Brand shook his head helplessly. "I don't deny the precision of your Psychoanalytic Method or your ability to manipulate minds. He may have avoided you precisely because he didn't want to bring trouble on himself. But if you take the initiative to approach him, that may not be the case."
Schiller did not answer, clearly disagreeing. Brand stared at him. "Do you have some judgment based on something other than the facts again?"
Schiller's hand paused before he said, "What if he can only resurrect the dead?"
"What do you mean?"
"All of his followers can only be Living Corpses. In other words, a person has to die first before the Power of Death can resurrect them and place them under his control. He cannot directly turn living people into followers."
"What kind of bullshit power is that?" Jonathan said. "You mean he can't kill living people, only resurrect dead people, then have the resurrected dead kill living people, turn the living into dead people, and resurrect the dead again."
Schiller nodded. "That's right. So far, there is no evidence that anyone has died directly from an attack by the Power of Death. All the victims were killed by Living Corpses."
"No wonder you're being so bold," Brand said. "You think the Power of Death can't kill you in the mental world. But what about Novie?"
Brand leaned forward again. "I have to remind you: someone who can resurrect her own brain and forcibly stimulate bodily activity through sheer willpower must have an extraordinarily strong will. Her memories have already been altered, and she sees you as a mortal enemy. The moment she sees you, she will attack. That is her home ground."
"If that weren't the case, I wouldn't have called all of you here." Schiller remained calm. "The