After settling Laine in an inn room that Regan had helped renovate, Yi Chen watched the half-goat girl on the bed, overcome by an indescribable feeling.
He had clearly never shared a deep bond with her, yet Laine was willing to go this far for him. In the society of his former world, which was filled with all kinds of interest-based relationships, this was truly difficult to understand.
"If I hadn't thought of a way to break out through acting and had stayed inside the film to fight the Murderer, Laine's fertility might really have saved my life... She only cares about William, yet she was willing to sacrifice herself to save me. I really don't understand her."
Just then,
the entire room suddenly filled with a peculiar deathly aura, and even malice began to spread.
Like a centipede, a woman made of multiple upper bodies fused together crawled along the ceiling toward the head of the bed and reached out to stroke the sleeping Laine.
"What an adorable little girl. She's this alluring even without 'Tomie's' beautification... Especially that scent emanating from her body. It's a scent I've never possessed, one that makes people want to understand her more deeply."
The one who had manifested on her own was Liu Xinzhi,
perhaps because she was evil by nature,
or perhaps because Yi Chen was wearing the ring made from her ashes,
after transforming into a dead person, she was relatively free, unlike the other dead who were strictly controlled.
The jealousy that had arisen in her was also quite intense, but toward the half-goat girl before her, she felt more gratitude—gratitude that the girl was willing to sacrifice herself to save her man.
"Xin Zhi, stay here and watch her. I'm going outside for a cigarette."
"Sure. I promise