Chapter 23 Outliers, and [Link] from Bloodborne

Outside the public phone booth, a blizzard was covering the sky.

The glass inside the public telephone booth has been covered with large ice flowers. Under the dim sky, the glass seems to be covered with some kind of religious prayers, which is mysterious and dangerous.

"It's... wonderful."

On the phone, the man's voice finally lost its teasing tone.

"As a reward, Mr. Chen, as a personal reward for you, I can tell you one thing."

He changed his name to a "slightly" closer one, and the teasing laughter in his voice reappeared.

"I can tell you the whereabouts of the mobile phone the company issued to you."

The sudden surprise made Chen Yan a little unprepared.

But after the surprise, Chen Yan's face began to look awkward.

The mobile phone issued with the employment notice was stolen. This was completely an unforeseen man-made disaster - it was the thief's fault.

But in the eyes of the people in the company, this was entirely because he didn't take good care of himself——

They only think that if they open the email when they receive it and take their mobile phone with them, it will not be stolen later.

The voice on the phone became serious.

"I was very angry when I found out your phone was stolen.

Because mobile phones are very important."

The man emphasized the word "important".

He seemed to know a lot. What puzzled Chen Yan the most was, how did he know? Where did he know? How did he know that Chen Yan had lost his cell phone?

For Chen Yan, in some ways, the mystery about the man caused him more confusion than the strangeness that appeared in front of him.

"Cellphones are very important, even more important than your life."

"If the phone falls into the hands of some people, it will cause unimaginable damage to the Byron Weiss Group."

"Such a loss is something you cannot make up for, and it is something the branch of the zoo cannot bear."

Chen Yan's face looked extremely ugly.

The man's tone on the phone became more relaxed in the next sentence.

"Okay, as your boss, I have expressed my due attitude."

"Now, I am only speaking to you on my own behalf."

There was almost excitement in his tone, as well as gloating with an obvious smile!

"You are such a genius! Mr. Chen! You actually lost Baron Weiss's most important mobile phone!

I have received dozens of interns, and you are the first one to lose your phone!"

"Haha! You are going to make the dean angry to death!"

Chen Yan was a little angry because of his tone.

"But I'm not the dean. I don't care about punishing you.

I also work for others for money. Just like you, I work for others and work hard for a small fee.

Why should we make it difficult to beat workers?”

"Here, I would like to send you a friendly reminder,

Mr. Chen, mobile phones are a status symbol for members of the Byron Weiss Group.

Each employee only has one phone in his or her lifetime, and can only have one mobile phone."

Chen Yan was wary of the meaning behind his words.

"The good news is, if your identity remains the same - if you remain a member of Byron Weiss's staff, and you don't get fired, and you don't die, you will always find the phone."

"Or maybe the phone will find you."

Chen Yan shuddered at these words and couldn't help but ask:

"What does this mean... is the phone... alive?"

The voice on the phone was suppressing a laugh.

"You will know by then that mobile phones are one of the most wonderful creations in the world~"

Chen Yan immediately asked: "Are what you said also one of the rules?"

The answer on the other end of the phone was ambiguous: "Yes, but not entirely. The boundaries of some rules are not obvious or even blurry."

Chen Yan couldn't help but ask: "What exactly are [the rules]?"

The other end of the phone gave a concise reply:

"It's [extraordinary power], Mr. Chen. I have said before that this is one of the important research directions of the zoo."

The man on the other end of the phone obviously didn't want to talk about this topic, so he changed the topic.

"Mr. Chen, can you guess who I am?"

Chen Yan replied calmly: "First agent Mr. Lawrence Argent, what should I call you?"

The person on the other end of the phone was not surprised by the result of his guess: "Just call me by my name, smart Mr. Chen."

Chen Yan nodded slightly: "Lawrence, thank you for the reminder."

The first agent, Lawrence Argent, obviously did not expect that Chen Yan remained silent after thanking him.

He originally thought that Chen Yanyan would ask more questions.

He originally prepared many answers,

About the strangeness in this zoo, about the cost of violating the zoo's rules, about the strange environment Chen Yan is currently in...

Chen Yan didn't ask a single question.

Now, all these questions were bottled up in his mind, suffocating him.

"Don't you want to know something else? Mr. Chen?"

He looked forward to Chen Yan's inquiry.

At this moment, Chen Yan's eyes were staring at the starting direction of the road - the direction they came from.

In that direction, a small shadow appeared in the snowstorm.

It's a little girl.

The three people at the bus stop also obviously noticed the girl's arrival.

"Fuck..." The third uncle was angry and helpless, so he could only brave the blizzard, walk through the knee-deep snow with difficulty, and once again move forward to the other end of the road.

In the public phone booth, Chen Yan watched the clumsy and embarrassed figures of the three people disappear into the blizzard.

He asked his only question to the first agent, Lawrence Argent.

"Lawrence, please tell me, what is this little girl?"

The person on the other end of the phone let out a sigh of relief, as if feeling relieved.

"He is the [Outlier] among the [Moon Familia]."

"Family clans that believe in the same gods not only have firm beliefs and the same blood source, but also have [links] between them."

"[Link] is the bond between individuals of the same clan,

Mr. Chen, please keep this in mind,

When encountering some incomprehensible events,

The definition of [link] will be your key to the answer."

Chen Yan pondered: "Her current situation..."

The explanation continued on the phone: "She and other Moon Familiar lost their [Link] and became [Outliers], and something very bad happened, which caused the [Dirty Blood] in her body to

It’s rotten.”

Chen Yan repeated Lawrence's words.

"Something bad happened to her."

The tone on the other end of the phone was very serious, and there was no hint of joking.

"Yes, it is a serious threat to her life."

Chen Yan said in a positive tone: "This matter must not be [violating the rule of not turning left],

Breaking the rules is just an inducement.

The fundamental reason why she became like this is [that incident]."

The other end of the phone confirmed: "Yes, even if she doesn't break the rules, she will quickly become what she is now."

Chen Yan continued: "[That incident] happened before she entered the zoo."

The tone on the other end of the phone was still affirmative: "Of course."
Chapter completed!