Who hid my body?

There was a "pop" sound.

It turned into the purest mud and water, splashing half of Jellal's body like gray blood.

“Buzz”…

After this, the chainsaw sword completely stopped working.

Gerard slowly shook off the mud and water on the sword as if nothing had happened, and then put it on his back again.

Then he stomped on the last palm-sized piece of the contaminant on the ground, opened the previously unopened lock, and returned to his house.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 75 Now, we can talk about the deal

After a series of twists and turns, Gerard finally returned to his cabin.

Bai Wei could also take a good look at what kind of place this eccentric old knight lived in, and then he found that it was pretty much as he imagined. Except for an iron bed in the corner that could be considered as daily necessities, this not-so-big house was almost entirely filled with all kinds of metal tools.

Weapon parts, a crafting table for making tools, and a basket of parts whose purpose was unknown.

At first glance, it doesn't look like a place where people live, but more like a recycling station.

Continuing to walk inside, Bai Wei finally saw something different.

A desk and a rather odd-looking machine.

Putting aside the machine, Bai Wei shifted his focus to the desk, because there was a black and white photo on the desk, which showed more than ten Lyra Knights, including Jellal. Jellal looked much younger then, holding a girl in his right hand and holding a slightly older boy in his left hand, all of them were filled with enthusiastic smiles.

There is a line of small words on the photo - "232, Eve".

Bai Wei instantly understood who this photo belonged to.

The team that was taken to the deepest part of the contaminated area by Gerard ten years ago and never brought back.

The table was filled with things belonging to the team members, various photos, and of course the most numerous were of the young boy and girl.

They looked like his children, the boy was older than the girl, and no one knew where they had gone.

However, their last photo was also taken in 236. At that time, the boy had already put on Xiaoxing's uniform and was smiling brightly, while the girl looked up at him, eagerly.

...Does that mean my son is also on that team?

Bai Wei seemed to be thinking about something.

Gerard walked into the desk, and then took off the chainsaw sword behind him, and saw the sword body and the hilt separated, as if to clean the dirt inside. Bai Wei was not interested in these, so he continued to look at the things on the desk.

There were some old and worn-out gadgets on the table, such as an alarm clock, a pipe, and a folding knife. These gadgets were engraved with names and dates. The names should be the members of the Eve Star team - Helmer, Eric, Huon... and the dates should be the production dates of these gadgets, 231, 233, 236...

Tianqin seems to like engraving the production date on the utensils, as if recording their birthdays.

These shabby old gadgets were all produced 236 years ago, which is ten years ago.

Bai Wei then observed the other things in the room. As long as they were engraved with dates, the latest one was in 236. For Tianqin, where all instruments and equipment were updated very quickly, these were truly antiques among antiques.

This is Tianqin ten years ago.

Gerard installed the disassembled chainsaw sword on the strange device next to the desk. At the same time, he finally spoke to Bai Wei: "How much do you know about me?"

……oh?

Bai Wei finally turned his attention to Gerald.

After his soul recovered and he talked with Jellal, Jellal did not take the initiative to talk to him in the past two days, and even deliberately ignored Bai Wei most of the time.

But now, he doesn't seem to be going to continue like this.

Bai Wei could guess some of Gerard's thoughts, but he did not expose them. Instead, he said slowly, "It's not too much, and it's not too little either."

"Can you talk to me?"

"Of course." Bai Wei said with a smile, "For example, what I mentioned before, you described it here as... the 'Evening Star' incident, right? Tianqin called it the worst betrayal. In 236, you led the most elite Evening Star team in Tianqin and entered the deepest part of the contaminated area without any orders. In the end, the whole army was wiped out. Only you, as the captain, came back alive and claimed that you had lost your memory of the contaminated area. Since then, you have been demoted from the pioneering force to the guard force by the top leaders until today... Am I right?"

Gerald was silent for a while, then said, "Many people know about this."

"Indeed, but I also know something that others don't know."

"for example?"

"For example... you haven't lost all your memories." Bai Wei said softly, "At least you remember that you received an order from the top before you set out."

Hearing these words, Gerard's body trembled slightly, but Bai Wei still caught it.

But he pretended not to notice and continued speaking slowly.

"You remember, you remember very clearly that on that day, the top leaders of Tianqin gave you this mission, and you were ordered to lead the team into the contaminated area. But you can't remember what the mission was. When you regained consciousness, you had returned to Tianqin. But at this time, you were no longer a hero, but a traitor. The entire Eve Star team was also labeled as a rebel - because your entire mission was erased, there was no record, no one who issued it, and the top leaders denied it all. So, you are the rebels, am I right?"

Gerard didn't say anything, he just unconsciously held onto the wall with his hands.

"I think you have done something in the past ten years. You have also been looking for answers and the truth, but you haven't found them. That's why you need my eyes to see the things you want to see but can't see for the time being." Bai Wei said, "As the most outstanding 'Evening Star Knight', you know one thing very well, that is, 'the past cannot be false, but memory can'. Once there is a deviation between the past and memory, there is only one possibility... contamination."

Jellal closed his eyes, as if preparing for Bai Wei's next words.

"And now, there is a deviation between the past and memory, so there are two possibilities. Either you have been contaminated..."

Bai Wei paused.

"Or maybe Tianqin is crazy."

Silence, long silence.

It was unknown how long it had passed before Gerard slowly opened his eyes. He said softly, "Even in Lyra, few people know this matter so clearly. Regardless of whether you are Visas or not, my previous vigilance against you was correct. My intuition tells me that you... are dangerous."

"I don't deny that." Bai Wei said calmly, "If you want to trade with others, it is reasonable to show some means, especially for those who are in deep trouble. It is even more necessary."

"So that's why you came to me, just like you did to your last host?"

Bai Wei did not respond.

"Indeed, your eye contains a power that I cannot understand." Gerald said softly, "Just like you said, if it is this eye, maybe it can really help me see something that I have never been able to see."

"So..." Bai Wei asked, "Do you want to trade?"

Faced with this transaction application, Gerard suddenly smiled. This was the first time Bai Wei saw him smile in a few days.

"But how can I be sure that you are not a greater pollution?"

……oh?

Gerard suddenly pulled the lever of the strange machine, and the machine immediately made a roar and then the whole machine began to vibrate.

Then, Bai Wei watched the machine slowly separate, and a chair was pushed out from inside the machine.

Gerard sat on the chair, and then there was a series of metal collision sounds. Chains one after another stretched out from all corners of the chair, fixing all his limbs and neck.

Bai Wei asked with interest: "What do you want to do?"

"Like I said, you are too dangerous." Jellal said softly, "Whether it's that eye or you, I feel this way. When you talk to me, every organ in my body seems to be warning me. I have never felt this way even in the polluted land. And what you did makes me feel...scared."

"Are you talking about killing the archbishop?" Bai Wei said calmly, "I said, I didn't kill him, he just lost in the game. And, strictly speaking, I saved your life. If it weren't for me, you would have been killed by the archbishop that night."

"I know, but I'm not afraid of death." Gerard said, "None of the Knights of Evening Star are afraid of death. What we fear most is... being contaminated. Death is a glorious sacrifice, and we still die as human beings, but after being contaminated, we don't know what kind of monster we will become, and we don't know what we will do."

As Gerard explained, the roar and vibration of the machine became louder and louder, and Bai Wei saw two black tubes falling on Gerard's head.

"I see. You think I am also a source of pollution, and you have been polluted by me."

"'When a voice that doesn't belong to you appears in your mind, don't doubt it, you have been polluted.'" Gerald said lightly, "This is the iron law of the polluted land."

"Interesting." Bai Wei said, "To be honest, you have surprised me a little. So what are you going to do now? Take my eyes out of your body? That doesn't seem to be that troublesome."

"No, I need to first check what level of pollution I have suffered." Gerald said, "There are ways to eliminate the first and second level pollution. If it is the third level or above, then there is only one choice."

The moment Gerard finished his words, the chainsaw sword he had just installed on the machine suddenly began to move slowly.

Bai Wei finally understood what he had to do.

"I have already set it up." Gerard said, "As long as this machine finds out that you have polluted me, it will directly treat my body at the fifth level of pollution. I know I can't hurt you if you are really Visas, but I also want to make sure..."

Gerald paused, and then his tone became firmer.

"Make sure there's no piece of your body left that you can use to harm Lyra."

The speed of the chainsaw sword was increasing little by little, as if a wild beast was changing from a tentative growl to a threatening roar.

At the same time, an artificial female voice came out of the machine.

"The pollution level test is about to begin. The tester is the Knight of the Evening Star, Gerald."

“If contamination is detected, immediate cleanup action will be taken according to level five contamination.”

"After the operation, your belongings will be handed over to the successor, Ian, of the Evelyne Force... Beep, mistake, this identity has been cancelled. They will be handed over to the second successor, Helme, of the Evelyne Force... Beep, mistake, this identity has been cancelled. They will be handed over to the third successor, Eric, of the Evelyne Force... Beep, mistake, this identity has been cancelled..."

The machine reported more than ten names in a row, all of which were in the cancelled state.

Jellal closed his eyes gently, and finally, the machine gave the only executable name: "Devil's Army, Ina".

"Begin testing..."

He then opened his eyes, and the chainsaw sword above his head was loaded to maximum power. The chainsaw sword at this power was enough to crush any mortal body, just like the previous contaminants.

After all, it is made to fight pollutants.

Once Jellal is identified as a contaminant, this sword of killing will definitely not show mercy just because he was once its master.

"Testing, testing..."

This machine was constantly emitting voice messages indicating that it was being tested. At the same time, its body was also constantly shaking. Because it had not been maintained for too long, it had reached the end of its service life.

Bai Wei watched quietly.

Whether it is the sword above the head or the machine, they are both so ancient that they are incompatible with the current Tianqin.

Just like Gerard under the machine.

But they still teamed up together just to stop this potential huge threat to themselves.

"…Interesting guy."

"Testing! Testing!"

At this moment, the machine and the chainsaw sword reached maximum power at the same time.

They were shaking constantly, as if they would collapse in the next second.

And Jellal was also staring at the chainsword.

Come on...final answer!

The chainsaw sword was like an angry lion, getting closer and closer to Jellal. The sharp chainsaw seemed to tear Jellal into pieces in the next second!

then.

There was a "ding" sound.

A screw popped out.

The machine also made a sound.

"Test results, contamination level - zero."

"Knight of the Evening Star, Gerard, you are untainted."

“Congratulations, you are healthy.”

“Congratulations, you are healthy.”

The chainsaw sword stopped working, and this machine, which had been used for far longer than the prescribed age, finally broke down after completing the last test. It got stuck on the last sentence, constantly repeating "You are in good health."

Gerard turned his head and watched the screw that had just popped out fall on the desk beside him, rolling past the small objects engraved with names and years, rolling past the photos one after another that were filled with enthusiastic smiles, and finally stopped when it hit the largest group photo, making a crisp "ding-dong" sound.

"Congratulations, you are healthy... click."

The machine stopped working completely.

The screw stopped turning.

Gerard sat alone in the small room, looking at the screw that had rested under the group photo. The machine's words "You are healthy" were still lingering in his mind.

He was speechless for a long time.

Until Bai Wei's voice sounded again.

"Now, we can talk about the deal."

(End of this chapter)