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Chapter 108 The Deceiver

"How is she now?"

Zatanna rested her chin on her hands, staring at the woman with a serious expression.

Sometimes, the demon king in hell will also assign demons to do terrible things, creating chaos and corruption.

The woman hesitated and said:

"She, her husband and I bound her limbs with strips of cloth, gagged her, and locked her in the innermost attic room."

"My husband is taking care of her now."

"I... I really can't help it. I can't just watch her go to her death."

Zatanna nodded: "I understand how you feel."

A determined look flashed in the girl's eyes. She picked up a cross from the table and, like a detective in a TV drama, pressed down a detective hat that wasn't even there.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Maya stood up with Zatanna, and as she left, she glanced at Gino subconsciously and asked, "Isn't he coming with you?"

Zatanna felt that women might think that having more people meant having more strength, and the young man's demeanor gave people a sense of reliable strength.

So, are you going?

Zatanna thought for a moment, then walked over to Gino, who had his eyes closed, and reached out her small hand to pinch the sides of Gino's nose.

"Let go."

Awakened by the girl, Gino reluctantly swatted away her mischievous little hand. He was about to refuse her, but then he thought of the legendary hell and demons and suddenly became interested.

So, are you going?

Zatanna raised an eyebrow; she had seen through Gino's thoughts.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Gino also stood up and took his trench coat off the hanger.

Maya quickly thanked them and led the two out of the office.

"Get in my car."

The woman's car was a blue sedan.

The two men sat in her car.

The metropolis bustles with traffic late at night.

After driving for several tens of minutes, the three finally arrived at Maya's house.

It's a villa district located on the west side of the metropolis, where most of the residents belong to the middle class of Free America.

Not particularly rich, but not poor either.

"Follow me, come with me."

Maya took the key out of her bag, and the closer she got to the door, the more rapid her breathing became.

He seemed very nervous.

"Click~"

The door opened.

This is a cozy-looking little house.

Tables, chairs, sofas, television, refrigerator, oven—it has everything.

However, perhaps because Sarah was possessed by a demon, the curtains were drawn and the lights were off, making the room appear particularly gloomy.

The strange noises echoing from the second floor added to the eerie atmosphere.

"She, she's up there."

Maya pointed in horror to the second floor above her head.

"Let's go take a look."

As the daughter of a great mage, Zatanna's magic is not weak.

"Personal armor!"

The girl uttered words softly, and as she finished speaking, her eyes shone with a brilliant purple light.

Gino, who was standing nearby, also noticed that he was covered by an invisible and intangible solid air wall.

This is Zatanna's unique reverse speech magic, which uses reversed words to achieve the purpose of casting spells.

"Let's go."

Zatanna clenched her fists and cautiously walked towards the second floor.

As a friend, she was naturally aware of Gino's abilities.

The two walked up the creaking stairs to the second floor.

A strange sound came from the innermost room.

"Click, click, click."

It looked like some kind of wild beast chewing on something.

Gino turned around and looked behind him, only to find that the middle-aged woman named Maya had not followed.

"Don't you find it strange?"

Gino patted Zatanna on the shoulder, signaling the girl to stop.

"What do you mean?"

Gino smiled, seemingly hinting at something, and said, "Do you remember what that woman told us at the agency?"

"Huh?" Zatanna tilted her head, looking somewhat confused.

She said her husband was responsible for taking care of Sarah, the woman's daughter.

Gino yawned, his gaze sweeping across the room. His godlike abilities allowed him to easily see through appearances and directly into matter.

Ignoring the girl's pink cartoon-themed underwear, his gaze was fixed on the room through the door.

In a dimly lit room, a figure was seen crawling on a large, pregnant corpse, gnawing on it.

The floor was also stained with blood, looking incredibly scarlet and eerie.

The corpse's wide-open eyes and the kitchen knife stuck in its chest proved that this was not a simple matter, because there were no signs of cloth binding the girl's wrists.

"In that house, a demon was devouring the corpse of the man who owned the house, while there were no marks of restraint on her wrists and ankles."

"She's lying?!" Zatanna suddenly realized. She turned her head and saw Maya walking towards them on the stairs behind her, holding an M1896 shotgun.

"Click!"

The shotgun is loaded and aimed.

The woman no longer concealed her true feelings; her pale face was filled with a look of madness.

"You two, get inside right now!"

She gripped the gun handle tightly, aiming the muzzle at Gino.

Zatanna was furious, glaring at the woman with a look of rage that seemed ready to unleash flames from her purple eyes: "Why, why did you do this?"

"Why do you do this?" the woman scoffed. "Because my daughter needs nutrition!"

Her eyes gleamed with an eerie red light. Zatanna pursed her lips. "Gino, this woman must have been bewitched by the devil."

Just as exorcists possess holy water, crucifixes, and American-style iaido, demons also possess evil magic, immense power, and the ability to bewitch people.

Gino shrugged, neither confirming nor denying, his handsome face full of mockery.

"Hurry up and go inside!"

Maya raised the barrel of her gun, which was loaded with deadly bullets.

At the same time, the wooden door behind the two of them opened.

"Bang!"

Like an angry person slamming the door shut, a cold wind blew through the corridor, and with it came a blonde girl with a pale face, wearing a thin nightgown.

Her body was surrounded by an eerie, blood-red light that flickered continuously.

She slowly raised her head, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth to Gino and Zatanna.

A deep, hoarse voice echoed down the corridor: "A magician and a burly man, you two must taste delicious."

"Now, walk over there!"

Maya's finger hovered over the trigger, her gaze fixed on the two men with a menacing look.

However, the boy at the other end of the corridor seemed not to have heard.

Gino watched with great interest as the demon possessing the girl's body controlled the body and walked towards them.

"Gino".

Zatanna clenched her fist: "I'll go deal with that damned demon, you hold off Maya."

"Why go through all that trouble?" Gino sneered.

The next instant, a dazzling red light illuminated the entire corridor.

"Buzz!"

A heatwave, thousands of degrees hot like molten lava, roared from the boy's eyes, distorting the air as it shot towards the woman with the gun.

"I want them dead, and they must die now!"

(End of this chapter)