As the morning sun shone down, Bai Ye slowly opened his eyes in the hotel suite.
Stretching, Bai Ye went to the windowsill and looked out at the city in the early morning.
The twenty-sixth floor, a suite, overlooking the city's beautiful scenery, and a suspended small swimming pool...
At times like these, it always makes one feel that money is good.
After admiring the city's view, Bai Ye returned to the living room, picked up an apple, and took a bite. He casually grabbed the remote control and turned on the television.
"At 3:22 AM today, the body of a female was discovered. According to on-site surveys and identification, the victim suffered inhumane treatment before her death, with her abdomen completely opened, her internal organs severely damaged, and signs of being gnawed on her body."
"We have reason to suspect that this is another vicious incident of ghouls attacking humans. For the safety of the general public, ghouls lurking in the city should be actively combatted and eliminated."
"Just now, the identity of the deceased has been confirmed as a 20-year-old university student. Such a youthful life, tragically ending in a dark alley. If ghouls are not eliminated, how can humans continue to live with peace of mind?"
The news was being broadcast on television. Bai Ye glanced at the background for a couple of moments and found it somewhat familiar, then a look of realization crossed his face. Wasn't this the alley from yesterday?
"Ghouls?" Bai Ye murmured, "Is this a supernatural area? Are ghouls creatures of this region? Roughly similar to ghosts?"
Bai Ye muttered to himself, then shrugged. It had nothing to do with him anyway.
He would tidy himself up and then leave the city, continuing eastward to leave this area.
Bai Ye thought to himself as he entered the bathroom to wash up.
By the time Bai Ye had finished washing up and was drying his hair with a towel...
Bang!
A large seagull crashed into the glass window and stuck there like a flattened pancake.
"This delivery person isn't very smart!"
Bai Ye opened the window, pulled the seagull in, and then removed a box from the seagull's leg.
Is this something Jin Sha sent me?
Or did Gao Ming mail over another Yan Huang Fei Huo?
Looking at the size of the box, Bai Ye thought it couldn't be a flying sword; it was too small.
Indeed, upon opening the box, Bai Ye couldn't help but be taken aback.
Inside was a mobile phone!
Bai Ye casually reached out, and a light screen appeared before his eyes.
Future Diary (Unactivated) (White): The god of the Divine Seat is about to die. Before his death, he decides to bestow twelve humans with diaries of different effects. These twelve humans will embark on a death game, and the winner of this game will ultimately become the successor to the god, becoming the new god of the Divine Seat, wielding time and space.
Effect: Death Game (When all twelve diaries are obtained, the diaries will automatically activate and start the death game for the divine successor.)
Foresight (Unactivated)
Bai Ye tried to turn on the phone, but it didn't respond.
This was likely due to it being unactivated. The Future Diary could not be used yet.
And based on the introduction of the Future Diary on the light screen, Bai Ye understood Jin Sha's intentions.
The death game of the twelve diaries was related to gods, and becoming the successor of a god...
Then, naturally, one could meet the god!
So, this was what Jin Sha meant by the possibility of having a chance to directly communicate with a god.
Bai Ye fiddled with the phone. Frankly, Bai Ye was very interested in this matter.
In his previous life, Bai Ye had encountered some things related to gods.
For example, the Chosen Ones in the mythological civilization world, Bai Ye had also "dealt with" quite a few, and then there was...
Loki's gashapon machine!
However, although Bai Ye obtained Loki's gashapon machine, he never met the god of mischief.
At that time, the god of mischief accidentally left his mask in the human world. Anyone who wore the mask would inherit a part of Loki's power and become a strange hero.
Bai Ye completed this forbidden zone and retrieved Loki's mask, thereby obtaining a reward, which was Loki's gashapon machine.
Therefore, Bai Ye had experienced the power of gods, but had not encountered gods themselves.
And from the description of the Future Diary, it couldn't be said for sure, but to become the successor of a god, there was a significant chance of directly facing the gods.
Perhaps...
Compared to igniting a war in the central region, this might be a shortcut to leave the world battlefield.
Of course, these were all speculations. The specifics would only be known after the Future Diary was activated.
"Speaking of which..." Bai Ye grinned, "Do these gods have some peculiar hobbies, another death game? Do they just love playing this so much?"
In the eyes of most people, the world battlefield was a large-scale death game.
Bang, bang, bang!
As Bai Ye was thinking, the sound of knocking suddenly rang out, pulling Bai Ye's thoughts back.
Bai Ye glanced at the room door and said, "I didn't order room service!"
Bang, bang, bang!
After Bai Ye spoke, the other party clearly had no intention of leaving and continued to knock on the door.
"What the heck!"
Bai Ye got up, stored the Future Diary in his inventory, casually put on the bathrobe from the sofa, went to the door, and opened it.
"I said, I didn't order room service... Huh..."
Bai Ye's words trailed off as he stared strangely at the two people at the door.
The two men at the door were wearing suits. One was around forty years old, while the other was very young, looking only about twenty-four or twenty-five. Both were carrying a white briefcase.
Judging by their appearance, they didn't look like hotel staff at all.
The two looked at Bai Ye, then produced their IDs and said, "We are from the Ghoul Investigation Section. We currently suspect you are involved in a ghoul cannibalism incident. Please come with us."
Bai Ye looked puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?"
"What do you mean?" The young ghoul investigator sneered, spotting the scene playing on the television in the suite. He sneered, "What? Admiring your own masterpiece?"
Bai Ye looked back at the television screen, then seemed to understand something, and pointed at himself, "You suspect I'm a ghoul?"
The older ghoul investigator said, "Whether you are or not, you'll know if you come with us."
After he finished speaking, the young ghoul investigator grabbed Bai Ye's shoulder, attempting to drag him out of the room.
Bai Ye glanced at the other person's hand and said, "Don't say I didn't warn you. If you don't let go, you'll regret it."
The young ghoul investigator sneered, "What? Trying to resist? Planning to release your kagune? If so, we'll save some trouble and can skip the screening process and arrest you directly."
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