"Looks like a big fish?"
After the woman stepped out of the painting, her ethereal body immediately solidified, becoming three-dimensional.
She looked at Jiang Qiao.
She said somewhat strangely, "You're not with the Longevity God Church?"
Then she smiled faintly.
"No matter who you are or whether you have anything to do with the Longevity God Church, there's no reason to let a fish that's been hooked get away. You can only blame your bad luck."
Jiang Qiao looked at the woman and asked calmly,
"Who are you?"
"Why are you hunting members of the Longevity God Church?"
He looked at Mary again.
He found that Mary's eyes were hollow and her expression indifferent. Her body was unnaturally rigid... as if she had changed from a living person into a doll.
Her blood and vital energy were still abundant, though.
It could be confirmed.
She was still alive, but was being controlled by some kind of power.
A puppet show?
That phrase sprang into Jiang Qiao's mind. Mary could control puppet strings to resist the sea monsters, but perhaps she herself was also a puppet, being controlled by someone else without realizing it.
"Do you want to know?"
The woman wore a smile, her eyes shifting as a trace of mockery flashed through them.
"A fish asks the angler."
"Why do you fish?"
"How do you think the angler would answer?"
"The fish all want an answer. They want to die with their eyes closed. They rack their brains and think of countless possibilities. But sometimes, the answer is actually very simple..."
At this point,
she deliberately paused before continuing, "What if there's a possibility."
"Fishing is just a pastime."
"The angler was simply bored and looking for something to do."
"Heeheehee."
After saying that,
the woman let out a