Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls

Returning to the Safe Point, Romero was immediately locked in another room.

Naturally, Miguel had thoroughly searched Romero to ensure he had no way of contacting the Cult of the Cadaver.

"For now, let’s not rush to interrogate Romero. Let’s give him some time to reflect. Hopefully, he’ll come to his senses," Chris spoke up.

Liu Xing nodded, pondering a question. This capture of Romero seemed a bit too easy.

In theory, as a player, Romero shouldn’t have been easily abandoned by the Cult of the Cadaver. And unless Bai Hecheng had lost his mind, he would have tried to save Romero. So, even if Romero was trapped in the Manchester area, the Cult of the Cadaver would have surely made efforts to rescue him, rather than leaving him with just a few ordinary believers to await death.

Moreover, there were no Cult of the Cadaver members around Romero’s parents for protection. Liu Xing had reason to suspect that the Cult of the Cadaver didn’t really care much about Romero, seeing him as a disposable pawn.

This was somewhat odd.

At that moment, Chris’s phone rang. It was the police officer who had taken Romero’s wife and son to the hospital. They had safely arrived, and Romero’s son’s surgery had been arranged.

Liu Xing breathed a sigh of relief. Romero hadn’t broken his promise, and now he could rest assured.

However, Liu Xing couldn’t help but think about Bai Hecheng’s misfortune in this module. All three teammates he encountered were unreliable, more concerned with escaping the Cult of the Cadaver’s control than completing the module.

This reminded Liu Xing of Mr. Gin, who worked at a certain distillery. All his colleagues were unreliable and undercover. But Liu Xing remembered a recent rumor that Mr. Gin himself was also unreliable.

"Oh, Mr. Chris, we have confirmed that the Cult of the Cadaver is preparing to target the citizens of Manchester. Their goal is to turn everyone in Manchester into zombies, their slaves," Alice said seriously to Chris.

Chris frowned, finding it hard to believe. "That’s impossible. The Cult of the Cadaver is scheduled to negotiate with the English authorities in three days. It doesn’t make sense for them to attack Manchester at this time. If the English authorities find out, negotiations will be off."

Liu Xing shook his head, speaking up. "I think there might be two reasons why the Cult of the Cadaver would do this. First, the magic spells they plan to use in Manchester are not flashy, ensuring they won’t be detected by the English authorities and won’t leave any evidence. Second, the Cult of the Cadaver might have guessed that the English authorities could drag out negotiations. So, to show off their abilities and intimidate, they plan to use Manchester as a warning."

After a moment of silence, Chris suddenly exclaimed angrily, "Damn it! If we don’t show our strength, the Cult of the Cadaver will treat our Manchester police department like a sick cat. I’ll inform the higher-ups about this. They should know we can’t appease the Cult of the Cadaver like Churchill did with Germany; otherwise, England will inevitably become a puppet of the Cult of the Cadaver."

Alice sighed, informing Chris of the current situation at Eins Castle.

Chris frowned and said, "What? The Cult of the Cadaver has infiltrated the military, and they’ve obtained so many weapons from them? Damn, are those military people all fools? How could they let so many weapons be taken right under their noses? But now I have to admit, our Manchester police force can’t take down Eins Castle. We don’t have weapons as good as those used by the Cult of the Cadaver."

"So, Mr. Chris, do you have any way to get help from the military? I believe the military would be willing to intervene," Liu Xing asked.

Chris shook his head, saying helplessly, "Although I know many people in the military, to mobilize the army to deal with the Cult of the Cadaver, I need permission from higher-ups. So, even if the higher-ups know the Cult of the Cadaver will harm Manchester, they won’t mobilize the army to deal with them in a short time, unless it’s a matter of life and death."

In short, the English authorities won’t act until they see the coffin.

"Oh, I just received a piece of inside information from the police department. It seems that Her Majesty the Queen has once again fallen into a coma. It’s almost certain she won’t last two days. And recently, the Cult of the Cadaver has been getting closer to those royal family members, almost to a shameless extent. But most importantly, those royal family members are demanding to attend and even vote during negotiations between the English authorities and the Cult of the Cadaver," Chris said bitterly.

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, surprised that these royal family members were openly siding with the Cult of the Cadaver. They were indeed audacious.

But there was nothing to be done. The royal family in this parallel world held such immense power that even the English authorities couldn’t restrain them.

After a brief silence, Ling Ishikawa sighed and said, "Now England is truly facing internal and external troubles. If England can’t deal with the Cult of the Cadaver now, they’ll never have another chance. Unless an external force intervenes, but external forces won’t help the English authorities without seeking something in return."

Chris shrugged, getting up. "Anyway, let’s not dwell on these depressing matters now. Let’s go see if Romero will tell us some important information."

Liu Xing and the others nodded, following Chris to the room where Romero was being held.

But when Chris opened the door, they found Romero lying motionless on the ground!

Chris hurried over, checking Romero’s breathing and pulse.

"Damn it, Romero has committed suicide," Chris said, pounding the ground with his fist.

Miguel stepped forward, opening Romero’s mouth and said, "Indeed, Romero is dead. He not only has no breath, pulse, or heartbeat, but his brainwaves have also stopped. So, in every sense, Romero is dead. And his cause of death should be poisoning, but the kind that can be controlled with an antidote."

"What the hell is this? Did Romero think we wouldn’t know how Rayna pulled off her transformation from Alexander to Rayna? Did he really think we’d fall for the same trick twice?" Zhang Jingxu looked at Romero’s body, disdain evident in his voice.

Alice nodded, saying to Chris, "Mr. Chris, when you go to deal with Romero’s body later, either dismember him or send him directly for cremation. Do not give Romero any chance of revival."

Something was off.

Liu Xing found Romero’s sudden death very suspicious because Romero had no reason to commit suicide. After all, unless Romero was a Fool, he should know that if he died now, he was truly dead. The Cult of the Cadaver wouldn’t retrieve his body and transform him into a Ghoul.

Furthermore, if the character card’s body was completely destroyed by cremation or other means, then the character card was considered torn up completely, with no possibility of revival.

Lastly, and most importantly, when a player faced a life-threatening situation, they would definitely make related Judgments, and Liu Xing hadn’t heard the sound of dice rolling before that.

Suddenly, Liu Xing had a flash of insight and realized a possibility—Romero wasn’t a player!

To verify his conjecture, Liu Xing quickly contacted KP Li Shunchan. "KP, I want to ask, when players from the opposing camp make Judgments, can we hear the sound of dice landing?"

KP Li Shunchan chuckled and affirmed, "Of course, you can hear the sound of dice landing, and I know what you’re thinking, Liu Xing. You’re right, Romero isn’t a player, just an NPC!"

Damn.

Liu Xing couldn’t help but curse inwardly. He hadn’t expected Romero to truly not be a player. Then who was the last player in Bai Hecheng’s camp?!

Wait a minute.

Liu Xing looked at Chris and said, "Mr. Chris, can you contact the police officer who just took Romero’s wife and son? Ask where they are now and how they are doing?"

Chris frowned and quickly dialed the mobile phone.

Soon, the call was answered.

However, to the disappointment of Liu Xing and the others, the police officer had left the hospital after taking Romero’s wife and son there and assisting them with some procedures.

Chris immediately ordered the police officer to return to the hospital and check on Romero’s wife and son.

Ten minutes later, the police officer sounded anxious on the phone, "Chief, after Romero’s son received some simple treatment, his wife took him away. She claimed to have found a better hospital for her son, so she forcefully left the hospital with him, got into a black Chevrolet sedan, and left the hospital. The hospital didn’t say much because they knew Romero’s identity."

As expected.

Liu Xing frowned. He hadn’t expected the last player in Bai Hecheng’s camp to be hidden so deeply, using Romero as a shield, even fooling his teammate, Shi Zixuan.

However, most likely, Liu Xing believed that Chris’s wife was the real player. After all, Romero’s son seemed to be only one or two years old, and players usually played characters aged twelve and above, as the data panel for elementary students was too dismal, and they were subjected to double surveillance from parents and teachers no matter what they did.

Of course, it couldn’t be ruled out that in extremely special circumstances, a player might have the ability to transform their character card into that of a child of a few years old, like what Yis People did with account theft.

"Damn it, now go notify the traffic police brigade and all the brothers staying at the police officer bureau. Tell them to immediately block all exits of Manchester. Then, continue questioning the patients and medical staff at the hospital to see if anyone knows the license plate number of that black Chevrolet sedan. If you ask, continue passing on this information to those people," Liu Xing instructed.

"I understand, Chief!" The police officer hung up the phone and went to work.

Liu Xing sighed. He hadn’t expected that in just one day, he and his team would be so thoroughly played by the Cult of the Cadaver. It was quite embarrassing.

So, to regain some dignity, Liu Xing said to Chris, "Mr. Chris, if everything goes as expected, Romero’s wife and son should have gone to the Cult of the Cadaver’s stronghold in the North District. So, I think it’s necessary for us to conduct a thorough sweep of the North District because the Cult of the Cadaver already has many people who have entered Manchester in advance and are waiting in the North District for an opportunity. Therefore, it’s necessary for us to deal with these Cult of the Cadaver followers first."

Chris thought for a moment and nodded. "Okay, I’ll arrange for manpower to conduct a thorough sweep of the North District. Let the Cult of the Cadaver know we’re not to be trifled with!"

After making more than a dozen phone calls, Chris looked excited. "Alright, the operation has been approved by the higher-ups. We’ll mobilize eighty percent of the Manchester police force for a thorough sweep of the North District. We’ll have the authority to shoot directly when facing Cult of the Cadaver followers ready to resist. It seems that the higher-ups also want to show the Cult of the Cadaver who’s boss. But this time, our external operation slogan is to fight crime and evil."

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow, surprised that his casual remark had actually convinced Chris to persuade the English authorities to take action against the Cult of the Cadaver. But it was also a good thing because it could greatly weaken the Cult of the Cadaver’s influence in the Manchester area.

"Alright, if you’re willing to participate in this operation, then go change into your respective police uniforms and weapons. We’ll leave for the North District in ten minutes!" Chris said.

Liu Xing nodded, giving Zhang Jingxu and the others a signal.

After equipping themselves with their gear, Liu Xing and the others gathered again.

"I have to say, I’ve learned something this time. Cthulhu RPG Game has such a maneuver, actually supporting an NPC as your stand-in. Li Dai Tao Jiang is played brilliantly. I even felt touched by Romero’s loyalty to his family," Zhang Jingxu exclaimed.

Liu Xing nodded, saying helplessly, "Who would have thought of such a maneuver? Actually, when Romero chose to surrender, I felt something was off."

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