"What... What is this!? I've never seen such a thing!" Willow Leaf's voice raised by countless decibels, revealing a tone of disbelief.
Then he suddenly kneeled on the ground and said to Professor Guo, "Teacher Guo, you are discerning! I can undergo memory detection, honestly I have no idea what this thing is! You have to believe me!"
Faced with the tearful cries of his student, Professor Guo turned his head towards Wu Liang.
At this point, it was impossible for him not to believe Wu Liang's initial claim that "even the traitor doesn't know they have a problem."
This Monkey Claw is clearly a supernatural object; although its effects are unclear for now, they must be related to memories.
Willow Leaf's panic at the moment is not feigned; he truly doesn't know what this Monkey Claw is, but it doesn't mean he didn't know before Zodiac Pig disappeared.
"Don't worry, proving your innocence is simple, just answer a call. Dare to try?"
Wu Liang's voice, akin to a demonic whisper, sounded as he slowly took out his phone from his pocket.
The next second, a series of bizarre numbers all showing up as zeros appeared abruptly on the phone, and the ringtone startled everyone.
Then, seeing the phone being handed over, Willow Leaf didn't hesitate to answer it and put it to his ear.
"Let's give it a try!"
Willow Leaf was very sure that he absolutely had no problem!
If he could prove his innocence, he definitely wouldn't let go of this opportunity!
The pure are pure, the impure are impure!
I must be pure... hiss... wait...
This memory... I really seem to be a traitor?
White chip... Zodiac Pig... sleeping props... Monkey Claw...
As Willow Leaf took Wu Liang's call, hearing the seemingly magical whisper beside his ear, some missing memories began pouring back into his brain.
Seeing the boy's eyes gradually shift from indignation to confusion, then a hint of fear and unease, finally lingering on panic.
The efficacy of the Monkey Claw and the method of breaking it were still fresh in his memory!
It only takes using another curse to replace the Monkey Claw curse, and the tampered memories will return accordingly.
At such a critical moment, the one who dialed his phone naturally was the Phone Ghost. When Willow Leaf answered it, the curse of Midnight Evil Bell took effect.
Now, the memory is probably restored, right?
"Alright, don't just stand there. If you keep listening to this call, you're going to have bad luck and suddenly die. Go do the memory detection now." Wu Liang snatched the phone from his ear while the other was stunned.
Midnight Evil Bell's curse strengthens calamity in proportion to the call's duration, making sudden death due to misfortune possible.
That would be a greater loss than gain!
"I... I think I'm feeling a little unwell... Can we schedule the memory detection for another day?"
Willow Leaf's voice was somewhat trembling.
In contrast to his previous passionate demeanor, after regaining his memories, he didn't dare face the upcoming detection, and his tone began to waver timidly in panic.
Unexpectedly, the silent Professor Guo suddenly took out a plaster-like round chip from his pocket and slapped it onto Willow Leaf's arm.
The next second, Willow Leaf's body stiffened, eyes rolling up, and he collapsed motionless on the ground.
"Electroshock tabs can make ordinary people faint for an hour. Carry him to the memory detection device front, calibrate the equipment and wait for me." Professor Guo's voice lacked his usual enthusiasm, now became somewhat despondent and somber.
When Willow Leaf began to shrink away, he knew it was a matter of time before the truth came out.
His prized disciple really had a problem!
"Professor Guo, please." Wu Liang dusted off his pants and gestured towards the elevator.
Having said that, he also casually tossed the Monkey Claw to Professor Guo, letting him take it back to the resource archive for research.
After all, the Promised Land surely deployed more than just in Chengyang City and the Capital City; handing these mass-produced supernatural objects to the institute is best.
As for himself, he couldn't divulge any more information.
The constraints of Ghost Compendium were right here, demanding their independent research instead.
The other two students, after receiving their teacher's instruction, had already carried Willow Leaf downstairs. They didn't notice that the unconscious senior brother furrowed his brows as if in a nightmare.
"Alas... A thousand calculations and still a miss, I didn't expect such strict vigilance from the authorities. The issue turned out to be internal. I bear an inescapable responsibility..."
The originally grey-haired old figure suddenly seemed to age even more, as if half a foot was already in the grave, exuding an aura of demise.
He tremulously walked towards the elevator.
But Wu Liang squinted his eyes, following behind him, continually receiving news from Nightmare in his mind.
Regarding information at the level of memory, it's not that he doesn't trust the official technology, but rather the content returned by Nightmare is clearer.
"Interesting, Zodiac Pig is in a place that's unreachable from the outside?"
Through Willow Leaf's restored memory.
Wu Liang saw clearly how he sabotaged the surveillance equipment, used disposable supernatural objects to stun Quark and Molecule, then used a white chip to transport Zodiac Pig away.
Finally, the memory lingered on the scene where the Monkey Claw was hidden, and he lay in bed, erasing his memory.
Before the action, Willow Leaf's instruction was to transport Zodiac Pig to a long-term supernatural event.
"There are quite a few long-term supernatural events near the Capital City, which one could he be hidden in?" Wu Liang touched his chin and began to ponder.
The so-called long-term supernatural events are similar to the previous Rent Ghost, temporarily unable to be easily exorcised but can be stable enough to control its harmful extent, thus remaining in the world.
Unlike stable type Fierce Ghosts, long-term supernatural events possess supernatural lockdown.
Renting a ghost can be avoided by not getting in the car, but long-term supernatural events demarcate areas where humans are strictly prohibited to approach, lest they be drawn into the supernatural lockdown risk.
While Wu Liang pondered, Professor Guo's side was conducting memory detection with fervor.
But the process wasn't smooth, and after half an hour, all they could do was notify Wu Liang:
"To know Zodiac Pig's exact whereabouts, it'll take around two days to accurately extract it from Willow Leaf's memories."
Little did they know, compared to their instruments, Wu Liang had already learned about it through Nightmare, a genuine Fierce Ghost.
At this point, he no longer cared what information lay in Willow Leaf's mind, merely asked Professor Guo:
"Then I'll wait for the good news. Could you please ask where our headquarter's file room is about supernatural events? I'll go check some things out and come back to find you in two days."
Hearing Wu Liang say this, Professor Guo thought he intended to continue practicing Spiritual Power restrictions over these two days of memory detection.
He sighed and said, "I suggest you train Spiritual Power by provoking the effects of supernatural objects, otherwise if you directly seek Fierce Ghosts, I'm afraid..."
As soon as he spoke, a dense white mist erupted behind Wu Liang, an intense Spiritual Power spreading explosively without needing any instruments to feel it. The source of thɪs content is novel-fire.net
In Professor Guo's shocked gaze, he calmly said, "I've picked the lock on the rabbit's restriction. Can you tell me where the file room is now?"
"I said I'm really good at picking locks."