516 "Prizes"
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"You!"
Although Charlie had guessed before, it was completely unexpected to see Tom act so neatly.
But Charlie was too late to stop it, and Tom had already inserted the mist ball that turned into a dagger into his eye socket.
However, there was no blood splattering, no wailing of pain, and the dagger was plunged into Tom's head as if some kind of switch had been activated.
A thick gray mist erupted from the dagger's grip and spread rapidly, but the dagger itself remained completely unchanged.
It's like...... The thick gray mist was drawn from Tom's body!
"Could it be...... These are the souls? β
Don't blame Charlie for thinking so, the Gray Mist Orb itself needs a recognized soul to be driven, and Tom also said just now that ghosts exist, and ghost soldiers are not a lie, so is the scene in front of you the last step to become a ghost soldier?
Time passed second by second, but it didn't take long for Charlie to feel like years, but fortunately, Tom did not have such a huge soul to smoke for a few minutes, about less than two minutes, the gray mist no longer gushed from the dagger grip, and Tom, who was holding the gray mist dagger, fell to the ground with a "poof".
If it weren't for the carpet on the floor, I wouldn't have broken my bones and would have had a concussion.
Charlie saw clearly that Tom didn't do any cushioning action when he fell, which means that he has completely lost his instinct for self-protection now.
This means that either he is unconscious, or ...... He's dead!
"Tom? Tom, are you okay? β
Charlie screamed tentatively, but Tom, who was lying on the ground, did not react at all.
Just as Charlie was about to go up to check on Tom, suddenly, the gray mist dagger in Tom's hand changed again.
"Bang-"
The gray mist dagger exploded from the inside like a handful of sand.
Charlie only then discovered that the color of the gray mist sphere was actually the same color as the gray mist extracted from Tom's body.
The gray mist sphere was darker in color, and if you looked closely, it was not pure gray, it was a gray mixed with a hint of red silk, which looked deeper, more black, and more disturbing.
The darker gray seemed to be conscious, and as soon as Pu exploded, it surged and spread, and when it surpassed all the gray mist that had been extracted from Tom's body, it suddenly retracted, enveloping all the "dumbfounded" gray mist.
Just like that, a large cloud of gray mist floating in the air appeared in front of Charlie's eyes.
Charlie was frightened and took a step back, she didn't expect such a change, but what she didn't expect was the next change.
I saw that the dark gray mist that enveloped Tom's gray mist surged again, and the waves rose and fell, like an unstable sea...... No, it's more like chewing, like digesting, and you can vaguely hear the "crunching" sound!
This was just the beginning, and soon, instead of calming down, the surging gray fog became more and more irritable, and each fluctuation seemed as if something was struggling inside.
Finally, the gray mist finally calmed down, but now it was no longer an irregular circle, but elongated, and it looked like a long oval, but the surface was still fluctuating and undulating, as if something was still brewing.
What's brewing? No, it should be said that it became something.
Charlie saw that the gray mist showed the details little by little, and that was ...... Tom!
The slowly elongated gray mist grew limbs, outlining the facial features, and even the hair and eyebrows were exactly the same, lifelike, and in the end, even the clothes on his body appeared little by little, which was not the clothes Tom was wearing today, but looked similar to the special combat uniforms worn by the ghost soldiers before.
At this moment, the "Tom" in front of him looks no different from the real Tom except for the color.
"This ......"
Check what you want to say, but you really don't know what else you can say.
Everything in front of her has exceeded her cognition, and it is a plot that only exists in science fiction movies.
Charlie, though she had doubts about everything she knew when she saw the homeless man who was healing faster than normal today, it wasn't until this moment that she truly confirmed that the world in front of her was far from the world she knewβshe had never known it to be like this.
At this time, the "Tom" also slowly landed on the ground, standing on the ground, and his closed eyes slowly opened, revealing a pair of dull eyes.
But it was only for a moment, and the next moment, as the gray faded from "Tom", the sluggishness in his eyes was replaced by agility.
Tom at this moment is no different from before, just like the body of another Tom on the ground.
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Charlie looked at Tom who was standing, and then looked down at Tom who was lying on the ground, not knowing what the expression was on his face now.
Tom, who was standing, didn't pay attention to Charlie in front of him, he also seemed to be a little confused, his eyes looked at his raised hands, and he didn't seem to remember what had happened before.
"What's wrong with you?"
Seeing Tom like this, Charlie suppressed the complexity in his heart and asked.
Tom was stunned for a moment, saw Charlie and asked, "Huh? You are...... Charlie? Why are you here? β
Charlie was a little stunned this time, but Charlie quickly reacted, she stepped forward to attract Tom's attention, did not look at Tom on the ground, and did not let him see "himself" on the ground, "Tom, this is my house, do you remember what time it is?" β
Tom didn't doubt him, and blurted out, "It's ...... now"
But he didn't finish speaking, as if he was stuck, and read in a daze: "It's ...... Now it's ...... Hey? Why can't I remember the time? β
Charlie didn't let Tom look at the time, and then continued to ask, "It's night, do you remember where you killed those ghost soldiers?" β
"It's in the parking lot...... By the way, did you get me out later? β
Charlie heard Tom's answer, and at the same time kept observing Tom's performance, especially observing the look on his face, there is no doubt that throughout the question-and-answer process, Tom's answer was very natural, and there was no mistake, even if there was doubt, it was only doubt, and did not show any painful expression.
This made Charlie understand that Tom should only have a temporary amnesia, presumably due to the previous "suicide" or some mental impact on him, but obviously, this is far from being a mental trauma.
That's easy to do, as long as it's not traumatic, people like Tom are extremely receptive.
So, Charlie no longer disguised himself, and gestured directly to the ground, "Look at that, you just killed yourself." β
"Huh?" Tom was stunned for a moment, and when he looked down, he saw another "self".
But just like Cha Ideal, Tom was just puzzled, not mad, and soon he remembered something, and nodded knowingly.
"I see...... Have I made it yet? β
Tom said, and the whole person disappeared in front of Charlie's eyes in an instant, but a second later, he appeared to Charlie's right again, and at the same time, with a wave of his hand, a dagger turned in his palm and was held in his hand.
"This is the 'ghost soldier'."
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