Chapter 998: A trap spanning a hundred years(1/2)
Qin Zhibo laid the three diamond-shaped fragments on the ground one after another, counting their origins in detail.
The first one is a fragment obtained by Mr. Clock from Carl in the Arkham Achievement Club.
The second piece is a fragment obtained from the trade with Belmode.
The third one was obtained from the Angel Pavilion based on the information from the organization's boss.
Among them, the fragments traded with Belmode are the only ones that the organization boss has no way of knowing.
Because he took advantage of Belmod's concern about Mao Lilan and Conan's safety to reach this secret deal.
There should be no reason for the boss of the organization to know that his favorite woman, Belmode, is raising children outside.
In other words, if the boss of the organization takes advantage of the information gap and plants fake fragments in his hands, he can only choose one of Karl's fragments or Rum's fragments.
Just now, Mr. Clock has tested Karl's fragments and Belmod's fragments, and some of them are fake.
Then, Karl’s fragments are fake!
Or there is a desperate possibility that all three fragments are fake...
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"My waiting has its limit. Have you thought about your decision?"
There was a rumbling sound in the temple, and Tsathoggua's voice was like a magic sound, causing the invisible heirs around the pedestal that had devoured Mr. Clock's body to stop and kneel to him again.
Qin Zhibo knew he had no time, so he could only look up at the phosphorescent eye slits on the head of the huge toad, and decided to take a gamble.
At this moment, he had completely ignored luck and everything else.
He kicked out the fragments of Karl, and reassembled Belmod, the fragments of his predecessor Rum and other fan-shaped fragments into a complete Panest disk.
"This is proof! We are your most devout believers!"
"And what you have digested just now is the sacrifice we brought to you!"
This is a last ditch effort.
After saying this, Qin Zhibo stared at the huge body on the pedestal.
Satoguya sat lazily on the pedestal, staring at the disc in Qin Zhibo's hand with half-open eyes, and his plump lips slowly squirmed after a long time.
"Yes, I recognize you as the holders of this disk."
"I recognize that you are the sacrificers, not the sacrifices themselves..."
As soon as the rumbling sound subsided, Qin Zhibo's widened eyes relaxed, his body swayed with the trance of his brain, and he almost fell to the ground.
Now it was Koizumi Hongzi's turn to help Qin Zhibo, so as not to show timidity in front of Satugua.
Qin Zhibo looked up at Satugua on the pedestal and continued: "In addition to offering sacrifices to you, I also want to ask you to meet some of our requirements that are insignificant to you..."
Satogua's black face was pointed at the two humans below, and one of his huge eyes was closed.
He said lazily: "If you have any requirements, I can satisfy you. This is my thanks for your sacrifice to me."
"Bring it forward while I'm still asleep."
Satogua was drowsy, which fully confirmed what is meant by "sleep after eating and eat when you wake up".
Time was running out, so Qin Zhibo immediately raised the first question.
"Please tell me, the great Tsathoggua, how to resurrect the dead human corpses."
This is the first question that Qin Zhibo thinks of, which is to resurrect Akai Shuichi.
The original plan was to make Koizumi Anko become the supreme witch, and then order the witch with the ability to restore life to resurrect Akai Shuichi's body.
As for Akai Shuichi's soul, it is still in the glass bottle, so as long as the physical problems are solved, there is a high probability that he can be resurrected successfully.
But instead of asking for help from other witches, it is better to ask the real gods for help here.
Moreover, after experiencing the life-or-death moment of choosing the Panest fragment, Qin Zhibo understood the importance of having one more choice.
Often having one more choice is the key to survival.
Facing the first question raised by Qin Zhibo, Satoguya on the pedestal tilted his head lazily and responded with a rough voice.
"This requires a potion formula, the eyeballs of the daughter of Itakua, the blood of the ghoul, the milk of Ibo Zitor in the tail of the night dire, the poison glands of the puffer fish..."
"You need to fuse them into a potion to restore a corpse to its original state."
Satugua said a series of potion names, and Qin Zhibo took out a small notebook and quickly wrote them down.
Although he thinks he has a pretty good memory, in this place, no matter how good his memory is, it's not as good as a bad writing.
What's more, Qin Zhibo has never even heard of many of the medicinal materials Satoguya mentioned.
After Tsathoggua finished answering the first question, his heavy eyelids sank slightly.
Qin Zhibo seized the time and asked the second question.
"Please ask the great Tsathogya to give us magic, such as ordinary magic of retrieving objects from the air, teleportation, resurrection from the dead, and out-of-body magic! There are even ultimate magics that transcend time and space,"
Koizumi Hongzi in the back was startled when she heard this question. This question was asked for her.
But Satogua paused for a moment and responded with a rumble in a rough voice.
"All the ordinary magic in this world can be found on the stone pillars here..."
Satogua didn't even bother to raise his hand to give instructions, but Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi knew that he was talking about the stone pillars supporting the temple, with many words engraved on them.
"But you cannot use the ultimate magic that transcends time and space."
"The time and space of this world have been restricted by a powerful force. As the natives of this world, you cannot tamper with them..."
The amount of information given by Satugua was very large, which made Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi feel very puzzled.
What does "time and space are prohibited" mean?
And what kind of power can control even time and space?
"What kind of power is that?"
Facing Qin Zhibo's questioning, Satoguya's sticky eyes flickered, but he did not answer, rarely choosing to remain silent.
It's as if someone as powerful as him is trapped in this restriction and cannot escape.
Qin Zhibo's question didn't get an answer, so Koizumi Hongzi next to him couldn't wait to ask, "Satogua, I want to know if my mother has been here and how is she now?"
Koizumi Hongzi did not use honorifics to Satogua, but Satogua was too lazy to care about anything and replied happily: "A woman with the same bloodline as you has been here before."
"If you ask her how she is doing now, you can go look for her in the pile of bones..."
"Because I've eaten her."
As soon as Satugua finished speaking, Koizumi Hongzi's brain felt like it was struck by lightning.
She froze on the spot for a while, then fell straight to the ground, staring at the dark ground in disbelief.
In fact, after figuring out how to use the Panest fragment, Qin Zhibo didn't want Koizumi Hongzi to ask this question.
Obviously, anyone who does not have the Panest fragment enters Enkai, and there is a high probability that they will die.
Unless Tsathoggua was full at the time.
But today, when no one takes the initiative to offer sacrifices, Tsathoggua obviously rarely has enough to eat.
After answering this question, Satogua's eyelids seemed to be unable to hold up any longer and gradually began to close.
He is going to sleep again.
Unless there is a new intruder, Tathoggua can be awakened from the state of the statue.
Qin Zhibo took advantage of this last moment and immediately took out the letter he had brought from Kunyang's apartment from his pocket and shouted to Satogua.
"Who on earth wrote this letter?!"
Satogua glanced at the letter in Qin Zhibo's hand for the last time, and his rough voice murmured.
"Karasuma Renye..."
After the words fell, Satogua closed his eyes completely and fell into a deep sleep.
Qin Zhibo looked at the letter in his hand and murmured the name "Karasuma Renye" in his mouth.
In his brain, a line of logic was vaguely pieced together.
Karasuma Renye arrived in Kunyang a long time ago and lived in Kunyang for a long time.
But unlike others, Karasuma Renye was not under house arrest in Kunyang, but took the initiative to stay here to study.
He learned the advanced virtualization technology of the Kunyang people, and possibly even the Kunyang people's technique of overcoming natural death.
Until he learned all the techniques and chose to take the Panest fragment with him to Enkai.
Before he left, he left this letter to advise new intruders.
The letter focused on the depravity of the Kunyang people, making the intruders fear the existence of the Kunyang people, and pointed out that the way to escape from Kunyang was Enkai.
But in fact, without the Panest fragment, going to Enkai is a dead end.
And once a new intruder sees the contents on the envelope and becomes resistant to the Kunyang people, the Kunyang people will be prompted to execute the intruder.
To be continued...