Screams of agony, hatred and fear filled the entire dungeon.
The Alarm Girls were targeted first. They hadn't even made sense of their current situations yet when they were already howling in pure pain. They were forcefully awakened from their unconscious states when boiling hot water was splashed on the lower half of their bodies.
It would've been better if they didn't wake up at all because the moment they opened their eyes, their worst nightmare began.
The remnant-controlled Iris was like a crazed demoness from hell. She didn't know any proper torture techniques nor did she know how to use the torture instruments available in the room. But it didn't matter. Her maniacal cruelty was enough to inflict the worst pain possible to the Alarm Girls even without following a set method of torture.
"Damn you to hell, Iris Long! You'll pay for this!" Wanwan screeched at her.
Iris cut off her tongue.
Feifei and Wanwan were so frightened that they stopped cursing and screaming.
"P-please…forgive us! We were wrong…we shouldn't h-have gone against y-you… Please Iris…d-don't this to us," Feifei begged.
Iris also cut off her tongue.
"Nooooo!" Meimei shrieked. "S-stay away from me! You're not human! You're a devil!"
Lu Zihao ran to her and pulled her in his arms.
"N-no. I don't want to d-do this…"
She cried out as her expression kept on changing. Tears ran down her eyes. The remnant within her was drunk with the scent of blood. It was far from appeased yet. It wanted more cruelty and violence in order to satisfy its desire for revenge.
However, Iris couldn't stomach such brutality, especially since it was done by her own hands. As she continued fighting against the crazed remnant within her, the disconnect between her and her body was dangerously reaching its limit. If the struggle continued, the connection would snap.
The remnant battered against her will. It was like trying to restrain an out of control wild beast with nothing but her own body. Reasoning with it was futile.
Lu Zihao somehow sensed the dangerous situation within her. Panic flooded him and he shook Iris. "No! Little sister, listen to me!"
Her consciousness was gradually fading away, but she still forced herself to look at her brother. It felt like some phantom white mist was melting the connection between her and the body, trying to suck her away into a world of nothingness.
"Don't fight against it. Let it get its revenge," he told her in a desperate tone. Cold fear enveloped him seeing her eyes slowly losing the light of life. No! He wasn't going to lose his sister a second time! "Please, Evelinka. Let go just this once. Consider this as a gift to the original Long Xiulan for letting you use her body."
Iris held onto her consciousness, struggling to hear her brother's words. It felt like she was drowning, big and angry waves buffeting against her, pulling her down to the dark depths. Her brother was now her only lifeline.
"Big brother…" she said in a weak, almost inaudible voice. Then her eyes fluttered close.
"No! Evelinka! Wake up! Are you really going to end this second life of yours like this?! What about Jin Liwei?! Are you going to leave him?!"
Her eyes snapped open. "Liwei… I…I want Liwei…I m-miss him…"
"That's right. You have to live if you want to be with him. And in order for you to live, you have to do this. Little sister, let it out."
"Liwei…"
The image of Jin Liwei pulled her from the tentacles of the white mist, dissipating them. Her heart thundered inside her chest, as if urging her to get this done as soon as possible so that she could return to her man.
She became alert again. Sensing her change of heart, the remnant within her became excited, battering against her more forcefully to be let out.
Her eyes narrowed.
'I'll let you have this revenge, but after this, give me full control of this body.'
'Fine.' She sighed and withdrew herself inside, allowing the remnant to once again take control of her body.
The moment the remnant took over, Lu Zihao immediately knew that the woman in his arms wasn't his sister anymore. His expression became cold and he let go of her, almost pushing her away from him like a dirty piece of garbage. He stood up and walked to a wall, leaning his back against it with his hands tucked inside the pockets of his jeans.
His subordinates witnessed everything that happened. Although they couldn't understand their conversation because they were speaking in Russian, they could see that Miss Xiulan showed two different personalities and that their leader treated the personalities differently. It seemed that Miss Xiulan really did have split personality.
The cruel and bloodthirsty Iris was back. She picked up the bloody knife from the floor and proceeded to cut off Meimei's tongue as well, ignoring the pleas of forgiveness.
She broke their fingers and several other bones in their bodies. Then she destroyed their faces, completely shattering their pride in their appearances. To celebrities like them, it was the biggest and the most painful blow. As a result, they stopped struggling, surrendering themselves to their tragic fates. They now lost their will to live, wishing instead for the quick release of death.
However, they were bound to be disappointed. Iris had no intention of killing them. She wanted them to suffer while alive.
The remnant wasn't the original Iris. It was only a part of her remaining in the body like muscle memory. However, this part was very potent, made up of extreme emotions and memories. In this case, it was made up of pure desire for revenge against the original Iris' enemies.
Unfortunately, the original Iris' enmity against the Alarm Girls were stamped too deeply from their years of clashing against each other. Even though the Alarm Girls didn't cause her death, hatred was hatred so they needed to be punished. The remnant wasn't able to realize for itself that its punishment was too extreme for the level of the girls' offenses.
The remnant was like a final security command after its original owner's death. It was on autopilot mode with a single mission to avenge its original owner. Until it achieved its purpose, it wouldn't allow anyone else to gain full control of its owner's body.
She only stopped when the Alarm Girls lost consciousness due to extreme pain. They finally reached the limits that they could take.
"Hmph! How weak," she spat at them in derision.
Then her eyes zeroed in on the still unconscious Fan Luo. This time, her eyes flashed with extreme loathing. This was her murderer!
"Fan Luo!!!" she roared and pounced.