Chapter 3 · Attacking Stratagems
借屍還魂
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Borrow a Corpse to Return the Soul
借屍還魂
borrow · corpse · return · soul
Take something dead, forgotten, or discarded and revive it as the perfect vehicle for your plan.
今 Today
The neighbourhood running club that died of low attendance gets "revived" — same name, same old mailing list — except now it is really a coffee and pastry morning. The familiar name opens inboxes and doors a brand-new group never could.
反 When it backfires
Some corpses are dead for a reason. Reanimate the wrong one and you inherit all its original problems, plus the awkward question of why it died the first time.