Official Extraordinary Individual

Chapter 69 Official Extraordinary Individual

Somewhat comically, Hobert pulled out his gun on the stairs, while Daniel only had a baton.

dong dong dong~

Henry seemed to hear someone coming upstairs, and he started banging on the door even more frequently.

Daniel had wanted to call out Henry's name to comfort him, but for some reason, he found himself unable to open his mouth in this situation.

dong dong dong~

The sound was like a death knell. Daniel regretted going upstairs, but they had already arrived at the bedroom door from which the banging had come.

Using the psychic vision provided by the "psychic necklace," Hobart confirmed once again that there were no living people in the room. He raised his cane in one hand, gripped his gun in the other, and kicked open the bedroom door.

This was the third time he had broken through the door today, and he felt that his kicking motion was becoming more and more skilled.

The door was wide open, and Hobart and Daniel first saw a child who looked about seven or eight years old, with a pale face, cloudy eyes, and fangs.

This must be little Henry. When he saw the two living people at the door, he made a sound that sounded like crying or a night owl's meow, and immediately pounced on Daniel.

Hobart, relieved to see that it was just an ordinary zombie, smiled and said to Daniel, "He wants you to hug him."

Daniel also sensed something was wrong and quickly dodged to the side, but the little zombie was struck by Hobart's cane, which was prepared, and slammed into the wall.

This was no small matter; the little zombie remained motionless, like mud smeared against a wall.

Daniel's mouth dropped open: "You, you, you killed him!"

At this moment, the little zombie stretched its neck, climbed down the wall, and rushed towards Hobart.

Hobart said to Daniel, "Look, he's alive again."

As he spoke, Hobart fired two shots, smashing the little zombie's head open, but no blood flowed out; only some brownish liquid appeared on the ground. The zombie finally collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Daniel swallowed hard; even if he were stupid, he would realize that little Henry's condition was very abnormal.

Hopper ejected the spent cartridge and reloaded the bullet: "Officer, I think it's best not to tell Polly and the others about what happened upstairs."

Daniel nodded repeatedly: "That's right, that's right."

Hobart glanced at the room where the zombies had been. It was completely empty, with the windows boarded up and covered by iron bars. The walls were covered in scratches.

Recalling what I saw from the outside, the rooms on the second floor all had curtains drawn, and there was another layer of curtains over the wooden planks for disguise.

This should simply be a room prepared for little Henry, not a place to store the sealed artifacts.

After a quick glance, Hobart turned and went downstairs, with Daniel quickly following.

As he went downstairs, Hobart roughly understood the whole story.

Henry may have died two or three years ago, when the neighbors learned that he had a serious illness that made him afraid of sunlight. Henry and his wife, who loved their son dearly, wanted to use rituals from the realm of "death" to resurrect their child.

However, by a twist of fate, little Henry was turned into a living corpse, which should have been a welcome outcome for Henry and his wife, who lacked sufficient knowledge of the occult.

After all, the child seemed to have been given a second life.

It's easy to imagine that ever since the curtains in the Henry family's house were completely drawn, Henry and his wife have been using occult rituals to try to make little Henry normal again.

The thief who broke into Henry's house earlier wasn't stunned by Henry's beating; he was probably stunned by Henry's condition!

Finally, during a ceremony a week or even more than two weeks ago, the Henrys died, and the seal on the house was no longer sealed, thus contaminating the dog kept in the basement.

As the sealed creature gained "freedom," the dog from Henry's basement would occasionally appear in Ellie's basement. While out foraging for food, it trampled Mr. Polly's flower bed and killed Mr. Polly's chickens.

Back in the yard, Polly and Airy had retreated to the gate because of the gunshots earlier.

Seeing Hobart and Daniel come down, they quickly went up to ask them what was wrong.

Hobart explained, "Little Henry is dead too. The banging on the door was made by a bird that flew into the room. I shot the bird twice and killed it."

Daniel had lost the momentum he had shown before going upstairs, and he chimed in from the side, "That's right, that's right."

Half an hour later, several more police officers arrived, and soon the area in front of the Henry family's house was filled with carriages. The officers dispersed the onlookers, leaving only Hobert, Polly, and Airley, who might be involved in the case.

Around noon, a carriage with a dark holy symbol on its door drove into the town. Hobert perked up; the main character had arrived!

The carriage stopped in front of the courtyard gate. The door opened, and a cold-looking man with a scar on his profile stepped out. His brown eyes were as sharp as an eagle's.

Behind him came a woman with emerald green eyes, wearing blue eyeshadow and blush, who had a bewitching beauty.

Hobart was taken aback. Could this be Ms. Daly?

The woman seemed to sense Hobart's gaze, and she smiled at him, saying, "Don't look at me like that. I'm not interested in little boys."

Hobert's lips twitched; it was definitely Daly.

He smiled helplessly to himself: Madam, I've met Audrey before, I have the composure to look at you like that.

Ms. Daly and her companion began questioning about the case. Daniel gave a report, and while listening to the report, the two official Beyonders looked at Hobert several times. Clearly, they had guessed that Hobert was an Beyonder based on his previous reactions.

Then the two officials, who were extraordinary, told all the officers to wait outside, but allowed Hobart to come inside with them.

The man with the scar on his face closed the door, its handle broken from being kicked, and then stared sharply at Hobart.

Before the other party could even ask a question, Hobert spoke first: "I am Brigadier General Christine's eldest son, not a wild Extraordinary. I have an obligation to assist you, but that's all. If you want to arrest me, I'm sorry, I will resist arrest. Even if you have legal immunity, I will take you to court and let everyone see how the Church deals with military personnel!"

The scarred man said coldly, "Resist arrest? Do you have the ability to do so?"

Hopper, with one hand on the gun handle, said, "You can try!"

Generally speaking, official Beyonders are very hostile to wild Beyonders. Hobart's words just now were not a threat, but a warning not to act rashly: I will assist you, but if you go too far, don't blame me for making things worse.

"Alright, alright, gentlemen, let's figure out what's going on here first," Daly said meaningfully to Hobert. "You're very clever."

She said, "Since you're so smart, tell me what happened."

Hobart begins by recounting his experience of receiving Mr. Polly's commission, his speculations about the giant dog's condition, and his conjectures about the ritual performed by the Henrys—parts missing from Daniel's report.

These speculations impressed even the scarred man, as making such guesses required extensive knowledge of occultism and strong logical abilities.

Daisy concluded, "So, there's another unsealed sealed artifact in the basement?"

Since no sealed artifacts were found on the first or second floor, they must be in the basement.

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(End of this chapter)