Returning from the abyss

Lightning flashed outside the window, illuminating the shadows of the trees surrounding the main pavilion.The sound of rain swept across the trees, and the strong wind swept through the cracks in the stones, making a sound like a ghost crying.Everyone sat in the hall, although the servants brought coffee, hot soup and other drinks, few of them were in the mood to drink.

Subbia is undoubtedly the most emotional among these people. Fortunately, he can still maintain his rationality, and he hasn't done any drastic actions except for speaking a little bit.Dolores huddled on the sofa in the corner, holding a cup of hot coffee with a very nervous expression.Zhai Jingqiu was still a little restless. Although he concealed it, he did not hide it very well. Kanzaki Takaya was similar to him.Among these people, only Jack looked more relaxed, and even asked the servant for a bottle of wine to drink by himself.

It took about an hour for the restaurant to be processed.Miria, Lista, and Saotome Arisa walked into the hall, and everyone turned their attention.

"Guests, please allow me to deal with the follow-up issues here." Miria said seriously, "In view of the fact that the current owner Renix and seven children have been killed, and the murderer cannot be fully identified, our Howard family At the same time, among the family regulations that you saw yesterday, the part about inheritance will also be activated. One person on this island should get the inheritance and become the new head of the family. Chance."

"Huh? I thought the family rules were just talk." Jack said loudly, "Ms. Miria, with all due respect, this is not a good time to inherit the situation, is it? If the murderer is not caught, we may take over It will be dangerous to come down."

"Naturally, the first thing we have to deal with is the issue of the five companions brought here." Miria looked directly at the speaking Jack, "Mr. Jack, you were brought by Dimitri, I don't treat you very well." Familiar. Under the current situation, what is your request?"

"Simple, Dimitri was threatened and asked me to come with him. I didn't expect to encounter such a situation. I have a good relationship with him, so I need to get involved and find a way to give him Revenge. If I know what you want to know, I will tell you, but you must involve me in your actions." Jack grinned, "I am an adventurer, I am not afraid of danger, I am just afraid that I will die unknown White. The murderer can get Dimitri here without anyone noticing, and then he can kill me, and I don't want to end up like that."

"Then, you and Lista will go together later." Miria nodded to Jack, and then turned to the next person.

"Mr. Subbia, what do you think now?"

"I've heard Felicia talk about your rules, and I've read the family rules. I want to be a member of your family, and I want a dignified qualification for revenge. If it was done by Reynix, I will beat him to death Hui, if it is someone else, I will let him taste the most terrifying death." Subbia has suppressed his anger, he is calm now, and his goal is very clear.

"Okay, then follow me later. Mr. Zhai Jingqiu, what do you think?"

"I...don't have the same thoughts as these two." Zhai Jingqiu crossed his arms and looked serious, "I have a very good relationship with Huo Yinglong, but I still think that we should solve the problem in a formal way instead of abusing lynching .Even if you are a magician, you should follow the rules of a magician. I just need the power to protect myself and the means of investigation. I hope to use my ability to uncover the truth of this murder."

"Follow Lista, sir." Miria immediately made arrangements, "Next, Miss Dolores."

"Please, please leave me alone! I don't know! I don't know what's going on!" Dolores shouted nervously, "How could Cynthia die? How could someone as strong as her die, I...I don't know know what to do!"

"Are you confused? Then... Saotome, please."

"I know." Saotome Arisa replied.

Finally, it was Takaya Kanzaki.

"I don't know how the Howard family is. I... actually know that Mayuri doesn't like me very much." Takashi Kanzaki also scratched his head, "But to be honest, Mayuri treats me very well, so I am Shouldn't I repay her? I hope it's gratitude, not revenge."

"Then you stay and come with me. For the rest of the guests, let's deal with the internal affairs of the family first, and then I will tell you about the next action plan, Mr. Gustav..."

Gustav waved his hand when he heard Miria mentioning himself: "I know you want to unite everyone, just go ahead and do it, I'm watching here, and Justina is here, there won't be any problems."

"Thank you."

Miria and Lista left with their respective people, while Saotome Arisa sat beside Dolores.Schlitter and Makalov hurried over to ask her about the situation just now, and Saotome Arisa also patiently explained.

On Lista's side, Lu Ning watched as she brought Jack and Zhai Jingqiu to the ground.

Lu Ning hadn't been to this place in the previous two rounds. After all, Renix was basically in his room, and Lu Ning was an outsider to this family, and the underground was not led by someone from the Howard family.

Lista pressed a button on an old door leading to the underground, and the door opened automatically.

"You two's appeal is to improve your abilities, and then find the truth as much as possible, so you will follow me." Lista said, "On this island, you can quickly improve yourself to resist the magic of grandfather Or some powerful existence that can kill grandfather and father, then there are only two ways. The first is to become a magician, and the second is to become a superhuman."

"Uh... I've heard some, but can you tell us more about them?" Jack asked.

"The difference between a magician and a superpower is that a magician needs complex casting preparations and material reserves. The more powerful the magic is, the more preparations are made, and the scope of their correspondence is wider. For a magician, Its attack and defense, endurance, and recovery capabilities are completely determined by the adequacy of one's own preparations. For an excellent magician like me, even regular preparations are enough to deal with more than two days of battle."

"Sounds like you're a pretty good wizard?" Jack asked.

Lista stopped and turned to look at Jack.

"You don't need to sound like that, I am, Mr. Jack. Now that my grandfather died, I am the most powerful magician on this island, no one can surpass me."

"Uh... well, well, what about the espers?" Jack decided not to continue on the topic.

"Superpowers acquire abilities through awakening. The awakening of superpowers can be performed multiple times, and the probability of success in each awakening will decrease. When one awakening is unsuccessful, it means that he will no longer be able to obtain superpowers In contrast, superpowers have close to regular effects on their ability acquisition. For example, if a magician wants to ignite something, then he needs to prepare a high-temperature or burning magic, Launch an attack on that thing, and this attack may be avoided. But if it is a superpower, he will definitely ignite that thing, and whether it will be extinguished later is a matter of later."

Neither Jack nor Zhai Jingqiu were stupid, and they immediately understood what Lista meant.

"It sounds like we have a choice?" Zhai Jingqiu asked.

"Bamujima is the most classic property of Howard's family. Grandpa has made thorough preparations here. There are two ways to get started here. However, the magician's effect is relatively slow. It is best for you two to choose superpowers. , because only superpowers can instantly touch the strongest magician in the world in a short period of time."

"Well, there is no choice. So Miss, are we going to awaken superpowers now? Is it dangerous?" Jack asked.

"Abnormal awakening has considerable risks, and requires the assistance of an experienced or knowledgeable person, otherwise the probability of failure is high, and the person who tries to awaken will also bear the harm." Lista said, "But there are geniuses like me. Come to assist, your first awakening success rate is [-]%, don’t worry.”

Jack and Zhai Jingqiu are already used to Lista's way of speaking.

"Of course, the awakening of superpowers will be quite random, and no one can control this. The only thing we can know is that superpowers will be more in line with the current situation, so what you desire most now will be decided later. Keep it that way."

As she spoke, Lista reached out and pushed down a brick on the wall.

After a low buzzing sound, a wall of the underground passage turned to the right, blocking the original path forward, revealing a new passage on the left.

"You guys really like to run these institutions." Zhai Jingqiu said with some surprise.

"Grandfather should have designed a lot of organs in the main hall and the annex. He always likes to find many different people to design each, and then put them together. He thinks this is a very fulfilling thing."

Lista walked to the end, where there was a rusty iron door.She looked at the iron door and sighed, then stretched out her palm again and pressed it against the wall next to it.

"Are you guys using fingerprint recognition?" Jack asked.

"Magic power identification, my grandfather has input the magic power of everyone in the family, you can understand it as the fingerprint of a magician."

"But as far as I know, Mrs. Milia is probably not a magician?"

"The magic power of a person has nothing to do with whether he is a magician, Mr. Jack. If you are a magician, you should learn this lesson in the third class." Lista said, grabbing the iron door Pull the handle and open the door.The inside of the door is very tidy, as if it has been cleaned.A large number of black metal boxes are neatly stacked on a metal shelf next to the wall, two operating beds are placed on both sides of the room, and some bottles and cans and a stack of papers are placed on the only table. Everything in the room is gone.

"Operating bed?" Jack laughed, "This reminds me of some bad things. Miss, you won't wait for us to go up, but you will become a material instead?"

"You do not trust me?"

"How can..."

"You are indeed suspicious." Lista stared at Jack without avoiding his gaze, "You are an adventurer, boldness and prudence are both your characteristics. You know that the cause of Dimitri's death may be due to the appearance of the Howard family. You have doubts about the Howard family because of internal problems. And the behavior of us—me, mother and Saotome Arisa has aggravated your doubts. You are worried that we are behind the scenes, and you are going to separate and solve the guests. "

"...tsk" Jack said, "That's right, miss. Before going to that suspicious-looking operating bed, can I ask why I trust you? Will we lose consciousness? Everything is Unknown, what if I can’t wake up again?”

"Because I really want to kill you, I don't need such complicated means." Lista said, "I can even kill everyone, leaving only our family members to ensure that the murderer is indeed dead, but I Not doing that proves that I still want to do things through normal means. And, there are two of you, you don’t need to wake up together, and the other person can watch from the side.”

"Okay, then I have to believe you, brother." Jack patted Zhai Jingqiu's shoulder, "I'll go first, you have to help me keep an eye on it, not to mention that I can't wake up, I will suffer if there is something missing No way."

He joked and lay down on the operating bed.

Lista's fingers flicked over the boxes on the shelf, and quickly picked out one of them, saying: "We also want to gather some more power, but the current situation on the island is unclear. Compared with the guests Said, you who are brought as companions by our kindred are more credible."

"Haha, thank you for the compliment." Jack lay down, but began to relax.

"Mr. Jack, remember, keep your mind, what you want, your strongest desire, all need your mental presentation. Superpower is your own response to yourself, which is different from magic."

Then, she took the box to the operating bed and took out a sharp scalpel from it.

"Hey! This thing is kind of scary! Isn't it anesthetized? Huh? It's really not numb—"

Zhai Jingqiu watched in horror as Lista used the knife to peel off Jack's scalp, and the moment the blade touched Jack, his screams stopped abruptly, and the expression on his face became numb, as if completely Feel no pain.

"Well, Miss Lista, what's the matter with him?" Zhai Jingqiu asked cautiously, at the same time he had already started to exert himself on his feet, and rushed out the door if his preparations were not right.

"Magicians don't need anesthetics." Lista calmly continued to move her hands, "And this was [-]% successful the first time it was used. It directly stimulates the brain, which is safe and effective."

"Ah... is it?"

Zhai Jingqiu looked at Lista suspiciously. After peeling off the scalp, she took out a medicine bottle containing blue liquid from the box, and began to pour the medicine inside carefully on the skull.