Antina flipped back two pages and found the precautions for resurrection magic. She read them out loud: "Tell the resurrected person that he/she is already dead and has just gained a second life as a zombie. If he/she doesn't believe it, let him/her blink to switch between normal vision and zombie vision. If he/she still doesn't believe it, let him/her look in the mirror. By the way, this book is not responsible for the psychological adjustment issues that follow (very quietly)"
Antina looked at the resurrected Perno with expectation, hoping that she could do as she was told. Perno, knowing that she should be dead, looked at the maid behind Antina who took out a mirror and saw her current appearance in the mirror.
In fact, Perno's current appearance is not much different from before, except that the place where the gunshot wound hit her lungs is still bleeding, and the hole in the dress reveals the wound inside Perno, and it looks like she can't wear it anymore. After being resurrected, the blood still can't stop, and it is still dripping out. Another special thing is her pupils. When she switches her vision, her pupil color will turn into a light white incandescent color.
"Sister! Sister!" Alice, who was not much older than Perno, shouted loudly, calling Perno with the name she called with endless energy: "Sister, do you have a code name, Perno?"
Perno hesitated. She originally wanted to call herself "Runo" so that she could escape from these weirdos with a clear conscience. After they resurrected her, they couldn't take her life at will... Well, who knows. Maybe the evil necromancer could control the lives of the zombies under her command?
"Yes, I have a code name called Perno, Perno from Nayuta." Perno finally told the truth. Having experienced death once, she didn't care much about the second life. The main reason why she made this choice was Ah Xiong's two actions, one was the cold "deal", and the other was the ruthless letting go after being shot.
She originally thought that after being rescued by Ah Xiong by chance, she would stay with him for the rest of her life, but she never expected that betrayal would come so suddenly, just like the inevitable taxes and death.
"That's right." Antina put away the magic book in her hand and handed it to the maid behind her to carry: "Then, Perno... little sister, come with us."
"Damn it... I didn't catch him." The voice of the private police came from the other end of the alley. What came into view was four private police who were holding their waists and breathing heavily. "At least we killed one here. Although he was a small one, it's also a gain."
The four private policemen were stunned when they ran into a group of well-dressed maids. But soon, they noticed Perno, who was still bleeding. The leader carefully considered the possible background of the maid team. If they offended someone they couldn't afford to offend, they, the private policemen, would be laid off in a matter of minutes.
The captain, who was originally planning to shoot directly, chose to explain the situation first, so that he would have an explanation even if he shot later: "Madam, the man covered in blood next to you is a member of a vicious anti-Asian organization. Please keep a safe distance, we are going to arrest him."
The moment the private police appeared, several maids held umbrellas in front of the four girls. The hell steel hidden in the thick umbrellas was revealed, like a steel fortress built in an instant.
Alice stared at all this with eyes wide open, and exclaimed "Wow". Shadow protected Alice behind him from the beginning, and he picked up three combat knives between his fingers.
Antina glanced at Perno, who was covered in blood, and confirmed twice with her innocent look: "She? Extremely vicious? Is there something wrong with your eyes?"
Seeing that the other party had set up a bunker, several private police officers no longer hesitated. Under the command of the captain, the firepower of assault rifles and submachine guns poured towards the umbrella. The bullets hit the thin layer of hell steel and were simply bounced off. With the presence of Antina, the hell mage, the strength of the hell steel was more than a little enhanced. It was simply a dream to want to penetrate the umbrella with non-anti-material weapons.
"Wow!" Antina, startled by the clinking sound of bullets, jumped up like a frightened green cat. Several maids protected them behind them and took out all kinds of hot weapons from every corner of their bodies like magic. Perno watched this scene with wide eyes, his heart full of surprise.
A funny thought suddenly occurred to her mind: Why does it feel like these maids are more likely to overthrow Yasogi than Nayuta?
Nayuta had no weapons, and the only person with a weapon (specifically Axiong) couldn't shoot accurately beyond five meters, and was a patient with bifurcated urine. If he wanted to shoot something a little further away, he had to fire a large number of bullets. In this case, most of Mistress's expenses were used to buy bullets. Sometimes he even wanted to shoot down a surveillance drone in the sky, but he missed it after several shots. However, Perno shot it down with one shot.
Nayuta has no funds yet, and the source of funds is single. Now that it is strangled, it has to sacrifice its own people to make money. Perno thought maliciously that after she died, the fat pig would naturally not give Ah Xiong money. Among the remaining people, who would Ah Xiong choose to sacrifice?
It should be Medico, but Medico probably won't be willing... Will Ah Xiong sacrifice himself?
Thinking of this, Perno patted her face. No matter what, Ah Xiong was kind to her by bringing her out of the leech organization. But Perno sadly discovered that after she had hope, she was pushed into despair again in this form of deception. Her good impression of Ah Xiong disappeared completely. It felt a little weird to have Ah Xiong plotted against her behind her back, but she also felt a little secretly happy...
Chapter 93: The Art of Lying
I just don’t know what Brother Zappa is like... Brother Zappa is also a good person, but it’s a pity that he is just full of passion, and passion is the least valuable thing.
Perno looked down at the bullet hole in his chest and said, "See, all my blood has been drained out."
"Huh? They dare to hit Alice? Get away, you disgusting guys!" Alice, who was angry, took out her sniper rifle from some maid, half-knelt and started aiming. Shadow pressed the muzzle of Alice's gun down. Maybe she had been a killer too many times, and now she would easily explode when someone pointed a gun at her. She still has a long way to go before she can become a normal child.
Seeing that guns were ineffective and the shield formed by umbrellas was advancing instead, several private policemen panicked. Oh no, they had hit a wall. Umbrellas are bulletproof. This must be the private maid of some big shot.
The captain gritted his teeth. After firing the gun, they had no room to retreat. Even if they threw away the gun now and said it was a misunderstanding, they would still be held responsible. The people above would definitely not help them take the responsibility. After committing such a big mistake, being stripped of their status as private police might be the lightest punishment. They would most likely be directly reduced to "informal". Thinking of the miserable lives of those "informal" people, the captain knew that they only had one choice.
"Kill them, don't let them run away, then we can blame the anti-Asian organization," the captain whispered to the three team members. The three team members looked at each other, all with a bit of madness in their minds of "If you tell anyone, I won't let you off easily either." Facing the shield formation rushing over, they did not retreat but rushed towards the umbrella.
They also had riot shields, but due to the angle, they did not notice that the maids also had thermal weapons. The captain's idea was simple: to break through the umbrellas, disrupt the formation of the maids, and then kill them all.
If possible... it's not impossible to catch two people to have some fun...
When the fat man holding the riot shield slammed into the maid's shield wall like a mountain of meat, he felt as if he was not hitting an umbrella held by a woman... but more like a solid concrete wall. With his face flushed, he wanted to shake the wall, but was severely frustrated and pushed back.
If the umbrella hadn't been still moving forward, he would have really looked carefully to see if he had run off the track and bumped his head against the wall.
The maid who was hit didn't even have her arms shaken, and even the four people who were protecting her at the back only heard the sound of the collision, and didn't even realize that the maid was hit. Several people were protected by the maids at the back, as indestructible as a Roman shield formation.
Then, the Maid Shield bared her fangs.
The armored parasol was folded in an instant, revealing the black holes of gun muzzles inside. Antina and Perno, who had seen few deaths, had their eyes covered by the maid in charge of medical treatment. They were still young and could not bear to see such a bloody scene.
Then, powerful firepower suddenly erupted from the black muzzle of the gun. Bullets of various calibers fired and hit the private police. The solid bulletproof vests should have been able to block the firepower of these old guns, but they were like paper in front of the bullets with hell energy attached.
The enchanted ballistics were like tracer bullets, drawing an orange-red gun line. The indestructible bullet pierced into the plate of the bulletproof vest, easily penetrating it, and then the bullet with remaining power hit the human body. The bullet, which had already cracked due to the collision, shattered after encountering the human body, forming a pile of small fragments and opening four or five holes in the body.
Soon, four private policemen dressed like Swat were lying neatly on the ground, like four broken shower heads.
"Ah... I can't see anything." Antina tried to struggle out of the maid's hands, but in terms of strength, she was easily suppressed by the maid.
"Let's go, there's nothing to see." Shadow was a little concerned about the bullet shot from the maid's gun. It turned out to be an orange-red trajectory. Tracer bullets of this color should not be common, and their penetrating power is not ordinary. But thinking of the magical scene of Perno's resurrection just now, Shadow didn't care about that thing anymore. After all, he had seen the resurrection, so it was normal for the bullet to have stronger penetrating power.
On the other side, Axiong who came back alone met Zappa with a happy face at the gate of Nayuta's base. Zappa, wearing a red vest, was sweating all over, his hair was sticking to his head, and the red vest on his body was also soaked into dark red by sweat.
The tired Zappa mobilized his former connections as a "nobleman". As Jiuguang's cousin, he used the excuse of "doing an interesting social experiment recently" to ask for a sum of Asian points from a high-level official of Ya Zongyi. With this money, Nayuta would not need to sacrifice anyone anymore.
Zappa opened Nayuta's door with a happy look on his face. He didn't reveal all the secrets in his heart, but found an excuse to cover it up. He showed the bracelet-shaped microchip implanted on his wrist and proudly announced: "Everyone, our funding problem has been solved. I just got a batch of goods, and the profit from selling them is enough for us to live for a month."
Nayuta's companions cheered, and Kotaro waved his fist: "Wuhu! We can go to Sister Mistress to spend money again!"
Don't pay attention to what Kotaro says, he is a complete fan of mature women. A mature big sister like Mistress is simply a deadly poison to him, and often makes him lose his mind.
"That's great..." Medico patted his chest, causing a surge of waves, but it didn't attract anyone's attention. It goes without saying that Kotaro is a mature woman control freak, but Zappa is a gay, and he particularly likes little boys.
Medico knew that if Perno failed to sell out in the spring, she would be the one in the most danger. Now that Zappa has brought the funds back, she expressed such emotion half relieved and half relieved.
Zappa, who was sweating all over his forehead, looked around and suddenly found that someone seemed to be missing. Where was the silent Perno? He looked at Axiong who was lowering his head and said, "Axiong, where is Perno? We don't need her to sacrifice herself. Let her come back."
"..." Ah Xiong remained silent. His abnormal behavior attracted everyone's attention.
"Axiong?" Zappa thought that Axiong didn't hear him, so he repeated his name: "Where is Perno? If she has been sent out, call her back quickly. You can still afford the penalty. Don't let such a young child sacrifice herself."
"..." Ah Xiong still didn't make any sound. His hand repeatedly kneaded the flesh at the base of his other hand, as if he could squeeze out a Pernod from there.
Now everyone realized that something was wrong. The impatient Kotaro jumped directly to the opposite side of Xiong and leaned over to see Xiong's expression hidden under the scarf and bangs. Xiong raised his head to avoid the peeping this time. This behavior made Kotaro realize that something was wrong: "Xiong, where is Perno? Say something?"
Ah Xiong seemed to be standing at that fork in the road again. There were two paths in front of him. One was to tell the whole story, and the other was to lie...
After the impatient Kotaro pushed Axiong's shoulder hard, Axiong, who felt guilty, used his strength on Kotaro as if to get rid of his emotions. His thinking now seemed to be more disturbed, and his ears were tinnitus with snowy screen flashing like an old TV, so that this push made Kotaro stumble back several steps.
Soon, he felt that his consciousness seemed to be fading away, as if he was watching his actions from a third-party perspective. His body was out of control, and his entire consciousness seemed to be squeezed out of his body... He tried to reach his body, but in the end, with extreme unwillingness, he turned into debris that no one else could see.
“…Perno may not come back.” “Axiong”’s voice was very hoarse because he had not spoken for too long. After hearing this, Zappa rushed to “Axiong” in two steps. He stood in front of “Axiong” like a mountain. He grabbed “Axiong” by the collar and half-forced him to stand up and look at him: “Axiong! If you are a man, repeat what you said. What happened to Perno?”
"Perno is dead!" Ah Xiong threw out the truth without hesitation. It was estimated that Perno would not survive the bullet wound in the chest. In the absence of any evidence... it would be better to let the dead man make some use of his last bit of energy.
"Axiong" made a decision. In order to save a little dignity, he needed to tell a big lie. Anyway, the anti-Asian organization couldn't catch private police to torture and extract confessions. Even if they deliberately retaliated, it would be difficult to catch those four. Once this lie was believed, it would be difficult to expose.
Could Perno still be alive? So... what I'm saying now is the complete truth, and I... am the real Ah Xiong...
There are several elements to lying. The lie that Ah Xiong is facing now is not the most difficult one. The most difficult one requires confusing right and wrong. Ah Xiong only needs to shirk responsibility.
The best way to pass the buck is to do it in several steps.
The first thing is to strengthen the enemy.
If Ah Xiong's eyes were correct, there were four private policemen at that time, a member of the suppression squad with an assault rifle, a baton captain in charge of command, a member of the security squad with a riot shield, and a member of the shooting squad with a submachine gun. These four people could not take on the responsibility of being villains, and it would instead appear that Ah Xiong had abandoned his teammates. So he decided to double the number and refurbish their weapons.
The second point is to strengthen your teammates.
Perno must be fearless and willing to sacrifice. In order to increase the authenticity, you can add some content about Ah Xiong and her doing ideological work, but it is best not to add too much. The more you add, the easier it is to make mistakes in the details.
Then comes the third one, hiding oneself.
Ah Xiong must have played a role in this matter, but he should not exaggerate his role too much. Pushing himself to the center of the stage will only arouse everyone's suspicion. Appropriate self-deprecation can enhance the authenticity of the story. The main body of the story should be the dead person. After all, dead people are the most useful.
The last point is to prepare your emotions and use emotional speeches to move the audience. If that fails, emotionality can also effectively achieve "face-to-face" (a Werewolf term, which means using emotional speeches to force others to admit their own confessions, including swearing poisonous oaths, etc.), and let those in the audience who are easily influenced by emotions speak for you.
If there are micro-expression experts in the audience, pay attention to glancing to the upper left when telling the story. Looking to the upper left is a gesture that mobilizes the brain to recall memories. Once all these are prepared, you can start performing.
There was a bit of lie mixed in with the truth he spoke out. Ah Xiong prepared a script in his mind, built up his emotions, and began his performance.
Chapter 94: Lies and Performances
He first stared at Zappa, using his heavy breathing and staring at a certain place for a long time without blinking, which caused his eyes to become sore and tears to flow, giving him a hint that he was going to tell a long story. When Zappa put him down, Ah Xiong covered his face "with self-blame", using this seemingly natural action to conceal his facial expression, so as not to reveal more clues and be noticed as abnormal.
Just like some people like to drink water when they lie, using a cup to cover most of your face is also effective in preventing others from noticing anything.
He seemed to find it difficult to face the situation at that time. He blanked his eyes, recalled the "situation" at that time, and described it intermittently.
"I really couldn't bear to let Perno Chun die. She was so young. She had just come out of that devil's den where she lived a life worse than death. Am I going to let her go back to that kind of life? Perno didn't say a word on the way there, and I knew she didn't want to..."
Ah Xiong was silent for a while: "But she finally agreed."
Strengthen the image of Perno and slowly disappear into obscurity.
"It's embarrassing to say, but I have some selfish motives. I also have the desire to possess her... So, I came up with a good idea. We can lure a rich-looking man into an alley under the pretext of spring sales. I can then threaten him with a gun and take away his watch and other valuables. Even if I can't get sub-points, these things can still be exchanged for some money..."
Show a part of your role, but don't push yourself to the center of the stage. Ah Xiong grasped this balance very carefully. He peeked through his fingers at a few people clenching their fists and knew that he had done a good job in bringing in his emotions.
"We had already found our target. That person had a ring and a watch on him. We could take those things if we lured him into an alley... but it turned out to be a trap!"
The next step is to strengthen the enemies... Everything is going according to Ah Xiong's script. He is like the director of a stage play. He hooks the threads with his fingers and the puppets have to dance along with him. The next step is... to arrange Perno's grand death.
"There were private police blocking the road on both sides of the alley... We were trapped in the middle, and I took a hostage. Fortunately, the private police on the other side had a little error in coordination, and we ran away a few seconds before the private police completed the encirclement."
Well, Ah Xiong noticed that everyone’s emotions were aroused. They were all looking at him nervously. Success or failure depended on this one move.
"Then...then the vigilantes opened fire. They didn't even care about the hostages. Perno was shot three times in the back, and the blood immediately dyed the dress red."
Reinforce the fact that Perno is hopeless, so that others don't think that Axiong is doing nothing, and at the same time stir up the emotions, and finally the climax.
"I wanted to fight those bastards, but Perno told me to run, but she soon died and couldn't shout anymore... She kept telling me to run until she died..." Ah Xiong's voice was full of tears and helplessness. The sadness in his tone made the two girls wipe away their tears, and Kotaro remained silent.
"Finally... I came back... like a complete loser, I came back and lost Perno forever... forever..." Ah Xiong put down his hand that was covering his face, and his whole body seemed to be limp in the chair, his eyes staring blankly at something, like a living dead. Zappa also believed it, he walked to Ah Xiong's side, squatted down and patted his back to prevent him from being too sad.
The emotional speech was a bit self-deprecating, and it seemed that the emotions were well rendered. Ah Xiong was secretly happy. Unlike his apparent sadness, he successfully used lies to cover up the fact of Perno's death. If it went as expected, this matter would be over and over again.
"Axiong..." Zappa took off his rustic red sunglasses and wiped the red circles under his eyes: "Do you have any evidence or description about the hostage? Blood debt must be paid with blood!"
Ah Xiong was well prepared. He took out a white cufflink from his pocket and placed it in Zappa's palm: "...This is what I got from the hostage...I want him dead...He has to pay for Perno's life!" The latter words sounded weak because of the crying tone, but everyone believed what Ah Xiong said. With evidence and emotions, there was at least a 90% chance that this matter was true.
The others looked at each other, thinking of letting the sad Ah Xiong to calm down alone. They left Ah Xiong in the base for a while, quietly closed the door, and then went to Mistress's store to buy things. After all, the dead cannot be resurrected, and the living have to look forward.
Perno, who didn't know that she was being arranged to have a "grand funeral", followed Antina back to Fang Qingyun's base. She noticed that this place was not far from Nayuta's. Maybe after she had tidied herself up, she could go back and see them. Perno looked down at her chest. Fortunately, her blood boiling had finally stopped.
If she goes back with a big hole in her chest, combined with her current appearance, she might be mistaken for a returning ghost. It would be terrible if she was burned by Kotaro's flamethrower. Zombies are not completely fireproof. She doesn't want to try to get another life. At least she has to fix the hole in her chest before going back to meet them and say goodbye.
As the saying goes, humans and ghosts have different paths. In fact, Perno doesn't blame Ah Xiong. He can't stand the test of life and death. Ask yourself, if it was Ah Xiong who was shot, perhaps Perno would have given up on him.
Perno comforted herself in this way. Although she still remembered that she had been with Ah Xiong the last time a similar situation happened, she still told herself that sometimes she couldn't do it, so she shouldn't force others to do it.
Although Ah Xiong lied to her and brought out the nightmare drug, could it be that he was in touch with the leech organization again? Perno was a little sad, but it didn't matter now. Zombies were not afraid of that kind of potion, and now that it was like this, she had nothing to say.
While Antina was using the resurrection magic, Fang Qingyun was communicating with Kikuchiyo who had settled down in the stronghold.
"Since we are already one, I won't hide it from you." Fang Qingyun easily broke the plaster that bound Kikuchiyo's arms and legs like breaking an egg roll. Kikuchiyo moved her wrists and ankles. Because of being bound for several hours, her hands and feet were a little stiff, but it was okay. If the restraint time was long, up to a month, her fingers and feet would be too stiff to move.
In this regard, Fang Qingyun, who once broke a finger and suffered extreme pain during the subsequent rehabilitation, said that he has a say.
"Sure enough..." Kikuchiyo picked up the scabbard that Fang Qingyun had placed beside her and jumped to the corner like a rabbit. It was worth noting that she neither drew her sword nor put her hand on the hilt. She was obviously just shy. "You really have some desire for me! Otherwise, why would you be so nice to me?"
Fang Qingyun was speechless. He had always been honest with his own people. He didn't care how they lied to outsiders, but he always told the truth to his own people.
"I can't say there is absolutely no chance, right?" Fang Qingyun was at a loss. He touched his nose to ease the embarrassment and continued, "If it was someone like Pinxu, I would respect him as a man, give him some money, and let him find a place to spend the rest of his life. But if it was you, maybe I would give you some shelter. If we are sure that we are on the same path, I might ask for your opinion and see if I should take you away."
"What if they are not strangers?" Kikuchiyo was no longer so alert and she put down her knife.
"If we are not on the same path," Fang Qingyun imagined what would happen if Kikuchiyo was a militarist: "Then get out of here! Not making things difficult for you is my last mercy."
"Huh." Kikuchiyo calmed down and put away the knife: "I believe you, you should be an upright person."
Now is obviously not a good time to show his cards. Fang Qingyun is a little embarrassed. If he wants to start a conversation next, he will have to arrange time. Communicating with the opposite sex has always been his weakness. He thought of just making things clear and then letting Kikuchiyo think about it carefully. It will be up to her whether to leave or stay.
"Do you have something to say to me?" Kikuchiyo saw Fang Qingyun's embarrassment and said, "Just say it."
"Then be prepared." Fang Qingyun spread his hands, made a draft, and then dropped a depth bomb: "Pinxu didn't actually betray you."
"?" Kikuchiyo drew her sword, her expression was quite cold: "Even if you are my savior, you will be punished by heaven for making such a joke."
"Hey, put the knife down." Fang Qingyun raised her hand very willingly: "Girls, why do you use knives and guns just because you hear a word? Can you let me finish what I'm saying?"
"..." Kikuchiyo put the sword back into the sheath and knelt down formally: "Excuse me..."
"That's right." Fang Qingyun made a sitting gesture and led Kikuchiyo to the stool. It would be bad if her nice legs became bow-legged because of kneeling. He also asked her to relax a little. Otherwise, Fang Qingyun was worried that after he finished speaking, this girl with a strong sense of self-esteem might commit seppuku.
After all, the elements that make up Kikuchiyo include not only the girl but also the samurai. If she suddenly loses her mind and commits seppuku on the spot, it will be a bad ending.
"Calm down, I will talk to you slowly." Fang Qingyun calmed Kikuchiyo's spirit and used that momentum to slash her with the knife. Without the knife, Kikuchiyo seemed to shrink back and fidgeted on the unfamiliar stool.
Chapter 95: The truth and the bullshit
Fang Qingyun narrated the whole story of the conversation between Pinxu and him, demonstrated the miraculous effect of the potion, talked about Pinxu's straightforward approach of entrusting his son to the care of others, and explained his unhappiness with Pinxu's unauthorized decision-making and threats.
After about twenty minutes of narration, Fang Qingyun roughly explained what happened. He stood up and took a glass of water: "So... do you understand?"
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