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Chapter 35 The Truth
In an instant, the man's waist bent over like a shrimp!

Although Zhou You hadn't practiced any fighting skills, he was still young and strong. Not to mention, this punch landed on the most vulnerable part of the human body, the abdomen, and the opponent was in fear, so he didn't even think of fighting back!

The man's face instantly turned from red to purple, and as his throat moved, a stream of gastric water poured out. But Zhou You didn't give him any time to react. He simply knocked him down, then took a string of plastic rope from the table next to him, twisted the man's hands behind his back, pressed his wrists down, and tied a knot with a flourish.

Then, he grabbed the other person by the collar and pulled him up, laughing.

"Long time no see, boss. How have you been lately?"

The subdued man coughed a few times, then raised his head and looked at Zhou You with hazy eyes.

"You're...that new patrolman? Wait, wait, don't kill me! I didn't kill you, really, believe me!"

—Why is this guy still saying I'm dead?

Zhou You looked up at the clock and realized he had about ten minutes to "have a heart-to-heart talk" with the security captain. So he simply pulled up a chair, sat down in front of the security captain, and said...

"Don't worry, don't worry, I won't kill you, but I have something I want to ask you. Can you give me some answers?"

The other person nodded frantically.

"Then the first one." With the help of that 'basic acting skill,' Zhou You's expression was now extremely amiable. "First of all, what do you mean by keeping saying I'm dead?"

The security captain looked at Zhou You cautiously and said, "Um, please don't be angry if I tell you the truth, but I found your body by the riverbank earlier, and the way you died was very strange. Then you appeared here again at night—this is obviously a ghost coming back to life! Really, I didn't kill you, please let me go!"

Zhou You exclaimed, then continued to ask.

"You say my corpse is strange, then please tell me, just how strange is my corpse?"

To his surprise, the other person glanced at him timidly and then spoke in a trembling voice.

"Just like you are now."

—How am I now?
Zhou You was taken aback, then suddenly remembered something.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a mirror in this script.

Similarly, they have never seen what they look like.

So, what do I actually look like now?
Zhou You looked around and found nothing to shine his light on—this godforsaken place was pitch black even at the windows—but that didn't stop him. He forcefully pulled the security captain up and then made him look into the captain's eyes.

In those terrified eyes, Zhou You also saw his own face.

It was a bluish-gray face, devoid of any of the color a living person should have, with a piece broken off at the top of the head, revealing the shriveled gray matter inside.

"I was wondering why my head had been feeling cold lately; turns out a piece of my skull is missing." Zhou You was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

He shook his head, looked up, and spoke to a spot in the room.

"Monk, you've been watching from the sidelines for ages, is there anything else you want to say?"

After a while, a gaunt figure emerged from the shadows.

"Benefactor, this humble monk greets you."

Seeing the other party's hesitant look, Zhou You smiled quite naturally.

"Don't be like that. I'll just ask you one question: Is what this guy said right? And am I really dead?"

The old monk looked at Zhou You with a pitying gaze for a while, then spoke in a low voice.

"From what I have seen, you are indeed dead, but because of the influence of the night, you are not completely dead. You are only barely walking in a half-dead state."

Zhou You showed no sign of sadness; instead, he laughed again.

"Then here's the question: you didn't act strangely when you saw me during the day, and you even wanted me to deliver the message—normally you would never entrust the lives of the entire city to a villain, so I should still be alive at that time, right?"

"Yes, you were undoubtedly alive during the day, but I only discovered this when night fell."

The old monk hesitated several times, but never managed to utter a complete sentence.

So Zhou You spoke on his behalf.

"You just realized that the time of day and night doesn't match up at all, right?" The old monk suddenly stopped speaking, his eyes filled with disbelief, but Zhou You just continued to laugh.

"In fact, I should have found it in the newspaper a long time ago, but I just never thought of it that way."

"Before I met you, I helped a sanitation worker—of course, it wasn't a big deal, just doing a good deed, but then the news suddenly came out that the entire sanitation worker system was being improved—and that's the problem."

His lips curled slightly, revealing a hint of sarcasm.

“Normally, the reorganization of a system could not possibly take this long. Moreover, a few hours is not even enough time for typesetting and printing, let alone to produce a finished newspaper.”

"But I finished this in the afternoon and it made the news that evening."

"So there must be a time difference between day and night, possibly several days in between. That's why you see me alive during the day, but by night I've already met my demise."

Finally, Zhou You, having reached his conclusion, looked up and smiled.

"Is that what I meant, monk?"

The other party simply lowered their head silently, indicating their acquiescence through their actions.

Then, Zhou You turned to look at the security captain who was tied up.

"As for how I should deal with you?"

Seeing this, the guy started struggling frantically.

"No, no, I didn't kill you. Your death has nothing to do with me. It was those ghosts who did it. Please spare me, really, please spare me!"

"—But you were also the mastermind, weren't you?"

The security captain's voice abruptly stopped.

His face was still streaked with tears and snot, but now his eyes were filled with terror.

So Zhou You continued.

“I remember the contents of Liu Shang’s diary very clearly. He ordered his security company to hire a clueless idiot every day as a sacrifice. Given his status, it’s impossible for him to do this personally. He definitely needed someone to carry it out. Not to mention, the fear you showed in your eyes on the first day was undeniable.”

"So, you're the one who hires 'idiots'? Am I right, dear captain?"

The other person looked at Zhou You with an expression as if they didn't recognize him at all, and then suddenly shouted.

"No, no, I was forced into it. I owe a huge gambling debt and can't pay it back. Boss Liu came to my door to threaten me in person. I had no choice. Besides, I suffered retribution recently and lost all the money I had earned. Please spare me! Please spare me! Don't kill me!"

So the huge sum of money I found was yours.

Zhou You, feeling completely at ease, raised his head, glanced at the clock, and then spoke.

"Don't worry, as I just said, I won't kill you. I'm a man of my word; if I say I won't kill you, I mean it. So..."

Zhou You stood up and gently placed the other person onto the chair.

At that moment, the television turned on automatically, and a pale figure reappeared on the screen, while blood began to seep out from the ground.

"Then please stay put, Captain."

"Dear player, you have deciphered the underlying worldview of this scenario."

"The script's completion level has been greatly improved."

"You have obtained a purple consumable: Bloodstained Document."

"Effect: By establishing a contract with this document, you will not be harmed by monsters for three minutes (the strength difference between you and the monster must not be too great, otherwise it will not be effective)."

It will give you everything you want, but you have to pay a price—fortunately, someone has already paid it for you this time.

　Thank you so much for the 10000 donation from Xiaofengchao, I am extremely grateful.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)