The little girl's story seems to explain what happened to them before, but it is full of loopholes.
Jiang Nuo observed her expression, her fingertips twitching slightly, but her face remained expressionless, still smiling.
"So, why are there overlapping people, like you?"
The little girl counted on her fingers, "I'm the one who maintains order, along with Uncle Gardener, the elf Tang Mu, and Grandpa who delivers the newspaper."
"I just want you to be able to return safely to the real town."
Looking at the girl's sinister expression, Su Yi didn't find her statement credible at all.
"What are Nightwalker and Reaper?" Qi Lin asked.
The little girl rested her chin on her hand and chuckled in a strange tone, " The Nightwalker want to prevent any living people from entering, so they want to capture you."
" The Reaper... takes away the souls of the living, turning them into the dead."
She babbled on and on, not caring whether they believed her or not, then patted her skirt, stood up, and squeezed out a strange smile from her crimson lips.
Please help me.
While verbally pleading for help, their tone suggested they would be killed if they didn't cooperate.
Jiang Nuo rubbed her stomach and simply said, "I'm hungry."
And you?
Unaware of the reason but with a slight understanding forming between them Su Yi and Qi Lin nodded, "We're hungry."
"Then please prepare some food for us. Please go out."
Jiang Nuo smiled.
Little girl. "..."
Grass.
Why are you still eating at a time like this?
She didn't bother to return the smile and silently left the room.
Mikazuki Shunsuke listened to the entire performance from the side and commented, "Very fake."
Jiang Nuo glanced at him, then looked down and unusually offered a word of agreement.
"It's definitely fake."
Su Yi's eyes suddenly darkened
She realized Jiang Nuo was suspicious of Mikazuki Shunsuke. " Jiang Nuo," she said, "There are only a few of us left now, so you shouldn't suspect him so easily."
" Mikazuki Shunsuke was injured by the dummy and lost his little niece. He's... quite pitiful. And after you jumped into the river without saying a word, Mikazuki Shunsuke has always stood by our side, right, Si Yan?"
Qi Lin frowned, finding these words rather strange, and glanced at Su Yi with a puzzled look.
Si Yan thought for a moment, then nodded, "Yes."
Jiang Nuo raised an eyebrow and glanced at Si Yan.
"So what do we need to do now?" Su Yi asked.
"Rest first," Jiang Nuo said, toying with the Dragon Tail Dagger that Si Yan had brought, her eyes fixed on the hilt, her tone slightly cold.
"Go out."
" Jiang Nuo, we no longer have..."
Su Yi was so frightened by Jiang Nuo's gaze that she dared not continue speaking.
"Okay."
Su Yi didn't say much and left with Qi Lin. Mikazuki Shunsuke felt embarrassed to stay any longer and walked out dejectedly, as if he had given up.
Something seems off about the atmosphere.
I don't quite understand. What's with Su Yi being so saintly? She was perfectly fine before.
[Ugh, I'm so angry! What do you mean Jiang Nuo jumped into the river without saying a word? Is Su Yi blaming God Nuo???]
"Although, Su Yi doesn't seem to be wrong, does she? Even if Jiang Nuo was lured into jumping into the river, Mikazuki Shunsuke didn't do anything wrong afterwards."
[A person who doesn't fit in will never fit in, referring to Jiang Nuo.]
"God Nuo Are you all idiots? Nobody gets out of here without him!"
Si Yan glanced at the closed door and sensed that Jiang Nuo seemed to be in a bad mood, so she pursed her lips and asked.
What's wrong with Nuonuo?
Jiang Nuo placed the knife beside the bed. "I told you before, don't trust anyone other than yourselves."
He waved his hand, creating a protective barrier, and looked up at Si Yan.
"You were the one who wanted to kill Mikazuki Shunsuke, but now you seem to trust him quite a bit."
His tone was cold, completely different from before.
Si Yan blinked her phoenix eyes blankly, somewhat at a loss, "Don't talk to me like that..."
He grabbed Jiang Nuo's hand and pressed it against his face, feeling an intense, agonizing discomfort. His already fragile heart couldn't take it anymore.
He looked listless, and his words were filled with pitifulness.
"I made a mistake just now, please don't be angry."
Jiang Nuo didn't pull her hand away, but simply asked him, "Do you really think Mikazuki Shunsuke is alright?"
"There's a problem," Si Yan replied immediately, quickly explaining, " Su Yi seems to be acting strangely today too. I thought you didn't want them to notice so soon."
For no apparent reason, Jiang Nuo felt a surge of restlessness and irritability.
They've spent too much time in this town and still haven't found the Dragon Vein; instead, they've unearthed a bunch of messy secrets.
This made him very unhappy, extremely unhappy.
If you want to kill someone, even a ghost will do.
Jiang Nuo twitched her fingers slightly, pulling them away from Si Yan's cheek and pinching his face.
"Are you not angry anymore?" Si Yan, still pale, buried his face in Jiang Nuo's shoulder, looking very aggrieved. "Wife, you can't always be so mean to me."
"It's alright. I'd be even angrier if you couldn't see it clearly."
Jiang Nuo kissed Si Yan's cheek and told him to get up.
"Walk."
Half a minute later, the two jumped out of the window and left.
Si Yan didn't know what Jiang Nuo was going to do, but as long as they wouldn't be separated, that was fine.
Shortly after the two left, Su Yi pushed open the door, wanting to say something, but found only an empty room.
Where are they...?
She muttered something to herself, her eyes devoid of their usual light, unusually empty, and faintly dark.
Like Mikazuki Hexi, who were killed by demons and turned into puppets.
Su Yi stood there for a moment, then turned and went to another room. However, the door didn't open, and she was almost knocked away by the overwhelming Demonic Qi.
Qi Cang has awakened.
Inside the room, Qi Lin stood nervously by the bed, his eyes fixed on the person he had been longing for day and night.
He watched as Qi Cang slowly opened his eyes, and he was so moved that he almost cried.
" A-Cang," he called softly, not daring to use force for fear it was a dream.
Qi Cang's consciousness returned, and his long-wandering soul finally merged with his body.
He opened his eyes, reached out and pulled Qi Lin into his arms, embracing her tightly.
Unlike his earlier fear and tension, Qi Lin instinctively hugged back tightly after being pulled into an embrace.
"I've experienced this scene so many times in my dreams," Qi Lin said, his voice choked with emotion.
They held each other tightly for a long time.
Qi Cang's tone remained gentle, as if he were embracing the most precious person in the world, his palm lightly stroking her hair.
" Xiao Lin saved me again."
After Qi Lin jumped into the river, he woke up in the hotel. He immediately felt that Qi Cang was definitely not dead because the soul connection that had briefly disappeared had returned to his body.
However, he couldn't find Qi Cang until he ran back to the underground garden of this small town, where he finally saw Qi Cang lying on the shore.
By then, Qi Cang's body had already returned.
"How did you find your body? What happened after you jumped into the river?" Qi Lin asked softly, lying in his arms.
"After I jumped into the river, I felt my body sealed deep at the bottom, where there were many whirlpools."
Qi Cang recalled what he had seen, "We entered the town through the vortex. Behind the vortex, there was a large phantom, but I couldn't make out its exact appearance."
"Oh!! This! Si Yan also said he saw a huge phantom when he woke up, could it be the same thing!"
"Could it be the monster itself? It's incredibly powerful; it can control this town even from the bottom of the river."
But Si Yan fell into a hole, not the riverbed, so is it the same person or more than one?
"If there's more than one... can they still escape? What if the Dragon Vein isn't repaired, and everyone is gone instead...?"