Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 162 Young prince, do you long for power?
"How do you need me to cooperate?"

Hibbert asked very proactively.

Of course, as the eldest son, he also noticed the abnormality that happened to Earl Hall.He even did divination for this, but he couldn't get the answer he wanted, but this also made him more sure that Earl Hall was affected by extraordinary abilities.

"before this……"

Audrey hesitated for a moment, took out a candle mixed with incense, and said softly, "Brother, I need you to cooperate with me in doing an experiment."

"Yes." Hibbert nodded, accepting frankly.

Audrey quickly lit a candle and placed it in front of Hibbert, looking at Audrey through the candlelight.

"Audrey, you are..."

Hibbert was a little puzzled, but was suddenly in a trance when he was about to ask back.He saw his sister's golden eyes through the candlelight, and the pupils stretched out as if hiding another vertical pupil.

In the blink of an eye, Hibbert, who was in a trance, suddenly returned to normal.There is still a burning candle in front of him, and his sister is looking at him from the opposite side, nothing seems to have changed.

Hibbert raised his hands in a little confusion, and asked Chi Chi:
"What exactly is going on?"

Ember simply explained: "The extraordinary ability of the audience channel, psychological suggestion. It can suggest the target through specific actions, words or media, so that it will unconsciously follow the arrangement of the hypnotist. Of course, this ability can also be used to dispel the suggestion .”

"I see."

Hibbert couldn't help being nervous when he heard the first half, but he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard the latter part. He said half-jokingly, "It looks like I'm normal, at least I haven't been hypnotized."

Audrey extinguished the candle, shook her head and said, "Probably not."

Hibbert was quite happy at first, but he couldn't help but be a little bit dumbfounded when he heard Audrey's words: "What should you mean?"

Audrey explained:

"If the sequence of the person hypnotizing you is high enough, I probably won't be able to find it."

Hibbert frowned slightly, and after pondering for a moment, slowly said:

"If this is the case, I suggest that you do not continue to pursue it."

"Then dad..."

"You don't have to worry about your father."

Hibbert interrupted her and asked, "Our family is a faithful believer of the goddess, and the annual donation to the Church of Evernight is not a small amount. Do you think the Church of Evernight will sit back and watch my father being hypnotized and remain indifferent?"

Audrey lowered her head silently, a faithful believer of the goddess?Hearing this sentence, she was inexplicably guilty.

Hibbert thought that Audrey still couldn't accept it, so he patiently explained:
"Father and mother go to St. Samuel's Church at least once a week for mass, and each time the Archbishop St. Anthony himself presides. Why do you think this is?"

Audrey raised her head all of a sudden, with a trace of surprise in her eyes, she had obviously guessed the answer, and blurted out:

"Father, they have been guarding against being affected by extraordinary abilities?"

Hibbert nodded slightly, leaned back against the back of the chair, and said with a light smile:

"Not only are we on guard, the major churches are also guarding against this. Duke Negan can be personally blessed by the singer of God. Although his father is only an earl, his influence will not be much lower than Duke Negan. so……"

Audrey murmured in a low voice: "That's why Archbishop St. Anthony sometimes takes the initiative to visit our house and chat with us..."

The person who can hold the post of Archbishop of the Backlund Diocese must be a demigod of the Church of Evernight.And there is a demigod looking after them, even if they are really hypnotized, Archbishop St. Anthony will be able to find out immediately!

But it’s not surprising when you think about it carefully. Although the Duke of Negan is the nobleman who owns the most land outside the royal family, he claims that he has more than 1200 million pounds of land, pastures and forests, and his annual land rent income exceeds 100 million pounds. God's blessing is a very normal thing.

In contrast, although the Hall family's historical inheritance is not as long as Duke Negan's, it is also a hereditary earl that has been passed down for hundreds of years.At the same time, Earl Hall himself is also one of the most influential members of the House of Lords. He is also the largest shareholder of Bavat Bank, the fourth largest shareholder of Backlund Bank, a special advisor to the Royal Bank of Loen, and Suhit of the Republic of Intis. The third largest shareholder of the bank, the second largest shareholder of the Constant Coal and Steel Consortium, and many other titles.In front of Earl Hall, if it is only about wealth, even Duke Negan has to stand aside!
And for such a loyal believer, it is impossible for the Church of Evernight not to take it seriously. It would be strange not to have the blessing of a demigod.In terms of the protection specifications of the two sides, there is actually little difference.Duke Negan is protected by a Sequence 6 Extraordinary of the Punisher, and Earl Hall is also protected by a Sequence 6 deacon of the Church of Evernight.Duke Negan has a special item that can directly contact the "Singer of God", but Earl Hall doesn't have it?
"Don't worry too much."

Hibbert looked very relaxed, and said with a smile, "The Archbishop of St. Anthony is not a singer of God, at least he will not be late. And his father is not Duke Negan, he is just hypnotized, there is no Sequence 5 assassin..."

Ember raised her hand to interrupt Hibbert's behavior of setting the flag, and suddenly asked:

"Hibert, why didn't you do it in the first place?"

Hibbert froze for a moment, then subconsciously explained: "That's because, because..."

Hibbert's expression froze suddenly, then sank the next moment, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm affected!"

"I remembered! I planned to notify the night watchmen of the Church of Evernight to contact the Archbishop of St. Anthony. I even planned to have the servants send a telegram to St. Samuel's Church and send someone to deliver a letter to St. Samuel's Church. I did a lot of preparation. But when I woke up, I suddenly found that I didn’t remember anything!”

Audrey woke up suddenly, and immediately realized that someone was indeed watching their family last night!Because Hibbert had sought help from the Church of Evernight, the other party hypnotized Hibbert.And the reason why I can not be affected is because her performance is good enough, not only didn't do anything, but 'left away' early in the morning, so the other party didn't hypnotize her...

No!wrong!She was hypnotized too!From the beginning to the end, she never thought of asking the Church of Evernight for help. Although it was because of the better choice of 'The Fool', she shouldn't even have thought about it.

Someone has hypnotized Earl Hall to think that what Alfred is doing is a good thing.At the same time, they also hypnotized their family, making them subconsciously ignore asking for help from the Church of Evernight.

And if nothing else happened, this would at least make the Church of Evernight unaware within a week, because Earl Hall just went to St. Samuel's Church for mass yesterday morning.Only when Archbishop St. Anthony discovered that they hadn't gone to mass for a long time, would he notice the anomaly and take the initiative to visit their home.

It's just that the other party definitely didn't expect that he still has the option of Mr. Fool!

Audrey felt very fortunate at this time, she believed that when she prayed to Mr. Fool and entered Mr. Fool's "Kingdom of God", the hints planted in her heart had been lifted.And the reason why she didn't realize this problem until now is because the embers came to her the first time she returned to reality.With the goal of relying on and trusting, she no longer needs to seek help from the Church of Evernight.

But Hibbert's ability to wake up so easily also showed that the other party's hypnosis wasn't overdone.If you want to use an adjective, it is that the other party only did 'surface hypnosis' rather than 'deep hypnosis'.

As a new psychiatrist, Audrey can also guess the reason why the other party did this:
Surface hypnosis is even more difficult to detect. After a week, even Archbishop St. Anthony may not be aware of the abnormality, and they themselves will naturally be even less aware of it.But correspondingly, this kind of hypnosis is also very easy to break, even if Audrey is only a Sequence Seven, she can also do this.

The opposite is deep hypnosis, which is difficult to decipher unless it is an Extraordinary of the same sequence, but it is correspondingly easier to be found abnormal.

And when it was confirmed that their family would go to St. Samuel Church to pray every week, the other party certainly did not dare to do deep hypnosis.After all, apart from going to Saint Samuel Church for mass every week, their family also has 24-hour protection from the Nighthawks of the Church of Evernight.

Deep hypnosis will change their behavior, which makes it easy for those Nighthawks to see the abnormality and report it to Archbishop St. Anthony, unless the other party hypnotizes these Nighthawks together.But these Nighthawks would report back to the Church of Evernight every day, if they were hypnotized or did not report back to the Church of Evernight, it would be easier to detect abnormalities.

"Can't wait any longer!"

Hibbert got up abruptly, and said in a deep voice, "Audrey, let's go to St. Samuel Church to find Archbishop St. Anthony now!"
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On the outskirts of Queens, Red Rose Manor.

After 'finishing' the investigation into the cause of Talim's death, Klein took the opportunity to bid farewell.

Sitting in the carriage leaving the manor, Klein relaxed, and slowly let out a breath. He knew that he had already left the center of the stage.

Next, he bid farewell to Backlund and headed to the south. After the curtain call, he came back to lurk with a different face and calmly thought about the follow-up plan.

At this moment, his inspiration struck, his spirit tightened, and he saw the door of the carriage open quickly and close again silently!Before he could respond, a figure was quickly outlined, wearing a heavy black dress and a sapphire ring.

Sapphire Ring Seeing this scene, Klein, who was about to attack or jump off the car, shrank his pupils and sat back, not daring to act rashly.Until he saw clearly the appearance of that figure——

It was a girl, her age was completely different from her style of dressing, she was about eighteen or nineteen years old, her face was slightly round, her eyes were slender, her temperament was gentle and elegant, her sweetness was hidden, she was an extremely outstanding beauty.

But such an outstanding beauty caused Klein to be astonished and disbelieving, because he recognized her and blurted out:
"Triss?"

Hearing his stunned words, Triss was not surprised but happy, showing a sweet smile and saying:
"you know me?
"I knew you knew me!
"A detective with extraordinary abilities must pay special attention to every wanted warrant!"

He, uh, she looks happy?Klein asked cautiously with doubts:
"What do you want to do?"

Triss pursed her lips and said with a smile:

"It's very simple, you report me to the Nighthawks, Punisher, and Mechanical Heart as soon as possible! Let them come here to catch me!"
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Backlund North District, Saint Samuel Church, in a quiet room.

Archbishop St. Anthony quietly listened to Hibbert's explanation of his visit, then nodded slightly, and said:

"Where is Lord Hall now?"

Hibbert said without hesitation:

"The House of Lords, or the Backlund Bank."

Although there are many titles, there are not many things that Earl Hall has to deal with personally.As an aristocrat and a member of the cabinet, Earl Hall most often goes to the House of Lords, or the Backlund Bank, which controls the lifeblood of the entire country's financial system.

"We're leaving now."

Archbishop St. Anthony nodded slightly, then turned his head to look at the embers beside him, and asked, "Your Excellency, can you stay in the church for a while and handle some things for me?"

Hibbert and Audrey were stunned at the same time, with incredible expressions on their faces:

"The favored one?"

Audrey opened her mouth slightly, unable to hide her surprise.

Embers are the favored of the goddess?Why has he never said... No, how is this possible!Now I don't even dare to call myself a believer of the goddess, isn't it because I was corrupted by the embers?How could he be a goddess favored?

Facing St. Anthony's inquiry and the surprised expressions of the two, Ember looked as usual, but nodded slightly and said:

"it is good."

Archbishop St. Anthony saw that Ember agreed to come down, nodded with a smile, looked at Hibbert and said, "Lord Hibbert, let's go."

Hibbert reacted and told Audrey:
"Audrey, you stay here too."

Audrey nodded slightly, watching Hibbert and Archbishop St. Anthony leave.

Audrey looked at Ember hesitantly, and was about to ask him why he was a goddess' favored person, but Ember suddenly said:

"Audrey, don't you think all this is too coincidental?"

"Eh?"

Audrey froze for a moment, and just as she was about to speak, a picture suddenly appeared in her mind.

"Chick, hey, this is the original witch's real name!"
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"Gan!"

Klein, who had just sent Triss away while 'begging' to himself, immediately saw several flaming meteorites fall from the sky at high speed, covering the entire forest.At that moment, Klein had the thought of being powerless to fight and waiting for death in despair.

Even if he kept using the flames to jump, he couldn't get out of the woods and the dangerous core area before the "meteor shower" hit the ground, and using the "Seer" to pass through the fragile body of the Extraordinary, there was no possibility of carrying the meteorite hard.

While 'flashing', Klein began to think quickly.However, no matter how much he tried and how much he took risks, he still couldn't get out of the dangerous situation. There were only two options left, either to jump into the woods that avoided the front and suffer the impact of the meteorite falling from the sky, or to perform acrobatic jumps from above Go, wait for the "mushroom cloud" to engulf him.

At this moment, Klein seemed to see himself being torn apart, his body surface scorched black, especially embers.

A thought flashed in his mind, and there was a sudden change in front of his eyes. The red became redder, the yellow became yellower, and the white became whiter. Various colors were densely superimposed, creating a strange oil painting.
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"what?!"

In Red Rose Manor, Edsac, who had just learned that his future princess was once a man, opened his eyes wide and tilted his head slightly, as if he couldn't believe what he heard.

Seeing this, Triss laughed suddenly, leaning forward and backward in laughter, extremely violent, like a lunatic:
"Haha, you heard me right, I used to be a man! I used to be just like you! However, the witch potion forcibly changed my gender!

"Is it disgusting? Is there already a layer of goosebumps?"

"No, it's not like that...you are a real woman...no problem...I can definitely confirm this!" He muttered to himself first, and then raised his voice, "Since I knew you, you have been a real woman Woman, I don't want to know what you were like in the past! I can pretend that there is no similar thing! What happened to me is what I like, what I love is, you now!"

Triss was stunned, and raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the laughter just now:

"You are such a poor person. Even liking this kind of thing has been arranged by others, just like the puppet holding the string.

"Don't you understand? You belong to the object of sacrifice, and I am not only a hostage needed for the cooperation between the royal family and the Witch Sect, but also a necessary disguise for deception. I am carrying important items of the Witch Sect, and I am under your strict supervision , will be destroyed at any time, and treasures will be lost, this is the sincerity of our cooperation."

"And once the matter is exposed and known by the three major churches or other factions in the military, then the development of the matter will be very simple. Prince Edsac was greedy for beauty, secretly raised a witch, and knew that the crime was serious, so he shot himself. Then, all the problems will be covered up."

"No!" Edsack exclaimed.

Then, with a distorted face, he asked:
"What are they cooperating with the Witch Sect?"

"How could a hostage who may be abandoned at any time know?" Triss laughed at herself, "This is all the reason I want to escape."

"you……"

Edsack opened his mouth, feeling that the voice was extremely difficult, but just about to speak, he caught a glimpse of a small blue doll placed on a bookshelf not far away, and suddenly he was taken aback, and Chi asked, "Where did that doll come from?" here?"

He spends the night here every day. Although he can ask for anything from Triss, everything will be recorded. He doesn’t remember where Triss bought this strange doll—wearing gray magician costume and Pointed hats and even four arms.

"Doll? What doll?"

Triss was also taken aback, and subconsciously turned her head to look at the bookshelf beside her, and found the puppet sitting on the top of the shelf at some time.She just sat quietly on the top of the bookshelf, watching them condescendingly, as if watching a farce.

Afterwards, they saw that the puppet raised its four arms, brought the fingertips of the top two arms together, and said:

"A very wonderful story, but I don't like the ending."

"Edesak, do you desire power?"

(End of this chapter)