From the end of the world

Chapter 106 Encounter
Hearing the footsteps of a stranger behind us, Zhu Shi and I turned around to look. Ma Zao also turned around after quickly putting on a cat whisker mask.

Deep in the woods, coming to this rarely visited place, is a young man with a refined and easy-going face, wearing dark blue clothes that are modern in style with some ancient elements.

It was none other than Lu Youxun.

Seeing the appearance of the person coming, Zhu Shi frowned.

She took two steps forward, intentionally or unintentionally, to block Ma Zao's way, and then pretended to be casual and said, "Lu Chan, what are you doing here?"

"I sensed a battle going on over here, so I came over to take a look." Lu Youxun answered casually, while looking behind Zhu Shi thoughtfully.

Last time, I just took a second look at Lu Youxun's black rope lock heart ring, and he gave it to me, which shows his ability to read people's expressions. Zhu Shi deliberately blocked Ma Zao in front of him, which might have been a bit of a cover-up in his eyes.

In fact, whether Zhu Shi covered it or not, since Ma Zao was now working with the two demon hunters, there was no reason for him not to observe carefully. Although Ma Zao was wearing a mask, this level of obstruction was probably no different from non-existence for him with amazing eyesight. At least I found it hard to believe that this level of concealment would have a decent effect.

Even if we exclude the fact that he gave me the black rope heart-locking ring, I still have a good impression of him. Actually, I have many reasons to dislike him. For example, in the matter of Ma Zao, he and the forces behind him are my competitors, and I am still wary of them; for example, the supernaturalism he upholds makes me feel suspicious, and his head is full of this and that, and he actively participates in factional struggles within the supernatural organization. Just thinking about it makes me feel annoyed.

But he speaks and acts with grace, and is very measured in his dealings with others, so I can't intuitively feel disgusted with him. Perhaps these behaviors are also his "art of dealing with the world"... Then let it be that way, and I will admit that his art of dealing with the world is quite sophisticated.

Let's put one thing first. For now, I still need to be alert to his possible moves regarding the Ma Zao matter.

"You said you sensed movement... and you were in the nearby area just now?" Zhu Shi asked suspiciously, "Shouldn't you be in the rear?"

"How could that be? This mission is related to the Humanitarian Department and the Monster Maker. Since I don't have any other work on hand, I must come to the place closest to the scene to wait. You called me to ask about the wine tasting club before, and I knew you were nearby, so I rushed here first." Lu Youxun looked at the shadow-changing monster after answering, "Is he the weirdo who can change shape and shadow? He looks alive. It's a pity that you were able to capture him alive... Then what about her?"

At the end, he really turned his attention to Ma Zao and said, "Although she is wearing a mask now, if my observation is correct, could she be..."

Seeing that his identity had been exposed, Ma Zao simply took off the cat whisker mask and walked out from behind Zhu Shi without fear.

"I've heard of your name, and I've also heard of the power behind you." She spoke to Lu Youxun, "You're looking for me for the matter of amnesia, right?"

Seeing her asking directly, Lu Youxun hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Yes. Regarding the various mistakes that our Transcendentalism has made against you before, I apologize to you here as a representative, and I will compensate you later."

"We'll discuss this after we apologize and compensate you. What are you going to do now?" I said, "Let me tell you the unkind part first. If you want to take Ma Zao away by force, I won't sit idly by."

Lu Youxun looked surprised, looking back and forth between me and Ma Zao, and then asked: "Just in case, let me ask you first, when you say you won't sit idly by, do you mean..."

I walked behind Mazao, put my hands on her shoulders, and expressed my position without wavering: "It means that you will become my enemy."

"Zhuang Cheng..." Ma Zao turned around and looked at me.

I didn't look closely at her expression at the moment, but stared straight at Lu Youxun.

In fact, I am not completely sure about my current strength. In the battles so far, I have never encountered an enemy who can stand on equal footing with me; and according to Zhu Shi, if I were in Luoshan now, it seems that only Da Wuchang can undisputedly suppress me, and other strong men or forces can only fight me on equal terms at most.

But before the actual contact and collision, it is still difficult for me to regard myself as such a high and mighty character. Now I don't know how effective it will be if I say such harsh words. Even if Lu Youxun himself will retreat in the face of difficulties, will the forces behind him retreat in the face of difficulties?
"...Please don't worry, we won't do that." Lu Youxun finally gave in, but the reason he gave next didn't seem to be entirely because of my statement, "Besides, even if you didn't say that, there's nothing we can do now."

"What does this mean?" I asked. "The details are complicated," Lu Youxun replied, "In short, the situation is at a stalemate, and it's not convenient for anyone to make a move."

Zhu Shi asked suspiciously, "Is it among you, the Transcendentalists?"

"It's between transcendentalism and politicalism, that is, with your faction. Also, Zhu Shi, I know you are not interested in the struggle between factions, but if you have time, you should pay more attention to the movements of your own faction. It won't do you any harm." Lu Youxun sighed, "This stalemate will not last for many days, but before that, let's live in peace."

"Okay." Zhu Shi nodded. "Since you are here, then hurry over and help. It's rare that we have captured this weirdo alive, so don't kill him for now. Before he explodes, you should be responsible for interrogating him first."

"Of course, that's my job."

Lu Youxun nodded, walked past us without looking away, and came to the front of the shadow-changing weirdo. He asked casually, "By the way, there was also a sound of destruction coming from the wine tasting club. Could this weirdo be related to the wine tasting club?"

"He has a collaboration with the boss behind the scenes..." Zhu Shi said, telling all the stories about the nightclub, "...The nightclub even hired very young girls. I plan to inform the authorities to destroy the nightclub after my brother hands over the evidence he has collected."

"Do we need evidence to deal with that kind of guy? You are too naive in this regard. We are Luo Shan, a 'superhuman'. When dealing with those mortal villains, we can just do whatever we want."

Lu Youxun sneered, took out his cell phone, and said a few words to the other end of the phone, which basically ordered his men to quickly destroy the nightclub. He was always so humble in front of us before, I almost forgot that he was a cadre in Luoshan who controlled many agents, and even Agent Kong had to run around because of his orders.

Zhu Shi seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't. Even if Lu Youxun didn't care about evidence, the ones who suffered were villains after all. Evildoers will be punished by evildoers, and this can be regarded as the retribution of the nightclub. Anyway, I feel very happy.

After giving the instructions, Lu Youxun put away his phone and started working.

He did not interrogate the Shadow Changer first, but picked up a branch from the ground and drew a mysterious and complicated formation on the ground around the Shadow Changer. As he drew, he explained to us the purpose of doing so. This was to seal the Shadow Changer's ability and prevent him from suddenly activating his ability to change shape and escape during the interrogation.

Although Zhu Shi can directly destroy the Shadow Changer's ability, this destructive effect is only temporary after all. Depending on the opponent's ability and attributes, the restart time will also be different. Zhu Shi whispered to me that based on the feeling just now, the effect will only last for a maximum of one and a half hours. If the Shadow Changer's ability suddenly restarts, and Zhu Shi fails to destroy it again, he will have to catch it again.

Lu Youxun seemed to know the details of Zhu Shi's abilities, but this was not because Zhu Shi had told him, nor was it because Luoshan had a rule that demon hunters must report every detail of their abilities.

Zhu Shi told me that this was purely because she performed many missions as Luoshan Wuchang, so the information about her abilities was inevitably exposed. Lu Youxun was specialized in collecting information, so it was normal for him to know the details.

The process of drawing the sealing array took nearly an hour. During this time, the shadow-changing monster bound by the flaming palm seemed to have not given up completely, and was rolling his eyes to look for a chance to escape. If it were any other monster, he might have already despaired and self-destructed. I guess he is not convinced yet. How could he be caught with such a cheating ability to escape? Something must have gone wrong - he probably thought so now.

I hope he can hold on a little longer. It would be more comprehensive to interrogate a living person than to dig out information from a head cut off after death.

But as time went by, the light of hope in his eyes grew dimmer, and he was probably not far from accepting his fate.

“I didn’t expect you could actually set up a magic array to seal supernatural powers…” Zhu Shi looked at the magic array on the ground in surprise, then looked at Lu Youxun who was holding the branch, “A magic array that can seal supernatural powers should be a very high-level technology, and you didn’t even use any special materials, you just relied on the array talisman to set it up… I’m not surprised that you can set up a magic array, but I’ve never heard that you’re good at this?”

"Actually, I'm not very good at magic circles and seals. It's just that his supernatural powers are closely related to the clone, and I happen to know a thing or two about the art of clone." Lu Youxun said lightly.

Zhu Shi seemed to remember something, but he seemed to have some concerns and did not continue speaking.

Lu Youxun threw the branch that drew the lines of the magic circle aside, and then said to the shadow-changing monster: "It's a pity that you haven't despaired until now. Then, I'll trouble you to spit out everything you know next."

(End of this chapter)