The Safest Place

After Luo Wei assaulted the police...

He was unsurprisingly handcuffed and treated to a day trip to the police station.

In the interrogation room of the Saint Callen East District Police Station, looking at the rusty metal bars in front of him, Luo Wei felt a strange sense of security.

Serial killers, notorious bandits with seven-figure bounties, and even some crazed occultists who studied supernatural powers had all been held here before.

They had been Luo Wei's indirect "prison mates."

Outside the interrogation room, in the corridor, fully armed police officers would pass by from time to time. It was still shift change time, and most of the police force in the East District was here.

Luo Wei's current situation was indeed extremely safe.

"What are you looking at, kid? Thinking of breaking out?" The officer in charge of interrogating him eyed Luo Wei's wandering gaze with displeasure.

"Of course not," Luo Wei looked at him sincerely. "Even if you begged me to leave now, I wouldn't go."

The officer threw a stack of files on the table, looking at the young man in front of him with bewilderment.

"What a weirdo..."

"Is it me who can't keep up with young people's thinking nowadays? There's actually someone who actively begs to be locked up in prison..."

"Um... officer..." Luo Wei looked at him seriously.

"Speak."

"Can I be detained for a few more days?"

The officer immediately glared at him in anger, slamming his hand on the table.

"Do you think this is your home? Coming and going as you please?"

Luo Wei couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing the young man showing no sign of reflection, the officer became even more infuriated.

He put away the files, coughed, and then scrutinized him with a serious expression.

"Luo Wei Edlin, sole heir of the Edlin family, orphaned, inherited his father's property in the West District, first-year student at the Saint Callen Royal Academy of Magical Science."

"Four years ago, you were implicated in the Blackwater Town cultist case, fell ill and dropped out of school, recuperated overseas, and returned to Saint Callen three days ago to repeat your first year in the magic major."

"Records show you're an only child, with no sister."

"We couldn't find any records of this Helena you mentioned in any of the city's welfare institutions, nor is there any traceable social identity for this person."

"The police team we sent out just returned, and they didn't find any Helena in your home either."

"Given how many little lunatics come out of your school, I find it hard to believe what you're saying is real."

Luo Wei listened and nodded, appearing to pay close attention.

It was within his expectations that the police station couldn't find Helena. The slums were a mixed bag, with many people whose identities were untraceable.

As for not even finding the original welfare institution records, Helena must have erased her traces over these four years.

Moreover, what the officer just said also answered some of Luo Wei's questions.

So the game's second playthrough had patched up the plot hole of his four-year absence.

The Blackwater Town cultist case was the last chapter he had played before his transmigration, but the difficulty was too high, and he kept dying repeatedly, stuck there for a long time.

It was a bizarre town full of twisted monsters and insane cultists.

So it made sense that "he" had contracted an illness there and spent four years recuperating overseas.

The officer looked helplessly at Luo Wei, who was nodding along as if everything made perfect sense, feeling a bit of a headache coming on.

Cases involving "anomalies" and "mysterious powers" were all of great importance and couldn't be treated lightly.

Even if this kid was very likely pulling a prank, he had to take it seriously.

"Although I still can't verify what you're saying..."

"I've already notified your so-called 'old friend,' Chief Raymond."

"He's out investigating a case but will be back soon."

The officer snorted again, "You'd better not be lying to me. Filing a false police report and making us mobilize so many officers for nothing, even if you're still a student, the consequences would be very serious."

Luo Wei smiled at the officer. Although he had been frowning the whole time, he was still very professional.

"Thank you, officer."

The officer gathered up the files and left the interrogation room with a cold snort.

"You'll be transferred to the detention room next door in a while."

"I'm leaving."

"Bye-bye, officer!" Luo Wei waved politely.

After the officer left, the interrogation room returned to silence.

Luo Wei leaned back in his chair idly, listening to the wails and curses from the surrounding rooms.

If Chief Raymond didn't come back today, he would have to stay here for a whole day. If he rushed back, Luo Wei would be able to connect with the Special Affairs Department.

Either way, he seemed safe for today.

This made Luo Wei, who had been dying repeatedly and hadn't seen the sun of the second day, feel a bit emotional.

Was he really going to survive this day...

As Luo Wei relaxed, he began to plan for the future.

The current situation was that all the anomalies he had once contained had escaped, so now he had nothing but basic attributes, no skills at all.

So after ensuring his safety, he still needed to return to the "containment facility" and pick up magic potions/alchemy again, which was the only thing that could save his life.

While he was thinking about these things...

Suddenly, at one point, the entire police station fell strangely silent.

All those voices of cursing or pleading disappeared.

Luo Wei frowned, his gaze turning to the outside of the metal bars.

Heavy footsteps echoed in the corridor, producing a series of reverberations.

Luo Wei saw a long black shadow moving towards his position step by step.

The footsteps in the corridor made Luo Wei's heart rate gradually increase.

He stood up alertly.

Who was it?

Finally, the footsteps stopped.

A man wearing a special black police uniform, holding a bunch of keys, stood opposite Luo Wei.

"Luo Wei?"

Luo Wei stared at him intently, nodding slightly.

The strange officer nodded, then opened the cell door and walked in.

After sitting down, he looked at Luo Wei and spoke in a very deep voice.

"Special Affairs Department, Agent Calder."

"We received your report about the 'anomaly' and need you to provide more information."

Hearing that it was someone from the Special Affairs Department, Luo Wei's expression softened considerably.

"You should have said so earlier... You startled me."

Facing this agent named Calder, Luo Wei recounted the threat he received from Helena.

However, since the process of her killing him involved "reloading and reversing time," which couldn't be revealed to outsiders, there was no way to make the agent truly understand just how terrifying Helena was.

It was also because of this that the officer who interrogated him earlier was half-skeptical, even suspecting him of pulling a prank...

"So it's a Shoggoth?"

"Tentacles are the worst..."

"If that's the case, it's indeed a bit troublesome..."

Agent Calder seemed to be pondering something and remained silent for a long time.

"You could dispatch the elite forces from the Special Affairs Department to follow me to the old mansion. I remember you have quite a few powerful supernatural beings there, right?"

"Our agents aren't to be deployed casually," Agent Calder shook his head with a smile.

He looked up at Luo Wei.

"First, tell me about your so-called sister, that monster, Helena. What kind of being is she really?"

"She..."

Luo Wei frowned slightly. In fact, at this point, it was hard for him to describe what Helena was like in his heart.

She used to be a timid and weak little girl, following him around like a shadow.

Perhaps due to a lack of love since childhood, this child was very sensitive and insecure, which could be felt from the game's dialogue.

She also had many quirks, like being greedy and having an extreme obsession with food.

She would also talk to her favorite stuffed toys.

So when she prepared a table full of dishes for him, looking at him nervously and expectantly...

Luo Wei even felt a moment of sympathy.

Sympathy for Helena... How could such a feeling appear in my heart?

Luo Wei felt that this world was somewhat absurd.

She had killed him twice, and each death was more miserable than the last...

So...

There was sympathy.

But sympathy and resentment were not mutually exclusive.

I sympathize with her, but who sympathizes with me...

Just thinking about the indescribable pain of his two deaths filled Luo Wei with boundless anger.

Even knowing that she was only like this due to the backlash of her power causing mental issues, and that the original Helena wasn't like this...

Luo Wei was still furious.

Originally he was the one playing the game, but now the game was playing him. This life-threatening sense of dissonance wasn't something that could disappear quickly.

Thinking of this, Luo Wei narrowed his eyes, his gaze gradually darkening.

He recounted everything to Detective Calder until his mouth was dry, finally stopping.

Detective Calder sat motionless opposite him, seemingly unfazed by fatigue.

He propped up his chin, mulling over what he had just heard.

"Eerie and terrifying alien creatures..."

"Nauseating slimy tentacles..."

"Mentally deranged, cunning and treacherous."

"Don't be deceived by the outer shell, the inner core is a thoroughly twisted monster."

Detective Calder nodded, "Hmm, I understand."

Luo Wei looked at him intently, "So? Can you take me away now? I need protection from your department."

But Calder didn't answer this question, he just gazed calmly at Luo Wei.

"So, this is how disgusting I am in my brother's eyes..."

This voice suddenly transformed from a deep, hoarse male voice into a cold and shrill female voice.

Luo Wei stared in shock at the person before him. He saw "Calder's" body violently contorting, as if something was trying to burst out from under the skin.

"You..."

In the quiet interrogation room, an eerie squelching sound arose.

Luo Wei watched helplessly as the so-called "Detective Calder's" body beneath the police uniform gradually transformed into a small, thin female figure during the contortions.

Helena appeared before him, wearing a police uniform.

"He...Helena?" Luo Wei's eyes widened. How did she have this kind of ability?

It was only then that blood began to spread in from the corridor outside, like a sea of blood.

So this was why the police station had gone quiet...

How many people had she killed!?

Luo Wei felt his head spinning, as if an invisible net had descended from the sky, enveloping him.

No matter where he fled, even to the ends of the earth, this net would tighten around him mercilessly, suffocating him.

"Brother~"

Helena's gloomy face twisted into an eerie smile that didn't reach her eyes.

She was angry, extremely angry.

"So this is how brother has always viewed Helena. Helena is so disappointed..."

"But it's okay..."

Her arms trembled, transforming into the nauseating tentacles that Luo Wei was all too familiar with.

The soft tips of the tentacles began to sprout hard scales, finally becoming sharp, blade-like appendages.

"Even if brother doesn't like Helena..."

"It's okay, as long as Helena likes brother..."

"We'll be together forever very soon..."

The sharp tentacles spread out like blooming spider lilies, with a kind of bizarre beauty.

Luo Wei stared at those tentacles now turning towards him.

Helplessly, he closed his eyes.