In that instant, the shadow-like parasitic entity, which had been clinging to a pillar at a 45-degree angle about three meters behind Liu Shen, detached itself with a wriggling motion and manifested its true form.
On its body, a bronze emblem displayed a score of 29 points.
This score was certainly not low.
Currently, 50 out of 80 questions have been answered.
In this fully open activity scenario, while dealing with dangers and answering questions, he had managed to get so many correct.
It was evident that this person, within any middle school alliance system across the fourth galactic belt, was undoubtedly a top student.
Although his parasitic entity was also F-grade, it was far from being a useless or mediocre variety.
In fact, its skills and talents were quite unique and enviable among F-grade entities.
It was highly practical.
F55 Parasitic Entity: Little Shadow Ghost (a first-generation C-grade Cthulhu monster, Shadow of the Night).
Moreover, it had been nurtured to its mature form.
This meant it possessed 2-3 state skills.
In just a second or two.
With a step forward, boots, a height of 1.8 meters, work clothes, and a spiky hairstyle, a high school senior from Zhongyue Star’s Thirteenth Middle School appeared with a strong, wild athletic aura, and in the next second, he sprang into action.
The shadow on his left hand quickly switched from a concealed state to an offensive stance after detaching from the main body.
How much kinetic energy could a shadow have?
In two swift movements, it crossed three meters, leaped over two other pillars, launched itself into the air, and landed… like a swooping bat, instantly clinging to Liu Shen’s neck.
In the next moment, it expanded, crawling from her neck to her eyes, ears, and nose.
The shadow, being a non-physical entity, had no actual attack capability without the use of Cthulhu energy, i.e., “curses + magical” and other non- physical supernatural powers.
However, it could block the most crucial of the five senses-vision!
Liu Shen could no longer see.
The man also approached from behind, directly gripping her slender neck with his physical hand while simultaneously seizing the dagger at her waist.
Complete control.
“Zhongyue Thirteenth Middle School, Qiao Ke. Liu Shen, you should know me. I’m part of Liu Luo’s team. We were very sincere, but it seems you only know how to study. In interpersonal matters, you’ve made two fatal choices.”
“First, you rejected us.”
“Second, you chose that severely injured and weak consumptive inside.”
“Speaking of that person, do you know how I discovered you’re a consumptive?”
“Anyone with a parasitic entity must have a reserve of nutritional energy, but your blood lacks its content, completely inactive.”
“Leaving your own blood behind was your biggest mistake. Someone on our team has a parasitic entity that can detect biological data.”
“So, you must be a consumptive without a parasitic entity. But this also proves that your clever mind is more formidable than most parasitic entities, managing to get the key from the morgue…”
“However, under absolute force, you stand no chance. This is why strategists have never taken to the battlefield since ancient times.”
“Now, hand over the key, or… I’ll kill Liu Shen.”
Liu Shen remained motionless, like a dehydrated salted fish on a chopping block, while the person behind the iron door…
After about three seconds.
“It seems you have two misunderstandings as well.”
“First, I have no relation to her.”
“Second, whether or not I have any relation to her, it has nothing to do with the fact that you’re about to be taken down, right?”
What?
Huo You’s voice ended with the trailing question, “Right?”
But the response was Qiao Ke’s startled and immediately alert breathing and body movements…
She had warned Qiao Ke!
He was about to snap Liu Shen’s neck and further draw the dagger from her waist to prevent any counterattack.
But!
Liu Shen stood there, her palm slightly open, her beautiful fingers forming a gesture.
A port opened, and within a mechanical mouth resembling a spiral speaker, a metallic skinned bird head, somewhat resembling an oriole, appeared.
In an instant.
A scream.
A piercing sound erupted from her body, radiating in all directions… directly targeting Qiao Ke’s eardrums.
He had no time to dodge, and such a non- physical attack was difficult to evade with physical speed.
Its penetration was too fast, reaching his eardrums, and then… blood spurted from his ears while his eyes also filled with blood.
Then blood sprayed from his eyes, making it look as if he had been shot in the head.
As the hot blood splattered onto Liu Shen’s slender neck and cheek.
The window glass cracked with a creaking sound.
Three seconds.
Silence.
Finally, Qiao Ke’s body went limp, and along with the Little Shadow Ghost in his palm, he collapsed at Liu Shen’s feet.
And she.
This high school girl who had maintained a graceful and delicate appearance from the start, now had her slender, snow-white neck and her thin yet youthful, collagen-rich cheeks stained with the intense color of life’s blood.
Drip by drip, it flowed, carrying a faint scent of blood.
She was disgusted, finding it dirty and foul.
But it wasn’t the blood she loathed; it was the owner of the blood.
They were lowly, stupid, and troublesome.
She stared at the motionless iron door.
“I think you’re not inside.”
“May I ask, are you hiding? Where?”
Her voice remained gentle as she questioned Huo You.
Huo You responded.
“Are you asking about my voice or my personality?”
Liu Shen: “I can confirm your voice is indeed in the room, but fully activating my parasitic entity’s auditory abilities, I further determined its location and the sound-it remained steady, unmoving.”
“I suddenly realized the supply room not only holds a large number of keys for the entire building but also two tape recorders. You left one there and brought the other here.”
“But you’re not here. Using a walkie-talkie, your voice is broadcasted from that room, giving me the illusion…”
Huo You: “Your judgment of me is an illusion, but my judgment of you seems accurate.”
Liu Shen: “Such as?”
Huo You: “During your confrontation with their group, you knew Qiao Ke was hiding. You realized they were numerous and malicious, never truly intending to cooperate with you, and would eventually turn on you.”
“To eliminate Qiao Ke without revealing your parasitic entity’s true strength, you deliberately left the main group and lured him to me.”
“Wanting to use my hand to kill him, or have him kill me.”
Liu Shen: “Yes, but I didn’t expect my own cleverness to backfire, allowing you to see through and expose it. Thus, he had to attack me first, turning it into a fight between him and me, while you, the oriole, watched.”
Huo You: “How am I the oriole?”
Liu Shen: “Using the walkie-talkie to maintain communication, but you also need to know what’s happening here. You’re here, aren’t you?”
“Watching me.”
She let the blood drip, slowly turning her head, scanning the quiet, dimly lit basement space.
From every corner, passage, and small door…
She recalled the earlier sound of a chair moving, narrowed her clear, sharp eyes, and immediately moved, darting into the basement security booth on the left, which overlooked the garage.
The door was pulled open, and she looked inside!
There was a chair, but no one was inside.
Huh?
Not good!
That person had deliberately left the chair’s movement to lure her here…
Suddenly!
With a snap, she clearly heard the sound of the circuit breaker being pulled, and then all the already sparse dim lights in the basement went out.
She was here!
At that moment, the parasitic entity in Liu Shen’s palm, always in a state of active readiness, prepared to unleash a second wave of attack.
But two seconds passed, and the parasitic entity remained in its ready state.
Liu Shen stood in the darkness, her expression puzzled.
The person had fled.
This person had fled!
After much speculation and evidence, she had considered this person her greatest threat, only to realize it was a cunning, scheming, and pleasant voiced… weakling.