Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

Chapter 375 Soul
Under the guidance of the security chief, they gradually found the missing portrait of Saintfield VI, and vaguely guessed why Saintfield VI was so afraid of seeing himself on the ship.

But now another problem arises.

September claims the head of security never existed in the first place.

A non-existent person guided them, which seemed to be exactly the same as what happened to Saint Field VI.

Duan Mingyuan also saw a ghost on the boat, but the ghost was not himself.

September continued, "No one greeted us on the ship. The crew members were busy with their own affairs."

This is what she saw.

After boarding the ship, she lamented that the flagship of the Saintfield family had such poor security. They didn't even see a single crew member along the way.

However, from the layout of the cabins, she learned that the crew's living area was far away from here, and after the death of Saintfield VI, they had to take care of their future lives. Even Saintfield VI's butler stayed on the eco-ship for some reason and did not accompany them to investigate the case.

"But I understand it completely."

September suddenly changed the subject and acted like a famous detective.

She had known the answer when they had discovered the crafting from the Planet of the Machine in Saintfield VI's room.

After all, she had had the same experience on Planet Mecha.

"The Queen of the Planet Mechanical wants to exchange bodies with me. It is a kind of soul exchange ceremony, but the one who prepared it for her was a Semitic man. The Semitic man who claimed to be a doctor wanted to make a deal with me. He believed that during the soul exchange process, the Queen and I would be able to see each other's memories. He could ensure that my soul returned to my body and I would become the new Queen of the Planet Mechanical. In return, I would help him find the location of the great secret treasure."

This stems from the fact that Semitic doctors do not fully trust the Queen.

He believed that the queen's character was too strong. Once she got rid of her sick body and regained her former strength, she would no longer allow herself to be manipulated by the Semites. In comparison, a weak little girl would be easier to control.

September didn't think about it at that time. She directly sent the Semitic doctor to see their goddess.

But now thinking back, that Semitic doctor seemed to be particularly knowledgeable about the soul exchange ceremony. Not only could he transfer the souls of both parties, he could even artificially create an accident.

If everything goes according to the doctor's plan, Jiu Yue will gain the Queen's memory and become the new Queen of the Mechanical Planet.

"Perhaps, the doctor has already completed the same ritual."

After Duan Mingyuan told Jiu Yue the information revealed by the security chief, he understood the rebellion that could not be explained by common sense.

“Perhaps Saintfield VI intended from the beginning to use this ritual to exchange souls with his great-grandson.”

In fact, Mr. Ming Yuan had already mentioned it when he inspected the scene that the technology of the life science department could only try to delay the aging of Saintfield's body and prolong his life as much as possible, but his body functions were destined to break down one day. From the age of 120, Saintfield VI could only rely on the care of his servants.

He had to be pushed in a wheelchair to attend public events, and just giving a speech on stage would exhaust him mentally.

More importantly, no one could feel that death was approaching him step by step better than Saintfield VI. In addition to scientific methods, Saintfield VI began to be obsessed with the study of mysticism, which was why they invited wizards and prophets to visit Saintfield.

And at this moment, a path to return to youth appeared before him.

Exchanging souls with the young successor could fundamentally solve the problem of his collapsing body.

September continued, "Ideally, Saintfield VI would have left a will for his great-grandson to succeed him, but in reality, his soul would have already moved into a younger body by then."

But soul reincarnation is, after all, an evil ritual that cannot be accepted by most people, and he must keep this secret hidden forever.

"Perhaps the doctor who performed the ritual anticipated that he might be silenced, so he tampered with the ritual. The souls of Saintfield VI and his great-grandson were indeed exchanged, but after the exchange, he did not control the situation as planned."

The end result was that Saintfield VI's great-grandson replaced him as the head of Saintfield, but was forced to accept an old and weak body.

September believes that no one is a real winner in that rebellion.

Duan Mingyuan suddenly realized, "So Saintfield VI later dug out the rebel's eyes and cut off his tongue."

Even among the Semites, this was an extremely harsh punishment, but the most important thing was to cut off all contact between the real Saintfield VI and the outside world.

After the rebellion ended, anyone who might have known about the incident was killed.

The security chief said that when everything was settled, Saint Field VI fired everyone on the ship. They were assigned to different planets, making it difficult for them to keep up with each other's situation. Soon after, they died in accidents one after another.

September nodded, imitating the famous detective and pushing up his nonexistent glasses. "This is why Saintfield VI wanted to remove the portrait and was so afraid of seeing himself on the ship. He knew he was an imposter, and the real Saintfield VI had been killed by him in the rebellion that year."

“Pah, pah, pah!”

Applause rang out from far away. "It's a good story, but if you want to convince the other members of the Saintfield family, I'm afraid you need to fill in a lot of details."

The butler of Saintfield VI came into view;
Compared with his previous image of being in a state of constant anxiety on the eco-ship, he seemed like a different person.

"For example, in your story, there is no mention of who provided the soul-swapping ritual to Saintfield VI. I believe you have noticed something unusual on the Saintfield. It is not a navigation syndrome, nor is it an illusion. You always see people on this ship who shouldn't be there, and the reason for their appearance..."

At this point, the butler paused for a moment and pointed his finger at his head. "It has something to do with this place... There is a legend among the Semites that a few days before death, a person will see a phantom of the past, which means that their time is coming."

"I see!"

Seeing this, September suddenly realized.

She looked at Duan Mingyuan, and then thought about Saintfield VI in the wheelchair.

——"People with short hair will encounter ghosts on this ship!"

(End of this chapter)