“Don’t worry, based on Reed’s current condition, he’ll be back to normal in a few hours.”
“That’s good. Since Reed is fine, I’ll go ahead. There are some things I need to take care of at the police station. I’ll leave the rest to you, Christine.”
“Wait, Mr. Stone, did something else happen?”
Hearing that Johnny Stone was going to deal with matters at the police station, Reed’s heart skipped a beat. He immediately asked nervously, “Or… is that yellow wasp monster hunting citizens again?!!!”
“No, this has nothing to do with Unidentified Lifeform Number Fourteen.”
Johnny Stone shook his head and explained, “I just got a call from the Metropolitan Police Department, saying that Professor Jimmy, the victim of the Zeroth Incident, is missing.”
“Huh, the victim’s daughter is missing!?”
Hearing this somewhat familiar name, Reed thought carefully for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes wide, showing a surprised expression and said, “And that Professor Jimmy, I remember he was the head of the archaeological team…”
“That’s right, he’s the lead professor responsible for excavating the Adirondack Mountain relics.”
Johnny Stone nodded, then went on to explain the ins and outs of the situation: “His wife and daughter came to the police station this morning with an artifact Professor Jimmy brought back from the ruins, claiming they had clues to offer.”
“But due to the Unidentified Lifeform Number Fourteen case, I asked them to go to New York State University to find Ms. Stacy first and see if they could find any clues from the artifact. However, unexpectedly, the little girl ran off on her own due to emotional reasons while at the university.”
“Later, she called the search headquarters and demanded that the police immediately launch a search for the Zeroth, otherwise, she would commit suicide.”
Speaking of this, Johnny Stone couldn’t help but sigh, clearly feeling quite troubled about this situation.
And Reed, lying in bed, also remembered this little girl. She was the one he had encountered that night at Greenwood Cemetery during the funeral. She had run outside and cried. This caused him to fall silent. After a long time, he spoke again.
“Mr. Stone, what’s the little girl’s name?”
“Natsume. Jimmy.”
“Hmm, Natsume. Jimmy, is it?”
Reed slapped his cheeks hard with both hands, then jumped out of bed with a grimacing expression of pain, shouting, “Good, then I’ll take care of the child.”
“No, Reed, your body…”
“I’m fine!”
Ignoring Johnny Stone’s words, Reed raised his thumb without hesitation: “I happen to have two hours where I can’t transform, and I’m not completely paralyzed with pain, so I’ll take care of it.”
With that, Reed directly grabbed his coat and ran out of the hospital, leaving Johnny Stone standing alone, speechless for a long time.
After a while, he finally came to his senses and then bid farewell to Christine, also leaving the hospital.
But Christine, who had witnessed everything, was now showing a smile.
“Johnny, looks like you’ve finally found a partner who shares your passion.”
...
At the same time.
Inside the dimly lit abandoned tavern.
Bakis once again picked up the bronze writing board, wrote down the number of sacrifices completed today, and then handed it to the Golgom judge, Baruba, who stood in front of him.
However, Baruba didn’t even bother to look at it. She directly grabbed his wrist and questioned, “Where’s the Counter-Life Ring?”
“Tsk.” Seeing that he couldn’t hide it from Baruba, Bakis clicked his tongue unhappily and pointed at the Grongi, saying, “He’s the one who lost it.”
“Slap!”
Hearing this, Baruba’s long, slender hand, wrapped in black silk, immediately swung towards the Grongi’s face, instantly sending him flying to the back of the bar.
Then, she took the bronze writing board, erased the data on it, and said to Bakis, whose face was gloomy.
“Unfortunately, since the Counter-Life Ring is lost, we can only start over.”
With that, Baruba pulled out a new Counter-Life Ring from her bosom and handed it to Bakis. Although Bakis was unhappy, he did not object to the verdict. He coldly took the new ring and headed towards the tavern door.
But halfway there, he stopped and turned around, raised the newly worn Counter-Life Ring, and asked.
“Count this if the sacrifice is a common Limido.”
As he spoke, Bakis pulled a bead on one row of the ring, then pulled three beads on the next row, adding, “And count this if the sacrifice is Kuuga. What do you say?”
“Fine, I’ll allow that.”
“Good, then Kuuga’s life is mine to take!”
Having obtained Baruba’s approval, Bakis directly transformed into his yellow wasp monster form, then spread his wings and flew up, directly breaking through the tavern’s ceiling and disappearing in front of the other Golgom.
And as he left, Baruba and the other Golgom also disappeared one after another in the abandoned tavern.
Only the Grongi remained, slowly crawling up from behind the bar at this time, his sinister gaze sweeping over the abandoned tavern that had returned to peace.
After a while, he let out a roar filled with resentment.
“I must participate in the Gigiru, I must complete the White Darkness game, I must kill 【Him】!!”
New York, Queens, Midtown High School.
“Okay, I shouldn’t feel sorry for these monsters…”
“But I don’t know why, watching Number Three being hated by everyone, I feel sorry for him.”
Peter Parker looked at the Grongi on the screen, who was being hated and bullied by all his kin.
For some reason, he thought of himself. It seemed like he was bullied by those school bullies every day at school.
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