Dice In The Darkness: Cthulhu Calls-Chapter 547: Cat Exchange for Crown Prince

Once the attention of the crowd shifted away from Thousand Face, the conversation naturally returned to Tokyo Comprehensive University.

Since Liu Xing and others had skipped classes without a care, only Ming Hanxing remained at Tokyo Comprehensive University to continue gathering intelligence. However, Ming Hanxing’s status as a teacher provided him with considerable advantages in intelligence gathering. Therefore, Ming Hanxing had also obtained a fair amount of information today.

"Today, I inquired again about Tanaka Fuji’s news, and I actually obtained some important information. It’s now confirmed that Tanaka Fuji is a follower of the Deep Diving Society. Once, Tanaka Fuji was absent due to illness, and there was an important document at school that required his signature. So, a teacher living near Tanaka Fuji’s home volunteered to take the report to Tanaka Fuji for his signature. Thus, that teacher became the only person from the school who had been to Tanaka Fuji’s home."

"But most importantly, after entering Tanaka Fuji’s home, the teacher found that there was an altar in Tanaka Fuji’s house. Because the teacher himself is a Buddhist and also has a Buddha statue enshrined at home, he thought Tanaka Fuji was also a Buddhist. So, he used this as a reason to talk to Tanaka Fuji. However, Tanaka Fuji said he didn’t believe in Buddhism. When the teacher left Tanaka Fuji’s home, he took a special look at the altar and discovered that it didn’t hold a Buddha statue but rather a peculiar statue resembling a Fishman," Ming Hanxing said seriously.

Alice nodded and said, "If the teacher wasn’t lying, then we can indeed confirm that Tanaka Fuji is a member of the Deep Diving Society. Moreover, Tanaka Fuji should be the head of the Deep Diving Society’s branch at Tokyo Comprehensive University. According to the Deep Diving Society’s regulations, the Deep One statue isn’t casually enshrined; at least one must be at the level of a branch head to receive a Deep One statue from the headquarters."

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Upon hearing Alice’s words, Liu Xing curiously asked, "Alice, we once obtained a Deep One statue at Morimoto Academy, and at that time, the Deep One statue was also placed in a ritual site. So, what’s the story behind this Deep One statue?"

Although Liu Xing could determine the role of the Deep One statue through the information it carried, he was still curious about how the Deep Diving Society viewed these Deep One statues.

After some thought, Alice said seriously, "As far as I know, these Deep One statues are all produced uniformly at the headquarters of the Deep Diving Society. The materials used to make Deep One statues are also very special. The main body of the Deep One statue is made of a type of stone hidden deep under the sea, and even for the Deep Ones, this kind of stone is extremely precious. So, the amount of stone provided by the Deep Ones to the Deep Diving Society each year is only enough to make three Deep One statues. Apart from that stone, the Deep Diving Society also uses scales and blood of the Deep Ones as materials, so that the Deep One statues carry the aura of the Deep Ones."

"After the Deep One statues are made, the Deep Diving Society will enchant them so that these Deep One statues can obtain magical powers. Simply put, they can engage in combat under the control of the operator. Besides, they can also undergo some kind of evolution by absorbing human blood. Yes, it’s evolution. Although I don’t know what this so-called evolution represents, I can confirm that this kind of evolution does exist. It’s not something made up by the Deep Diving Society to deceive people."

"In addition, the greatest use of these Deep One statues is for proselytizing. Because these Deep One statues are like advanced robots that can perform various actions under the control of the operator, and their destructive power is quite astonishing. So, using them to evangelize newcomers is very effective. After all, in this day and age, it’s almost impossible to persuade others to join a secret cult solely through words. Some necessary performances are still required."

Liu Xing and others nodded. They hadn’t expected the Deep One statues to have such significance.

Unexpectedly, what surprised Liu Xing the most was that this Deep One statue could actually evolve.

Liu Xing pondered carefully. For a moment, he couldn’t imagine what this Deep One statue would look like after evolving. After all, it was just a stone sculpture of a Deep One, created by a group of human believers. So logically, there shouldn’t be anything fancy about it, right? If this Deep One statue was created by Yis People, then Liu Xing might suspect it could transform.

So, Ling Ishikawa, who was standing beside them, suddenly spoke up: "Knowledge acquired through paper is shallow; real understanding comes from practice. How about we just smash the Deep One statue we got from Morimoto Academy and see what’s inside?"

Ling Ishikawa’s suggestion was unanimously opposed by the others because the Deep One statue could be considered a treasure, and it shouldn’t be smashed so casually.

Therefore, Zhang Jingxu disregarded Ling Ishikawa’s proposal and said, "It seems like being in a secret cult isn’t easy now. Even spreading a religion requires various performances. And it seems like the Deep Diving Society is planning to take a high-level route. After all, the Deep Diving Society has already gained control over Cosmic Country and has a certain mass base. So, their development goal in Island Nation should be those high-level figures."

Alice shook her head and said with a smile, "Zhang Jingxu, you’ve got it wrong. The reason why the Deep Diving Society can control Cosmic Country is that they have complete control over the high-level figures of Cosmic Country. The Deep Diving Society hasn’t proselytized the ordinary people of Cosmic Country because they consider these common folk insignificant, not worthy of becoming believers. Also, the Deep Diving Society doesn’t currently intend to make itself the state religion of Cosmic Country. The reason is simple: the Deep Diving Society believes that if they excessively promote themselves, they will eventually become targets of other countries."

"Currently, Cosmic Country is still to some extent under the control of the United States of America. So even if the Deep Diving Society controls the high-level figures of Cosmic Country, if they annoy the United States of America, they will face many troubles. Although the United States of America knows about the Deep Diving Society, they don’t think it will significantly affect their interests in Cosmic Country. Moreover, such a Cosmic Country can help them better contain China, so the United States of America turns a blind eye to the Deep Diving Society."

"However, if the Deep Diving Society were to convert all the people of Cosmic Country into their believers, the United States of America wouldn’t want to see a completely independent Cosmic Country beyond their control. Therefore, understanding this, the Deep Diving Society has tacitly reached an agreement with the United States of America and hasn’t proselytized the ordinary people of Cosmic Country. However, the Deep Diving Society has carried out a purge of other secret cults in Cosmic Country, merging those that should be merged and expelling those that should be expelled, even affecting some ordinary churches."

"However, speaking of which, because of the peculiar situation in Island Nation, most high-level figures there have some understanding of secret cults. So, the Deep Diving Society’s plan to take a high-level route in Island Nation has decisively failed. After all, the Deep Diving Society lacks core competitiveness compared to other secret cults. So, the Deep Diving Society can only first merge with the Deep Sea Gospel Society to establish a foothold and then plan to cause trouble in Island Nation. Therefore, the Deep Diving Society has now set its sights on Hokkaido."

"In simple terms, after taking over the territory of the Deep Sea Gospel Society, the Deep Diving Society doesn’t intend to control Island Nation as it did with Cosmic Country. At most, they just want to occupy a small piece of land officially. However, recently, the Deep Diving Society has been active in Island Nation, setting up branches in many places and seemingly assigning some secret missions to each branch. So, I think the Deep Diving Society still has some other intentions for Island Nation. But this can only be considered my personal opinion, so I can’t guarantee that what I say is entirely correct."

Liu Xing nodded and said, stroking his chin, "In that case, I suspect that the Deep Diving Society is collecting something in Island Nation, such as that mythical creature under Cross Lake, which might be one of their targets."

"That’s right. Although Island Nation isn’t large in size, it’s full of strange things, not fewer than China. I once heard from Chrisiano that millions of years ago, Island Nation seemed to be one of the most fiercely contested places for mythical creatures on Earth. So, after the war, many things were left in various places in Island Nation, and even many mythical creatures are still dormant underground in Island Nation," Zhang Wenbing continued.

Zhang Jingxu nodded beside him and said, "That’s right. My master also said so. Moreover, my master said that those mythical creatures on Ghost Island, who call themselves ’ghosts,’ almost all began to appear during the Heian period of Island Nation. And the appearance of these mythical creatures is also related to the excavation of a divine artifact. Legend has it that the divine artifact was unearthed by an ordinary farmer, and at the moment when the divine artifact was unearthed, a divine light enveloped the mainland of Island Nation, and then those self-proclaimed ’ghost’ mythical creatures appeared in various places in Island Nation, causing trouble."

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At this point, Ming Hanxing on the side was somewhat curious and said, "What’s the story behind that divine artifact, and what happened to it later?"

Zhang Jingxu pondered for a moment and said somewhat uncertainly, "According to my master, that divine artifact seems to be a Command Generator made by advanced mythical creatures such as the People of Yi or the Migo. And those mythical creatures calling themselves ’ghosts’ are actually biological weapons created by that advanced mythical creature race. However, due to the events of the great war back then, the Command Generator was lost, and those biological weapons without commands entered a dormant state until the farmer accidentally activated the Command Generator, causing those biological weapons to resume operation."

"However, it’s possible that because the farmer made some mistakes while activating the Command Generator, those biological weapons forgot their mission and their origins. As a result, they dubbed themselves as ’ghosts.’ As for the whereabouts of the Command Generator, nobody knows because the farmer was soon captured by a nearby secret cult, and the Command Generator disappeared along with him."

"So, if all this is true, if we could get our hands on this Command Generator, we could use it to control those mythical creatures on Ghost Island," Liu Xing said with a smile.

Zhang Jingxu shrugged and nodded, saying, "In theory, yes. But these are all just legends. Besides, it’s been so many years, and we’ve never seen anyone control the mythical creatures on Ghost Island. So Ryuusei, don’t count on getting lucky and stumbling upon this Command Generator."

Liu Xing chuckled and said to Ming Hanxing, "Anyway, let’s not digress too much. Back to the original topic, Teacher Ming, did you gather any intelligence at the school today?"

Ming Hanxing nodded and said, "I also investigated some information about Oyamaya. It seems that this Oyamaya may not be the real one because I found a high school classmate of Oyamaya’s who mentioned that when Oyamaya was in the first year of high school, he suddenly fell ill and rested at home for more than two months. But when Oyamaya returned to school, classmates noticed a change in his personality. Although it can’t be said to be a major change, there were noticeable differences from before the illness. There were also memory discrepancies, such as forgetting a close friend he had before, and Oyamaya started eating green peppers, which he never touched before, and even said they were delicious after eating."

Liu Xing frowned and said, "In that case, Oyamaya is likely possessed by that man... Well, I won’t play with puns, but Oyamaya may indeed have been replaced by the Deep Diving Society. However, I don’t think the Deep Diving Society needed to go to such lengths, especially since Tanaka Fuji and Oyamaya’s father should both be members of the Deep Diving Society, unless..."

"Unless Tanaka Fuji and Oyamaya’s father hadn’t joined the Deep Diving Society at that time, so the Deep Diving Society staged this drama to recruit them," Zhang Wenbing continued.

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