Trench north of the city of Verona, east side.
Agrippina stared into the distance in silence. Beside her, Apirius and the ferryman appeared from the void in a boat.
"You are late," said Agrippina.
"The water level of the Styx has dropped by one third," Apirius replied. "Thanks to your little apprentice, the concept of death now surrounds her, and even the entire underworld has been affected to a certain extent."
"I never thought that there is someone in this world who can control the supreme authority of death." The ferryman was also amazed, "What's that saying? 'To understand death, you must first experience death.'"
"Therefore, the power of death can never be controlled by a living person. However, this law has now been broken by a human being. It is incredible."
"She died before." Agrippina was silent for a while, then said, "She was killed by a vampire supernatural being. As a result, the contaminated vampire characteristics entered her body and eventually resurrected her successfully."
"That's impossible. In fact, no special properties can work on dead people." The ferryman sneered, "After a person dies, the spirit and the body will separate. The extraordinary properties cannot be connected to the spirit, so naturally they cannot be digested by the body."
"If I'm not mistaken, it's not a resurrection in the strict sense," Apirius said in a deep voice. "The medical definition of death is the irreversible cessation of brain cell function."
"According to Lord Belladonna, perhaps for some reason, her spirit body was not separated from her life body after her brain death, causing the characteristics of her flesh and blood to contaminate her body, and the resulting self-healing ability restored her brain function."
"So, she is a super lucky little human girl?" The ferryman sneered, "She was forcibly pulled back to the world at the moment of death?"
"Perhaps. If we continue along this route, perhaps we can repeat her experience and explore a reliable method to 'touch death while alive.'" Apirius said, his eyes turning calmly, "Of course, before that, we need a transcendent with the 'flesh and blood' sequence to participate in our corresponding experiments."
"Sir Belladonna Flower, understanding and ultimately controlling death is the highest goal that our Spiritual Cult has been pursuing since its inception. Therefore, I wonder if you are willing to accept the protection of the Spiritual Cult and cooperate with our experiments?"
"Okay." Agrippina did not hesitate. After all, she was still being hunted by the Pure-Blood Hermitage, and the protection from the Extraordinary Sect could help her avoid a lot of trouble.
What's more, Apirius, the demigod, is also the grandfather of her apprentice's best friend, so there is at least a layer of relationship involved - it is always better than working with a completely unknown stranger.
The ferryman rowed the boat and let the two demigods get on board. Then he pushed the oars and the boat slid into the empty river of Hades.
The moment he left the main plane, he suddenly raised his head, and his translucent eyes under the hood of his black robe looked towards the sky above the city of Verona.
An unmanned reconnaissance aircraft from the Vatican was hovering in the night sky, its body obscured by electronic camouflage, making it look as if it had completely blended in with the night.