[Supernova Serial] An Unsuitable Job for A Puppet
Continuing: A prescription of ages past containing the secrets to longevity was stolen. Like a porcelain doll, the girl from the Ten-Lords Commission gave chase. She had to catch up before the secret was leaked, to apprehend the criminal...
"Hey, Madam," called out a short Foxian female judge. "Not even the Ten-Lords Commission could identify bioelectric signals without any evidence. This judgment seems a little arbitrary..."
"The point is not the signal itself," the girl being called Madam interrupted. "A secret prescription from the Theophany Era is hidden in the Elixir Research Terrace, and was stolen by an Outworld thief..."
"What do you mean...?" asked the Foxian tentatively, afraid of being remonstrated by her leader for not knowing.
"Has all items stored in the Elixir Research Terrace been advertised so widely that even Outworlders know about it? Has it become common knowledge?" said the girl, pausing to add: "Go and look into things there, including any previous doctors who've been fired or quit."
"Miss, please stop. This is the men's room..."
Before he could finish, the Vidyadhara guy guarding the door of the men's room felt a cold object on his neck. Looking down, he saw a scepter in the shape of a spear-tip.
According to his own words, he was able to safely survive his first
Then, he cut a strange pose, turned back, and smiled apologetically as he fled off down a dark alleyway.
The dark-haired girl used her scepter to lift up the filthy doorway curtain of the toilet and walked inside.
Behind the curtain, a strong stench stimulated her olfactory center. A quick analysis was completed within a nanosecond: It was not the smell of ammonia, but a pungent odor of sodium hypochlorite. Perhaps the vast majority of law-abiding citizens of Xianzhou would never imagine an apothecary hiding out in an abandoned public toilet like this.
In the darkest depths of this "apothecary," there's a man looking like a healer in a daze. Before he could react, the girl closed in on him with her ghastly form. A chain slithered up like a living being and encoiled him. At the same time, the sharp point of the scepter was pressed against his throat.
"Who did you tell about the secret prescriptions kept in the Elixir Research Terrace?" the girl hissed, slightly releasing pressure so that he could speak.
"Prescription... I don't know about any prescription... Ugh..."
He only manages to say a few words before the girl tightens her grip, blocking up the words in his throat.
"Who is he?" she demanded, again relaxing her right hand slightly.
"Ahem... I don't know... Ugh..."
"How many of the Ten Lords' interrogation methods have you heard of? I'll ask you one last time: Who is he?" She retracted the spear-like scepter and in a display of strength disproportionate to her size, lifted him up entirely off the ground.
"Ahem... Coventry! Ahem... Albert Coventry! There, I said it! I told you. Please spare me!"
The man suddenly felt all his strength had left his body. Both legs gave way as he collapsed to the ground. When he came back around and tried to see the girl's face, he realized that the entire nightmare interrogation process was as though it never existed — only the rustling sound from the alleyway remained.
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This chapter is good.
Fay really is the Xianzhou King of Hardboiled Fiction. Every chapter weaves back and forth, revealing shocking surprises! It's unbeatable!
You overstate things. I don't deserve such praise. In my opinion, there are many hard-boiled novelists who are better than me.
No way! You're so humble — you definitely deserve the title of the Xianzhou King of Hardboiled Fiction. There's none better than you out there!
From a psychoanalytic perspective, the author comes off as a big Other, and must learn to restrain the sliding of the signifier with the awakening of the ego.
What is all this you're talking about?
Ahhh why are you rewarding him, arghhh!!! Don't hit him, hit me instead!!! Hit me! Let me be your dog, ahhhh!
Where do you live? Let's talk offline.
I deeply understand and reflect upon my inappropriate words. I will be cautious in word and deed, and be an upstanding pillar of the Xianzhou community. Please stay safe in online book review sites: the long arm of the law can still reach you there.