Su Mo had already uncontrollably stepped onto that spiritual stone which could stir up a person’s desires. The male nurse was only one step away from him.
Su Mo bit the tip of his tongue to gain a moment of clarity, punched the male nurse unconscious, and kicked him far away.
Even though he had a man’s soul in a woman’s body, he had always considered himself a man. When Qing Yi touched him, he could turn a blind eye, just treating it as if he were bullying himself…
But if it were anyone else, Su Mo would never allow such a thing to happen.
First, in his own understanding, he was a man.
Second, this was Qing Yi’s body. If anyone dared to get handsy, he wouldn’t mind chopping those hands off.
“I underestimated things. I didn’t expect such an evil object to exist in this world. Looks like whatever’s behind Kagawa Mental Hospital is no joke…”
Su Mo had lost all desire to investigate further. He just wanted to escape from here as quickly as possible. Maybe the symptoms would lessen. If it really came down to it, he—
Wouldn’t be completely opposed to the idea… either…
(*/ω＼*)
Anyway, if he stayed here any longer, there might be another person coming after a while, and by then, who knows if he’d still have the strength to knock them out.
He struggled to get up, wanting to step off this bizarre stone, but the stone seemed to have some kind of magic, pulling at his body and making it resist his brain’s commands on its own.
“Don’t waste your energy. As long as you’re human, you can’t walk off from here.”
A woman’s voice rang out, but Su Mo couldn’t locate where she was. “Who are you?”
“I am… not telling you.” The other party giggled playfully.
At that moment, Su Mo felt like someone’s doll, there just for them to watch, while he couldn’t even sense their presence.
He really didn’t like this feeling of being controlled.
Since his current state was one of stirred-up desires rather than an illusion, the Yin Fire couldn’t help much either. He had to rely entirely on his willpower to hold on.
Dark mist began to seep out from the surface of his body – a sign that the Yin Fire was about to go out of control.
“Hey, are you in a lot of pain?” That mysterious female voice sounded again.
Su Mo didn’t answer for a long time because his consciousness was already starting to fade. The only reason he was still standing was sheer instinct.
The Yin Fire began to leak out, dripping onto the stone and making a “puff puff puff” sound.
Finally, Su Mo lost all awareness and collapsed to the ground, his face flushed red, his body writhing.
The ink-black Yin Fire spread across the entire stone. Instead of spilling over, it slowly wrapped itself around the stone, intending to devour it.
The stone wasn’t indestructible; it was getting smaller and smaller.
Finally, the voice grew anxious: “Oh no, what are you doing to my Heavenly Demon Stone? Give it back to me!”
The Heavenly Demon Stone, now wrapped in black Yin Fire, suddenly began to emit bursts of purple light, as if resisting.
When the resistance failed, the voice could only beg for mercy: “Please, don’t destroy it, okay?”
“First, release the control on me…” Su Mo mumbled, barely conscious.
“Fine, I’ll release it!”
As soon as she said that, Su Mo’s dazed eyes suddenly became clear, and the flush on his face rapidly faded. But Su Mo still didn’t wake up, and the Yin Fire started devouring the Heavenly Demon Stone even faster.
“Hey… wake up, stop pretending!” The voice sounded very anxious, but no matter how much she shouted, Su Mo wouldn’t wake up.
The next moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the garden – it was the head nurse.
She frowned, formed an ice spike in her right hand, and aimed it straight at Su Mo’s forehead. But before it could even touch his body, the Yin Fire wrapped around it and corroded it.
“You’re just a mere D-class. Did you really think you could kill me?” Su Mo slowly rose to his feet and gave her a contemptuous smile.
“You… you’re not Watanabe. Who are you?” The head nurse suddenly ran away like a madwoman, but Su Mo caught up to her in one stride and easily grabbed her by the throat.
By this time, the Heavenly Demon Stone had been corroded down to the size of a walnut. Su Mo tossed it into his spatial device.
“I’ll ask, you answer. Don’t even think about playing tricks.” Su Mo tightened his grip on her throat slightly, and the head nurse immediately showed a pained expression.
“It’s the director, it’s the director…”
Su Mo loosened his grip a little. “Who is your director? What is he actually—”
“Pfft—” Suddenly, the head nurse’s eyes rolled back, and a mouthful of blood sprayed from her lips. If Su Mo hadn’t dodged in time, he would have been drenched.
A chill ran down Su Mo’s spine. It seemed the head nurse had been tampered with; whenever she was about to reveal a secret, she would spit blood and die.
He didn’t have time to think about other things. Now that he had the Heavenly Demon Stone, he could figure out the secrets later. The most important thing right now was to get out of here.
He looked up and scanned the area. There were surveillance cameras everywhere. For all he knew, the mastermind was watching him from behind a screen right now.
But luckily, the spot where the Heavenly Demon Stone had been was in a blind spot of the cameras. Whether someone had done that on purpose or not, the scene of the Yin Fire leaking hadn’t been caught on tape.
That way, he was still “Watanabe.”
After a moment’s hesitation, he left the mental hospital in a “flustered” manner and suddenly disappeared around a corner.
When he reappeared, he was already in the safe house.
“Miss Chiba, how did it go?” The real Watanabe only knew that he was currently Chiba Masami, and that his superiors had asked her to help this girl. She had no idea about Su Mo’s true identity.
“I’ll tell you all the details now, and then you’ll leave here. Because from now on, you’ll be a thief and a murderer. Wei Yang will arrange your next steps.”
“Yes!” Watanabe didn’t hesitate at all.
Because this was her mission.
…
The next day at noon.
Kagawa Mental Hospital was not as peaceful as usual; it was unusually lively. Curious onlookers passing by all looked confused.
“Did someone die here? Why all the commotion?”
“Who knows? I heard they only keep supernaturals locked up in there. A death isn’t that unusual.”
“I heard the killer is a nurse at the hospital. She seemed to be stealing something, got caught, and in a panic, stabbed the other person to death. The method was extremely brutal. Then she ran off with the stolen items.”
“How do you know all the details?”
“My son works in there. He…”
The onlookers were busy making wild guesses until several people who looked like big shots walked out from inside. Only then did everyone finally shut up.
Reporters swarmed forward, blocking the main entrance. The onlookers couldn’t see what was happening inside and were very annoyed, so more than half of them left.
“Mr. Sato, what’s your take on this incident? Is it related to the recent man-eating monster cases?” A female reporter was very quick and was the first to stop Mr. Sato as he stepped out.
Mr. Sato was holding his wife’s hand with one hand and clutching his chest with the other. With red-rimmed eyes, he apologized: “I’m sorry, brothers and sisters of Kagawa Prefecture. I haven’t done a good job governing. I’m sorry for all these incidents happening in Kagawa…”
Just as he was apologizing, someone from the crowd immediately stepped forward and said righteously, “Mr. Sato, everyone can see how hard you’ve worked. This kind of thing is an accident; you can’t blame yourself for it.”
“But my heart aches…”
Su Mo had just arrived at the scene with his people when he witnessed this wonderful piece of acting.
As a fellow professional, he gave a very fair assessment: “Not bad.”