Chapter Twenty-Three: The Truth Is Revealed

"It's true. ”

Lin Lan was obviously not lightly injured, so he gasped when he said these three words.

"I didn't notice it at first, but then I gradually realized that Shiyue was different in many ways. Although she disguised it well, you know, I grew up with Shizuki and I knew her too well. Finally, I can be sure that this is not her!"

"This ......"

So one day I had a showdown with her. She simply admitted that she was not Tang Shiyue, she was just borrowing this body, if I wanted to resurrect the real Shiyue, I had to be obedient and not allowed to demolish her.

I don't know what she wants to do. I was scared, but I couldn't help but listen to her for the sake of Shiyue, so the matter was delayed until one day, I met an old man......"

"An old man?"

"It's a down-and-out Taoist priest. At that time, I kindly gave him a sum of money, and then he gave me this formation. Tell me that I can use it to recall Shizuki's soul and bring her back to life. ”

Shu Xiaoman's eyes widened suddenly: "It turns out that this formation of yours is not to summon evil spirits, but to resurrect Tang Shiyue......?"

Shu Xiaoman remembers very clearly, seeing this magic circle in the book is to summon evil spirits, is there a mistake in the book?

Lin Lan shook his head weakly, and gasped for a while before he said: "I don't know the specifics, at that time, the Dao Leader only said, let me set up the formation like this, and then use the chicken blood ......"

"Chicken blood?" Shu Xiaoman's whole body was shocked, "In the bath, is it chicken blood?"

"yes. ”

Now Shu Xiaoman finally understood what the problem was: according to the records in the book, fresh human blood must be used when summoning!

The formation is like this, there can be no mistake in the slightest, even if it misses a fraction, it will end up being thousands of miles away.

She stood there in a daze, and saw Lin Lan struggling to reach out to get the puppet on the altar, and hurriedly helped her take the puppet down.

"Thank you. Lin Lan took it and held it in the palm of his hand, "This doll was made for Shiyue, and it has her birthday on it." It took me a lot of time to collect so much chicken blood, and it was not until today that I was ready to activate the circle, but I didn't expect it...... Here she comes. ”

"She?"

"The one who occupies Shizuki's body. ”

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In front of the ancient mansion, Tang Shiyue has already narrowed the distance between her and Yang Zhen to the extent that they almost coincide with each other~

The starry eyes are half-closed, the tips of the noses touch, and the breath smells each other......

And her left hand tightly wrapped her five fingers around the young man's right hand, as if she was using the strength of her whole body to unite herself and the other party.

The girl's right hand had quietly climbed up Yang Zhen's back, and her five fingers were gently spread......

Sharp steel knives have grown!

Tang Shiyue opened her eyes sharply, the murderous aura was released, and the chill of Sen Sen almost froze the air, and at the same time, the girl's claw knife was raised, stabbing down at Yang Zhen's heart......

But it froze in mid-air!

At this time, the tip of the knife that flashed with sharp light was less than a centimeter away from Yang Zhen, but it was this centimeter distance that became an insurmountable moat, and he was stunned and couldn't move at all.

Her wrist had been grabbed by Yang Zhen.

"You, you ......"

"Do you know how you were exposed?" Yang Zhen looked at her lightly, "Actually, I didn't think something was right from the beginning: I knew what reputation I had in school, and even Shu Xiaoman didn't dare to openly pull me to the same table, why were you so proactive? ”

Tang Shiyue was so shocked that she almost forgot about struggling for a while. Yang Zhen understood her expression and shook his head slightly:

"Don't be presumptuous~ Although I had doubts at that time, I didn't think about anything else, and even when Xiao Man told me that there was a ghost in the class who was targeting me, I didn't suspect you, but what you did next made me have to doubt you. ”

"You ......"

"It's no problem what kind of angel association you want to do, but at that time, so many boys surrounded you, and you didn't like anyone to invite me, and after I joined the club, you didn't even recruit anyone, although you have an explanation, but sister~ Your purpose is too obvious, right?

I don't have any other advantages as a person, I still have self-knowledge, and I don't think I'm handsome enough to make beautiful women throw me into my arms. ”

Yang Zhen's voice was calm and eloquent, as if he didn't realize that Tang Shiyue was struggling incessantly, and as if he didn't see the girl's delicate face began to become more and more distorted, twisted and hideous.

She opened her mouth violently to bite, her mouth seemed to open her skull, the corners of her mouth were cracked to the root of her ears, and her upper and lower jaws were pulled to an incredible angle, like a giant python with a big mouth open, but this bite was empty, and Yang Zhen let it go in a slight flash.

"You're not pretty. He said.

What answered him was to struggle even more violently, but even if Tang Shiyue tried her best, she was never able to break free from the young man's iron hoop.

"Let's listen to the story quietly~" Yang Zhen said.

Tang Shiyue suddenly gave up all struggles.

She knew that it was useless—after all, there was only a trace of spirit left, and that was the final blow she had done with all her might.

In fact, her real identity is the former deacon of the ghost clan, if it is divided according to the realm of cultivation, her ability belongs to the rank of "Qi Refining Double", which is originally higher than Yang Zhen, so she can easily deal with Shu Xiaoman, but Yang Zhen has a ghost-slaying artifact in her hand, which is her nemesis.

Just now, Tang Shiyue confessed under the pretext that it was to let Yang Zhen put down the knife, so that even if she only had a little spirit left, if she was surprised, she might not be able to hit with one blow.

Yang Zhen also cooperated in doing so, Tang Shiyue was overjoyed, and couldn't wait to show her minions, trying to show the dagger, but the result was ......

"That's right, this is a good boy~" Yang Zhen praised her, "Then continue to listen to Detective Conan~ Where did I say just now?"

He made a contemplative gesture, as if trying to recall the place where he had just been suddenly interrupted.

Tang Shiyue: "......"

"Oh, I remembered!" Yang Zhen patted his head, "Although I didn't understand your purpose at that time, I didn't expect you to be that ghost, until not long ago Xiao Man told me that Lin Lan was that ghost, because she was arranging a magic circle to summon evil spirits," Yang Zhen said, "This reasoning sounds very reasonable at first glance, because Lin Lan happened to come to warn me at that time, let me not get too close to you." These words may sound threatening, but if you think about it another way, it can be understood as advice, isn't it?"

Time goes back a few days ago......

Lin Lan: "Warn you, don't get close to Tang Shiyue!"

Lin Lan: "Don't think that if you enter the club, you will get the moon first!"

Lin Lan: "Stay away from her!, or you'll die ugly!"

Time comes back to the present.

"Later, Shu Xiaoman told me again," Yang Zhen said, "Lin Lan has been hiding and peeking when we are picking up garbage, I believe Xiao Man will not be mistaken, but she doesn't know that Lin Lan peeking actually has another purpose: she is investigating you, and the ghost energy that Xiao Man sensed is also real, but not from Lin Lan, but from you—I said it right, right?"

Every time Yang Zhen said a word, Tang Shiyue's face turned white, and now she has no strength to compete with Yang Zhen, just as the rabbit under the claws of a tiger would never think of resisting, Tang Shiyue closed her eyes......

It seems that hope has been completely abandoned, and it seems that it has accepted its fate.

This man, it turned out that he had already ...... at that time

"No, I'm not that rebellious, it's just an afterthought. Yang Zhen saw through her thoughts, "These are all things that I thought of later, I didn't think so deeply at the time, after all, all the clues at that time pointed to Lin Lan - but tonight at her house, I found a flaw: Xiao Man said that the puppet on the altar was me, but I could see clearly, that birthday was not mine, but it was not mine, who would it be? At that time, I had such a question in my heart, and I couldn't figure it out, but fortunately you told me." ”

Tang Shiyue opened her eyes: "Me?"

"Yes," Yang Zhen said, "I just sent you home, and you told stories all the way to the Tangshan earthquake on your birthday, right?"

Tang Shiyue's eyes darkened - there was no need to say any more.

In order to replace the real Tang Shiyue, she naturally understood her situation, so she could tell Tang Shiyue's past, but she didn't pay attention to it, it was such a detail that caused her to make a mistake.

"I remember the date of the Tangshan earthquake very clearly," Yang Zhen said, "just like the date on the puppet, since that day is your birthday, then who does the puppet represent?"

Then the first question comes, Lin Lan is your best friend, if she is that ghost, it is normal to sacrifice me, but it is a bit abnormal to sacrifice you. I also wondered if the circle had any special requirements for the sacrifice's birthday, so I asked Xiao Man, but she told me that there was no such thing. ”

Tang Shiyue sat down on the ground in a dejected manner.

She didn't expect that the man in front of her would be able to peel off the cocoon in these seemingly inconspicuous details, string together unrelated things, and finally find out the truth.

Yang Zhen said again: "At that time, I was sure that Lin Lan was definitely not that ghost, otherwise these would not make sense at all, and if I affirmed this, then what would her words mean at that time?

So the second question is, why did Lin Lan choose to advise so vaguely instead of speaking it outright?

So I thought about two things: first, she didn't know who I was, so she didn't dare to tell the truth, and second, she was afraid!"

Tang Shiyue sighed low and didn't speak.

"After thinking about this, coupled with my previous suspicions about you, I am even more sure of your identity. I even dare to conclude that the female ghost that appeared in Lin Lan's house tonight is you, right?" Yang Zhen said.

"Not bad. Tang Shiyue's face was discouraged, "But how are you ......?"

"Because when you appeared, Lin Lan shouted: 'Why are you', and her face was frightened, which means that she knows you, and who will be the person she knows and makes her afraid?"

“…… It's just me, of course. Tang Shiyue, who said these five words, spoke in a tone as heavy as a mountain.

Yang was so precise in his analysis that it was hard to believe that he could deduce so much from his casual remarks, which was almost unimaginable to her.

But she didn't know that this was very simple for Yang Zhen......

Although Yang Zhen is not a powerful character in terms of cultivation-he is still a newcomer, but after all, he is the king of soldiers, and which of the criminal gangs he has dealt with in his life is not a human spirit? Which one is not better than Tang Shiyue's means?

But so many criminals have been planted in Yang Zhen's hands, and it is easy to deduce her flaws.

Yang Zhen smiled: "The last suspicion: that is, just now, I obviously chased the spirit of the female ghost out, and you appeared before it disappeared - this kind of coincidence almost does not exist in reality; all of this is unreasonable to add up, so I decided that ~ you are the ghost!"

Tang Shiyue's lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but finally turned into a silent sigh.

"So now......"

Yang Zhen leaned down and looked into her eyes, and there was no more playful look on his face: "Can you tell me~ Why are you targeting me?"