"My mortal enemy is actually an actor …"
After a few seconds, Qing Jiuliu exhaled a thick cloud of white smoke. He then sighed and said, "Since you have developed this ability, do you want to be an actor? What's so good about it? "
"What do you know?!" The short man jumped up. If Lin Sanjiu didn't hold him down, he would have spat out the smoke. After he took a deep breath, his expression turned gloomy. He smiled maliciously, "A sloppy person like you, who can still become famous, can't understand the hard work of ordinary people like us. After all, I don't have any celebrity parents, and I don't have a good face … "
Even through the smoke and his beard, Lin Sanjiu could see that Qing Jiuliu's expression had turned sour. She pushed the short man hard and interrupted him, "Save your energy. I don't care about your bullsh * t emotional journey. Just answer my questions honestly."
The short man was stunned. He looked at Lin Sanjiu darkly and laughed, "He is the one who broke my ability. You are just a loser, so what's there to be proud of? If it wasn't for him, you would have been dead! "
However, his words didn't enrage the tall woman as Lin Sanjiu had expected.
Lin Sanjiu's expression was almost calm. In fact, she looked at him with a strange expression and said, "Yes, so what?"
"I have been through five worlds. There are many people who have died in my hands because of their abilities or items," Lin Sanjiu smiled, "Since there are people who can be restrained by me, there must be people who can restrain me. The point is, I am still alive, and you are now under my control. That is enough. "
As if Lin Sanjiu had hit a sore spot, the short man's eyes were so gloomy that it seemed like they could drip water.
Ignoring him, Lin Sanjiu opened the lid of the [Empty-handed Kleptomaniac] and passed it to Qing Jiuliu.
When his eyes fell on the box, the short man's expression changed. Even though he didn't know what the box was used for, he felt fear. He couldn't help but fall back. He asked the two people in a trembling voice, "What are you doing?"
"Here, take this. If he doesn't listen to you, just press the box on his body like this," Lin Sanjiu instructed. He turned around and asked, "Are you done with your nonsense? Are you ready to answer the question now? "
Staring at the small plastic box, the short man nodded.
"What did you just say about candidates? Who is that snake-eyed man? " There were too many questions in Lin Sanjiu's mind. For a moment, all of them rushed to her mouth, "You and I don't know each other. Why do you want to talk to me?"
"H-his name is Irezumi," the short man stuttered. "He's my examiner. I'm one of the candidates he's in charge of in this trial … "
"Start from the beginning," Lin Sanjiu tried her best to calm her racing heart.
The short man paused for a moment. He looked around before answering hesitantly, "... I'll tell you the truth, but you mustn't let Irezumi find out. This trial must be kept absolutely confidential. According to the rules, if I leak the details, you and I will both be executed. "
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. The scene of Number 42's head rolling on the ground surfaced in her mind. When she opened her mouth again, her voice trembled, "... How can he execute you? I don't think he was an actor in the past, right? "
"You don't know. When a candidate agrees to participate in this trial, he has to state his abilities and weaknesses. Furthermore, the examiner will use some kind of method — I guess it's a Special Item — to verify the truth. " The short man pulled a long face and continued, "Even if he isn't an actor, he has a way to deal with me after he knows my weaknesses. At least, that's what he told me."
"What kind of trial is this? What is the ultimate goal of this trial? "
"To be honest, I don't know either." The short man frowned. His large forehead was instantly split by a few deep vertical lines.
"Press the box on him," Lin Sanjiu turned to Qing Jiuliu and ordered.
The short man immediately howled, "No, no, I really don't know! I'm not lying to you. Let me finish — "
"Go ahead," Lin Sanjiu spat out two words coldly.
"It's like this. I was just found by Irezumi about ten days ago," the short man started from the beginning. "The reason why he found me as a candidate was that I had made a name for myself in the Twelve Worlds Centrum with my [Stage Dreams] ability … However, I'm also curious as to how he found me. At that time, I offended someone and couldn't get a visa. I came to this world through a random teleportation. "
"Irezumi told me that he and three other examiners brought a group of candidates to this world. In the end, they did not expect this unknown world to be so cunning and strange. Even though they were extremely careful, they still fell for it. Most of the candidates and the two examiners lost their minds. They turned into complete lunatics. Due to various reasons. The few remaining candidates were all dead … This is why Irezumi found me. They needed a new candidate, and they needed more than one. "
The short man cleared his throat and looked at the two people in front of him. Qing Jiuliu was different from Lin Sanjiu. He wasn't interested in the examiners or candidates. He just kept puffing out clouds of white smoke. The short man choked and coughed a few times. He said gloomily, "Don't you know the importance of sound in a performance? How could you ruin your voice like that? "
Qing Jiuliu scratched his chin. Before he could answer, Lin Sanjiu nudged the short man and urged him to continue.
"… I really don't know what the Candidates' final goal is. Irezumi doesn't want to tell me either," Kieran said with a smile. The short man rolled his eyes and said, "But even so, I still came … because that's what he told me — 'Although I can't tell you exactly what you're competing for, I can tell you what it means.'"
"All the resources I need for survival, combat, property in the Twelve Worlds Centrum, wealth," the short man muttered, "Fame, power, and countless Aptitude users for me to order around … They can give me anything I want. I can live however I want. Most importantly, he promised me that he could tell me anything as long as I wanted to. I can even stay in the Twelve Worlds Centrum for the rest of my life. A visa is not a problem at all. "
"Bullsh * t," Qing Jiuliu swallowed a mouthful of wine. "Why didn't he participate in such a good thing?"
"What do you know!" The short man couldn't stand Qing Jiuliu's attitude. He immediately retorted, "That's because they have a division of labor! If a candidate can complete a series of trials, he can naturally obtain everything as I said just now. But if he can't complete it, he can also choose to become an examiner. In other words, examiners are candidates who have failed the trials. They are not qualified to participate in the competition anymore. "
"So, what's the content of your trial?" Lin Sanjiu tossed a bottle of wine to Qing Jiuliu. "… Why did you come to me to ask me questions?"
"That's because you are a woman," the short man answered. "There were both men and women in the first batch of dead candidates, but I heard that the new batch of candidates were all men. They eliminated all women because our target for this trial is a woman who has been transported to this world." Lin Sanjiu was stunned.
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. She suddenly remembered that when she first entered Harry's Pocket Dimension, she heard Number 45 say, "You guys are happy now. There's a woman here." At first, she thought that it was directed at Number 44, but on second thought, However, when she thought about it, Number 45 had said "you guys".
In other words, other than the indecent Number 44, there was someone else in the underground cave who was looking forward to the arrival of a "woman". If that was the case, that person could only be Number 42.
If Number 42 was a candidate and Number 48 was a consular officer, then the identity of Number 46 was obvious...
Number 46 was the other examiner.
Perhaps he noticed that Lin Sanjiu was frowning and lost in her own thoughts, so the short man shut his mouth. For a moment, only the sound of Qing Jiuliu gulping down wine could be heard. It made the surroundings even more silent.
After thinking for a while, Lin Sanjiu raised her head.
Ji Shanqing's last stop had suddenly changed. Moreover, there were "candidates" around them. Lin Sanjiu felt that this couldn't be a coincidence. Just as she was about to ask about this building — "Her expression changed abruptly.
There was a man standing on a roof a few hundred meters away.
However, Lin Sanjiu remembered it very clearly. When she looked in that direction just now, the roof was still empty.
Even though Lin Sanjiu was far away and she couldn't see the man's eyes clearly, she immediately jumped up. She grabbed the short man and flung him onto her shoulder.
"What are you —" The short man swallowed his words before he could finish his sentence. Instead, he let out a whimper that sounded like "Irezumi!"
In the time it took for him to utter those two words, the pair of yellow serpent eyes had clearly risen from behind the man's shoulder. An extremely unhappy expression appeared on Irezumi's long face, "Didn't I tell you to keep this a secret?"
"Run! Ahhhh —"
As the short man screamed, Lin Sanjiu was already halfway across the street. However, she was carrying the man on her shoulder and dragging Qing Jiuliu, who was still in a daze. With Irezumi's speed, Lin Sanjiu knew that she couldn't outrun him. He would catch up to her in the blink of an eye.
When Lin Sanjiu sensed the shadow closing in on her from behind, she suddenly stomped on the ground and twisted her body. She threw herself at the wall beside the road. The wall had already been blackened by the smoke and fire. The impact from Lin Sanjiu's attack caused a hole to appear in the wall. Irezumi's footsteps were somewhat hindered by Lin Sanjiu.
"Wait!"
Just as Irezumi was about to step into the cave, a clear female voice came from inside. As soon as the voice faded, a black shadow pounced out of the cave. However, the black shadow stopped in front of Irezumi. Then, as if it was interrupted in an unnatural way, the black shadow fell limply at Irezumi's feet. Irezumi lowered his head and saw that it was the short man who was unconscious with his eyes tightly shut.
"He didn't finish his sentence," Lin Sanjiu's voice rang out from behind the wall, "I've taken care of him for you. He won't wake up anymore. Your secret is safe now. If you don't believe me, you can check it yourself!"
Irezumi frowned. As expected, he squatted down and flipped the short man over a few times. He poked him a few times. When he saw that the short man was as unresponsive as a vegetable, Irezumi tossed the short man over his shoulder and said expressionlessly, "That won't do. You guys still have to die. There can't be any possibility of your secret being leaked. "
However, this time, there wasn't a single sound coming from the convenience store.
Irezumi cocked his head. He suddenly realized that his opponent was just trying to buy him some time. The vertical pupils in his snake eyes widened. He let out a low growl and leaped into the convenience store as well.
Inside the store, the shelves were overturned and the place was a complete mess. The glass door was slowly closing. Apparently, someone had just pushed it open.
Irezumi narrowed his eyes and glanced at the street outside the glass door. Then, in the blink of an eye, he disappeared from the spot. Only the glass door, which was pushed a little further away, could tell that someone had just left the store.
Two to three seconds after Irezumi disappeared, the staff door at the corner of the convenience store was pushed open a little.
"I didn't expect that he could be tricked with such a trick," Qing Jiuliu walked out of the store and let out a drunken burp. At the same time, he reached for a bottle of wine on the cashier counter, "Even though this person is quite powerful, he isn't very smart. Tsk, tsk. I didn't expect that he would take the short man away … "
Lin Sanjiu swiped her hand across the cashier counter and Qing Jiuliu's hand missed.
"What are you doing?" Qing Jiuliu was instantly displeased, "Didn't you already find the building?"
"He might come back at any time. If you still want to stand here and argue with me, go ahead." The tall woman did not show any respect to an award-winning actor. Instead, she turned around and walked into the messy shelves. She started rummaging through something.
"Why aren't you leaving? What are you looking for? "Qing Jiuliu thought for a moment and suddenly realized that he could leave first." Then, let's part ways here. I was smoking just now, and the smoke was everywhere. That person probably didn't see my face … Sigh, now that I think about it, you're the only one who's in danger. "
"You really are an unlikeable person," Lin Sanjiu muttered.
Lin Sanjiu mumbled. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. She grabbed the thing in front of her and chased after Qing Jiuliu, who had just stepped out of the cave. She grabbed his sleeve and said, "No, you can't leave yet."
"What else do you want?" Qing Jiuliu rolled his eyes drunkenly, "... Do you want an autograph?"
"Indeed, I need an item from you," Lin Sanjiu smiled at him as gently as she could, "I'll give you some wine in exchange."
PS:
Yesterday, the doctor told me that he had saved up enough money to reward me. At that time, I didn't realize anything … But when I saw it today, I was shocked. Allan0817 actually rewarded me with a spiritual beast egg? Ahhhh, even if I have to go for my exams, I still feel sorry for him for spending so much money! No wonder he wanted me to add more chapters … Sigh, I can only wish him luck in his exams … The chapters I owe are enough for me to finish this book.
Thank you to Lizard, Yanran Ditty, Mirror v Balance, Mu Zi, Winds of Ten Continents, Permission to Log in, Bridge Man, Mr. 18, Mokugyo, Cloudy Cloud for their tips! Qidian is going crazy. All the monthly votes for the past few days have been flooded out. Next, there will be a lot of monthly votes, so I can only take a small portion.
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