Soul Trigger

Chapter 613 The Pathfinder

A moment later, Clementine's figure appeared in the darkness.

She floated to the unconscious gravedigger, her hand piercing through his clothes, but besides the sharp bone in her hand, there was only a small handmade object made of wood and bone.

Holding the two items, she turned to leave.

The gravedigger lying behind suddenly opened his eyes, and dense straws sprouted wildly from his clothes. His eyes suddenly turned bloodshot and bulged out.

Clementine had no choice but to transform into the form of the Ghost Nun and shriek as she launched a counterattack.

But the moment he touched the other person, dense straw began to spread all over his body, and his body suddenly stiffened.

She watched as the scarecrow snatched the sharp bone from her hand and then stabbed it into her head.

The sharp tip was tinged with red light, carrying a certain stench of decay as it came towards him. Clementine wanted to dodge, but felt his mind was incredibly rigid, almost to the point of losing the ability to think.

The next moment, a figure appeared between the two, striking with a whooshing sound of a cane.

The straw covering the scarecrow burst open, and he fainted again.

He picked up the sharp hand bone that the other person was holding, examined it, and then turned around and gently patted Clementine's shoulder with his spiritual energy.

The straw covering her body burst open, but the intense pain caused her to kneel on the ground. Large patches of grayish-black skin were revealed beneath her tattered nun's clothes, which were rotting in large areas.

Ji Li gently grasped her shoulders and injected the Despair Spirit into her body. The rotten flesh quickly fell off, and pale, delicate skin grew back.

"Thank... thank you... for what's behind you!"

Ji Li turned his head and saw that the man had actually stood up again, and with a flash of red light in his hand, he slapped towards Ji Li's neck.

He didn't dodge, letting the other person hit him hard, but simply squatted down and hugged Clementine, enveloping her with his spiritual energy.

The moment the attack touched him, a violent shockwave erupted.

The gravedigger's sinister face froze in shock as he was struck head-on by the shockwave, which knocked over a large number of tables and chairs, leaving him limp and lifeless on the ground.

Clementine stared blankly as Ji Li released his arms from her, and the protective spiritual energy surrounding her slowly dissipated.

"Ok?"

Seeing the gravedigger struggling to his feet amidst the chaos, Ji Li showed a look of surprise:
"Can you still stand up?"

The gravedigger clutched his head, his eyes filled with solemnity as he looked at Ji Li:

"Pulitzer Orin...you're a knight?!"

Ji Li said, "I struck your head twice and shook your soul with spiritual energy once, yet I still couldn't make you pass out?"

The gravedigger sneered:

"You're making a fuss over nothing. Give me a reason to let you go..."

Before he could finish speaking, he felt something on his shoulder. Turning his head, he saw a crow with eyes that were almost black and purple, and his expression changed instantly:
"you……"

The next moment, he felt his thoughts and eyes become incredibly heavy, his whole body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud—

"If I can't knock you out, then I'll just have to put you to sleep."

The Sleep Curse plunges the target into a deathly sleep.

Ji Li plucked a newly sprouted straw from the other party, and the straw quickly dissipated into spiritual matter:

"It's a very special spiritual substance. It has a low density but an inert structure. No wonder it can't be knocked unconscious. It probably has special resistance."

"Um...thank you."

Clementine's voice came from behind.

The nun floated back into the air, clumsily using her spiritual energy to regrow her tattered nun's habit, attempting to conceal her pale, curvaceous figure.

Ji Li naturally watched as the pale skin was gradually covered:

"The spiritual reaction is still too slow. You imitated my spiritual characteristics, so you can completely defeat him with a curse."

"Sorry... I'm not used to it yet."

Clementine was previously just an awakened being who projected extraordinary abilities. Faced with an emergency, she still instinctively wanted to rush in and fight hand-to-hand, which was probably due to her previous thought patterns.

"...You don't need to pull me up, I'll be resurrected anyway." She covered her ample chest with her hands, avoiding Ji Li's gaze with a complicated expression.

"You've died enough today, so you'd better protect yourself. I reckon it's not a very comfortable experience."

"Um……"

"Come here, see if he's from the 'Scarecrow' organization?"

Ji Li directly ripped off the man's blouse.

After Clementine examined him again, he confirmed this through the tattoo on his lower back:
"The teacher also has the same tattoo, that can be confirmed."

Seeing that the person was sleeping soundly, Ji Li pondered for a moment and said:

"Can one imitate his spiritual qualities and characteristics?"

"What do you want to do?"

"Just do as instructed."

After an unknown amount of time, the night breeze began to blow.

The gravedigger awoke with a start and saw a quiet forest before him and the mansion where the missing students had been.

He suddenly covered his forehead and the back of his head:
"Damn it... my head hurts so much, what happened?"

He felt as if he had been beaten up repeatedly, and his whole body ached.

This made him try hard to recall his previous memories:
Because Father Kelton had not returned for a long time, he had to wait until all the students had been found before he came here to investigate his situation.

And then, what happened?
He couldn't remember anything. He could only get up from under the tree, push open the gate of the mansion and go inside, searching for clues everywhere, but he couldn't find anything. It seemed to be just an ordinary old mansion.

He arrived in the afternoon, but it's already late at night...

The gravedigger took out his phone, glanced at it, and immediately shuddered:
There's something wrong with this place.

He quickly looked around, feeling a chill run down his spine. But after quickly reciting the nursery rhyme and confirming that nothing had been triggered, he left the spot, feeling anxious and disappointed.

Only after he had completely left did Ji Li appear in the corner, putting away the Time Domain Dagger in his hand.

Clementine's figure appeared to the side, her expression blank:
"How exactly did they do that..."

"This is not something you can know right now."

The crimson ritual left on the tombstone is indeed a good thing. Although Felin is currently absorbing the newly found fragment, the Time Domain Dagger that Shulong gave him before is still usable.

By leveraging the power of the Crimson Ritual to activate the Time Domain Dagger, an effect similar to Anya's Reincarnation can be recreated. This will erase that guy's memories. Then, a monitoring spiritual circuit can be secretly installed to keep an eye on him.

Ji Li was only testing the waters. If he couldn't erase the memory, he would have to kill the guy and see if he could lure out the person behind him.

It's best to keep a low profile during this trip to White Island, and remain hidden in the shadows.

"The scout dog has been released; let's see what it can lead me to."

"Want to follow?"

"Why are you still following them now? Go back to sleep, you have school tomorrow."

The tomb keeper was an unexpected bonus, and the nursery rhyme must be some kind of magic.

His actions also proved that something was indeed hidden in the old campus of Yuk High School.

He'll have this guy work for him, and on the other hand, he'll also do some research at Yuk High School to see if he can find anything.

"Oh right, I almost forgot, could you carry these things for me?"

Clementine glanced at the base of the tree beside her, where a large paper bag containing some food sat—

Earlier, Mrs. Duke called Ji Li to urge him to come home, but his excuse was that he was out buying food.

Back home, Ji Li put down her handbag, dealt with Mrs. Duke's urging to go to bed, and went upstairs to her room.

"Um...where do I sleep?"

Seeing Ji Li taking off his clothes on his own, Clementine finally couldn't help but ask a question.

Ji Li was puzzled:

"Why don't you just go back to the cross?"

“I don’t want to go back in there…” Clementine said uncomfortably; she didn’t like the feeling inside the cross.

"Then get into bed."

Clementine was taken aback:
"Then where will you sleep?"

Ji Li looked puzzled:
"What? Where am I supposed to sleep? Is this bed too small?"

Clementine immediately turned his head away:

"...I must refuse."

After the incident with the gravedigger, she seemed to have become much less resistant to Ji Li.

Ji Li wasn't going to indulge her; he lay down on the bed.
"Then you can sleep on the floor. Goodnight."

Clementine: ...

Although she has now become a bound being within the Resting Object, and although she is essentially an evil being, she is vastly different from other evil beings.

The corrupted evil can be seen as a new life form, reshaped from the inside out, acting in accordance with the will of corruption.

However, when certain rules are not triggered, Clementine is still Clementine's own will and naturally does not have a malevolent thought pattern.

Essentially, she still considers herself a human being, and regardless of whether she sleeps at night or not, she naturally wants to find a place to lie down.

Just as she was struggling with this decision, there was a knock on Ji Li's door.

In the corridor, Aiguir stood in front of Ji Li's door, which was ajar, revealing his face.
"Is something wrong?"

Why isn't that brat wearing any clothes...?

Aquil's gaze swept over his well-proportioned figure, then she looked away, a hint of conflict flashing across her face.

Ji Li's behavior was a bit unusual today. She didn't know if it was her problem or Ji Li's problem, but she suddenly didn't want to face her brother.

But thinking about what she had seen at the church, she couldn't calm down; her heart pounded at the thought of that horrific scene.

"Um... I have something I want to talk to you about. Can I come to your room for a bit?"

Actually, Aiquier would prefer Ji Li to come to her room, because it's her territory and it would make her feel safer.

But she hated letting Pulitzer, that idiot, into her house, so she had to settle for Pulitzer's room instead.

Ji Li frowned:
Want to talk to me about teenage troubles?

Aquil rolled her eyes:

"Just tell me if it's okay or not? If not, I'm going to sleep!"

Ji Li shrugged and opened the door:

"Then come on."

But Aquile's expression changed instantly, and he froze on the spot as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

Ji Li turned around in confusion:

"what happened?"

She abruptly turned and rushed into her room, slamming the door shut, leaving Ji Li and Clementine staring at each other, bewildered.

Inside the room, Aquile pressed himself tightly against the door, his face deathly pale, beads of sweat forming on his skin, his mind filled with the scene that had just unfolded—

The ghost was in Pulitzer's room...

She's in Pulitzer's room!!!

(End of this chapter)