I once told the girl Lu Chan that I knew Lu Youxun might become my enemy in future, but I didn’t plan on acting against him right now. If we were to become enemies, it would only be a matter of dealing with it when the time came.
I never expected that this "when the time comes" would arrive so swiftly, and my mood is worse than I had imagined. Maybe there was a part of me that still wanted to trust Lu Youxun.
When Lu Youxun saw that I restrained the other three demon hunters, he stopped speaking, and after his expression changed several times, he said bitterly, "How did you find out? The ’fireflies’ should have been dealt with, the GPS bracelet has been frozen, and from her attitude and behavior, aside from these, you shouldn’t have left any other surveillance method..."
While talking, he looked towards Mazao in the crystal coffin, his gaze landing on the frozen GPS bracelet.
Then, he seemed to realize something: "...Could it be that besides this GPS bracelet, you hid other surveillance methods from her? Is it ’thermal energy’? But I didn’t observe any such traces on her... wait, could you have hidden it inside her organs? Does she know about this?"
Based on my impression, from beginning to end he never investigated such information from Mazao, but perhaps he has his unique ways of observation and analysis. It was these methods of observation and analysis that led him to a misjudgment.
As for the thermal energy marker on Mazao, it was actually set when Chen Long attacked the Zhu family estate. I had set it on Mazao to quickly arrive at the scene. Although it was set with Mazao’s consent, I did not tell her afterward that I hadn’t removed it, and I even "as usual" moved it to her internal organs.
If you ask why I did this, there isn’t any special reason. Although this thermal energy marker later served the purpose of "being on guard against the Divine Spear that may attack at any time," initially I just naturally did it. If I had to analyze my psychology, maybe it’s because I have mixed feelings about Mazao’s existence; I always instinctively make small moves that could somewhat increase my sense of security. Though, if Mazao firmly chose to leave me, such minor moves would be useless no matter how many I made.
And now, this seemingly superfluous "clever trick" has come into play. I must thank my past self.
I didn’t continue the conversation with Lu Youxun, and instead, I raised my right hand. With a flash of fire, the Black Rope Heart-locking Ring appeared on my middle finger, my palm dematerializing; immediately afterward, my arm made of flames extended, and my hand swiftly penetrated through Lu Youxun’s chest, grasping his beating heart.
He became completely immobilized.
The Black Rope Heart-locking Ring was a gift he once gave me. Whether it is effective on him, I don’t know, but trying it won’t hurt. I have many questions I want to extract from him. He just mentioned that only he and Divine Spear knew the insider details of Mazao’s kidnapping mission, so asking him is the most efficient first step.
I now also grasp some insights. First, from his previous words, I can tell he and Divine Spear are accomplices, and the one possibly commanding Divine Spear could be Impermanence; they might also share the same backer. Second, although I don’t know the purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes, given the likely fatal outcome for Mazao after being kidnapped, it seems the mastermind probably doesn’t plan to utilize her or might be unaware of her Broom Star Physique.
The fact that he and Divine Spear are allies contradicts the information I had before. Since the two are on the same side, there shouldn’t have been an incident where Divine Spear was unaware of my capabilities and recklessly attacked; moreover, given Lu Youxun is positioned as my enemy, it doesn’t seem right that he used to synchronize spiritually with me without issue.
If my speculation isn’t wrong, the moment leading to Lu Youxun’s betrayal probably occurred very late and very suddenly; so sudden that even he was caught off guard, meaning he didn’t have time to communicate with Divine Spear.
My body of the Fire Element is like a giant "firefly," capable of retrieving past memory information extremely precisely. Past scenes replayed at high speed in my mind, eventually freezing on one – it was shortly after I was forced to log out from the independent reality space for the first time; Lu Youxun’s phone suddenly received a message, and upon seeing it, he instinctively frowned.
I asked if it was bad news, but he only mentioned that Divine Spear