Chapter 64: Chapter 64: Pollution
Translator: 549690339
Living room.
Han Dong and Koslin sat on one side of the sofa.
The old lady was in the kitchen brewing coffee for both of them.
“Brother Koslin, be a little careful.’
“Hmm…”
Koslin also became cautious as he stepped into this room.
Not only because the image of the old woman was somewhat strange, the room also gave a sense of oppression that could not be described.
Taking advantage of the old lady’s visit to the kitchen, Koslin started making fine adjustments to his metal sniper rifle, which was approximately 1.8 meters long.
Through a ‘shrinkage’ feature, he shortened the sniper rifle to 15 centimeters by removing the sights and turned it into a thick and exquisite heavy-duty handgun, worn at his waist.
“As soon as this old woman shows any anomaly, I will kill her on the spot.”
“Hmm.”
Koslin’s first impression on Han Dong was that he was a science enthusiast.
Unexpectedly, when faced with an abnormal situation, Koslin’s demeanor and aura shift completely, instantly switching from a researcher to a killer.
If any Oddity should appear at this moment, the firearm hanging from his waist would blast its head off.
When the old woman brought the coffee, she also brought a diary.
“My son had a habit of keeping a diary… including the day he returned from his last day of work, he wrote down his experiences for that day in this notebook.” Just as he finished his diary, he suddenly died at his desk.”
“I don’t trust those incompetent security personnel to be of any help, so I concealed the matter of the diary, waiting to hand it over to the ‘knights’ when they come to investigate.”
“You guys are excellent ‘Apprentice Knights’ , you should be able to find the real murderer who killed my son.”
Tears were constantly spilling from the old lady’s eyes.
Not at all deliberate, it was entirely a sincere display of emotion… it was even a bit touching.
“Hmm… we’ll do our best.”
Koslin was very cautious, obviously he wasn’t going to drink the coffee.
He used his gloved hands to avoid direct contact with the notebook.
At the same time, he put on his protective goggles and started browsing the contents of the notebook.
If what the old woman said was true, the last diary page would record the strange events the policeman encountered during the investigation. It could possibly serve as an important breakthrough for this mission.
Precise, but cautious.
In the end, there was still a problem.
As Koslin turned to the last entry in the diary, some peculiar texts written in ‘oil’ paired with peculiar symbols, somehow projected a hallucinatory image onto Koslin.
Squeak, squeak. (The sound of flesh growing!)
Suddenly, countless small eyes grew out of the diary page, staring closely at Koslin.
Crack!
There were cracks in the protective goggles!
Dark lines instantly appeared around Koslin’s eye sockets, and ‘oil’ flowed out of his seven holes… It seemed he had seen some ‘evil thing’ through these little eyes, something that his brains couldn’t accept.
Even though his eyes were unable to move away from the notebook,
Even though there were all sorts of horrific whispers echoing in his brain,
Even though his body was experiencing a numb feeling of fleshy separation,
But Koslin still endured it with gritted teeth, drawing out the loaded firearm from his waist with his trembling right hand.
Bang!
A large-caliber bullet pierced through the old woman’s shoulder, creating a large hole in the stone wall behind her.
Giggle!
The old woman, whose shoulder was shattered, showed no discomfort. On the contrary, what echoed was a chuckling sound.
Staring at a heavily suffering Koslin, the corners of the old woman’s mouth turned up at an impossible angle, even her eyeballs seemed as if they were about to pop out… The expression on her face was beyond human limits. Afterwards, she ‘shifted’ swiftly, leaving the living room, and proceeded to the second floor via the staircase at the end of the entrance hall.
Han Dong did not give chase.
Instead, he grabbed the diary from Koslin’s hand at once, shut it, and packed it into his bag.
“This bad!?”
At this point, not only was blood flowing from seven orifices of Koslin, but his whole body was also convulsing.
There were five cracks in total on the goggles, and the dark lines around Koslin’s eye sockets were continuously spewing black smoke.
This ‘pollution status’ was several times worse than the last time when Captain Cass was polluted by having eye contact with a mature ghoul.
Who would have thought that without even entering the Baker Mansion… just investigating in the peripheral area could encounter such a dangerous situation.
“Ba… Bag! Ho… Holy… Water…”
Koslin yelled out a few key words with all his might.
Han Dong immediately rummaged through Koslin’s backpack, found a metal water bottle marked with a cross, and quickly had Koslin drink from it. Holy Water entered the body.
Koslin’s convulsions were immediately eased, the dark lines around his eye sockets faded significantly, but not entirely… However, at least Koslin had escaped from the brink of crisis.
“Damn it!”
With his mobility restored, Koslin cursed.
He immediately put on a spare pair of goggles, loaded his handgun, and attached some homemade Holy Water Bombs to his waist… ready to go upstairs and kill the old lady.
It seemed that due to the pollution, Koslin had become somewhat impulsive and prone to anger.
“Senior Koslin, wait! The situation is more troublesome than we expected… The old lady may have set some other traps on the second floor, and your condition is not very good.
Let’s inform Captain Cass of the situation first and then act when they arrive?”
Koslin grinded his teeth and said, “By the time they arrive, this damned old woman might have escaped.
My bullets are made of pure silver, and the shot just now has caused her some damage.
The old woman must be hiding on the second floor, trying to recover. Now is the perfect time to kill her.
Notify Captain Cass and let them hurry over… but there’s no need to wait for them to arrive.
This is an important target which must be seized.”
“Alright then! ”
Indeed.
If this old thing escaped, there would lose an important clue.
“Senior Koslin, you are a long-range support type, let me go first.”
Han Dong put on the bird beak mask and took the lead.
Visibly, the nails on Han Dong’s right hand were growing rapidly, and a green plague was covering his nails.
“A plague power that can stimulate bodily changes? That’s rare.”
Seeing this, Koslin, to a certain extent, acknowledged Han Dong’s strength, and reminded him for his safety:
“This time, the ‘pollution source’ is strong. Minimize direct eye contact with the target … Once the Holy Water runs out, we’re in real trouble.” “Understood.”
Han Dong was not too worried about pollution.
What he was worried about was the threat posed by the old lady herself.
After all, when her shoulder was blown up by a large caliber silver bullet, she responded with a weird smirk, no signs of discomfort, she didn’t seem injured at all.
The old lady’s bodily structure might differ from ordinary creatures.
Upon reaching the second floor, Han Dong immediately stopped.
It was broad daylight outside, bathed in sunshine.
The second floor of this house, however, was pitch-black, because the windows in the entrance hall had been completely sealed off with wooden boards and nails…
What was even stranger was that a chilling aura was continuously seeping from the floorboards of the second floor.
“Miss Chen Li.”
“Hmm… I can sense a certain evil energy in this house is gradually increasing, and I’ll appear immediately if you are in danger.”
“I appreciate that. I have a feeling that whatever we’re facing this time, it’s not going to be easy to handle..”