The Regressor and the Blind Saint

Quad-.

The rock was crushed and a passageway was opened.

After pulling out the excavator that had been attached to the wall before, Albrecht smirked as he looked inside.

“That was right.”

Through the hole wide enough for a single person to pass through, what anyone can see is a landscape that can be called a laboratory.

Immediately after, with Albrecht at the fore, the party who had been hanging on the wall until then entered the hole one by one.

Under four or five lamps, I saw a messy table and bookshelves and a test tube full of unknown liquids. Fortunately, no one seemed to be there.

“… Let’s investigate from here.”

At Albrecht’s words, the party quickly dispersed and began to scan the records.

“We need to get some solid evidence that Matapju has done dangerous research. As long as there is a record, we can publicize it as much as we want and catch the horseman.”

Albrecht’s words as he scoured the table. There was a sense of urgency in his voice that could not be hidden.

Rene, unable to participate in finding the journal, strengthened the hand holding the staff and prayed inwardly.

I hope the work is done safely and that we can get out of this place without getting hurt.

I’ve been thinking about that in my head for a while.

“… I think I found it.”

Vera’s voice echoed through the lab.

Vera frowned, staring intently at an old notebook.

‘Research Journal.’

The journal had an odd title to be called [The Origin of Species and Ages], but the contents were clearly records of research results by date.

“Show me where.”

Albrecht’s words. Vera nodded, then put the notebook on the table and opened the first page.

All of a sudden, the eyes of the group gathered over the journal.

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From https://readwn.com

On the 1st day, starting today, research and experimentation of the origin species begins.

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A record that follows without an introduction. Seeing this, Rohan narrowed his brows and muttered.

“If it is an origin species… .”

“… It’s an ancient species.”

Vera replied with sobbing eyes, and turned the pages of the journal.

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Serum injection on the 3rd day, [T – A – 0001]. Died 1 hour after dosing. Lower the dose.

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Day 11, [T – A – 0007] died. Reaction due to failure to produce antibodies. Similarly, reduce the dose and try to produce antibodies.

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Day 42, [T – A – 0043] died. Find the cause. The liver recognizes serum as a toxic substance. Stop liver function in the next experiment.

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Startle-.

Albrecht’s fingertips trembled as he turned the page. The golden pupil was giving off a very sinister look. A voice filled with anger echoed through the space.

“… All the bodies I saw at that time were empty inside.”

“Yes, I think what I saw then was the result of this experiment.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Albrecht’s hand quickly turned the page. The first number that started with 0001 was going over two digits to three digits, and then to four digits again.

Starting with temporarily stopping the function of an organ, inserting another person’s organ, then removing the organ altogether or injecting ‘serum’ separately into the organ. Matapju was doing this at the expense of thousands of people.

cuddle-.

All of a sudden, Albrecht, who had reached the last page of the journal, crumpled the page he was holding.

“I mean, I didn’t know until this happened… .”

How could that be? Albrecht was able to answer the question he had posed on his own.

‘Gutter.’

If I had kidnapped a person from the gutter, I would have been able to get over it without getting caught. It was a place where people disappeared where nothing happened.

Belatedly, he reached out to all the islands because people in the gutter were no longer enough.

In addition, if you look at the last page, there must have been a feeling that the experiment was already in the final stage, so it would not matter if it was found out.

Albrecht felt angry. I also felt weird.

It was a feeling for myself for not doing anything while this was going on.

However, in the midst of this, a question arose.

“What does serum mean? .”

Words that flowed like mumbles. The answer was Vera.

“… Obviously, it was a study of the origin of the species.”

Vera continued his thoughts as he recalled the sentence in the journal title.

The study of species of origin. serum. journal. human experimentation.

Those closest to immortality on this continent are the ancient species. to study them. The object called ‘serum’ was being used to study it.

All of it reminds me of one assumption.

“… eternal life.”

Vera’s gray eyes lit up a gloomy light.

“Is it not possible to study eternal life?”

“Such a crazy thing… !”

Is there anyone who can That’s what Albrecht couldn’t say. Because on the inside he was doing the same idea that Vera did.

Albrecht sharpened his teeth.

“You have to catch it right now.”

Albrecht, who had finished speaking, grabbed the journal and headed for the hole he had drilled.

Vera had been pondering ever since.

‘… weird.’

something was wrong I must have missed something.

As he was thinking about it, Vera’s body came to a halt.

‘Has anything like this happened in your past life?’

It was because of the events of the previous round that came to mind.

Even though he couldn’t settle down in the gutter because he was confident, it doesn’t make sense that the experiment was not revealed until the end.

‘What didn’t happen?’

An accident that didn’t happen in the previous round? Then why? What is the reason for doing this kind of experiment, something that Matappu did not do in the previous round?

From https://readwn.com

One thing that has changed in this episode is whether or not you have yourself.

However, to say that it was because of him, there was no point of contact between himself and Ma Thap-ju in the past life.

Vera’s expression grew serious. The accident was getting even tighter.

Then there was another strange thing.

‘… at the junkyard.’

How were the corpses trying to sneak up on them in case they were to come? No matter how much you think about it, there is no hole for the plan to leak out.

Weaving a series of thoughts, Vera came up with a possibility.

‘… outside intervention.’

Different from the previous episode, someone’s intervention to fill his vacancy.

If the owner of the new cartel was not run by the owner, then the owner was simply a person who received the benefits.

‘… no.’

If there is someone who has done it with Matthew, if he has asked him to experiment. If it was a possibility, if the person who intervened was running a cartel and scattering troops on a junkyard in case of an unexpected invasion.

Accidents follow. Reminds me of the journal I had read before.

‘serum.’

From https://readwn.com

Obviously there was serum from the beginning of the study. In addition, the solution to the experimental failure was not the control of the serum, but the control of the dose. It was to control the condition of the subject.

‘… The serum was already complete.’

Matapju was just an experiment with the finished serum.

Possibilities materialize There was something that came to mind.

“antique shop.”

If there was an outside intervention, if he planted troops in the junkyard, if there was something to hide even in that way.

“yes?”

“You have to go there. There must be a clue there.”

If there is an outside intervention, if there is someone who wants to do something with it, who can hand over the serum of the ancient species to the lord.

If there is something that someone who is not revealed above the water wants to do something with Ma Thapju as a shield.

‘You must find it.’

I had to find out who he was and for what purpose he was doing this.

Vera continued his thoughts and approached Renee and said,

“Sir, excuse me.”

“yes? yes!”

Renee, who was listening to the conversation, was puzzled by Vera’s sudden action, then nodded his head and surrendered himself.

Vera said, holding Renee and pushing Albrecht to the hole.

“I didn’t look closely at the junkyard back then.”

“… That’s right. At the time, I couldn’t afford to take the risk and look further.”

“The whole junkyard was an artifact enchanted with space expansion. There must have been a reason to expand the space so much.”

Albrecht’s eyes widened.

“indeed… .”

“I have a journal. We need to get more solid evidence from there.”

Vera said so and ran out of the hole, looking down in the direction of the junk dealer in the middle of the gutter, and opened his mouth.

“Lady, I’m going down.”

Renee’s body stiffened.

Shortly thereafter, Vera jumped off the ground in Oriac.

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thud-!

Vera fell to the floor and there was a roar. It was the noise caused by the jumper falling in a hurry because the gear broke when it was not long before it fell to the ground.

“Lady?”

“it’s okay.”

Renee let out a breath that had stopped in the throbbing vibrations of her body, saying so and then pulled away from Vera.

“Did you come to the junkyard?”

“Yes, others are coming down.”

Vera looked up into the sky and watched the men descending one after the other.

After a short time, Albrecht, who came down next to Vera, asked with a surprised face.

“Are you okay?”

The question I asked because I witnessed Vera’s fall right before my eyes. Vera nodded and looked over Renee’s condition, while everyone else came down to the ground.

“Come in.”

Albrecht chose Pure Blood. What was reflected in Albrecht’s eyes as he entered the junkyard door without delay.

“… no?”

It was an empty junkyard.

there was nothing. I wasn’t talking about simple stealth. The antique shop is empty because nothing remains, including the equipment, tables and shelves, and even the metal items displayed here and there.

Following Albrecht with a blank face, Vera continued his thoughts, staring at the empty junk shop.

‘Clearly there is.’

There was something that could be a clue. There must have been an intention to create a scene that was so empty.

Vera continued his reasoning by stepping inward.

‘It’s probably not in an apparent place.’

There must be a purpose in extending the space like this. Even so, that would have been the intention.

If so, where is the intention?

Vera, contemplating, stopped in the middle of the junkyard and looked down at the floor.

A wooden floor covered in dirt and dust.

‘Twilight fell on the chest of the corpse.’

When he came just before, the place where Rohan’s twilight turned from the place where he had disposed of all the corpses was on the chest of the corpse. And the body was lying on the floor.

Vera thought.

‘Not on the chest.’

If it points to the floor.

The action was quick.

Vera drew his holy sword. created divinity.

The group’s astonished expressions followed, and among them, the moment Albrecht tried to restrain Vera’s actions.

“What are you doing… !”

bang-!

Vera hit the floor.

there is dust As a result, the view was obscured.

Vera brushed off the hem of his robe, clearing his sight, glancing at what was exposed beneath.

‘found.’

The place where the dust had been cleared, what could be seen below the floor was a large cavity.