"It feels very familiar to me," Starscream frowned, "but it also feels a little different..."
Looking at the woman lying on the ground in front of him, Bai Ling narrowed his eyes and said, "She is the 'woodcarver' Zou Ye."
Who is that? Although Starscream didn't say anything, her eyes revealed something similar.
Bai Ling also patiently explained: "He is an artist with a little problem in his brain. He is considered a monster of the older generation. Of course, his qualifications are much less than yours."
That's for sure.
Red Spider and the Witch are both old monsters that are at least hundreds of years old. In comparison, Zou Ye, who is only a few decades old, may not even be a fraction of them.
The invisible witch next to her rolled her eyes.
She didn't mind Bai Ling mentioning his age, but according to her idea, Bai Ling himself was probably not much younger than her.
This is not a vertical generation gap, but a horizontal one.
The witch thinks that for a person who has the ability to predict the future, the time he spends in the future should also be counted as his original body.
After all, these people have indeed experienced so much mentally that they are able to see the future rather than just watch some fragments.
By this calculation, the prophet's age and experience should be much older than his actual age.
Not to mention that God knows how long Bering has been looking into the future.
Red Spider shook his head: "I don't know. I'm not familiar with him. Can I kill him?"
As she spoke, she looked at Bai Ling eagerly.
Bai Ling shook his head, then nodded: "Don't worry."
"It seems we need to solve the trouble from the outside world first." As he said that, he turned his head and looked towards the entrance.
At this moment, the man in his shorts broke free from Luo Hongzhe and the detective, and rushed into the living room, "What do you want to do? Michiko!"
When he saw Red Spider squatting down and grabbing Zou Ye's chest tightly, with his palm even buried in Zou Ye's chest, the man's eyes bulged out instantly.
He ran over here desperately. If Luo Hongzhe and the others hadn't quickly subdued him again, he would have crawled in front of Bai Ling and grabbed Bai Ling's collar: "You...what are you doing?! Who are you?! Let her go quickly, I'm calling the police!"
Listening to the man's voice, Bai Ling couldn't help but smile: "It's been a long time since I heard this sentence."
Before Bai Ling became famous, almost everyone would ask him "Who are you?" From top bosses like Wang Weizheng and the Witch to scum like the Zombie Man and Howard, almost everyone asked Bai Ling after meeting him.
Soon, after Bering's military achievements became famous, basically no one asked who he was.
After all, his attire is quite distinctive, and his methods are also very personal. Basically, whenever you meet him, you will think of his identity to some extent.
So when he saw the man in front of him being subdued on the ground, still struggling and yelling at him, Bai Ling rarely felt nostalgic: "Time flies so fast, so much time has passed in the blink of an eye."
While thinking this, Bai Ling stood in front of the man and waved gently.
Luo Hongzhe was very smart. He quickly understood Bai Ling's meaning and released his hand that was pressing on the man.
The detective next to him was slightly startled.
But in the end he did the same thing, took two steps back and pretended not to see it.
The man who had struggled out of his struggle rubbed his wrist, staring blankly at Bai Ling for a moment, and then he seemed to realize something and rushed towards Starscream: "Michiko...!"
But before he could rush over.
The next second, thick gray fog spread from the floor, tightly wrapping around his body like a spider web.
"Be patient," Bai Ling said, "Before you and your 'beloved wife' snuggle up and talk to each other, I have a few questions to ask you, Mr. Yamada Kentaro."
The man called "Kentaro Yamada" stumbled and fell forward.
Then he stumbled into the soft sofa, sinking into it like a tourist waiting to be interviewed.
Was the sofa in my house here before? This thought flashed through Yamada Kentaro's mind.
Soon, the gray mist retreated like a tide right under his eyes and fell back into the feet of the young man who had spoken earlier, like a shadow merging into a shadow.
Looking at the mountain field in front of him, Bai Ling pondered for a moment before he began to speak: "First of all, let me explain why we are here - we are the specialists who specialize in handling abnormal matters. You probably know something about this, right?"
Yamada was slightly startled when he heard this: "I...I know. But you guys...!"
Before he could say anything excitedly, Bai Ling interrupted him: "I know what you want to say, but please listen to me first."
Pointing at Zou Ye on the ground, Bai Ling casually threw out a few photos: "This is what your wife looked like not long ago, and this is also her true appearance. Of course, now she herself probably can't remember what she looked like before."
The photos fell down like snowflakes spreading across the room, lightly landing in front of Yamada.
Yamada picked up the photo tremblingly, and then threw it away in disbelief: "No, it's impossible! This is fake! You are lying to me!"
He pointed at Zou Ye: "I remember very clearly that Michiko has always been like this. She has been like this since she married me. It has been almost three years!"
That's true.
Bai Ling sighed: "It seems that I need to expose some more real evidence to you before I can make you believe it."
"Go ahead," Bering said to Starscream, "Pick her face off."
Upon hearing this, Red Spider reached out his hand and easily tore off the mask covering Zou Ye's face. The action was much easier than simply tearing paper.
With a "rip" sound, in front of everyone, the innocent face on Zou Ye's face was scraped off by the Red Spider and stuck to her hand.
Soon, what was behind Zou Ye's face was exposed to everyone.
That's pure "wood".
Forget about the facial features. The thing only has three holes. One seems to be for the eyes and the other for the mouth. Other than that, the color of the wood is soft and bright.
Beneath that female face, there were only a few holes and large pieces of "wood".
This is Zou Ye’s real situation.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Yamada pointed at Zou Ye blankly: "No, it's impossible... This is fake, it must be your illusion... That's right, don't you specialize in dealing with the supernatural? This must be your scam! I know, it's because I scolded you on the Internet before, so you came to our house, right?!"
As he spoke, Yamada seemed to believe his own words, and said with a red face and thick neck: "That's right, you did all this and then framed us!"
Seeing Yamada like this, Red Spider pulled Zou Ye and said with some disappointment: "Your taste in men doesn't seem to be that good either? I feel like you're a little hysterical and stupid."
Zou Ye's featureless face vividly expressed the meaning of "gritting teeth": "Get lost!"
With a sigh, Bai Ling could only say: "It's true. No matter how real the information provided to you by people living in their own world is, you may not choose to believe it."
"If that's the case, then let your 'wife' speak for herself," Bai Ling said, snapping his fingers, "Come on, our woodcarver."
With the flash of the white ring on his finger.
Soon, Zou Ye stood still, and his voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "That's right... I'm not Yamada Michiko, I'm Zou Ye, the 'woodcarver' Zou Ye!"
"I've had enough," she said loudly, "Your meanness is far beyond my imagination, Prophet! You have made me forget myself as a man bit by bit, and gradually made me identify with women. Later, I often doubted my identity, and I even enjoyed it..."
She said angrily: "Is this a manifestation of your evil taste, prophet?! Turning men into women, turning the living into the dead!"
Hearing this, Red Spider subconsciously glanced at Bai Ling.
"This kid is really extravagant," this is probably what Starscream's eyes meant.
Bai Ling tapped the table lightly with his fingers.
After a long while, he slowly spoke: "You know, Zou Ye."
“自从废弃医院之后，我经常会用某位小姐的玉佩、拿一些灵魂做实验，”他说道，“当然，是那种已经空缺了、或者是怪物的灵魂，这点基本的道德我还是有的、即便你想用这点攻讦我也毫无意义。”
“我把他们扔进我的意识里，然后想要看看他们能不能够和你一样、做到潜入意识的海洋。”
白令叹了口气：“不过很遗憾，那些灵魂在进入我的灵魂之后就迅速消亡了，完全没有任何波动。他们无法潜入意识里，到目前为止、我仅仅发现三种东西能够安然无恙地进入海洋。其中一个是我，另一个是非生命体物质的人造雾之——比如说贤者之石。”
“还有第三个，就是你。”
白令站起身，站在邹野的面前：“我想你大概并不清楚我在说什么，毕竟那个进入我意识的灵魂已经烟消云散、无法将记忆带给你。但是我可以告诉你原因——这大概是因为我们之间存在适配。”
他温和地说道：“就像是魔女对那个女高中生的适配，赫尔墨斯对曾经某个人的适配，丁炎对红莲、祁光对巴德尔，我和你之间也存在类似的适配关系。这点很有趣——因为以前我一般都是利用我自己身体优势在注射燃魂药剂，但是没有想到、其实我这具身体本身也对某些异种存在适配。”
“换而言之，你其实可以附身在我身上的，”他看着邹野，“就像是赫尔墨斯那样，寻找一个宿体、将自己藏身在其中。”
“而你在废弃医院那次几乎要成功了。”
这句话一说出口。
邹野的眼神略微有了些许变化。
她似乎是想要说些什么，然而最后、她还是什么都没有说，只是用空洞的眼眶死死地盯着白令。
迎着她的目光，白令靠在墙壁上、伸出手。
把手按在邹野的木头脑袋上，白令和颜悦色地说道：“而且有一点你说错了。你以为我在除去你男性的记忆？不，我是在剔除你所有的记忆。只不过因为你的意识强度太强，所以这个过程相对比较缓慢。”
“事实上我当初给你下暗示的时候，就是要一点点磨平你的人格、你的记忆……将你变成一团空旷而虚无的魂灵。”
“这样的话，我就能够得到一个毫无意识的残骸。如同红莲寄生在丁炎身体里一般，取之不尽、用之不竭。你将保持最低的活性，时时刻刻为我提供你的精神、你的激素……”
摊开手，白令笑着说道：“所以说你搞错了，这并不是恶趣味，而是实实在在的实验。我很想知道，如果异种能够寄生在人类的身上，那么同样作为适配型的人类、能不能反过来利用你们异种。”
“而现在就是验收成果的时候了。”
重重抓着邹野的脑袋，白令顺便看了一眼红蜘蛛手中的脸皮。
“你看起来真的很爱季紫，”白令语带赞赏，“连捏人用的都是她的模样。只不过我猜，季紫看到这样的人站在她的面前，估计会吐出来。”
“她大概最讨厌的就是自己了。”
说完这句话之后。
白令直接伸出手，把邹野的脑袋给“揪下来”，露出里面被红蜘蛛紧紧抓着的心脏。
然后用两根手指把心脏给“提溜”出来。
顺便把这个“心脏”放进自己之前交给洛宏哲的精致盒子里，并且把密码锁给上好，白令满意地拍了拍这个盒子。
这一切发生的实在是太快，以至于邹野都没有反应过来、脑袋就被人给拧了下来。
等她意识到什么的时候，面前已经是一片死一般的虚无和黑暗。
随手把盒子扔给隐形的魔女，白令说道：“往里面加点东西，静音、防震。我们的木雕师朋友比较闹腾，让她就这么慢慢把意识给化掉是最方便的。”
隐形的魔女无奈、只能够显出身形借住这个盒子：“你这是要我献投名状啊。”
说着，她微不可察地看了一眼洛宏哲和旁边的人。
现在露出来，以后可能就得打上“先知”的烙印了。
毕竟对策局的规定就是，每次出任何、记录可都是要归档的啊。
魔女几乎想也不用想就知道，洛宏哲这个专员到时候会写点什么东西。
不过无所谓。
反正眼下自己就应该怂一点，抱着大腿也方便不少。
这么想着，魔女耸了耸肩、捧着那个胡乱动弹的盒子开始往上面“加料”。
而白令则是看向身后的山田。
眼下哪怕山田再想要说什么，当目睹自己的“妻子”被人这么轻巧地揪下脑袋之后，也只能闭口不言。
不过，他还是用仇恨的眼神看着白令、灵魂里像是氤氲着一团火焰。
面对山田的视线，白令只是微不可察地叹了口气。
他拍了拍洛宏哲的肩膀：“把这个家伙给逮起来吧。”
“他就是我们这一次要找的凶手。”
闻言。
洛宏哲顿时惊呆了：“什么？是他？不是您之前拧下脑袋的那个？！”
白令似笑非笑地看着洛宏哲：“谁跟你说，邹野就只有一个了？”
指着魔女的盒子，白令说道：“这玩意儿只不过是一个最大的、既然作为木雕师，那么他的木雕当然要多少有多少。因此，他的身体自然要多少有多少。”
“看起来是他伪装得太好，把你都给骗了，”收回手，白令从山田的脑袋上揪下一只耳朵，“想想就明白了，邹野这样的家伙、怎么可能找一个普通的男人当作自己的‘丈夫’？而且还三年……那个时候的邹野可没有眼下这种糟糕的处境，完全是天高海阔、想干嘛干嘛，甚至于连岛国的‘辉夜姬’都得求他办事。”
“既然如此的话，以他那种偏执狂的性格，自然不可能让顶着季紫的脸自己嫁给一个普通人，”白令说道，“所以说，按照他的构想，季紫是只能够嫁给自己的。”
“这一点，在他把季紫那张脸给捏出来的时候，就已经成为定局了。说到底，这么喜欢一个人、怎么可能舍得别人跟她在一起？”
说完这句话之后，白令从洛宏哲旁边路过，顺口说道：“对了，材料到时候就麻烦你自己记录了。”
听到白令的声音，洛宏哲猛然意识到了什么。
他回过头：“您不是说还有什么东西需要问这个……木雕师的吗？”
说着，洛宏哲看了一眼自己面前的那个山田。
此时此刻山田失魂落魄的，坐在沙发里、似乎是不知道应该做什么。
他也确实如同字面意义上一样的“失魂落魄”了。
作为最大大脑的邹野本人已经被收进盒子里，尽管还和外界有一定的联系、但是就跟无线信号隔了好几米之后就没有办法使用一样，眼下盒子里的邹野哪怕再怎么发号施令、外面那个山田也只能够机械地做某些简单的动作。
说到底这玩意儿本来就是邹野为了给自己拜托嫌疑、必要的时候可以舍弃的傀儡，自然不可能如同烟霞山那个傀儡一样高精尖。
因此在洛宏哲看来，眼下这个山田、似乎还真的有那么一些机器人的味道。
而被提问的白令则是歪过头，笑眯眯地说道：“不用了。”
“我已经问完了，”白令指了指自己的脑袋，“不然你以为，我刚才把这家伙拖到沙发上是为了什么。”
“一切都已经结束了，我想要的答案也知道了，剩下的就是你们要做的事情。”
说完这句哈，白令背过身去挥了挥手：“对了，我待会儿有点事情需要出去一趟，等事情解决了我自然会回来。还有，很快‘血蔷薇’就会来到这里，你到时候就跟她说、事情是你解决的，不要提我的名字、也不要说我的位置。”
“比起你而言，他们如果知道了我的行踪更危险，”白令说道，“你并不在全知会的名单上面，因此很安全。不过你也需要小心——眼下这个城市，不缺少眼线。”
说完这句话之后。
白令就带着红蜘蛛和魔女离开了这个公寓。
只留下洛宏哲傻傻地站在原地，不知道应该说什么。
过了半天，洛宏哲猛然回过神来：“我的手机！”
就在刚才，他的手机被那位先知给带走了，到现在还没有还给他！
还有车钥匙，也被先知给带走了！
这也就代表着眼下他如果不出意外，就得自己一个人走、或者是坐电车回家里……
要知道他家距离这里可是有好长一段距离啊！
就在洛宏哲欲哭无泪的时候。
大概过了好几分钟。
伴随着靴子的声音，白令口中的那个人终于姗姗来迟。
穿着一身黑色风衣，“血蔷薇”宋清辞踩着地板，沉默地来到洛宏哲面前。
那身黑色的风衣和某个前不久才离开的人如出一辙，都像是漆黑的乌鸦羽毛一般、来的时候高高扬起，遮天蔽日。
当她看到洛宏哲的时候，第一时间反而是把手按在腰间。
Luo Hongzhe knew that she was about to pull out the notorious blade! "Wait, wait!" Luo Hongzhe quickly raised his hand, "I'm not a monster! No!"
Hearing this, Song Qingci's hand paused slightly.
Then she looked at Luo Hongzhe in confusion: "You are not dead?"
Originally Song Qingci thought Luo Hongzhe was dead.
You have to know that if Lan Kong were to target him, based on Song Qingci's understanding of this guy Luo Hongzhe, he probably wouldn't be able to last more than seven minutes.
Luo Hongzhe just smiled bitterly.