Mystery: Lucky One

Alice blinked twice before she came back to her senses from the trance of spiritual fall and tried to move her body.

Well, that's normal...

She took small steps towards the sofa, and after confirming that the figure on the sofa was still unconscious and peaceful, she threw herself onto another sofa and recalled the scene she saw when she was promoted.

She has confirmed from countless peeks that the long river of light is the embodiment of fate, and perhaps it can be called the long river of fate.

Every advancement in the path of "Destiny" is probably a process of establishing or deepening the connection with this illusory river.

There was nothing much to say about the feeling of being submerged in the river, nor about the feeling of suffocation. What Alice was wondering about were actually those thirteen pictures.

She could probably guess that it might be her experience, and it was very likely an experience according to the timeline, so everything would be simple - it all started from the beginning of the "Key of Light" that fell on her.

Combining scattered memories, Alice was able to roughly confirm what happened.

At first, it was the ice cream that accidentally rolled down. She rushed out after the ice cream, but didn’t know how she stepped into the long river of destiny - it sounds outrageous, but that’s what happened.

What's even more outrageous is that, judging from the situation, the "Key of Light" should have come to the door on its own...

Judging from the time when Huanhuan woke up, Alice estimated that she was probably only six or seven years old or even younger.

Next, that sight, that feeling… should that be running away?

Has she in some sense escaped the Key of Light?
Judging from the results, he probably didn't get rid of it completely...or maybe he caught up with it later?

That demon wolf should be the goddess, the next should be Will Auceptin, and after that should be the time when I lived as Shen Yinghuan... No, that might not be true.

Never mind, this is not important. Anyway, the bet should have been made before or after this, or during this period, and then now...

If we regard each scene as a turning point, the first ones are fine, after all, I don’t remember the specific circumstances. Why is the latter one a turning point… ?
The only thing I can be sure of is that Amon must have become interested in me during those two times... There is no doubt about that. After all, at first, He was probably just out of curiosity and... and those paintings.

It must be that He was interested in something very crucial about me at that time... my destiny? Or the relationship between me and the "Key of Light"?

But what does this have to do with His purpose...

This is still an unsolvable problem for the time being, because Alice has no way of judging what Amon's real purpose is. Even everything she sees may be false, and Amon deliberately shows it to her.

Apart from Amon, there was nothing strange about the other events as twists and turns. At most, it was unclear how they happened. That didn't matter - she hadn't figured out any of them anyway.

Alice shook her head, put these things aside, and began to browse the knowledge in Beyonder Characteristics.

This was something she had wanted to know early on—she wanted to see what was wrong with the knowledge and abilities in the Beyonder Characteristics.

As a Sequence 4 of the "Destiny" path, the most obvious improvement of the "Doom Master" is in the control of probability.

According to the information left in the uniqueness, the "destiny" path initially involves the essence of the power of destiny in Sequence 4, that is, the control of probability.

The "Doom Wizards" of Sequence 4 no longer grant doom to you hastily. They can actually decide what kind of doom you get, and can also remove your doom - in the form of manipulating probability.

This is different from the uncontrollable doom bestowed by the "winner", and the "doom wizard" does not necessarily need to show up in person to bestow doom, it can be done through certain media.

Of course, you can't just pick up a piece of paper on the roadside as a medium. The ideal medium should have some connection with yourself. To be more strict, it should have a deep enough connection with your own destiny. For example, you can use the piece of paper you picked up to make a handicraft.

But there is something very funny about the ability of the new version of the Doom Mage - the ability to bestow doom has not changed much, but the Doom Mage cannot eliminate doom, it can only postpone it and turn it into a greater doom.

Alice, you are amazing.

The second upgrade of "Doom Mage" can be considered as some kind of completion.

Even though the computing power has been improved in the "machine" stage, the sophisticated probability calculations in the "Mage of Doom" stage are still exhausting, so in the "Mage of Doom" stage, the "fate" approach seems to have initially revealed its essence - an AI specifically used to calculate fate.

…Who is the developer?

Alice quickly focused her attention before her thoughts went in a direction that could not be pulled back.

Alice has actually used this ability before. It is not as simple as simply improving computing power. Its essence is to enter a special state. In this state, in addition to a significant increase in computing power, emotions will also become indifferent.

However, correspondingly, the ability to resist attacks involving desires and emotions will be strengthened, and those with lower levels will become directly immune - mainly because they have no emotions.

But this ability has a drawback. If used multiple times, one's own emotions will gradually fade. In short, it is not a good thing.

Regarding this ability, Alice did not delete the ability, nor did she delete the reminder about the side effects. Her actions were very straightforward - she directly deleted the ability introduction.

This ability is not mentioned at all in the knowledge attached to the Beyonder Characteristics.

The third ability is to pull the water of the long river of destiny - it is said that there is such a river in the spirit world, but Alice's intuition tells her that the river she sees every time she is promoted should not be in the spirit world.

...Maybe it's a projection or something?
In short, the third ability is to draw the water of the long river of fate to impact people's spirits. There are two final results. One is that people will become dazed and prone to making mistakes for a period of time. The other is to add a bad luck whose accuracy is difficult to guarantee.

Alice found that she had not changed this one - very good, finally there was an ability that did not change.

Apart from these three core abilities, most of the other abilities are scattered, such as improved divination ability, enhanced spiritual intuition, etc. There is nothing much to mention.

"This is horrible..." Alice held her forehead in pain, "What on earth have I ever done before..."

She sat there in a daze for a while, but soon perked up because she remembered that she still had a problem to solve - there was a person lying on the sofa over there.

"But we can't just take her to the police station. This place looks like a murder scene..." Alice muttered as she stood up from the sofa and cleaned up the scene.

Fortunately, Emperor Roselle did not bring the luminol reagent to the other world, so Alice doesn't need to worry about this... Uh, are there any other blood testing reagents here?

...I don't think so. If it really can't be solved, isn't there still divination?

Alice, who had never called the local police in the other world, shook her head, cleaned up the blood and other residues, walked to the sofa, and fell into deep thought at the unknown person who was sleeping.

In theory, she should call the police, but it seemed strange to carry an unconscious person outside...

But it seems just as strange to just leave the person here and go find the police...

After thinking for more than ten seconds, Alice waved her hand to untie the thief from the mysterious man, and then brought a basin of cold water and splashed it on the person on the sofa to wake him up. The cold water was very effective, and Alice saw the brown-haired woman's eyelashes begin to tremble. She immediately threw the basin aside and reached out to shake the brown-haired woman.

The brown-haired woman woke up dazed by the force that she noticed but didn't fully pay attention to. She felt dizzy and had a feeling of nausea.

"Ugh—" She dry-heaved twice, but nothing actually came out. However, she succeeded in getting Alice to stop.

"Are you awake?" Alice asked with a smile.

The brown-haired woman stood there for a while before she figured out the current situation. She nodded subconsciously, and the dizziness that had just faded away rose again.

But Alice didn't give her time to relax. When she saw her nod, she immediately jumped up and said to her:

"Great, then follow me to the police station!"

"...Where are you going?" The brown-haired woman looked somewhere between lucid and confused.

"Police station," Alice said matter-of-factly, "I'll take you there to turn yourself in!"

This answer was full of surprises. The brown-haired woman stood there in a daze for a long while before she uttered a syllable:
"……what?"

Alice didn't give the brown-haired woman much time to react. She released the aura of the mythical creature, and amidst the oppressive feeling brought by the close contact, she could see the brown-haired woman's face suddenly turn pale.

"Come with me and turn yourself in, okay?" Alice asked politely.

But I guess that’s not the case in the eyes of the brown-haired woman. Even though Alice quickly retracted the leaked breath, she still nodded with fear and said:
"Yes."

So Alice withdrew her gaze from her without any reluctance, took out the "Matilda" that she had just asked for from Klein, put it on, adjusted her appearance in front of the brown-haired woman, and then walked towards the door.

This whole set of actions was completely unprepared, but the oppressive feeling just now was not an illusion. The brown-haired woman was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized her position and asked for help:

"You tied my hands... I can't stand up like this."

"Ah!" Alice turned her head as if she had just remembered something. Her eyes swept across the brown-haired woman, and the brown-haired woman felt the restraints on her hands loosen.

She pulled her hands back subconsciously, and turned around to see silk threads being quickly woven into cloth on the sofa.

"Can we go now?" Alice frowned and called out to her from a distance.

This voice brought the brown-haired woman back to her senses, and she quickly responded, "Yes...uh, sir?"

Sir...Oh, she probably doesn't know how to call me.

Alice paused for a moment, looked at her strangely, and then said to her:

"…This identity is called Briar Rose."

The brown-haired woman didn't seem to fully understand Alice's intention of introducing herself. After pausing for two seconds, she tentatively called out:

"Lady Rose?"

Alice couldn't help but miss the long bronze table above the gray fog. It was one of the few tables where she didn't have to worry about the strength when taking pictures.

"No need to call me that..." She looked at the brown-haired woman weakly.

Fortunately, this time the brown-haired woman understood her intention. She glanced at Alice's young face before shouting:
"Miss Rose."

This was still a respectful title, but it was much better than before, and Alice decided to accept it immediately.

She turned around to open the door, and as she walked, she waved to the person behind her, "Remember to turn off the lights~"

So the brown-haired woman turned off the lights and followed her, quietly following her out the door to the police station, but was stopped by Alice who frowned:

"Your clothes...ah, I remember now, it was me before..."

She had thrown water at me before.

She frowned as if she was thinking about what to do. The brown-haired woman looked at her reaction and felt an indescribable sense of weirdness for a moment.

She didn't know much about Extraordinary People. She only knew that there was an Extraordinary World, but she didn't know what it meant to be an Extraordinary Person. Or rather, those were just powers in her eyes, and she didn't understand the existence of being out of control.

However, she knew that curiosity killed the cat, so she did not try to find out Alice's secret. She just said to Alice:

"It's ok."

Alice paused. She frowned and glanced at the half-wet tights on the brown-haired woman. In the end, she refused.

"No...you can't go out in wet clothes."

The brown-haired woman wanted to say something, but Alice turned and ran into the bedroom, rummaging through the closet.

Of course it was impossible to bring clothes above the gray fog, but Alice frowned when she opened the wardrobe.

The intoxicating aroma hits your nose, making your hair stand on end and your blood rush.

Of course Alice was not affected by this. She just closed her eyes and took a deep breath as if enjoying it. Then she opened her eyes, took a few steps back and moved away from the closet.

"Clothes...and..." Alice glanced at the unfamiliar clothes in the closet, pursed her lips, and looked at the bed with a frown.

Everything exuded a familiar yet strange atmosphere, as if another person had lived here during the time she was away.

The brown-haired woman had no intention of taking the opportunity to escape. After thinking for a moment, she took a step forward to catch up with Alice. When she entered the bedroom, she saw Alice standing there looking around the bedroom.

Just as she was about to step in, Alice stopped her and said:
"Don't, don't come in - although it's not that serious, it still seems to have some impact. I'm not sure if you can... uh, mainly..."

She frowned, looked around the room again, and then muttered:

"...It seems that a witch lived here?" (End of this chapter)