Apostle of Cthulhu

The sunlight filtered through the curtains and poured onto Si Wei's face. Feeling the residual warmth on his face, he opened his eyes, and what he saw was still the ceiling of the Tyndall Hotel.

Today, he didn't have the severe pain in his head that he had a few days ago, but he was just a little sleepy and confused. This time Si Wei got up earlier because Jia was still immersed in sleep on the other bed.

After taking a look at the time, the hands of the watch had returned to normal, accurately showing the current time: eight thirty-one in the morning.

Si Wei got up and washed first, then woke up Jia, and while she was washing, he read some books about missionaries.

It was during this time that someone knocked on his door.

"Who?" Si Wei asked, raising his voice.

"Professor Si Wei, it's me, Morton." Sheriff Morton's voice came from outside the door. Si Wei was a little confused. Morton probably had no reason to come to him.

He got up from the sofa, put down the books in his hands, walked to the door and opened it.

Morton, who was seriously lacking sleep and neglected to take care of himself, was standing outside the door, his eyes bloodshot, and his condition was exactly the same as Si Wei a few days ago.

"What's going on? Mr. Morton?" Si Wei asked with a frown, "Didn't you sleep last night? Why are you in this state?"

Morton's expression was a bit ugly, "To be honest, something happened in the town last night...

"Last night we were going to go home after get off work, but suddenly we received a report saying that someone was attacked..."

Were you attacked late at night? This is not a good sign.

Si Wei began to wonder how anxious the main messenger behind Osins Street was now. This was already three murder cases in a row. It was impossible not to arouse others' suspicion. What was driving the other party to act like this? ?

Morton didn’t know what Si Wei was thinking, but he continued, “Because I was the only one in the entire police station collecting files and documents, so I chose to go alone.

"The place where the crime happened as mentioned by the reporter was at No. 12 Townleys Street, which was not too far from the police station, so I walked there. When I was about ten meters away from that place, I heard something A very strange sound.

"That sound was not a scream, it was like the gurgling sound of liquid. I didn't know what it was, and I was a little scared, but I still held the pistol in my hand tightly and moved towards it step by step.

"When I was about to reach the corner, I heard a very dull sound, and there were sucking and swallowing sounds. This kind of case has not happened in the town for a long time, but I was not at a loss, but kept calm. Putting his finger on the trigger."

"Chief Morton," Si Wei couldn't bear it anymore, "Can you pick out the key points? It's not that I don't like what you just said, it's just that the most important things are valuable for handling the case."

Morton suddenly realized that his words were very inappropriate and added too many embellishments. He quickly corrected: "Okay, at that time I saw a monster eating a human corpse. I have never seen that kind of creature. , like a fish and a human, I subconsciously shot at it, but the bullet did not hit it, but scared it and made it run away. "

Like a fish and like a human?

Si Wei suddenly realized that the monster Morton saw yesterday was probably the fish monster he met, and quickly asked for details, "Chief Morton, does the monster you saw have green skin and wrinkled skin?" Shrinking, body deformity?”

Morton was a little surprised, "How did you know? Yes, it's the same as your description."

as expected!

Now Si Wei could be sure that what Morton encountered last night was indeed the fish monster he saw, but shouldn't the fish monster be wandering in Osins Street? Why did it suddenly appear somewhere else last night?

If you use the fish monster that appeared on Oshins Street last night as an explanation, this will definitely not convince the public. Fury has made it clear that the fish monsters on Osins Street will come out to hunt at specific times, so why are there no fish monster attacks on other streets during those times?

Morton himself said that this kind of case has not happened in the small town for a long time, which means that this incident has nothing to do with the fish monster in Oshins Street.

So what exactly caused the fish monster to appear last night?

"Professor Si Wei," Morton held Si Wei's hands with a nervous expression, "Now my personal hopes are pinned on you. You are the expert on these weird events. All I can do is watch from the sidelines. Auxiliary, so... I hope you can resolve it soon."

Si Wei's eyes lingered on Morton's face for a moment, and he always felt that something was wrong.

"Chief Morton, would you mind waiting for me here?"

Morton didn't know why Si Wei said such words, but he still chose to believe him and nodded in agreement.

Si Wei turned around and returned to his bed, took out the knife that he had used to cut his finger to confirm the power of the gift, and handed it to Morton, "Chief Morton, please use this knife to make a cut on your palm. Traces, the kind that bleed.”

"Why?" Morton was puzzled.

"This has something to do with handling the case, please believe me." Si Wei looked directly into Morton's confused and fearful eyes. The latter swallowed and drew a blood mark on his palm with the blade of a knife.

Blood gushed out from the wound. The amount was not large, but it was enough for Si Wei to see what he wanted to see.

As he expected, Morton's blood had been wrapped in a layer of golden lines.

This shows one thing, Morton's spirit is on the verge of collapse.

After seeing that inhuman monster last night, Morton, who was not a missionary himself, found it difficult to accept the stimulation from the "unknown". And because he had not slept all night and was mentally depressed, if he continued to torture himself like this, the SAN value might return to zero in just a blink of an eye.

"Chief Morton, I will solve these things that happened in the town, but I hope you can take good care of your body. Otherwise, if you collapse, the people of the town will not want to see this situation. "

Morton's breathing was a little rapid. After listening to Si Wei's words, he began to relax his breathing.

"Okay, I understand." Morton nodded, breathing easier, "I'm going to take a rest, and I'll leave the rest to you."

After sending away Morton, who was in extremely bad mental condition, Jia walked out of the bathroom after washing up and asked, "What happened?"

"I have something to ask," Si Wei unfolded the book about missionaries with one hand and asked, "About the so-called fallen...what exactly are they?"

Jia tilted her head, her expression remained the same, "Why would you ask such a question at such a time?"

"There was a monster attack in the town last night. I happened to meet a similar monster on Osins Street last night, so I wanted to confirm...what kind of thing the Fallen is."

"What you said is really rude." Jia combed her hair, crossed one leg, and sat on her bed. "The fallen were still normal human beings at the beginning. It was just because of the gift. After being tortured for a long time, he will become that kind of monster that is neither human nor ghost. "

How long?

Since Jia mentioned these three words, it means that the fish monster that attacked others in the town last night was definitely not a degenerate who appeared recently.

The most likely thing... is the fish monster that sneaked out from Osins Street!

"Are all fallen people fish-men?" Si Wei asked, "Or do the fallen people's appearance show different characteristics due to the influence of the environment and other factors?"

"The second point you said is right," Jia yawned. "This town is not a seaside city, so the appearance of fish monsters should be impossible. Unless it is a fallen person who slipped over from other places. "This shows that the security measures around the town are not good enough."

No, it doesn’t have to be…

Siwei rubbed his chin, and new possibilities emerged in his mind.

That's... what's beyond that high wall on Osins Street.