Overturned Tower

Russell shook his head.

There was an extra long ponytail for no reason, and there was a sense of falling weight on the back of the head out of thin air, which made Russell a little uncomfortable for a while.

Fortunately, this is the bathroom. He looked up and saw himself in the mirror.

It was the man who had previously appeared in Russell's "picture frame".

He looks about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and when he smiles, he gives people a very warm and friendly feeling, and when he deliberately puts on a straight face, he is not particularly intimidating. In terms of temperament, she doesn't look like a singer...more like a pastry chef. It is the kind of feeling that will not give people any sense of disobedience when bowing your head to decorate the cake.

"Is this... what the Blue Robin used to be like?"

Russell murmured.

When Russell spoke, he noticed that his voice became deep and magnetic—and he had a strong desire and confidence to "sing" at the moment.

And Russell is very sure that he should be tone-deaf, and he has no interest in singing at all.

When Russell was in school, he was also pulled out by his tutor to sing. But Russell just sang the first line, and he amused her directly.

Although the mentor kept apologizing to Russell, Russell was so depressed that he didn't want to sing any more.

…That is to say, after turning into a blue robin, not only can he use his psionic ability "caged bird", but he can even master the ability to sing without Russell having learned singing skills at all?

But from another point of view.

Russell also felt the slowness and difficulty of this body very clearly.

Not to mention jumping onto the ventilation duct easily.

He even felt that he couldn't even jump into the sink at this moment... As for dodging bullets, it was even more impossible.

When he became Alice before, Russell didn't have much sense of difference. Now he has become a blue robin, lost his cat's tail, and Russell even feels a little out of balance when he walks.

I need to find time to go shopping and get used to it, he thought.

"There is one more vacancy for the mask."

Russell sighed.

He realized that his psychic strength should have been improved.

This means that his redshift has increased by another level... As for the specific time, it was probably when he encountered danger on the first floor.

The "invisible instrument" that could only be turned into a scalpel or blade suddenly strengthened to the point where it can be turned into an "arm" and extended. And after Russell got the new mask, the previously increased psychic power finally stabilized.

This should be the so-called [task].

From this point of view, his "mission" is to get more masks?

But what are the rules for obtaining this mask?

The blue songbird and Russell had no relatives, not even spiritual relatives, and they did not know each other before this. And now, they are the enemy's position, not friends.

But if it is an enemy, Russell has killed many of them before. But no one was able to trigger Russell's psychic powers.

If there's anything in common...

Even their deaths tugged at Russell's heartstrings.

Or…

Is it because Russell "doesn't want them to die" in his heart? Or "hope they will continue to live", thus gaining the psychic power to keep their lives alive?

...doesn't seem right either.

If that is the case, why must it be expressed in the form of a "mask"?

What's more, this is the psychic power of Russell's past life memory awakening - how could he have such a "natural desire"?

"It seems that only after the transfer is completed, can I know the truth about my psychic power..."

Russell murmured.

But there was one thing he remembered very clearly.

Whether it was absorbing Alice's chip or the "Little Liuli" chip, he always had a longing desire.

Thirst, hunger, euphoria, greed—wanting to get.

But it doesn't want to "own", but more inclined to want to "reach".

…Using a strange metaphor, it is a bit similar to the feeling when "the promotion match has reached a life-and-death situation".

"...Let's try the newly acquired psionic power first."

Russell's heart moved, and an ultramarine flame suddenly ignited at the bottom of his pupils.

A feeling of indifference, despair, and isolation from the world that he had never felt before surged into his heart, making Russell's eyes subconsciously indifferent.

The next moment, Russell's body turned into an ordinary blue robin in the ultramarine flames, soaring into the air—

—What's the situation, I can fly?

In Russell's heart, there was an uncontrollable shock and joy.

Flying with wings for the first time made him feel an unprecedented sense of strangeness. It even draws an elegant arc... almost crashing the plane directly.

But fortunately, Russell's learning ability is still quite good.

He managed to pull it up before crashing, and flew clumsily through the air with his wings.

However, it seems that the bluebird's flight ability cannot support him to stay in the air for a long time...

The bird wobbled and flew to the sink, landed for a while and then flew up again.

When Russell triggered the psychic power again, a metal cage emerged from the void around him, sealing Russell inside.

He lost the ability to fly in an instant.

The iron cage containing the bird fell down with a clang, shook for a while, and then stabilized.

Russell looked out through the iron cage.

The strange vision gave him a sense of déjà vu as if he was behind bars and crying.

He also quickly understood the nature of the birdcage.

The psionic power of the "bird in a cage" is actually triggered in a passive trap form. Turning into a bird is just a preparatory stage ability... It's like Russell peeking into the past memory of "Little Liuli", which seems to be another form of expression of his incarnation psychic power.

If someone closes all the doors and windows in the room when they are in the same room with the birdcage, then the person who closed the doors and windows last will be pulled into this one-to-one space.

Another way of triggering is that the other party opens the birdcage out of curiosity or simply because of cheapness... then Russell can pull the other party into that space. If triggered in this way, Russell himself can jump out of the cage.

In that space, Russell can actively choose whether to cull the double prosthesis.

"Is it imprisoning or creating a psionic energy that is beneficial to the home field..."

Russell thought.

Although the conditions of use are quite harsh, once it takes effect, it can have a very good effect.

If Russell had to fight a steel monster whose prosthetic body transformation rate exceeded 80%, he could use this to strip the opponent's prosthetic body and form an advantage.

The prosthesis that has been stripped off will return to the form of the "flesh body"... If you have adapted to the prosthesis, you will definitely have a lot of discomfort when you suddenly change back to the flesh.

"...Or when being chased by a group of people? Create a one-on-one space to reduce the opponent's staff or buy time?"

It's just not clear about one thing -- and that's whether the bird and the cage will stay in place when entering that virtual space.

After that, you can set up a camera and record a video outside to confirm.

"Moreover, this psychic power has a wonderful by-product..."

Russell's expression was a little subtle.

At least, it could turn Russell into a bird.

In this way, no matter whether Russell is chained or imprisoned, as long as there is a gap, he can turn into a bird and fly away.

—No one would have thought that Russell, who had a cat as his soulmate, could turn into a bird.

Different from Alice's universal psychic power, the blue song robin's psychic power was quite extreme—it was the type whose effectiveness would be greatly reduced once people learned the mystery of psychic power.

With Russell's current psychic power level, he can probably maintain that space for twenty minutes.

If the body of the "Blue Robin" is not used but Russell's body is used, it will only last half of the time... and this birdcage as a trap can be maintained forever.

The downside is that Russell in bird form would be very fragile. If he dies in this form, then he will really die.

...But as long as it doesn't use the main body to change, it shouldn't be a big problem.

When he was on the airship before, Russell used the ability of the first mask to transform into Alice, and suffered a lethal level attack almost immediately.

That ruthless punch directly broke Russell's spine.

But Russell was not injured when he fended off the spine-breaking attack...but was knocked back to his original form. The mask used by that transformation was shattered, and the avatar went into cooldown.

It will take about a month to recover.

From this point of view...

"Perhaps you can also use the incarnation ability ~www.readwn.com~ as a substitute technique with a one-month cooldown?"

Can also be used as a vest.

It is best to have as few people as possible who want to know the original appearance of the "Blue Song Robin"...

Russell wondered what else his psionic power could be used for.

He tentatively stretched out his right hand.

But the psionic energy of the "Non-Existing Device" did not respond at all.

...I see, can't you use the abilities of other avatars while transforming?

Before leaving the bathroom, Russell reached for his face.

As the ultramarine flames ignited again, Russell's size instantly shrank.

Russell, who had returned to his original form, was taking off a white mask without facial features from his face.

Not long after the mask left Russell's face, it turned into ultramarine blue sparks and dissipated in the air.

That cheerful smile, the desire to sing, and the negative emotions deep in his heart also quickly moved away from him.

Just like an actor in a play.

"A mask...?"

Russell thought about it, turned and left.

He just tried the psionic power for a while, but he didn't dare to waste too much time.

After all, the body of Xiao Liuli who was beheaded by him just now is still here.

Before being discovered by the guests, Russell needs to make an emergency round of reporting to Minister Delphinium.

Just like what he promised to Xiao Liuli before—he wanted to let the identity of "Little Liuli" die cleanly as a human being.

Russell believes that his moral level may not be as good as his two colleagues who are obviously not normal people... But he also has an advantage.

That is... as long as he promises seriously, he will never break his promise.