When Franca ended her hiding and silently opened the door of Athena's apartment, she saw the tall and thin Lumian with blond hair, blue eyes, squatting beside the unconscious Athena, wiping her face vigorously with a wet towel.
"What are you doing?" Franca asked in a puzzled tone, lowering her voice.
Shouldn't the target be the member of the "Spiritual Society" who pretends to be the art dealer Theresa
Lumian smiled and said:
"I just suddenly thought of a possibility."
"Since actors can play anyone, once the fake Theresa has established a close relationship with Athena, she can easily control this female companion, pretend to be her, and sneak into the female party at the Red House Cafe."
"Having Adena, who is familiar to everyone, convey the ideals of the Bliss Society and the hidden belief in evil gods will definitely be more convincing than a new member and will be more likely to gain the trust of others."
At this point, Lumian looked up at the bedroom of the apartment and said in a horror story tone:
“Perhaps, somewhere here, the real Athena is hiding in the form of a corpse.”
Franka unconsciously imagined that scene and took a breath silently.
She then straightened her back and said to herself:
"This is a good story. Tell it to Janna later."
After mumbling, she closed the door quietly and approached Lumian, refuting his suspicions:
"Browns Soren should be the 'Witch of Pleasure'. She shouldn't be unable to recognize whether her female companion is real or fake, right? Moreover, she has also interrogated Athena and knows what abilities the 'actor' has."
At this time, Lumian had "helped" the unconscious Athena remove her makeup, and confirmed that although her appearance had changed to some extent, she was still the same person.
He laughed softly:
"Based on your description, I don't really trust Browns Soran's judgment. She obviously has less experience than you. But since she has a witch sect behind her and has been identified, the results of the interrogation are still credible."
Lumian stopped paying attention to Athena and pointed at the fake Theresa who was under the effects of the "Hum Ha Technique", physical coma and the "Spiritual Society" drug, and said to Franka:
"Use the 'magic mirror divination' to confirm whether she is a core member of the 'Spiritual Society'."
Although Lumian had basically determined that the fake Theresa was a core member of the "Society of Bliss" based on her performance during the concert, they did not follow or monitor her all the way. Instead, they arrived at the destination in advance and waited. What if the other party noticed something was wrong and changed someone else
Judging from the fact that this fake Theresa has "Truth Serum" and other special secret medicines of the "Supreme Society" on her, she must be related to the "Supreme Society", but it is unknown whether she is a core member.
The answer to this question will determine how Lumian and others will proceed.
Adena is next door to this apartment.
Browns Soren was still monitoring the situation, but she only heard vague and fuzzy conversations and didn't notice anything else.
Athena and the fake Theresa were going to chat and drink some wine first? Although this was not passionate enough, it was still quite romantic... Browns Soran once again looked at the building opposite, urging Franca Roland and her lover, hoping that they would not wait until the fake Theresa was completely submerged before launching a surprise attack.
The living room of Adena's apartment.
Franca raised her right palm and quickly condensed a crystal clear ice cone, which she gently stabbed in the fake Theresa's hand, drawing a little blood.
The fake Theresa instinctively retracted her arm, but had not yet broken through the limitations of the triple coma and woke up.
Franka smeared the blood on a mirror, intending to use it as a medium and sacrifice to inquire about a being from the underworld, hoping to gain unique identification of the spirit.
After completing all the preliminary work, Franka picked up the mirror and recited in Hermetic: "Shadows wandering in the underworld, friendly creatures that can communicate, unique eyes that never die..."
The blood-stained surface of the mirror suddenly turned a bit green, and the pale water light rippled.
When the spell was finished, Franka asked respectfully:
"Is the owner of the blood the art dealer Theresa?"
"No." An indifferent voice, as if it had been eroded by infinite time, came from the mirror.
Franka asked the second question:
"Is the owner of the blood a core member of Trier's 'Supreme Bliss Society'?"
The indifferent voice gradually faded away:
"Yes."
Franka didn't ask any more questions because this being only answered two questions at a time.
She watched the pale water light quickly converge inward, and watched the blood on the surface of the mirror strangely seep in and disappear.
Franca then turned her head and said to Lumian:
"He is a core member of the 'Supreme Bliss Society'."
Lumian sighed softly and said:
"It's a pity that I don't know how to perform the frontal lobe removal surgery, and Anthony Reid is not a 'hypnotist' yet. I can only communicate with the spirit directly."
Using the "truth serum" does not mean that the fake Theresa will not resist after she wakes up. Given her beliefs and abilities, there will inevitably be a fierce battle, and she will most likely be killed. In this case, it is better to do it now.
Lumian said as he squatted down, his right palm burning with red flames.
The flames quickly entangled with each other and quickly gathered and turned white.
As Lumian gently pressed the fake Theresa's body with his right palm, the blazing white fireball suddenly disappeared out of thin air.
Boom!
A dull explosion sounded from inside the fake Theresa's body, and she trembled a few times before completely losing her life.
During this process, Franka was busy preparing the "magic mirror spiritualism".
Although she could forcefully communicate with the fake Theresa when she was unconscious, that was not safe enough and might cause some unnecessary trouble to her spirit and soul. More importantly, the target believed in the evil god, which meant that there was a risk of being contaminated if she was not careful.
Adena is next door to this apartment.
Browns Soran, who was hiding in the shadows, sensed subtle fluctuations.
Using the ability? Has it started? Browns Soran didn't know whether the change now was that the fake Theresa began to use the ability of the "Mother Tree of Desire" to flirt, or that Franka Roland and her lover had already sneaked into the target location and were ready to take action.
Without hesitation, Browns Soran, dressed in a black hunting suit, silently opened the window, crawled out along the shadows, clung to the outer wall, and slowly approached Athena's apartment.
Franka completed the "magic mirror spiritualism" and saw the light of water floating on the dark and deep mirror, "reflecting" a beautiful and charming but pale and miserable face.
"What's your name?" Franka asked directly, using the simplest question to test the effect of the "magic mirror psychic".
Theresa replied in a disembodied voice:
My name is Beatrice Ankur.
"What is your real identity?" Franca continued to ask.
Beatrice Ankur said with a dull expression:
"I run a lounge, and that came from my dead husband."
Franka then led to the key part of the question:
"Are you a core member of the 'Supreme Bliss Society'
"Yes." Beatrice Ankur didn't even nod obviously.
Franka did not ask about the beliefs of the "Supreme Bliss Society" or whether there were any oracles recently. Although she was not as afraid of the evil god "Mother Tree of Desire" as she was of "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun", and she did not even dare to become a spirit, she still had enough knowledge about the risks and knew what to ask and what not to ask, what was safe and what might bring pollution.
She considered it for a moment and said:
"Do you know Lumian Lee or Charles Dubois?"
Beatrice answered the question blankly:
"have no idea."
I don’t know… Lumian, who was listening, raised his eyebrows.
The core members of the "Spiritual Society" do not know what Suzanne Mathis's final plan is
Franka was also surprised and frowned.
Susanna, what did Matisse want to do in the market district before he died
Beatrice Ankur said calmly:
“She wants to awaken the great sacred tree, let its roots enter Trier in the Fourth Epoch, and let its crown grow into the kingdom of false gods.
"Did she tell me how to wake her up?" Franca asked.
Beatrice Ankur's voice became colder and colder, and her expression became more and more wooden:
"No."
Don't they know that Susanna Mathis wants to capture me and sacrifice me to the Mother Tree of Desire? Lumian's thoughts raced as he whispered a name to Franca:
"Mip. Meier."
Franka understood what he meant and asked the spirit in the mirror:
"Where is Maipu Meier?"
Maipu Maier is the former manager of the Old Colombard Theatre and Suzanne Matisse's beauty and most trusted subordinate.
Beatrice replied in a voice that sounded more and more like that of the dead:
"I don't know. He is a man and is hated and alienated by us."
Hearing this, Lumian understood something and roughly figured out the reason:
In the matter of the "Shadow Tree", Susanna Mathis, who had become an evil spirit, was extremely extreme in both her choices and actions. She did not inform other core members of the "Society of the Bliss" of the detailed situation and specific progress. Only her direct subordinates such as Maip Mayer and Charlotte Calvino knew the complete plan.
After the deaths of Susanna Matisse and Charlotte Calvino, Maior, who relied on the former to become a core member of the "Society of the Beatitudes", was ostracized and suppressed, and he did not tell others about the relevant problems.
This is normal to think about. A secret organization with "desire" as its core will definitely be full of desires and open and covert struggles. A man like Maipu Meier is an obvious outlier in the core group that advocates women loving women.
Franka thought for a few seconds and rephrased the question:
"What are Maipu Meier's plans recently
Beatrice's face turned pale and green, and even the stiff expression disappeared:
"A few weeks ago, Maipu Meier said he was going to sneak back to the market area to do something. After that, I never saw him again."
Sneak back into the market area to do something? Lumian and Franca were both shocked.