Peering and Control

"Click~"

Yin Ge opened the door to her rented apartment.

Back at Youth Road Residential Complex once more, she found that every apartment on the sixth floor had already been vacated.

Clearly, the neighbors had all moved away after the Son of Heaven Game.

If Qin Li had not told her that the Son of Heaven Game here had ended and vanished, she would not have come back.

After entering, Yin Ge lay flat on her bed, and a familiar feeling washed over her.

Home was always the most comfortable, most relaxing place. Unfortunately, not long ago, she had still been a healthy person...

Yin Ge sighed softly, no longer in the mood to rest. She got up and opened the window.

A beam of sunlight suddenly fell across her face, warming her and instantly driving away the chill in her heart.

She had once thought that handbags, lavish meals, and handsome men were the true pleasures in life. Now, simply being able to see the sun made her happy.

Of course, that was if she ignored the faint pain coming from her left eye.

Thinking of her left eye, Yin Ge took out the small mirror she had bought on her way home.

After reviewing her experiences from using her persona twice before, she had realized that her persona could only be used through a mirror. That was why she had bought a portable one.

Now, she intended to test her persona ability so she could use it more effectively once she entered the Son of Heaven Game.

Yin Ge took a deep breath, gently stroked the back of the mirror, then turned it over.

The moment her gaze met the mirror, blood vessels spread from her left eye and wrapped around her eyeball, bringing a stabbing pain with them.

Only once her pupil had turned completely red did the intense pain gradually subside.

Yin Ge blinked, and the scene within the mirror changed beyond recognition. A bustling street seemed to be right before her eyes.

She was not viewing the street from above, but from a normal perspective, as though she were standing right there on the street.

A fruit shop, a barbershop, and a steamed bun shop came into view. She could even clearly see how much money the elderly woman selling vegetables by the roadside had in her pocket.

Just as she was about to move her gaze away from the old woman, a shifty blond-haired punk caught her attention.

The punk sneaked over to the old woman, squatted down and pretended to pick out vegetables, then took advantage of the moment to steal all 249 yuan from her pocket and casually slip it into his own.

That blond punk was utterly immoral. He needed a lesson... Yin Ge frowned slightly.

The instant that thought appeared, she suddenly sensed another ability.

Yin Ge's heart stirred. This feeling...

It was as if the person in the mirror had become a puppet, while the strings controlling that puppet seemed to be hidden within her eyes.

Control!?

"Hiss~" A brief but piercing pain shot through her left eye, and Yin Ge could not help closing her eye.

When she opened it again, the scarlet color in her eye had deepened further.

Yet a surge of excitement welled up in her mind.

Let's try it... Yin Ge stared at the blond punk as he got up to leave, imagining his left foot tripping over his right.

The next moment, the punk, who had been about to flee after stealing the money, suddenly caught his left foot on his right. He instantly lost his balance and fell flat on his face.

It worked!

Yin Ge's eyes lit up. "Fuck!" The blond punk had no idea why he had tripped. Hearing the laughter around him, he could not stand the humiliation. He cursed and quickly scrambled to his feet.

"Fuck, which blind idiot dared trip me? If you've got the guts, come out here and let's settle this..."

As he spoke, he raised his hand as if he were about to hit someone.

The surrounding spectators all fell silent.

But the next moment, the blond punk punched himself in the mouth.

The blow was so hard that blood immediately appeared.

The people nearby had never seen anything like it and thought the blond punk had gone insane.

Only the blond punk stared at his own hand in disbelief. "Fuck! What the hell is going on?"

But it was not over. His hands rose again against his will and slapped his own face more than a dozen times in rapid succession.

The blond punk was nearly in tears. "I-I, what's wrong with me? C-could this be the punishment for s-stealing money?"

When the slapping finally stopped, his face had swollen into a pig's head.

But he was already terrified and did not dare say another word. Wailing like a ghost, he took out the two hundred-odd yuan, threw it onto the old woman's stall, and fled in panic.

"H-help! There's a ghost! A ghost!"

Soon, the street returned to peace, as if nothing had happened.

No one could have imagined that all of it had been controlled by Yin Ge, who was in Youth Road Residential Complex two streets away.

Even Yin Ge herself was shocked and fascinated by what had just happened.

I can actually control other people... Yin Ge thought carefully, a trace of surprise flashing through her eyes.

Her persona's power was not peering.

Peering existed only to allow for better control!

Perhaps that was the common trait between the bride and the bride's younger brother: using peering and control to achieve their goals.

Realizing this, Yin Ge flipped the mirror over and looked away.

When she blinked again, the scarlet color faded from her pupils, returning them to normal.

After using her persona ability, exhaustion washed over her entire body.

Yin Ge's mind raced, and her thoughts returned to the memories of the bride's Son of Heaven Game.

She had assumed her persona came from the bride's desire to peer at others, but she had overlooked something else.

When the bride peered at others, she herself was also being watched. And who had been watching the bride?

The child!

No, it was not merely peering. There had also been control.

It was simply that the child had controlled the bride by creating misunderstandings between her and those around her.

Thinking of this, Yin Ge fell into thought and softly spoke the two words the bride had kept emphasizing:

"Who is it!?"

They had been wrong. Wrong from the very beginning. Everyone had misunderstood.

When the bride said "who is it," she was not asking who the Killer was. She was asking who had been watching and controlling her.

In other words, what Yin Ge and the others needed to find was not the Killer who had murdered the bride.

It was the person other than the bride who had watched her and attempted to control her!

So that was it!

Yin Ge was deeply shaken.

Once she understood, lingering fear rose in her heart.

They had thought they were looking for a murderer, but they had actually been looking for a watcher and controller? Fortunately, the murderer and the person who had watched and attempted to control the bride had turned out to be the same person.

Fortunately, there had been some problems along the way, but the final result had been correct... Yin Ge let out a slight sigh of relief.

Then she felt somewhat fortunate.

If her persona was one of peering and control, then should she enter the Son of Heaven Game again, she would undoubtedly have another means of protecting herself.

Moreover, these two abilities could assist in completing missions.

Peering could be used to observe suspicious people, while control could be used to manipulate those without Godheads, confuse the situation, and mislead the Killer.

Unfortunately, the personas of White Night People could not affect those with Godheads—those possessing Godheads such as [Court Minister]. Otherwise, completing the Son of Heaven Game would be even easier for White Night People.

Of course, being able to control only those without Godheads was still quite useful.

Thinking of this, Yin Ge felt more confident about the Son of Heaven Game.

But she quickly calmed herself and recalled Qin Li's warning when he had explained things to her earlier.

Use Godheads more, personas less.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, she still could not use the bride's Control Persona.

After all, every use of the Control Persona meant that it would devour more of her own persona.

That would accelerate the loss of her life.

Soon, a new question appeared in her mind.

Did the Peering and Control Persona have limits on time and range?