Miss Witch's Speed ​​Run Manual

[——Clock Tower Alley is definitely dangerous. I remembered what Avina said about dehydration. It's very likely contagious. I can't stay with my sister anymore.]

Ciel's pupils shrank slightly.

I've become...dehydrated? When?

I didn't even catch it after returning to Clocktower Lane. I was already feeling dry mouth while walking on Jazzbridge before...

This means that the infection has become an established fact, and even if you return to reality, you cannot change the fact that you have been infected!

Charles turned to the next page.

【圣741年6月18号，晚上8点30】

[I just came out of Avina's house. I confessed to her that I started to have dry mouth for unknown reasons. It was the first time I saw a shocked expression on her face. You must find it very interesting...]

We agreed on a deal: she would help me take care of her sister, and I would help her re-enter Bell Tower Alley to investigate. She tactfully told me to stay within the area as much as possible—she was worried that this unexplained dehydration would spread.

I agreed to her request. Even if it meant my own life, I had to return to Clocktower Alley and investigate the matter thoroughly.

Finally, I left a tube of blood for her to take to a reliable person for research.

It’s a choice you will make.

Ciel took a deep breath and turned to the next page.

【圣741年6月19号，中午12点30】

I don't know if it's because of my blood sample that Avina's family has become alert. A large number of soldiers wearing gas masks have begun setting up checkpoints at every intersection leading out of Bell Tower Alley, checking the status of everyone leaving the area.

I now have to fill my backpack with water bottles before leaving the house. Just in case, I exchanged 125 gold pounds and bought a lot of clean water and juice, which I stored at home.

[People are in panic on the streets, and the army is setting up checkpoints. The last time this happened was during the Black Death, or the plague almost two hundred years ago.]

I had no idea where to start my investigation. My lungs started to feel uncomfortable and I couldn't stop coughing, as if I had been drained of water.

"Wow--"

Ciel turned the page.

When Ciel saw the date, she was stunned for a moment, because the time interval between the two recorded dates was very long, and the handwriting had become much fainter, with more strokes. If it was not written by herself, she would not be able to recognize what was written.

【圣741年6月25号，中午12点30】

The military blockade has become even stricter. No one is allowed to leave the Bell Tower Alley area. Except for a group of people who noticed something was wrong and ran away, most people are stranded in the Bell Tower Alley area. Every day, many people suffering from dehydration are escorted into the Bell Tower Alley area - it is like an open-air prison.

The Church of the Savior Goddess mobilized a large number of carriages to continuously transport various supplies to the Bell Tower Alley area, barely maintaining order there. However, even among the nuns and priests, many of their lips began to crack and peel. Every day, priests and nuns from other areas would rush in to take over their work - no, I should use another word, it was as if they were rushing to come here, knowing that there was a high probability of infection here.

I think at least 80% of the people are actually the "waiters" mentioned in Du Wen's notes. They came here to practice hardship with their lives. No matter what, they are indeed doing good things.

I finally caught sight of Julis. A fleeting glimpse revealed her hurriedly running out. 11:31:51... Remember this time; she'll pass by the Bell Tower Church at this time.

[In addition to the Savior Goddess Cult, I also saw several figures I had never seen before on the road - they were wearing black robes, crow feather capes, and raven masks with brass crow beaks on their faces. I have a hunch that they must be related to this great epidemic.]

[But they occasionally work with the Savior Goddess Cult, carrying and burning corpses, and treating the wounded. I transformed into No. 2 and peeled off a person's mask. It was the face of an ordinary young man with a terrified expression. His lips were chapped. They had nothing to do with dehydration.]

This is the key information about Julis's appearance. Fortunately, I recorded it.

Charles then looked down.

[On the morning of July 741, 7 AD...]

More and more people are jumping into the river to commit suicide. No, they are not committing suicide, they jump in because they want to live.

【The day before yesterday, record】

There is one thing I don’t want to record.

I was driven to the tent area in Clock Tower Lane and saw Dean Jenny. She was already dead, her body lying on the ground. The Crow-Faced Man dragged her away... Tell me, I didn't infect her.

I don't even have the strength to walk anymore. The water I stored in the room is almost gone... My throat feels like it's on fire.

I transformed again. 5 Fate Points buys me 30 minutes of health. I began wreaking havoc on uninhabited areas I had never been to, but didn't find any useful information.

[This is definitely the work of a transcendent...]

It's raining again. I've run out of destiny points. I'm lying in bed now.

"Did I...did I really simulate the future? But my destiny points haven't decreased at all. Have I never simulated the future? If I did, why hasn't this happened yet?"

[After I gave myself a goal and a task, I never simulated anything?!]

[This has always been reality?! ! ! Am I not paving the way for my own simulation?!]

[I have no more points. I have no way to proceed to the next simulation! ! ! !]

[Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!!]

【I......】

[I don’t want to die...]

By the end of the notebook, the handwriting had begun to become frantic, and by the end, the handwriting had faded to the point where it was almost invisible.

In these suffocating words, Charles could feel the deep despair, a despair that made her feel like she couldn't breathe.

These were all written at the last moment before I died. If I hadn't used the save file to enter, I would have died of dehydration shortly after entering the simulation.

Charles took a deep breath, slowly closed the notebook, turned his head, and looked through the window at the fog and hazy rain outside.

Chapter 37: Extraordinary Attack (Part 1)

"system."

Charles muttered to himself.

A familiar interface unfolded in front of me. Except for the "Warehouse" interface that lit up, the other interfaces were dim and could not be clicked. Just like when I entered the simulation before, I could only check the time.

If it weren't for the contract exchanged from the system in the warehouse, I'm afraid the warehouse would not be usable.

The self in the simulation...is he crazy?

Charles simply searched the places where he usually hid things, but found nothing. The gun, gold pounds, potions, notes... nothing was left.

Pushing open the door and walking down the wooden stairs, Charles saw the mess on the floor.

Metal jugs and wooden barrels were scattered all over the ground, and there was a thick layer of glass fragments and pottery shards piled in the corner. Some of these were used to store drinking water, while others had once contained various types of wine. The air was filled with a disgusting smell of alcohol.

Drinking to quench thirst...is this really something you can do?

A sudden buzzing sound came, and Charles stopped where he was, holding his forehead with his hand.

She could hear all kinds of cries and wails coming from her ears, and these wails lingered in her mind like whispers, but her emotions were beginning to be dominated by excitement.

【Calm Thinking Lv.1】Suppressing the urge, Ciel showed a slightly puzzled expression.

what happened?

This doesn't seem to be a symptom of dehydration...

When the tinnitus symptoms eased slightly, she looked towards the door.

Ciel saw a familiar canvas bag casually hanging behind the door, and went forward to open it. Fortunately, two bottles of potions and two notebooks were lying quietly inside.

Charles put on a black cloak to protect himself from the rain, slung his canvas bag over his shoulder, pulled up the hood, opened the door, and walked onto the street.

The rainy weather made it hard to tell whether it was day or night. There was no one walking on the streets, and even the roar of the factories that had been roaring day and night had ceased to sound. Only buckets and pottery jars used to collect rainwater were lined up on both sides of the street. It was quiet and eerie.

The dark shadow followed behind Ciel on tiptoe, with his hands raised above Ciel's head, as if trying to shield her from the rain.

Charles plans to try his luck at the Church of the Savior Goddess first.

Such a big thing happened, and the workers in the Bell Tower Alley area were the core base of the Bell Tower Parish of the Savior Goddess Church. As a result, Julis, the high priestess, only appeared briefly once in the notes.

This doesn't make sense.

What about the higher-level transcendents within the Savior Goddess Cult? Why did the notes say that those coming for support were all those who hadn't yet embarked on the transcendent path, but were instead there to suffer and digest the potion—as if they were treating this place as a testing ground.

After Avina made a deal with me and promised to protect Lizzie, she disappeared without a trace. What do she and her family think?

It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack for Charles to investigate the Clock Tower Alley area alone. She wanted to find out the thoughts and actions of the known supernatural forces regarding the current situation.

While brainstorming, Ciel walked towards the clock tower. Strangely, the closer she got to the clock tower alley, the stronger the buzzing in her head became.

Suddenly, she stopped.

A shadow suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, like a ray of moonlight pouring straight towards her knees!

The silent moonlight instantly pierced through her knees and pierced into the black stone pavement behind her!

No sense of pain?

Prophet's Vision!

After a brief moment of hesitation, Charles' body suddenly rolled to the right. The next second, a silver light shot out from above, piercing through the place where Charles had just been and nailed into the ground.

The thing was almost completely submerged in the black rubble, with only a bright silver handle exposed.

Scalpel?

When Charles recognized the scalpel, it flew directly into the air and flew towards the direction it came from. If you look closely, you can also notice the silver light connected to the handle.

It's an extraordinary person!

The moment he figured out the direction, the black shadow behind Charles suddenly drilled into the ground, and moved forward quickly on the black stone road like a dragon. He suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the shadow cast by the flying knife.

The moment the flying knife caught the shadow, it paused in the air, and the next second, the black shadow directly merged into the shadow cast by the flying knife.

The flying shadow was like a black flame. The flame cast an almost imperceptible shadow along the silver line, burning all the way forward, and then stopped 24 meters away.

Not enough distance!

After Charles stabilized his body, he ran directly towards the direction of the burning flames without hesitation. As Charles ran, the black shadow flames continued to burn forward.

"Avenger?" A voice sounded from the rooftop in front, and then a figure wearing a black robe and a black and silver crow's beak mask jumped down from the roof and landed steadily not far in front of Charles.

Seeing that Charles still had no intention of stopping, the figure wearing the black crow mask took several steps back and shouted, "Hey! No! Misunderstanding! We're one of them!"

The words of the crow-faced man did not affect Charles at all. She quickly closed the distance between herself and the crow-faced man to within 24 meters. From the shadow under the crow-faced man's feet, she stretched out a shadowy black hand and grabbed the crow-faced man's ankle.

Just as Charles' shadow was about to break the crow-faced man's ankle, the crow-faced man raised his hand to remove his mask and said repeatedly: "The Redemption Society! The Inquisition! We are one of them!"

Under the silver crow mask was a tall girl with long silver-white hair. She wore a thick gauze mask on her face, and her deep blue pupils were full of panic.

Charles's shadow climbed up step by step along her ankles, wrapped his legs around her waist from behind, and locked his arms around her neck.

If she made any rash move, Charles would break her neck without hesitation.

If she hadn't mentioned the "Tribunal" just now, she would be dead now.

"Redemption Society?" Ciel asked, maintaining a safe distance of about 18 meters. "Why are you here?"

"Huh?" Ciel's words startled the silver-haired girl. After a while, she finally reacted and asked, "You're not from the Inquisition?"

"I'm not." Charles did not deny the other party's judgment.

"Then you are..."

"A kind-hearted extraordinary person passing by."

Even though it was drizzling, Charles seemed to be able to see beads of sweat on the other's forehead.

Is the Redemption Society a supernatural organization?

After she discovered that she was an Avenger, she stopped attacking. Is she familiar with the extraordinary people of the Savior Goddess Church?

Moreover, the silver-haired woman's attack just now was aimed at her own knees, and she did not choose a more deadly part.

"What is your purpose here?" Charles did not waste any more time and asked the black shadow to increase its strength slightly.

"Investigating this dehydration," the silver-haired woman replied quickly, feeling the pain in her waist. "We've already reached a cooperation with the Savior Goddess Cult to reproduce part of the ritual!"

Recreate the ritual... and reach a cooperation with the Savior Goddess Cult?

Ciel frowned slightly and continued to ask, "What kind of cooperation?"

"A large-scale infectious disease of unknown origin has broken out in an important parish of the Savior Goddess. They will help if they find salvation, but on one condition..."

"The condition is that we take all the gains after the matter is resolved, including all the bodies that died this time."

All...corpses?

Chapter 38: Julis's Sister (Part 2)

"Do you know Julis?" Charles asked.