Chapter 420: Putting on a Show for the Fellow Villagers
In the depths of the mine, a cold wind blew up from the underground. Xu Yi stood at the edge of the shaft, looking down into the pitch darkness below.
Alesha went to distract Rein, and Xu Yi was naturally not idle either. In order to ensure the plan went smoothly, he needed an assistant.
Xu Yi reached out towards the mine shaft, as the black World Power was mobilized, creeping into the shaft like worms.
He closed his eyes slightly, his own strong desire as if materializing, merging with the World Power and pouring into the well together.
After an indeterminable amount of time, a "hehe" sound came from the depths of the mine shaft, like a person with a slashed throat gasping for breath.
Chains hung down from both sides of the shaft, and at this moment the chains began to shake, as something was climbing up them.
A smile appeared on Xu Yi's lips. This was his first time using the "Divine Kingdom's" creation function, and he hadn't expected the process to go so smoothly.
"It's about time to put on a show for the fellow villagers!" Xu Yi murmured to himself inwardly.
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Rein pulled out his throwing axe and kicked away the puppet spider that had been dismembered to only a torso.
With a flick of his wrist, the green-bronze short axe vibrated, and the sticky black blood slid off the axe on its own.
Rein paid no attention to the monster at his feet, instead looking around.
He was originally going to chase down the heretics, but a shadow caught his attention, creating an inexplicable voice inside him, urging him to follow.
He had followed the shadow here, but when the shadow disappeared, he instead encountered a monster, which he had to deal with first.
He didn't feel threatened by the shadow, but most importantly, for some reason, the shadow gave him a faint sense of familiarity, even though this was his first time here.
The shadow was, of course, Alesha, who had followed Xu Yi's orders to lead Rein here.
The feelings that Rein had were all influenced by Alesha's use of Silent Hill's World Power.
Rein stepped on the broken limbs of the puppet spiders as he moved forward, creating a crisp crunching sound. He looked at the wreckage on the ground and suddenly felt uneasy.
The puppet spider's ability was very strange, able to turn human bodies into puppets and then remove the puppets' heads to mount on its own body, constantly growing stronger.
Although the puppet spider's ability was eerie, Rein had seen it all; logically, such a creature shouldn't make him feel uneasy.
Rein suddenly halted, as a small object amidst the debris caught his attention.
He instinctively crouched down, swept away the ash on the small object and when he saw it clearly, his heart skipped a beat.
The small object was made of metal, a diamond-shaped shield entwined with vines in the middle of a circle.
It was the school emblem of Isotope Institute!
Why would the school emblem appear here, had students from the institute come here before?
Rein recalled the school's missing files, and his heart couldn't help but panic.
After all, Isotope Institute was an Exorcist Academy, and it was only natural for students to go out on expeditions, facing dangers was inevitable.
The ground was littered with scattered puppet heads, and in the haze, there were one or two faces that seemed particularly familiar to Rein.
Rein's hand trembled violently.
His initial reluctance to become the principal of Isotope Institute was strong, as he was accustomed to being alone.
But he couldn't resist the persistent persuasion of a good friend, and he ultimately agreed to take the position.
He had no children, and his family had been wiped out in brutal conflicts.
He hadn't felt any special attachment to Isotope Institute at first, only thinking about getting paid for the job.
But after becoming the principal, his lonely heart was gradually warmed by those genuine young people.
This reminded him of the carefree days of his youth, living without a worry within his family.
As time passed, the bonds with his students deepened, turning the school into his new home, and he began to see the students there as his own family.
He had come here originally to investigate a cult organization, but now he felt there were more important things he needed to look into.
Judging by the style of the building, this place must have been a hospital in the past. Sounds came from above, and Rein followed them until he stopped in front of a barred gate.
He pushed open the gate, and the sight before him ignited the fire of rage in his heart.
The room was filled with monsters dressed in white nurse outfits, their bodies voluptuously shaped, enticing to behold.
But that was only if one didn't look at their faces. Their faces were swollen and twisted, their features indistinct and blurred.
The reason for Rein's anger was not directed at these monsters, but at the far end of the group of monstrous nurses, where a blood-stained metal iron bed stood.
A petite humanoid monster could only wriggle on the iron bed because it was bound by heavy chains.
Rein knew it was a boy because he was wearing the distinctive men's uniform of the Isotope Institute, which was already worn and stained with blood.
The swollen-faced nurses had no eyes; they located by sound, and the noise of the door opening disturbed them.
Holding scalpels and syringes, they lunged en masse towards Rein.
"I'm in a very bad mood right now, so you're really out of luck!"
Rein took a cigarette out of his pocket, lit it, and put it in his mouth, watching the swollen-faced nurses charging towards him with an indifferent gaze.
He drew the short axe from his waist and advanced without expression; he desperately needed to vent the anger in his heart.
With each swing of his axe, Rein unleashed a Wind Blade with astonishing cutting power. The swollen-faced nurses who neared him seemed to fall into a hurricane meat grinder.
This is why Rein was known as the "Wrath of the Wind," with a human body, he commanded the Domain of Wind.
A moment later the fierce wind died down, and the ground was strewn with mutilated bodies. Rein strode over those remains to the iron bed and quietly stared at the monster on it.
The boy's head had vanished, replaced by a giant drill made of black, twisted flesh.
"Child, may your soul find peace, may you go to the country of your dreams..."
Rein crossed his hands over his chest, his head bowed low, chanting a prayer for the soul.
This drill-headed boy in uniform was actually a monster created by Xu Yi.
Creating a monster required two conditions: World Power and a strong desire. That desire would manifest as various characteristics in the monster.
Both the Isotope Institute's uniform and the boy's drill head reflected Xu Yi's desire to leave Silent Hill and return home.
That's why the uniformed boy was created so successfully.
After finishing his prayer, Rein raised his head and examined his surroundings; the strange symbols on the walls were mostly obscured by bloodstains.
Rein's pursuit of the cult organization had changed from mere disgust to outright hatred.
Rein swung his axe, cutting the chains that bound the boy.
With the chains broken, the boy burst from the iron bed and suddenly lunged at Rein, the black drill on his head spinning at high speed, emitting a terrifying whine.
Facing the imminent attack, Rein simply stood still, his gaze filled with pity as he looked at the monster boy.
Just as the whining drill was about to strike, the monster boy suddenly stopped and forcefully twisted his body towards the corner, rushing off.
Rein watched the back of the monster boy, a glint of relief in his eyes, but more so, sadness.
He clenched the handle involuntarily, the veins on the back of his hand standing out.
What Rein didn't know was that the reason the monster boy had given up the attack was not because he recognized him, but because it was an order from Xu Yi.
In fact, everything in front of him had been carefully arranged by Xu Yi, which was obviously a deception, but at that time, Xu Yi couldn't care less.
The monster boy crashed into the corner, and the solid wall, under the spinning drill, was as fragile as foam, the monster boy burrowing further in, creating a tunnel.
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Rein looked at the dark tunnel before him, hesitated for two seconds, and then jumped in after him.