Deep in the Living
Chapter 122 - 116: Back in the Punishment Room

Chapter 122: Chapter 116: Back in the Punishment Room

[Investigation Bureau First Floor Rest Area]

Director Wang, who has a square head and a mole on the upper end of his lips, has been chatting with Anna, who came early, for quite a while about some of the plans for her follow-up arrangements.

When Luo Di came out of the elevator, the topic shifted as well.

"Luo Di, what did those guys say to you? Did they try every method to have you stay with them until you become an official investigator?"

"Yes, but the conditions are pretty good."

"I knew it..." Director Wang wanted to criticize the interest issue but swallowed his words. After all, he still had a cooperative relationship with the research bureau here.

"Since you’ve agreed, I won’t say much more. It will be at least three months to become an official. I guess once you become an official, you’ll immediately be transferred to the Capital City."

"The specific timing is uncertain, and there’s no rush to get to the Capital City. Moreover, they’re quite lenient with their demands on me, so I might take some time to return to Jupiter City midway. After all, [home] is still there."

Director Wang stood up, pinched Luo Di’s shoulder, and nodded with satisfaction, "You look so much better now than when we last met. Now that you’ve put things behind you, you can come back home any time you want.

When you return to Jupiter City, feel free to call me anytime."

"Thank you, Director Wang, for all your help."

"You’ve become quite a talker, haven’t you? When I first saw you, you could barely utter a few words in half a day, let alone make such polite conversation like now.

Since you’ve decided to stay in Mingwang City, do it well and don’t forget your true self."

"Sure."

"Anna will go back with me; after all, she is an Intern Investigator from Jupiter City, and she can’t stay here all the time."

"Can’t she stay a few more days? I can go back by myself later..."

Anna obviously didn’t want to leave, especially since the team leader had just come back, and she seemed to enjoy last night’s life. Everyone squeezed together to watch movies and eat until late at night; it had been a long time since she had been that happy.

At this moment,

Anna’s peripheral vision caught the sight of a clothing mirror at the entrance, and inside it was reflected someone she knew all too well.

That person was standing in the mirror, waving their arms and slowly saying something.

Anna eventually nodded, as if she had made some kind of decision.

"Alright, Director Wang, let’s leave together."

When Director Wang noticed Anna’s anomaly and looked toward the mirror, there was nothing there anymore.

"Luo Di, I’ll be going back now... Remember to call me when you decide to return, I will become an Official Investigator soon."

"Okay."

As Director Wang and Anna left together in the special car at the entrance.

Luo Di was originally planning to go straight home and ask about Wu Wen’s past and the matters concerning the [Sisterhood].

Due to unforeseen events, his itinerary needed to be changed.

...

[Fifth Hospital]

The Dean has recently developed a new hobby,

He bought a lot of iron wire from the internet, and when he was bored, he would weave various crafts on his desk.

Today’s file review had already ended. Just as the Dean was about to take out the iron box from the drawer to continue his weaving,

Thud thud thud~

The door was knocked.

The cleaning staff’s time had passed, and medical staff would send a message in advance to schedule a visit.

This sudden visit at such a time seemed to have been anticipated by the Dean.

The inner tension quickly turned to relief, and he rose to open the door himself, even feeling a slight yearning as he approached.

"Good day, Dean!"

"You’re going to be hospitalized again, aren’t you?"

"Correct, I need to stay in the severe ward for a few days, and I might trouble you again during this time. Also, I’ll need a fourfold dose of medication."

Luo Di directly presented his investigator’s ID, vouching for himself.

"Good, [0510] room has always been kept for you, just go straight there. I’ll arrange for someone to fill in your registration information afterward."

"Thank you."

After Luo Di left on the elevator, the Dean returned to his seat with a step that was almost youthful, feeling a strange sense of anticipation throughout his body.

Looking at his reflection in the mirror, the Dean always felt he looked much younger.

[Severe Ward]

Luo Di sat on the familiar steel wire bed.

After taking a single dose of medication in order, ashes drifted onto the tip of his nose.

The locked iron gate in front of him was now open, and outside were filled with the screams of the punished.

However, this time the journey through the Punishment Room wouldn’t involve only Luo Di; he sat on the edge of the bed, quietly waiting for another person’s arrival.

Zzz~ The sound of a zipper sliding.

The climbing bag placed on the bed began to tremble, and then the zipper unexpectedly opened from the inside.

First, a pair of white arms intertwined like vines and sprouted forth,

followed by a pair of slender legs adept at running, which also grew out, spreading out to form a V-shaped structure.

All the limbs stretched out, but the torso and head were nowhere to be seen.

This process looked really bizarre, indescribably strange.

When the legs reached their highest point of extension, the knees bent, allowing the feet to firmly step on the iron-wire bed, forming an M-shape.

Finally,

a head with dangling black hair finally emerged, supported by the legs,

and the torso was quickly constructed during this process.

However, the overall symmetry was off, with many bones in awkward positions.

Crack, crack, crack~

Accompanied by a series of joint-cracking sounds.

Wu Wen’s previously twisted body finally returned to normal, presenting itself in perfect form, indistinguishable from her appearance in her high school years, and even her skin felt smoother.

Her lips trembling, the first breath of a living being was exhaled from the depths of her throat.

"Ah~

The capability to nourish a body is indeed very useful, Isabella was the perfect choice.

However, it’s only here that I can construct the appearance of ’myself.’ Once I return to reality, I either have to maintain the head disguise, or I must present myself in Isabella’s body.

Once news of my survival leaks, it will attract quite some trouble.

Alright, let’s go! Let me meet the Hell benefactor who saved my life."

The class leader had already arrived at the door, only to find Luo Di still sitting on the iron-wire bed, examining his own condition, and observing the ’Investigator uniform’ taken to Hell’s Torture Room along with him.

In the past, whenever Luo Di projected himself here, he wore the prison clothes provided in the Punishment Room.

But this time, the investigator uniform had followed him to this place.

At the door, the class leader explained, "Don’t just look~ The Investigator uniform isn’t merely a technological creation; it incorporates technology from the Corner Depths, something non-scientific.

The uniform has acknowledged you during the battle at the nursing home and is bound to you in some way.

It’s also capable of following your Consciousness Projection to this place."

"Corner technology?"

"That’s right, the Corner Depths harbors endless opportunities and treasures. Otherwise, why would Humanity expend the entire world’s efforts to come to this perilous land to rebuild a kingdom?

Even though Human exploration is still at a shallow level, it has already brought out quite a few things far surpassing modern technology."

"Is that so?"

Luo Di’s interest was completely piqued, but his current ability was far from reaching the point of exploring the Corner Depths. He must become stronger.

"Hurry up, the effects of the medicine are limited."

The two walked one after the other through the corridors of the Punishment Room, the class leader, who was new to this place, appeared extremely excited.

"Wow, is this the world you are connected to? It’s completely different from Hell as I imagined... And since my head was made here, I really feel an inexplicable sense of affinity.

There is no rejection of the dry environment here, nor that hidden pain in the depths of the building."

The class leader walked ahead with familiar dance steps, occasionally standing on tiptoe to peek through the windows in the doors to view the scenes inside each Torture Room, even proactively shaking hands with some skinless arms reaching out.

Soon, the two arrived at the lowest level of the Punishment Room and reached the door of the Preaching Room along the deep crimson carpet.

The moment the door was pushed open,

perhaps a sense of danger triggered,

or perhaps a warning from the Thought Corner,

the class leader, who had been relaxed like returning home, tensed up like a startled cat, with hairs standing on end, hiding behind Luo Di and not daring to step into the Preaching Room.

Her gaze quickly identified the source of danger, looking towards the center of the Preaching Room’s dome, where there seemed to be a hanging figure that was very terrifying, but also somewhat familiar.

The thin lines moved,

with many Hooks descending together, bringing the leather-clad man hanging above down to the ground.

His nostrils flared, sniffing the scent coming from the doorway.

One scent came from Luo Di, with a slight smell of Pain from the spine.

Another was the completely different Disguise scent from behind Luo Di.

Mr. Hawke was not too concerned with this unfamiliar scent, but rather excitedly fixated on Luo Di.

"You’ve gained quite a lot this time, to have Opened Spine so quickly! Come here and let me check your body.

Let me see what kind of Spine Type it is, what breed it belongs to, and what’s the quality!

As for you... stay outside the door, an Abnormal invasion would provoke a response from the Preaching Room, which is very dangerous for you.

Wait until I’ve checked Luo Di’s body before looking at your situation.

It’s strange,

I reconstructed your head with a Hell Spell, and now you’ve covered it back, still primarily retaining your original characteristics, which is quite interesting."