Therefore, rather than believing, like Angell, that his wife had been replaced by someone with the same appearance.

From another perspective, this is indeed the case.

But Gu Xinghe also discovered—

Neither of the two different Mias imitated the "original body's" behavior patterns in their daily activities.

Rather, judging from their interaction last night, it's clear that Mia's two consciousnesses each have their own independent and different ways of thinking.

In this case, Gu Xinghe prefers to think of Mia, who has two consciousnesses in one body, as a pair of twin sisters sharing one body.

But when it comes to sisters, Gu Xinghe can't help but think of Carol and Rekaya.

If Carol and Rekaya appear to have very different personalities on the surface...

But in certain subtle ways, they also reveal the unique tacit understanding between them as family members.

The relationship between the two consciousnesses within Namia's body is more like mutual affection and tenderness.

For example, in the beginning, it was clearly her own self who was in control of her self-awareness.

However, she kept sending out distress signals to Gu Xinghe, hoping that he would save Mia, her other consciousness.

Or perhaps it was Mia's behavior last night that seemed to be an assessment of her best friend's boyfriend.

Perhaps, after losing her parents, Mia lost her loved ones but remained by their side.

It wasn't the seemingly loyal butler, Fils, but another consciousness existing within her body.

...

At this moment, pushed by Gu Xinghe, Mia, who was now far away from Angell's family, officially embarked on the detective adventure she had been looking forward to.

At this moment, she even took out a small notebook and a pen from the bag she was carrying at her waist.

It seems that they intend to keep a record of everything they observe along the way.

However, if we were to talk about the frequent disappearances in the town...

Aside from the relatively few real clues in comparison, Gu Xinghe heard far more unsubstantiated rumors.

In fact, since Gu Xinghe came to Annecy town.

Regardless of whether the information was true or false, Gu Xinghe gleaned a considerable amount of intelligence about the incident from the voices of the town's residents.

In fact, most of the people who initially disappeared in the town were homeless people who were considered insignificant by the public.

Or perhaps they are like Gu Xinghe and the other players who entered this game instance together, outsiders who came to this town with no background.

The disappearance of these people initially went unnoticed by anyone.

However, their mass disappearances caught the attention of local residents—

They noticed that there seemed to be fewer homeless people on the streets of the town.

Indeed, these people with almost no social connections are the targets of most missing persons cases.

In other words, even if they were to disappear, it wouldn't attract much attention from others.

But perhaps it is after these people have been "consumed" in large numbers.

In order to supplement the "materials", the disappearances slowly began to spread to the town's residents who had poor relationships with their relatives, and then began to spread to one family after another.

The reason for the rumors circulating in the town that Mia is a demon painter or the mastermind behind the disappearances is...

Indeed, part of it was just as Gu Xinghe had learned from the initial inquiries.

It was because of the jealousy of her peers towards Mia, who had risen rapidly and was hailed as a genius painter as if she had appeared out of nowhere.

At the same time, a large part of the reason is that its art style is bizarre and absurd, yet it gives people a very real feeling.

It makes one wonder if the figures in the painting are actually real people whose souls have been captured.

In fact, the painting titled "Warm Sunshine" is one of Mia's rare works with a warm and gentle style.

...

After leaving the house where the Angel family lived, Mia and Gu Xinghe passed by the street where Qi Kangle's body had been found earlier.

The street looked spotless; it didn't look like a place where a murder had occurred.

The body was discovered yesterday morning, and after a day and a night, there seems to be no trace left.

However, no staff members came here to clean it up.

However, when Gu Xinghe empathized with Qi Kangle's corpse at the Public Security Bureau, he already knew that the corpse's blood had been completely drained.

Not even a drop of blood fell on the ground.

Therefore, the current cleanliness is not without reason.

Meanwhile, Mia, standing next to Gu Xinghe, also began to jot something down in her notebook.

Knowing certain inside information, Gu Xinghe knew that the death of player Qi Kangle was indeed an extremely special case among the disappearance incidents.

Although Angell did indeed do as Mia had predicted.

In order to learn more about the art exhibition and better steal the paintings.

They murdered Qi Kang Le, who was deliberately arranged to make contact with the butler, Fils, as bait.

But the fact that his body, which was not retrieved but had been drained of blood, seemed to prove that this was different from ordinary missing persons cases.

Rather, it is the strange knife in Angel's hand that seems to be the real thing related to the disappearance.

...

After visiting the families of the missing persons they could investigate, Gu Xinghe and Mia sat on the bridge, sorting through various information and clues.

At this moment, Mia really looked like a detective, writing down various information and drawing character relationship diagrams in her notebook.

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