Only after Li Ye had helped Luo Ji far away from the square did Luo Ji finally snap out of his dazed, babbling state.
Seeing that no one was around, Li Ye finally felt somewhat reassured. He helped the weakened Luo Ji sit on a bench and asked with concern, "How are you? Are you all right?"
"I—what happened to me?" Luo Ji's eyes were clouded with confusion, as if he had completely forgotten what had just happened.
"You don't remember?" Li Ye furrowed his brow. As an Inquisitor, his instincts told him that Luo Ji's mental state was very worrying.
Besides, tomorrow was the crucial day of the plan. If anything happened to Luo Ji, it would all be over!
"I—"
Luo Ji felt as though countless fragments of memory were swirling in his mind. He had no recollection at all of what had just happened.
Seeing him still looking confused, Li Ye frowned and gave him a full account of his strange reactions, starting from when he first saw that bizarre statue.
"Then I helped you leave..." Li Ye pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. Deep in his calm gaze lay concern and confusion. "Oh, right. You kept repeating a name."
"Repeating a... name?"
Luo Ji looked even more bewildered. How could he not remember repeating any name?
"Yes. I'm certain."
Li Ye nodded. A note of unease entered his voice, and he felt inexplicably alarmed. "Tzeentch... I don't know what that name means, but it gives me a very bad feeling."
Tzeentch? Tzeentch!
Luo Ji had still looked somewhat confused, but the instant he heard that name, his face turned deathly pale and his pupils shrank to pinpoints. As if jolted into a panic, he sprang up from the bench, grabbed Li Ye by