Chapter 641 Another Hualai Temple

"If that’s the case, it would be perfect... Well, let’s leave it at that for now. I’m planning to go find an old friend who has a good understanding of the dark side of London city. Maybe he’ll know the whereabouts of those five Ghouls." Dio said as he hung up the phone.

Liu Xing put down his mobile phone and began to ponder the credibility of Dio’s words.

However, since Liu Xing had never heard of any information about Ghoul statues and Crimson Ghouls on the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall forum, he had no reference information. Therefore, Liu Xing could only choose to believe Dio, as he had indeed seen the Crimson Ghoul statue and the Crimson Ghoul in the future.

At this moment, Liu Xing suddenly remembered something - in the future, the Crimson Ghoul still placed great importance on its heart.

Could this be indirect evidence that the Crimson Ghoul was Dio?

Liu Xing felt a headache coming on the more he thought about it.

Just as Liu Xing was about to go to bed, Wesker suddenly called.

For Liu Xing, the first thought that came to mind was that Little Alice was going to trick him again.

If Little Alice really did trick him, he might not have the opportunity to work under Wesker anymore...

With a resigned mindset, Liu Xing answered Wesker’s call. "Captain, what’s the matter at this late hour? Don’t tell me there’s a situation at the subway station?"

"That’s right, we’ve found traces of a Ghoul at the subway station, so Chief House has asked us to join the suppression operation there now. Chris, you call Leon and the others, and make sure to bring the weapons and equipments. I’ll be downstairs to pick you up shortly," Wesker said quickly.

Liu Xing hung up the phone and hurriedly called Jill and Leon, who had just fallen asleep.

Two minutes later, Liu Xing and the other two, fully equipped, were ready to go downstairs.

However, on their way down the stairs, they encountered Miss Wang coming up.

Miss Wang looked at the fully armed Liu Xing and the others with some curiosity and asked, "Leon, are you all going on a mission?"

Leon nodded and said, "Yes, we’re going to arrest a murderer."

"Is it at the subway station? I just drove back and saw that the police have already started cordoning off the subway station. And judging from the situation, the murderer you’re going to arrest must be very dangerous. Well, Leon, you all go ahead, I won’t hold you up any longer," Miss Wang said seriously.

After bidding farewell to Miss Wang, Liu Xing and the others reached the ground floor and saw Wesker, who had arrived by car.

In the car, Wesker began to brief Liu Xing and the others on the current situation.

In short, Chris’s team had set up a cordon in a subway station not far from the Aldwych subway station, where there was low foot traffic at night. They had stationed three police officers disguised as late-night commuters, waiting for the subway and the Ghoul to arrive.

Of course, there were also two waiting passengers at the subway station.

According to the subway timetable, just three minutes before the subway was due to arrive, the plainclothes police officers, who had thought it would be a quiet night, were about to leave the subway station when one of them, standing on the edge of the platform, suddenly noticed something amiss. A passenger wearing a mask had unknowingly approached to within three or four meters of him.

The suspicious behavior of the masked passenger naturally aroused the plainclothes officer’s suspicion, as the subway doors were not the only ones used for boarding and alighting. In such a sparsely populated situation, it was highly unlikely that someone would choose to enter the subway through the same door as others. Moreover, the masked passenger had originally been more than ten meters away.

So the plainclothes officer realized that the masked passenger was definitely up to no good, and even if he wasn’t a Ghoul, he was most likely a subway robber or thief.

With a "shoot first, ask questions later" mentality, the plainclothes officer immediately signaled the other two plainclothes officers - pretending to accidentally drop his wallet while taking out his mobile phone.

Upon receiving the signal, the other two plainclothes officers noticed the situation and, while calling for backup from Chris, casually approached the masked passenger.

At this point, the masked passenger also sensed that something was amiss and immediately tore off his disguise, revealing his true form as a Ghoul, and fled into the subway tunnel under the gunfire of the three plainclothes officers.

Since the subway was due to arrive in less than a minute, the three plainclothes officers naturally did not dare to pursue further, as they would be directly hit by the speeding subway even if they managed to defeat the Ghoul...

So by the time Chris and the reinforcements arrived, the Ghoul had disappeared, but Chris immediately contacted Chief House, who then found the person in charge of the London subway and had them shut down the surrounding subway stations.

Both Chief House and Chris felt that the chances of catching the Ghoul today were not high, as there were too many hiding places in the subway, and the police could not simply block off the subway tunnels.

However, Wesker was more optimistic, believing that as long as the police set up checkpoints at the various subway stations, they could confine the escaped Ghoul to a general area, and then conduct a thorough search. Unless the Ghoul could dig its way out at an incredible speed, the police should have a chance to locate it. As for actually capturing the Ghoul, Wesker felt the chances were only about 30%, as even if it couldn’t defeat the police officers, the Ghoul could still escape by various means.

Moreover, there were still four other Ghouls that had not yet appeared.

Ten minutes later, Liu Xing and the others arrived at the nearest subway station.

Since Chief House and Chris were still overseeing the situation at other subway stations, Wesker easily took control of this subway station, leading Liu Xing and the others, as well as five fully armed police officers, into the station.

The subway station where Liu Xing was now located seemed quite large, but due to a lack of maintenance, some areas appeared rather dilapidated.

"If I’m not mistaken, this subway station will be closed next year, because more passengers prefer to get off at another subway station located in a more prosperous area." Leon looked around and said.

Liu Xing nodded and looked at the dark subway tunnel, saying, "The current situation seems a bit troublesome. If we have to enter the subway tunnel to chase that Ghoul, it will be like playing an away game for us."

Wesker shrugged next to them and said, "That’s right. Due to the recent economic downturn, there are almost no lighting facilities in the London subway tunnels, so if we have to enter the subway tunnel later, we can only use flashlights for illumination. However, Chief House has already arranged for the logistics department to borrow some spotlights. If we’re lucky, we might be able to use them tonight."

As soon as Wesker finished speaking, the walkie-talkie on his waist crackled with Chief House’s voice, "All teams can prepare to disband. The suspect has just escaped our cordon, and his whereabouts are now unknown. If there is no news of the suspect in five minutes, all teams will disband on the spot."

Since many ordinary police officers were also involved in the arrest operation, Chief House used the term "suspect" to refer to the Ghoul.

"It seems we’ll be wasting our time tonight. You guys go up and pack up the equipment, notify the other brothers to prepare to disband. We’ll wait here for Chief House’s latest orders," Wesker said to the few ordinary police officers.

After sending the ordinary police officers away, Wesker took out his mobile phone and said, "Chief House just sent me a text message. That Ghoul has just climbed to the top of the subway tunnel and is moving, so the colleagues at that subway station didn’t notice it in time, and naturally let the Ghoul escape. Moreover, the Ghoul’s subway route is the busiest line in London, so it would be too troublesome to close the subsequent subway stations. So unless something unexpected happens, we can clock off tonight, and we don’t have to go to the police station tomorrow morning either, because we’re on the night shift from now on."

Liu Xing nodded. The fact that the Ghoul was able to escape was within their expectations, after all, according to the future Alice’s words, Wesker still needs a few more days to meet those Ghouls.

Five minutes later, Chief House ordered the official disbandment.

When Wesker sent the three of them downstairs, he said, "If I don’t notify you, you’ll be waiting for me downstairs at 6 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. I’ll take you to the temporary office of the Special Investigation Team, but you’ll need to remember to bring your equipment when you go out."

The three of them nodded and went home.

Although they didn’t have to go to work in the morning, the tired Liu Xing, Leon, and Jill chose to rest in their respective rooms.

A dreamless night.

People are inherently lazy, so the three of them didn’t get up until 10 a.m.

After breakfast, they realized a problem - what should they do?

"Why don’t we go out for a walk? Jill, I think this is your first time in London, right?" Leon asked.

Jill nodded and smiled, "That’s right. I’ve always lived in Scotland, and my parents, well, they’re pretty typical Scots, and their attitude towards England isn’t very good. So when we used to go on family trips, we would always bypass England and go abroad. And when my parents found out I was assigned to the London police station, they even planned to use their connections to keep me in Scotland."

It’s true that the internal conflicts between Scotland and England are really hard to resolve.

As Jill’s "probationary boyfriend", Liu Xing naturally chose to invite Jill to take this opportunity to tour London together.

And so, the three of them set out to visit various scenic spots in downtown London.

They managed to steal a half-day of leisure.

At 4 p.m., sitting in an outdoor cafe by the Thames River, Liu Xing couldn’t help but sigh that this was the most carefree day he had spent in the Cthulhu RPG game, because he didn’t have to worry about mythical creatures or cult followers suddenly attacking him, and he didn’t have any missions he had to complete urgently.

After all, the third part of the main quest requires him to attend Locke’s son’s wedding in a few days, and the side quest of catching those five Ghouls will probably have to wait a few more days before it’s officially triggered. The Dreamers’ Guild is the same.

So the only thing Liu Xing is really worried about now is the always absent Ithaqua. But Liu Xing feels that Ithaqua should appear in the fourth stage of the main quest, because no matter whether Dio is a Ghoul or Locke is a Ghoul, the instigator is Ithaqua. So now that Dio and Locke are at odds, Ithaqua must come out to take a look... or even all of this is under Ithaqua’s control, and he is the only variable outside of Ithaqua’s plan!

"Chris, what are you thinking about?" Jill asked beside him.

Liu Xing snapped out of his thoughts and smiled, "Nothing, I just suddenly remembered some old things. But anyway, it’s getting late, so let’s go have dinner."

Leon nodded and stood up, saying, "I remember there’s a Chinese restaurant around here that’s really good, so let’s go have Chinese food today."

And so, the three of them went to the Chinese restaurant Leon had mentioned.

After ordering the food, Liu Xing casually looked around at a photo on the wall, which seemed to be the restaurant owner’s family photo, with the background looking like a temple in China.

At this moment, the KP suddenly said, "Now player Liu Xing, you can make an Inspiration Judgment roll. If you succeed, you will get an interesting clue."

An interesting clue? But Liu Xing remembered that the Inspiration value of the "Chris" character card was a bit low.

Liu Xing, 42/50, success.

Fortunately, it worked out.

The moment the Inspiration Judgment succeeded, Liu Xing noticed that in the background of the photo, a smiling version of himself was waving at them.

The "Liu Xing" here, of course, refers to Ithaqua.

Liu Xing’s back was instantly drenched in cold sweat, because he could be sure that the "self" in the photo was Ithaqua, after all, the photo had a timestamp - 1990.4.25.

At that time, "Liu Xing" hadn’t even been born yet, so how could he appear in this photo?

So why would Ithaqua appear in this photo and wave like that? Has Ithaqua already discovered him?

Liu Xing hadn’t had time to think it through when Leon patted him on the shoulder and said, "Chris, why are you spacing out again?"

Liu Xing sighed and pointed to the photo, "Look at the bottom right of that photo, isn’t that Ithaqua?"