I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 55 Do I have to give up that hallucinatory ghost first?

“…Is that so…”

Lin Xing'an sighed softly.

But I wasn't too surprised.

After all, Xu Can is now able to stand in front of him intact...

"You already know?"

Noticing Lin Xing'an's expression, Teacher Juzi crossed her arms and frowned.

"Well, and what they did for me was far more than just cleaning up the traces. They even helped me fake the surveillance..."

Lin Xing'an took a deep breath.

He told Teacher Orange everything from the ghost phone call in the garage that night to the tampering of the surveillance footage and even the resurrected "Xu Can".

After saying this, Lin Xing'an himself felt unbelievable.

"...Sister Orange, I have no idea who is helping me. It feels... Sigh..."

He licked his lips, speechless for a moment.

When he met Xu Can in the community these days, Lin Xing'an also tried to test him with words.

At present, he can only confirm that Xu Can is helping him through Xu Can's hints.

But more specifically, such as her true identity, how she disguised herself as "Xu Can", and the purpose of helping Lin Xing'an, this Xu Can obviously didn't want to tell him anything.

No information was revealed at all.

"..."

Teacher Orange also frowned silently.

"Sister Orange, do you think... is it possible that someone from the organization is helping me?"

"impossible."

Teacher Orange shook her head without hesitation.

"The organization has been busy with a matter concerning Taoyuan Village and the opening of Taoyuan Village recently, and has no time to care about you."

"The opening of Taoyuan Village?! Hiss... Taoyuan Village..."

These three words suddenly made Lin Xing'an stunned, "Why do I feel like I was...hiss..."

"Sister Orange...Is it normal to forget the dreams you had at night?"

"Do you think it's possible that I dreamed about Taoyuan Village, but I forgot about it after I woke up?"

Lin Xing'an asked while rubbing his head and frowning.

"Impossible little brat, you'll know when you dream."

"……All right."

Lin Xing'an shook his head.

"But little brat..."

Teacher Juzi seemed to have thought of something and her expression suddenly became serious.

"Your words suddenly reminded me of someone..."

"people?"

Lin Xing'an raised his head quickly and suddenly remembered the "Taoyuan Incident" mentioned by the Taogui.

Judging from their tone, this "Taoyuan" seems to be a person's name or code name.

"Yes, the founder of the South City Human Organization, the first human in South City to awaken a Class A ability."

"His ability is [Intelligent Brain]. It's said that with his own brainpower, if given enough time, he could make a qualitative leap in human technology."

"And using this ability, he developed an AI, a super-intelligent AI targeting gluttons."

"AI..."

Lin Xing'an was stunned.

"Why didn't I think of that..."

He gasped.

In the past few days, Lin Xing'an has been thinking about how one person could improve the surveillance footage so much in such a short period of time.

Yes, this is simply not something a human can do.

But if there is a super-intelligent AI, in this era where all surveillance cameras are connected to the Internet, everything seems... not so unimaginable...

"But kid, this is just a rumor I've heard, because no one has ever seen this genius."

"No one has ever seen or used the AI he developed."

"I just listened to your description, and it seems to be a bit like that."

Teacher Juzi raised her hand and waved it in front of Lin Xing'an to bring him back to his senses.

"No one has seen it? But didn't he establish the South City Organization?"

"Hmm, but after it was established, he seemed to have fallen out with his own organization again."

"Ah? Broke up with the organization he founded? Why?" "Who knows? Anyway, just treat it as a story. And even if it's true, why would he help you?"

Teacher Orange spread out her hands and curled her lips.

"……All right……"

After Lin Xing'an calmed down, he thought about the ghost phone call again.

The call was to an old-fashioned card-operated phone with no telephone line at all.

No matter how advanced AI becomes, it seems impossible to make this kind of call...

"Little brat, if you're really curious, I suggest you start with that 'Xu Can'."

"Because the ability to transform, or even have memories, isn't something that many people have."

"Once I see the organization's current complete capabilities table, I can help you find it."

Teacher Orange patted his head.

"Indeed, but... well, forget it..."

Lin Xing'an thought about it.

Although he was extremely curious, it was not very kind of him to investigate people behind their backs when they were trying to help him out of kindness.

If Lin Xing'an really knew, "Xu Can" actually had many opportunities to tell him.

"What? Not curious anymore?"

"...Sister Orange, I have another question now."

After putting aside his doubts about the ghost phone call, Lin Xing'an also took a deep breath.

"If the gluttonous ghosts found out that I knew this, would they definitely kill me?"

"..."

Teacher Juzi was silent for a long time, then walked up and touched Lin Xing'an's forehead. "Little brat, are you suffering from Alzheimer's?"

"This is one of the three most fundamental rules. A gluttonous ghost will never violate it."

"What happens if you violate it?"

"Will he die? Will he be wiped out? I don't know, because I've never encountered such a situation. Don't overthink it. If the gluttonous ghost didn't move you, it just didn't notice you."

"But...well..."

Lin Xing'an sighed softly.

It’s useless even if I figure out all the problems with Yu Yu now.

The only solution is to eliminate the mark in the body as soon as possible!
"Little brat, your only priority right now is to absorb the hidden power and eliminate the mark in your body."

Lin Xing'an was just thinking about it when Teacher Juzi also said.

"I've received news that the committee will deal with a group of gluttons on North Mountain next Monday."

"They all died accidentally or in internal fights among the Taogui. This is a great opportunity for us."

Teacher Orange glanced at the children outside who were about to finish their morning exercises and quickened her speaking pace.

"...What do you mean? Doesn't the darkness automatically dissipate after the gluttonous ghost dies?"

Lin Xing'an asked with a frown.

"No, in order to keep the corpses in human form and prevent them from decaying, the gluttonous ghosts will use some means to seal away the darkness within those corpses."

"We just need to wait until the committee members leave and absorb the darkness within those corpses."

Teacher Orange paused, her body trembled, and her eyes became the clear and lovely look that Lin Xing'an was familiar with.

"Teacher, among the batch of corpses we'll be disposing of next Monday... are you sure there will be a gluttonous ghost of the Wu level?"

"I'm not sure, An An, but most of the corpses that are being processed in this way are low-level, lowest-level gluttons."

Teacher Orange tied her hair into two ponytails again and shook her head.

"And even if there are gluttonous ghosts of the Wu level, the dark things sealed in their corpses after death are not many."

"But I heard that there are a lot of bodies to be dealt with this time. We can accumulate a lot and have a large supply."

"The most important thing is that it's relatively safe and basically risk-free. We do it often. Yunxi used this method to remove the mark."

"An An, think about it first, and we can talk again at noon."

Teacher Orange winked at him.

The morning exercises outside have ended and the children are already lining up.

She also prepared little red flowers and waited at the classroom door.

“Is it safer…?”

"Do I have to give up that illusion ghost first?"

Lin Xing'an looked at the dark dots in his hand and pursed his lips slightly.

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