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Chapter 71: Chain Reaction At that moment, Wendel felt his calves trembling lightly, as though they could no longer support the weight of his body. After leaving Utopia, he had imagined what the worst possible result might be: one day, he would suddenly die without reason. Yet he had never expected that he would again encounter someone from Utopia—here, in Backlund, this real metropolis. More importantly, the visitor had even invited him to go to Utopia again. To Wendel, this was an…-
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Chapter 70: Interaction Backlund Steam Train Station, Platform Three. After Alfred conversed for a while with his parents and younger sister, he seized the gap before departure, left the train, came onto the platform, and said to an attendant, “Give me an East Balam cigarette.” If his experiences over the years had left him with any negative effects, then apart from some mental torment and pain, only a few bad habits remained. After smoking too many “East Balam cigarettes,” which…
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Chapter 69: “I” I sat on a chair in the police station, watching the mouths of the two men in black-and-white checkered uniforms across from me open and close in turn, as though they were saying something. The one on the left had an indifferent face, as if he had already seen far too much misfortune. The one on the right was still somewhat inexperienced, and his gaze carried a little pity. I did not feel pain, nor did I regret thrusting down that blade. At that moment, I had even felt as…
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Chapter 68: Moonlit Night MI9’s office building was located on Bellotto Street in the West Borough. It was a plain-looking three-story building. At its entrance, there was no sign that explained its identity. Only a simple doorplate hung there: “9.” The most essential part of the office building lay underground. The portion above ground mainly housed clerks. Of course, the majority of Beyonders affiliated with MI9 would not go underground unless they had business there either. The…
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Chapter 67: Teaching by Personal Example All at once, the muscles in Wendel’s back fully tightened, entering a state as though they might explode at any moment. Shock and suspicion surged through his heart, and several guesses flashed through his mind, impossible to suppress: “Are the residents of Utopia monsters wearing human skin? Do they normally look ordinary, but once they encounter a logical blind spot, they display a side different from ordinary humans, ignoring places where obvious…
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Chapter 66: A Midnight Fright “Why would the confidential document I am escorting mention Utopia?” “What is special about this place?” “…” One thought after another flashed through Wendel’s mind. His ears seemed to echo with a buzzing sound. At that moment, he felt as though he had just relaxed after overusing his brain, as if he were about to fall ill. Wendel swiftly forced himself to calm down. He carefully reviewed all his experiences since arriving in Utopia and…
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Chapter 65: Helping Others Wendel was not at all unfamiliar with murder. Hearing those words, he felt no panic. Quite calmly, he let his gaze pass over the woman standing in the doorway and look into the room. Immediately, he saw a man collapsed on the floor. His chest was stained a deep red. “Are you certain he is already dead?” Wendel asked peacefully. The young lady in her twenties first looked blank, then answered with some uncertainty, “He should be… I don’t…
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Chapter 64: Checking In Hearing his attendant’s words, Alfred suddenly felt as though the room’s temperature had plummeted. An indescribable chill seeped into his body, freezing his blood and bone marrow. When the passenger ship docked at Utopia Harbor, he had actually imagined what the worst possible situation might be: that Utopia was the headquarters of some cult, and every person there was a potential, dangerous lunatic. But now, the truth might be even worse. Perhaps Utopia did not…
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Chapter 63: A Night Without Abnormalities Amid the rocking and swaying, the passenger ship passed through the storm and approached the lighthouse. Soon, a small harbor appeared through the gloomy curtain of rain, entering the eyes of the captain, sailors, and passengers. Before long, a man in his thirties wearing a blue uniform, holding a black umbrella and carrying a glass lantern, appeared on the pier. With movements that were not especially standard, he directed the passenger ship to complete…
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Chapter 62: Offstage Preparation The early preparations for creating the marionette town were quite tedious and complicated. At least, that was what Klein thought. Inside the vast ancient palace, Klein sat in the high-back chair belonging to The Fool, holding a fountain pen and using ordinary paper to write names, ages, and fates for each marionette. At the same time, he had one Spirit Worm after another crawl out of his body and recombine beside him into avatar after avatar. Some of these Kleins…
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