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So Xu Ming, without alerting anyone, carefully slipped out of Joan of Arc's house and followed the child, sneaking out of the village.

Shhh!

Xu Ming quietly followed behind the child, the faint sound of friction echoing in his ears.

The two were walking one after the other on a path outside the village. The ground was covered with gravel, and there were wide farmlands on both sides of the path.

Under the pitch-black night, the wheat field seemed to have completely changed. Strange noises came from it from time to time, some like wild beasts crawling inside, and others like something else hiding in the wheat field, watching him from the shadows.

Xu Ming kept his eyes fixed on the swaying figure in front of him, carefully controlling the distance.

In his spiritual vision, the child in front of him was covered by a thick layer of black 'mist'. It seemed that his guess was probably correct; the child must have been controlled by an evil spell similar to hypnosis.

The two walked and stopped, getting further and further away from the village...

Whoosh!

Xu Ming suddenly heard the sound of flowing water, and the surrounding air seemed to become humid.

After following the child for a while, a rushing river appeared in front of Xu Ming.

Why are you by the river?!

A sense of doubt arose in Xu Ming's heart. He quickly looked around, but the surrounding area was flat, and he did not find the towering castle he had imagined.

A sense of foreboding immediately rose in Xu Ming's heart.

Just then, the child suddenly stopped by the river, tilting his head and doing something.

Xu Ming hesitated, holding his phone in his hand, and cautiously walked over.

To prevent the child from being afflicted by any possible curse, Xu Ming did not touch him directly, but instead went around to his side.

"Hey you……"

Xu Ming had barely uttered two words when he saw the child's face and immediately felt a chill run through his body.

It was a bluish-purple face, with withered skin, and even several streaks of blood that had turned black running down from the corners of his eyes, mouth, and nose.

This child has actually been dead for quite some time!?

Oh no! We've been tricked!

Xu Ming suddenly realized that the person behind him was manipulating the child's corpse like a puppet to lure him into a trap!

Before Xu Ming could react, he suddenly heard children's laughter behind him. In the pitch-black night, the sound seemed particularly eerie.

Xu Ming turned around instinctively and saw a pale little hand reach out and push him hard.

Is this an attempt to push him into the river?!

Standing behind Xu Ming was a child whose entire body was deathly pale, with black holes around his eyes and a vicious smile on his face.

Hehe~!

Not far behind him, several children, also pale-faced, clapped their hands and watched Xu Ming with excited expressions, as if they were hoping he would be swept away by the rushing river and drown.

However, the moment the child's hand touched Xu Ming's body, the cross on Xu Ming's chest suddenly shone with a dazzling golden light, which then transformed into golden flames that burned along with the vengeful spirit that wanted to harm him.

what! !

The child's vengeful spirit immediately let out a shrill scream, so sharp it could shatter glass.

Despite his discomfort, Xu Mingqiang picked up his phone, pointed it at him, and pressed the shutter button.

Click!

With a soft sound, a purple-gold light, even more dazzling than the cross, burst forth instantly.

The vengeful spirit of the brat who pushed Xu Ming from behind was the first to be turned to ashes. Several other little ghosts not far away also failed to escape, lasting less than a second longer before turning to ashes and dissipating into the air.

Chapter 512 Schemes

Looking at the spot where the kids had disappeared, Xu Ming's expression remained extremely unpleasant.

This is most likely a tactic employed by Marshal Gilles.

The other party is so cunning; they definitely wouldn't send a few cannon fodder to provoke him. They must have other tricks up their sleeve.

Xu Ming had no idea what Marshal Gilles's next move was, and could only adapt to the situation.

Xu Ming picked up his phone and checked the time, realizing it was almost dawn.

It took him most of the night to follow that kid.

Xu Ming shook his head helplessly. The operation that night had been outmaneuvered by Marshal Gilles, and the whole night's work had been in vain.

He turned and walked back the way he came.

Hehe!!

Halfway there, a rooster's loud crowing came from Don Remy ahead.

A golden sphere leaped up from the distant horizon, quickly showering the earth with dazzling light.

Its daybreak.

When Xu Ming returned to Dongremi, many villagers had already opened their doors and windows and started a new day.

Some people couldn't help but show a hint of curiosity when they saw Xu Ming returning from outside the village, but they quickly went about their own business, until...

A scream shattered the tranquility of the small French village.

The villagers, puzzled, all looked in the direction from which the sound came, including Xu Ming.

A peasant woman dressed in coarse cloth rushed out of a house, crying and wailing as she ran.

"My, my little Leon has been kidnapped!"

The villagers were immediately in an uproar.

"It's starting again!"

"How many is this this month!?"

"A devil! There must be a devil lurking near our village!"

"The church! Why hasn't the church sent anyone over yet!"

The sudden disappearance of a child early in the morning suddenly brought a flurry of activity to the entire Dongremi neighborhood.

Several village girls immediately surrounded the victim to comfort him, while some farmers stood by, offering various suggestions.

Xu Ming shook his head.

Unless the root cause of the incident—Marshal Giles—is addressed, such tragedies will continue to occur daily.

After watching the commotion for a while, Xu Ming turned and walked towards Zhen De's house.

However, to his utter surprise, a villager noticed him and immediately pointed at Xu Ming and shouted.

"He did it! I saw him come back from outside the village this morning!"

Several villagers nearby immediately echoed his sentiments.

"I saw it too!"

"Me too."

The villager who first identified Xu Ming analyzed with absolute certainty:

“This stranger only arrived yesterday, and today a child in our village has gone missing. And what is he doing out there so late at night?”

So, it must have been him!

Xu Ming was immediately stunned by his 'powerful' logic after hearing it.

Do you think you're Sherlock Holmes or Conan? You think you can just analyze a couple of sentences and confirm he's the murderer?!

Ironically, his absurd remarks were accepted by most of the villagers.

“That’s right! I knew long ago that this heretic was no good person!”

"Black hair, black eyes, he is the son of a demon! An evil wizard!"

"Send him to the church! Burn him at the stake!"

Xu Ming's strange behavior of running out late at night, coupled with his identity as a stranger in a foreign land and his unique appearance with black hair and black eyes, led the villagers to completely point their finger at Xu Ming, clamoring to send him to the stake.

Although a small number of villagers felt that something was amiss, they did not voice their opposition at this time, but chose to remain indifferent and observe the situation.

Some of the bolder villagers grabbed pitchforks and surrounded Xu Ming.

"Hang him!"

"He is the son of the devil! He must be tied to the stake and burned at the stake!"

Burn him! Burn him!

Villagers who couldn't squeeze in stood on the perimeter, waving their fists and shouting loudly.

Their faces were flushed, and their expressions were incredibly excited, as if what they were doing was absolute justice.

The village girl who had lost her child pushed through the crowd and rushed toward Xu Ming, yelling at him like a madwoman while constantly reaching out to grab him.

"Give me back my child! You monster!!"

The noisy village girl further escalated the situation, with the crowd pushing and shoving each other into complete chaos.

Looking at this chaotic scene, it's hard to tell who the real demon is.

Xu Ming, standing in the center of the crowd, clearly stood out from the crowd.

He watched the villagers' wonderful 'performance' with a detached eye, and his genuine performance truly amazed him.

The villagers of Dongremi gave Xu Ming a full understanding of what it means to 'foole the people'.

The scene before him was remarkably similar to the online keyboard warriors he had encountered before his transmigration. As soon as someone started stirring things up, they would instantly disregard everything and act entirely according to their own delusions, without any independent thought or using their brains to think.

It's both pathetic and pitiful.

In the chaos, someone shouted.

"The lord has arrived!"

The crowd turned to look.

A handsome middle-aged man dressed in silver-white armor entered the village, surrounded by a group of armored soldiers.