"ha!"
The mark on Lumian’s right chest flashed, his spirit body vibrated, and a yellowish light flew out of his mouth.
It instantly hit "Guillaume Bennet", who was wearing a dark shirt and black trousers, and made him faint with an expression of surprise, astonishment and confusion, and fell to the ground.
"Hum-ha technique"!
Fake! Seeing this scene, Lumian narrowed his eyes slightly and made a judgment without being particularly disappointed.
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This was definitely not the parish priest. Not to mention whether Guillaume Bene, a Sequence 5 "Life Hunter", could have been knocked unconscious by the "Heng Ha Technique", the confusion and bewilderment he showed when he was attacked alone made Lumian suspect that the "Stand" was originally an ordinary person who had no knowledge of supernatural powers and the world of mysticism.
Without bothering to deal with the stunned butler, Lumian turned around and ran out of the small living room.
As he ran, he whispered, "Go 'Dill'!"
The figure of Franca, wearing a hood and a black robe with leather armor, appeared in front of Lumian.
Lumian grabbed her shoulders, causing the black mark on her right shoulder to glow faintly.
Amidst chaotically layered blocks of pure color, the two appeared on the balcony at the end of the sixth floor of the "Dill" brothel.
—When Lumian sent Janna here and told Albus he could leave, he was already "familiar" with and memorized the coordinates of this place.
Seeing her companions arrive, Janna, dressed as a female mercenary, walked out from the shadows, pointed to room 602, and said in a low voice: "It's not over yet."
"Fuck, it's really annoying!"
“Is this the second round?” Lumian chuckled.
According to Albus, the person in room 602 should have vented his anger once before he had time to drink afternoon tea, but now it started again.
"Isn't the soundproofing pretty good?" Franca tilted her head curiously and listened to the noise in Room 602.
Jenna curled her lips as she watched Lumian wipe his face with his hand and turned into an ordinary waiter at the Dill brothel.
“The woman inside screamed every once in a while.
"Fuck, that erotic priest might have sadistic tendencies, right?"
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As an underground singer, Janna frequently goes to bars and dance halls, and she has created an image of being hot and unrestrained. She is not lacking in knowledge about similar things, and she has a good relationship with Franca, who is in charge of the dancers in several major dance halls. What she sees and hears is much richer than that of a normal girl. Therefore, although she has no practical experience, her breadth of knowledge and depth of theory are not bad.
Franka understood immediately and made a "tsk" sound while trying to control the volume.
Lumian, who had completed the transformation using the "Face of Nether", looked at Franca, wanting to use the fluorescent powder to sprinkle it on the corridor outside Room 602.
This is to counter Guillaume Bene's "invisibility" ability!
As far as Lumian knew, that kind of "invisibility" did not have the effect of eliminating traces and smells. During the battle, if Guillaume Bennet concealed his figure and fled to the corridor, the fluorescent powder would leave him with clear footprints, indicating the direction for Lumian's attack.
But on second thought, Lumian felt that the fluorescent powder was too obvious, and it would be easy for Guillaume Bene to notice the abnormality in advance and use his strange ability to escape before he launched a surprise attack.
After a brief thought, he whispered to Franca:
"You hide in the corridor and make the target's doorway covered with invisible spider silk from the ground to the ceiling."
In this case, "invisibility" will be useless, and "slow flight" will also be entangled!
"No problem." Franca pulled up her black hood, stepped forward and entered the corridor.
Her figure disappeared, just like a snowman melting in the sun.
After seven or eight seconds, Lumian felt his legs being caressed by wisps of light breeze.
He was startled at first, then he understood:
"This is Franca's invisible message to tell me that she is ready.
"After this guy became the 'Pleasure Witch', everything she did gave me the feeling that she was teasing me... Also, she had just been promoted and couldn't fully control the power of the potion, so she would be affected unconsciously..."
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While mumbling silently, Lumian turned his head to Jenna and said:
"You just hide in the shadows here. If Guillaume Bene tries to escape from here, you can shoot him or assassinate him. If you fail, retreat immediately.
"If he runs in another direction, you don't have to worry about it."
"Okay." Janna had already gained some experience and did not try to get more involved.
She felt that with her own sequence and strength, she would be able to carry out an assassination when the conditions were right.
After arranging his companions, Lumian turned around and cast his gaze towards the wooden door of Room 602 again.
He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, calming his emotions a little.
After doing this, Lumian carried a reclining chair from the balcony into the corridor.
With the invisible spider silk actively avoiding him, he came to a place far away from room 602 and placed the chair in the empty space.
The next second, he gently patted the back of the chair, causing red flames to flow out from his palms and move to every corner of the chair like a snake.
As the armchair was set on fire, Lumian started to jog, ran to the outside of Room 602 without concealing his movements, and banged on the wooden door.
"do what?"
A suppressed and angry voice came from room 602, as if it was at a critical moment.
"Fire! Fire!" Lumian shouted in panic with skillful expression.
"Fed by a sow!" the man in the room cursed in a Reston accent.
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This was accompanied by a movement of getting out of bed which was very obvious to the "hunter".
Two or three seconds later, the door opened a little, revealing a man wearing an iron-colored half-face mask, a white shirt, and bare lower body.
Also hanging on him was a brown-haired girl in a gauze nightgown.
Fuck, they are reluctant to separate? Franca, who was in invisible state across the street, saw this scene and muttered inwardly with amusement.
Lumian was highly focused. When he saw the man who looked like Guillaume Bennet appear and looked at the chair with smoke and flames coming out, he immediately opened his mouth and said, "Ha!"
Another yellowish light flew out, piercing through the man wearing the iron-colored half-face mask and the girl in the gauze nightgown, enveloping them.
The man suspected to be Guillaume Bennet showed astonishment and panic in his eyes, and it was obvious that he had some understanding of extraordinary powers.
His eyes immediately dimmed, lost their spirit, and fainted, half a beat slower than the girl.
Amid the thump of the heavy object falling to the ground, Lumian seemed to be in a dream:
Impossible, as a "life hunter", Guillaume Bene can't be knocked unconscious by the "Hum Ha Technique" of the "contracted person"...
Is he fake
The one at 50 Vincent Street is obviously fake too!
Where is it really
Lumian quickly came to his senses, squatted down, and lifted the man's iron mask.
He was very familiar with the face under the mask. It was indeed Guillaume Bene's face with a slightly hooked nose. Lumian had a sullen face, pushed away the half-naked girl who was pressing on the target man, and tore off the white shirt.
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The next second, he saw three black marks shaped like signatures on the unconscious man's upper body, on the left chest, right chest and abdomen.
This is not Guillaume Bennet!
Guillaume Bene has more than three contracts, at least a dozen!
Are they all fake? Are they all substitutes? Lumian clenched his fists, and there seemed to be an invisible flame burning in his eyes.
He stood up and dragged the man who looked exactly like Guillaume Bennet back to room 602. Then he found a blanket, wrapped the unconscious girl in it, and threw her into the corridor.
At this time, Franka also found that the prey seemed to be fake again, so she exited the invisible state, condensed ice, and extinguished the fire on the chair.
As she moved the girl in the corridor to a nearby empty room, Lumian stretched out his right hand and grasped the Fatebearer's throat.
With a snapping sound, he directly broke the opponent's neck, causing him to lose his life in a coma.
Then he closed the wooden door, pulled out the ritual silver dagger, and simply sanctified it, creating a "spiritual wall" covering room 602.
Then he began the "dance of invocation," a method of conducting preliminary, purposeful channeling.
The reason why he didn't ask Franka for help was because he didn't know what kind of strange creatures the deceased had contracted, which would likely bring corresponding pollution. Only he, who had already been the gift of fate, would not be affected during the spiritual communication process.
As for the drugs and the last bit of truth serum he obtained from the Blessed Society, he intended to use them on the real parish priest.
Diagonally opposite 50 Vincent Street.
Anthony Reid climbed to the second floor of the building, hid in a secluded place, and monitored his target. He saw a beautiful lady in a light green dress hurried out with a male servant, a maid, and a butler, and got on a carriage that had been transferred from the back to the main entrance in advance, and drove to the end of Vincent Street.
Anthony did not pursue the matter rashly, but noted down every detail about the carriage and the horses.
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In the crazy and twisted dance, the spirit of the dead man left his body and floated in the air, looking at Lumian with hatred and confusion.
Lumian stabbed out his own blood and commanded him to attach himself to him.
The flames of desire and hunger burned in his body at the same time. He remained unmoved and sensed his extra brain: "Summon the Abyss Demon Flower...
"Invisible... .
"Transfiguration'... Fuck!"
As soon as he realized this, Lumian couldn't help but curse.
He probably understood what was going on!
The one at 50 Vincent Street should be the product of the "art of substitution", while the one at the "Dill" brothel is a substitute "cultivated" by Guillaume Bennet based on the characteristics of his own negative influence and with the help of the ability of "transfiguration".
He is on guard against others looking for him based on those negative influences!
—"Transfiguration" is a contract ability that can change a person's appearance, body and temperament, and has
A certain anti-divination effect, the price to pay is "one's own face", and the negative impact is "the desire to abuse others".
Lumian calmed himself down and recalled the appearance and behavior of the real Guillaume Bennet in his mind, resonating with the memories that impressed the spirit of the dead most and looking for clues.
Soon, seven or eight memories began to vibrate slightly. Lumian selected one of them and tried to amplify it.
———Door-to-door service
The waiter looked at the handfuls of gold coins and the banknotes that seemed to smell the special scent of ink. His eyes widened involuntarily and he held his breath instinctively.
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After a few seconds, he looked around hurriedly, and when he saw that there were no people around, he calmed down a little.
"All, all for me?" The waiter swallowed hard.
Albus threw a 5 Felkin coin directly over, letting it land accurately in the waiter's palm, and then said with a smile:
"It depends on whether the information you provide is useful, but either way, you can get another 20 Felkins."
The waiter bit the gold coin in his hand gently, looked back at the road he had come from, and said in a low voice:
"The southerner in Room 2 on the 6th floor is similar to what you said. Every time he comes, he looks for the most famous socialite. He likes to order food in advance and have it delivered to the room half an hour later."
Southerner, looking for the most famous socialite, likes to order food in advance, room 602... Albus was not stingy and threw two more 10-fil gold coins engraved with warships to the waiter.
Next, he took advantage of the fact that the busiest time period on City Wall Street had not yet arrived and everyone was lazy in the afternoon sun, and sneaked to the sixth floor and hid in the balcony at the end of the corridor.
In less than ten minutes, the waiter in charge of delivering the food came to Room 602 on a steam-powered mechanical ladder, pushing a silver-white metal dining cart, and gently rang the doorbell.
Albus stood up quickly, found a place on the balcony where he could see the door of 602, and looked over there.
The person who opened the door was a man less than 1.7 meters tall, wearing an iron-black half-face mask, a white shirt and light-colored boxer shorts.
Taking off pants but not clothes... to cover up the tattoos on the upper body? The more Albus looked, the more he felt that the man in room 602 was Guillaume Bennet on the wanted poster.
Instead of "disturbing" the other party, he sat back in the white-paneled chair on the balcony and took out a gray, bushy-haired mouse from his pocket.
This is one of the pets of "Tamer" Kristo!
Lumian brought in the "rat" in order to use his pets that could communicate in a simple way to communicate between team members more covertly and effectively.
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Of course, this must rely on Christo as a transit point and "translator".
Albus patted the mouse's head and, as agreed beforehand, made a gesture with his thumb and index finger clasped in a circle and the other three fingers raised.
This means that prey with a high degree of suspicion has been found.
The mouse squeaked, jumped out of Albus's hand, and went to look for its owner who was hiding in a nearby beer house.
After learning from "Mouse" Christo's pet parrot that members of the "Iron Cross" had found the parish priest, Lumian fell into a brief state of shock and confusion.
If they had found Guillaume Bennet, who was it that I saw
If the person in the house at 50 rue Vincent was indeed Guillaume Bennet, where did the fake goods they saw come from
As his thoughts raced, Lumian suddenly thought of a possibility: "Substitution Technique"!
Guillaume Bene performed the "Substitution" ritual!
That was one of the five special ritual magics that Lumian had acquired during his "Mendicant Monk" stage. The parish priest, who had already become a Sequence 5 "Life Hunter", obviously also knew it.
Its function is to make the recipient aware of danger, find another person to live in his name for a period of time, gain recognition from people around him, whether genuine or false, establish sufficient mystical connections, and then hold a ceremony to complete the replacement.
If the "substitution technique" is successful, in the eyes of others, the substitute will be exactly the same as the original person, and although his self-perception and actual performance will be affected to a certain extent, he will generally remain the same as before.
When the substitute is engulfed by the predicted disaster, the recipient of the "substitution technique" will have his fate changed and will be completely free from the corresponding danger.
Of course, that assumes that Disaster doesn't know it's a stand-in when it arrives.
This would be quite effective for other Beyonders, but Lumian, who knew the existence of the "Substitution Technique" and what it was, would not be deceived as long as he thought about it.
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For him, the most critical issue now is:
Which one is the real Guillaume Bennet and which one is the stand-in
The forces Lumian has currently organized must be gathered together in order to have any hope of severely injuring the parish priest without causing too much damage and capturing him, so he must choose to attack one side first and cannot attack at the same time.
—Gardner Martin only promised to help find the "prey" and did not agree to provide any other help. Because of this, most of the official members and peripheral members sent by the "Iron Cross" are low-sequence, or even ordinary people.
Of course, if Lumian really went to ask Gardner Martin for help, the other party might agree with the idea of winning people's hearts, but the problem is that it will take several hours for the "Iron Cross" to mobilize enough forces. Guillaume Bene is not an iron man, and the socialite is not a "Witch of Pleasure". How can it last that long? He will definitely leave early.
Which choice will Guillaume Bene make? Let the stand stay at home to attract fire while he goes out to fool around, or let the stand go out, show his characteristics, and "smother" the danger outside the house? Lumian feels that both possibilities exist and cannot be really ruled out.
He thought for a moment, looked at the green and white parrot and said:
"Go find 'Red Boots' Franca and ask her to tell you who is the real one between the Guillaume Bennet at 50 Vincent Street and the Guillaume Bennet over there."
The parrot looked at Lumian as if he were a fool and said, "I'm just a parrot."
What I said was too complicated for it to understand, and it was difficult for it to remember it completely? After a few thoughts flashed through Lumian's mind, he made a quick decision:
"Take me to find 'Red Boots' Franca, no, take me to find Krystal first."
There is still some time left, and the man at 50 Vincent Street can't escape, so the team in charge of the operation can meet briefly and simply exchange information.
Our side is hiding in the dark while the enemy is active in the open. As long as we don't disturb them, we can wait for a while. Of course, it must be done before Guillaume Bennet, who is fooling around with the famous socialite, has vented his desires. After all, there is a risk of being exposed when tracking a person, and this is even more true when tracking a parish priest with a lot of strange and unknown abilities.
In an alley near City Wall Street.
The afternoon sun shone on the barricade that had been mostly knocked down, making the wind want to stop and rest for a while.
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Franca, dressed in an assassin's suit, Janna, dressed as a female mercenary, Anthony Reid, still in his army green clothes and trousers, and Lumian, wearing a peaked cap, black vest and white shirt, gathered in this secluded and deserted place.
Lumian briefly mentioned the situation, but due to time constraints, he did not elaborate on the "substitution technique", which is a general term for the sorcery of creating living substitutes.
Before he could ask, Franka had already taken out a mirror and was stroking the surface while chanting a spell.
Soon, water shone in the mirror, and an old voice was heard:
“It’s all true.”62
It's all true... Franca tilted her head in surprise and looked at Lumian.
The witchcraft that creates a substitute is very powerful. The substitute created is exactly the same as the real one in terms of appearance and fate. It is difficult to distinguish it with ordinary divination methods!
It's all true... Lumian had expected this answer and had been thinking of another solution.
Seeing him silent for a moment, Franka took a breath and said hesitantly:
"Yes, do you want me to ask someone else?"
She planned to ask for the answer from the one whose divination result was the most accurate.
But in that case, she would have to answer a question in front of Janna, Lumian and Anthony Reid that could lead to her social death.
She felt that the man would most likely ask, "Do you often think about doing that with Jenna?"
How can she get along with Janna in the future
Lumian shook his head and said:
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"No, I have a way."
He then said to Jana:
"Hide in the shadows diagonally opposite Room 602 of Dill and keep a close eye on Guillaume Bennet's actions.
"If he's completely done and is about to leave, and we haven't arrived yet, don't rush to follow him. Just observe his direction from a distance and know roughly which street he went to."
"Okay." Janna nodded and rehearsed in her mind what she should do.
Lumian turned to look at Franca and Anthony Reid:
"Let's go to No. 50 Vincent Street. I'll go directly to 'visit' that Guillaume Bene. Franca, you follow me in stealth mode and try not to make any moves before you confirm the authenticity.
"Anthony, you stay outside. If that Guillaume Bennet is fake, and we rush to Dill, you secretly monitor the hostess there to see where she goes. Later, if Guillaume Bennet from Dill manages to escape, this will be an important clue for our subsequent pursuit.
"If the person at 50 Vincent Street is real and a fierce battle has taken place, you should quietly come in and provide assistance."
Franca had no objection to this arrangement. She knew that Lumian had the "teleportation" function. Once it was confirmed that the one on Vincent Street was fake, the main force of the battle could rush to the other side before the real and fake Guillaume could "exchange information".
Anthony analyzed the risks he would have to take and said there was no problem.
50 Vincent Street, near the off-white three-story building.
After seeing Franca become "invisible" without any materials, Lumian raised his right hand and wiped his face.
He instantly turned into a man in his thirties wearing a black uniform and inspector's epaulettes.
"The Face of Nether"!
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After confirming his own situation, Lumian walked to the target building and rang the doorbell directly.
The person who opened the door was a man dressed as a butler. He looked at Lumian and asked in confusion:
"Officer, what's up?"
"There's a missing homeless case involving this street, and I want to meet your male master." Lumian began to make up a story.
The butler's expression changed slightly:
"Officer, please wait a moment. I will go ask our master."
After a while, the butler returned to the door and said to Lumian:
"Officer, our master would like you to go to the small living room on the first floor."
Lumian nodded slightly and followed the butler into 50 Vincent Street.
The living room here is spacious. A blue-gray cat is huddled in the corner, a bird in a cage is chirping non-stop, and a black dog that looks like a hound is squatting in the aisle, looking vigilantly at strangers who come in.
After walking around the elegant sofa, the butler turned into the small living room at the back. A man with black hair, blue eyes, a slightly hooked nose, wearing a dark shirt and black trousers was sitting on a single sofa, stroking the head of a large brown dog. His posture was leisurely and a little arrogant.
"Officer, what's the matter?" the man asked slowly as he stood up.
It's him, it's him, Guillaume Bennet! Parish Curé Guillaume Bennet! After seeing the man's appearance clearly, Lumian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he took a few steps forward, shortening the distance between them to within five meters.
Then he opened his mouth and made a sound:
"ha!"
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Only by actually doing it can we determine who is the substitute and who is the real person!