I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 480

Inside the car outside the warehouse, Jamie stared intently at the warehouse entrance, occasionally glancing left and right.

His demeanor was not much different from that of the other members of the theft gang who were acting as lookouts.

But only Jamie knew how much pressure he was under.

Alice gave him a task that went beyond simply waiting for news; there was something of paramount importance for him to do.

If successful, the curse of the female corpse will come to a perfect end; if it fails, two more vengeful spirits will be added to the streets of Britain.

You will decide what kind of future we will lead. Begin your performance.

He unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the car door and got out, but then hesitated, looking undecided.

Suddenly, a white shadow flashed past him.

That incredibly familiar profile struck Jamie like a thunderbolt, leaving him frozen in place.

Lisa?!
Jamie's deceased wife, who had already been laid to rest and died at Mary Shaw's hands, reappeared before him.

Her appearance and temperament were exactly the same as the one I remembered.

As he watched the figure walk into the warehouse, Jamie instinctively followed.

But he didn't see "Lisa," who had her back to him, with an evil and eerie smile on her lips.

……

Inside the warehouse, Alice and Old John remained locked in a stalemate.

Thanks to the youth-preserving pill given to her by Su Fan, Alice was full of energy and showed no signs of fatigue even after fighting for a long time.

Once he sensed his condition slipping, he would immediately pull away and quickly take some drugs, then once again fight fiercely against the many skeletons and ghosts on the scene.

This dull and spineless tactic drew sarcastic remarks from Old John on more than one occasion.

To show respect for the enemy, Alice always responded, but each time it was just a single, concise word.

urgent.

Even a clay figure has some earthy charm, let alone Alice.

The latter was naturally also angry at his words, but now she had learned the six arts of the cyber gentleman in the future Chinese Internet from Su Fan.

Dian, Xiao, Beng, Le, Ji, Ma
This is my first time trying it, and I've found the results to be outstanding.

The old man across from her, neither human nor ghost, originally intended to provoke her strong emotional fluctuations so he could take advantage of her weakness, but unexpectedly he was enraged instead, and ended up whining and muttering that he wanted to chop Alice into mincemeat and so on.

However, this interaction between the two sides did not last long.

Old John, who had been staring wide-eyed and panting heavily, suddenly calmed down.

The raging anger seemed to have been suddenly wiped away, leaving only ashes devoid of warmth.

"It's time for the children's pretend game to end."

Old John straightened his clothes, his movements relaxed and confident, as if he had everything under control.

But before he could finish speaking, Alice tilted her head.

"You mean you were just pretending to be weak when I was overwhelming you? There's no need for that. You're not that strong to begin with."

"They even tried to use deception and trickery to lure the enemy in deep."

"It's hard to stretch."

Old John's eye wrinkles twitched slightly, and he almost couldn't help but smile.

He really wanted to tear that damn mouth of the other person apart.

"Even if you gain the upper hand temporarily, so what?"

"No matter how powerful the talisman is, it's not your own. Once these external resources are exhausted, even a little mental interference can turn you into a puppet."

At this point, the hunched old man let out a strange laugh. "While you were indulging in your false victory, the person anxiously waiting outside the warehouse had already become a wisp of soul under the claws of a skeleton."

"But don't worry, you'll soon be just like him, becoming nourishment for the thousands of vengeful spirits here who were executed as witches..."

Old John suddenly interrupted his victory speech.

Because from the second half onwards, Alice on the other side said the exact same words as him at the same time.

Can you read minds?
Vampires have no souls; they can only bully ordinary people who are weak and unable to use their soul powers, and they cannot be effective against them.

So what exactly...?

Do you feel like your brain is about to overload?

Alice pointed to her temple, wagged her index finger slightly, and smiled as if she had stolen a fish's anchor.

"You think you're the only one waiting? Actually, I'm just playing along with you."

"Telling you wouldn't be a big deal. Actually, the extraordinary ability I possess is the ability to foresee the future."

Su Fan had repeatedly warned her that when victory was assured, there was no need for idle chatter; the right choice was to cleanly and decisively defeat the opponent.

Moreover, this behavior is very much like that of a minor villain in a third-rate literary work who becomes complacent and arrogant too early.

But no one can resist calling out their trump card in the final all-in moment to secure victory.

Because those who truly want to win can't hide their smiles.

“During the previous investigation, all the investigators, including myself, naturally assumed that you, as the school bus driver, were the culprit.”

"But the truth is not that simple."

"Someone else created the female corpse and modified it to fit into the school bus's power system."

"The other party has been secretly monitoring and observing your mission, and providing necessary assistance."

"Besides the students on the bus, I really can't think of anyone else who could do this."

"No one would doubt a child, and even if they did, they wouldn't dare to bring it up due to the circumstances."

“His identity as a child is his natural protective shield.”

"But unfortunately, as far as I know, there are already two juvenile superhuman criminals."

Alice's expression calmed down, and her golden-brown eyes stared at old John.

"That guy can change his appearance at will, and he can even restore his height."

"You want Him to help you lure Jamie in from outside, and you want to use false information to make me waver and lose my judgment."

"If it were someone else, your plan might have succeeded, but unfortunately you ran into me."

As Alice finished speaking, footsteps could be heard not far away.

Old John looked in the direction of the sound, only to find that the man he had imagined being manipulated had not been bewitched.

The latter not only had clear eyes, but was also carrying a small, obviously unconscious humanoid figure in his hand.

"It seems my acting skills are not bad."

Jamie smiled at Old John below, and at the same time raised his hand, revealing the mysterious talisman that faintly emitted a golden light.

Behind Old John, Alice's voice was neither loud nor soft, but carried a chilling indifference.

"Give up. In the future I foresee, you will only end up failing. Why struggle to the death?"

The old man's hands clenched tightly, then loosened, then clenched again, and finally fell limply to his sides.

"I surrender……"

Before he could finish speaking, his arms and legs were broken, and he rolled his eyes and fainted.

　Alice won first prize in this year's contest to imitate Su Fan's bluffing.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)