Chapter 145 The Ouija Board (22) [...Does the Mirror Divination work...?]
Actually, before Xie Tan accidentally removed the first white piece, the forum had already guessed that the pieces on the board were significant, because from the beginning, there were fewer pieces on the board.
Both Black and White have only thirteen pieces.
Furthermore, considering the number of deaths in the mass suicide case, not only the forum readers, but also the initial group, all thought it was another paranormal event related to the Ouija board.
Now, four white pieces have fallen off the board, and two more black pieces have been added.
【Ahhhh, LuLu baby!】
[What a cold chess game, what a terrifying game, only Lulu's angelic smile can soothe my wounded heart.]
[He's so handsome it gave me a huge shock!]
【I'm going to complain!! Please control your naughty cat, waaaaah!】
[Lu Lu actually woke up here? Why isn't she in the club? A-Tan was looking for her.]
[He's not looking for her; I think Ah Tan wants to hide more.]
This is how cats behave when they do bad things.
[Hmm? So Bai Qi is the one who refined Rui Rui, Xiao Ai, En Ze, and En You?]
[These should be the four alternate versions of the alchemy ritual, with the cult leader being the fixed point of the ritual, "Goat's Mouth."]
What are those black stones?
[Observation 5? She shouldn't have been here; she was "smuggled" in by Rui Rui's eye.]
Indeed, Black used two sets of moves, meaning Black likely had more than sixteen pieces, while the observation count was eighteen, which is quite possible.
[With two more black stones, what about the other one?]
[Is it still the cult leader? Is he the seventh observer? Or rather, with both seventh observers here, is the seventh observer foolproof?]
[As expected of the cult leader, he's got it all figured out!]
[In this shot, Lu Lu is leaning against the black pieces and keeps looking at them.]
[There were a total of eighteen observations, meaning thirteen have already been returned to the sun (LuLu), so LuLu must have woken up here! Five more are needed to be introduced into this future space.]
The appearance of Observation Five was not accidental; the Order did it intentionally.
[Now that we have Observation 5 and Observation 7, what other observations are there?]
[Observations 6, 10, and 12]
[Six...Six is dead, sob sob, is it true?]
[You'll find out when the young lady arrives.]
[Ahhh, I'm so looking forward to seeing this couple! Can I have some sweet moments? These episodes have been so thrilling, I desperately need some sweetness!]
In the comic, Lu Jinzhao withdrew his gaze and looked out the window again. His expressionless face was reflected in the glass, and the curtains fluttered, sometimes visible and sometimes hidden.
If you don't look closely, you might even mistake it for Xie Tan.
He was looking in the direction of the old teaching building.
Lu Jinzhao stood up and left the chess club.
Why isn't Lulu smiling? Who upset our dog?
[Lu Lu probably guessed it already, right?]
To be honest, even Lu Tui is afraid when Lu Lu isn't smiling.
[I thought that last scene was Ah Tan.]
[When it comes to couples resembling each other, the young lady's formula is indeed authoritative.]
[Hiss, I've been wanting to say this before, but I feel like Lu Lu is more like a mirror god in these situations...]
[That's really true!! Especially in this series, it's happened several times already.]
[Wait a minute, I have a terrifying thought... Could the Mirror Diviner be part of Lu Lu's "what if" scenario?]
【！！！】
【！！！】
Wow, that makes sense!
[In this storyline, Lu Lu and the Mirror God never appeared together, right?]
Does Ah Tan's Yin Peach Blossom luck count?
[And the time with the bridal sedan chair!]
[So it only appeared with Atan, which further confirms it!! Atan has the eye of observation; he can see the if lines anyway!]
[I feel that the Stand in the Fate/stay night scenario makes more sense, since the Smoke Mirror is unique.]
[One Mirror, Two Souls: Lu Lu and the Mirror God were originally one. Director Jiang said that the mirror restoration can only leave one consciousness. Ah Tan must strike first and wash away the "impurity" of the demon dog!]
[Just like washing away the cult leader's influence from Xiao Ai?]
[Looking back at that dinner party, when Yin Taohua was mentioned, Ah Tan's downcast expression... wow, he must have already thought it through back then...]
The comic's update ends here.
The forum was buzzing with discussions about the truth behind the Refinement Technique, but Xie Tan was most concerned about... that guy was going to the club building?
He tried to stand up, but his vision was blurry and he couldn't get up. In this state, he didn't even have the strength to go to the club building, let alone check with the chess club.
He had one last vial of inhibitor left.
Without further hesitation, he waited until the injection was halfway effective before walking out.
Xia Wujin, of course, couldn't let him walk alone in this state. Unable to persuade him otherwise, she drove him to the old teaching building.
Tick-tock, tick-tock.
They reached the stairwell, where bloodstains, still fresh, meandered down the steps.
Xie Tan smelled a strong rusty odor, but after checking several classrooms, they found nothing.
The blood flowed down the stairs leading to the rooftop to the first floor. The flow was long but thin. When the door to the rooftop was opened, it was empty.
There wasn't enough blood to create such a suffocating, bloody smell.
The cold wind from the rooftop blew across Xie Tan's exposed, pale neck, and he shivered, suddenly realizing something.
It was the scent of his pheromones.
They went downstairs again and continued searching each classroom. Xia Wujin said, "In the mass suicide case, there was a student whose legs were cut off, who crawled down the stairs, right? The bloodstains belong to that ghost?"
Xie Tan was about to answer Xia Wujin when he suddenly heard the sound of a knife cutting through the air. His slow reaction made him reach out too late and he failed to grab her. Instead, Xia Wujin pushed him into the classroom next door first.
His still-confused mind suddenly lost its balance, and he fell backward to the ground, his vision going black.
The smell of blood overwhelmed him, but he couldn't tell if it was pheromones.
Outside the door, Xia Wujin stepped back, and a black ghost hand emerged, deflecting the cloaked man's swung knife.
It's that observation twelve!
How did he end up here... Oh right, today is the fourth day of the carnival, and the campus is open to the public. In theory, anyone can come in!
Even with her mother's help, she was far inferior to the other person in skill. The man flipped in the air, stepped on the windowsill, and charged at her again like a cannonball, his speed clearly increasing.
There was no escaping it! Xia Wujin's eyes widened, reflecting a snow-white blade light that seemed to pierce the sun like a rainbow.
With a long clang, a tall figure blocked the blade with his fist, then with a twist of his wrist, he switched the blade to his own hand, shifting the balance of power.
Su He weighed the knife in her hand: "It's a good thing, it's a pity to give it to you."
He gave a disdainful laugh: "You're even better at bullying the weak and fearing the strong than your master. How can you improve? Aren't you supposed to be the patriarch's best dog?"
"You're not allowed to talk about the patriarch like that!" Twelve, who had harbored resentment towards him for a long time, finally exploded. "So you've finally stopped pretending? You've been a traitor for a long time! The patriarch didn't kill you back then, and instead of being grateful, you continued to do as you pleased, showing no respect and acting rebelliously! Years ago, the patriarch praised you for having the appearance of a wolf or tiger, and you forgot that you have the blood of a black goat? Do you want to devour your master and exterminate your clan? Having an uncle like you is a stain on my reputation!"
"...What a fool you are." Su He's smile turned cold, even with a terrifying emptiness. "Others who want to escape might not be able to get away even if they were skinned alive, but this guy who clearly received her favors wants to jump back into the fire pit. Going back isn't enough; he even volunteers to turn himself into the most miserable monster, as if he's afraid he won't be able to bite people for his master. In this world... how can there be such an ungrateful thing as you?"
Twelve slipped her hand inside her cloak and pulled out a knife with a sound like it was being pulled from flesh. The knife was still covered in bits of meat and blood. "I know who you're talking about. You betrayed your family for her. I don't know what kind of spell she cast on you. In my opinion... she's the most ungrateful one!"
However, he talks big, but in a real fight, he would hardly get the upper hand against Su He. His only advantage is that he is more experienced than his uncle, because even with incomplete observations, he can see more than the average person.
He chased after Xia Wujin first, partly because he thought they were both weak and couldn't escape, and partly because he was emotional and wanted to get revenge for being beaten by the Observation Ten last time. But he didn't expect Su He to come too, so he immediately returned to his main task and tried to rush back to the classroom.
Su He certainly didn't give him a chance. Realizing that his target was Xie Tan, she suddenly became several times more ruthless, showing no restraint whatsoever, and aiming to kill him.
Since this thing is beyond saving, it shouldn't be living and getting in the way of that child.
Unable to withstand the onslaught, Twelve was forced further and further away from the classroom. With a determined effort, she managed to calm herself down and retreat temporarily.
His death is not a pity, but the patriarch's mission must be completed, and we can only wait for another opportunity!
He seized the opportunity, broke through the window, and burned the talismans he had laid out beforehand. His figure suddenly disappeared into the magic circle.
Su He sheathed her knife and didn't chase after him. Instead, she returned to the classroom to check on Xie Tan's condition.
He helped Xie Tan sit up. The boy's face was as white as paper, his forehead was covered in cold sweat, but his body was burning up. Even though he was unconscious, his brows and eyes were tightly furrowed, as if he was suffering in his dreams. His breathing was too shallow.
Su He's face was so dark it could drip ink. Xia Wujin wanted to explain his situation, but he interrupted him: "...I know, this is a side effect of the Eye of Observation."
His tone was somewhat dazed.
"He took the medicine, and it should be taking effect."
"Medicine?" The price brought by the power of the gods can only be alleviated by the power of the gods. Su He guessed what it was.
The power of the sun.
Moreover, it's not the minor, trivial power from ghosts and monsters; it has to be the purest form of power. Xie Tan possesses a mirror fragment with an extremely high concentration of power.
He recalled the tiny fragments in Observation Two that he couldn't swallow no matter how hard he tried. Xie Tan's needs must be even greater. It seemed that even the Eye of Observation had difficulty digesting the power of the sun.
However, it's definitely better than his digestive ability. Since he's taken the medicine, he should be able to recover a bit soon.
Su He's expression softened slightly, then she frowned again and said, "Why are you running around like this after just taking your medicine?"
As he spoke, he used his foot to hook over a few tables, gently placed Xie Tan on them, and covered him with his coat.
Su He looked down at the boy's distressed appearance, as if he were in a daze. After a while, she suddenly came back to her senses and looked away.
He turned his head and asked, "Xia family girl, tell me, what happened?"
Xia Wujin then recounted everything that Xi Rui and Chang Mingai had left behind, what she had seen, and her speculations.
Su He sat in the chair, her arms resting on her thighs, and listened to the whole thing with her head down.
He remained silent for a long time without offering any opinion.
As the wind blew through the crack in the large window, ruffling the boy's hair, Su He stood up, closed the window to keep out the cold wind, and went outside.
As he brushed past Xia Wujin, he patted her on the shoulder.
"I'll leave this to you."
"What do you want...?"
“That brat is incredibly clever. I can’t figure him out, and I don’t know what his plans are.” Su He slightly raised her eyes, her wolf-like sharp eyes now filled with only indifferent killing intent. “But I know who is stopping his plans. I went and killed Observer Twelve—the one who summoned the Ouija board, right?”
When Xie Tan recovered from the severe dizziness, it was very quiet around him, and he did not hear Xia Wujin's voice.
There was no wind, but in his deep sleep, he seemed to feel the wind. His body was still cold, and once the coldness touched him, it wouldn't go away, as if it seeped into his bones.
He opened his eyes, sat up, and grabbed his coat that had slipped off.
Before he could recall where the coat looked familiar, he first noticed a person standing on the table next to him.
He was wearing a pair of Taoist shoes.
Xie Tan looked up and saw Xi Rui leaning down exaggeratedly, one eye smiling at him, while the other eye seemed to be controlled by another soul, darting around in its socket and coldly scanning other places like a surveillance camera.
It's not just Xi and Rui.
In the dimly lit room, a dozen or so figures stood on different tables and chairs, at varying heights, surrounding him and watching him.
It seems that the inhibitors have indeed become much less effective.
Xie Tan thought numbly.
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