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The sudden attack caused "Xiu Nian" to let out a miserable groan, but even though his body had begun to sway, he was still determined to take the old monk's life!
However, a dark figure clad in armor had already blocked the old monk's path.
There was also a clever dog that bit down hard on Xiu Nian's calf.
"Why are you stopping me! This guy killed me, what's wrong with me seeking revenge!"
Xiu Nian turned around and looked behind her. Matsuda was standing there.
“The dead have their own world. Since you are already dead, you shouldn’t appear again,” Matsuda advised. “As for this old monk, I will take him back and let him face legal judgment. I will definitely give you justice.”
"Fairness?" Xiu Nian's face was full of mockery.
“I was killed by my master two years ago. When I was first killed, I thought that the police would find out the truth and punish him!”
"But no one has found out the truth of the case, and even he has remained at large!"
"My ex-boyfriend was forced by him to marry someone he didn't love!"
"Do you know how heartbroken and pained I was when I saw that scene?!"
"So what? You kill him now, and none of this ever happened?"
Matsuda sighed.
“Zhongnian, you monks, don’t you love to say that turning back is the right way? Now it’s time for you to turn back.”
"Turning back is the right path..."
Xiu Nian's expression was strange, it was hard to tell whether he was laughing or crying. After muttering it a few times, he let out a sneer.
"What utter nonsense about turning back before it's too late! If there really were a Buddha in this world, how could he have let this old guy live so carefree for so many years!"
"I must avenge this grudge myself!"
"Xiu Nian" shouted, puffed out her back, bent over and tucked in her legs, curling her whole body into the shape of a shrimp.
Behind him, two hazy wings were gradually taking shape.
What the hell!
Matsuda's eyes widened instantly. If "Shuenen" continued like this, what would happen if he really grew a pair of wings?
Once he soars to great heights, Matsuda might really be unable to do anything about him.
"Go! Find a way to cut off those wings!"
Matsuda called out to the Ghost Knight, then swung his silver chain at "Shuten's" face.
The Ghost Knight leaped up suddenly, brandishing his longsword that emitted black smoke, and slashed straight at the wings behind "Xiu Nian".
But it seemed too late. "Xiu Nian" suddenly straightened up, and a pair of enormous wings unfolded behind her.
He reached out and grabbed the old monk from the ground, flapped his wings, and prepared to leave.
At this moment, both Matsuda and the Ghost Knight were still a little distance away from him!
"Today, I will avenge my great grudge!"
"Xiu Nian" laughed triumphantly, but just as he had flown two or three meters into the air, a dark shadow suddenly leaped up and bit "Xiu Nian's" calf!
"You damn dog! Let go of my mouth!"
Xiu Nian kicked John, who was biting her, hard with her other foot.
But John refused to let him go no matter what...
Chapter 226 Self-Exposure of Crimes
Thanks to John's delay, Matsuda and the Ghost Knight finally arrived before "Shunen" took off.
The former quickly wrapped the silver chain around the leg of "Xiu Nian" that hadn't been bitten, and the silver talisman on the chain immediately activated, causing "Xiu Nian" to contort in pain.
But what truly tormented him was what followed, as the Ghost Knight swung his longsword down.
Those two hazy gray wings were also severed directly from the root.
After separating from "Xiu Nian's" body, it quickly disintegrated into pieces of gray wings and disappeared into the air.
Without its wings, "Xiu Nian" fell directly from mid-air and crashed heavily to the ground.
Seeing that his wings were destroyed, he knew he had no chance of leaving this place.
With a determined heart, Xiu Nian ignored Matsuda and the Ghost Knight behind her and grabbed the old monk by the neck.
"No, don't kill me..." the old monk groaned weakly.
"Goodbye, Master!"
"Xiu Nian" shouted sharply, and was about to twist the old monk's neck with both hands.
Unexpectedly, he suddenly froze on the spot, his previously ferocious expression instantly turning into one of confusion.
"Where is this? Why am I here?"
Is this Xiu Nian's consciousness?
Matsuda's eyes flashed, and he quickly shouted,
"Monk Xiu Nian, your elder brother's ghost has possessed you! Break free from him!"
"Big brother? Zhongnian?"
Xiu Nian paused, then her expression suddenly turned ferocious.
"Xiu Nian, are you going to turn against me too?"
"Big brother, I'm not..."
"Shut up! I'm going to get my revenge today!"
Seeing Xiu Nian's expression constantly shifting between ferocity and confusion,
Matsuda, of course, wouldn't let this opportunity pass by, and continued to whip Xiu Nian with the silver chain.
Using the talismans above, he continuously weakened the power of the loyal soul, while taking out the soul-collecting gourd.
"Loyalty and devotion!"
With a loud shout from Matsuda, the already weakened soul of Tadashi could no longer withstand the pressure and was sucked out of Shūnen's body, then into the small red gourd.
Xiu Nian herself collapsed to the ground with a "thud" and lost consciousness.
Matsuda put the gourd stopper back on and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At that moment, the system notified the system that the task was completed.
"The loyal soul has been captured; the vengeful spirit's revenge has failed."
"Stop the Tengu's revenge! Mission complete."
"We will now distribute the mission rewards."
With two "ding-ding" sounds, Matsuda's account gained an extra thousand merit points.
At this moment, the little red gourd suddenly started to move, and the loyal soul inside seemed to be struggling.
Matsuda picked up the gourd.
"Stay put in the gourd and behave yourself. I'll send you to be reincarnated next time we go to the underworld, since you're a pitiful person."
"As for this old monk, I will take him back to the police station to explain everything. He can spend the rest of his life in prison."
After hearing all this, the little red gourd finally fell silent.
As Matsuda carried Shuten in one hand and pulled the old monk back to Shanni Temple with the other,
The people in the temple were still arguing about what Xiaolan had said earlier.
"So, you've seen it now?"
Kuan Nian said to the Mori group,
"Zhongnian was hanged here back then. Do you think my master was strong enough to lift an adult up here?"
"Looking at it this way, it really is impossible..."
Looking at the beam, which was easily five or six meters high, Mori couldn't help but begin to doubt his daughter.
"Xiao Lan, are you sure you didn't mishear?"
"Dad, how could I have misheard?"
Xiaolan stomped her foot in annoyance.
“I actually heard the abbot admit in person that he killed Monk Zhongnian.”
“But Master Kuan Nian is right,” Conan said. “At the height of this beam, even a strongman probably couldn’t hang a person up there, let alone an old man like the abbot.”
"Conan, even you doubt me!"
"Ran-neechan, that's not what I meant!" Conan hurriedly waved his hand. "I was just thinking, could there be other possibilities, like what you heard was actually a homophone or something?"
"Hmph, isn't that just you doubting me?"
Ran glared at Conan.
Seeing that no one else in the room believed her, she turned to run out.
But just as he reached the door, he bumped into a solid chest.
"Officer Matsuda?"
Ran rubbed her forehead, and when she saw Matsuda Jinpei, her face lit up with surprise and delight.
"Officer Matsuda, please tell them quickly, was it the abbot who killed Tadani?"
"Xiaolan, stop fooling around,"
Mori scolded his daughter, then noticed the two people Matsuda was carrying.
"These are Xiu Nian and the abbot? Officer Matsuda, you brought them back?"
"Um,"
Matsuda nodded and threw the two people he was dragging onto the ground.