Divine Beast Creator
Chapter 292: The Fog Clears_1

Chapter 292: Chapter 292: The Fog Clears_1

"A carousel? What a pity Xiao Huai isn’t here..."

As the little boy invited Gitalien to ride the carousel, he spoke with a hint of regret. A flicker of compassion crossed the little boy’s eyes, and Lorraine Tower, holding back Qi Chen who was about to follow, said to the two,

"We’re going to buy some drinks."

Seeing Lorraine Tower’s resolute demeanor, Qi Chen expressed his concern,

"Is Gitalien really okay?"

"He should solve the trouble he caused himself."

A while later, after buying drinks with Lorraine Tower and coming back, Qi Chen was surprised to find Gitalien sitting pale-faced on a nearby chair, with quite a few children seemingly mocking Gitalien for being frightened by the carousel.

"You should just give up."

Lorraine Tower said to Gitalien, roughly tousling the little boy’s head. Gitalien retorted fiercely,

"No! I don’t believe there’s anything more terrifying than this! The same trick won’t work on me!"

Seeing the ferocity in the little boy’s eyes, Lorraine Tower gave Gitalien a look that meant ’you’re on your own’ and said,

"I will take Qi Chen to look around elsewhere. You come to find us later."

"Okay... see you later～"

The little boy seemed a bit disappointed as he was pulled away by Lorraine Tower, almost as if fleeing from a disaster. Qi Chen, somewhat puzzled, said,

"What exactly happened?"

"He has only himself to blame for his own misfortune. However, experiencing human amusement rides with a human body? That’s quite a rare experience."

Qi Chen looked at Lorraine Tower, not understanding, since the real world wasn’t devoid of similar amusement rides. Indeed, like Gitalien had said, the rides they were seeing, roller coasters included, were basically the kind that existed only in children’s playgrounds, suitable for young kids. Normal theme park rides seemed much more thrilling than these.

After trying out a couple of rides, Qi Chen understood why Lorraine Tower had said that. In this strange world, his physical condition had been suppressed to that of a child-like state. If they encountered normal amusement rides, he reckoned the horrifying g-forces would crush him.

"We’re having so much fun～"

As the sun set, the four sat in the park’s boat, letting it drift across the large lake within the amusement park. The little boy said happily, while Gitalien, pale as death, sat with his eyes closed on the chair beside him, his state uncertain. Lorraine Tower took a sip of tea and said,

"When do you plan to lift the ’time fog’?"

The little boy reached for the dessert left on the table with a full smile and asked,

"What time fog?"

Lorraine Tower, staring at the little boy, said,

"Feng Yuan, the head of your Special Service Squad is waiting outside."

Reminded by Lorraine Tower, Qi Chen looked at the little boy in surprise. One could vaguely see Feng Yuan’s shadow on the latter’s childish face. The little boy sighed, propping his head with one hand and speaking with a cookie in his mouth,

"I wanted to play a little longer..."

"I don’t mind, after all, our lifespans are nearly infinite, but him."

Lorraine Tower drank his tea calmly, as if discussing something that had nothing to do with him. Qi Chen suddenly realized, grabbed the little boy by the collar and said,

"Feng Yuan?!"

"What?"

"Making a racket in the dead of night again! Aren’t you afraid of getting an additional punishment?!"

Brushing off Qi Chen’s hand from his collar, the little boy said disdainfully,

"Even though I’m limited now, time can only be stretched from one day to an hour at most, but I had no intention of tormenting that guy for long. As long as I can keep it from bothering me, that’s good enough."

"Are you planning to hand Anernia over to them?"

"After causing such a fuss, even though there’s another guy causing trouble, it can’t escape either."

"Anyway, they wouldn’t dare do anything too drastic to Anernia. Or maybe you want to protect it?"

Having finished the last of his tea, Lorraine Tower said calmly,

"No, the commotion it caused this time was too great. We’re preparing to issue a Divine Beast warrant in a few days."

"As for the other one, do you have any leads?"

The little boy, resting his chin in his hands, pondered for a moment before saying,

"There’s not much information. The other party must be from outside; essentially, there’s no way to find anything useful."

"However, after exchanging some key information, I’ve got some clues. The other party seems to have gained Its approval. I have some of the information, but it seems that the other party has a deep connection to the Odinis incident."

"Oдинis..."

With eyes narrowed, seemingly lost in thought, Lorraine Tower finished off the small snacks on the table. The little boy clapped his hands and, looking at the afterglow of the sunset, said,

"Qi Chen, leave a door open for me when you go back later."

"What are you up to now?"

"Take Anernia to Elder Li and do some report writing or something. After all, we made quite a scene trying to catch it."

"You’re aware of the commotion you caused! But what about Xiao Ji? Be careful, she won’t be able to find you, and that will make her angry again."

"She’s asleep; she won’t know what happened here."

The boy waved his hand, and everything around gradually blurred. Darkness slowly engulfed Qi Chen, and after a long while, Qi Chen slowly opened his eyes to find the bus had somehow come to a smooth halt on the road. Upon seeing this, Qi Chen breathed a sigh of relief, soothing the anxious Ah Mu inside the Spirit Beast Space, and then observed his surroundings without causing any fuss.

Passengers on the bus gradually woke up, cursing loudly as they did. This was precisely during the time when students were returning to school and office workers were getting off work. Those who had been standing on the bus had all fallen and were now sitting on the floor due to the time fog; since the aisles weren’t clean, those people cursed the loudest.

After waking up, the driver looked around, honked the horn for a while, then carefully drove the bus away, avoiding the vehicles stopped on the road. Those vehicles didn’t have the boldness of the bus driver; only after the bus had carefully passed did they slowly start moving at a very low speed.

"How do you plan to explain this!"

Seeing Feng Yuan appear before him, holding a small black creature, Can Can, Elder Li immediately understood that this fog incident must be related to Feng Yuan. Swinging the black creature in his hand, Feng Yuan said with a beaming smile,

"Well, it suddenly attacked me, so I caught it. It can redeem itself for its actions; otherwise, the Dream Domain matter will never be resolved."

Elder Li squinted at the small black creature in Feng Yuan’s hand and said,

"What exactly is it?"

"A Nightmare Divine Beast, Anernia, a lawless and mischievous scamp."

Looking at the disinterested Anernia in Feng Yuan’s hand, Elder Li was quite skeptical of the credibility of Feng Yuan’s words.

"What he’s saying is true. In fact, Anernia, if you don’t properly atone, we’ll issue a Divine Beast warrant against you."

"Ao wu!"

An unhappy Anernia, held by Feng Yuan, howled, fixing its gaze on Lorraine Tower, who spoke without emotion,

"This time, the chaos you and the unidentified creature caused has plunged the entire Divine Land Region into disarray. No matter the punishment, it would be justified. Out of respect for the human realm, your punishment will be decided by the human authorities."

Seeing Lorraine Tower’s warning gaze, Elder Li sighed inwardly. Despite Lorraine Tower’s serious tone, if they decided upon a punishment that was too severe, Lorraine Tower would likely turn on them in an instant.

Looking at Anernia in Feng Yuan’s hands, Elder Li thought of a suitable solution. After all, Feng Yuan only caught one of the two troublemakers— the other was still at large.

"Here, take this. As for the report, ask Lorraine Tower or Anernia yourself. I have to lock up the dorm soon if I don’t get back."

"You can rest at the special forces dorm."

"No, I have things to take care of, and it’s time to get off work now!"

Looking down at Anernia in his arms, Elder Li hesitated before saying,

"Come over tomorrow morning to write your report! Don’t leave anything out!"

"Got it~"

Watching Feng Yuan walk away, Anernia in Elder Li’s arms slowly regained some vitality. It looked up at Lorraine Tower’s expressionless face and quickly tucked its head back in. Elder Li glanced at the pale-faced Gitalien with some confusion but did not dare to speak out of consideration for Gitalien’s pride.