Pastor's Tantra

Yasen sighed: "It's mainly because I don't have any emotions anymore..."

He originally wanted to say "it's all Tiansi's fault".

But after all, he is not Aiwass, and he does not have the confidence to speak ill of Tiansi in person.

But Aiwasi was not afraid and explained directly: "Because we met Xi Tiansi who pretended to be you before..."

Aiwass explained everything he had encountered before to Sherlock.

Yasen pointed to Xi Tiansi beside him: "He is right here...hey, where is the person?"

At this time, they discovered that Xi Tiansi beside them had disappeared at some point.

Obviously from the very beginning, He had been standing quietly beside me——

After hearing this, Sherlock glanced at the open space, thoughtfully.

He looked at Aiwass and Yassen and fell into serious contemplation.

Seeing this, Aiwass also narrowed his eyes slightly.

"...I said so."

Suddenly, Sherlock spoke slowly: "Aren't you just playing tricks on Tiansi?"

"ha?"

Yasen was a little unhappy: "How is that possible!"

"...No, it's not impossible."

Aiwass suddenly said: "I actually thought of this possibility just now...

"You don't know...you must have been transformed by Xi Tiansi."

"How is that possible!"

Yasen repeated his words and said with great certainty: "This is definitely Sherlock! It's impossible for Xi Tiansi to know those secrets... His areas of control are directorship and acting, not secrets and souls!"

But Aiwass just looked at Sherlock.

Sherlock said: "Let's try it out."

Aiwass asked, "Who was the first person to speak?"

"It's me - where are you?" Sherlock asked.

"...It's Xi Tiansi." Yasen said.

Aiwass asked: "So, before I mentioned 'we met Xi Tiansi', have you heard us mention Xi Tiansi?"

"--No."

Sherlock said with great certainty: "Trust my observation and memory."

At this point, Aiwass and Sherlock looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

And Yasen still couldn't keep up with the rhythm: "What? What are you...what are you talking about?"

"After all, what our Phantom Thief is best at is running away."

Sherlock said sarcastically: "Can't you even solve such a simple puzzle? No wonder the Duke asked me to handle this matter instead of letting his beloved - or maybe not so beloved son-in-law do it."

"It's simple."

Aiwass replied: "If I guess correctly... this 'Sherlock' should still be played by Xi Tiansi.

"——And in another place not far away, Sherlock should also have seen you and me played by Xi Tiansi at the same time."

It's like opening the chess software of a master-level AI, then imitating every move of the chess player across the table, and then synchronizing every move the AI ​​responds to on the chessboard. Even an old man on the street who knows how to play chess can still be beaten to the point of being stunned.

It looks like he is playing chess with someone, but in fact the opposite side is a divine vessel that uses "advanced magic - master level AI".

The same is true for the strategy adopted by Xi Tiansi.

He perfectly and almost simultaneously reproduced all the words, expressions, and eyes of both parties... and fed them back to the other side simultaneously. Therefore, even Aiwass and Sherlock, who knew each other extremely well, failed to realize the problem at first.

"It seems I still have some shortcomings."

"Sherlock" smiled heartily, and his whole person changed again.

Wearing red clothes, wearing a puppet face, a god who does not distinguish between male and female!

This dream was distorted for a moment——

——The next moment, the worlds on both sides completely merged.

There is an extra Sherlock on Aiwas' side, and there are Aiwas and Yassen on Sherlock's side.

"This time it's really true."

Xi Tiansi, who was wearing a smiling mask, saluted the three of them: "I'm sorry, everyone. I just have a question...how did you find me?"

Because apart from the subtle delay, both parties are basically no different from the real person. Theoretically speaking, it is impossible for Xi Tiansi, who is just spreading the news, to be discovered to be false by both parties at the same time. Even if one side discovers it alone, he can use the other side's true reaction to explain it away.

"It's actually really hard to tell."

Aiwass opened his mouth to explain.

He didn't realize something was wrong until he saw Sherlock's reaction after he told the story about Tiansi.

——Because the first words they said when they met were actually said by Xi Tiansi.

After that, the first words Aiwass said to Sherlock were also "Thanks to Xi Tiansi for guiding the way." But Sherlock responded to all Aiwass's words except this half sentence, as if he hadn't heard it at all.

It wasn't until Aiwass directly said, "We met Xi Tiansi who pretended to be you before" that Sherlock seemed to finally hear Xi Tiansi's existence.

——Obviously, Xi Tiansi deliberately missed this sentence when he conveyed the message.

"Well, you don't have to apologize. This puzzle is quite interesting."

Sherlock also spoke, chuckled and nodded: "I have always felt that something was wrong. After all, I am very familiar with Yasen. His reaction was obviously abnormal... so I kept observing him.

"And Yasen's position, his sight, and the position he pointed to without hesitation all prove that there is a fourth person here. Before, Aiwas also nodded to the air, which further proved my point of view. But I am sure that I will never miss a single thing... There are only two possibilities. Either Xi Tiansi doesn't want me to see Him, but in that case, He doesn't need to appear on Yasen's side; or, there is something wrong with what I see in front of me. And Aiwas's reaction convinced me that what he saw might also be wrong."

"So you found out the truth immediately - amazing."

Xi Tiansi applauded and praised: "I've been too bored recently, so I came up with such a game. I have no malice, please forgive me... But you have passed my test. According to my rules, you should be given some rare rewards..."

"Give it to Sherlock, or to Yasen. I don't need it."

Aiwas refused without hesitation: "I'm just a little curious, Lord Tiansi..."

"If you don't come the first time, and come directly to the second time... Sherlock and I can't recognize it. It was because of the loophole the first time that we caught the clue the second time. "

"--If I don't tell you about my existence, then this game is unfair from the beginning. It's better to say it's a malicious fraud!"

Xi Tiansi smiled freely and said without hesitation: "I just want to show you a trick-I want to see if you can find the problem and how long it will take for you to find that it's always me who is with you. As a result, I never expected that the performance had just begun, and even the first act hadn't turned, and you all revealed the truth at the same time..."

"Because I heard a sentence from Isabel."

Ewass said softly: "That was her summary of the Puppet Face Secret Continuum...'The riddle that formed the riddle at the beginning happened to be the answer to the riddle itself'. When I just met you and learned that you were Xi Tiansi...I immediately thought of this sentence. "

"Hahaha, that's it! "

Xi Tiansi laughed happily, like an audience laughing at a comedy.

He said loudly: "But you still missed a layer - I haven't just seen you!"

...What?

Evans was stunned for a moment.

Yasen blurted out: "It's the moon deer! You have been following us since Ying Tiansi!"

"That's right! ! ! Now it's full marks! ! ! "

Xi Tiansi snapped his fingers and finally disappeared with a laugh.

Where he disappeared, a red puppet face fell.

Evans took a look and realized that it was the reward he left for them.