Alice's Hell (27) - Sending Him Down to Keep You Company

As for Han Xinyi, she already knew that Yu Xing and Single Prism were enemies, and that his act of saving her on his motorcycle in the rainstorm was just a convenient way to get closer to her and investigate.

But she still couldn't understand how he had included her in the suspect list before this.

Furthermore, since he needed to get close to her to confirm whether she was the murderer, it means that Yu Xing initially only suspected her and didn't have conclusive evidence. So what evidence did he find afterward that turned his suspicion into confirmation?

The pain in her heart seemed to gradually fade away, and Han Xinyi felt herself falling into a strange state. The fear and resentment that should have filled her were gradually calming down.

This surprised her somewhat, but she then had the energy to smile.

"Is it the power of Yu Xing's weapon? At least I won't have that ugly expression before I die like those pathetic insects. Yu Xing seems to have given me a more dignified way to die..." she thought to herself.

Yu Xing received a system notification almost simultaneously after hearing the question.

[Attack using Sheqing Dreamscape, Ability ① is randomly generated, with the effect "Indifference".]

This was only the second time he had actually used the blade of this dagger to stab someone. The last time, the victim's name was Shi Wei, and the random effect that appeared was "Loneliness".

He glanced at Han Xinyi and saw that Han Xinyi had calmed down considerably. Combined with the indifferent expression in her name, he had a rough idea of what was going on.

After the last random occurrence of "loneliness," although the system did not explicitly indicate the effect of loneliness, as the attacker, he could sense that the Water Ghost Shiwei had lost the ability to control things like seaweed and hair.

It may have been only for a moment, but it was enough for Yu Xing to shatter it.

So far, Yu Xing's understanding of "loneliness" is to seal off all of the other person's abilities within seconds, leaving only the shell of a helpless person.

Right? What a perfect idea! It makes perfect sense!

So now it seems... does "indifference" mean rendering the stabbed person incapable of resisting?

If the injured person doesn't even want to resist, then their outward expression when facing death will inevitably be indifference.

Han Xinyi gazed at his gradually growing flesh and flesh, and his increasingly developed organs, and urged again, "I'm about to die, you can't possibly not even tell me this, can you?"

Yu Xing felt that what she said made some sense.

Since the other party can't escape anyway, and since they want to know, he might as well explain it to them reluctantly, as a farewell gift.

He said, "Ascertaining your guilt wasn't difficult, it just took a little extra time."

The most direct help came from Ling Heng's presence.

A few days after Yu Xing completed the deduction, Ling Heng, who had been staying in the hotel and not going out, finally made a move.

As soon as he left the hotel, Yu Xing sensed his movements from the trace of curse power buried in his mind. She immediately called Qu Xuanqing, who had just finished a live simulation with no real-world time consumption, and followed Ling Heng to a somewhat secluded residential area.

Ling Heng didn't know what special way he used to contact others, perhaps through a fellow member in the simulation. In any case, Zhu Yan didn't find any evidence of him contacting members of the organization on his phone. However, he managed to contact that Fallen Path senior in Fuhua City without leaving his house and arranged to meet that day to learn how to revive his girlfriend.

Yu Xing used her senses to track the unsuspecting Ling Heng to the entrance of the residential area, only to be stopped as expected.

There were many wandering ghosts around this neighborhood. Qu Xuanqing identified them and concluded that they were little ghosts raised by someone else.

These little devils aren't very aggressive, but their senses are extremely sharp. If they rashly follow them, they'll definitely be discovered by the little devils hiding everywhere, making it difficult to make silent contact with the murderer afterward.

Qu Xuanqing has a sacrificial offering that allows her to disguise herself, but Yu Xing cannot use it. When a sacrificial offering changes hands, it becomes like the dagger Zhao Mou gave to Zhao Yijiu; before Zhao Yijiu became the deducer, it was merely a sharp weapon, unable to exert any power.

Alternatively, it can automatically merge with the Persona Mask of other deducers, forming completely different abilities. For example, the [Heartshatter] dagger became the [Stop Killing] short sword in Zhao Yijiu's hands.

In other words, the same offering will have completely different effects depending on who uses it.

Qu Xuanqing could continue tracking Ling Heng using the disguise offering, then change her face so the murderer wouldn't recognize her. She also had enough power to prevent the little ghosts from recognizing her aura, something Yu Xing couldn't do. If Qu Xuanqing were tracking alone, she wouldn't have the cursed aura to guide her.

Therefore, Yu Xing could only pinpoint the location of the curse's aura to a residential building... This was the most accurate location he could achieve.

The senior that Ling Heng visited, a formal member of Single Prism, and the throat-slitting murderer who caused trouble in Fuhua City, is in that residential building!

A few hours later, Ling Heng came out, and judging from his expression, the visit did not seem to have gone very well.

Over the next period of time, the two of them screened all the residents of that apartment building, following and testing all those who fit the criteria for committing the crime. In the end, only Han Xinyi and Han Zhiyong remained.

Qu Xuanqing was responsible for keeping an eye on Han Zhiyong, Yu Xing was responsible for keeping an eye on Han Xinyi.

Xiao Ququ was very efficient. Before long, he determined that the ghost at the entrance of the community came from Han Zhiyong. He also quickly figured out Han Xinyi's routine of going out and even noticed that Han Xinyi was paying attention to a clerk named Zhang Yu at a bookstore near the community.

Han Xinyi's outward appearance was indeed deceptive enough. Her uncle, Han Zhiyong, who lived with her, was a Fallen Path predictor, but she might not be. She might just be an ordinary person kept in the dark by her family. At this point, although Yu Xing had basically concluded that something was wrong with her, he was still only one step away from testing her with Qu Xuanqing's divination offering to confirm that she was indeed the person he was looking for.

Keeping an eye on people was only one aspect. The two of them were extremely busy those few days, investigating the case from multiple angles. During their investigation of the deceased, they also met a very intelligent girl named Zeng Ranran.

She was the younger sister of one of the deceased and happened to be a bookstore clerk. Before their arrival, this young woman had done her best to follow the police's investigation and conducted numerous investigations. Seeing her unwavering determination for revenge and her impressive deductive abilities, and to prevent such a girl from going astray and losing her life in reality by breaking the law, the killer was Fallen Path predictor. This girl might have been silently killed by supernatural forces before she even had a chance to do anything.

Yu Xing decided to guide Zeng Ranran, allowing her to participate as a deducer in the search for the Throat Cutting Case murderer, on the premise that she consented.

Zeng Ranran lived up to expectations and quickly entered the scenarios that Qu Xuanqing pointed out were likely to form deduction qualification tests. She was lucky, and one of the scenarios actually formed a mapping deduction. She successfully passed the test phase and opened another door.

Thus began a probing plan designed to arouse suspicion from Han Xinyi and Han Zhiyong.

That day, it rained heavily.

Han Zhiyong arranged for Liu Ping to "kill" Han Xinyi in order to intimidate Han Xinyi. Unaware of this, Han Xinyi planned to use the excuse of seeking shelter from the rain to make contact with Zhang Yu, so as to lay the groundwork for her next crime.

At the time, Yu Xing and Qu Xuanqing were unaware of Han Zhiyong's plan.

But Yu Xing guessed Han Xinyi's thoughts, so he asked Zeng Ranran to take leave, while Qu Xuanqing, with his ordinary face, took Zeng Ranran's place at the bookstore front desk, waiting for the opportunity to strike.

During his previous observations, Yu Xing confirmed Han Xinyi's preferred umbrella and bought an identical one so that Qu Xuanqing could easily switch them. He also asked Qu Xuanqing to remind Zhang Yu, in whatever way possible, to at least make Zhang Yu realize that he was in danger.

Qu Xuanqing, who inherited Yu Xing's thinking, acted decisively, portraying himself as the murderer and intimidating Zhang Yu in the most direct way, successfully arousing Zhang Yu's suspicion.

Their original plan was for Qu Xuanqing to continue the surveillance after Yu Xing obtained the umbrella. The motorcycle was provided by Zeng Ranran, who said it was her brother's keepsake.

She desperately wanted this car to witness the process of the murderer being caught, as if her brother had personally avenged his brother.

As it turned out, things didn't go according to plan. Liu Ping's appearance disrupted Han Xinyi's intentions and also alerted Qu Xuanqing was present at the time, to the unexpected turn of events. So, Qu Xianqing sent a message to Yu Xing... It seems that a person who looks like a throat-slitting assassin has come to the bookstore.

What happened after that was only natural.

Gao Chang'an invited Yu Xing to join the investigation. Yu Xing keenly discovered Han Zhiyong's betrayal of Han Xinyi and then deduced the truth.

It's impossible to explain the whole thing to Han Xinyi; her life is slipping away, and she can't hold on much longer.

So while enduring the pain of flesh growing back, Yu Xing concisely stated the key points, allowing Han Xinyi to roughly fill in the blanks in her mind.

Finally, he tightened his grip on the dagger. "That's enough. Thank you for providing information about Han Yan. I can promise you one more thing."

"What is it?" Han Xinyi's pupils were already very unfocused, and it was unclear whether she had actually heard anything.

Yu Xing said earnestly, "If Han Yan were still alive, I would send him to hell to reunite with you."

For a fleeting moment, the girl's unfocused pupils refocused, and a smile appeared in her eyes. In that instant, it was as if the kind, sweet, and understanding Han Xinyi had truly existed.

She said softly, "Thank you... Then I'll... wait for that day."

With that, Yu Xing swiftly withdrew the dagger, blood splattering as Han Xinyi collapsed to the ground. The sculpture classroom fell into darkness and a long silence.

Beside Han Xinyi's body, a broken fragment of a mask was found.

"Phew..." Upon seeing this thing, Yu Xing finally let out a breath, lay down on the spot, calmed his strength, and allowed his flesh and blood to regrow.

He's been recovering from this injury more slowly than usual. He's noticed that injuries inflicted by supernatural forces are always much more difficult to heal.

Just then, another voice rang out from the darkness:

"Hearing that you're going to send Han Yan to hell, she was actually quite happy... and you actually followed her train of thought, ha... I really don't know whether to say she's crazy or you're crazy."