"You didn't put out a mirror just to welcome yourself, did you?
Tsk, that's pretty funny. Looks like Deception's contamination is spreading through you faster than I thought..."
Before he could finish, Cheng Shi's tone faltered. He suddenly realized that what had been placed in front of him didn't seem to be a mirror, but... another skull!
As Death's chosen one, putting a skull at the entrance to welcome himself was understandable enough, but... why did this skull look so much like him?
Cheng Shi froze. At first, he thought this was an "artifact" left behind by one of Zhang Jizu's enemies, but he soon realized something was wrong. Faint traces of deliberate carving remained on the skull, not yet completely cleaned away!
It had clearly been carved out of a massive bone. Thinking back to the practiced way Squinty Old Zhang had taken out his camera to snap pictures, Cheng Shi's bone-colored face darkened. He turned around and started cursing:
"Well, well, Squinty Old Zhang. So this is where you were waiting for me.
What do you mean by carving this little skull?
I haven't even used you as a scapegoat... I treated you as a friend, yet you keep using me as a scapegoat?"
"How did I use you as a scapegoat?"
"If this isn't it, then what is?" Cheng Shi hopped around the little carved skull, gritting his teeth. "You carved an exact copy of me just to whitewash your blasphemous act against the gods, didn't you!?"
"Cheng Shi, it's only a skull. All skulls look similar." Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes and smiled as he explained.
"You think I'll believe that?" Cheng Shi sneered sarcastically. "Who are you trying to fool?
"Fine. Even if I take a step back and believe you, what about Them?
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