Mysterious Resurrection: Starting with Controlling Sadako

Chapter 120 I won’t lose
Under the cover of darkness, Wang Liang followed a certain medium and arrived directly at a villa, where Zhang Wei was playing games in an e-sports room on the second floor.

He came here to deal with the mirror ghost that was following Zhang Wei, not to control it, but to send it back into the ghost mirror so that he wouldn't have to come back again in a few days.

That day, Zhang Wei was taking a dump in the Guanjiang residential area when a man called Tiger bumped into him and livestreamed the process.

Feeling extremely angry, I've spent the last few days in this gaming room with the curtains drawn and the lights off, intently watching Tiger's live stream while he plays games, trying to snipe him in ranked matches and avenge my previous defeat.

"3, 2, 1, Confirmed! Damn it, missed again. Sigh, I'm so lonely. It must be because my hidden score is too high. Why can't you, you little tiger, try harder!"

At the e-sports table, Zhang Wei failed to snipe again, sighed, and as usual, inquired about Tiger's family tree.

As Zhang Wei was cursing, Wang Liang, wearing a Republic-era style dressing mirror, appeared mysteriously behind him. He stood silently for a minute, nodding to himself as he learned Zhang Wei's technique of never repeating himself when cursing.

Last time he scolded Zhao Kaiming, he was too gentle. He still needs to learn. If he encounters someone he can't beat in the future, he should use this move. It's always good to learn more.

When it was almost time, Wang Liang patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder from behind.

Zhang Wei's cursing stopped abruptly. Without the slightest hesitation, he made a decision entirely out of instinct: he turned and left the gaming table, running away without looking back.

Wang Liang's lips twitched. There was a reason why this kid could live so long.

Swish.

Zhang Wei, who had just run to the door, was teleported back by Wang Liang using the Ghost Domain.

“Take a good look at who I am,” Wang Liang said.

"Teacher Wang! Oh my god, that scared me to death! I thought I'd encountered a ghost. Thank goodness!"

Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief, plopped down on the ground, took out the amulet hanging on his chest, and tapped it with his fingers in all directions.

The peace and blessings hanging there didn't feature a cross of Jesus; it was a photograph given to you by Wang Liang.
Wang Liang was exasperated and stopped Zhang Wei's reckless actions.

"This is not good. You really did encounter a ghost. It's just that your luck is a bit too much. Otherwise, you wouldn't have died on the spot, but you're probably not far from starving to death now."

"What! Teacher Wang, let's go quickly!" Zhang Wei's expression changed.

Wang Liang shook his head and instead of having Zhang Wei stand directly in front of the ghost mirror, he grabbed Zhang Wei's shoulder, and with a flash, the two of them moved together and appeared in a toilet in the villa.

"I came here to resolve this matter. Go, go play rock-paper-scissors with the mirror first, and let me see what you're capable of."

"Well, then I'll give it a try."

Zhang Wei didn't understand why he had to do it, but he was obedient at the crucial moment and didn't ask any questions. So he just pretended to be shy and said something, then stood in front of the mirror with a serious expression.

"Even if my opponent is myself, I will not lose!"

Zhang Wei's eyes were numb in the mirror. Standing in the mirror, I raised my hand along with Zhang Wei's.

"Rock, paper, scissors!"

Rock versus scissors!

"I knew I wouldn't lose," Zhang Wei said in a low voice, though a fine layer of cold sweat appeared on the back of his neck.

He wasn't really stupid; he just often used a carefree attitude to mask his fear.

Teacher Wang didn't tell him to stop, so Zhang Wei continued playing rock-paper-scissors with his reflection in the mirror.

After winning ninety-nine consecutive games, Wang Liang, who was standing at the back, had a slight contraction in his pupils.

'Are you kidding me? Winning ninety-nine rounds of rock-paper-scissors, or even all night long, is that even reasonable?'

Wang Liang felt that Zhang Wei was acting strangely and suspected that he might have controlled some kind of lucky ghost and become a ghost tamer in a secret and safe way. That's why he made Zhang Wei play rock-paper-scissors, hoping to find some clues from it.

But he hadn't noticed anything at all; it seemed like it was just pure luck.

"What a talent!" Wang Liang exclaimed, then looked at himself in the mirror without waiting any longer.

Yes, his reflection is also in the mirror; it's just an ordinary reflection.

Even if there is a ghost in the mirror, it does not affect the fact that his image is reflected normally by an ordinary mirror; it simply means that Zhang Wei's image in the mirror is replaced by a ghost.

Wang Liang releases Sadako's curse and communicates with the medium in the mirror.

The world in the mirror

This small space is almost identical to the outside world, except for one thing.

That is, the mirror reflects both Zhang Wei and Wang Liang at the same time, and Wang Liang's image can also be seen on the surface of the mirror, but in this eerie little space, there is only a mirror ghost that imitates Zhang Wei's appearance.

Wang Liang's figure seemed to exist only on the surface reflected in the mirror; it was 'normal,' neither in the outside world nor in this special space created by the supernatural.

At this moment, the mirror ghost, now resembling Zhang Wei, is standing in front of the mirror, trying its best to imitate Zhang Wei's actions from the outside world.

It must follow rigid rules to replace Zhang Wei, but this is quite difficult for it. It can't follow the rules perfectly, so it's always difficult to completely imitate and thus difficult to pull Zhang Wei into the mirror world.

But at that moment, a phantom suddenly appeared behind the Mirror Ghost, and quickly turned from phantom to real.

With an unusually pale face and hair that was gradually growing longer, 'Wang Liang' appeared behind the mirror ghost. Without hesitation, he immediately reached out and grabbed the mirror ghost 'Zhang Wei' by the neck from behind.

Sadako's supernatural abilities suppress the Mirror Ghost, whose level of terror is very low; even Sadako, who is a derivative of Sadako, can easily suppress it.

Then Sadako, still holding the Mirror Ghost, walked out of the mirror.

"I... I've been strangled by fate!"

Outside, seeing what was happening in the mirror, Zhang Wei instinctively hugged the back of his neck, muttering incoherently.

Despite continuing to spout nonsense, Zhang Wei's body froze in place. He wasn't oblivious to what this scene meant; there really was a ghost beside him.

Sadako crawled out of the toilet mirror, carrying the now-realized Mirror Ghost, and stood in front of Wang Liang.

The Mirror Ghost is still in Zhang Wei's form, which is why it can still appear in the outside world. However, once its identity as a ghost is exposed, the Mirror Ghost will disappear from the outside world and will no longer be able to show its physical form.

[A vengeful spirit has been detected? A supernatural phenomenon? The "Mirror Ghost," can you control it?]

The second Mirror Ghost was suppressed, and Wang Liang could indeed continue to control it, but he didn't do so, at least not at the moment.

The Mirror Ghost didn't provide him with any weirdness points, but it also didn't dissipate like a normal derivative. It was indeed a special entity that had stolen the Ghost Mirror's supernatural power.

After verifying that he could also control the second mirror ghost, and that he was indeed capable of gradually stealing the entire ghost mirror's supernatural power as long as the plan was finalized, Wang Liang controlled Sadako, threw the mirror ghost into the ghost mirror, and then moved a black cloth to cover the ghost mirror.

"It's solved. Go back to your game, but be careful with your eyes."

Wang Liang patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder, then disappeared from the spot with the Ghost Mirror.

Zhang Wei stared blankly at the vanished Teacher Wang for a moment, then muttered:
"I won't lose."

He turned and left the restroom, pretending nothing had happened, and went upstairs to continue playing games and sniping Tiger.

My understanding of the relationship between the levels of terror among the puzzle pieces is this: when a vengeful ghost directly contacts an enemy, its ability to suppress the enemy solely through its supernatural size is its "normal attack value".

The supernatural elements brought about by each puzzle piece are various "skills" with different levels of damage.

Mastering a new puzzle piece will increase the overall supernatural power of this vengeful spirit and the terror of the other puzzle pieces. Another way to put it is that the "value of normal attacks" and the "damage value of each skill" will increase, but the damage of each skill will be different, some higher and some lower.

If the effects of supernatural attacks are mediocre, some skills may even deal less damage than "normal attacks".

This is my understanding; it may not be entirely correct, but it's written this way for now.
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