The King of Curses

Chapter 318 Chen Jiu's Dream

With the sharp knife hanging over her head, it was self-evident what she was going to do next: only by prying open the skull and taking out the brain could she escape Meng Huafan's control - at least, that was what Ma Jing thought.

"Are you...are you trying to turn me into...a monster?"

The Snail Girl gasped in pain, but her eyes were wide open as she glared at her former sister.

"Hehe, in your eyes, am I a monster?"

Ma Jing shook her head.

"You know very well who is to blame for my becoming like this. Besides, in my opinion, you who have been manipulated and transformed are the real monster... But at the same time, this is not your fault."

She held the knife handle with both hands, raised it high, and was about to pierce the back of the snail girl's head, and repeated the words:
"Let me free you from your bondage..."

There was a flash of cold light, and the tip of the knife fell down mercilessly.

Before the bloody scene happened, the door of the snail girl was broken, and a thin little girl hurried in. After seeing the knife hovering in the air, she breathed a sigh of relief and stroked her chest with her hand.

"Great, I caught up."

*
"You...why are you here?"

Ma Jing turned her head. Although she stopped moving, she did not put down the knife. She stared at her with a cold look.

"I'm here to stop you."

Chen Jiu answered calmly.

"You want to stop me? Are you on the same side with Meng Huafan now?"

"No, you should still remember who helped you escape from the ship and who performed the surgery on you, right?"

"Of course I remember."

Ma Jing withdrew her gaze and answered in a low voice.

"I am very grateful to you. Without you, I would not be who I am today. I still remember that when I invited you to escape from this ship together, you refused. You said you wanted to stay on this ship because you had unfinished business... I couldn't understand it at that time."

"now what?"

"Now……"

Ma Jing saw a tall man appear behind Chen Jiu. Seeing his familiar figure, she knew that she could not do anything anymore. She put down the knife and sighed softly.

"I figured it out. Because we can't escape, right?"

"That's what I think, but I won't persuade you to stay. Everyone has their own choices. I just want to tell you that Meng Huafan is my enemy. This has not changed, whether in the past or now."

"Very good." Ma Jing laughed. "Then why are you stopping me now? You should know that Meng Huafan is selecting a new host. One less candidate is better."

She climbed up from Er's body.

The snail girl, who was bound by forbidden objects, looked at Ma Jing, then at her youngest sister at the door, and was confused for a moment.

"Like you, I am here to liberate her. But there is no need to use such a rough method."

Chen Jiu walked over to the snail girl and squatted down.

"Second sister, remember everything."

She whispered, placing her fingers on the other's neck.

The muscles and fat of the Snail Girl all rippled at this moment. Er's eyes widened and her body was stiff. Sparks of countless thoughts colliding flashed in her pupils. It seemed like a century had passed. Then...

"Ah, she vomited." The evil god sitting on Cen Dongsheng's head commented, "How disgusting."

The snail girl turned over, tears welling up from her eyes, and vomited violently on the deck.

"This is a normal physiological reaction of human beings."

"Ah, that's why I say you humans are troublesome. Natural gods don't need that. Whether it's eating or excreting, those are troubles only lower creatures have."

Lou Jia answered with a sense of superiority. Cen Dongsheng was a little unhappy, so he reached out and rubbed her head roughly - to others, he was just scratching her head - until the little girl started begging for mercy with tears in her eyes.

"In fact, I have already freed her from mental control and returned her memory."

Loujia lay on his head and said weakly:
"However, I didn't know there was a secret in Meng Huafan's ability. After the dual stimulation of body and mind, she finally came to her senses, right?"

……

Er woke up.

After violent vomiting, Chen Jiu took care of her and handed her water.

The snail girl had a gloomy face and remained silent. She was unwilling to look at others, which showed that she could not accept the fact for the time being.

“Self-deception is also a human characteristic,” commented Loujia, who was watching.

“It’s so simple.”

Ma Jing smiled bitterly and carefully touched the wound on the back of her head.

"I thought there would be at least one operation. It seems that you have acquired incredible knowledge in the past six months on this ship."

"Yes. After you left, Meng Huafan needed a trustworthy subject for his experiment, so I became his assistant in your place."

Ma Jing realized the differences between them.

Whether before or after breaking free from her restraints, she had no interest in the secrets on the ship; but Chen Jiu was different. The girl's attitude towards learning was quite positive, which made her feel a little discouraged and annoyed.

"Don't worry, Sister Yi." Chen Jiu saw through her thoughts, "I will make you return to your original appearance. This is easy for me now."

"I--"

"At the same time, I can also ensure that you can get rid of the connection between you and Meng."

After a moment of silence, the woman nodded slightly.

"……I trust you."

*
Ten minutes ago.

"Anything is okay?"

Cen Dongsheng was unmoved by Chen Jiu's request.

"It sounds too broad and unappealing to me."

The girl thought for a moment and looked lost:
"...I can't offer you any chips that will satisfy you."

"Then tell me what you want to do first, and don't hide anything from me." Cen Dongsheng said, "I can consider investing in your future."

……

So Chen Jiu explained everything to him. Since she came to the ship, she had mastered a lot of Meng's knowledge in a short period of time and became his most capable assistant.

"The person named Ma Jing is the former Snail Girl No. 1. She wanted to escape from the devil's cave, so I helped her leave the Mirage and performed a brain removal surgery on her."

"Before this, in order to avoid Meng Huafan's snooping, I also tried to implant false memories in her, making her think that she was an ordinary curse master transformed by a black market doctor. In fact, that doctor was me, and I performed the surgery on her. Including her disfigurement, it was to remove the characteristics of being a snail girl."

"As for what I want to do..."

Chen Jiu's pupils lit up slightly, and the next words seemed like a fantasy to her in the eyes of others.

"I want to be his most important successor, so that he will eventually choose me as his host."

"Self-sacrifice is of course meaningless, because he will definitely create other sacrifices, so I hope to bind Meng Huafan's consciousness in my body so that he can't do whatever he wants."

"He wants to take over the magpie's nest; I want to be the host."

(End of this chapter)