Chapter 61: Perfect Hairstyling

"If the hypothesis of a false world is correct, then everything suddenly makes sense."

"I found no divine statues or offering incense at any of the crime scenes, because those crime scenes are essentially fake, and naturally, they would not produce offering incense or divine statues."

"The only appearance of Lord Cui's statue also occurred at a questionable time."

"It should simply be a part of the cyclic rules, bound to appear at the doctor's house, which is why the Jia family and Wei Hao were also able to use the Flying Blade Curse."

Having figured this out, Wu Xian felt much happier.

His train of thought gradually became clearer, and the mysteries of the blessed land diminished a little.

...

Next was the third problem.

The four evil entities inside Wu Xian's body!

If Wu Xian guessed correctly, the curse upon him was likely still active. They had only agreed not to pressure him into slaughtering the entire Jia family, but they never said they would lift the curse without the slaughter taking place.

Besides, even if Wu Xian wanted to fulfill the conditions of the curse and slaughter the Jia family, he actually couldn't do it.

Because the members of the Jia family had already been wiped out by Wei Hao long ago!

Judging from the perspective of the cycle, whatever happened to the Jia family would also happen to Wu Xian.

Therefore, what would happen next was already crystal clear.

Wu Xian would be found by Wei Hao tomorrow night. The family of four that Wu Xian had just killed would show Wei Hao the way, and pursued by the four monster detectives, Wu Xian would inevitably be captured.

The morning after tomorrow, Wu Xian would be sent to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation, only to be killed on the way by the newly appointed Chief Inspector Wei Hao, who had come seeking revenge.

To ensure that he was killed, the four evil entities residing in Wu Xian's body would forcefully intervene on that day, extending eight arms to bind Wu Xian, thereby ensuring that a new cycle would definitely begin.

So how to break the deadlock?

Wu Xian pondered for a moment and took out all his black dog blood.

The blood he had drawn earlier, combined with what he had just drawn, totaled seven vials of black dog blood. The previous five vials had been kept fresh with ice, so they were still quite fresh now.

Wu Xian gathered a few plastic bags, thumbtacks, and five vials of black dog blood, and spent over an hour stitching together a special vest. He then placed this vest inside an insulated box for storage.

This vest was Wu Xian's reliance for breaking the deadlock, as well as an attempt of his to shatter the cycle.

The final thing to consider was how to break the cycle.

To shatter the cycle, relying on the Flying Blade Curse would not work, because theoretically, he could acquire this item every single time, yet he was still trapped within the cycle.

To break the cycle, one had to find a way to worship other deities.

But where could other deities be found?

Wu Xian pondered for a moment.

His eyes gradually lit up. Perhaps right there, he could find a divine statue other than Judge Cui of the Underworld!

It was that barbershop he frequently saw along the street, the one whose artistic style was completely different from the rest of the city. That was the breakthrough point to shatter the cycle!

The time Wu Xian would be captured by the chief inspector was tomorrow night.

Therefore, the time to visit the barbershop was set for tomorrow morning. Wu Xian had to resolve this evil entity and acquire a new deity-worshiping item before the time ran out.

As for the present moment.

Wu Xian rubbed his temples.

He was already exhausted. Enduring the fatigue, he tidied up his personal hygiene, lay down on the soft mattress, and fell into a deep sleep.

...

Early the next morning.

Wu Xian adopted a simple disguise.

He returned to the city once more and located that barbershop with the distinctly different aesthetic style.

Perfect Hair Salon.

Wu Xian ordered some fine wine and dishes at a restaurant near the barbershop and observed from a distance, intending to wait for some unlucky soul to go in for a haircut, so he could observe this evil entity's abilities and find its weakness.

Yet, even after Wu Xian had eaten his fill, not a single victim went in to throw away their life.

The barbershop seemed to radiate an invisible aura. Pedestrians passing by all avoided the entrance of the barbershop as if steering clear of a sewage truck, walking around it in an arc.

Wu Xian realized that if he kept waiting, probably no one else would go in to get a haircut by nightfall, and the restaurant owner was already giving him unfriendly looks.

Thus, Wu Xian had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk into Perfect Hair Salon.

Although the exterior of the barbershop was ornate, the interior was very spacious, containing only a single chair and a mirror, with a floor of dark red. With this minimalist style of decoration, even if a bloody murder took place, it would probably be very easy to clean up.

As soon as Wu Xian stepped through the door.

A tall woman walked out to greet him.

This woman stood a full 1.8 meters tall and had a relatively pretty face, yet she gave Wu Xian a deeply jarring feeling.

Some parts of her seemed masculine, while others were feminine. It couldn't quite be called gender-neutral, but rather resembled a distorted "mixed-sex." Every movement of her limbs was extremely stiff, like a puppet lacking the vitality of life.

"Hello, are you here for a haircut?"

"How much does a haircut cost?"

This was the question Wu Xian had to ask in advance every time he got a haircut, even at a familiar establishment.

The woman smiled slightly upon hearing this.

"We don't charge money here, and our service includes a shampoo, a haircut, a shave, and a blow-dry. If you'd like..."

No money, just taking lives instead, right?

Wu Xian muttered inwardly, but his face still wore a delighted expression. "Free is great! I love this kind of cheap bargain."

Under the woman's service, he washed his hair, sat down in the solitary chair, and was draped in a barber's cape.

"Please wait here for a moment. I'll go call the barber to come out and cut your hair."

The woman gently brushed her hand across Wu Xian's face, gave a seductive smile, and walked toward a partition on the side.

This partition was veiled by a curtain, and there seemed to be a large space behind it.

The curtain was thin, and through the light, Wu Xian could vaguely discern the contours of her movements.

She seemed to be changing clothes.

"Just a haircut, why change clothes?"

Wu Xian had no interest in this mixed-sex person, but he still stared intently to avoid suffering a loss due to a moment of carelessness.

Once all her clothes were stripped off, the bizarre woman didn't put on new ones, but instead began stripping further. This time, she wasn't stripping off clothes, but herself!

Watching this scene, Wu Xian's eyelids twitched wildly.

He saw the woman behind the curtain first peel off her skin, then her muscles, and her internal organs, until finally only a bare skeleton stood erect, and then—

Splash...

The skeleton collapsed as well!

The thin curtain was billowed upward by a strange gust of wind, and on the ground, only a pile of chaotic flesh and blood could be seen...

Suddenly.

A hand pressed down on Wu Xian's shoulder.

A heavily accented male voice came from behind Wu Xian: "Sir, what kind of hairstyle would you like?"

Wu Xian swallowed hard.

He had been tilting his head to the side all along, so he could see very clearly—there was no one behind him at all!

He turned his head back mechanically.

Only to see in the mirror that a feminine male barber was grooming a sharp, blood-stained razor. This evil entity...

Existed only in the mirror!