Chapter 963


    “It looks like… They have always been the same. Anyway, they just treated me unusually badly,”


    X Quest said.


    “I think it’s unlikely that the person controlled them at an early stage… Perhaps, some time down


    the road, they fell under this person’s control. Otherwise, X wouldn’t have been able to stay alive


    until now.


    “But I still don’t get it. This person feels to me like a very powerful person. It should be very easy for


    him to take your life. Why did he go around in circles like this? Wouldn’t it be easier if he simply


    hypnotized you and made youmit suicide?” Ron Batton began to voice his concerns.


    The things Stanley Batton and Ron said were also what X wanted to say.


    Endless question marks circled the three of their heads. All three of them felt very confused.


    There were many issues from a logical standpoint.


    “I’m afraid we’ll only be able to understand what exactly is going on after we find that person. The


    problem is that he is in the dark while we are in the light. It might not be quite as easy to find him…”


    Ron continued speaking solemnly.


    X and Stanley nodded at the same time to show that they agreed.


    The things they spoke of were merely their hypotheses. In the end, they still wouldn’t be able to find


    an answer.


    The only way they could find theprehensive answer was to locate that person.


    “Oh, right. There’s one other thing I can’t seem to understand. Why would that person give May and


    Emily so much Soul Devouring Potion? Could they have been nning to harm others with it but


    didn’t manage to do so yet?” X asked another question.


    “You don’t know this, but people who are hypnotized using the Soul Devouring Potion need to


    consume it once a week to remain under the hypnotized state. That’s the only way the hypnosis will


    work effectively… Hence, they have this with them so that they could drink it.


    “Moreover, the Soul Devouring Potion is addicting. After drinking it once, one would never be able to


    stay away… That’s why they need to consume it every week.


    “Whenever they don’t consume it on time, their bone marrow and all the organs in their body would


    start to hurt. This thing is even scarier than drugs,” Ron exined earnestly.


    After listening to Ron’s answer, X thought deeply for a few seconds. “If they had been hypnotized


    very early on, someone should’ve been delivering this stuff to them while they were stuck in prison.


    Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been in such a peaceful state,” X said.


    “If that’s the case, it must be true… Otherwise, as their family, you must have heard about the two of


    them being brought to the hospital due to abnormal circumstances,” Stanley said with a deep frown


    on his face.


    “I’m very curious about who this ‘master’ is… Why does this person hate me so much?” X


    couldn’t think of anybody for the longest time.


    Ron frowned deeply. “Could it be an enemy of your family? Perhaps a business rival to your father?


    Or could it be bad blood from the previous generation?” he asked.


    “My family doesn’t have any bad blood from the previous generation… But we naturally do have


    many enemies in business. The business world is like a battlefield. Making enemies is inevitable if


    we want to secure our business,” X answered.C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org.


    “Perhaps it might be someone your family’s business offended? If this person doesn’t want to kill


    you directly, is it possible that he wants to keep you alive to torture you slowly? What if he wants to


    kill you only after he’s had fun torturing you?” Ron added.


    His words made X’s hair stand from the terror she felt.


    It wasn’t impossible.


    Stanley was equally creeped out by what Ron said. He felt terrified when he thought about all this.


    “There’s also another possibility… What if he’s an enemy to the Batton family?” X said.


    “That’s not impossible…” Ron said.


    “Anyway, anything is possible right now,” he added.


    “May and Emily’s deaths are definitely rted to this ‘master’. We can try to find out about this


    person’s identity from the two of their bodies…” Stanley narrowed his dark eyes before lighting up a


    cigarette. He took a puff at it while he spoke.


    X gently nodded. “I must tell my father about this. To avoid alerting our enemy, we must


    cooperate with my father. We’ll pretend not to have discovered anything and bury May and Emily.”