Not like the old me?
Audrey was stunned for a moment, swallowed back the words he was about to blurt out, and looked at Golden Retriever Susie who had provided him with Potion and had become Mid Sequence Beyonder with a strange look.
Can you, a dog, understand human behavior? She wanted to ask Susie, asking this pet that she refused even before she made a request.
But, isn't this sentence a bit too hurtful? No, it hurts the dog... A weak voice in his mind retorted.
It was her own voice.
As if being poured down by a basin of ice water, Audrey jumped up, slowly stood up, and looked down at Susie, but felt that he was being looked down upon by the other party.
After a moment, she squatted in front of Susie again and asked hesitantly:
"Why do you say that?"
She wanted to force out another smile, but the muscles on her face were so stiff that she could hardly control it.
"You asked Mr. Howard to help find the information of those people and find out everything about them. Then, just now you were going to ask me to follow one of them and tell you everything I saw, right?"
Susie rarely seemed to vibrate his vocal cords so continuously to speak human words. After speaking, he stuck out his tongue and took a breath in an inelegant manner, waiting for his master's reply.
The latter was silent for a moment and nodded:
"Is there anything wrong with this? I think this is the best way without breaking the law and not letting them get hurt."
"But you weren't like this before, Audrey," Susie frowned and continued, making the skin on his face shudder. "You said that you should leave enough privacy for your friends and don't enter their lives at will, especially adults. After becoming 'Spectator', you shared Glaint's romance with me, but you never treated him differently. You discussed with me some of the less than legal things Mr. Hibbert did, but you still thought he was the best brother."
"Becoming Beyonder means more responsibility than power. This is what you told me, Audrey."
Looking at Susie with a worried face, Audrey fell silent again.
She still believed that her idea was not wrong, but it was just a series of actions caused by her curiosity about "Empress" Miss. However, she recalled the conversation she had after treating Susie as a close friend and Beyonder, who was also "Spectator", and confirmed what the other party said.
Sensibility and rationality formed a fierce conflict in his mind, causing "Hypnotist" to remain in a crouching position without moving.
Seeing this, Susie gently raised his front paw, pressed it on the back of Audrey's hand on his lap, and activated his "soothing" ability.
If it had forcibly "pacified" Audrey when it first discovered something was wrong, it would most likely be regarded as hostile behavior by the other party in that state. But now, when Audrey is confused, "pacifying" can play the correct role.
This is what you told me, Audrey... Susie's claws pressed down.
The warmth on the back of the hand and the gradually calming thoughts made Audrey wake up. She looked at her Golden Retriever in confusion, with unknown emotions in her green eyes.
"Thank you, Susie, I know what the problem is."
She said with a smile, first hugged the other person's surprised expression, then stretched her right hand to her left wrist and took off the inconspicuous silver bracelet she had been wearing there.
The moment the bracelet left her body, the strong desire in her mind to know all the information about "Empress" Miss clearly subsided. Although some strange impulses were still left, overall, they were within the controllable range of "Spectator".
He put his hand on his chest and "comforted" himself. Only then did Audrey relax completely. He stood up tiredly, returned to the chair in front of the desk, looked at the various documents and information stacked on the table, and sighed.
She couldn't believe that in the past week, she had almost dug out all the secrets of "Empress" Miss that she didn't want others to know, as well as her possible family relationships.
Bang, Audrey put the silver bracelet in her hand on the table. This Mystical Item, which she named "Lies", made a crisp sound. The surface reflected the sunlight outside the window, which made her feel a little dazzling.
This week, in order to cooperate with the work of Loen Charity Student Aid Fund, I have worn simple clothes when going out and took off almost all jewelry. However, in order to have a certain self-protection ability, I wore the shape-changing "Lies" on my hand. I did not expect its negative effects. The effect quietly amplified my various emotions, especially those about "Empress" Miss... Audrey thought a little shyly, shrank back, and stayed away from this Mystical Item.
But I used to take off this Mystical Item every day before going to bed, and examine my heart to eliminate the negative emotions amplified by it. What happened during this time?
After gradually calming down, Audrey's thinking became sharper and he noticed the abnormal behavior in his behavior. After thinking for a moment, he looked at Susie and asked:
"Have I taken off this Mystical Item in the past few days?"
Fortunately, I share everything with Susie. He knows that I have an accessory that can change my appearance... This idea came to Audrey's mind.
"Sometimes you turn it into a necklace, sometimes into earrings, but most of the time you wear it on your wrist. I haven't seen you take it off in the past week, woof."
Susie thought for a while and replied.
Sure enough, this is an abnormal behavior. Ever since Baron Cinderas was framed by a certain "Spectator", I have been cautious and always pay attention to my abnormal behavior. I also warned Susie in this way, otherwise, it would not have hesitated to remind me that it was inconsistent with my previous behavior...
Thinking of this, Audrey looked around with some fear, as if there was a "Spectator" hidden in a corner of this spacious study, looking at him with a smile, admiring the confusion and annoyance that his casual actions caused to others.
"Spectator" is too scary...
This was the only thought left in her mind.
Among the boundless Gray Fog, inside the majestic palace, "Empress" Angel and "The World" Klein are sitting on their own high-backed chairs.
Except for the two people, only Mr. "Fool" who had hidden himself behind Gray Fog was left in Tarot Club's party venue.
Just now, Angel received the message conveyed by Klein through Fool. Then, just like Bayam, the two came to Gray Fog with the help of this mysterious and powerful existence. With the help of the person of "Fool", they blocked all possible interference and prying eyes and conducted private communication.
"You guys start."
Klein announced in a low tone, then leaned back, letting "Fool" almost blend into Gray Fog and disappear, and then controlled "The World" to look at Angel and said:
"I found traces of Ince Zangwill."
Going straight to the point, it was still his style... Angel twitched the corners of his mouth, wanting to smile, but he fell into a certain emotion because of this message.
After a moment, she asked:
"Did he find you?"
"I don't think so, otherwise he would not be able to let me go as he owns '0-08' and is Demigod..."
Klein replied, by the way, he told Angel how he found a suspicious person on board the boat, "Hunter" Demigod tracked it to the dock, extreme weather occurred, and "Hunter" was double misled.
"... Deeper than what I thought, Ince Zangwill hired locals to pretend to be him on the ship, and 'Hunter' found out that he had found the wrong person, so he naturally excluded Passenger Ship as a suspect. But he had actually been hiding on the ship a long time ago to escape tracking and continue southward... I think his destination is most likely Southern Continent."
Analyzing the reason why Ince Zangwill appeared on the waterway of the Berserk Sea, Klein pressed his hands on the long bronze table, his index fingers kept shaking, and he fell into thinking.
Only in Gray Fog can he safely tell this information, and even talk about the "0" level Sealed Artifact without the other party knowing.
Therefore, he prayed to himself and brought Angel to Gray Fog to discuss the next countermeasures.
After expressing his gratitude to "Fool", Angel quickly entered the status and analyzed the reason for the appearance of Ince Zangwill.
"This should be the first time he has appeared since the Great Smog incident... No, maybe he has appeared before, but he was not hunted down by other Beyonder, or he used Sealed Artifact to cover himself up..."
She analyzed herself, frowned after a moment, looked at Klein and said:
"Did you report it to Goddess Church?"
Ince Zangwill is not their personal prey. He stole Sealed Artifact and defected, killed the captain, caused many incidents, and even took advantage of the plan of the descendant of "True Creator". He is also the most wanted criminal for Church of the Evernight Goddess, and his importance is even higher than that of the top leaders of many evil sects.
Klein shook his head and said helplessly:
"There is no Goddess church on the Berserk Sea, and reporting it to Church of Storms might delay more time, so I immediately wrote to Leonard, in the name of Klein, saying that 'Dwayne Dantès' discovered the whereabouts of Ince Zangwill."
Using insiders to report is a good way. Although it may endanger Leonard's own secrets, he should be able to avoid it... Angel also thinks this is a good way, but looking at Klein's expression and actions, it is obvious that the result is not satisfactory.
Feeling her gaze, Klein continued:
"He did not report it, but reminded me in a subtle way, 'If you know it, it knows you.' I think Leonard also knows the horror of '0-08' and knows that informing the church now will only make Ince Zangwill alert and escape before the tracking begins. Once he changes his itinerary, it will be extremely difficult for us to find his whereabouts again."
"It's not like that guy's idea. He will immediately report it to the church and join the arrest team at all costs, even if he only has Sequence 6 now... Is the 'Parasite' Angel on him reminding him?"
Angel chuckled and guessed.
"It should be, but this also means that unless it reaches the final stage, we can only rely on us to track Ince Zangwill."
Speaking in a low tone, Klein looked at "Empress" Angel next to "Fool". This Tarot Club actually had the strongest combat power.