After the mysterious man said some incomprehensible words, she turned and left, gradually disappearing into the night.

Ye Xi looked back at Xia Er and was surprised to find that her right eye had returned to normal.

"Charles, do you feel any discomfort now?"

"Is Ye Xi worried about me?"

"I'm fine, but it's also thanks to you showing up in time and scolding me like a child."

Charles gave a helpless smile. Ye Xi sighed lightly and then pinched Charles with his hand.

"Oh! It hurts!"

"Look, isn't there something wrong now?"

"Do you think I just said that on a whim? You always fail at the crucial moment. I'm really impressed by you."

Faced with Xiaer's "breaking the chain" behavior, Ye Xi really had no way to deal with her.

She sometimes thought that Charles might just be trying to be patient and keep a low profile in front of her, but now it seemed that the opposite was true.

Because Ciel is a noble, superior species, most people have rave reviews about her, but this is just a stereotype.

In reality, Xia Er seemed very innocent in Ye Xi's eyes, and it seemed that anyone could trick her into abducting her.

"But doesn't Ye Xi always like to curse at me like this?"

"I can sense the reality deep down in you, as if you've really been through a lot."

“It’s great to be able to learn from you~”

Charles suddenly praised, which stunned Ye Xi.

Instead of being depressed, Charles admitted his own weakness, as if he had finally come to his senses.

"Really? I just said a few simple words and you said something like that. I don't even bother to say anything to you anymore. As long as you're willing to change, that's all that matters."

Ciel smiled and nodded, then used magic to heal his injuries.

"Charles, have you ever had your eyes tampered with before?"

"Why do you ask?"

"So you didn't notice?"

Ye Xi told Xiaer what he had just seen. The golden eye was very bright and warm, and it was clearly visible in the night.

"My right eye... just turned golden?"

"This...could it be caused by the surge of magic power?"

Judging from Charles' tone, even she herself might not be quite clear.

But Ye Xi felt that the fleeting golden five-pointed star had a special aura, like the beauty of a god descending from heaven.

After recovering their strength, Ye Xi and Xia Er returned to the room.

Ye Xi turned on the flashlight and observed every corner.

Accidentally discovering the scene was a mess, and looking at those "people" with twisted postures, Xia suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

These are not people at all, but dead puppets that are unrecognizable.

Xiaoyou was suspended in the air, looking at Yexi and Xiaer with pitiful eyes.

The man's overall appearance also became tattered, and the difference between before and after was so great that it was as if nothing had ever happened.

In the end, there was no living person in the village at all, but it was all directed and acted by the mysterious man.

"Xiaoyou, are you okay?"

"Sister Xiaer, Xiaoyou is okay."

Charles walked up to Xiaoyou worriedly and checked her condition, but fortunately there was nothing wrong.

After Ye Xi entered the room and took a quick look around, he said calmly, "So, can you explain what happened just now?"

"Confessing it frankly might save your life at a critical moment."

"Ye Xi, what do you mean?"

Ye Xi ignored Xia Er's questioning and walked casually to the man lying on the ground.

He is stronger than the average person, but in the final analysis he is just a lifeless puppet.

"Charles, you should know that Xiaoyou is a ghost, right?"

"I know, but Ye Xi, what did you want to say just now?"

"Apart from a puppeteer who can manipulate all these puppets at the same time, do you think anyone else can make them move like this?"

When Charles heard this, an idea immediately popped up in his mind.

"You mean, besides the mysterious man just now, there is a second puppeteer on the scene?"

Ye Xi nodded and said, "That's right, but not entirely."

Xiaer accidentally discovered that Ye Xi's gaze was looking at him, and then she turned her head and looked at Xiaoyou.

"Xiaoyou?"

"Eh? Why are you looking at me..."

"Okay, stop pretending. There's no other puppeteer on the scene, but there is something that can turn you into a puppet."

At first, Xia'er didn't understand what Ye Xi meant, but after standing there and thinking about it, she recalled the scene where Xiaoyou suddenly lost her and appeared in front of them again.

"Is it possessed?"

"A unique ability of ghosts, which allows them to enter living organisms without any flaws and seize control."

"However, puppets themselves are inorganic and require the magic power of their masters to control them."

"No matter what, Xiaoyou can't control the puppet with just her will, right?"

Ciel understood quickly, but what he said made sense.

A creature with a magical aura cannot be controlled by will alone.

Puppets and puppets may seem to be essentially the same, but they have operational limitations.

A puppet is a type of puppet that requires white strings to connect parts of the body and is manipulated within a specified range using magic power.

The puppet itself is equivalent to a container, which can be operated and controlled by simply injecting magic power into it.

But if you want to try to seize control of a puppet that is being controlled, you must have a controller with more powerful magic than the controller.

Ye Xi discovered that this puppet was different from the other puppets. Although it was created by that mysterious man, why did he choose to attack his own kind just now?

"Xiaoyou, so you can manipulate?"

"Ah? I...I don't know how!"

"Ye Xi is right. I am a ghost. In my subconscious, there is a force that gives me the ability to possess inorganic matter and turn it into a living being."

"For a moment before, I sensed a concerning aura approaching."

Now the truth is revealed. Li De during the day is, after all, just a puppet controlled by a mysterious man.

Rather than just one person, it would be better to say that the entire village is her puppet. This guy is more troublesome than imagined.

Judging from the current characteristics, the mysterious person is a high-level puppeteer. Her puppets can transform into normal people and be used to approach others.

The man who helped Charles out of trouble was actually controlled by Xiaoyou after being possessed.

"Xiaoyou, what does the aura that you're concerned about look like?"

"Hmm... It's a familiar feeling, as if I've come across it somewhere before."

"And then..."

Just as Xiaoyou was still recalling, she was suddenly surprised.

"Ah, that's it!"

"A familiar, chaotic atmosphere that seems to resonate with me."

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