I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 261 Reverse Misleading
"So fast..."

Lin Xing'an stopped his car at the intersection in front of the market.

Before coming to Nancheng, he had expected to clash with the Mirror Ghost.

After all, Xu Ye is the child of Mirror Ghost and Xu Zhe.

But I didn't expect the mirror ghost to arrive so quickly...

and so……

Were you sent by Xu Zhe to spy on me, or did you simply want to come and see Xu Ye...?

"But... we've come at the perfect time..."

The market is most crowded in the evening.

The smell of meat, the fishy smell, the ginger...

Lin Xing'an weaved through the noisy hawking and mixed smells.

Under the cover of the crowd, they observed the Mirror Ghost's movements from a shadowy direction.

The blade was polished to a gleaming shine...

The reflective area of ​​the glasses...

In the ripples of the fishpond...

The image of the mirror ghost appears and disappears in various reflective places.

"Boss, how much is the pork?"

Lin Xing'an stopped in front of the pork shop.

The gloomy figure followed the medium through which the ghostly mirror appeared, tracing the path forward and marking the route at each point.

He had already seen Mirror Ghost's file when he was in the North City.

Currently, Mirror Demon is at Otsu's level and is also the strongest fighter in the entire South City.

Her ability, [Mirror Image], allows her to project her "body" onto any reflective object.

However, this projection is not without its limitations.

Unless the mirror ghost marks a medium beforehand, it must travel through countless mirrors to project itself.

For example, the Mirror Ghost could not be in the South City, but it could project its image directly onto any piece of glass in the North City Building where it had been marked.

She could only project her "shadow" onto reflective objects within a hundred meters of her own body in the southern part of the city.

Then it is projected, and transmitted to the North City through countless mirrors.

Each projection can only be transmitted to the mirror surface within a fifty-meter range of her projection.

The Mirror Ghost is now tracking Lin Xing'an, and it's clear that it hasn't marked any mirrors along the way beforehand.

That is to say...

In theory, Lin Xing'an could pinpoint the location of the Mirror Ghost's main body step by step by tracking the movement of its shadow.

"Hey young man, let me round it down for you, just give me twenty-five."

"Okay, thank you, boss!"

Lin Xing'an took the meat and continued browsing in the market.

Buy some meat here and some vegetables there.

He didn't seem anxious at all.

"Hey young man, did you used to come to the market all the time when you were a kid?"

The seafood stall owner glanced at Lin Xing'an a few times while preparing the fish for him.

"Zhuangzhuang, does this young man look familiar?"

He asked the fat man behind him who was wearing a raincoat and fishing.

"Uncle, I lived here for a few years when I was a child, but then I moved away."

"I just got back."

Lin Xing'an then said with a smile.

Yu Yu likes to eat seafood.

When he was a child, we would always come here to buy some seafood after picking him up from school.

"I knew it! It looked familiar!"

The boss smiled too.

"Your memory is quite good; it's been so many years."

"Oh dear! When I was young, I had such a good memory. Others might think all the fish looked the same, but I could remember each one of them! I can't do that now."

The boss handed the scaled fish to Lin Xing'an.

Come again soon!

"OK!"

Lin Xing'an continued walking forward.

It was as if he was truly reminiscing about his childhood, and his face would occasionally show a hint of nostalgia and emotion.

He wasn't worried at all about the mirror ghost discovering any clues.

When he was six years old, he had only met the Mirror Ghost three times.

The first time was at the train station, but after a rollback, his meeting with the Mirror Ghost was erased.

The second time was at the base, and that was also erased.

As for the third time, it was when his mother arrived, and he was "killed" by her.

The Mirror Ghost knelt on the ground with all the Gluttonous Ghosts, not daring to raise its head.

Even if the mirror ghost could see him, in the mirror ghost's eyes, he was already a dead man.

"call……"

More than half an hour later, Lin Xing'an finally walked out of the market carrying large and small bags.

They still weren't in a hurry at all.

He scanned a shared bicycle and rode home.

Passing by the pharmacy near his home, he seemed to remember something and casually bought a cough lozenge.

"Xiaoye, I'm back."

"Why is your cough so bad?"

Hearing the coughing sound from the bathroom, Lin Xing'an quickly reached for the bag in his hand.

"Ugh! Cough cough cough! Cough cough!"

Pushing open the door, a wave of steam hits you.

Xu Ye was curled up in the bathtub, hugging his legs.

"No...cough cough cough...it's nothing! It's just...cough cough! My throat is a little itchy."

"It'll be fine in a couple of days!"

Xu Ye covered his mouth and laughed as he spoke.

"Xiaoye, take two of these, hurry up and get better, I'll get you a glass of water."

Xu Ye's fair face was covered in water droplets, and her long hair, soaked, hung down her shoulders like seaweed, making her look adorable.

Lin Xing'an couldn't help but squat down and rub it.

"Xiaoye, did you turn on the water heater yourself?"

Lin Xing'an handed the water glass to Xu Ye.

The supervisor asked the question only after Xu Ye had taken the lozenge into his mouth.

Even he had to stretch his arm really high to reach this old-fashioned water heater.

It's hard to imagine how Xu Ye, sitting in a wheelchair, managed to open it.

"Um! I... cough cough! I opened it while standing in my wheelchair, holding onto the wall!"

"Lin Xing'an, I can do a lot of things on my own now!"

Xu Ye, with a lozenge in his mouth, spoke somewhat indistinctly.

But you could still see the pride on her face.

"You must have fallen a lot, right?"

Lin Xing'an brushed aside the foam on the water's surface and removed Xu Ye's small hand.

The area where she was covering her knees was covered in bruises.

"...They're all...cough cough, they're all superficial wounds, it's nothing."

"It won't happen again next time..."

Seeing the heartache in Lin Xing'an's eyes, Xu Ye also lowered his head.

"But being able to stand up is really great!"

Although he felt sorry for him, Lin Xing'an still offered words of encouragement.

This made Xu Ye's eyes light up!
"Xiaoye, I'll go cook! Soaking your leg a little longer will help it heal faster."

Lin Xing'an glanced at the time, stood up, and said.

"Ok!"

Xu Ye nodded obediently.

"He can really sleep..."

Upon arriving in the kitchen, Lin Xing'an sensed the presence of the Magpie in the river of time.

At this moment, Si Que was lying among the countless white silk threads, fast asleep with his mouth open.

Drooling was dripping down half his face.

As expected of a young person...

Lin Xing'an sighed silently to himself.

Meanwhile, they continued to obscure the Mirror Ghost's trail.

"really……"

After cooking the rice, Lin Xing'an let out a soft breath.

He saw the ghostly image flash across the handlebars of his car outside the residential area; it had already been projected many times.

Lin Xing'an did not find the Mirror Ghost's true form within a 50-meter radius of that location.

But the Mirror Ghost followed him all the way back.

Following the route he took back, Lin Xing'an had just located the Mirror Ghost's position.

It's just one floor above the building next to his.

Lin Xing'an was washing vegetables.

The gloom quietly seeped into every corner of the Mirror Ghost's house.

"Xu Zhe, I've followed Lin Xing'an all the way here, and I haven't found anything wrong with him." Mirror Ghost looked through the bright window at Lin Xing'an busy in the kitchen and said to Xu Zhe on the phone.

"Cough! Cough-cough-cough!"

But before she could finish speaking, Xu Zhe coughed.

This caused the Mirror Ghost to suddenly furrow its brow.

"Did Lin Xing'an linger anywhere? Was there anything unusual about his expression?"

Xu Zhe's voice was extremely hoarse.

It sounds like there's a hole in his throat.

"...he stopped briefly at the place where he used to live."

"Hehe... Sure enough, that place, you... cough cough! You should check each house again."

"Xu Zhe, am I your subordinate? I've already said, I think Lin Xing'an is fine."

The Mirror Ghost snorted coldly.

"He was very good to Xiaoye too."

Then, her voice softened as she spoke.

"It's all an act! Cough cough cough! This Lin Xing'an, all his kindness towards Xu Ye is just an act!"

"Xu Ye is stupid, are you stupid too?"

"Don't you think about it? Why would Lin Xing'an be so nice to a good-for-nothing for no reason?"

“I am Xu Ye’s biological father, and you are Xu Ye’s biological mother. If we don’t care about Xu Ye, do you think Lin Xing’an would even glance at Xu Ye if he didn’t have ulterior motives?”

Xu Zhe suppressed a cough and said in a sinister tone.

His words caused the Mirror Ghost's face to darken little by little.

"Xu Zhe, what do you think is wrong with Lin Xing'an?"

"Lin Xing'an's... cough cough! Lin Xing'an's problems are huge."

"Heh, Xu Zhe, you really can't stand to see your daughter doing well? People who are good to Xiao Ye are all problematic?"

The Mirror Ghost snorted coldly and questioned him.

"Naive, let me tell you, Lin Xing'an is problematic."

"If you really feel guilty towards Xu Ye, then keep an eye on Lin Xing'an."

"Otherwise, just admit it openly: you treat Xu Ye worse than I do."

Xu Zhe coughed again before he could finish speaking.

"Bullshit! I..."

"Since you won't admit it! Then... cough cough cough! Keep an eye on Lin Xing'an! Xu Ye, keep an eye on Lin Xing'an!"

Xu Zhe roared in a low voice!

The shadow of the Mirror Ghost projected onto the mirror became distorted because of his words.

"Xu Zhe, what's wrong with your cough?"

After a long while, she asked through gritted teeth.

The sound was like two mirrors rubbing together.

"You noticed it too? Because Xu Ye was coughing too, right? Heh... that's what Lin Xing'an did."

"I'm telling you, Xu Ye won't live much longer."

"You'd better listen to me and keep a close eye on him."

Xu Zhe chuckled.

Without giving the Mirror Ghost a chance to speak, he hung up the phone.

"Kakaka!"

I heard a beeping sound.

The projection on the mirror surface of the ghost mirror actually produced countless fine cracks, like a spider web.

“Xu Zhe, Xu Zhe… How could I be bad to Xiao Ye? How could I not care about Xiao Ye…”

"I'm clearly the one who loves her the most, I'm clearly the one!"

"I was just... I was just helping Xiaoye become more independent... I was just protecting her..."

The Mirror Ghost's long hair was disheveled.

The mirror image appeared on the refrigerator behind Lin Xing'an.

Then it flashed by in Xu Ye's bathtub.

"Zi!"

Lin Xing'an put the fish into the oil pan.

Seeing the fish meat change color instantly, he curled the corners of his mouth into a smile.

The Mirror Ghost's words are truly laughable...

To avoid feeling guilty, he described abandoning her as developing independence...

This really fits his stereotype of a glutton...

However, this mirror ghost was indeed sent by Xu Zhe.

Xu Zhe...

Lin Xing'an pursed his lips.

Without surveillance cameras, is this the only way to monitor them...?

In this case……

It can be reused.

Lin Xing'an silently began to make plans in his mind.

At this point, judging from the severity of Xu Zhe's cough, the epidemic in the northern part of the city is likely about to burst out of control.

The best course of action for Xu Zhe right now is to pin the blame on him.

Although he is currently far away in the southern city and cannot be executed immediately.

But at least, it can protect Xu Zhe himself.

"Well, for Xu Zhe, it's not so much that the epidemic started spreading because of my negligence, but rather that I had planned to release it beforehand."

"Xu Zhe is probably frantically trying to find my connection with the humans right now..."

"In that case, let's give Xu Zhe a direction for his investigation..."

Lin Xing'an stretched.

It's time to have Xu Zhe investigate these extra abilities of his...

Once it's discovered that Zhang Guang and Jiang Rong were keeping those shady things, Xu Zhe will definitely assume it was done by humans...

By the time……

Lin Xing'an is thriving at catching fish.

In my peripheral vision, reflected in the spoon, I saw the ghostly figure of the mirror ghost.

……

……

"Are you full?"

"Hiccup~ cough cough cough! I'm so full!"

Xu Ye drank a bowl of water in big gulps and rubbed his stomach as he spoke.

Since his legs could move freely again, Xu Ye has become much more cheerful.

"Lin Xing'an, wait for Mother's arrival..."

Let's have a baby.

Watching Lin Xing'an clear the dishes, Xu Ye, in his wheelchair, said with a blush on his face.

"By then, I... cough cough, I should be able to stand up."

She tried to shake her feet.

Lin Xing'an turned around and said, "It's not 'should,' it's 'definitely.'"

he said with a smile.

"Xiaoye, I have something to show you."

Lin Xing'an pushed Xu Ye to the window.

"Wow!"

A cluster of water gushed from the air at his fingertips, swirling around Lin Xing'an and Xu Ye.

"This……"

Xu Ye was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lin Xing'an in surprise.

"My ability."

Lin Xing'an deliberately spoke in such a vague manner.

Then, controlling the water flow, he demonstrated it to Xu Ye.

"Xiaoye, I'm thinking, since I can control water, could we combine it with your ability?"

"Use [Coldness] to turn the water into ice, and make the most of both of our abilities."

"If you run into someone like Qian Qiongzhi who bullies you again... Humph!"

Lin Xing'an snorted coldly.

"But it's okay, if you don't want to use your abilities..."

"I can!"

Before Lin Xing'an could finish speaking, Xu Ye raised his head.

"Lin Xing'an, I also want to protect you."

She said firmly.

Meanwhile, in the building next door, the Mirror Ghost, watching this scene through the projection, frowned deeply!
...Controlling water?

How could Lin Xing'an possess such an ability?

Indeed, in theory, a gluttonous ghost can awaken countless abilities.

But no gluttonous ghost has ever awakened a completely unrelated ability without warning, once it has already been formed!
This Lin Xing'an...

There really is a problem...

The ghost's long hair moved freely in the reflection without any wind.

After a moment of contemplation, she took out her phone and dialed Xu Zhe's number.

(End of this chapter)