[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon":3,"chapter-the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-638":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Fake Heiress Turns out to Be a True Tycoon!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1892674,2516,"Chapter 636: 636: Becoming More and More Human","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-638",638,"\u003Cp>Chapter 636: Chapter 636: Becoming More and More Human\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett Jennings was facing the smile on the small zombie doll’s face, silent for a moment, just about to speak when Liora Gold jumped out of her pocket and, without a word, plastered herself all over the doll’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it had no expression or speech, Scarlett inexplicably understood what it meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liora Gold: This doll is ugly, I’m blocking it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett chuckled a bit as she peeled Liora Gold off the doll’s face. The small zombie doll still didn’t have much expression, continuing to grin at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samuel Chalmers couldn’t help but inquire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett finally explained,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is a Tracking Doll I asked Stella Gibson to try and make, infused with a trace of sinister energy from the Undying Bone; it reacts when near it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Scarlett spoke, she quickly performed a hand gesture, channeling a trace of her own spiritual power into the doll to bind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the small zombie doll was bound, it immediately sprang out of the box, eyes wide open, raising its small arm, pointing straight ahead in a certain direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett and Samuel exchanged a glance and quickly instructed the driver to start the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car first arrived outside a residential building. After getting out, they followed the direction and saw the zombie doll pointing at a spot on the outer wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Inside?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doll shook its head, still pointing at the outer wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett then decisively went to the third floor. From the window at the stairwell, she looked outside and saw a footprint half-embedded in the wall on the rain eave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The footprint was clearly left recently and not the kind left on wet cement, but rather a depression made by the owner exerting too much force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t hard to guess who the footprint belonged to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett still remembered being kicked away by the Undying Bone back then. If not for the amulet and Sophie Harper protecting her, she would have broken several ribs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wondered what he was doing there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was thinking, she heard a man’s complaining voice from the adjacent apartment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t I tell you not to hang clothes outside the balcony anymore? My previous set of clothes was just stolen, and if this one gets stolen, I won’t have any clothes left to wear!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no space inside the balcony, how would I know there are weirdos stealing men’s clothes in this day and age…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the sound inside, Scarlett and Samuel exchanged looks and instantly understood the reason behind the footprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They remained silent for a moment, then turned to head down the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Scarlett returned and slipped three hundred yuan under the door of that household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, Scarlett wouldn’t have bothered with such gestures, but now she was part of the Security Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Post-incident compensation could be reimbursed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, following the directions of the small zombie doll, Scarlett and Samuel went to several locations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fountain square, a quiet alley, and then to a little boy’s home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After verifying their identity, they entered and saw the little boy. Scarlett’s gaze fell on a faint ring of black aura around the boy’s ankle, and she listened to the parents talk about yesterday’s “incident” at the square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The man who saved your child said he was called Greta?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, thankfully for that young chap, otherwise my cheeky brat would have definitely gotten ill.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hostess spoke, somewhat uncertainly looking at Scarlett, “That young chap didn’t have any issues, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You couldn’t blame her for thinking that. Scarlett, known online for what she did, showing up suddenly to inquire about yesterday’s events made her uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the woman’s worried gaze, Scarlett merely smiled, “No problem, he’s a good person.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then glanced at the boy again, took out a peace charm from her bag, and handed it over,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let the child wear this for safety.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hostess’s eyes lit up upon seeing the charm, thanking profusely and exchanging pleasantries as she escorted them to the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Scarlett and Samuel returned to the car, they carefully reviewed the information gathered so far about the undying bone’s transformation or, rather, Greta’s news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Changing clothes, exhibiting human behavior,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>consuming animal flesh, feeling hunger,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and seemingly growing completely normal human flesh outwardly, according to the description and the appearance before death, around twenty-seven or twenty-eight or under thirty, capable of speaking…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, he seems willing to mingle among humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the clues gathered this day, Scarlett’s mind was forming a clearer picture of the current state of the Undying Bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that image was moving away from her understanding of Undying Bone,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>starting to resemble a… person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just don’t know yet, what his goal is.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The movement pattern of the Undying Bone had no apparent logic, but Scarlett felt he wasn’t merely trying to evade the Security Bureau’s pursuit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So where does he want to go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to her, Samuel slowly spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If, as you say, he retains human consciousness, maybe he wants to go home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Renmants from that era rarely returned to their hometown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some, nobody even knew where they truly came from, let alone returning their remains home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet for people from Cathay Nation, no matter where, feelings for their birthplace were always distinct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were himself, he would go back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he can’t remember where his home is now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett pondered Samuel’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, she said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then when we find him, let’s ask him first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She casually fiddled with the small zombie doll’s arm, saying, “If he remembers, we could let him go home for a short trip first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spoke casually, seemingly forgetting their original mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samuel glanced at her, his eyes softened,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t plan on striking him down immediately?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the Security Bureau’s assessment of the undying bone’s threat level, their instructions were to eliminate him upon discovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Undying Bone isn’t something we two can just kill casually.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, for those who can engage in reasonable dialogue, Scarlett was more willing to talk things through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after becoming aware of the Undying Bone’s current state, Scarlett had another idea in mind, though it was a bold one the Security Bureau might not agree with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could try it secretly before reporting to the Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, she suddenly looked toward Samuel beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost forgot, she now had a partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I violate some Security Bureau field operation regulations, would you report me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scarlett asked this with her eyes tightly fixed on Samuel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he answered “yes”…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking into Scarlett’s intense gaze, Samuel seemed somewhat helpless yet amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, he earnestly countered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What exactly are the Security Bureau’s field operation regulations?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for regulations,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t looked into them; he wasn’t clear.\u003C\u002Fp>",1142,"2026-06-10T07:18:39.754Z",1,"novelbin.me","37d74cf5d9ca87bed97b6ae9c9a6fc0a7e80d81249b94f5a2af5fc6627fde220","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-680","the-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-chapter-679",1286,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-fake-heiress-turns-out-to-be-a-true-tycoon-cover.jpg"]