Mysteries: Arcana Wars

Chapter 459: The Ghost Will Never Disappear

Backlund time, 7:00 on Winter Festival Day.

There are 13 hours left until the Outpost launch.

Gloria was in the basement of St. Julie's Church, viewing the images on the surveillance camera.

The massive amount of trace information in the citizen identification system depicts all of Field Moretti's actions to Gloria.

She had intended to secretly communicate with Scott, sharing the news about Field. However, since yesterday, Scott had completely lost contact. Whether using her extraordinary abilities or her ordinary skills, she couldn't reach Scott.

It seems that Scott has been firmly controlled by His Highness Bonois.

This is no wonder. Something big is going to happen on Winter Ceremony Eve today. A reactionary like Scott, the leader of the research on the weapon of punishment, is undoubtedly a huge security risk.

Regardless of surveillance or protection, in the view of the Steam Church, the safest option for the church is for Scott to be placed under house arrest in the church, cut off from all external communications, and stifle any possibility of this crazy old man causing trouble.

Today, Gloria cannot give the sound file to Scott for voiceprint comparison, and cannot confirm whether this Field is the photographer off-screen in the mysterious video.

In other words, Gloria will have to face this terrible crisis on Winter Solstice Eve alone.

It’s okay, it’s not the first time anyway.

However, this is the first time that he has faced the [Curse] alone and searched for the truth that was buried in history.

Looking at the traces of Field's life in the past few hours, Gloria felt a little...broken.

A young man who seemed to have countless secrets showed his terrifying fighting ability in an apartment and found his first job in the apartment. This job was...

...an NPC in an amusement park costume? ???

Gloria looked at the tax return retrieved from the citizen system. What was originally a normal thing suddenly became very strange.

With a character like you who is a "psychopathic killer", you make a living as an NPC in a doll costume at an amusement park? ? ?

What kind of horror movie plot is this?

Are you going on a killing spree in the amusement park???

This salary is even paid in advance!!!

Sadly, there weren't any horror movie plots. As far as the citizen system knew, Field had simply signed a temporary labor contract, received an advance salary, and then went to the supermarket to buy some daily necessities and food. He was as ordinary as any college student who had just arrived in Backlund: clear-headed and foolish, poor and clumsy.

Or, he is already familiar with the blind spots of the citizen system and has already started bloody activities in invisible places.

Or... this guy is just an honest man...

This is really... too weird!!

(╯'-')╯︵┻━┻ (turn the table over)

┬─┬ノ('-'ノ)（Put it in place）

(╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻ (One more fucking flip)

Of course, this kind of thing would undermine the bishop's cold and serious personality, and Gloria could only overturn the table in front of her repeatedly in her heart.

Could you please respect the character that our Comet Team has given you?

We spent so much effort writing this story, not for you to work for us!

You are the stereotypical psychopathic killer from a cult film!!

What you should do now is to make good use of the bad taste settings we gave you and go make some trouble!!!

It's a bit hellish to say, but if Field really came along and killed a few lucky passers-by, Gloria would actually breathe a sigh of relief.

This shows that Field is indeed a fictional product of the Comet Team. They were created by Gloria and others, and they conform to all the written settings. In other words, they know Field inside and out, and Field is controllable.

But now, Field has committed a series of actions that completely contradict the narrative, like a character created by the author, suddenly out of character, out of Gloria's control. This means that their entire conception of Field may have to be completely overturned, and they must start from scratch to understand him. Field will become a walking mystery.

Although she was anxious, Gloria had already developed several solutions during this period, some serious and some gentle.

And Gloria finally chose the laziest option -

Release Field.

Directly eliminating the individual who calls himself Field Moretti is undoubtedly the fastest and most efficient approach.

But the unknown is the most terrifying.

Gloria couldn't determine whether this individual was a human or some other creature, what power he represented, and what changes would happen if he died?

Death is never the end.

Faced with such a chaotic and unknown situation, Gloria finally decided to release Field.

On the other hand, since he and Scott were forced to chase the curse of [Field Moretti], as long as they kept their eyes on this name, they would definitely get more information and clues.

Gloria instinctively felt that this was Field who appeared in the mysterious video, but all her extraordinary reconnaissance had come to nothing. For such a big matter, she must have more authoritative evidence before she could make a final judgment.

All we need now is patience.

Even more patient than Gloria was Field, who was prepared to walk to the playground on two feet.

On Winter Carnival Day, taking a taxi was too expensive; Rachel's apartment was far from the amusement park, and the subway ticket was not cheap either.

Backlund's rail traffic was very dense, and it was still a long time before the agreed work time. Field planned to walk first, and when it was too late or impossible to walk, he would take the subway nearby to save as much transportation costs as possible.

Field, who had just received his first salary, really treasured the money. His pockets had already been emptied by rent and daily necessities. Now looking at the meager salary, Field felt that his future was bleak.

Not only the unlucky Field but also the little girl who lost her guardian has an uncertain future.

The girl who had lost the function of her frontal lobe was left with only a hazy subconscious mind, and she walked forward in a daze following the instructions.

Someone saw such a poor little girl and stopped to ask her, but the little girl had no reaction to any external stimulation. She just staggered around the passers-by and continued forward.

The girl's progress was now hindered. She had originally instinctively followed the Ferris Church's relic, but when she reached this area, she suddenly changed her pace and headed in an unplanned direction.

The token in this area was stolen by the three Pokers; the Ferris cultists who came to support also had a token. At this time, the distance between the girl and the two tokens was getting closer and closer, until she was no longer close to the cultists, but closer to the Pokers.

Unexpectedly, the girl no longer followed the guidance of the Ferris believers, but instead walked towards the three people with playing cards.

While her consciousness was hazy, the little girl bumped into a passerby and fell on her butt.

"Little sister, are you alright...?

Some kind passers-by stopped to see what was going on.

Field, who was in the distance, turned around and looked at the other end of the street for a long time, but the crowd on the street was too dense, and the concerned adults surrounded the little girl.

It seems that the person just now no longer needs my help.

Field turned his head and continued on his way.

This scene was captured by the camera between the buildings, and Field and the little girl, who had no connection with each other, were in the same frame at this moment.