Lord of Mysterious Wizard

Chapter 62: Chapter 62 Love of Dionysus

“She was indeed indulged in the aesthetics of a confusing era, but more precisely, she was obsessed with the first guide, a profoundly influential film that ultimately made this type of man popular nationwide…”

“Film?”

Tang Qi didn’t play coy and pointed to the similar facial features of the seven unfortunate people, then revealed the mystery.

The confusing era was an extremely abnormal yet brief period, but its influence still lingered in various sectors or other details of the Federation.

However, it was somewhat ancient, and aside from Gideon, others had only heard snippets and were far from understanding or mastering it.

In fact, although Tang Qi was diligently studying the history of the Federation and even the entire Origin Blue Star, it was definitely a long-term project, and Tang Qi was not yet at the stage where he could readily cite various historical anecdotes.

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The reason he knew something about that confusing era was due to its frequent appearance in various “strange books.”

From several voluminous books borrowed from Messer Library, he often found anecdotes about that era.

For instance, in “Federation Hundred Years of Strange, Absurd and Real,” it mentioned the confusing era when the Federation Government once issued a federally-enforced decree that lasted only about half a year—the Prohibition Order and its origins.

In the anecdotes related to this decree, a movie made a fleeting impression.

Tang Qi did not explain that anecdote, because by this time, Gideon, who was born right at the end of the confusing era, had already guessed the name of the movie.

“Love of Dionysus!”

Gideon’s aged face shifted slightly as he spoke the name excitedly.

Tang Qi nodded, affirming Gideon’s guess.

He continued: “According to what I’ve seen, the movie tells a very strange love story. A young, wealthy, and charming doctor husband, who often cheats, is eventually impulsively killed by his beautiful yet insane wife.”

“To resurrect her lover, the wife brewed a wine, dripped it on her husband, and he truly came back to life, turning into a perfect lover; not only did he have a handsome appearance and a robust physique, but also elegant speech and complete obedience to her commands.”

“Regrettably, the husband quickly died again, his state was just like these bodies, cold and stiff, and they wouldn’t decay. In order to be with her perfect lover, the wife had to repeatedly brew this wine, named after the ancient Wine God, until she finally died exhausted.”

“At the end of the movie, the husband’s body remains unchanged eternally, but the wife quickly rotted into a pile of bones.”

As Tang Qi narrated, everyone gradually caught on.

Their gazes fell upon the bodies on the ground.

What had been inconspicuous clues were now utterly transparent. @@novelbin@@

“This facial type? It’s because of the film’s main actor, Robert Gable; ‘Love of Dionysus’ was indeed his breakout role, and it was also the beginning of his fame across the Federation.”

“These clothes, because Robert portrayed a doctor in the movie, and in that era, many doctors would place a white handkerchief in their coat pocket.”

“This way of death, is it also a tribute to ‘Love of Dionysus’?”

Almost every clue corresponded with what Tang Qi had said.

Of course, this made things even more bizarre.

Because this means that right now at the border between Newton District and Lopez Region, there’s a monster from the Mysterious Side searching around for people who resemble Robert Gable, the top male star of the confusing era, then killing them to turn into zombies.

If this wasn’t about the Extraordinary Domain, but rather a serial killer deliberately pursuing this effect, then this case would look unbelievably enticing.

Gideon was getting excited, he was writing a book recently, and getting involved in such serial murder cases would definitely add some brilliant content to his book.

No, if it’s about the Mysterious Side, then it’s even more thrilling.

Gideon suddenly felt very fortunate; if he had previously thought about leaving the team, now he was thoroughly without such thoughts.

At this moment, he was an old man pursuing thrill, completing the life’s work he dedicated his heart to.

His excited mood made him catch on to Tang Qi’s line of thinking, in the tone of a veteran detective he said: “So you want to find someone who resembles Gable to lure the monster out and then kill it. But there are some problems, like how to ensure the safety of the bait, do you know what kind of existence that monster is? How does she kill? Can Stanna kill her?”

Upon hearing these questions, Tang Qi pondered for a moment, then fulfilled his role as a consultant.

“If there’s a suitable bait, I can lend him one of my collections, I can’t guarantee absolute safety, but it should be enough to defend for a bit.”

“That monster is probably a resentful spirit, a female spirit who sees herself in the role of a wife, we don’t know her method of killing yet.”

“As for whether Stanna can kill her, you should ask Stanna.”

“Click”

Right as Tang Qi finished speaking, he and Gideon heard a strange noise together, they turned their heads just in time to see Stanna pulling out her prized weapon from her arms, with a slight flick, the extravagant design of the Red Rhino began to shake the hearts of everyone else on scene.

As the owner of Blood Python One, Tang Qi was very calm.

But the others were all showing looks of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Every man loves this kind of monster made of steel and sulfur.

Unfortunately, throughout the entire Messer Police Station, there was only one Red Rhino. It was one of Stanna’s few privileges that she brought with her from Secret Phoenix State to Messer City. Without including the extraordinary factors, the rarity of the Red Rhino would even exceed that of Blood Python One in some respects.

Despite holding the Red Rhino, Stanna was not a rash person.

She pondered over the “plan” Tang Qi and Gideon had formulated word by word and facing Tang Qi, she asked: “If the resentful spirit that appears has a threat level exceeding the sea~ levels of the two bullets you gave me, can you detect and warn us in real-time?”

This sister-like female sheriff once again showed her decent emotional intelligence and did not ask Tang Qi if he would join the fight according to the plan, but whether he could provide an early warning.

Compared to anticipating Tang Qi’s participation, an early warning was more reliable.

Tang Qi understood easily and replied directly: “Yes!”

After speaking, he glanced again at Nathan and Havier who were somewhat confused and added solemnly: “If the resentful spirit’s threat level is such that she can ignore your bullets, and you still cannot escape even with my early warning, there is a high chance that I… might also die.”

“Humph”

Stanna, who had been hoping to hear “I will also join the battle,” almost bit her tongue due to Tang Qi’s twist.

Her beautiful eyes fiercely glared at Tang Qi, silently thinking: “Wretched high schooler, I really shouldn’t have had any expectations of him.”