The mark on Lumian's right chest flashed, his spirit body vibrated, and a yellowish light flew out of his mouth.
It instantly hit "Guillaume Benet" who was wearing a dark shirt and black trousers, causing the other person to faint and fall to the ground with a surprised, stunned and confused expression.
"The art of humming"!
Fake! Lumian narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw this scene, and made a judgment without being particularly disappointed.
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This is definitely not the priest. Let’s not mention whether Guillaume Benet, a Sequence 5 “life hunter”, might have been knocked unconscious by the Hum Ha Technique. The only thing he showed when he was attacked was the incomprehension and confusion.
Lumian suspected that the "double" was originally an ordinary person and had no understanding of the world of supernatural abilities and occultism.
Not caring about dealing with the stunned butler, Lumian turned around and ran out of the small living room.
As he ran, he shouted in a low voice: "Go to Dill!"
Franka's figure wearing a hood and a black robe with leather armor was outlined in front of Lumian."
Lumian grabbed her shoulder and made the black mark on her right shoulder flash with a faint light.
Amidst the chaotic layers of pure color blocks, the two people appeared on the balcony at the end of the sixth floor of the "Dill" brothel.
——When he sent Jenna here and told Albus that he could leave, Lumian was already "familiar" with and remembered the coordinates here.
Seeing her companions arriving, Jian Na, dressed as a female mercenary, walked out of the shadows, pointed to room 602, and said in a lowered voice: "It's not over yet."
"Fuck, it's so exciting!"
"Is this the second round?" Lumian chuckled.
According to Albus, the man in room 602 should have vented his anger once before he had time to have afternoon tea, but now he has started again.
"Isn't the soundproofing pretty good?" Franka turned her head curiously and listened to the noise in room 602.
While Jenna watched Lumian reach out and wipe his face, turning into an ordinary "Dill" brothel waiter, she curled her lips and said:
"The woman inside screamed every now and then.
"Fuck, doesn't that nymphomaniac priest still have sadistic tendencies?"
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As an underground singer, Jian Na frequently visited bars and dance halls, and she created a fiery and unrestrained image. She had no shortage of knowledge about similar things, and she had a good relationship with Franka, who was in charge of several major dance halls.
What a dancer sees and hears is much richer than that of a normal girl. Therefore, although she has no practical experience, her breadth of knowledge and depth of theory are not bad.
Franka understood it as soon as she heard it, and she said "tsk" while trying to control her volume.
Lumian, who had completed the transformation using "Nese's Face", looked at Franka, wanting to borrow the fluorescent powder and sprinkle it on the corridor outside room 602.
This is to deal with Guillaume Benet's "invisibility" ability!
As far as Lumian knows, that kind of "invisibility" does not have the effect of eliminating traces and smells. During the battle, if Guillaume Benet disappears and escapes to the corridor, the fluorescent powder will leave him behind
The distinctive footprints pointed the direction for Lumian's attack.
But then he thought about it, and Lumian felt that the fluorescent powder was too obvious, making it easy for Guillaume Benet to notice the abnormality in advance, and use his strange ability to escape before he launched a surprise attack.
After thinking for a moment, he whispered to Franka:
"You are 'invisible' and hide in the corridor, making the target's doorway covered with invisible spider silk from the ground to the ceiling."
In this way, any "stealth" will not work, and "slow flying" will also be entangled!
"No problem." Frankie pulled up her black hood, stepped forward, and entered the corridor.
Her figure then disappeared, as if the snowman had been melted by the sun.
Seven or eight seconds later, Lumian felt his legs being caressed by wisps of light wind.
He was startled for a moment, then realized:
"This is Franka's invisible spider thread telling me that she is ready.
"After this man became the 'Pleasure Witch', everything she did gave me the feeling that she was teasing... Also, she had just been promoted and was still unable to fully control the power of the potion. She would be taken over by her before she knew it.
Influence……"
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While mumbling silently, Lumian turned his head and said to Jenna:
"You hide in the shadows here. If Guillaume Benet escapes from here, you can give him a shot or complete an assassination. If he fails, retreat immediately.
"If he runs from other directions, you don't have to worry about it."
"Okay." Jenna already had some knowledge and didn't show off and asked for more participation.
She felt that with her sequence and strength, she could carry out an assassination when the conditions were right.
After arranging his companions, Lumian turned around and once again set his sights on the wooden door of Room 602.
He took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, calming down a little.
After doing this, Lumian carried a wing chair from the balcony into the corridor.
Taking the initiative to avoid the invisible spider thread, he came to a place far away from room 602 and placed the chair in the empty space.
The next second, he lightly patted the back of the chair, letting red fire flow out of his palms and swim to every corner of the chair like a snake-like creature.
At the same time as the armchair was set on fire, Lumian started running and ran outside 602 without concealing his movements, banging and banging on the wooden door.
"do what?"
A suppressed and angry voice came from room 602, which seemed to be at a critical moment.
"Fire! Fire!" Lumian shouted in a panic.
"Raised by sows!" the man in the room cursed in a Reston accent.
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This was accompanied by a very obvious movement of getting out of bed for the "Hunter".
Two or three seconds later, the door opened slightly, revealing a man wearing an iron-colored half-face mask, a white shirt, and his lower body was bare.
Also hanging on his body was a brown-haired girl wearing a gauze nightgown.
Damn it, I can’t bear to separate. Franka, who was in the invisible state diagonally opposite, saw this scene and cursed in a funny way.
Lumian was highly concentrated. As soon as he saw the man suspected of Guillaume Benet appearing and looking at the chair with smoke and fire coming out, he immediately opened his mouth: "Ha!"
Another yellowish light flew out, piercing through and enveloping the man wearing an iron-colored half-face mask and the girl wearing a gauze nightgown.
The man suspected of being Guillaume Bennet unconsciously showed shock and panic in his eyes, clearly having some understanding of extraordinary power.
His eyes immediately blurred, he lost his energy, and fainted, half a beat slower than the girl.
In the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, Lumian seemed to have fallen into a dream:
Impossible. As a "life hunter", Guillaume Bennet cannot be directly knocked unconscious by the "Humph Technique" of the "contracted person"...
Is he fake?
The one at 50 Vincent Street is obviously fake too!
Where really?
Lumian quickly came to his senses, squatted down, and lifted off the man's iron mask.
The face under the mask was extremely familiar to him. It was indeed the face of Guillaume Bennet with a slightly hooked nose. Lumian had a calm face, pushed away the half-naked girl who was pressing on the target man, and pushed him away.
The white shirt was ripped open directly.
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The next second, he saw three black marks that looked like signatures on the upper body of the unconscious man, one on the left chest, the right chest and the abdomen.
This is not Guillaume Benet!
Guillaume Benet has more than three contracts, at least a dozen!
Are they all fake? Are they all stand-ins? Lumian clenched his fists, and there seemed to be invisible flames burning in his eyes.
He stood up, dragged the man who looked exactly like Guillaume Benet back to room 602, then found a quilt, wrapped the unconscious girl, and threw her into the corridor.
At this time, Franka also discovered that the prey seemed to be fake again, so she exited the invisibility state, condensed the ice, and extinguished the flames on the armchair.
When she moved the girl in the corridor to an empty room nearby, Lumian stretched out his right hand and grasped the throat of the giver of destiny.
With a clicking sound, he directly pinched the opponent's neck, causing him to lose his life in a coma.
Immediately afterwards, he closed the wooden door, took out the ceremonial silver dagger, and simply consecrated it, creating a "spiritual wall" covering Room 602.
Then, he danced the "Dance of Recruitment", using this method to conduct preliminary and purposeful channeling.
The reason why he didn't ask Franka for help was because he didn't know what strange creatures the deceased had contracted with, which would probably bring corresponding pollution. Only he, who had long been the giver of destiny, would not be affected during the channeling process.
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As for the poison and the last few "truth serums" obtained from the "Blessed Society", he intended to use them on the real priest.
Diagonally opposite 50 Vincent Street.
Climbing to the second floor of the building, hiding in a hidden place, and monitoring the target, Anthony Reed saw a beautiful lady in a light green dress hurried out with the manservant, maid and housekeeper, and the car was transferred from the rear in advance.
The carriage that arrived at the main entrance drove towards the end of Vincent Street.
Anthony did not follow it rashly, but wrote down all the details of the carriage and horses.
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In the crazy and twisted dance, the spirit of the deceased separated from the body and floated into the air, looking at Lumian with hatred and confusion.
Lumian stabbed out his own blood and used commands to let him possess his body.
The flames of desire and hunger burned in his body at the same time. He remained unmoved and sensed his extra brain: "Summon the Abyss Demonic Flower...
"Stealth...
"Transfiguration'...fuck!"
As soon as he made the distinction, Lumian couldn't help but curse.
He probably understands what's going on!
The one at No. 50 Vincent Street should be the product of the "Art of Replacement", and the one at the "Dill" brothel was Guillaume Bennet's "cultivation" with the help of the "Transfiguration" ability based on his own negative influence characteristics.
"The substitute came out.
He is on guard against others looking for him based on those negative influences!
——"Transformation" is a contractual ability that can change a person's appearance, body and temperament, and has
For a certain anti-divination effect, the price you need to pay is "your own face", and the negative impact is "the desire to abuse others".
Lumian calmed down and recalled the appearance and behavior of the real Guillaume Benet in his mind, thereby resonating with the memories that impressed the spirit of the dead most deeply and looking for clues.
Soon, seven or eight memories trembled slightly. Lumian selected one of them and tried to enlarge it.
—————— Door-to-door
The waiter looked at the large handful of gold coins and the banknotes that seemed to smell the special scent of ink, his eyes straightened involuntarily, and he instinctively held his breath.
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After a few seconds, he looked around hurriedly and saw that there were no people around, so he calmed down a little."
"Give it all to me?" The waiter swallowed hard.
Albus directly threw a gold coin worth 5 fils gold over, let it land accurately in the palm of the waiter, and then said with a smile:
"It depends on whether the information you provide is useful, but no matter what, you can get another 20 Filkin."
The waiter gently bit the gold coin in his hand, looked back at the road he came from, and said in a lowered voice:
"The southerner in Room 2 on the 6th floor is just like you. Every time he comes, he always looks for the most famous socialite. He likes to order food in advance and have it delivered to the room every half an hour."
Southerners, looking for the most famous courtesans, like to order food in advance, room 602... Albus was not stingy, and threw two more 10 fil gold coins engraved with warships to the waiter.
Next, he took advantage of the busiest time of City Wall Street before it arrived, and took advantage of everyone being lazy under the afternoon sun to sneak to the sixth floor and hide in the balcony at the end of the corridor.
In less than ten minutes, the waiter responsible for delivering food took a steam-powered mechanical elevator, pushed a silver-white metal dining cart, arrived in front of room 602, and rang the doorbell gently.
Albus stood up quickly, found a place on the balcony where he could see the door of 602, and cast his gaze over.
The person who opened the door was a man less than 1.7 meters tall, wearing an iron-black half-face mask, a white shirt and light-colored boxer shorts.
Taking off his pants but not his clothes... in order to cover up the tattoo marks on his upper body? The more Albus looked at him, the more he felt that the man in room 602 was Guillaume Benet on the wanted order.
Without "disturbing" the other party, he sat back on the white-backed chair on the balcony and took out a gray, thick-haired mouse from his pocket.
This is one of "Animal Tamer" Crystal's pets!
Lumian found the "mouse" in order to use his pets that could simply communicate to complete the communication between team members more covertly and effectively.
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Of course, this must rely on Christo as the transit point and "translator".
Albus patted the mouse on the head and, as agreed in advance, made a gesture with his thumb and index finger clasped in a circle and the other three fingers raised.
This means that prey that is highly likely to be the target has been found.
The mouse squeaked, jumped out of Albus's hand, and looked for its owner who was hiding in a nearby beer hall.
After learning from "Mouse" Christo's pet parrot that members of the "Iron Cross" had found the parish priest, Lumian fell into a brief state of shock and confusion.
If they really found Guillaume Benet, then who did I see?
If the person in the house at 50 rue Vincent was indeed Guillaume Benet, then where did the fakes they saw come from?
As his thoughts flashed, Lumian suddenly thought of a possibility: "The Art of Replacement"!
Guillaume Benet held the "Art of Replacement" ceremony!
That is one of the five special ritual magics that Lumian obtained during the "Mendicant Monk" stage. Obviously, the priest who has already become a Sequence 5 "Life Hunter" can also do it.
Its function is to allow the recipient to realize the danger, find another person to live in his name for a period of time, gain genuine or false recognition from the people around him, establish enough occult connections, and then hold a ceremony to complete the replacement.
If the "Substitution Technique" is successful, in the eyes of others, the substitute will be exactly the same as the original self. Although his self-perception and actual performance will be affected to a certain extent, he will still be basically his original self.
When the substitute is engulfed by a foreseen disaster, the recipient who uses the "Substitution Technique" will have his destiny changed and completely escape the corresponding danger.
Of course, the premise is that the "disaster" didn't know it was a substitute when it arrived.
This would be quite effective for other Beyonders, but Lumian, who knew the existence of the "Substitution Technique" and what it was like, would not be deceived as long as he thought of this.
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For him, the most critical issue now is:
Which side is the real Guillaume Benet and which side is the substitute?
The forces currently organized by Lumian must be gathered together to hope to severely injure the priest and capture him without much damage. Therefore, he must choose one side to attack first, and cannot attack at the same time.
——Gardner Martin only promised to help find "prey" and did not promise to provide other help. Because of this, most of the formal members and peripheral members sent by the "Iron-Blooded Cross" are low-sequence or even ordinary members.
people.
Of course, if Lumian really goes to ask Gardner Martin, the other party might agree with the idea of buying people's hearts, but the problem is that it will take several hours for the "Iron-Blooded Cross" to mobilize enough power to come over. Ji Yao
M. Bene is not an iron man, and that courtesan is not a "happy witch". How could it last for so long? He will definitely leave early.
Which choice would Guillaume Benet make? Let the substitute stay at home, attract firepower, and go out to fool around by himself, or let the substitute go out, show his characteristics, and "kill" the danger outside the home? Lumian feels that these two
There are all possibilities and they cannot be truly ruled out.
He thought for a moment, looked at the green and white parrot and said:
"Go to 'Red Boots' Franca and ask her to divine whether Guillaume Benet at 50 Rue Vincent or Guillaume Benet over there is real and who is fake."
The parrot looked at Lumian with a look that looked like a fool and said, "I'm just a parrot."
What I said was too complicated for it to understand and record completely? After a few thoughts flashed through Lumian's mind, he quickly made a decision:
"Take me to 'Red Boots' Franca, no, take me to Christo first."
There is still a certain amount of time, and the person at 50 Vincent Street cannot escape. The team responsible for the operation can meet briefly and briefly exchange information.
Our side is hiding in the dark and the enemy is operating in the open. As long as they are not disturbed, we can wait for a while. Of course, it must end before Guillaume Bennet, who is fooling around with the famous socialite, vents his desires. After all, he is following a person.
There is a risk of exposure to people, especially if you are following a priest who has a lot of strange and unknown abilities.
In an alley near City Wall Street.
The afternoon sun shone on the mostly torn down barricades, making the wind want to stop and rest for a while.
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Franka, who changed into the assassin "suit", Jenna, who was dressed as a female mercenary, Anthony Reed, who was still wearing military green clothes and trousers, and Lumian, who was wearing a peaked cap, black vest, and white shirt, met
In this quiet, deserted place.
Lumian briefly mentioned the situation. Due to time constraints, he did not go into detail about the "art of substitution" and referred to it as the witchcraft of creating a living double.
Before he could ask, Franka had already taken out a mirror, caressing the surface while reciting a spell.
Soon, water shimmered in the mirror, and an old voice came out:
"It's all true." 62
It's all true... Franka turned her head sideways and looked at Lumian in surprise.
The witchcraft of creating a double is very powerful. The appearance and fate of the created double are the same as the real one, which is difficult to distinguish by ordinary divination methods!
It's all true... Lumian had expected this answer and was already thinking of another way just now.
Seeing his silence for a moment, Franka took a breath and said hesitantly:
"Yes, do you need me to ask someone else?"
She planned to ask the one with the most accurate divination results for the answer.
But in that case, she must answer a question in front of Jenna, Lumian and Anthony Reid that may cause her social death.
She felt that the person would probably ask, "Do you often think about doing that kind of thing with Jenna?"
This makes it difficult for her to get along with Jenna in the future!
Lumian shook his head and said:
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"No, I have a solution."
He then said to Jenna:
"You hide in the shadow diagonally opposite room 602 of 'Dill' and pay close attention to the actions of Guillaume Bennet.
"If he is finished and ready to leave, but we haven't arrived yet, don't follow him rashly. Just observe his whereabouts from a distance and know which street he probably went to."
"Okay." Jian Na nodded and rehearsed in her mind what she should do.
Lumian turned to look at Franka and Anthony Reid:
"Let's go to No. 50 Vincent Street together. I'll go directly to 'visit' Guillaume Benet. Franca, you follow me invisibly and try not to make any move before confirming the authenticity.
"Anthony, you stay outside. If Guillaume Benet is fake and we rush to Dill, you can secretly monitor the hostess there to see where she goes. After that, if Dill
' Guillaume Benet successfully escaped, which will be an important clue for our follow-up.
"If the man at 50 Vincent Street is true, there was a fierce battle and you quietly came in to provide assistance."
Franca has no objection to this arrangement. She knows that Lumian has "teleportation". Once it is confirmed that the Vincent Street man is fake, the main force of the battle can get in front of the real and fake Guillaume to "exchange information".
Rush to the other side.
Anthony analyzed the risks he needed to take and said there was no problem.
No. 50 Vincent Street, near the off-white three-story building.
After Lumian saw Franka "invisible" directly without any materials, he raised his right hand and wiped his face.
He instantly transformed into a man in his thirties wearing a black uniform and inspector epaulettes.
"The Face of Nisse"!
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After confirming his situation, Lumian walked to the target building and rang the doorbell directly.
The person who opened the door was a man dressed as a butler. He looked at Lumian and asked doubtfully:
"Officer, what's the matter?"
"There is a missing homeless man case involving this street. I want to meet your master." Lumian began to make up random things.
The butler's expression changed slightly:
"Officer, please wait a moment. I'll go ask our master."
After a while, the butler returned to the door and said to Lumian:
"Police officer, please go to the small living room on the first floor."
Lumian nodded lightly and followed the housekeeper into No. 50 Vincent Street.
The living room here is spacious, with a blue-gray cat huddled in a corner, a bird in a cage chirping non-stop, and a black dog that looks like a hound squatting in the aisle, looking warily at the strangers who come through the door.
After bypassing the set of elegant sofas, the housekeeper turned into the small living room at the back. A man with black hair, blue eyes, a slightly hooked nose, wearing a dark shirt and black trousers was sitting on a single sofa.
He was stroking the head of a big brown dog with a leisurely and slightly arrogant attitude.
"Officer, what's the matter?" the man slowly stood up and asked.
It's him, it's him, Guillaume Benet! The parish priest Guillaume Benet! After Lumian saw the appearance of the male master clearly, his eyes narrowed, and he took a few steps forward, closing the distance between the two parties.
Within five meters.
Immediately afterwards, he opened his mouth and made a sound:
"ha!"
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Only by actually taking action can you determine who is the substitute and who is the real person!