Chapter 110 concludes here.
The Shadow Man displayed a despair unlike anything he had shown before.
Before, he probably knew rationally that he was doomed, but emotionally he still had a desire to live. Now, however, he had completely lost even that will. It was as if all the bones in his body had been removed; he had lost the strength to support himself. If he hadn't been held back by the fiery hand, he would have already fallen to the ground.
His true identity has been exposed, his path to survival has been blocked, his secrets have been revealed, and now he has even lost his power. He is probably truly despondent and his face is covered with a thick look of despondency.
"Sorry, but you'll have to face the questions again," Lu Youxun said coldly. "It's time to answer us: where is the creator of this monster?"
The Shadow Man's lips moved on their own, and he said, "I don't know."
"After you became a monster, the monster creator should have met with you a few times and conducted a physical examination, right?" Lu Youxun said. "Didn't you really investigate his true identity and his background? Although you don't know the Humanitarian Division, you should at least know something about him. Think carefully! You must have some clues."
"...I don't know," the Shadow Man said, looking lost and confused.
Lu You frowned.
"He really has no leads?" I asked.
"No, that shouldn't be the case. It's just that he's not very motivated to think right now. He just doesn't have a ready answer to my question. He has to think about it carefully before he can answer me... That's about it."
After thinking for a moment, Lu Youxun spoke to the Shadow Man again.
This time, he seemed to finally demonstrate his professional skills in interrogation techniques.
"Don't you want to drag the creator of this weirdo down with you?" he asked.
"..." Upon hearing this, the Shadow Man's expression shifted slightly.
“You should know very well that the creator of this weirdo is no different from those powerful people who used to treat you like a dog and a tool.” Lu Youxun’s voice gradually became more seductive. “He is not a good person who does charity work. The reason he gave you power is just to use you as a guinea pig.”
"You must have imagined it many times, right? That one day... you'll bring down that arrogant man with that ridiculous metal mask who loves to talk pretentiously. You'll make him grovel before you like a dog, confessing what he did to you..."
Zhu Shi frowned, took two steps to either side of Ma Zao, raised her hand slightly, and then lowered it again. I felt as if she wanted to cover Ma Zao's ears, just like she didn't want an innocent child to hear when adults around them were talking about dark topics.
Zhu Shi's concern for Ma Zao often resembled that for a child, even though they were only four or five years apart. Although I also considered Ma Zao a girl younger than myself, I found it difficult to purely see her as a child.
“If…” the Shadow Man began, “if I submit to you, will you let me go?”
“No, you’re dead,” Lu Youxun said coldly, as if his voice were ice.
"Then why should I help you?" the Shadow Man retorted.
"Because you'll have the chance to drag that guy down with you in the end!" Lu Youxun said decisively. "Now, I'll ask you one more time: where is the monster creator?"
“...It should be in the old town.” The Shadow Man actually said it.
Although the truth-revealing spell should also have some effect, he was clearly much more proactive than before: "There's a place there that's like a high-end clinic. Every time, he would send me a message two days in advance, asking me to go there myself, and then he would collect samples of my body tissue and do all sorts of other tests."
"It's just that the place is deserted and dusty, so he probably only brings people there when he needs to."
“I see. Examining eccentric individuals requires appropriate equipment and a place to store them… That makes sense.” Lu Youxun nodded. “So, where is that place located in the old city?”
The Shadow Man shook his head and said, "He sealed my memories. I can only recall those memories at a specific time and under specific conditions."
"When and under what conditions?" Lu You asked.
"As for the time, it's the night he plans to give me a medical examination. That's roughly tonight," the Shadow Man replied. "As for the conditions, I must go to that location alone and cannot reveal the location to anyone other than myself."
Upon hearing this, Lu Youxun's eyes lit up: "So, the creator of the monster will appear at that location tonight!?"
“Yes.” The Shadow Man nodded.
"Very good. You just said your memories are sealed... Let me see!"
Lu Youxun kept holding the other person's head, closed his eyes, seemingly trying to read their thoughts, or perhaps even read their memories.
A moment later, he opened his eyes, but said nothing. He took several white talismans from his robes and stuck them on the other person's head, then closed his eyes again. At the same time, his left hand was constantly making hand seals, as if performing complex and obscure divination.
After a while, he frowned, opened his eyes, and said, "No. The creator of the monster not only processed all his related memories, but also prepared a very powerful anti-divination strategy in advance. I can't find out where the creator of the monster is going."
"Then what can we do?" Zhu Shi asked. "We can't let him live until nightfall. The Seed of the Heart will leave his body before then, and Ma Zao can't stop it."
After thinking it over, Asaha said, "I have a way."
"What method?" Lu Youxun asked immediately.
“I have a kind of divination ability that I can use on this monster.” What Asaho said at this moment was undoubtedly the ability she used to trace the past experiences of the target when investigating the Shadow-Shifting Monster’s severed hand. “However, this monster also has a Heart Seed in its body. Such a substance with powerful magical fluctuations will interfere with my perception, so I must kill him first before I can use it.”
"It doesn't matter. As long as you can find the creator of the monster, you can kill him however you want," Lu Youxun said without hesitation. Then he asked, "How confident are you? Do you need the body intact?"
Mazao glanced at me discreetly, then said, "I'm very confident. Just leave your head. But normally, it will take me at least a week to gather the information I need."
“A week? That’s too late!” Lu Youxun found it hard to accept. “He’ll regularly contact the weirdos, and after a week he’ll likely find that all the weirdos in this city have been eliminated. After that, he won’t use that location anymore, and he probably won’t continue to develop weirdos in this city.”
But I sensed something fishy, and Zhu Shi paused slightly as well.
Normally speaking? What's "normally speaking" about Asahi? When it comes to things related to the supernatural, the clues might just fall into her hands on their own!
In other words, she would likely find out immediately, but she's just being wary of outsiders.
Perhaps due to his unstable emotions, Lu Youxun seemed unable to display his usual ability to read people's expressions, and finally accepted: "Alright, that's fine too. It's better than not finding anything at all."
“Then, I will do it…” Zhu Shi stepped forward with his sword.
But I remembered what Detective Kong had said in the past.
Zhu Shi was afraid of bloodshed and also afraid of killing.
She always tried to shoulder these burdens herself because she didn't want the people around her to experience such frightening things.
I decided to kill the Shadow Man myself and stood in front of her.
She looked at me, puzzled.
Just then, two more people entered the area surrounded by the grove of trees. They were Chang'an and Jinyu, who had come here under the guidance of "Firefly".
Goldfish stared blankly at the naked, shapeshifting monster. The latter, seeing his daughter there, exclaimed incredulously, "You...how did you get here? Wait, what's with that dress of yours..."
Without saying a word, the goldfish took out a gold and red mask from its body and put it on its face.
The Shadow Man was stunned: "This mask...you're the 'Goldfish' from that shop!?"
"Are you planning to kill him?" Chang'an asked me.
“We’re planning to kill him now,” I said, “but there’s still time for the goldfish to say a few final words to him.”
"Dad, I heard you're going to die." Goldfish said to the Shadow Man after removing her mask. "I won't plead for you. If you have any last words you want me to pass on to Mom, say them now. As your daughter, I can help you with something like this. But remember to watch your mouth. If it's rubbish, I won't pass it on for you."
The Shadow Man said coldly, "Get out of here. I have nothing to say."
"I do have something to say to you," said the goldfish.
"Spit it out!" the Shadow Changer yelled.
Goldfish seemed used to it and continued without changing his expression: "My original plan was to sneak into the nightclub and use myself to frame you. Although I was thwarted by a busybody, to be honest, even without anyone interfering, it would have been difficult for you to name me."
"Because you keep insisting on referring to another person, that little girl who's seven or eight years younger than me. I want to ask you, why that little girl? Are you really just a pervert who likes little girls?"
The Shadow Man's expression changed several times after hearing this, then he sneered and said, "So what if it is?"
“That nightclub has now been raided. I saw the little girl being protected by law enforcement, and I also saw her face after she took off her mask,” Goldfish said.
The Shadow Man's expression changed slightly.
I, on the other hand, recalled the little girl's appearance.
Previously, through the "firefly" image, I, like the goldfish, saw the little girl's face after she removed her rabbit mask. The reason I was able to recognize her was because she hadn't yet removed the goldfish hair clip. To be honest, although her face was quite pretty, there wasn't anything particularly memorable about it. Just an ordinary little girl with an oval face, like you'd see anywhere else.
Thinking of this, I felt something stirring within me.
Oval face, goldfish hair clip...
"Why that little girl?" the goldfish repeated its question.
"..." The Shadow Man slowly closed his eyes. "I'm just a pervert who likes little girls, there's no other reason."
The goldfish stared at him for a while, and finally said to me, "Sorry for taking up your time, please kill him."
I nodded, then turned around and placed my hand on the Shadow Man's shoulder.
The flames completely engulfed his body.
He died.
(End of this chapter)
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