[Ding! Shakira's fear of you +50!]
She trembled, unable to speak.
She immediately tried to retreat.
But just as she tried to pull her arm out of his chest, she discovered that it was locked firmly inside. She could even clearly hear the wet, gurgling sounds of flesh squeezing around it.
Her face drained of color. She immediately struggled with all her strength, but it did absolutely nothing.
Splurch-
Splurch-
Her other hand attacked frantically, her sharp nails almost shredding Lin En into a blood-soaked wreck.
What was he?!
What the hell was he?!
Then, in the very next moment-
Crack-
Lin En's hand clamped around her throat and lifted her high into the air. That steel-vise grip nearly suffocated her.
But Lin En remained utterly still, a smile still on his face.
"All right, that's enough playing around. You've finally shown your true colors."
Shakira stared at him, trembling.
"You took over his body! You defiled him!! You defiled my Lin Ke!! You monster!!"
Her voice shook as she spoke.
That overwhelming pressure made it feel as though the thing inhabiting this body was no Evil Spirit or ghost, but something far more wicked and twisted.
Lin En said with a cheerful smile:
"Hey, why are you making it sound like this is my fault? Weren't you the one who killed him? And weren't your people the ones who left his corpse out in the street? I just happened to pick up what was left, and you're blaming me? Isn't that taking passing the buck a little too far?"
"Oh, I think you must regret it. Did that possessiveness flare up again right after you killed him? Did you decide it would have been better to at least keep his corpse... because then, whether you ate him or got horny over his dead body later... it would suit that sick personality of yours better?"
He tilted his head.
"After all, how could Lin Ke ever accept a filthy whore who traded her body for status and wealth?"
Shakira's expression abruptly changed, and an immense chill rose in her heart.
"Hahahahaha! (*≧▽≦)!"
Watching her expression change, Lin En couldn't help clutching his stomach with laughter.
"I've got to say, you're pretty fucking-beep-impressive. You're sick to the core, yet here you are putting on an act. All I can say is that this body's original owner was far too innocent. Who knows what you used your [Sequence] to do to him over these past three years? Somehow, he actually endured it all until now before finally snapping!"
Lin En instantly wiped the expression from his face, abruptly changed the subject, and gave her a sidelong look.
"You deserve to die."
During that day at the academy, he hadn't simply sat around waiting for classes to end. He had spent the whole time learning as much as possible about this body's original owner.
And he had to admit, it had revealed plenty of interesting things.
Whether it was naivety-
Or some lingering shred of hope.
Shakira, however, had long since become rotten and depraved to her very bones.
With her good looks, she had openly frequented the residences of various nobles, trading them for all sorts of privileges and resources. In fact, those special connections were a large part of why she had managed to enter the Arcane Academy.
But if that had been all-
It would only have been pathetic.
"But it looks like you did more than that, didn't you? While you kept trading for all sorts of resources, you also did everything possible to control this body's poor original owner. You taught everyone who tried to approach him a lesson. You used every method imaginable to force all his former friends to stay away from him, or even leave the academy."
Lin En tilted his head and smiled.
"You pretended to be an innocent girl while constantly attending those so-called high-society gatherings. You were already rotten through and through, yet you still insisted on keeping him bound to your side, treating him as your exclusive possession. Don't you think you're vile?"
Shakira stared at him, trembling. His smiling gaze was like a succession of sharp blades, stabbing into her body and soul.
Her entire body shook uncontrollably with terror.
No!
How could he know all this?!
Had that supposed amnesia been a lie all along?!
"Oh, right. I also found out a few other things."
Lin En's smile grew even brighter.
"This body's original owner had parents, didn't he? But isn't it an awfully strange coincidence? During the three years he attended the academy, they were both murdered, one after the other. Stranger still, even now, the killer hasn't been found... Don't tell me that was all a coincidence."
Bzz-
At that moment, her mind went almost completely blank and silent.
But she still forced herself to remain calm and said in a trembling voice:
"You... how did you..."
Lin En chuckled.
"How did I know? Simple. You hadn't had time to destroy everything he owned. Because in every single one of his textbooks-"
His expression instantly vanished, and he gave her a sidelong look.
"He filled the pages with accusations against you."
Shakira's whole body suddenly shuddered, as though all her blood had frozen.
"You had him killed, didn't you?"
Lin En stared at her.
Lin En still remembered opening those textbooks. Beneath every line, the boy's experiences had been laid out in bloody detail.
They were his final testament, the last words he ever wrote.
They recorded three long years of control and torment.
At the thought, Lin En immediately grinned.
"You know, if I hadn't been trying to learn your world's writing as quickly as possible, I might never have found such an important clue. I didn't go out all afternoon. I spent the whole time flipping through a dictionary! Hahahahaha!"
But now, to her ears, his laughter sounded like nothing but the cruelest mockery and ridicule.
Her mind was utterly blank.
"I... I don't understand what you're talking about!"
Crack-
She suddenly let out an agonized scream.
The arm she had thrust into Lin En's body abruptly split under the immense pressure.
"You really don't understand?"
Lin En tilted his head.
"Or did you think I really came here just to sleep with you?"
Of course, that was part of the reason.
(*≧▽≦)y
After all, getting it for free makes me happy!
[Ding! Your happiness +5!] [Ding! Shakira's fear of you +70!]
"All right."
Lin En smiled at her, holding her gently by the neck.
"Now, tell me all about that unbearable story between the two of you. Remember, no lying. If your story is good enough, then perhaps I might... even let you go."
"Otherwise..."
Crack-
Lin En's grip around her neck abruptly tightened. Shakira nearly suffocated on the spot, her trembling eyes filled with fear of this unknown Impostor.
He said softly:
"I don't mind smashing your eyes into your brain, just like before."
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