Catastrophe Containment Facility-Chapter 79 The Mask of the Defiler

79: Chapter 79: The Mask of the Defiler

79 -79: The Mask of the Defiler

Wen Wen shook his wrists, and when he fired the gun without paying attention, he actually felt some numbness in his wrist.

With his current strength, he even felt the gun’s recoil was a bit strong.

If a normal person were to fire it, their bones might very well be shattered by the impact.

The recoil was astonishing, and so too was the effect: three puppets in a line were hit by the single shot and immediately lost their ability to move.

The puppet that took the brunt of the shot had a hole the size of a soccer ball blown through its chest, nearly blown apart.

And this gun was loaded with only a Demon Hunting Bullet.

If it had been loaded with the special red bullets, the effect would have been even more staggering.

After testing the Blazing Tiger’s effect, Wen Wen holstered the gun, evaded an attack from an oncoming puppet, kicked it away, and then drew another pistol with a white base and blue pattern, which was slightly more delicate—this one was ‘Pack of Wolves’.

A single shot from each gun was enough for Wen Wen’s testing.

Despite having plenty of Demon Hunting Bullets now, these weren’t easy to come by, and using them on trivial monsters easily torn apart by hand felt like a waste.

In fact, Wen Wen hadn’t tested them before because he hadn’t had a suitable opponent and was reluctant to use the bullets.

Pack of Wolves had two firing modes, one called Scatter Shot and the other Silent Shot, with a runes switch near the safety to toggle between them.

He aimed at a cluster of densely packed puppets, and after one shot, the puppet at the front was riddled with holes like a wasp’s nest, while several puppets behind it were also hit.

Just one bullet, but the effect was like that of a shotgun!

The puppets were all flesh and blood on the outside, so the scene after that shot was exceptionally brutal, but Wen Wen enjoyed this violent style—the more brutal, the better the gun proved to be.

Then Wen Wen flipped the switch to Silent Shot mode and fired another bullet, which blew a puppet’s head clean off without making a sound, far more impressive than the best suppressor available on the market.

And whether it was Silent Shot or Scatter Shot, the firing speed was much faster than that of the Blazing Tiger.

A slight twitch of his finger was enough to fire, and if Wen Wen wanted, he could empty a magazine in under a second!

The firing speed of this gun depended entirely on hand speed.

If someone like Kato used it, removing the limitation of the magazine, it could probably achieve the effect of a Gatling.

The reason Wen Wen could methodically test his guns in such a leisurely fashion was due to his noticeably improved physical condition.

Whenever any puppets attacked, he would simply kick them away.

With his strength, a kick couldn’t kill a puppet, but it could send them flying far away, unable to attack for a while.

Despite their frightening appearance, these puppets were not difficult to deal with.

Comparing them to the monsters Wen Wen had encountered before, these puppets were laughably weak.

Fighting them alone might be challenging for one person, but with the cooperation of others, it was no difficulty at all.

Wen Wen and Yan Xiu worked together and quickly exterminated all the puppets.

Although Wen Wen’s fighting seemed grand, it was actually Yan Xiu who played the most significant role.

Even if their bodies were pierced, the puppets could still attack with their remaining parts, and they weren’t finished until Yan Xiu destroyed all their parts.

However, Yan Xiu’s white light could completely eradicate the puppets, preventing them from rising again to fight.

“These things are taken care of, but what about the mastermind behind them?

If we can’t find them, we can’t consider this mission a success,” Yan Xiu said, catching his breath.

“The mastermind might be this house itself.

Let’s burn it down sooner rather than later,” Wen Wen stubbornly insisted on taking down the house because he wanted to see what secrets it hid inside.

Yan Xiu shook his head, “It’s not the house.

I realized after entering that the corruption of the house itself was very light, almost nonexistent.

The corruption all came from these puppets.

Now that we’ve killed all the puppets, the house’s corruption has disappeared.”

“What exactly is this corruption you keep mentioning?

If you don’t explain it clearly, I won’t believe you,” Wen Wen asked, squinting his eyes.

Yan Xiu hesitated for a moment, then said, “This mask of mine is called ‘Mask of the Defiler’.

It is a Holy Artifact inherited from the Glory Church, capable of seeing the filth on objects and people.

The heavier the filth, the deeper the sin!”

After having fought alongside Wen Wen, his animosity towards him had lessened.

He had previously disliked Wen Wen because of the strong filth on Wen Wen’s body, which was much heavier than that of all the Puppets in the room.

“Hey, what is a Holy Artifact?” Wen Wen turned his head and whispered to Lin Lu.

“Oh, don’t be fooled by their grandiose name.

It’s actually the same kind of thing as your gun, just a supernatural item,” Lin Lu whispered back to Yan Xiu.

“Are you two insane?

You’re so close, whispering is useless!” Yan Xiu growled, as an angry symbol appeared on the mask.

To some extent, his mask could directly lock onto Monsters and sinners, but it also had its downsides.

That was because some of Yan Xiu’s intense thoughts would appear on the mask.

Thus, he maintained a cold demeanor, lest various things kept surfacing on it and turned him into a laughingstock.

However, now that this feature had been revealed in front of the two, he didn’t bother to continue hiding it.

“Ahem.”

Wen Wen cleared his throat and said, “Since you put it that way, I suppose I’ll take your word for it.

Can you see where that ‘filth’ has gone?”

Yan Xiu shook his head and said, “I can’t see that.

I can only see the filth in front of me, like you.”

“Uh…”

Wen Wen was momentarily at a loss for words.

Filth represents sin, so was he, Wen Wen, the Great Detective, a person burdened with deep sin?

…From a certain point of view, perhaps not wrong…

Let’s not talk about the many ‘legally inconspicuous’ wrongdoings Wen Wen himself had committed.

Just considering the Energy heart that the Catastrophe Gloves had inserted into his chest, it was indeed a grave sin.

“Hahaha, I really am a man with stories.”

Wen Wen gave an awkward laugh and made an excuse before saying to the pair, “So since your ‘filth’ is not working, it’s up to me now.

If he left any traces, I should be able to find them.”

Wen Wen began searching for clues among the corpses scattered all over the floor.

For Wen Wen, the inn was full of clues everywhere.

If the hidden mastermind was not the inn itself, it had to be a person or a creature.

Even if they were not currently in the inn, they must have left traces behind.

Since the Puppets all followed certain behavior patterns, traces different from those of the Puppets had a high probability of being left by the hidden mastermind.

After some screening, Wen Wen found a room that had not been occupied by Puppets before.

“If I’m not mistaken, the dark hand behind the scenes resided here.

Let’s see if there are any clues.”

Wen Wen searched the room for a long time and finally, in the gap between the table and chairs, he found a pair of underwear that had gone slightly sour.

“Hmm…

It seems that this Monster is also a lazy one.

Judging by the smell emanating from the underwear, it’s probably not human.

If I take a deep breath, I should be able to follow the scent to find where it has gone…”