Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 601 - 598: Encounter with a Ghost?

Chapter 601: Chapter 598: Encounter with a Ghost?

It turned out that this Mr. Miyajima’s name was Miyajima Tairo, and Lin Tian thought to himself that the name "Tairo" was far too common in Japan. However, this "Tairo" found no joy at the moment.

"Heh heh..." Listening to the Law Enforcers, Miyajima Tairo became even more anxious, the sounds he made quickening, but he just couldn’t speak.

"Which one of you," the lead enforcer pointed at Lin Tian and his group, demanding, "is the traitor that Miyajima Tairo just mentioned?"

Kikuchi Mika hurriedly said, "There are none, no traitors. We’ve been cleaning the lab the whole time and saw no sign of any traitor. Plus, think about it—if there were a traitor, they wouldn’t show themselves in the shrine, that would be suicide."

The Law Enforcer did not openly accept or reject Kikuchi Mika’s words, but instead, turned again to Miyajima Tairo, saying, "I’ll give you one more chance, point out who the traitor is!"

As soon as Miyajima Tairo heard "point out," he immediately realized, if he couldn’t talk, he still had hands to use.

His expression stern, he lifted his hand to point. Lin Tian sneered and was about to take action again. If the Nine Needle Technique could render someone deaf and mute, surely it could also immobilize a person.

Miyajima Tairo was just an ordinary person; as long as he stopped the flow of blood and energy in his body, he would naturally become immobile. Of course, it’s easy to immobilize an ordinary person, but very difficult to do so to an Ancient Martial Artist.

An Ancient Martial Artist’s True Qi circulates in their body, which is hundreds to thousands of times stronger than blood and energy. Simple techniques are not enough to immobilize them.

But before he could cast out his golden threads, he heard a series of low chanting sounds beside him. Without having to guess, the only person present who could chant incantations was the Heavenly Master Girl herself.

"... Immobilization spell, immobilize!"

As the spell took effect, Miyajima Tairo suddenly froze, with his raised hand pointing directly at the Law Enforcer in front of him.

Seeing the stance of a frozen Miyajima Tairo, a light flashed through Lin Tian’s mind, and he suddenly remembered something.

Not long ago, he had been inexplicably immobilized at school. Although he broke free with his immense strength, the matter had always been an open case; Lin Tian could never figure out what had happened.

Now, seeing Miyajima Tairo’s situation, Lin Tian realized that he had been hit by an immobilization spell too. If there was an immobilization spell, there had to be someone casting it.

Someone around me knows Taoist techniques! Lin Tian immediately came to this conclusion. But then another question arose—who could this person skilled in Taoist techniques be?

Fatty Huang? Unlikely, that guy only knows how to eat, his mind filled only with food, where would he have room for incantations? Lin Tian immediately dismissed the foodie.

Class Leader He? The math fanatic Chen Herun? Or the sports committee member Yao Yun? Several people came to mind, but he negated them one by one.

That left only the two people closest to him, Zhang Lingyu and Xiao Manxuan. It seemed highly improbable that it was the little girl Manxuan—if it were her, she was hiding it splendidly. That left Zhang Lingyu as the most mysterious school beauty. After much analysis, Lin Tian narrowed it down to her.

If she knew Taoist techniques, then she would be a Demon Exorcist. A Demon Exorcist and a zombie becoming classmates and friends—as if that wasn’t a huge joke?!

Demon Exorcists and zombies were natural enemies!

However, all of this was conjecture. Lin Tian had no evidence to prove Zhang Lingyu knew Taoist techniques. He needed to deal with the situation at present, but when he had the time, he could ask her.

His thoughts were fleeting and didn’t take up much time. By now, Miyajima Tairo was pointing at the so-called "traitor," and the person he pointed at was none other than the Law Enforcer who had just charged in.

Of course, it wasn’t his intention, he was simply immobilized by the Heavenly Master Girl’s immobilization spell. But the others didn’t know that, and the rest of the people in the greenhouse were once again stunned. They couldn’t help themselves and began murmuring amongst themselves.

"Has Miyajima Tairo gone mad?" someone whispered.

"I don’t think it’s madness, it could be that he accidentally got poisoned by Gu, leading to disordered behavior. Think about it, many of the herbs grown here are symbiotic with Gu worms. There’s a high chance he was inadvertently poisoned." Another person offered a different perspective.

Whether it was madness or Gu poison, the way they looked at Miyajima Tairo was one of schadenfreude, especially the female subordinates in the greenhouse, who all had a look of relief on their faces.

Of course, these Law Enforcers in charge of cleaning up their ranks couldn’t possibly be traitors. To dare to mock Law Enforcers was like rebelling against the heavens, so they were, needless to say, very displeased, or more accurately, very angry.

"Very good, Miyajima Tairo, this is the second time you’ve made a fool of us," the leader said with an icy face and a sinister tone.

After speaking, he took two steps towards Miyajima Tairo and raised his hand to deliver a fierce slap. Miyajima Tairo looked at the oncoming palm with horror, thinking that if it hit, he would lose half his teeth.

His brain subconsciously wanted to dodge, and then he found that he could move again, so Miyajima Tairo tried desperately to dodge to the side. But as an ordinary person, how could he evade a trained Martial Artist?

With a loud "smack," Miyajima Tairo took a solid slap to the face and was sent tumbling to the ground.

Struggling to his feet, Miyajima Tairo spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with several teeth. Although he had not managed to completely dodge, the slight evasion had reduced some of the force, enough that he lost only a few teeth.

The only upside was that he realized the discomfort in his throat had disappeared and his movements had returned to normal.

"You’ve gone too far!" Miyajima, being a minor leader, found it hard to swallow his pride after being humiliated in such a manner, thus he couldn’t suppress his anger.

"Too far? You called Lord Nagano to bring us here, you’ve played us several times, getting slapped is getting off lightly. What, you don’t agree? Then spit it out, who is the traitor?" The leading Law Enforcer said disdainfully.

"I..." Miyajima Tairo wanted to say something and point out Lin Tian and the others.

But remembering what had just happened, too weird for comfort—suddenly unable to speak or move, and then just as suddenly able to talk and act—it was like encountering a ghost in the dead of night, so he dared not continue.

If the weirdness were to happen again, he wouldn’t know how to face that.

"What ’I’? If you disagree, then fight us, we’re always ready." The leader dropped those words, turned around with a few Law Enforcers, and left the greenhouse, leaving behind several puzzled Japanese.

Only after that group left did Miyajima Tairo fully recover his senses, but the swelled part of his face where he’d been slapped wouldn’t go down for a while.

He looked suspiciously at Lin Tian and the other two, then at Kikuchi Mika, trying to discern from their expressions who was responsible for the mischief. But he noticed nothing unusual; Lin Tian and the others wore masks, and all he could see were their eyes.

Moreover, he believed that Lin Tian and his companions certainly didn’t possess such abilities; otherwise, why would they be ordinary Ninjas?

Then he looked over to the other people in the greenhouse, who all lowered their heads and continued working as if nothing had happened.

Could it be that he encountered a ghost late at night? The thought suddenly crossed Miyajima’s mind.