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The information that Laura provided was quite detailed, but it was precisely because of the details that there were no clues.

Croger, in his last public appearance revealed that he had recently acquired a new item that he wanted to collect for a long time, but none of the information about the item was disclosed. Based on the time frame, it can be speculated that the “new item” he was referring to at that time should be the sword of Kolmath.

Unbeknownst to most people, “buying the Sword of Kolmath at a high price before the auction” was the last time Croger was seen in the outside world. After that, he presumably went home and had a portrait drawn by the artist, which was the third painting in the collection hanging on the wall of the house that Ah Jin had visited before.

There was just more of the hilt of that sword present in that picture in comparison to the others.

However, Croger’s “widow” publicly said that the last time he left home was the last time Croger was seen in public. She lied.

Although he doesn’t understand why she lied, he was sure that the sword was not in her hands now.

In the information provided by Laura, it was stated that this “widow” was only a mid-level demon and her body cannot bear the “power” of the sword.

If the sword was in her possession, she would have met the same fate as the other demons in the auction house: a near-death experience, or at best, an implosion from the inside, or death as soon as the rate of renewal could not keep up with the decay.

However, she still looks as beautiful as a flower.

There is an 80% chance that the sword is in Croger’s possession.

So the problem came back to finding the whereabouts of Croger.

Even Croger, as a high-level demon, would not be able to resist the power of the sword if he carried it long enough.

No, judging by the fact that he is now missing, he is 100 percent alive, not dead, and if he was dead, news of the sword would have come out in some form or another. The fact that the sword of Kolmath is missing proves that he still has it.

Now Croger, like himself who absorbed the power of the ring a while ago, should have his veins burst from the inside, and keep bursting… and bursting…

Just when Ah Jin was thinking about where Croger would be now, suddenly he remembered a video call he had with Ji Huan a while ago, and a sentence that Ji Huan said at that time suddenly made him enlightened.

“Ah Jin, have you seen a doctor?”

Yes!

This is it!

You will go to the doctor when you’re sick or something strange happens to you — that’s what ordinary people, or ordinary demons do!

Unlike himself who is used to enduring all the pain and waiting for it to heal slowly, Croger is a pampered high-level demon. Although no one knows why he disappeared from the public eye, including his wife, but as long as he is alive, as long as he wants to live, there is one kind of person he must see——

A doctor.

If there is an injury or illness, there will be doctors to treat it, and the Demon Realm is no exception. Croger will definitely go to see a doctor, and he will surely leave some traces behind.

The probability that Croger will leave a clue with the doctor is more than 90%!

Thinking about it quickly, Ah Jin searched for famous dermatology hospitals on the Internet.

He did not need to know which doctor Croger had been to, nor did he need to find out which hospital he had visited. Even though it is possible to get the news this way, but it would be too slow——

Moreover, even if it is reliable news, it must be identified from a considerable amount of false news after sorting out.

It’s too much trouble.

For a person who is desperately trying to hide his whereabouts, it is better to let him come here by himself rather than him trying to find a needle in a haystack.

He has a lot of ready-made ways.

With a plan in mind, Ah Jin didn’t bring any luggage except a book, and set off on the journey leisurely.

He exposed his wounds to the doctor and let himself be examined and treated, and then as his wounds slowly ‘get better’, something will happen.

There are not many people with the same ‘condition’ as him, and Croger happens to be one of them.

A person’s whereabouts may be a secret, but symptoms and diseases are not. After the same symptoms are released for people to see, then the information he will receive here can be used to “remove the false news and preserve the truth”.

Due to the strange symptoms of his body, Croger is bound to see many doctors, and his symptoms will definitely be remembered by those doctors.

Indeed, as the number of doctors visiting him has increased, several of them talked about seeing patients with “similar symptoms, but with a more severe condition”.

“But the initial treatment didn’t help him, and the long stay in the hospital was expensive, so he moved elsewhere.” Although the description of being unable to afford a hospital didn’t quite fit Croger, Ah Jin had a premonition that it was Croger.

Then, just as he was “getting better,” he did see Croger.

“Excuse me, Sir, what medication did you take? Did you really have the same condition as Mr. Croger?” The loud-mouthed female demon asked, and it was surprising that Croger had not used a pseudonym in her presence, which was good enough confirmation he doesn’t seem to need anymore.

Looking up from the book in his hand, Ah Jin glanced at the female demon with a smile, and then moved his gaze straight to the demon wearing a thin cloak behind her.

“Hello, Mr. Croger Guertas.”

“Eh? Sir, why are you calling Croger so solemnly… wait… How do you know Mr. Croger’s full name? You… Know?” The female demon was clearly in a state of confusion. She looked at the man in front of her and then at the cloaked demon behind her.

“Let me introduce myself. My full name is Jin Murphy Firzaha. I’ve been waiting here for Mr. Croger… for a long time.” The thin black-haired demon on the hospital bed introduced himself with a smile. He did not do anything, but suddenly the cloaked demon on the other side took a few steps forward like an enemy and used his thin and tall body to block the thick female demon, and said in a deep voice:

“Lydia, go and wait for me outside.”

“Hey! Why are you calling me by my first name again? How many times have I told you to address me as Miss Lydia or the boss!”

“I know, Miss Lydia, wait for me outside.” The cloaked demon continued.

The atmosphere between the two male demons was already very tense and explosive, and no matter how slow the female demon was, she knew something was wrong.

“I’ll be right outside if you need me.” With one look at the two male demons, Miss Lydia finally walked out the door, as Mr. Croger said.

Suddenly there were only two male demons left in the room.

“Did Lenny send you to kill me?” Removing the cloak from the top of his head, the man in the cloak revealed his true face:

That universally renowned face was nowhere to be seen! It was a rather terrifying face under the cloak, just like Ah Jin’s face some time ago after he absorbed the energy from the ring, but worse!

There was no intact skin left on the man’s entire face, parts of his bones were exposed and some parts were hardened into dark red scabs.

But Ah Jin recognized him immediately with his iconic blond hair and blue eyes.

The name Lenny sounded vaguely familiar, and Ah Jin soon remembered where he had heard it before: Lenny Guertas —— Mrs. Croger’s full name.

The corner of his mouth curved slightly, but before he could speak, Croger, who was opposite him, spoke first:

“I’ll go with you, and it doesn’t matter where you want to end my life, but before that, please let me talk to the woman outside for few minutes.”

Ah Jin still smiled slightly.

The ugly demon on the opposite side trembled, visibly becoming more nervous.

“She doesn’t know anything about the past, so don’t do anything to her!”

“You——”

“I’m not a killer sent by Lenny. It seems that you haven’t been watching the news for a long time. If you’ve been reading the papers lately, you’ll probably know who I am.” With a wave of his hand, Ah Jin motioned for the demon to calm down. He introduced himself slowly:

“I’m an antique lover. I’ve been looking for sword of Kolmath for a while, and from all the clues, I believe that you now have the sword in your possession.”

The ugly demon on the opposite side shuddered again.

Seeing his reaction, Ah Jin again confirmed a speculation in his heart. Without saying anything else, he continued, “Make me an offer. I want to buy the sword from you.”

The ugly demon on the opposite side then showed a rather complicated expression.

Of course, at this moment, his rotten facial muscles are unable to support him to make any expressions, and all emotions are in those blue eyes.

The owner of the black eyes let him stare.

Until half an hour later——

“That sword…is indeed on me. If possible, I would like to sell it to you immediately, but…”

The ugly demon slowly opened his cloak. Under the cloak, his upper body was completely naked. Due to the serious decay of his body, even soft clothes would make him miserable, so he has been going out with only a cloak everyday for a long time.

It’s a pretty hard thing to imagine for someone like Croger, who used to wear the most exquisite clothes, but the fact is that he has been doing it for more than 50 years now.

The body under the cloak was in worse condition than his face, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as riddled with holes.

Ah Jin could even see his heart through his exposed ribs.

Though his body was rotten, his heart was still strong, beating and pumping fresh blood into his exhausted body.

“More than fifty years ago, I desperately bought that sword, and I gave it to Lenny during dinner at night, and then…”

“Lenny stabbed me in chest with that sword on the spot.”

“I didn’t know she didn’t like me so much.”

“She thought I was dead and threw my body outside randomly, but for some reason, I didn’t die.

Croger told Ah Jin in a few words what happened after he bought the sword of Kolmath.

“But you have also seen: Although I am not dead now, it is no different from being dead.”

“The sword disappeared after Lenny stuck it in my chest. Only the hilt remained, the blade… It’s probably rotting in my body, the flesh of my clan’s people can dissolve anything, and the sword may also have been dissolved by now, right?”

“Sorry, although I really want to agree to your request, but I can’t, the sword is no longer on me.”

Although he was in a terrible state, Mr. Croger still spoke politely, and a shadow of his past can be seen everywhere.

The dark-haired demon, who had been sitting on the bed, suddenly got up and approached Croger step by step. Facing the man’s step by step approach, Croger felt a fit of palpitations and moved backwards reflexively until his back was against the wall and his right hand was on the wall beside his face. The dark-haired man’s pale face was close to him.

“No, you can do it, that sword is on your body right now.” He said, pressing his left hand on his rotten chest indifferently.

“You should be thankful that you gave this sword to Lenny.”

“The sword of Kolmath is an invisible sword. Its blade is entirely made of energy. If it is pierced into someone’s body, the blade will turn into energy and instantly infuse into the body of the person who was stabbed.”

“This is the power of the devil king, but being stabbed does not represent hatred, but love.”

“The translation of this sword’s name is wrong. The word я here should not be “sword”, but “love”. Kolmath means “gift” in the ancient language, and the real name of this antique should be the gift of love.”

“It seems that you can’t bear the love of the devil King…”

The dark-haired man’s cold hand was already pressing on his heart. Croger’s heart was beating faster and faster. The other party was clearly just a demon of the same gender with the same size and height as himself, but he felt an extremely strong pressure.

It was a very cold, but strangely sweet taste.

He thought of honey.

Just like an ancient tree that has grown for tens of thousands of years, with a pool of golden honey in the trunk. This sweetness was sealed under the rough trunk, and no one has found it for a long time. However, one day, the trunk cracked, and the honey inside flowed out…

It’s cold, seductive, and mysterious…

“My body… turned into this… is it because of that sword… no… that love? “Under this extremely strong pressure, Croger persisted and continued to ask.

“Yes.”

“If… you take it away…will I get better?”

“Yes.”

“Please take it away!” Trembling, Croger spoke to the dark-haired man opposite him. At the moment he uttered these words, a powerful suction suddenly came from the left palm of the other’s hand, which was in contact with his body!

The storm like force surged from his body to the opponent’s left palm, and Croger felt that he was instantly turned into a piece of paper. He felt as if countless stars flew from one side to the other, and he was beaten into a sieve.

There are more and more holes in the body, and finally——

His piece of paper does not exist at all!

The violent force swept Croger and Ah Jin who were barely conscious.

Unlike Croger, Ah Jin’s whole body was in a state of mad surprise at this violent infusion of power.

As if he had been starving for a long time, his body frantically absorbed this force, even if it fell apart again.

When the last drop of force was infused, the black-haired man let out a soft sigh.

“I forgot to ask, how much do you want me to pay for this sword?”

As he took his left hand back, Croger, whose body was supported by it, fell limply to the ground, looking down at the tall and thin man lying naked on the ground in the cloak, Ah Jin asked softly.

“One hundred and…fifty million…gold bars…this…is the price I bought it with at that time.” Croger said weakly, staring at the ceiling with his clear blue eyes.

“Very well, I will transfer the money to your account later.”

“The transaction is completed.”

——

The door of the ward opened, and Lydia, who had been nervously paying attention to the movements in the ward, immediately looked inside.

What came out was Mr. Fir… Mr. Firzaha, who was helping Croger out, and he seemed to be unconscious.

“What’s the matter with Croger? Oh my God! Has he fainted again?” Lydia hurried over and the black-haired man handed over the male demon to her.

Looking at the powerful female demon holding a high level male demon horizontally, Ah Jin touched his chin: Is this the legendary princess hug?

It looks pretty good.

“I just told him about the treatment method. Go back and try it. Maybe he will get better this time.”

Smiling, Ah Jin waved goodbye to the two demons, then closed the door, and returned to the ward.

As he lay on the hospital bed again, a wave of weakness swept over him.

This time, he felt really weak.

This “sword” contained more energy than the ring last time. Although he has the energy of the previous ring as a foundation, there is still a bit of resistance in his body.

He closed his eyes and lay down on the bed for a while, feeling some wet liquid slipping down his face, Ah Jin took out his phone and looked at it with the phone’s selfie camera as a mirror.

Sure enough, the face began to fall off again.

Hehe… just get used to it.

He closed his eyes again, and the soft quilt under his body was very comfortable.

He remembered the past.

The phone rang, and he opened his eyes again. When he turned on the phone to check, he saw a new text message.

“?” There is only a question mark, the sender is “Xiao Hua”, and the profile picture is a photo of a teenager who is cleaning his balls.

Hehe, don’t get me wrong, the ball here is black egg, the photo was probably taken by that Callas, and the location seems to be a bathtub.

After thinking about it, Ah Jin made a call.

He didn’t make a video call this time, he doesn’t want the boy to see what he looks like at this moment.

It’s scary.

The call was quickly connected.

“Ah Jin.” The young man’s voice was pleasant, and Ah Jin felt that he liked the tone of the other party calling his name.

“Good afternoon.” Ah Jin said with a smile.

“The phone was at home, I saw your text message just now, what’s wrong?” The boy asked, straight to the point as always.

“Oh… I’ve been looking for someone for a long time, but I couldn’t find him, so I went to the hospital as you suggested, and I met him there.” In a very understated way, Ah Jin explained his encounter with Croger this way.

“Hospital? Haven’t you gotten better yet?” The boy noticed another meaning.

“Well, I’m still a little uncomfortable, but it will get better after a while.” Ah Jin said honestly.

This time the damage is mainly inside the body, and it is estimated that the recovery will be slower.

On the other end of the phone, the boy didn’t speak for a long time.

And then——

“Ah Jin, if you’re still feeling unwell, or… you can come home, I’ll make you some soup.” After a long time, the boy’s voice sounded again.

“But, that’s your home now.” Thinking that the name on the deed had been changed to the boy’s name, Ah Jin said honestly.

“But… this is also your home, that… your room has always been reserved for you, and no one has ever entered it.”

“Are you in the hospital alone? Don’t live in a single ward. It wouldn’t be good if the nurse ignored something. It’s better to switch to a multi-person ward…”

The young man said a few more words rarely, and as Ah Jin listened to him, he slowly fell asleep.

After a long time, he had a dream.

In the dream, he returned to Yefar Street. In that house, he was sitting at the dining table reading the newspaper, and the boy was making soup in the kitchen.

After a while, a pot of soup exuding a strange aroma was brought out.

“This is a soup made from Da Bai’s meat.” The boy said..

Ah……

Having this kind of dream means that he… wants to eat pork?

After waking up, Ah Jin found that the phone had not been hung up. Hearing the steady breathing of the young man on the other end of the line, Ah Jin thought about it and charged an extra ten thousand gold bar for the phone bill.

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