The Vicious Ghost Had Been Pretending All Along

So... almost unanimously, everyone wanted to vote for someone who couldn't escape suspicion in this round, but wouldn't face unbearable retaliation later because of their vote.

Some voted for Ren Yi, and some voted for Han Zichuan, because both of them belonged to the "Righteous Path." In normal deductions, the Righteous Path is quite popular, but here, they were practically labeled as easy to bully.

It's not that those on the Righteous Path are without temper or can be targeted at will, but rather that their retaliation afterward tends to be aboveboard or only directed at the enemy, without involving more people.

The Fear Hospital is that they're places that offend people.

However, since Ren Yi and Han Yan were both celebrity recommenders, there were still quite a few people who dared not or were unwilling to vote for them, so the votes fell to the somewhat angry Siren.

The Siren was the one who sounded the alarm, but given how fresh the Dark Thief's corpse was, it's highly likely she killed someone herself and then sounded the alarm to mislead others. Moreover, she said she encountered Han Zichuan, but during his confession, Han Zichuan, whether intentionally or by forgetting, didn't respond to the Siren or even mention her.

The siren might lie, right? Even if Shafuri is protective of her own, she wouldn't interfere too much in this kind of Yugi, because this is only the second round, and the siren's elimination doesn't mean she's dead.

After the identification was completed, the Siren was eliminated.

What a beautiful woman! She's furious to be surrounded by a bunch of guys who don't treat her like a woman at all.

She was truly innocent and realized that it was Han Zichuan's inconsistencies in his confession that led to her being voted out. Backed by the Midnight Guild, she wasn't afraid of Han Zichuan. Before being executed by the Dean, she bitterly said, "You, and all of you, better pray you don't run into me during the sea simulation!"

As her name suggests, the ocean will be her domain.

Shafuri sighed dramatically and loudly, "My poor little apprentice, they bullied you so much. Remember to cause trouble for these factions in the future!"

"Of course." The siren's eyes narrowed, a cruel smile playing on her lips.

The next instant, a giant black hand emerged from under the seat and grabbed her waist. She screamed. Executions in the darkness were far more supernatural than this. The hand was clearly that of a ghost, its arm covered in bulging black veins, and its palm as large as a human head. She wondered what kind of terrifying monster was attached to the back of the arm.

The large hand tightened suddenly, and the siren's face turned bright red. She felt an immense pressure coming from that hand, almost crushing her internal organs and ribs.

Yu Xing glanced at her and saw a strong will to live in her eyes. Although this was not a real death, she would instinctively burst out with true emotions when she was restrained, and feel the fear of death in that instant.

Fortunately, the good thing for the siren was that she wasn't squeezed by the ghostly hand for too long. Soon, she was sent out by the system, and then with a "bang," her body shattered directly on the chair, splattering countless blood clots. This time, the people around her were smart enough to move away early and didn't get any blood on her.

The Yugi continues following the same procedure.

As everyone left the hall, Yu Xing caught a glimpse of Han Yan following Qu Xuanqing away, and knew that the previous preparations had worked.

His next two tasks weren't very urgent, so he had some free time. Worried about Zhao Yijiu's condition, he decided to hand Han Yan over to Qu Xuanqing first, and then, supporting Zhao Yijiu and pushing Zhao Mou's wheelchair, he entered the stairwell.

Zhao Mou's wheelchair made it difficult for him to go up and down stairs, so he used to take the elevator. However, there were screens in the elevator, making it inconvenient to talk about private matters. Moreover, there were ghosts lurking in the elevator, and he never knew which time he might be the one to be targeted by them, which would be very troublesome.

As they approached the stairs, Zhao Mou gripped his cane, making a move to stand up. "I can walk, but you'll have to help me."

Before his buttocks even left the seat, Yu Xing pressed him back down. Yu Xing released the silent Zhao Yijiu, gripped certain parts of the wheelchair with both hands, and laughed, "Sit tight, be careful not to fall off."

Before Zhao Mou could understand what he was trying to do, a feeling of weightlessness suddenly washed over him, his perspective shifted upwards, and his body swayed along with the wheelchair.

... Yu Xing actually lifted him up, wheelchair and all!

Zhao Mou reached out and gripped the handrail tightly, his eye twitching. "What are you doing? Put it down. I'm a patient; it's no joke if I fall."

He couldn't fathom how Yu Xing, who looked so tall and thin, had managed to lift him up. Was he really alright?

Seeing Zhao Mou's expression, Yu Xing knew that the other party didn't trust him. He deliberately adjusted the angle of his wheelchair, making Zhao Mou grip the armrests even tighter. "I won't let you fall. Brother Jiu, keep up."

One step, two steps...

Contrary to Zhao Mou's expectations, he did not feel any discomfort because Yu Xing was unsteady. On the contrary, he almost thought he was sitting on a tall machine that could automatically climb stairs.

That's incredibly stable! How much strength does that take to do?

Yu Xing's arm muscles were very well-proportioned, and at this moment the muscles were slightly bulging, and his breathing was steady, making him appear to be in complete control.

Zhao Yijiu followed behind, lifting his eyelids slightly to observe Yu Xing's effortless movements, his expression softening somewhat.

He had always known that Yu Xing was strong; he had sensed it from the very beginning when Yu Xing kicked a physical ghost several meters away.

In this way, they successfully avoided the elevator and arrived at the second floor. Yu Xing found a nearby ward and dropped Zhao Mou off. After Zhao Yijiu also entered the room, he closed the door.

The walls of the ward were covered with cracks, crisscrossing and spreading across the surface. There were pools of dried blood on the bed, which emitted a strange smell.

On the bedside table, the rotting fruit smelled terrible. A dozen or so unidentified insects crawled around in the fruit basket. Two of them, somehow managed to crawl into the lidless glass next to the fruit basket, which was filled with water. The insect corpses floated on the surface of the water, and the patterns on their underdeveloped, transparent wings were clearly visible.

The screaming night mode is abnormal in every way, including this hospital room that, while supposedly not haunted, is decorated like a murder scene.

In this less-than-pleasant environment, Yu Xing locked the door, sat down on a stool, and said, "Tell me, what's going on? Is Brother Jiu's body unable to take it anymore?"

Before Zhao Mou could speak, Zhao Yijiu responded sullenly, and confessed, "It's been a long time since I've been this out of control. The split personality has completely freed the ghost's consciousness from my control. In this state, as long as it comes out, I can't control my body at all, and I might not even know what it's doing."

"He was with me in the archives looking at documents. After all, Ren Yi was dedicated to finding the truth behind the deductions, and I wanted to give it a try too," Zhao Mou chimed in. "Just as I was flipping through the medical case analyses, I suddenly felt a chill down my spine. I recognized that feeling very well; it was the same thing that chased after me and A Jiu at night when I was a child, and it even entered A Jiu's body in the end."

"In an instant, I knew that the vengeful spirit within A Jiu had appeared. I turned my head and saw A Jiu looking at me with an expression he would never show before."

"What kind of expression is that?" Yu Xing interrupted.

The fact that this vengeful ghost can use Zhao Yijiu's offerings means that it can extract things from Zhao Yijiu 'Persona Mask. This undoubtedly proves that it and Zhao Yijiu are one in some way; it is Zhao Yijiu, Zhao Yijiu is it.

In reality, it must have been severely damaged when it escaped the deduction system, and might even have been incomplete. Having stayed in Zhao Yijiu's body for so many years, it may have already assimilated.

It's more like a consciousness or emotion of Zhao Yijiu. When Zhao Yijiu can't suppress the vengeful ghost, it's not so much that the vengeful ghost is taking control of his body, but rather that the vengeful ghost side of Zhao Yijiu's emotions are erupting. His memories and thoughts are still Zhao Yijiu, but his personality will undergo a complete transformation.

They don't have a distinct personality; it's just that their Fear Hospital and their resulting personality disorder manifests this difference in consciousness.

"Well, it's a kind of..." Zhao Mou glanced at Zhao Yijiu, searching his mind for adjectives, "... a very arrogant expression, filled with malice and arrogance, as if saying to me, 'This is who I am, what can you do to me? Your brother and I are one, even if you know that this body is inhabited by a vengeful ghost, you wouldn't dare to harm me in the slightest, would you?' Indeed, this vengeful ghost is extremely intelligent, not even as rigid as the elder we met when we were young. This might be due to the difference in compatibility."

When the vengeful ghost escaped from the system, it was injured. Entering the body of that family elder was not necessarily comfortable, and it was very difficult to control, which caused the family elder to become a deformed monster with a lack of intelligence in its behavior.

Now, perhaps due to his improved health and the results of years of integration, the vengeful spirit is thriving within Zhao Yijiu's body and is hardly repelled.

Therefore, the vengeful ghost revealed its true terror.

Yu Xing fell into deep thought after hearing this. He thought that if the vengeful ghost had been lying dormant for so many years with intelligence, it must be a cunning and scheming ghost, perhaps somewhat similar to Yi Qing.

Zhao Mou continued, "After glancing at me, it raised its terrier-like hand as if to Stop Killing, and then stabbed me."

What Zhao Mou is talking about now is purely the vengeful ghost that was split off by dissociative identity disorder. If this happened in reality, then the one who stabbed him could be Zhao Yijiu himself.

To put it simply, Zhao Yijiu is the normal Zhao Yijiu, but when she can't suppress her vengeful side, she becomes the corrupted Zhao Yijiu.

They are essentially the same person. If he turns evil, Zhao Yijiu's Personality Assimilation Degree will likely instantly jump from the Righteous Path to the Fallen Path. However, when the evil spirit is suppressed, he will return to the Righteous Path.

In a way, this is also a very useful ability. Zhao Mou is committed to letting Zhao Yijiu gradually acquire the abilities of a vengeful ghost, rather than directly eliminating or expelling the vengeful ghost, and this is one of the reasons.

The remaining reason is that expelling and eliminating someone is equivalent to destroying a part of Zhao Yijiu's soul, which would be an irreparable harm to Zhao Yijiu.

"And then what happened after I stabbed you?" Yu Xing's expression was unreadable.

"After that? A Jiu herself seemed to be resisting a bit, making the vengeful ghost hesitate for a moment. I'm not one to be trifled with either; for me, suppressing a vengeful ghost for a moment isn't difficult." Zhao Mou smirked coldly.

He's not good at fighting, which refers to his physical abilities.

In terms of mental strength, he is still quite formidable.

He suppressed the vengeful spirit for a short while, which was enough for Zhao Yijiu to regain her consciousness. As a result, the vengeful spirit only appeared for a short time before falling silent again.

However, the vengeful ghost may have already achieved its goal, which was to provoke Zhao Mou.

"Someone did this on purpose. From any angle, I don't believe there could be such a coincidence that A Jiu just happened to randomly receive the most unfavorable illness for him." Even in reality, the "darkened" Zhao Yijiu wouldn't be so ruthless. Zhao Mou snorted coldly, his eyes seemingly frozen. "There must have been a Despair-level predictor who interfered in this live stream. Single Prism has three Despair-level predictors on the surface, not to mention their long-missing president. If they ask for backdoor access, the system will find it hard to refuse."

Yu Xing raised an eyebrow. This sounded like it was saying that as a deducer advances step by step and gains more and more authority, even the system has to make concessions once they reach a certain level?

A Spiritual Sense flashed through his mind.

Of course, right now the priority is Brother Jiu, not a good time to think about the essence of the system.

He nodded, looking at Zhao Yijiu: "Lift your head up, I want to look into your eyes."

Zhao Yijiu's back stiffened, and she slowly raised her head. The bright red color was extremely eye-catching, thick and intense, as if it would turn into blood and flow down at any moment.

This is much more obvious than the red in Death Parallel Line.

"After the vengeful ghost appeared, you lost control of your body?" Yu Xing seemed very calm, and this fact did not affect her emotions.

"Hmm." Zhao Yijiu also approached, stopping in front of his brother. Looking at the wound on Zhao Mou's shoulder, he squinted, his expression troubled. "I'm sorry."

Zhao Mou glanced at him sideways. "Where did I go wrong?"

"One shouldn't act recklessly when unable to counter the enemy's schemes, putting oneself in danger." Zhao Yijiu was also very clear-headed. He knew that his weaknesses were being exploited by the enemy to interfere with Yu Xing and Zhao Mou, and this wouldn't have happened otherwise, but was caused by his insistence on joining the live broadcast.

He's too stubborn. Although he's always been this way, not listening to anyone and doing whatever he wants, he always bore the consequences alone. Unlike the current live simulation, his presence could potentially endanger Yu Xing and Zhao Mou.

"It's alright, Brother Jiu, you were just trying to help," Yu Xing comforted him.

Zhao Mou was practically glaring at Yu Xing. A Jiu had finally realized her mistake, and he hadn't even had a chance to scold her.

However... seeing Zhao Yijiu looking so dejected and weak, he couldn't bear to blame her anymore.

Zhao Yijiu's expression in his ghost form was truly unforgettable; he was too worried to be so stern.

Zhao Yijiu raised his hand, showing it to the two of them, his deep voice even more somber than usual. "This vengeful ghost is too strong. I've never felt this way when I suppressed it before. Today is the first time it has revealed such power."

He himself knew his own body best; even Zhao Mou couldn't truly understand his condition.

So when Zhao Yijiu started talking about vengeful ghosts, the two of them listened attentively.

"It came out for about ten seconds before being pushed back down. When I regained control of my body, I felt like I'd been run over by a car. My physical condition isn't bad, but I still couldn't withstand its burst of power, even if it only lasted for ten seconds."

Zhao Yijiu lowered his hand. This pain was continuous; whether he was standing, sitting, or walking, he was enduring the pain.

"I suspect it was feigning weakness all along, or was still in some kind of recovery period. As I entered the simulation, this vengeful spirit's abilities kept recovering. If it uses its power while I'm still at the Struggle Level, I simply won't be able to resist its corruption." He looked at Yu Xing. "In this round of the Yugi, as long as I don't die, it will definitely find a chance to reappear. At that time, I won't be confident in suppressing it. Its separation is extremely disadvantageous to me. I must re-integrate with it as soon as possible; at least that way, I can still control myself."