Her Talent for Courting Death Has Always Been Impressive - Chapter 48 Part 4
On the other side, Xu Turan got back the Planchette Pen, without any hesitation, and went straight back to her place in Star Park.
There was only her in that house now. She had long prepared a room, with dense runes drawn on the floor and walls. As soon as she got home, she took out the Planchette Pen and threw it in.
Along with it, she also threw in a blank notebook.
“I will take everything written on this to show Yang Buqi. One lie, one page of questions, with no upper limit. Think it through yourself.” She said leisurely, pulling over a chair and sitting down opposite the Planchette Pen.
“I still have the same question as last time. What’s your answer? Have you figured out how to fool me?”
Planchette Pen: …
Surrounded by runes, it couldn’t even float, and could only use its velvet to crawl onto the blank notebook, slowly writing one stroke at a time: 【I have the right to remain silent.】
Xu Turan snorted: “Let me remind you, if you really don’t want to cooperate, I can also hand you over to Pu Han. You should know that the memory bead I saw last time was extracted by him from Haunted House No. 71, right?”
“Oh, but let me remind you, that bead can only be taken out when the abomination is completely sealed.”
Noticing the momentary stiffness of the Planchette Pen, Xu Turan raised her eyebrows slightly and took out a few advanced mathematics notebooks from her backpack nearby, throwing them next to it with a thud: “I’ll give you one more chance.”
Planchette Pen: ……
Planchette Pen: 【Let me think about it some more.】
“You still need to think? Alright, then let me help you recall.” Xu Turan leaned back in her chair comfortably, “Remember when we first met? I asked you how you died, and you, how did you reply to me?”
The Planchette Pen stiffened for a moment, then slowly wrote on the notebook:
【You’re the one who’s dead.】
【Your whole family is dead.】
Xu Turan’s expression remained unchanged: “My whole family is dead, where did this sentence come from?”
Planchette Pen: 【…】
【I saw it.】 It slowly wrote, 【You’re the only one left on your household register.】
Her adopted brother had moved out of their family register after coming of age. And her parents had both died in accidents, so this wasn’t wrong.
Xu Turan smiled: “Then what about the first sentence?”
“Your second sentence was based on what you ‘saw’. What about the first one?”
Planchette Pen: …
A layer of fine velvet instantly covered its bright red body, and red ink kept seeping from its tip uncontrollably. Xu Turan watched it coldly, becoming more and more certain of her guess.
Ever since she learned that Haunted House No. 71 was arranged here by someone, she had been suspecting that the Planchette Pen might be the same.
Although from the development of events, it was Feifei who first hinted at her to ask for the omniscience tendency gift, she followed the instructions, and the Taobao store only had this Planchette Pen, which is why she brought it home… but how did she know that all of this wasn’t arranged by some more powerful being long ago?
Feifei could predict. Others could also predict her predictions. How could a Radiance-level abomination that once caused havoc and then lurked in the shadows just happen to appear in the warehouse of a Taobao store? Before she took it away, did it really know nothing about her existence?
Moreover, the man who communicated with Haunted House No. 71 was wearing a cultural T-shirt provided by the Taobao store—and the Planchette Pen appeared in the warehouse of this store!
Xu Turan believed in coincidences in this world. But she was absolutely skeptical of this coincidence.
She pursed her lips, sat up straight, and slightly raised her voice: “Answer me.”
“Where did your first sentence come from?”
【…】
“Was it told to you by someone else?” Xu Turan continued to press. Her words were full of guidance.
This time, the Planchette Pen finally responded again—it drew a check mark on the paper.
Xu Turan’s heart stirred: “Who?”
The Planchette Pen lay in the rune array, and Xu Turan wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but it seemed to be trembling.
After who knows how long, it was seen moving on the paper surface, painfully writing down three words: 【Can’t say.】
Xu Turan: ?
【Bound.】
【Can’t say.】
The Planchette Pen wrote.
Xu Turan: …
“Alright, then I’ll ask differently.” She paused for a moment, then said, “How did you and that person come into contact?”
Planchette Pen: 【…Net.】
…?
“Huh?” Xu Turan was stunned for a moment, “What do you mean? Be more specific?”
So the Planchette Pen wrote more details: 【QQ.】
Xu Turan: …
“No, wait… Q…” She couldn’t keep up with this development, “Where did you get internet from?”
【Steal WiFi.】 The Planchette Pen wrote one word at a time, 【I picked up an old phone before. Then steal WiFi near the warehouse, and I can use it.】
After all, reading a WiFi password wasn’t a difficult task for it.
“…”
At this moment, Xu Turan didn’t know whether to marvel at the poor security of Old Jiang’s warehouse or at the tenacious spirit of this pen.
“So you’re saying, you used a QQ number to contact the outside world at that time, and then made contact with someone, thus knowing about my existence?” Xu Turan casually said, “Answer me, is that right?”
She knew that her words were mostly speculation and guesswork, and she asked this intending to rule out an incorrect answer. Unexpectedly, the Planchette Pen paused for a moment, then drew another check mark on the paper.
Xu Turan: …
“What’s your QQ number?” She paused for a moment, then immediately said, “And the password?”
That person had contacted this pen via QQ number before—if so, maybe they could lock down their existence through some operations.
Even if not, maybe they could find some clues…
Xu Turan’s heart suddenly suspended. The pen was silent for a while, but then said: 【All gone.】
【Account was banned.】
Xu Turan: …?
?!!
“Banned?” She was completely confused, “Why?”
【I wanted to use QQ groups to gather followers again.】 The Planchette Pen honestly said, 【I was reported.】
In fact, it had been reported several times. The number of banned accounts was enough for at least two football teams.
Not just QQ accounts, many email accounts were banned too. In the past few years when management wasn’t strict, it could even download a game and log in to shout in the world channel. Of course, it was usually banned right after shouting…
Xu Turan: …
After a moment of silence, she propped one hand on the armrest and raised her hand to rub her temple.
To be honest, she had felt before that this Planchette Pen seemed a bit… a bit not smart enough, but she had always thought this was due to the influence of her skill. This guy itself might be quite clever and difficult to deal with…
So before this questioning, she had made so many preparations. She had drawn all the powerful runes she could from the books she read in the past few days.
However, now she realized that she might have overthought it.
This guy’s stupidity actually had nothing to do with her, really.
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