"Was it you... who killed Badan?"
A furious rage erupted, and scorching heat began to spread through the surroundings... yet that violent heat quickly subsided.
The sudden fury was for Wang Badan, and so was the despondency that followed.
Because, while investigating this murder, Hong Hai had gradually realized just how much the girl who had been so close to her hated her when she was alone.
"Not just her. Even you... Young Lady Hong Hai." Gu Yao wore a bleak, miserable smile. "You deserve to die too... and the Wang family, and... Yu Linglong. They all deserve to die!"
Everyone exchanged glances. Those who had taken part in the murder investigation looked particularly thoughtful.
Ximen Ka pondered for a moment before saying, "Miss Gu Yao, if possible, we'd first like to know how you faked your death and came back to life."
Gu Yao sneered. "The one who died wasn't me at all. It was Wu Ji."
"Wu Ji?" Ximen Ka asked in astonishment. "That's impossible. We verified the corpse's identity. It was definitely you..."
Gu Yao said calmly, "The Nether River has a special kind of Gu worm called a double Gu. If you feed it your own flesh and blood, it can reproduce your appearance and every physical characteristic on another body. Huoyun's technology can't detect a double Gu at all. So all I had to do was kill Wu Ji and implant the double Gu, and she could take my place."
"You had Wu Ji take your place, and then... you took hers?" Ximen Ka considered this. "Was it to get close to Yu Linglong? Why?"
Gu Yao smiled viciously. "If the enemy standing before you had dug up your mother's remains and used them for refinement, what would you do?"
Ma Si.0 nodded. "Yes, we