Peeping and Control

"Click~"

Yin Ge opened the door to her rented apartment.

Back at the Youth Road Residential Complex, she discovered that every apartment on the sixth floor had 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 back on the bed, and a familiar feeling washed over her.

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

Yin Ge sighed softly. She no longer felt like resting, so she got up and opened the window.

A beam of sunlight suddenly fell across her face, warm and comforting, instantly dispelling the chill in her heart.

She used to think that handbags, lavish meals, and handsome men were what made life enjoyable. Now, being able to see the sun was already enough to make her happy.

Of course, that was assuming 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 Personhood twice before, she had discovered that her Personhood could only be used through a mirror. That was why she had bought a portable one.

And now, she was preparing to test her Personhood ability so she could use it better after entering the Son of Heaven Game.

Yin Ge took a deep breath and gently stroked the back of the mirror before turning it over.

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

Only after her pupil had completely turned red did the intense pain gradually lessen.

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

She was not looking down on the street from above. Instead, she observed it from a normal perspective, as if she were standing right there.

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

Just as she was about to look away from the old lady, a yellow-haired man with shifty eyes caught her attention.

The yellow-haired man sneaked up beside the old lady, then squatted down and pretended to pick out vegetables. Taking the opportunity, he stole all 249 yuan from her pocket and casually slipped it into his own.

That yellow-haired 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 though the person in the mirror had become a puppet, while the strings controlling that puppet were hidden in her eyes.

Control!?

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

When she opened it again, the crimson in her eye had deepened.

Yet a surge of excitement rose in her mind.

Let's try it... Yin Ge stared intently at the yellow-haired man as he got up to leave, imagining his left foot tripping over his right.

The next moment, the yellow-haired man, who had been about to slip away after stealing the money, suddenly hooked his left foot around his right. He instantly lost his balance and fell flat on his face.

It worked!

Yin Ge's eyes lit up.

"Damn it!" The yellow-haired man had tripped for no apparent reason and heard the laughter around him. Unable to save face, he cursed and quickly scrambled to his feet.

"Who the hell was blind enough to trip me? If you've got the guts, step out here and settle this with me..."

As he spoke, he raised his hand as though preparing to hit someone.

Everyone watching nearby fell silent.

But the next moment, the yellow-haired man punched himself in the mouth.

The blow was so hard that blood immediately appeared.

The onlookers had never seen anything like this and assumed the yellow-haired man had some kind of mental problem.

Only the yellow-haired man stared at his own hand in disbelief. "Fuck! What's going on?"

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

The yellow-haired man 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 pulled out the two hundred-odd yuan, threw it onto the old lady'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 it had all been controlled by Yin Ge from the 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, surprise flashing through her eyes.

The power of her Personhood was not Peeping, but control!

Peeping was merely for the sake of controlling others better!

Perhaps this was the common trait shared by the Bride and the Bride's younger brother: achieving their goals through Peeping and control.

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

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

After using her Personhood ability, exhaustion swept through 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 that her Personhood came from the Bride's desire to spy on others, but she had overlooked something else.

While the Bride had been Peeping on others, someone had also been Peeping on her. And who had been Peeping on the Bride?

The child!

No, it had not been merely Peeping. There had also been control.

It was just that the child had controlled the Bride by creating misunderstandings between her and the people around her.

At that thought, Yin Ge fell into contemplation and softly spoke the two words the Bride had always emphasized:

"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 Peeping on 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 been Peeping on her and trying to control her!

So that was it!

Yin Ge was deeply shaken.

After coming to her senses, Yin Ge felt a wave of lingering fear.

They had thought they were looking for a murderer, but who would have known they were actually looking for someone who was Peeping and controlling? Thankfully, the murderer and the person Peeping on and attempting to control the Bride had turned out to be the same person.

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

Then she felt somewhat fortunate.

If her Personhood was Peeping and control, then if she entered the Son of Heaven Game again, she would undoubtedly have another means of protecting herself.

Moreover, those two abilities could also help her complete missions.

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

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

Of course, being able to control only those without Godheads was still not bad.

Thinking 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, and Personhoods less.

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

After all, every use of the Control Persona represented its devouring of her own Personhood.

It was accelerating the loss of her life.

Soon, a new question surfaced in her mind.

Did Peeping and the Control Persona have limits in time and range?