Being the Wife of a Fluffy Creature [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 24.2

Chapter 24.2: The First World (24)

The woman pulled off her sweat-soaked scarf, revealing the number “3” on her neck.

“Your face is so recognizable; where would Adam find someone who looks exactly like you? The news said the tourist and the rapist had a fight and both were taken to the hospital. Even if Adam found someone to disguise themselves as you, after such a fierce fight, the disguise on their face should have fallen off.”

“Adam really went through a lot of trouble to frame you. I heard the person impersonating you even gave a speech in District B in the evening. Now everyone in District B can prove that you went there yesterday.”

After settling the wounded on the ground, Wu Shiyi picked up the newspaper to study it carefully, “How did his disguise manage to deceive so many pairs of eyes?”

The woman shook her head.

Wu Shiyi sighed softly, “I clearly told Adam I have no interest in the Mayor’s position and can withdraw at any time, but he still won’t let me go.”

The woman thought for a moment, “Probably a case of a small man judging a gentleman by his own petty standards. In his eyes, the Mayor’s position is a real prize.”

Wu Shiyi didn’t respond.

In his impression, the No. 10 candidate, Adam, although competitive, was definitely not a bad person.

Most residents actually didn’t know who to choose for Mayor.

The speeches of the twelve candidates all sounded good. When abilities were similar, factors like gender, appearance, and age became things that helped residents choose.

All previous Mayors were men. Some female residents hoped to push for a female Mayor this time, so No. 1, No. 3, No. 9, and No. 11 became the top choices.

Some residents believed older people were more reliable, favoring No. 4 and No. 5. Some felt that No. 12, Wu Shiyi, looked upright and dependable and should be a good choice.

Adam was a mixed-race man with an outstanding appearance; he was even better-looking than Wu Shiyi and had the highest popularity among the twelve.

Even if he did nothing, Adam had a high probability of becoming the next Mayor.

Wu Shiyi couldn’t figure out why he would harm other candidates. This didn’t seem like something Adam would do; rather, it seemed like…

Seemed like who?

Wu Shiyi pressed his forehead. He didn’t know if the Truth Society’s electric shock brainwashing had left him with sequelae, but his head always throbbed with a faint pain.

Candidates No. 1 and No. 2 had already been killed by Adam, while No. 3 and No. 4, like Wu Shiyi, were imprisoned by the Truth Society. If he hadn’t found a chance to escape and save the two of them, they would have died too.

Adam was stop-at-nothing to achieve his goals, secretly colluding with the evil cult, the Truth Society.

Wu Shiyi would never allow such a madman to become Mayor; he would ruin Paradise Island.

Wait, he seemed to have forgotten something.

Wu Shiyi turned to look at No. 3, “Why did we escape?”

The woman looked at him with a complex expression, “What kind of question is that? If you’re imprisoned, of course you escape.”

That made sense, but that wasn’t why he did it.

He never stole things, yet this time he swiped an apple from the Truth Society. He clearly didn’t have the habit of wearing accessories, yet he put a collar on himself that could be attached to a leash.

Wu Shiyi remained silent for a long while, “No. 3, I’d like to trouble you to go out again.”

The woman put her scarf back on, “You saved my life, why be so polite with me? Speak up, Brother Yi.”

“Help me check a… forget it. Get me a set of clothes and a mask, and a map of District C.”

The woman grew alert, “A mask? Right now everyone takes you for a criminal; it’s too risky for you to go out.”

Wu Shiyi looked at her seriously, “A-Yue, I can’t explain it to you, but I must go out.”

Wu Yao stayed paralyzed in the hospital for a week before leaving. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to leave, but that too many people wanted him to stay in the hospital.

During this period, several reporters came to interview him, entering and leaving the ward at any time as if they were going home.

The colleagues who came to take care of Wu Yao were very dissatisfied with this, believing they were simply bullying a tourist.

The police and four candidates had visited Wu Yao one after another, saying some meaningless polite words and promising they would definitely catch the criminal to give him justice.

The process ended after the formalities were finished, like watching a cutscene in a game.

For the past two days, his colleagues hadn’t come over, he couldn’t reach them by phone, and no boat came to pick Wu Yao up.

Previously, the hospital found various excuses not to let Wu Yao go, but today they suddenly turned hostile and kicked him out.

Wu Yao had just walked two streets when he ran into a robbery. A hoodlum threw a burlap sack over his head, wanting to knock him out with a blunt club.

By the time he beat the guy down, his wallet, phone, and all valuables had vanished just like his colleagues. He was only left with a set of clothes so he wouldn’t be “streaking.”

The system watched the whole process, dumbstruck, “Spectacular! This Paradise Island really has no law!”

“The cycle starts at the beginning of the month and the world is destroyed at the end of the month. What law can a small town that only exists for one month have?”

The police didn’t investigate cases or conduct interrogations; they equally invited everyone to drink red tea.

The first time he went to the police station, Wu Yao saw that not only was Paradise Island abnormal, but the residents here also had problems with their brains.

Everything on the island was absurd and farcical, resembling a dark fairy tale, a game, or a dream more than the real world.

Speaking of which, the name of this mission seemed to be “A Yellow Millet Dream.”

The hoodlums had already slipped away. These people were just pawns pushed out by the Mayor; the lost items weren’t on them.

Wu Yao was fairly familiar with District C. He looked around and walked in the direction of the police station in his memory.

The Mayor not only retained all memories and knew the future trend but could also freely arrange the story backgrounds of the residents.

He treated the whole of Paradise Island as a stage and the residents as his marionettes.

But humans are not wood after all, and the Mayor was not omniscient or omnipotent.

He didn’t understand the complexity of human nature, didn’t understand why the effects of the memory-loss tea were sometimes good and sometimes bad, or why Paradise Island’s cycle could never end.

There were many residents in District C, but only about a dozen police officers. The small police station was crowded with people; whether reporting a case or turning oneself in, one had to take a number and wait in line.

Wu Yao took a number and looked at it: No. 1092. The customer traffic was not at all inferior to a milk tea shop.

He didn’t want to wait anymore and prepared to go do something big to make the police send a special car to pick him up.

The system was thinking, “The police station wasn’t this crowded in the last round. It was only this busy during the time the infectious disease broke out.”

“The Mayor is secretly helping to control it, otherwise, with the police station severely understaffed, these police officers would definitely become suspicious.”

“Less than twenty police officers for twenty thousand people—does that even require suspicion?”

“Remember Officer Xiao Liu’s previous abnormality? He couldn’t remember the situation in District A and B, subconsciously avoiding it every time he recalled.”

Wu Yao tapped his temple with his fingertip, “The people of Paradise Island are not normal in the head; there’s a layer of fog inside. Only when the stimulus is large enough can the fog dissipate. As an office worker, I feel that as long as the resentment from working overtime is strong enough, people can do anything.”

System: …

It was also a corporate slave, and it felt that made a lot of sense.

The Mayor couldn’t freely control monsters yet, otherwise he wouldn’t have been beaten so badly by Wu Yao before.

Wu Yao specifically ran over to see if there were any loopholes to exploit.

The system realized belatedly, thinking of a very important matter, “Wait a minute, why didn’t you just kill the Mayor? You’re a tourist, and he disguised himself as Wu Shiyi trying to force you; no matter how you look at it, doing him in wouldn’t be…”

Wu Yao interrupted it, “Can’t do it. The Mayor can’t die.”

“I know he’ll be resurrected in the next cycle, but if you finish him off, this round won’t be restricted everywhere; you could go to Districts A, B, and C as you please.”

“The Mayor isn’t human. I can’t kill him.”

A sound of footsteps came, interrupting the chat between Wu Yao and the system.

“You are… Wu Yao?”

A female voice sounded. Wu Yao turned his head and saw it was Officer Qin.

“You know me?”

“Of course. Although the incident happened in District B, the news has spread to District C, and we even sent people to the hospital to visit you. I’m sorry you encountered such a thing on the island; the police will definitely catch the person who harmed you.”

The system didn’t like her, “What bad thing does she want to do now?”

Wu Yao’s brow furrowed slightly.

In the last round, Officer Qin was someone sent by the Mayor. Now, the election is underway and the new Mayor hasn’t been decided yet; how did she pick a side so early?

Why would it be like this? Could it be that he guessed wrong and Officer Qin isn’t someone who can be won over?

Wu Yao poked his head in and looked, “Where’s Officer Liu? We have a better relationship and I have some things I want to tell him.”

“There are only two officers surnamed Liu in the station, and both are over there maintaining order. Which one are you looking for?”

“You know what I’m talking about. If I speak too bluntly, with so many people here, could you afford to treat them all to red tea?”

Officer Qin tucked away her smile, her face darkening, “What do you mean.”

“I want to see Officer Xiao Liu.”

“There is no person like you described.”

“Officer Qin, I don’t want to make a scene.”

“There are only two Officers Liu here now, do you understand? Don’t come to the police station to make trouble again. We are busy! Go home and stay there quietly, and don’t give me any more trouble! While things are still peaceful, it’s more important than anything for you ordinary people to live your lives steadily, without making or looking for trouble!”

The suddenly raised female voice hid an imperceptible threat. Wu Yao suppressed his anger and gave a cold laugh, “Oh? Then I should thank you for your advice?”

He threw away the slip of paper and strode out of the police station.

Officer Qin looked coldly at his back until he completely walked out of her sight before she withdrew her gaze.

The two police officers standing behind her looked at each other.

What Officer Xiao Liu? They only had two “Old Lius” here. Was that guy here to cause trouble?

The system turned on the rear-view mirror, “That bad cop is still glaring at you; she must hate you to death.”

Wu Yao walked out of the police station with a gloomy face. He took a deep breath and quickly controlled his expression.

“No, she loves me to death.”

System: ?

“She wanted to tell me that Officer Xiao Liu, like the other police officers, can never return to the District C police station again. Because he caused trouble in the last round and secretly passed me information—that smart lunch box hidden with apple-filled dumplings.”

Police officers had more opportunities to come into contact with the inner world. Their special status made it easier to gain the trust of the residents, making them the first targets for the Mayor.

District C should have had many police officers originally, but with the rounds of cycles, they were all sent to District A by the Mayor.

The Mayor deliberately let Officer Qin remember some things.

She didn’t know what was hidden in District A; she only knew that police officers were disappearing one by one. They might have forgotten they came from District C and settled in District A, or perhaps they were imprisoned somewhere.

Officer Qin didn’t want to bother with the people of District C; these people would appear in every cycle, living and dying, dying and living—the result was the same whether she bothered or not.

So she didn’t care about the truth of the cases and liked to use a cup of red tea to solve all troubles.

But the police officers under her were different.

They didn’t return after disappearing. she didn’t know what the Mayor would do; she was afraid they were truly dead.

Officer Qin hoped Wu Yao wouldn’t come to the police station again, let alone get involved with the police here.

Although she was on the Mayor’s side, she wasn’t completely controlled.

Wu Yao could do some small movements in District C. If the Mayor wanted the police to step in, she would go easy on him.

In the last round, Wu Yao felt this person was a bit strange. Other police officers were more or less following the process, but only she relied entirely on red tea to solve problems.

The Mayor used the lives of those junior officers to threaten Officer Qin into doing things for him, and she had been trying to find loopholes.

Clearly knowing Wu Yao had problems, yet not stopping Officer Xiao Liu from associating with him. Clearly able to send him a gift in the name of the police station, yet claiming she sent it herself.

The Mayor wanted to use that seaplane ticket to kill Wu Yao; Officer Qin wanted to protect him. Letting him have the chance to get more clues, at least seeing the end of the cycle with his own eyes.

There was only one police station in District C. Officer Qin gave people red tea every day, waiting for a long time until she finally encountered someone who wouldn’t lose their memory.

She wanted to find those missing police officers, and Wu Yao was her only hope.

Officer Qin first mentioned his encounter, then told him to go home and stay there quietly. She did her best to point out a clear path for Wu Yao.

At the moment, the Mayor likely had other matters to deal with and couldn’t attend to District C for the time being. The police had grasped the clues, but they were suppressed by her.

Wu Shiyi was in the apartment where Wu Yao lived in the last round; now was the chance to go and meet him.

The system crashed, repeatedly recalling the conversation between Officer Qin and Wu Yao, unable to read these messages no matter what.

“She couldn’t say it too clearly; I needed to combine it with known information. If I couldn’t understand, it meant I lacked the ability to fight the Mayor, and there was no need for her to risk helping me anymore. If I had the capital to compete with the Mayor, naturally she wouldn’t need to explain more.”

Wu Yao rushed to the apartment building as fast as possible, avoiding the residents and running upstairs.

“She probably didn’t know candidate No. 12 was special before, otherwise she wouldn’t have been controlled by the Mayor all along. Wu Shiyi isn’t smart but he’s definitely not stupid; with someone helping him, he wouldn’t have lost so badly.”

“Officer Qin retained her memories of the cycle and knew what all twelve candidates were named. Wu Shiyi’s name was just given by me last round; she’d know the name was problematic as soon as she checked. Problems mean loopholes, and Wu Shiyi, who suddenly changed his name, is exactly the variable in this cycle.”

The news of Wu Shiyi attacking Wu Yao completely allowed Officer Qin to link the two together. She didn’t grasp the Mayor’s tactics, but she could see the Mayor didn’t want these two to be well.

Going against the Mayor certainly wouldn’t be wrong.

The clue was given; next, it would be up to Wu Yao to fight for it.

In the later stages, the Mayor could monitor almost the entire Paradise Island, and Officer Qin had very little room to operate, making it difficult to provide further help.

At the same time, the monsters in the inner world would be completely controlled by the Mayor. Falling into a trap in the early stage still offered a chance for a counter-kill, but in the later stage, even a slight misstep would start the cycle early.

They had better take down the Mayor before the election ended.

Room 703 was locked tight, quiet inside without a sound.

Wu Yao hesitated for a moment and didn’t knock, pulling a piece of wire from his pocket and picking the lock in a few strokes.

He peeked inside through the crack in the door; the room hadn’t changed much and still had the previous decoration style. The living room was empty, with no sign of anyone having been there.

The moment Wu Yao stepped into the living room, he saw a club smashing toward him out of the corner of his eye.

He immediately rolled forward to dodge the attack. Before he could stand firm, his back collar was suddenly grabbed by someone.

The person hidden in the blind spot lifted him up forcefully, like picking up a chick.

In the brief exchange, Wu Yao had a general understanding of the attacker’s strength—strong, quick reactions, and hard to deal with.

Their positioning was very unfavorable to him; the other party would definitely use brute force to control him.

Just as Wu Yao’s thought arose, a thick arm reached out from behind and strangled his neck tightly, making it difficult for him to breathe.

If this continued, it wouldn’t be long before he lost his strength.

Wu Yao felt for the long iron nail hidden on his person, estimated the other party’s height, and backhandedly stabbed toward his head.

The man turned his head to avoid it, and Wu Yao only knocked off his hat.

Just as he was about to deliver an elbow strike, the system suddenly gave a cry, “Stop, stop, stop! I see it, it’s the dog! It’s Wu Shiyi!”

Wu Yao: …