Chapter 190
Robert was the closest and could see the most clearly. The flowers on his head and he himself lost their color: "Gu Hongying, you are not a human being!"
A tail emitting black gas swept across like a whip, lashing Robert away with the tail. He changed back to his original form in mid-air and dangled on the cage of the golden nightingale.
"Tu Tu! Yu Tu! Wake up———" Gu Hongying, who had nine black tails, was still struggling under his hands, "This mask is weird———"
"I've had enough." Yu Tu's voice was still calm. He controlled Gu Hongying with one hand and held the mask tightly with the other hand. "It's the same trick again."
True and false, false and true, just like the nightmare that Di Changqing once used.
The confusing feeling of the mask being both hot and cold spread from his palms to his brain. Yu Tu felt dizzy and a little nauseous. He said, "It's not Eric who's wearing the mask, it's me."
Everything that happened after being sent from [Fox Mask] to [Sound of All Things] was fake.
Hao Zhizhi gave Ericse the pill to clear his mind because he knew Hao Zhizhi's habits. He thought [Fox Mask] was evil, so the three of them were controlled by [Fox Mask]. He thought that the auction of [Mystery] would not be peaceful, so they were controlled to hang the royal lanterns and entered the extra session. The two extra royal lanterns, one belonged to the principal who protected them, and the other belonged to the moody Di Changqing... All the absurdity was reasonable, and even everyone's reaction was consistent with his memory.
Yu Tu sighed: "It's really hard to guard against..."
The strange drawings that appeared in his mind, those that did not belong to his memories, showed other people's reactions - reactions in other rooms in the auction house of "Mystery".
Normally, he shouldn't have seen that.
The key that really made him sure that all this was fake was when he passed through the barriers between the rooms and put the mask on "Gu Hongying's" face.
Gu Hongying suspected that his mother had been replaced. He had been in close contact with dangerous people, so how could Yu Tu not worry? He suspected that Gu Hongying had been tampered with, so he put a mask on Gu Hongying's face, and the most prominent feature of the Nine-Tailed Fox appeared behind Gu Hongying.
Everything was going according to his guess, without any flaws - and this was the biggest flaw.
Yu Tu said softly: "You may have overestimated my luck."
Nine tails emitting black air attacked Yu Tu at the same time. Yu Tu did not move. The nine tails seemed to pass through an invisible shadow.
Everything became quiet and dark, and vague conversations came from far away and got closer.
"Why does this mask seem to be welded to Tutu's face? I can't break it off even if I try to break it!"
"He pulled his face red and couldn't take off the mask. How could he be so unlucky when taking a photo of something casually? Eric! Go find me a pair of pliers from the toolbox!"
Why do I feel a strange combination of hot and cold and dizzy when I touch the mask? Now it seems like I have solved the case.
Yu Tu uttered a weak protest: "Stop pulling it out, I'm awake..."
The scattered vision began to focus, and Yu Tu saw two sweaty faces. Hao Zhizhi was holding a giant pair of pliers as big as a human head. The tip of the pliers was small and gleaming with a sharp cold light, and it was only a few centimeters away from his face.
Yu Tu swallowed silently and carefully pushed the pliers away.
"If you don't wake up, we'll have no choice but to break the mask." Hao Zhizhi let out a sigh, then said angrily, "You took the mask off Eric's face and put it on your own face so easily! How can you just wear something you don't recognize?"
Yu Tu's movements were so smooth that before Hao Zhizhi and Eric, who were standing next to him, could react, the mask was on Yu Tu's face. Then Yu Tu closed his eyes and fell directly to the ground. Their first reaction was to take the weird mask off his face, but they tried several methods but to no avail.
When Hao Zhizhi was talking, Yu Tu seemed to be listening, but also seemed to be distracted.
Yu Tu: "The price of this item is 3.62 million."
Yu Tu lost consciousness for only a few minutes. The next lot after [Fox Mask] was still under bidding and the winner had not yet been decided.
But five minutes later, the last round of bidding ended and the auction item was sold for exactly $3.62 million.
Yu Tu: "The next lot was sold for 2.67 million."
The auction results came out exactly as expected.
Hao Zhizhi took a deep breath and said, "Tu Tu, when did you acquire the ability to predict the future?"
"It's not a prophecy." Yu Tu said, "I saw it while wearing it."
He originally thought that it was just a false fantasy made up by Fox Mask for him, but after waking up and hearing the familiar bidding price, he found that it was exactly the same as the price he heard in the false fantasy.
Yu Tu rubbed his forehead. Was he still in the illusion, or had he already come out of it?
He had taken off the fox mask the moment he woke up. The empty eye sockets of the mask with red stripes and a mottled white background stared at him. On the upper inner corners of the eyes, there were two dull gems shaped like fox eyes. Now, these two dull gems were filled with some bright colors, and the fox eyes seemed to come alive and blinked at him.
The gem could blink, so he probably couldn't imagine such a weird scene.
Yu Tu first breathed a sigh of relief, then felt a chill down his spine: "Eric, is Fox Mask...alive?"
“There are no living things in the Mystery auction.”
Eric saw that Yu Tu was staring at the mask, so he turned his gaze away. The gem inlaid on the mask rolled its eyes at him.
Eric: “……?”
Eric: "I think I'm dazzled. Did I see the gem rolling its eyes at me?"
Hao Zhizhi: "You are not dazzled, I saw it too."
The three people jumped up from the sofa as if they were pricked by needles, and huddled in the corner of the room. The fox mask flew up from the coffee table and slowly flew in front of them. The red pattern on the mask became more vivid, and then...
“Yahahahahahaha—”
The fox's unique high-pitched laughter echoed throughout the [Sound of All Things].
A quarter of an hour later.
“Yahahahahahaha—”
The fox mask's laughter became even more rampant. It was a rare experience for the three people to experience from a mask what it meant to laugh so hard that one could hardly breathe.
The three of them covered their ears tightly as the masks flew over their heads, laughing recklessly.
Yu Tu made a bitter face: "How long will it keep laughing?"
Hao Zhizhi was already stressed out. She curled her soft long ears into a ball and said in despair, "This mask has a really good lung capacity."
Eric: “I got an echo in my head.”
After another quarter of an hour, the mask's laughter stopped abruptly. It fell from mid-air without warning and hit Yu Tu on the head, making him see stars.
Yu Tu picked up the mask while sucking in a breath of cold air. The bright colors in the fox-eye-shaped gem on the mask had completely disappeared.
The three people looked at each other. Although the mask was no longer smiling, the mask's devilish laughter kept echoing in their minds.
Hao Zhizhi stared at the mask and asked bitterly, "Is this mask serious?"
"Serious~" A sharp voice suddenly sounded in the room without any warning, "Serious~"
This mask not only smiles, it also talks!
"The cubs are so fun now." The red lines on the mask began to move, forming a little red fox next to the mask. The little red fox stretched out its head and said, "Emotions are delicious too."
The little fox glanced at them one by one and ordered righteously: "There will be a fragment to be auctioned later, you guys hurry up and buy it for me."
Eric: “On what basis?”
The little fox said quietly, "Be careful, I will be on top of your head and will laugh until you die."
Eric: “…”
What a vicious threat.
"You can't save people if you don't buy the fragments." The little fox's nose twitched, "There's a little kid here, and I've marked him as my prey~"
"He smells delicious, just like you." The little fox suddenly looked at Yu Tu, "If you don't buy me the fragments, there's no way to stop me from eating him~"
As it spoke, the mask that had lost its red stripes flew up and tried to put it on Yu Tu's face. Yu Tu squeezed his hand between the mask and his cheek to prevent it from succeeding.
"The emotions inspired by your talent are the most delicious..." The little fox slurped his saliva subconsciously, "Can I eat less this time?"
Yu Tu struggled to fight the mask: "What do you mean by 'the emotions aroused by this talent are the most delicious'?"
The little fox gave a baby-like giggle: "My ability is applied to you. You can see a future that is not completely fixed."
Emotions derived from "reality" are of course more delicious than illusions.
Outside the "Floor-to-ceiling Window", [Antique Fragments] had already floated onto the auction table. The little fox's eyes were glowing, and Eric suddenly, under its control, lit up the royal lantern of [Sound of All Things].
Everything seems to be a repeat of the "future".
The little fox narrowed his eyes: "I'm really looking forward to it~"
Before he could finish his words, two fingers suddenly grabbed the back of his neck and lifted him up from the table.
Little Fox: “……?”
How could anyone touch Him?!
It turned around in confusion, and suddenly got angry: "You, you, you—why haven't you died yet?"