I'm back after slacking the paranoid villain

Shen Shu looked at the cloth bag in his hand and asked curiously, "Are you going to make me a puppet?"

The smile on the man's face froze for a moment, and then he regained his composure: "Sure enough, you are a puppet master. I should have thought that the child died in the Xining Town Hospital, and it is very likely to attract your attention. But I am very happy I want to know, with so many people in the village, how did you find me here?"

Shen Shu threw the toys in his hand on the ground casually, shrugged and said, "What's the problem? You're just sitting in this shop on the side of the street. I'm not blind, so how could I not find it?"

The man sneered, he knew the situation in this village better than anyone else, even if these people used tracking puppets, they couldn't find him so easily.

Especially since the two people involved in the accident were children in the school, logically speaking, even if these people wanted to investigate, they should investigate from the school.And the distance between him and the school was beyond the sensing range of the seeker puppets. Once those seeker puppets were released, they would definitely be disturbed by nearby spirits.

He shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, this village will disappear completely soon, and it doesn't matter if I am left alone. Since you have found me here, it means that you are destined to me, so come with me."

After speaking, he took out a wooden wedge from the cloth bag.

The wooden wedge was dyed red with cinnabar and engraved with runes. As long as this wooden wedge is inserted into the altar of a person, it can instantly disperse the three souls and seven souls.After the spiritual platform is empty, as long as the concocted spirit is sealed in, the body can be controlled.

The man held up the wooden wedge and looked at it, tried the tip of the wooden wedge with his hand, and confirmed that the tip was very sharp, then said to Shen Shu: "Don't worry, I move very quickly, and I won't make you suffer for too long, as long as you are obedient, the pain It will be gone soon."

Shen Shu looked at him silently.

"Those people are really, seeing that you are only eighteen or nineteen years old, how can you bring such a young child out to do the task in such a hurry? From the looks of it, you are someone who has not undergone systematic training. Are you too scared to move?"

"They don't care about your life at all. It's better to be my puppet if you follow such a person. I will definitely treat your body well in the future and give you the best skin care products to maintain it so that you can keep it like this forever." appearance."

"This is also a different kind of eternal life, isn't it?"

He raised the wooden wedge, and the thin cloth shirt outlined the strong muscles on his arms. Shen Shu tilted his head slightly, and when someone walked in front of him, he said, "You are a puppet master, why do you like to use this A violent method? It’s too unsightly, and it’s easy to miss.”

The man laughed, wiped his face and said, "I don't know how to deal with other people, but for a child like you who has no hair yet, I don't think there is any need to use other methods?"

After speaking, his expression became fierce, and then the wooden wedge in his hand was firmly nailed to Shen Shu's forehead.

Seeing that the tip of the wooden wedge was about to pierce the skin of the young man in front of him, the man's stern eyes revealed a hint of expectation.

He is finally going to make his first puppet by himself!

Then at this moment, the man suddenly felt a sharp stabbing pain on the raised arm, so painful that he had to let go of his hand, and the wooden wedge in his hand slipped to the ground against the young man's cheek.

"what"

The man staggered back two steps, crouched on the ground holding his arms tightly.

It hurt so much, like thousands of steel nails were driven into his flesh and blood, stirring constantly.

He tugged at his arm desperately, and if possible, he even wanted to cut off the hand immediately, even if he would die, he didn't want to go through such pain again.

Shen Shu bent down to pick up the wooden wedge, looked it up curiously, and saw that the puppet rune on it was just made up, so he threw it on the ground without interest.

"Hey, what's your name? Do you know someone named Cheng Xiangming?" Shen Shu kicked the man who was huddled on the ground and asked.

The man struggled to turn his head to look at him, the sweat on his face dripped down his chin, and his hair was sticking to his forehead with sweat.

"Kill me...Kill me!" The sternness on his face disappeared, leaving only deep fear and pain.

Shen Shu clicked his tongue, and said with some disgust: "You are too fragile. You are so painful wherever you go. My senior brother was like a normal person back then, and he could still chop firewood and cook!"

The man's complexion turned blue. This boy was fair and cute. He thought it was a little white rabbit, but he didn't expect it to be a wolf in rabbit fur!

"Can you still talk?" Shen Shu knelt down and tapped his arm, and then the man twitched all over immediately, his eyes protruding, as if they were about to come out of their sockets.

It hurts, it hurts so much.

He thought it was hell just now, but he didn't expect it to hurt even more.

"Speak or not?"

Exhausting the last bit of strength, the man nodded, and the degree of nodding was almost imperceptible.

Shen Shu took out a bamboo whistle from his pocket, put it near his mouth and blew a few pleasant tunes, and then the man felt the pain in his body slowly transfer to his arm.

When the pain in his arm slowly subsided, he saw a stream of black liquid flow out from between his nails.

He took a closer look, only to see that what flowed out was not a black liquid, but black spots the size of grains of sand.

"You, you raise Gu..." The man lay on the ground gasping for breath, looking at Shen Shudao in horror.

Shen Shu looked at him as if he was looking at a fool: "I'm a puppet master, how can I raise Gu? These are my puppets, although they are small, you can't discriminate against them like that, right?"

After finishing speaking, he showed a curious expression: "There are really Gu worms in this world? Have you seen them? Where did you see them? Do they still accept apprentices? I think I am quite suitable for raising those things."

Gu worms are so good, they raise a nest once, and if Gu Yan's enemies come to fight with them in the future, he will release the whole nest of worms.

It's best to raise a brood of Love Gu, put the mother Gu on the old tree at the entrance of the town, let those people and the old tree love each other.

The man shook his head weakly: "I haven't seen it before. What are these...?"

Shen Shu sighed in disappointment, and said impatiently: "I have already said that I am a puppet master, what do you think this is? Answer my question quickly, who are you, and has Cheng Xiangming been arrested by you? Don't follow I'm playing tricks."

"I'm Cheng Shang, and I'm Cheng Xiangming's eldest brother." After the man recovered his breath, he stopped struggling and sat on the ground very calmly, looking at the toy thrown on the ground by Shen Shu.

Shen Shu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then frowned and said, "Cheng Xiangming said he came here to find an old friend, did he come to you?"

The man sneered: "Yes, he came to see me. He said he came to see an old friend? He is really my good brother. He doesn't even want to call him brother, and he still pretends to be a brother all day long. Who is it for? See? Show me this trash?"

Shen Shu was a little puzzled, but he didn't have time to listen to the grievances between these two people for the time being, so he asked directly: "What about the others? You have hidden them in other places with you, you should have other accomplices , the spirits in this village should not be handled by you alone, right?"

Cheng Shang looked at Shen Shu and said with a smile: "Of course, I'm just a waste with no talent. How could I control so many spirits? That man has already left. You can't find him. I'm just a piece of paper in his hands." It’s just a handy tool.”

After he finished speaking, he sighed and said, "Look, I'm about to become a real puppet master, but I met you just a little bit away. Is it destined that I have to be a waste for the rest of my life? Reversal?"

"Where's Cheng Xiangming?" Knowing that the person behind all of this had left Liu Ying, Shen Shu had a bad feeling in his heart.

Cheng Shang laughed loudly: "Of course Cheng Xiangming won't be able to come back. How could I possibly let him live at this point? That man took a fancy to his aptitude and made him a puppet."

Shen Shu frowned: "Cheng Xiangming came to Liuying to confirm your safety?"

Cheng Shang wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, "Yeah, he threw himself into a trap and insisted on coming to my place. Who's to blame?"

Shen Shu frowned: "He is your younger brother, no matter what, he came to Liuying this time for you."

"Little brother, are you blaming me for not saving him? You have overestimated me, right? As you have seen, I am just a container for storing spirits, and I have such a little ability through the spirit parasitic on my body. Who is Cheng Xiangming? He is a genius puppet master, he can't do anything to him, so what can I do."

"Little brother, I don't know much. It's useless for you to ask me. Why don't you just kill me, huh?"

Shen Shu kicked him impatiently, and then blew the whistle a few more times. Under Cheng Shang's horrified eyes, those black things got into his nails again.

It's just that Cheng Shang didn't notice the pain this time, he just watched those things climb up his arms until they reached the center of his eyebrows.

Shen Shu really couldn't do the interrogation. Looking at Cheng Shang's half-dead appearance, he was afraid that he would get up in a hurry and kill him directly, so he might as well use some extreme measures to save everyone from suffering.

With a thought in Shen Shu's mind, Cheng Shang's eyes gradually became a little dull. When he completely lost consciousness, he asked, "Who did what happened in the village? What's the purpose? Where is he now? Also, your brother Cheng Xiangming Where is the person now?"

Cheng Shang said in a mechanical voice: "Old Li did it. He wanted me to become a puppet master. He said that as long as a hundred spirits were raised from the people in the village and let this spirit in my body devour me, I could become a puppet." Teacher. He left Liuying half a month ago...I don't know where, Cheng Xiangming, he is...he is in the cellar, and Lao Li and I have brought him over to hide in the cellar."

Shen Shu sighed, walked to the backyard, and found the cellar entrance in the corner of the yard.

In the past, almost every household in the countryside would dig such a cellar to store sweet potatoes and other durable crops.

Every time you go down to the cellar to get something, you have to open the lid to ventilate first, then light a candle and put it down to make sure the candle can burn in it before you go down, otherwise you will faint in it after a while.

Shen Shu looked at the tightly covered lid and sweated for Cheng Xiangming. He quickly lifted the lid to ventilate, and then sent a message to Xiang Xiuqi.

Just 2 minutes after the news was sent, Shen Shu heard the sound of kicking the door outside. He hurried out, only to see Xiang Xiuqi and Teacher Song walking in out of breath.

"Teacher, why did you come so fast?"

Teacher Song stared at him: "What did you say at the school gate? You didn't inform me, and you came here alone. Do you know how dangerous it is!"

Shen Shu scratched his head, pointed at the stupid Cheng Shang on the ground, and said, "Teacher, you can see that he has become like this, there is no danger..."

Teacher Song snorted, ignored him, and squatted down to check Cheng Shang's situation.

"Cheng Xiangming is in the cellar at the back." Shen Shu whispered to Xiu Qi.

Xiang Xiuqi quickly dragged the man out of the cellar. Cheng Xiangming stayed down there for a long time and had completely lost consciousness. If the puppet master's physical and mental strength were not stronger than ordinary people, he might be dead. It's cold.

Shen Shu didn't understand Cheng Shang's thoughts. If they didn't find this place, Cheng Xiangming might not be able to survive today. Could it be that he saved Cheng Xiangming from that old Li to watch him die in the cellar?

Shen Shu shook his head, it was too complicated for him to understand.

"Teacher, I heard someone talking about Boss Cheng at the gate of the school, so I asked all the way and came here, and then I saw that he has become like this." Shen Shu said to Teacher Song.

Teacher Song looked at Shen Shu, and snorted softly: "Forgive you this time, and if you dare to act without authorization next time, don't follow me out."

Shen Shu rubbed his nose, it seems that he has to find a way to tell the truth to Mr. Song, or simply "show his talent", it is not impossible to be proficient in puppetry overnight.When I was in school, Teacher Song seemed to have said that there was a person who became a math genius in a dream, and he could also become a puppeteer genius in a dream.

Shen Shu nodded, this is a good idea when there is really nothing to do.

"Why are you nodding? I asked you if you saw anyone else when you came here?" Teacher Song patted Shen Shu's head and said inexplicably.

Shen Shu quickly replied: "No, that's how he was when I came in. I was afraid that he would be like that kid later and couldn't say anything, so I quickly asked a few questions and found that he wasn't completely stupid."

Teacher Song nodded and asked Shen Shu to drag him into the backyard room.

After setting up the people, Shen Shu walked out of the room and closed the door.

"How is the person, do you want to be sent to the hospital?" Shen Shu looked at the pale Cheng Xiangming and asked.

Xiang Xiuqi shook his head: "It's not a big problem, let Teacher Song ask about the situation first."

He briefly talked to Shen Shu about the situation. Cheng Xiangming's matter was not that difficult to find out. He and Mr. Song found some teachers from that year to inquire about the situation. It happened that there was a teacher in the office who was in the same class as Cheng Xiangming. Recalling that the friend who was almost inseparable from Cheng Xiangming was Cheng Shang who lived in Liuying.

After getting the news, the two rushed over here immediately. Teacher Song was very anxious when he received the news from Shen Shu on the way, and wished he could fly over with his wings.

"Mr. Shen, keep it from Mr. Song, at least don't let him be frightened, even if you pretend to be in ambush on the street." Xiang Xiuqi persuaded.

Shen Shu muttered: "The old man is worried about me, I know, I'm not afraid that the people hidden in the house are too dangerous."

Before the two of them finished talking, Xiang Xiuqi's phone rang. It was Song Yan. As soon as he connected, a gloomy voice came from inside.

"Where are you guys?"

Shen Shu recognized that it was Hu Liqiang who came to reinforce him.

Reported the location to Xiu Qi, who quickly rushed over.

"What is this place, what are you doing?" Hu Liqiang's voice came in before he entered the door.

He was a little bloated and his face was full of flesh. At this time, he looked at Xiang Xiuqi fiercely, not as if he came to help, but as if he came to seek revenge.

He turned his gaze to Cheng Xiangming who was lying on the ground, squinted his eyes and sneered, "Is this dead? Trash."

Xiang Xiuqi's eyes instantly turned cold.