Day of Imprisonment

The light of the torch flickered and danced, the shadows of the surrounding trees constantly shifting with it, like a horde of monsters.

The team moved quickly, the only sounds besides their footsteps being the beating of their own hearts.

The scarecrow led the way, walking at the very front.

It was very fast, sometimes having to stop and wait for the people behind to catch up.

As for why he only accepted the 'Northern Witch's' invitation, Luo Xi didn't tell anyone else the reason, which was in line with his consistent persona and style.

Zhang Zhe guessed that the reason Luo Xi accepted the 'Northern Witch's' invitation was very simple. Because the Northern Witch's name was the second name on that door panel.

In the original plot of The Wizard of Oz, there were four great witches: the Wicked Witch of the West, Theodora, the Wicked Witch of the East, Evanora, the Good Witch of the South, Glinda, and the Good Witch of the North, Addaperle.

Addaperle's name was the second name on the door panel besides Cinderella.

The information on the door panel was like a 'plot line' exclusive to a specific environment. In that case, everyone should advance according to this plot line, which would be logical.

If there might be 'one of us' within Node 7, then this 'one of us' most likely refers to the Northern Witch, Addaperle.

At this moment, some strange noises came from the dark forest.

It sounded like wolves howling.

There seemed to be quite a few of them.

"A witch is driving the wolves; this is not good news," the scarecrow leading the way said, then sped up, reached a large tree, tore away a patch of weeds, and revealed the entrance to a tree hole below.

"There is a safe passage here that can avoid the surveillance of other witches," the scarecrow said before钻ing inside.

The entrance to the tree hole was not small, even a figure like Mad Lion could enter, and after entering, it would be discovered that the underground passage connected to the tree hole was relatively wider, making it no problem to pass through.

The only problem was that there were forks in the road, and many of them.

These forks were intricate and complex. When Zhang Zhe and the others realized something was wrong, they discovered that the scarecrow and Luo Xi, who had been leading the way, had suddenly disappeared after entering another fork.

"Where are they!"

Zhang Zhe was stunned, and immediately sped up to chase after them. After encountering another fork, he immediately arranged for his subordinates to enter separately, but he explained in advance that if they could find anyone after entering, they should take them back to the previous fork.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Zhe discovered that none of the people who went to the three forks had returned.

Zhang Zhe's face was uncertain, and no one knew what he was thinking at the moment.

A forest hunter beside him looked around and whispered, "These passages seem to be constantly changing. This is a trap, a maze trap set by the witch."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhe nodded, and then punched the rock on the side heavily. Even the hard rock could not withstand his destructive power, which had been strengthened to Elite B-level. A large area of rock suddenly shattered, and gravel rolled all over the ground.

Then, a strange thing happened.

The shattered rocks rumbled and were slowly absorbed into the surrounding soil of the passage, as if they had never appeared.

Obviously, there was something wrong with this underground passage itself.

"This place is very wrong, let's go back the way we came," Zhang Zhe said with a strange expression, as if the current situation was very unexpected.

Luo Xi still followed the scarecrow in front.

He didn't seem surprised by the disappearance of the others behind him.

Logically speaking, this should be the time when his 'character' would fall into unknown fear, but the actual situation was quite the opposite. On the contrary, the scarecrow leading the way felt some unease. It wondered where the people behind it had gone, and even more strangely, why Luo Xi didn't show any surprise after discovering that the others were missing.

Besides, it felt that Luo Xi's gaze towards it was also not right.

It carried a kind of阴冷 in戏谑.

It always felt that this person had seen through his background.

Finally, the scarecrow stopped.

It looked back at the 'Luo Xi' behind it.

Suddenly, it discovered a very serious problem.

"Hidden magical fluctuations, how could he have magic on him?" The scarecrow was extremely surprised and couldn't help but mutter, "Something's wrong!"

"Have I been discovered?" The Luo Xi behind him seemed to realize something and said helplessly.

The scarecrow was stunned for a long time before suddenly saying, "You are not Luo Xi, who are you?"

‘Luo Xi’ shook his head: “You answer me first, you could have said from the beginning that the 'Northern Witch' sent you, why did you change so many bodies before saying the correct witch's name? Do you like being burned that much? Or are you just doing this to lower my guard?”

“. . . ” The scarecrow was stunned again. It thought for a while and suddenly said: “You can sense souls?”

“It's not sensing, it's seeing. From the first scarecrow that was burned, to the current one, a total of thirty-eight scarecrows. The appearance is different, but what about the result? The soul inside is the same. Do you think I can't see it? To be honest, I really don't know what you mean by this, but it's certain that you don't have good intentions.” ‘Luo Xi’ sneered: “Moreover, you haven't answered my question yet.”

The scarecrow didn't speak and turned around to run the next moment.

"【Cage】!" 'Luo Xi's' voice rang out, and the next moment, several light bars appeared, trapping the scarecrow and 'Luo Xi's' body. Now, no one could leave.

This is a bidirectional 【Cage】, its duration far exceeding that of ordinary 【Cage】 cards. Basically, as long as I don't release it myself, it will continue to exist.

“I've observed that the souls within the scarecrows only escape after being burned. So, as long as I don't burn your body, you'll be trapped here with me. We actually have a lot of time to chat. To be honest, you stalling for time suits my intentions quite well.”

“Who exactly are you?” The scarecrow was already somewhat exasperated.

However, the scarecrow's body isn't suited for combat in the first place, and once trapped, it couldn't break free at all.

“Guess!” 'Luo Xi' giggled, clearly not going to tell the truth.

Although she appeared carefree on the surface, she was actually quite anxious inside.

The effect of 【Makeup Artist】 couldn't last forever; it would automatically expire after a while.

As for the 【Ghost Walls】 she had secretly used earlier, their duration was even shorter.

She said they had a lot of time, but that wasn't actually the case.

【Makeup Artist】 allows you to completely transform your appearance into another person within six hours—you have to believe that a good makeup artist can give you a complete makeover!

The current 'Luo Xi' is Lin Qiqi disguised.

Earlier, Luo Xi had suddenly found her at the Clock Tower Church, saying that the plan had changed and gave her a 【Makeup Artist】 card, asking her to transform into her appearance, impersonate her, and explained some precautions.

The most ⊥ new ⊥ small ⊥ said ⊥ in ⊥ six ⊥ 9 ⊥ ⊥ book ⊥ ⊥ bar ⊥ ⊥ first ⊥ hair!

Regarding Luo Xi's requests, no matter how outrageous or difficult they were for her, Lin Qiqi would not refuse.

But she was very curious about what had happened.

So, she asked Luo Xi two questions at the time.

“What happened? If I impersonate you, where are you going?”

“I'm going to meet someone first, and then go to Node 7. As for the first question, some people think they can deceive me, and they think they succeeded, but in reality, I'm just using their trick against them!”

“That sounds more like a joke!”

Several hours prior.

After finding Lin Qiqi and explaining some key details to her, Luo Xi had Lin Qiqi, who had used 【Makeup Artist】, leave in Zhang Zhe's carriage.

Luo Xi herself, however, used the Shadow Moon cloth garment on her body, taking advantage of the moonlight, to come to Elena's flower shop.

Interestingly, Elena, the witch spy in Luo Xi's words, also seemed to be waiting for him.

In the hidden small house in the back, Elena didn't say a word, her eyes staring straight at Luo Xi.

Seemingly waiting for the other party to speak.

“Sorry, there was a slight accident.” After Luo Xi finished speaking, he placed a piece of parchment on the table.

This was the identification that Elena had previously given him and Mad Lion.

And after Luo Xi entered the Administrator's Building and obtained 【Teacher Yan】, he had taken out this parchment and looked at it, and as a result, he discovered a very important secret.

The parchment was made by sewing two pieces of parchment together. If you touched the seam with your hand, you would find that there were many stitches, which looked messy and uneven.

That was because these stitches formed a series of Morse code.

Unless you were an expert in this field, or someone who frequently came into contact with it, even if you deliberately touched it, you wouldn't be able to figure anything out.

Elena reached out and took the parchment, her eyes fixed on Luo Xi, still not speaking, her fingers touching it, making sure that Luo Xi had sewn the correct 'password' inside before she spoke.

“Sure enough, after losing your memory, your whole person has become dull. If it were before, you would have noticed it when I gave you the parchment, but this time, you're actually so late to notice.”

Her tone carried dissatisfaction.

She seemed very angry.

“And, you actually didn't see the problem with the tavern owner.” Elena couldn't help but hum again.

“I did see that, but I really don't remember who he is. I just know he has a problem, but he does know a lot of my secrets. I've always been puzzled by this, so I used their trick against them to see if I could get something out of him.”

“Heh, tell me first, when did you see that he had a problem?”

“I knew there was a problem before I saw him. That door was too fake.”

“Understood, they made a fake 'door,' which should have a lot of information on it that only you know, but they still don't understand you enough, because you never record key information. What they did was completely counterproductive.”

“Who are they?”

“I don't know. They suddenly appeared one day. I guess they're the claws of Wei Si. Anyway, I've never seen them before. Of course, it's also possible that they used to be your people and later defected.”

“…” Luo Xi was stunned, glancing at Elena.

“Hey, don't look at me with that expression. Similar things have happened in the past, but you are also very careful and never truly trust others, including me. To be honest, I don't even want you to come back, because I'm very satisfied with my current life. But there's no way around it, who told me to agree to you in the first place.”

“So, what did you promise me?”

“Wait for you to come, and then ask you a question, but remember, you don't answer this question, I'm just conveying the question itself. I don't know anything else, and I don't want to know. After asking, you can go wherever you want, and please don't bother me anymore.”

“Ask away.” Luo Xi suddenly found this witch, Elena, very interesting.

Elena cleared her throat and said, word by word: “Did you bring Teacher Yan out?”

“What?” Luo Xi was stunned.

“Don't ask me, I don't know anything. 'Did you bring Teacher Yan out?' That's the question you asked me to ask you. Now that I've asked, you can leave. Remember, you've never been here, and I don't know you. Please let me have a few days of peace.”