"Ugh... so scary... so scary... Xiao Huan..."

Sakuragi Hitomi had just started to speak when Ye Shiyu held Yan Huan tighter and pressed closer to the wall.

Meanwhile, Sakuragi Hitomi was stunned, her brows furrowing even more.

What exactly happened that day?

Why has Ye Shiyu become like this?

The increasing doubts made Sakuragi Hitomi think that Yan Huan's murder was suspicious. So after hesitating for a moment, she gently put down her hand that was about to activate the Barrier.

In front of her, Ye Shiyu continued to shiver and hold Yan Huan tightly, staring intently at Sakuragi Hitomi, without engaging in hypnosis.

"Ye Shiyu, that day... what really happened..."

Sakuragi Hitomi spoke as she began to walk toward Ye Shiyu.

However, as soon as she moved, Ye Shiyu shuddered fearfully,

"Don't come any closer!"

"Bzzz..."

Overcome with emotion, the surrounding lights began to flicker on and off.

But...

It was nowhere near as oppressive as the previous Ye Shiyu.

"Okay... okay, I'm not coming closer..."

Sakuragi Hitomi took a deep breath, raised her hands, and stepped back a few paces.

While Ye Shiyu, holding Yan Huan, slowly began to move towards the equipment room, as if turning in reverse polarity, trying to get as far away from Sakuragi Hitomi as possible.

Seeing this, Sakuragi Hitomi frowned. After Ye Shiyu was far enough away from her, she bit her lip and said,

"Put the President down first, Ye Shiyu. What exactly do you want by stealing the President's body? Do you not want him to rest in peace?"

"No... I can't leave Xiao Huan..."

Ye Shiyu shook her head wildly, pressing her face tightly against the lifeless face of Yan Huan, her gaze full of fear like Tsar Ivan the Terrible,

"If Xiao Huan hadn't pushed me away to save Mom, he wouldn't have... why did this have to happen... ugh... so scary..."

The President...

Did it to save Ye Shiyu...

Upon hearing this, Sakuragi Hitomi's eyes widened instantly.

And in front of her, Ye Shiyu was evidently terrified to the extreme.

In her eyes, the deeper the fear, the tighter she hugged Yan Huan's corpse; it seemed like only his presence could momentarily ease her fear.

Could this be the reason she stole Yan Huan's body?

"..."

At this moment, Sakuragi Hitomi's mind was like a battlefield of conflict.

If what Ye Shiyu said was true, then things were as she suspected...

Ye Shiyu was not the main culprit.

But the fact that the driver was hypnotized and the vehicle went out of control was undeniable.

If it wasn't Ye Shiyu's hypnosis, then...

"The modifier?"

Sakuragi Hitomi instinctively thought of this conclusion but found it contradictory,

"But both the President and An Le mentioned that only An Le's modifier possesses intelligence...

"Moreover, if it is her modifier, it should never act against the host's use of its power..."

Even the intelligent Little Thumb would absolutely not disobey An Le's orders.

Only An Le's will could activate the modifier, which is why it worked so hard to push An Le rather than using its abilities directly.

What's going on with Ye Shiyu?

"Gurgle..."

Just as Sakuragi Hitomi was torn over whether to believe Ye Shiyu, a faint sound of squirming tentacles came from deep in the corridor behind her.

"Ugh!!"

At hearing that sound, Ye Shiyu, holding Yan Huan's body, trembled in fright.

"Buzz!"

In her immense dread, Ye Shiyu reflexively raised a phone emitting ghostly purple light toward Sakuragi Hitomi.

"!!"

With her experience, Sakuragi Hitomi immediately closed her eyes and turned her head to avoid her hypnosis.

"Snap!"

Yet just as Sakuragi Hitomi turned her head, she felt a sharp pain from the side facing Ye Shiyu,

"Hiss!!"

It seemed like...

She had been bitten by something, the pain of having a piece of flesh bitten off.

She drew a cold breath but dared not open her eyes.

"Ugh..."

"Tap, tap, tap..."

"Clack~"

Until the next second, in the darkness, came Ye Shiyu's whimper, footsteps, and the sound of a door closing, only then did Sakuragi Hitomi hesitantly open her eyes.

Looking down, she saw several glowing centipede jaw fragments fall to the floor.

In the blink of an eye, the fragments seemed to be drawn by threads and entered the tightly closed door of the utility room before her.

Ye Shiyu was hiding in there.

And inside, there was no exit.

"..."

Sakuragi Hitomi stood dazedly at the door, sorting through the chaotic thoughts in her mind.

"Gurgle..."

On the other hand, An Le, with empty eyes, was dragged into this enclosed corridor by countless tentacles.

She had seen Ye Shiyu's figure earlier, so she had chased her all the way here...

Now, the corridor before her had only two doors, one locked leading to the crematorium waiting room, and the other was the tightly closed utility room before Sakuragi Hitomi.

An Le immediately judged that Ye Shiyu was hiding inside.

Her eyes instantly turned into those of a snake, and slowly, she descended in front of Sakuragi Hitomi, looking at the closed door and asked coldly,

"... Ye Shiyu's inside?"

Sakuragi Hitomi had not yet spoken when Tong Yingying, wielding a knife, also slowly walked into this enclosed corridor from behind An Le.

"..."

Seeing the two women before her who couldn't wait to tear Ye Shiyu to pieces, the conflict in Sakuragi Hitomi's mind gradually settled.

She took a deep breath, stepped forward, her body inadvertently blocking the door to the equipment room.

Immediately, she suddenly slapped the wall, activating the Barrier, 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"Clack, clack, clack!!"

"An Le, let Little Thumb out. I have something to ask it."