Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1130 The Bizarre Return

Xia Shou said to Daniel, "Are you Daniel? I am Xia Shou."

"Wh...what?" The blindfolded man looked up, staring at Xia Shou with a hint of disbelief. "Your voice sounds a little strange."

"It's not my body, you should know that."

“Oh, right, but why… wait! Don’t touch me, they must have set a trap! Don’t move! Call the control bureau, let them check, let them come and rescue me! They’re professionals!” Daniel shouted urgently.

Such a first meeting was truly impressive. I didn't see anything else about this writer's personality, but his fear of death was certainly on full display.

Of course, Xia Shou didn't dislike it at all; he thought it was the most correct way to live.

It was clear that Daniel was very smart; he neither compromised nor completely resisted, focusing on maintaining his negotiating value. Xia Shou even suspected that his flustered and helpless demeanor was an act.

Otherwise, it would only prove that he is really good at being a hostage.

"Don't get agitated, I won't move. But why did they leave you here?" Xia Shou looked around, slightly nervous.

Since they had already used the "seeking death" method, if Yin Mingzi set a trap, they would have no choice but to step on it anyway.

After all, time is not important to Yin Mingzi and the others, but it is very important to Xia Shou.

Of course, he didn't choose to take the risk without a reason. On the one hand, it was because they acted very quickly. After Yin Mingzi and the others entered the back mountain, they took a plane directly to An Gang's house. In such a short time, it would be difficult to arrange any impressive rituals.

As we all know, the more advanced the ritual, the more complex it is, or the greater the cost, and the more stringent the prerequisites. There is absolutely no ritual that is easy to learn, has no side effects, and has miraculous effects.

That kind of thing isn't called a ritual, it's called taboo.

Secondly, Yin Mingzi should also know that it would be pointless to plot against his body, since his true form is in the book.

Besides, the other party must have some purpose in keeping Daniel here. If it's the kind of ritual that's triggered as soon as someone steps in, there's no need to leave Daniel here.

Therefore, as long as we don't touch Daniel as bait, there won't be any problems.

Moreover, Xia Shou had been using his [text description] ability to investigate the surrounding environment the whole way, leaving no suspicious trace unchecked.

As it stands... it seems that Yinmingzi hasn't actually set any traps.

"Oh, there's a piece of paper stuck on this pillar!" Su Weiyu said, pointing to the paper on the pillar next to her.

"Don't go look."

As he spoke, Xia Shou activated the [Text Description] again, and after analysis, relevant information about the paper appeared before Xia Shou's eyes.

A piece of paper with writing on it.

[Message: I've left Mr. Daniel here. Please take him with you.]

Xia Shou was stunned.

"This...something's not right," Xia Shou muttered to himself.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Su Weiyu asked impatiently.

“She wrote, ‘Give Daniel back to me.’”

"and then?"

"And then that was it."

What does "gone" mean?

"That's it, that's all. She only wrote this one sentence!"

"It's definitely not that simple. If they weren't trying to use Daniel to blackmail you, there would have been no need to kidnap him in the first place."

Could it be that their goal from the very beginning was to have you destroy An Gang's house? But what would be the reason for that?

"Wait!" Daniel, who was hanging in mid-air, suddenly called out.

"What's wrong?" "I...I know a little about why they kidnapped me," Daniel said, a little embarrassed.

"what reason?"

"That... well, they asked me to teach them how to summon characters from the book directly into reality through a ritual."

Xia Shouyi was shocked: "You taught him?"

"I can't help it! They're going to kill me!" Daniel said, feeling wronged.

Xia Shou touched his mask speechlessly: "Are you kidding me? When I came in just now, I heard you shouting 'Don't kill me! Don't kill me!' You used a ritual to make an exchange with them, fine, but didn't you have Canyue as a witness?"

This is common sense. In the extraordinary world, it is the most basic common sense to use the crescent moon ritual as a witness for transactions. Normal people would not make promises to others based on words alone.

“Of course I know, but… but it hurts so much,” Daniel said.

"What hurts so much?" Xia Shou asked, puzzled.

“It hurts so much to have my nails pulled out,” Daniel said.

"You mean they tortured you, and then you confessed?"

"What else can I do? They said if I don't speak up, they'll pull out my nails and then beat my two 'brothers' down there. What can I do?" Daniel spun in the air, tilting his head back to defend himself.

Xia Shou almost cursed, but he held back in the end and just shrugged.

It's important to know that trading under a waning moon is common sense and a guarantee!
As long as you are certain that you have irreplaceable value to the other party, you should endure it even if you are castrated or have your eyes gouged out, because as long as you can endure it, you can make the other party compromise.

Then, in the end, conditions such as restoring one's physical health can also be included in the negotiations.

As long as you have irreplaceable value, the success of a negotiation depends solely on whether you can tolerate it.

Clearly, Daniel is a completely intolerant person!

He'd met so many superhumans, but he'd never met anyone as cowardly as Daniel!

No, it's not about being a coward or not. He's simply afraid of pain. He knows there won't be any loss in the end, but he can't even endure the pain during the process!
Before meeting the real person, Xia Shou had imagined many different versions of the other person.

He felt that the other person might be like the anonymous writer, someone with an extreme pursuit of creation, and perhaps an artist with an eccentric personality.

I also considered that the other party was a cautious and mature person who used a writer as a cover, but in reality, he had an extremely wide network of connections, like a spy.

He had imagined many extraordinary figures, because the people mentioned in the Dead Record Notes were all remarkable, but he never expected Daniel to be like this... indescribable!
He was likely deeply involved with the key figures he named back then, and he designed the ascension ceremony that led him to leave the book.

Why would such an extraordinary person be afraid of such a little pain?

“It could be a fake Daniel. Anyway, the Bureau of Control will be here soon. Let them take a look.” Xia Shou adjusted his mask and took a deep breath. “You’d better be the real one.”

……

……

Two days later.

Jiangbo City, three secret containment bases.

Wearing a mask and with strange shackles on his hands and feet, Xia Shou sat on the edge of the bed, operating a laptop.

This is the secret prison of the three parts, and the shackles on his body are a measure to prevent the death row inmate's true form from going berserk and out of control when he removes his mask later.

After all, his book launch ceremony will be held soon.

Before that, he needed to return to the book from this body, and without him as the host, the original owner of this demonized body would naturally lose control.

Of course, apart from some necessary lockdown measures, his life is not restricted. For example, right now, he is working on his laptop.

"Brother Shou." The door to the containment room opened, and Li Ming walked in with a folder tucked under his arm.

(End of this chapter)