"Are they going to a hotel?"

With that one sentence, Aresa's face tightened. She, who had remained silent until then, quietly uttered a seemingly casual question, "Hmm?"

Cheng Shuangxin felt reassured.

This was the next part of the plot she had racked her brains to recall. The blue piece of paper that Rose took out of the man hanging in the bathroom had two words written on it: "Hotel".

Cheng Shuang actually had a vague impression of the plot. She analyzed it by combining the usual patterns of puzzle-solving games that Pei Dujun used when playing games with the current development.

Without any other clues, Ross and the policewoman, having nowhere else to turn, would inevitably head to the only known hotel.

Alessa's reaction now clearly tells her that her analysis was correct.

"Alessa, can you tell me what you want to do?" Cheng Shuang's direct question made Alessa's eyes widen instantly, and her arms suddenly burst into flames!

The demon baby reacted incredibly quickly, shoving Alessa away and shrinking into Cheng Shuang's arms, its body crackling with tiny electric sparks.

Cheng Shuangbei was very glad that she had already put on a two-piece plastic raincoat under her coat.

If she's not careful, she'll be burned first and then struck by lightning. What bad luck did she have to run into two little devils!

"What do I want to do? I want a hug!" The mischievous child, Aresa, grinned with a sinister smile, as if she had successfully pulled off a prank.

Cheng Shuang, wearing gloves, pushed the demonic infant aside. Suddenly, flames erupted from her body, and she rushed towards Alessa.

The Dragon Flame's flames had no effect on her; similarly, she could use its skill to create an outer layer for herself, using fire to fight fire.

Aresa's flames represent darkness, hatred, and anger, while the fire of the dragon's flames is precisely what burns away all filth.

The demonic infant, who had been following Cheng Shuang closely and unwilling to be separated from her, immediately moved eight hundred meters away from her and darted onto a dilapidated beam, its crimson eyes radiating intense fear.

Below is the sound of Alessa's painful wails. She got the embrace she wanted, but at a price she could not bear.

The crimson flames, with an irresistible and powerful force, devoured all the power born of her resentment and despair, and eroded all her feelings of hatred, seemingly weakening her intentionally or unintentionally.

The dark entity clung tightly to Cheng Shuang's arm, which was also engulfed in flames, feeling powerless and terrified.

Although the pain was different from the burning pain, the helplessness and despair of facing being burned to death climbed back into her mind, making Alessa, who had no one to bully since the Dark Entity took control, tremble all over. Finally, she could not bear it and let out a shrill wail that echoed throughout the entire town.

Ashes and darkness alternated, and the inner and outer worlds lost their original order and rules as the dark entity went out of control. The monsters even became chaotic, and vanished the moment they stepped out of the human world.

The two women who were walking towards the hotel suddenly stopped. They looked up at the sky and began to search frantically. Ross's anxiety became increasingly apparent. "It's Sharon, my Sharon! She's crying!"

"Don't fall for it!" The policewoman grabbed Ross, who was trying to walk back. How could a mother remain unmoved by her daughter's cries? Ross almost got into a fight with the policewoman. But she was no match for her.

"Calm down! Something's strange here!" The policewoman grabbed Ross's struggling arm and said urgently, "Better to believe what you see than what you can't touch."

Ross recalled the blue note he had painstakingly retrieved from the dead man's mouth, from waking up in the fog, receiving the school's poster advertisement, to the witch's symbol in the classroom, and then the blue note.

It was as if a pair of hands were guiding her from the shadows.

But whether those hands were friend or foe, she couldn't tell, nor did she want to.

The only reason that could drive her was Sharon.

Find my daughter, no matter the cost.

Forcing herself to calm down, Rose took a deep breath, listened carefully, and after the crying stopped, she gritted her teeth and said, "Let's go to the hotel."

Cheng Shuang here doesn't intend to kill Alessa. Besides, as a dark being, she can't be killed by the flames of the Dragon Flame. If she were to truly provoke Alessa's immense anger, it might even backfire and amplify her hatred.

Cheng Shuang's embrace caused Alessa immense pain, yet her voice was gentler and more harmless than anyone else's, "Alessa, you wanted to hurt me, and I fought back. Was I wrong?" Even if she had to let go, she should let Alessa know that some people are not to be trifled with, otherwise everything that had just happened would have lost all meaning.

When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Aresa spontaneously understood the meaning of this saying. With tears in her eyes, she nodded pitifully, "I don't want to hurt you!"

"You should say that I shouldn't have hurt you!" Cheng Shuang's tone was gentle yet firm.

Alessa pursed her lips and lowered her eyes. "I shouldn't have hurt you!"

"Good girl!" Cheng Shuang knew that in the mind of the Dark One, she might not be much different from the townspeople who had bullied her, but if she hadn't subdued Alessa in one blow, she would only become more and more passive.

Aresa's plight is truly heartbreaking, but Cheng Shuang cares more about Liu Juan's safety than Liu Juan's.

She released her warm embrace, the feigned tenderness vanishing from her face. She took two steps back, seemingly unconcerned about any potential retaliation from Aresa, and rolled her eyes at the demonic infant. "Get down! How long are you going to hang here?"

The demon baby pouted pitifully, then jumped into Cheng Shuang's arms, its little paws digging into the buttons of her clothes, muttering softly, "You were so scary just now!"

It's not just the kind of flame that can burn away all darkness, but also the kind of unstoppable momentum that can kill gods and ghosts alike.

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