bayedsolid Chapter 546 The Pursuer
Chapter 546 The Pursuer
As the words began to speak, the corpse seemed to suddenly come to life.
Breathing, heartbeat, and body temperature all reappeared.
Then... she also started moving.
Two slender white hands reached out and then supported his head.
"Crack——!"
After a crisp sound, the girl straightened her neck and turned her head back to a normal angle.
Then, she put her fingers into her eye sockets, and with a "pop" sound, she dug out two pure black eyeballs from the eye sockets.
then……
Her own eyes emerged—the fiery red color inherited from the Buyetian family.
Lin Yu looked at this scene and was a little surprised.
"How did you do this?"
"This prosthetic eye, made by the Universal Chamber of Commerce's 'Dull Crystal,' seems to be a second-generation product," the girl said nonchalantly. "It seems to have been given to me by a young master from some family a few years ago... They say it has night vision and farsightedness capabilities. It's quite useful for pretending to be dead, though."
"After all, it looks lifeless, like the eyes of a dead person - the subsequent generations of products have been upgraded and are not so exaggerated, but they still make your eyes look lifeless."
Lin Yu thought of Sheng Lankui's eyes and wondered if there was any connection between the two.
"Okay, it's my turn to ask," the girl raised the speaker and pressed a button to turn up the volume. "Forboluo, how did you do that?"
"Which aspect do you mean?" Lin Yu threw the question back, "Is it me who recognized you as pretending to be dead, or did I recognize your identity?"
"Both—how do you know I'm not a corpse, and...how did you determine that I'm Huo Xing from this corpse?"
The girl said this and acknowledged her identity as Huo Xing from the Nevernight Sky.
"As a corpse, you're too 'new,'" Lin Yu said calmly. "Although you've lost your vital signs, you've placed too many corpses around you that you'll actually use. So I can do a simple spot-the-differences test—those corpses, while 'dead,' don't have any obvious external injuries, and they're even neatly stacked."
"But you just showed me your neck in a deliberately broken position... It's a bit out of place with the surroundings, as if you were using that neck to deliberately emphasize that 'this is a corpse'."
"But it was clearly a body, but it wasn't folded up, and it wasn't moving – it was like standing in front of a closet full of folded clothes and seeing a piece of clothing that wasn't being worn or put away… It was so abnormal."
Nevernight Huo Xing exclaimed, "What meticulous observation skills! You truly deserve to be the renowned 'detective' of Nevernight City."
Lin Yu flicked the brim of his hat without any humility.
However, he didn't rely on these details to determine that the other party was not a "corpse"...
Although the other party's disguise is perfect, it can even completely make one lose vital signs and restrain emotional fluctuations.
But Lao Zheng could see the other person's soul state - fresh and vigorous.
The reasoning and analysis just now were all the process of solving the problem that Lin Yu deduced after seeing the "answer". He only said this to fit Fu Luo's character.
Buyetian Huoxing looked at Lin Yu and then asked.
"Then, how did you determine that I was Huo Xing from Nevernight?"
This is what Lin Yu actually deduced.
"Because you look like someone from the Buyetian family, and you know too much about the Buyetian family's affairs. Even though you have various information channels, you are aware of every latest secret related to the Buyetian family. On the contrary, you didn't mention what happened to the Shenglan family. So I guess you must be from the Buyetian family."
"Plus, you just mentioned that you had to hide your identity—this actually reveals the fact that you must have a need to 'conceal your identity.' If he were a helpless out-of-towner, an ordinary noble, or a company employee, whether his true identity was known or not would be of no consequence... Compared to this identity, his original identity is almost irrelevant."
"There's only one possibility. That's because your true identity as the Uncrowned King of Gray Third Street is even considered a burden, which is why you'd want to hide it."
Lin Yu analyzed calmly.
Huo Xing narrowed her eyes and a smile appeared on her face.
At this moment, with her eyes changed, she looked like the head of the Buye Tian family, exactly like they were cast in the same mold.
Lin Yu had to admit that compared to Buyetian Huoshu and Buyetian Huole, she seemed more like the head of Buyetian family - at least in appearance.
"Even so, you can only conclude that I am a member of the Buyetian family. How do you know that I must be Buyetian Huoxing?"
Buyetian Huoxing asked again.
"Because you asked about the Nevernight Fire Apricot, and it didn't sound like you were gossiping... Even though you disguised yourself very well, even the loudspeaker couldn't tell your tone or voice, and you didn't use any body language, but the way you worded it... definitely didn't mean you were gossiping about others."
"You must be the most legitimate member of the Buyetian family. As for the younger legitimate members...your mother introduced them to me. Except for two I've met, one is in the Great Wilderness and the other is in the Universal Chamber of Commerce and is older than Huo Le."
Lin Yu responded calmly.
"But these don't count as evidence," Buyetian Huoxing frowned, "Aren't you just guessing?"
Lin Yu shrugged: "I'm a detective... Judges need evidence to make decisions and the Public Security Bureau needs evidence to arrest people. Sometimes detectives just have to trust their intuition - first find the truth, then verify whether the truth is true, which is also a way of reasoning."
"Oh, I see," Buyetian Huoxing exhaled lightly, agreeing with Lin Yu's statement, and then smiled and said, "What a brilliant deduction. It turns out that when talking to a guy like you, you can't relax for a moment. I understand why my mother likes you. People like you are indeed the type that will please her."
"So, now that we're talking about this...why are you pursuing me? You've never even met me before today, right?"
"I was just looking for an excuse to attend your coming-of-age ceremony and ensure the smooth implementation of the plan to assassinate Art Mercury," Lin Yu honestly told the truth in front of the real owner. "I'm sorry for taking advantage of you."
"Oh, I guessed it," Huo Xing curled her lips. "It's okay, then use it. We're going to kill Art Mercury anyway."
"Wouldn't that bother you?"
Lin Yu asked.
"I feel a little disappointed, but it doesn't matter. There are many people who don't like me and many people who pursue me anyway," Huo Xing from Buyetian waved her hand, "but... remember to give me an interesting birthday present!"
"Even if you're pretending to pursue me, you have to pretend well!"