The view returned to the present.
After Cheng Shi exposed "Cheng Shi's" act in an extremely strange tone, "Cheng Shi" froze. Then her features gradually faded, transforming into a long-haired young woman wearing a purple scarf and a casual suit...
Zhen Xin!
The Chosen of Deception finally appeared before Cheng Shi in her true form for the first time.
Zhen Xin's expression was calm and composed. There was no frustration at having been outmaneuvered in her eyes, and she did not seem to think she had lost.
She shook her head and chuckled. "Not at all. I was just studying the deception of a fellow practitioner. And now... well, the harvest was pretty good."
But unexpectedly, the instant her voice fell, Cheng Shi's mouth began moving against his will.
"...Yes, I lied..."
???
For a moment, the two people present both stood there, stunned by those words.
Mouth Brother, you...
Wait! That's not right!
Mouth Brother wasn't speaking for me. It seemed to be... speaking for the ear?
Hmm?
Was this what it meant by "all the spoils belong to it"?
But how had the ear in my personal space become linked to Mouth Brother? Did that mean all the secrets I heard in the future would have to be conveyed by Mouth Brother?
Could that still be called a secret?
Wouldn't that turn it into a guessing game?
Still, setting that aside...
Cheng Shi ignored Zhen Xin's shocked and moved expression. Instead, his brows lowered, and his face gradually darkened.
If Mouth Brother and the others were still on me after the altered play ended, didn't that mean all the efforts Squinty Old Zhang and I had secretly made... had been in vain?
So nothing had changed after all, and their reunion wouldn't be that easy.
Cheng Shi smacked