Chapter 0659: No One Can Be Trusted
The words on the iron gate of the cell carried full of malice, whether or not the other party was really hiding amongst the several people, these words would plant the seeds of suspicion in their hearts, disintegrating their union little by little.
”It’s very much like Shadow’s style, it’s possible that this word was left by him.” Jia Ming touched Li Zheng’s arm, “There is falsehood in truth, and truth in falsehood, Shadow is very good at doing things like this, just like when playing rock-paper-scissors, some people will explicitly tell their opponents what they want to come up with. Shadow loves psychological warfare, he has possessed countless people, looked inside countless people, and experienced countless lives, he is a master of psychological warfare that no one can surpass.”
”So what do you think Shadow, is he among us now or not?” Li Zheng gripped his matching gun tightly, in the middle of a completely unknown environment, only the matching gun could bring him a trace of security.
”From what I know of him, he may have replaced one of us.” Jamin slowed his speech, “Everyone here could be him, including you and me, and I can also tell you with certainty that the one he chose must be the one you think is the least likely.”
”The person I think is the most unlikely?” Li Zheng scanned the surroundings and finally looked at Chen Ge, out of all the people, he only knew Chen Ge well and was certain that Chen Ge couldn’t possibly be the Shadow.
”When you think he is, he must not be, and when you think he isn’t, he’ll finish you off when you let your guard down, never giving you any chance to resist.” Jamin said grimly.
”You’ve said so much, it’s the same as saying nothing, why do I feel like you’re purposely obfuscating?” Li Zheng frowned, “You’re not defending yourself, are you? Dragging everyone down in order to clear your own suspicions.”
”I have said many times that the shadow left from amongst my body long ago, why don’t you believe me? There isn’t a single good person in this place, only the two of us came in from the outside and know each other’s backgrounds, in this situation, we should cast aside our preconceptions and reacquaint ourselves with each other.” Jia Ming didn’t trust everyone except Li Zheng, he had been possessed by a shadow and knew the terror of shadows.
”It’s not because of you that I would enter this hellhole. It’s likely that all of this was premeditated by you, everything was deliberately shown to me by you, you wanted me to mistake Chen Ge for the Shadow and then make me a witness.” Li Zheng coldly returned.
”I lured you in out of desperation, if I didn’t do what the shadow said, then I wouldn’t have survived until now. Shadow is much more terrifying and cruel than you can imagine, all those who are of no use to him, he will kill without hesitation. You know what? In his opinion, everything in this world that can’t be of use to him could be a hindrance to him, so killing is the safest choice.”
”I still can’t trust you unless you can help me find Shadow.” Li Zheng lowered his voice, “Shadow spent a few years on you, you are the one who knows Shadow best, who do you think he is most likely to replace now?”
”The most likely is Chen Ge, think about it, how could it be so coincidental? We just happened to come in and just happened to see him? He’s frantically whitewashing himself right now, and he asked me to lure you in to act as a witness, so the result is pretty obvious.” Jia Ming spread his hands, “This Chen Ge is a fake, he’s preparing to turn the fake into a real one, and then kill that real one, and the fake will become real.”
Under Jia Ming’s repeated persuasion, Li Zheng’s gaze changed.
”You should have realized all this a long time ago, have you ever considered such a question? Why does Shadow look like Chen Ge in appearance? And what is he doing all this behind his back?” Jia Ming was relieved to see that Li Zheng’s attitude had changed, “You’re the only one out of everyone who followed me in here, the only ones we can trust here are each other, and other than you, any of the others could be Shadow.”
”I still have no way to believe what you said, I will find a chance to test him later.” Li Zheng looked at Chen Ge with a complicated gaze.
”Feel free to test him, I just want you to remember one thing, Shadow will turn out to be the one we think is the most unlikely, he lives in the crevices of the human heart, we are simply no match for him, if you want to stay alive, the best way to do so is not to become his enemy.” Jia Ming knew the relationship between Li Zheng and Chen Ge, he was thinking about how to convince Li Zheng when his gaze unintentionally swept over Li Zheng’s shadow.
”The most unexpected one ……,” Jia Ming’s eyes suddenly widened, and he hurriedly turned his head, pretending to be looking elsewhere as a way to hide his panic.
”What’s the matter with you? Pulling another stunt?” Li Zheng moved the muzzle of his gun on Jiaming’s back.
”Nothing, I just saw something in the building next to me and ran over to it.” Jia Ming didn’t twist his head back as he spoke, his heart had already set off a million waves at this point.
”The more you think it’s impossible, the more likely it is that it’s a shadow, Li Zheng was personally brought in by me, and in my opinion he’s the only one who’s trustworthy, but if you think about it in a different way, could he have taken the bait on purpose? Using me as a shield to disguise himself? In fact, he’s the real Shadow, and I’m just a pawn he can discard at any time, no one will believe anything I say as a criminal, especially in front of the police.”
The more Jia Ming thought about it, the more scared he became, his neck seemed to be filled with plaster and he didn’t move a muscle, he didn’t even have the courage to look at Li Zheng right now, he was worried about revealing his flaws, he was worried that he was in the way of the shadow.
”Don’t dawdle, go in first, even if the shadow is among us it’s no big deal.” Chen Ge didn’t like to play this kind of guessing game, if he didn’t have acquaintances around, he would have directly used his best method of elimination to screen.
Ignoring the bloody words on the iron gate, Chen Ge took the lead and entered the neighborhood.
”I know that door is on the first floor, but exactly which room it is in, this still needs to be searched carefully.” The tattooed man slowed down his pace to follow behind, and the human head tattoos on his arms all revealed expressions of horror as they approached the buildings in the neighborhood.
Chen Ge had been to the neighborhood where Fan Cong was located several times, but the layout of the buildings here was not quite the same as he remembered.
”This place seems to have retained its appearance from a few years ago.” Chen Ge looked at the surface of the residential building that had been eroded by the blood mist, and a few words could still be vaguely seen on it, “Liwan Hospital Family Home? The neighborhood where Fan Cong lives used to be called this? Liwan Hospital means that private hospital?”
”That private hospital was built later, and the Liwan Hospital was demolished more than ten years ago.” The tattooed man said on the side, “Liwan Town used to have a hospital specializing in infectious diseases, but it was later shut down for some unknown reason, and a few of the more important departments were merged into the Jiujiang People’s Hospital and one of the hospitals in Xinhai.”