Chapter 15: The Man in the Mirror
Amid the storm, there was loud thunder.
Maria had just climbed into the house through the window when a urgent call suddenly came to her ears.
"Go! Get out of here!"
She was stunned for a moment, and took out a small mirror from her bag. Her face was reflected in the mirror, but strangely, the expression of the person inside was completely different from hers. .
The "man in the mirror" looked anxious and kept urging her to leave.
She discovered the person in the mirror some time ago. When she first discovered him, she was shocked, but as the number of interactions increased, she gradually got used to it.
For some reason, the person in the mirror gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity, and she had always had an intuition that the person in the mirror would not hurt her.
Whenever she encounters any troubles, she will communicate with the person in the mirror.
The man in the mirror would give her some advice, but she only accepted one, which was to feed Xu Yi every now and then.
"Is there something wrong here? I haven't found Xu Yi yet?" Maria looked confused.
"Hurry up! If you don't leave, it will be too late!" The man in the mirror sounded anxious.
As soon as he finished speaking, large areas of white dust fell off the wall, yellow-brown spread, and blood-red spells emerged.
Maria looked shocked. Since she could accept the "man in the mirror", she naturally understood that there was another side to this world.
The bandaged ghost figure suddenly appeared at the door, its bloody pupils staring at her. Maria's face turned pale and her body trembled slightly.
There was more than one ghost, and the shadowy ghosts came from the end of the passage, seemingly endless.
"Exchange! Otherwise we will all die here!" The man in the mirror spoke urgently.
Maria began to hesitate. This was not the first time that the man in the mirror proposed an exchange. She had always been wary and never agreed.
But she also knows that something is not right now, and she may not be able to deal with it with her own abilities.
"Hurry up! Why are you hesitating in this situation?" the man in the mirror asked.
The bandage ghost got closer and closer, and Maria's body began to tremble slightly. She hesitated for a few seconds, then gritted her teeth and kissed herself in the mirror.
The lip seal falls and the contract is completed!
The next second, the figure in the mirror disappeared, Maria's pupils became dull, then slowly closed, and then opened suddenly.
Her eyes changed. They were no longer the pitiful eyes of a little rabbit. They were as sharp as knives.
Densely bandaged ghost figures surrounded "Maria", and a thick black mist rose from her body, making it impossible for ghosts to get close.
But "Maria" knew very well that she couldn't hold on for long, so she turned around and ran upstairs.
.........
"A total of 108 corpses." Arent finally finished counting the corpses and reported a number.
"Are you sure it's 108?" Xu Yi asked worriedly.
"Of course!" Arent promised, patting his chest. He was afraid that if the number was too small, the ghosts of the missing ones would come to haunt him, so he clicked extra carefully.
Xu Yi nodded with satisfaction. According to the newspaper information, the number of corpses missing in the cemetery was exactly 108. There may be other explanations for this number, but it is not important now.
"Burn these corpses and you will be able to solve the mystery of this place!" Xu Yi took out the kerosene he had bought from the corner and handed it to Ellente.
There are many ways to exorcise demons, the simplest and crudest way is to destroy the lodging, which is the bandaged corpse in front of you.
"Will the house be burned down?" Arent took the gasoline and hesitated.
Xu Yi moved a bundle of fireproof cloth from the corner and placed it at Arent's feet, obviously prepared for it.
Arent was speechless looking at the fire barrier cloth. The fire barrier cloth could only isolate a small fire. If the fire was too big, it would be of no use!
"Now that the ghost realm has just been formed, it is still easy to crack. If it takes a long time, I'm afraid..." Xu Yi did not continue.
"Then what are you waiting for? Lord Exorcist, let's do it!" Arent quickly poured kerosene on the body. Xu Yi nodded with satisfaction.
Being timid isn't all bad, at least he won't risk his life for a little money.
Arent really came to the right place today, otherwise Xu Yi would have been unable to defend himself if he accidentally burned down the house.
He didn't want to take the blame.
The lighter clicked twice, and orange flames rose. Xu Yi held the lighter and walked towards the pile of corpses.
You have to take the final blow yourself!
Not for the sense of ritual, but because only in this way, after the ghost is eliminated, can the verb Devouring be initiated.
The lights in the morgue flicker on and off, and the ghost has begun to affect the place.
Xu Yi did not hesitate and threw the lighter at the pile of corpses. The corpses stained with kerosene instantly ignited into a raging fire.
The two took a few steps back, but their expressions suddenly changed. The red spell on the corpse flashed out, and the burning flames extinguished at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Lighter!" Xu Yi stretched out his hand to Ellente with a solemn expression.
Arent quickly handed the spare lighter to Xu Yi.
The lighter with the flame rising was close to the body. This time the situation was worse than last time. The kerosene seemed to have failed and it could not be lit at all.
He tried several times in a row, but the result was the same.
It seems that ordinary methods cannot burn these corpses! Xu Yi frowned.
Just when he was at a loss what to do, the sound of rapid footsteps suddenly came from upstairs, and Xu Yi was stunned for a moment.
Ghosts are illusory entities and cannot make footsteps.
Could it be an illusion, but is it too real?
Arent was already frightened. After hearing the footsteps, he shivered and hid behind Xu Yi.
Xu Yi ignored him and went up the stairs.
"Xu...Xu Yi, save me!"
As soon as Xu Yi went upstairs, he saw an incredible figure, "Maria! Why are you here?"
Maria leaned against the wall of the corridor, her body covered with blood, and she screamed in pain , "Martin wants to deal with you, so I followed you secretly and wanted to tell you the news..."
Xu Yi's psychic entry is about to be full. With his high spiritual awareness, he can confirm that the other party is indeed a human being, not a human being. An illusion created by ghosts.
Maria looked at Xu Yi who was getting closer and lowered her head slightly to cover up the fierce look in her eyes. She didn't want to kill Xu Yi, she just wanted to find a new scapegoat.
Xu Yi approached step by step, and Maria tightened her grip on the utility knife hidden in her sleeve.
Three steps away from Maria, Xu Yi suddenly stopped and said faintly, "There's something hidden in his sleeve. It can't be a knife, right? How many times do you want to stab me?
" With combat experience, although the opponent pretended to be short of breath, he could tell at a glance that the opponent was not injured.
When he got close to the other party, the system also sent a prompt.
[Psychic entry experience +9, current progress: 95/100. 】
Looking at the entries that were about to reach full value, Xu Yi felt hot in his heart.
There is no doubt that something is wrong with Maria!
In addition to the other party's poor disguise, the entry experience hints, and the most important point.
The ghost figure that had been lying behind Maria disappeared. Of course Xu Yi would not naively think that it was the ghost's conscience that found out and left.
Xu Yi has reason to believe that it was the ghost that took control of Maria's body!
(End of chapter)