smiled miserably.

Only after she had laughed herself to death did Lucy sit down beside the boulder, reach out and pick up the gold coin, look in the direction of Ciel, and weakly say: "Judge... Your Excellency, is there anything else you would like to ask..."

"I want to know the source of your bad luck."

Ciel spoke bluntly.

"You are the 'Fated One'. It is not unusual for these misfortunes to happen to you."

"It's really unusual..."

Lucy tilted her head back, resting it on the boulder, and said, "But I don't know the specific source of my misfortune."

After a moment of silence, Lucy continued, "I'm used to using various methods to predict my fortune before doing anything, and then I act according to the results of my fortune."

"Over a month ago, I received a mission to investigate in Burren City. Before the mission began, I performed a divination, and the result was... extreme danger, but a small probability of huge gains."

High risk, high reward... Even after reaching the level of "Chosen One," will one still maintain a gambler's mindset? Or is Lucy the only one who does this?

"But after coming here, I noticed something was wrong..."

Lucy closed her right eye, calmed the dizziness in her head, and then opened it again and said, "It feels like everything I do here will fail. It's even worse than when I drank the 'Doomsday' potion."

"But gradually, through fortune-telling, I discovered a pattern..."

law?

Ciel perked up a little.

Just now, Charles also deduced part of the pattern of his own misfortune. A large part of his misfortune came from "contact with the extraordinary."

"This law is the 'mission'."

Lucy raised her hand, patted the stone floor beside her, and said:

"My mission here is to investigate the case of the cultists in the manor..."

"But if I do anything that goes against the 'investigation' and deviates from the mission objectives, disaster will come as expected, even if I leave Deton Manor."

So... is this the reason why Lucy has been staying at Deton Manor and investigating repeatedly?

Who established this law... or rather, this "rule" that prevented one from leaving Deton Manor? What kind of being would establish such a "rule" for a third-rank "Destiny"?

"Can this rule explain the source of all your misfortunes?"

Ciel spoke up and continued to ask.

Hearing Ciel's question, Lucy raised her head in surprise, looked towards Ciel's position, and murmured: "Why are you..."

How did this red-haired girl in front of me know that she had more than one "rule of doom"?

Even if I asked a "missionary" or a "glorious bishop" to come over, they wouldn't be able to infer that there was more than one "rule of doom" based on these few words and my own emotions, right? Because every word I said was the truth.

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