Chapter 934: The Final Prophecy
Chapter 934: The Final Prophecy
Am I running a fever?
Lyon was taken aback by this sudden, peculiar question. Instinctively, he reached up and touched his forehead, perplexed.
Compared to usual... it does feel a little warmer, but when I go out to the balcony to catch some breeze, my temperature drops by two degrees. This minor variation, not even half a degree, should be within the normal range of body temperature fluctuations, right?
"You're running a fever too!"
Seeing Lyon touch his forehead and then remain silent, his expression turning slightly odd, Anna couldn't help but tense up. She quickly got up, walked over, and extended her slightly cold palm to feel Lyon's forehead.
"I'm not sure if it counts as a fever, but it does feel a little warmer than usual."
She casually touched Anna's forehead as well, confirming her temperature hadn't changed. Relieved, Lyon allowed her to measure his temperature while he asked, puzzled:
"Anna, why do you think I have a fever?"
"Because of your hair."
Glancing at Lyon's lustrous black hair, Anna noticed a few strands that had turned silver. She couldn't help but bite her lip, responding with concern:
"William's hair also turned white before he had a fever. And the people sent to the almshouse today had the same thing. They all started running a fever after their hair changed color."
"What?!"
Lyon's eyebrows furrowed slightly upon hearing Anna's words, sensing that this situation was likely an anomaly. He touched his hair while frowning and asked:
"Aside from a small portion of my hair changing color, what other commonalities are there among those sent to the almshouse with low-grade fever symptoms?"
"Well... most of them had black or white hair."
Anna thought for a moment, then replied uncertainly:
"I helped settle over forty people, and more than forty of them had black or white hair. Only three had blonde or brown hair, and their hair also showed signs of color change. Two had a small streak of white, and one had a small streak of black."
So... the key to this anomaly is hair?
Lyon had been feeling his hair, but hearing no unusual signs, his frown deepened. Just as he was about to ask more questions, the sound of slippers scuffing on the floor came from the inner room.
"Big brother!"
Melanie, who had just entered the inner room, rushed out, her small fists clenched with tension. "William seems to be running a fever again! Should I change his towel or give him more medicine?"
Another fever?
Hearing Melanie's words, Lyon tensed up and hurried towards the inner room.
Just as he was about to check on William, a slightly feverish face peeked out from behind Melanie, eyes half-open, half-closed. "I'm fine... I don't feel as bad as she says."
No, this is not a matter of severity!
Lyon touched William's forehead, confirming he was indeed running a fever again. He turned around decisively and said, "Anna, you stay here with them... No, just stay here. I'll chase after those two female officers and have them bring Ellie over as well. Don't go to the almshouse for now. I'll ask Veronica to send people and medicine to lower the fever.
Also, I need to go back to the bureau first. I won't be home for dinner today. If I have to go on another business trip, I'll have Veronica send someone to inform you."
"Okay."
Although Lyon couldn't understand why Lyon was doing this, seeing his serious expression, she knew that there was definitely something wrong behind this moderate-scale low-grade fever. Anna went over and held the two clueless kids, then instructed Lyon, who was about to get his coat:
"Brother, remember to be careful."
"Don't worry."
After putting on his coat and quickly leaving the house, Lyon, with a frown, immediately entered the Mirror World and began to travel at high speed through the mirrors, chasing after the two female officials.
A pile of messy information, like the glass scattered across different stores and buildings, kept colliding and consolidating in his mind, and finally, a clear "path" emerged.
This abnormal event might not be limited to the Imperial Capital but the entire mortal world! As for the source of the anomaly, there was a 90% chance that it was related to the Twin Kingdoms!
Recalling the secret that the Red-Haired Commissioner refused to reveal, along with the few "prophecies" left by the Aquarius Director, Lyon's heart couldn't help but feel a slight twinge.
Not a single mistake, a single strand of hair, a single word, a single look at a book!
Previously, when the Aquarius Elder climbed the Watchtower, he had returned once, taking Lyon into the Aquarius Palace to replace him as the Director, and after giving Lyon four enigmatic prophecies, that part of his will retreated to the Aquarius Palace to become a shut-in, and there had been no further movement since.
The content of those four sentences prophesied four disasters that the Slaughter King might cause: the melting of the Hexagonal Snow Mountain in the Northern Kingdom, the lack of a successor to the Great Witch Queen in the Witch Kingdom, the transformation of the Royal Ship in the Thousand Sail Sea Kingdom into a land of the dead, and a large-scale massacre in the Twin Kingdoms.
The situations in the Northern Kingdom and the Witch Kingdom were more or less resolved by Lyon, but there was a mishap in the Thousand Sail Sea Kingdom, where the entire Royal Ship was dragged away by the Netherworld Lords and is now sitting in the City of Regret, and Lyon has no idea how to retrieve it. As for the Twin Kingdoms, there has been no movement yet.
According to the intelligence Lyon obtained from a casual chat with the Virgo Commissioner, in the remaining Western Karlev Kingdom, most of the citizens have white hair, while in the destroyed Eastern Karlev Kingdom, most of the citizens had black hair, which matches the hair color of those with the low-grade fever.
Additionally, Lyon vaguely remembered him mentioning that many black-haired citizens in other kingdoms of the mortal world were once descendants or descendants of the Eastern Karlev Kingdom, and both Lyon and William happened to have black hair. Therefore, this low-grade fever might be targeting people with the bloodline of the Twin Kingdoms!
Looking at the mirror on the side of the road, seeing the white hair at his temple, and recalling what Anna said about the hair color change and the subsequent fever, Lyon couldn't help but take a deep breath and quickly entered the mirror on the street again.
Although he couldn't be 100% sure, this change was very likely the work of the Slaughter King. Moreover, there were definitely others besides Anna who could discover this abnormal situation.
According to the "work" process between the Virgo Bureau and the Kingdom, such a large-scale abnormality would undoubtedly be sent to the Police Department first, then passed on to the Purge Bureau through the Police Department, and finally, it would end up on the Commissioner's desk.
And after connecting all these dots, there was an answer to the strange behavior of the Commissioner, who suddenly cut off the Bloodhair Slayer without a word and left... After receiving the news and identifying the source, she decided to go to the Twin Kingdoms to put an end to the past once and for all!
(End of Chapter)
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