Sherlock - Klein was alert as early as when everyone broke down and shouted. The moment the Detective pulled out his gun, his "clown" instinct reacted, making him bow his head and bend over. He rolled to avoid the gun pointed at him by the other Detective and came to the back of the sofa.
Of course, the sofa couldn't stop the bullets, but Detective, with bloodshot eyes and a ferocious expression, was stunned the moment he lost his target. The moment of confusion prevented him from avoiding Klein's hand that jumped out from beside him and grabbed his hammer.
The locked trigger was difficult to pull, and then Klein easily fired the gun from the crazy Detective.
This trick was taught to him by Angel at Tingen City's shooting range.
But restraining this person is not enough. There are still five or six Detective on the field, each drawing a gun and pointing at others. Unless he reveals that he is Beyonder, it is impossible to kill so many people at the same time...
"Stop!"
A loud roar came from the only women present, Detective, Caslana.
Her roar was full of majesty, making everyone including Klein sincerely want to obey. Those Detective who were obviously in extreme panic had doubts in their eyes, and the hand holding the gun lost its strength and was about to put it down.
"Everyone stop it!"
Isengard looked around the living room, and also spoke to stop everyone. His voice was low, but the effect was similar to Caslana, with an inexplicable Intimidation.
"Sherlock, what are your thoughts on the next action?"
Essinger Stanton's low but kind voice pulled Klein back from the "group collapse" that had just occurred.
"Sorry, I didn't hear clearly. I was just wondering whether Stuart and the others arrived at Police Station safely and met their families."
Klein nodded slightly to apologize and replied.
"It will definitely happen, and you should know that what they receive is not the protection of the police, but the protection of 'Machinery Hivemind'."
"I thought you wouldn't point it out directly like this?"
With a chuckle, Klein replied. He looked at the other people in the living room. There was a slight surprise on Caslana's face, but it was not obvious. Her red-haired female assistant was helping Isengard's assistant clean up the fallen tables and chairs, as if she had not heard these strange conversations.
It seems that those who stayed are either Beyonder, or they also know something about extraordinary power...
He understood in his heart and no longer tried to conceal his identity as Beyonder. Instead, he smiled calmly and said:
"Then the commotion just now was what you expected?"
"I had a premonition that 'Desire Apostle' was waiting for us to gather together so that we could deal with most of the targets at once, but I didn't expect that he wouldn't have to take action himself, and he almost made everyone kill each other, almost leading to a murder."
Isengard said with a wry smile, looking towards the messy living room, as if he was also recalling the scene just now.
"If it weren't for the ability of Caslana and my timely simulation and strengthening of this ability, the 'Seed of Fear' that was detonated just now would have reduced our number."
"Seed of Fear? Is it some kind of Beyonder Ability?"
Caslana with a serious face asked, after using the ability Intimidation to panic Detective, she knew that her identity could not be concealed, so she no longer pretended to be an ordinary person who did not understand mysticism.
"Yes, this is the ability of the man behind the scenes, 'Desire Apostle'. He must have planted the seeds of fear in everyone's hearts before they gathered here. The time was when everyone received the threat letter and the panic in their hearts was the highest... It seems that everything was in this person's plan from the moment everyone received the threat letter."
"So he wrote the threatening letter in blood, and instead of mailing it, he delivered it in person to create the greatest panic?"
Klein looked thoughtfully at the other two Beyonder.
Caslana can stop chaos by roaring. She may be Beyonder of "Arbiter" Pathway. And Isengard said that she can simulate the opponent's ability. Is it some Sequence that she doesn't know, or is it the function of Mystical Item?
It seems that Desire Apostle's ability to bury Seed of Fear remotely can only be used by ordinary people, not Beyonder like us? But there are two ordinary assistants here. Are there similar methods that have not been inspired in them?
Fortunately, the chaos just now caused no casualties. The official Beyonder dressed as a policeman arrived in time, calmed everyone, and took them to a more tightly guarded place for protection.
Everyone who was reluctant to accept police protection before had no objection this time. Everyone almost collapsed in fear. Not to mention being protected by guards, even if they were imprisoned in the underground of the church, as long as they could save their lives, I am afraid these ordinary people would nod and agree...
But why leave a few of us behind?
"But I have a question, why did they keep us instead of taking everyone with us for protection?"
Caslana asked the question in Klein's mind. She stood up from the chair and walked around the living room, which had been almost tidied up, showing a trace of uneasiness.
"Don't you think that this scene is exactly what 'Desire Apostle' wants to see? The hidden official Beyonder escorted most ordinary people away, leaving only us who have the ability to protect ourselves. What would you do if you were him?"
Isengard sat back on the sofa, picked up the pipe next to him, and called his assistant to help him light it. However, he did not put it to his mouth to smoke, but held it with one hand, letting the rich smoke rise slowly after the tobacco was lit, lingering around him.
In the smoke, his words seemed far away:
"'Machinery Hivemind' is not stupid. They all left on the surface and escorted Stuart and the others away, but there must have been other members nearby who continued to wait for 'Desire Apostle' to appear."
"So, we are still bait, but we are just bait with a certain ability to protect ourselves?"
Caslana's tone was bitter. She, a Beyonder Detective who thinks highly of herself, has now become the bait for the official Beyonder to hunt down "Desire Apostle", which makes her a little unwilling and a little angry.
"You don't have to worry too much. This is something we have already agreed on, and they gave me a Sealed Artifact, well, it's Mystical Item, which can sound simultaneously around me with a range of five kilometers. As long as Desire Apostle appears, if we persist for one minute, or even thirty seconds, a large number of official Beyonder will arrive and bring him to justice.
"The biggest problem is that this guy will not show up at all, not only on November 30, but even in December. This will make 'Machinery Hivemind' no longer focus on this matter, and inevitably relax its vigilance and reduce the intensity of surveillance. Only then will our lives be in real danger..."
Isengard looked at the drifting smoke and said softly.
That's right... this was also the view when Angel and I discussed it. Instead of waiting for an attack that I don't know when, it is better to take the initiative to expose the flaw and let that Desire Apostle appear. Even if he has Sequence 5, it is nothing in the eyes of the official Beyonder.
Moreover, Mr. Isengard is so confident that he is probably also a Beyonder with a high Sequence, or he has many Mystical Item in his pocket, able to protect himself and injure the enemy...
Klein was thinking, looking at the well-known privateer Detective, and was about to continue asking. Suddenly, Spirituality's danger reminder came to his mind. At the same time, the clown's intuition also made him seem to have eyes on his back, and he could clearly see the situation behind him.
Caslana, who was walking behind him, had his eyes turned red at some point. The sagging muscles on his cheeks were tense and his face was ferocious. He quickly took out the pistol from his waist with his right hand and aimed at Klein's back.
"Bang——"
When the gunfire rang out, Klein had already followed his instinct and rushed forward, rolling to avoid the bullets fired at him.
A strong gust of wind blew by him. He stood still after rolling and looked in the direction of the wind.
Caslana had no intention of relying on her pistol to deal with Beyonder on the field. She threw away the revolver, made fists with both hands and rushed towards Isengard Stanton who was sitting on the sofa and holding a pipe. The latter threw away the pipe and reached into his pocket, seemingly preparing to take out something Mystical Item to deal with it.
Unfortunately, "Arbiter" has excellent fighting ability. Before he could show a surprised expression on his face, he was kicked in the neck by the female Detective.
"Click——"
Far away, Klein heard the crisp sound of a broken bone. Essinger, who had been so confident just now that he was going to hold on for a minute or even thirty seconds under the "Apostle of Desire", had his neck bones broken. His head and neck twisted at a strange angle and flew out of the sofa, landing on the carpet next to the fireplace.