Henry killed himself?

The moment he heard the news, Bruno sensed something was wrong.

Would someone who had suffered from illness for so long choose to commit suicide right after the disease vanished?

He had planned to let Elise check Henry's situation first, so he could better control her.

But now it seemed clear that something must have happened to Henry before he died—either he chose to "kill himself," or he had been forced to do it.

What could it be?

Bruno suddenly remembered the thing called [Nidhogg's Breath].

He used his communicator and said to Elise, "Wait for me. I'll be there soon."

About ten minutes later, Bruno reached the Tumor Hospital in District Eight.

He quickly found Elise. Before he could even ask for details, Elise grabbed his hand tightly.

"Mr. Hornes, I heard that before Henry killed himself, the signs of the Rot Disease were already gone. Did you… did you really cure him?"

Elise's eyes were turning red as she stared at Bruno.

Bruno nodded and replied, "Yes. But the important thing now is to figure out why Henry committed suicide."

Elise could hear the hint of worry in Bruno's voice. She froze on the spot, her mind filled only with the thought that her mother could still be saved.

It wasn't until Bruno urged her that she snapped back to reality. She hurried after him as they quietly slipped into the hospital morgue.

The guard who was supposed to watch the morgue was nowhere to be seen. Bruno easily found the storage record and confirmed which room Henry's body was placed in.

But when they entered the room, they discovered that Henry Borg's body was gone.

How strange. Henry Borg was just an ordinary 2-stage Warlock-Warrior, yet after regaining his health he suddenly killed himself—and now his body had vanished.

Bruno felt that something was definitely off.

Elise noticed it too. Her excitement and joy quickly faded, replaced by fear for her mother's fate.

"Mr. Hornes, could someone be targeting people who had Rot Disease?"

Just as Elise finished speaking, two sets of footsteps echoed in the hallway outside.

Bruno immediately covered Elise's mouth. His Ten Thousand Hells, already perfected, gave him mental strength far beyond a normal Warlock-Warrior. Noticing things others couldn't was natural for him.

The footsteps grew closer, and someone was talking as they approached the room.

"We've already checked. The [Divine Gift] on Henry's body is gone. We believe someone has discovered our plan."

"No. Even if someone at the level of an Arcane Power Master made a move, they still couldn't remove the [Divine Gift] completely. Even someone who can reveal the God Realm, like a Junior Elder, would still leave a trace."

"Then is it possible that the one who acted was a Great Elder—someone who can merge the God Realm fully into reality?"

"If that's really the case, then we're in big trouble."

The voices outside the room grew clearer. They stopped right at the door.

Inside the room, Bruno had already activated the newly-grown [Bone of the Dead]. As long as he didn't move, he looked no different from the corpses around him.

He glanced at Elise and saw her breathing and heartbeat drop to an unusually slow level. Clearly, this genius girl with a High-Rank Meditation Technique and breathing method also had her own special tricks.

"What should we do next?"

"We need to speed up the plan. Push the Heavenly Gang to act sooner. We need someone to stir up some chaos."

"No problem. Tarnison contacted me just now. He said he needs some Celestial Beast meat and blood."

"Give it to him. He's close with Viego, the leader of the Heavenly Gang. Letting him be the fuse is perfect."

Their voices slowly faded, replaced by the sound of the door handle turning.

Bruno looked at Elise. A hint of panic and uncertainty flashed across her face—she wasn't sure if she could hide perfectly.

If Elise got discovered, Bruno would also be in danger. Judging by the tone of those two men, they were anything but ordinary, and they even had ties to Tarnison.

Just as Bruno was about to spread his spiritual power and summon the God Realm to help them hide, a new voice suddenly came from outside.

Someone whispered, "The investigators… those hounds have shown up."

In an instant, rapid footsteps echoed in the hall. The two men outside ran off in a hurry.

Bruno let out a quiet breath of relief.

If those two feared the investigators that much, then they had to be cultists—since the Federal Investigation Bureau only targeted cult members.

Which meant [Nidhogg's Breath] was tied to a cult.

Was it the God-King Cult?

Was it the Western Church of the God-King, or the Eastern Church of the God-King?

What exactly were they planning?

Bruno's mind raced. He felt as if an unseen crisis was about to fall over the entire Sunset City.

But right now, leaving this place was the priority.

Bruno led Elise toward the exit. Just as he reached the hospital entrance, he sharply sensed a gaze—someone looking at him as if by accident.

The perfected Ten Thousand Hells gave Bruno senses far beyond ordinary people. He pretended not to notice anything and lowered his head, glancing at the smooth floor.

The floor faintly reflected the figure of a bearded man in a trench coat, walking toward the direction they had just come from.

So this is someone from the Investigation Bureau? Bruno wondered silently.

He didn't know much about the Investigation Bureau. He only knew it was a special federal department, and even noble families feared it.

When Bruno finally stepped out of the hospital entrance, Elise was already eager to speak.

But Bruno moved quickly, pulling her into his arms. He leaned close to her ear, took a deep breath of her scent, and whispered, "Someone is following us."

Elise calmly nodded. She whispered back, "I'll wait for your message."

Back in the morgue room, she had witnessed Bruno's hiding ability with her own eyes. Bruno had been right in front of her, yet she only felt as if she were looking at a corpse.

Clearly, when facing an unknown danger, letting Bruno act was the safer choice.

And the strange way Henry Borg died filled Elise with unease. She feared her mother would end up like Henry—forced to "kill herself."

Before she realized it, Elise no longer resisted Bruno's arrangements. At this moment, she felt that only Bruno could save her mother.

Bruno separated from Elise, and someone immediately began following them from behind.

With his powerful spiritual strength, Bruno needed only a few minutes to shake off the person tailing him.

"Investigation Bureau… cults… Heavenly Gang… looks like this is getting messy. I need a new identity as soon as possible." Bruno took a deep breath.

He headed straight for the hospital in District Nine; the Tumor Hospital in District Eight was no longer the right place to look for trading targets.

This time, he needed not only to find out what [Nidhogg's Breath] really was, but also to get himself a safer and more mysterious identity.

District Nine, inside the room of a patient who was close to death.

"Bolantie" appeared again. The holy wings behind him moved gently, and his aged face was full of pity as he spoke softly to the patient lying on the bed:

"Is this all you want, Alex Grey?"

The old man named Alex Grey slowly nodded and asked nervously, "Aren't these requests a bit too much?"

Using the identity of Bolantie, Bruno shook his head.

This dying old man only asked him to donate eight hundred gold coins to a children's welfare home and take care of a black cat named Tina.

Alex Grey had no living relatives and no real friends. He worked as a volunteer at a welfare home, and every coin he earned was donated to that place.

Even when Bruno appeared, this kind old man had been trying to end his own life, hoping to save some medical expenses.

"Too much? No, no… your request is very simple," Bruno replied.

It was his first time meeting someone like this, and he couldn't help feeling a strange mix of emotions in his heart.

"Maybe, one day in the future, the name Alex Grey will be honored by thousands." Bruno said slowly.

Alex Grey gave a small smile and said, "I don't care about fame. I just hope there will be fewer unfortunate people in this world."

Bruno took a deep breath. He cleared his thoughts and slowly closed his eyes.

Contract Book, extract[Nidhogg's Breath].

Bruno was ready. The contract had already been drafted, and if anything unexpected or dangerous happened, he could make Alex sign it immediately.

If that happened, all danger would shift onto this dying good man.

Itching, pain, heat… an indescribable feeling erupted inside Bruno's body in an instant.

He felt as if his chest had been torn open, and someone was dumping dangerous chemicals, poison, and rotting flesh straight into him.

Melting!

Bruno felt his organs slowly melting… decaying!

The intense pain made his body tremble nonstop. His God Realm also began to lose stability, and in the originally quiet hospital room, a flash of burning sunlight suddenly appeared.

"Yes… that's right. This is exactly how The Divine Sun Sutra describes the cultivation method. To reach the Rot Chaos Form, the body must slowly decay… and then be reborn from that decay."

The pain grew stronger and stronger, but Bruno's eyes only shone brighter.

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