Weird Rules Rumor: At The Beginning, He Insisted That He Was Not Dead
Chapter 194: Landen Detective Agency (22)

Old Byrne suddenly rose from his wheelchair. He looked at the sky outside the window, and a look of longing reflected in his clear eyes.

Far away, that was his home.

But he could no longer return.

"I am merely a lost stranger..."

He muttered this, and his body began to contort into strange shapes. Flesh and blood churned, tore apart, and reformed.

In an instant, he transformed into an eye with tentacles.

It floated in the air, waving its tentacles, and slowly drifted towards the window.

At that moment, there were many passersby on the street, but it seemed no one noticed Old Byrne.

It simply drifted, heading in a specific direction.

Bai Liang watched the direction of its movement, frowning.

As he wanted to continue observing, the scene suddenly accelerated. Bai Liang focused, and his body appeared in the sky above Karven, several kilometers high.

He looked down at the city from above, his gaze fixed on the drifting eye.

After time accelerated, the entire world seemed to press a fast-forward button. The sun in the sky moved visibly towards the west!

The eye entered the Meteorite Crater.

"That's where he was hiding."

Bai Liang opened his eyes, turned towards the crater, and pressed the Spatial Stopwatch button.

At this moment.

In the crater, Old Byrne floated in the center, still gazing at the sky. Stars reflected in its enormous pupil.

Bai Liang appeared behind it, hands in his pockets, and calmly looked at it.

"Did you know from the beginning that I was the killer?"

Old Byrne sensed Bai Liang's presence, turned towards him, and its voice echoed from an unknown source.

Bai Liang shook his head: "No, I only confirmed my suspicions after Will appeared."

Looking at Old Byrne, he continued: "I have a question."

"What is it?"

"What did Will ask of you?" This was Bai Liang's doubt.

Old Byrne's abilities allowed it to control others and even resurrect those it controlled.

To ordinary people, it was, without a doubt, a god. How could a god agree to the requests of mortals?

"You mean him..."

Old Byrne raised its eyes and said indifferently: "I felt that he was as lost as I was. The lost always sympathize with each other. I had already saved him once, but he wanted more, hoping I would help him resurrect his girlfriend."

Bai Liang chuckled: "So, you're a good... monster?"

"Good or bad that's for others to decide. I only do what I believe is right." There was no emotion in Old Byrne's eyes.

Having lived here for so long, it seemed to have truly become almost human.

"You came to kill me, didn't you?" Old Byrne didn't wait for Bai Liang's answer and spoke first.

Bai Liang nodded. To clear the dungeon, one had to eliminate the main conspirator.

No matter what it said, Bai Liang wouldn't believe it. He couldn't understand human hearts, so how could he judge if a monster was speaking the truth?

"Have you considered one question?"

Old Byrne slightly lowered its head and said in a muffled voice: "People like Will weren't actually controlled by me."

"They died, and then I resurrected them. Their lives are tied to mine. If you kill me, they will die too."

Bai Liang thought for a moment and replied: "As you said, they were already dead. Every second of their lives is a gift."

"Perhaps you think I'll feel guilt? No, I won't. Even if you hadn't said this, even if you said the entire city would perish if I killed you, I would still do it."

"I will destroy everything that hinders me from clearing the dungeon!"

Old Byrne looked at him for a long time: "What about Toni? He's ready to sacrifice his life for you. If he dies too, will you still go through with it?"

This time, Bai Liang didn't answer immediately. He thought for a while before saying: "Then I'll find a way to resurrect him."

"Even if you have to sacrifice your life?"

"Of course, on the condition that he's truly willing to give his life for me!"

"You are a contradictory person. You say you'll destroy everything in your path, yet you're willing to sacrifice your life for others. I don't understand why."

"Everyone is contradictory, including me and you."

"Hahahahahaha!"

Old Byrne laughed loudly, as if liberating itself before death. When the laughter subsided, it slowly uttered: "Do it."

"Won't you try to resist?" Bai Liang raised an eyebrow.

Old Byrne spread its tentacles: "Why struggle when the outcome is obvious?"

When annihilation came, Bai Liang believed Old Byrne's words were true. It had truly accepted its death peacefully.

At the moment of Old Byrne's death, Bai Liang heard the sound of the dungeon completion.

【Congratulations Player: Bai Liang, for successfully clearing D-class dungeon "Landen Detective Agency"!】

【Completion Time: 19 hours 55 minutes 23 seconds!】

【Clearance Rating: SS-rank!】

【Dungeon Rewards: Rule Points, title "Bloody Hand", A-class item*1!】

Hearing this, Bai Liang stood rooted to the spot for a long time. He looked at the black ashes on the ground, unable to utter a single word.

He had made a mistake for the first time. The conditions for clearing this dungeon seemed not as simple as killing Old Byrne.

So what had he missed?

Who?

Why had Old Byrne accepted its death so calmly?

According to the plot, the strongest in this dungeon was the boss, which was Old Byrne.

But it didn't seem to fit that description. The giant eye it used to distract others was much stronger than itself.

Click!

Bai Liang pressed the Spatial Stopwatch, and the world froze. Even the sound of the dungeon completion stopped.

【Player: Bai Liang, please note, 30 seconds remaining until dungeon exit, 30... 29... 28...】

Time stopped at 28 seconds.

The Spatial Stopwatch could not only stop time within the dungeon but also affect the world outside it.

This meant Bai Liang still had a chance to fix everything!

"Let me think, if I were Old Byrne, possessing the ability to control others and even resurrect them, what would I do?"

Bai Liang muttered to himself, and his eyes grew brighter and brighter. It seemed he had found the answer.

Is that so?

Had everyone become its vessels? Unlikely.

The best choice was to turn some people into anomalies and leave the others as normal.

"Mr. Toni, is that you?"