Ring of Fate

Chapter 995 The Questioner Has No Intention (Thanks to Tang Seng's Little Monkey for the Silver Alliance Reward)

Luo Shan sat in a cafe near the police station, monitoring the whereabouts of Luo Fu and Janna with the help of a white pigeon that she had temporarily modified.

She painted her own mark on the pigeon and also painted a hidden miniature camera on it. As long as she wore sunglasses with a receiving device painted on it, she could receive the corresponding signal. At the same time, she could use the connection between the "painter" and the painting to drive the corresponding mark and thus command the pigeon.

Of course, this must be kept at a distance.

After seeing Luo Fu and Janna coming out of the Star Dream Grocery Store, Luo Shan quickly asked the white dove to follow them.

Following closely, she found two targets near the police department area, which was where she was.

Luo Shan's heart suddenly began to tighten.

Fortunately, her nervousness did not last long. Luo Fu and Janna only came to the street and did not actually walk to the door of the cafe.

Huh... Just as Luo Shan breathed a sigh of relief, she saw Luo Fu and Janna, who were five or six steps away from the cafe, disappeared at the same time, out of thin air.

This… Luo Shan’s pupils dilated instantly.

The next second, two people sat down opposite her.

One is Luo Fu and the other is Janna.

Luo Shan's movements froze, as if she had turned into a statue.

"Are you monitoring us?" Janna asked in a friendly manner.

Franka placed the two mirrors in her hands on the coffee table, creating a "mirror maze".

"I, I want to see what you are really doing, whether you are lying to me, and whether you are a bad person." Luo Shan's voice gradually became higher.

Or is it the sequelae of the words in the dream... I wonder if the "Mirror Maze" can hide the ability of the "reporter" to explore the truth? Probably not... How to prevent this kind of snooping in the future? Use the mobile phone to communicate important things, and use the "Message Shredder" to delete the chat history afterwards? No, except for me, Lumian, Janna, Anthony and Ludwig can't speak Chinese. Mobile phone communication is completed by voice conversion, and it will be heard... The "Bottle of Fiction" should not be able to isolate it, unless it is the "Mysterious Realm"... In the future, I can only communicate in a place far away from the "reporter"? Franka thought of a lot in an instant.

Suddenly, she had an idea and looked at Luo Shan and said:
"If you want to follow, you can do so openly. If you want to watch, you can just watch from the side. But some things are more dangerous, and we may not be able to protect ourselves. Well, if you want to face such things, we will tell you in advance, and you can decide for yourself whether to follow or not."

Luo Shan didn't expect Luo Fu and others to be so sincere, and she was speechless for a moment.

Franca said:
"We are going to a place next to confirm whether some people have become more false. Do you want to go?"

Has the confirmation become even more false? Luo Shan suddenly felt a little scared, but she didn't want to deceive herself forever, so she didn't open the answer.

She hesitated for a few seconds and said:
"go."

Franka laughed:
"It just so happens that you have the ability to explore the truth. You can help us confirm it intuitively, so we don't need to come up with any more dangerous plans."

She currently doesn't know whether Lumian's "Eye of Disaster" can discover the problems of Huang Jiajia, Ainana and others, so she plans to use the ability of "Reporter".

In this way, you may be able to find out what's fake about the fake person and obtain key evidence to report to the police.

In addition, Janna had told Franca before that since Roxanne already knew that the current world was a dream and was in a state of unwillingness to believe and full of doubts but unable to completely deceive herself, she should not delay any further, lest she do something stupid or have mental problems and be used by the evil god of the "Fantasy Society".

Janna feels that since she had chosen to be honest and truthful before, she should continue with this style. On the one hand, she should stabilize Roshan's spirit and emotions through psychotherapy. On the other hand, she and others should control Roshan to face the truth step by step and confirm the facts, instead of indulging her in blind thoughts, trials and actions, which would likely bring about greater disasters.

In other words, when a problem has occurred and cannot be avoided, it is much better to bring it under your own control and release it in a defensive manner than to let the problem develop on its own.

Therefore, they chose to ask Luo Shan for "help" for something that could have been accomplished with the "secret-peeking glasses".

…………

Outside the Xingxing cram school.

Franca, Janna and Roxanne got into a white car with the door unlocked and no one in it.

——Anthony, who received Franca’s WeChat message, was on standby nearby, ready to treat Rosanne who had a mental breakdown.

"What is this?" Luo Shan didn't expect that there was such a car parked on the side of the road waiting for her and others to use.

"Our companions drove it here to facilitate our observation." Franka explained simply.

Luo Shan asked back with some understanding:

"Lumiana, who played cards with you?"

This is how Franca and the others introduced it.

"I guess so." Janna had no intention of letting the "audience" go on stage.

After a while, they saw Huang Jiajia walking out of the Xingxing cram school.

"It's her." Franca quickly reminded Roxanne.

Luo Shan raised her right hand through the car window and pinched her eye sockets.

She then saw the target person overlapping with windows, roadside trees, and cars.

She also saw a large number of invisible lines floating out of the other person's body, extending into the sky.

The lines were tied at the target joints, tying to her organs.

As these invisible lines pulled, the target took corresponding actions and walked towards the nearest bus stop.

It's just like a puppet... Luo Shan's hair stood on end.

When she was exploring the truth before, she didn't see similar situations in the people around her, or the similar situations were not obvious enough, so she ignored them.

While there was still some time, Luo Shan observed the passers-by.

She saw that there were also a large number of invisible thin lines floating high into the air on these pedestrians, but these lines were very loose and there was no sense of tension that would pull the human body to move.

“…” Luo Shan’s body tensed up for a moment, then suddenly collapsed, leaning sideways on the backrest of the vehicle’s rear seat.

She ended her exploration and said in a dreamlike voice:
“It’s even more fake…”

"What are the specific details?" Janna tried to ease the emotional impact on Roshan by discussing serious matters.

Franca sent a message to Anthony:
"Closely monitor target status."

In a vague voice, Luo Shan described the scenes she saw and the comparison between the target and normal people.

During this process, Anthony disguised himself as a middle-aged man smoking on the roadside, shortened the distance between himself and Rosanne, and quietly used "comfort".

After Luo Shan finished speaking, she fell into complete silence and said nothing.

Janna and Franca looked on with concern and did not start a new topic for the time being.

They were waiting for Anthony's notification. They would only talk when Anthony said it was okay. They would only come up with the corresponding language when Anthony told them what to talk about.

"I want to go to the North City Cemetery." Finally, Luo Shan spoke.

"Okay." Franca agreed immediately.

At the same time, she received a message from Anthony, who had his back turned, using voice input:

"The target's emotional state has initially stabilized, but there is still some negativity, pessimism and despair left.

"Don't talk about anything. Any random words may irritate the target in the current situation. Only answer when she asks."

Franca forwarded the information to Janna, started the car and drove onto the main road.

The car was silent again, with only the faint sound of the engine.

After the vehicle drove onto the North City Interchange, Luo Shan, who seemed to have become a clay puppet, whispered to herself:
"Really, is there another me in that world outside?"

"Yes." Janna answered.

She followed the "psychologist's" instructions and only answered Luo Shan's questions without expanding on them.

Roxanne fell silent again.

Finally, the vehicle arrived at the North City Cemetery and parked in the parking lot.

Luo Shan held the door handle and said in silence for a few seconds:

"I'll go in by myself, you don't have to follow me."

"Okay." Janna and Franca responded in unison.

Luo Shan opened the car door and stuck one foot out.

At this time, she half turned her body and asked with dark eyes:
"Are you here to wake up Zhou Mingrui?"

"Yeah." Janna didn't hide it.

She felt it necessary to say a few more words on this topic, so she added:

“If Zhou Mingrui is not awakened, everything will be destroyed when the end of the world comes, including this dream.

“And the end is only a few years away.”

Luo Shan looked at the seat cover in front of her with empty eyes, as if wanting to confirm the details:

"Why did Zhou Mingrui fall into deep sleep?"

"To fight against an evil force." Franka explained concisely.

This is consistent with the core of the story she had written before.

Luo Shan maintained her previous posture and asked subconsciously:
"Has the evil force been defeated? Can we wake up Zhou Mingrui?"

This... Franka and Janna were both surprised when they heard this question.

They looked at each other, unable to answer Luo Shan's question for a moment:
Yes, if Tianzun’s consciousness has been defeated, then Mr. Fool will be able to wake up by himself. If he has not been defeated yet, and he is awakened by force, what is the essential difference between that and the situation before he fell asleep?
Or does the act of "awakening" itself symbolize the defeat of Tianzun's consciousness?

Mr. Fool wakes up, while Tianzun is still asleep. The power will increase and decrease, and the balance of victory will tilt towards Mr. Fool?
It would be fine if this guess is correct, but if it is wrong, does it mean that our direction is wrong?

The Major Arcana cards have always focused on "awakening", but in fact they should weaken Tianzun first?

"We are still in the stage of determining the situation, and it is not clear whether the evil force has been defeated." Franka answered truthfully.

Luo Shan bit her lip and didn't ask any more questions.

She got out of the car completely, walked into the flower shop attached to the cemetery, and bought two bouquets of white chrysanthemums.

She walked slowly forward, and her figure gradually disappeared among the tombstones.

PS: Thanks to Tang Seng's little monkey for rewarding the Silver Alliance~
(End of this chapter)