Eric was awakened by a strange sound. As soon as he opened his eyes and sat up, he saw Leon squatting beside him, cutting the air with that strange iron sword. A peculiar smell permeated the not-so-large space.
"Leon, what are you doing?"
Leon came to his senses, wiped an invisible liquid from his face, and said with a Smile, "Skinning. Sorry for waking you."
"Skinning?"
Eric got up and walked curiously to Leon's side. Leon stopped his movements, took out a shovel, and dug a 2x2 space from the ground beside them.
He took out two buckets and poured the water collected from Level 1 into them, and a simple infinite water source appeared in the space.
"Eric, are you hungry?"
Leon put his hand into the water to wash it, then took out a bright red apple and a bottle of gray almond water from his backpack.
"You eat something first."
Eric showed a grateful expression, reached out to take the food Leon handed him, and said thankfully, "Thank you. If it weren't for you, I really don't know how I would survive in this strange place."
"Leon, if there's anything you need help with, please tell me."
"Of course. Hurry up and eat; I'll need you to record some things later."
Eric nodded, opened the bottle of almond water, and gulped it down. Then he took a big bite of the apple, and the unique sweetness of the apple filled his mouth.
He swore he had never eaten such a delicious apple.
He finished the apple in a few bites, pulled out his notebook and pen from his pocket, and looked at Leon with an attentive expression, saying, "I'm ready."
Leon was very satisfied with Eric's professionalism. He nodded and said, "Very good. Record Entity No. 003, name Smiler or Smiling Wraith."
Eric was a bit confused; to him, the two names Leon mentioned meant the same thing. However, he still professionally recorded everything Leon said.
"Likes to hide in dark places…"
"Its characteristics are a smiling face composed of glowing teeth and eyes. It possesses about eight times the strength of an ordinary person. Its weakness is that its movement speed is not fast, comparable to an ordinary person's running speed. Never actively attack without heavy weapons…"
At this point, Eric raised his hand like a primary school student, and Leon motioned for him to speak.
"Human thermal weapons are greatly restricted in the Backrooms. Tests have shown that pistols, submachine guns, rifles, and even explosives are weakened to varying degrees in the Backrooms."
Leon was not surprised by this. The reduced power of weapons, coupled with the Backrooms Entity's apparent resistance to thermal weapons, meant that the effectiveness of thermal weapons was greatly diminished.
However, having them was better than not having them.
"It's fine. Maybe scientists will develop weapons suitable for use in the Backrooms in the future."
Eric nodded, and Leon continued:
"Its countermeasures are…"
"Also, it has a body, but currently there are too few samples to determine if their bodies are consistent. This is temporarily pending…"
"After the Smiling Wraith dies, its body remains invisible. It is currently unknown whether this effect will decay over time."
Eric recorded Leon's words. Suddenly, he seemed to come to his senses, staring at Leon with wide eyes and asking uncertainly, "Is… is there a Smiling Wraith corpse here?"
Recalling the strange movements he saw Leon making when he first woke up, and adding the description of the Smiling Wraith, when he looked at the empty space behind Leon again, he felt as if he saw a huge creature lying there.
"Yes, I encountered a Smiler in Level 1 just now, right here!"
Leon stretched out his hand and pointed to the Smiling Wraith corpse on the ground behind him. Suddenly, his brows furrowed slightly because the Smiling Wraith corpse's invisibility effect was decaying.
"Eric, record that the Smiling Wraith's invisibility ability gradually decays two hours after death…"
Only then did Eric realize that it wasn't his imagination; there really was an Entity here. He quickly copied it down in his notebook with his pen.
Leon walked forward, took out the iron sword, plunged it into the Smiling Wraith's corpse, and vigorously cut the Smiling Wraith's skin. Soon, a piece of skin was cut off by him.
Leon looked at his 'disappearing' palm, a Smile on his face, and said, "Eric, record that the Smiling Wraith's skin has invisibility ability, and its duration is pending."
This was not some optical camouflage or visual illusion, but actual invisibility. He could see the green grass block beneath the Smiling Wraith's skin.
The two of them cooperated to dismember the Smiling Wraith's Entity. To Leon's surprise, the Smiling Wraith did not have so-called digestive organs; its entire body was like a blown-up balloon, filled with strange liquid.
He collected the fragmented corpse and directly exchanged it for energy value.
"Damaged Smiling Wraith Corpse"
"Value: 110 Energy Points"
"So dark. A complete one is 200 points. I just cut it open and studied it a bit, and you ripped me off 90 points?"
"Forget it, who told you to be the buyer!"
Eric, beside him, was a little excited. Regarding the research and recording of the Entity, the Smiling Wraith, he swore that the company definitely did not have such detailed information. However, he still had some doubts in his mind, pointing to the pattern he had drawn in his notebook and saying:
"Leon, where is the head of this Smiler? Why can't I distinguish it?"
"This!"
Leon pointed to the dark mass above and said.
Eric recalled how that part looked just now and said, "This… isn't this just a mess of flesh?"
"Oh, I smashed its teeth and eyes off to keep as souvenirs."
At this moment, Leon also suddenly realized where those 90 energy points had gone.
He took out the Smiling Wraith's teeth and eyes from his backpack. To be fair, both the Smiling Wraith's teeth and eyes were like jade, and even touching them gave one a feeling of not wanting to let go.
He pieced together the Smiling Wraith's appearance in the dark from the ground and said, "Under normal circumstances, in the dark, you would only see these…"
Eric looked down at the horrifying eyes and fangs of the Smiling Wraith on the ground, then looked up at the harmless-looking Leon.
Soon, an inequality appeared in his mind.
Leon > Smiling Wraith
"This Smiling Wraith has been dead for several hours, so I won't try to see if its meat is edible for now. We'll see next time we encounter one."
Saying that, Leon washed his hands in the infinite water again, and said casually, "I'm going to the child's world from yesterday first. You organize your notes for now. If I get a chance, I'll buy you a camera and a camcorder."
The timeline in the Detective Conan World is extremely chaotic, but it can be confirmed that there were no smartphones in the early Detective Conan World.
Waving his hand, Leon opened the wooden door leading to the Detective Conan World. His appearing location was precisely the Park where he had left last night.
"The location is fixed… Is it calculated based on the last door opening location?"
The air in the Park in the early morning was very refreshing. Facing the morning sun, Leon strode towards Mouri Kogoro's detective agency.