Gu Shen pulled his hat lower and slowly squeezed through the crowd to the bar.
The bartender came over.
Gu Shen saw the bartender smile at him amiably, hand him a drink menu, and say something.
From the shape of his lips, he could tell he was saying—
"What would you like?"
Even now, Gu Shen's Profiling world remained silent. This was his first time using this ability. In theory, both Profiling and hypnosis were basic abilities for Mental Affinity Transcendents, but Profiling consumed far more energy. Perhaps that was because it possessed the trait of "retrospection," allowing Transcendents to contend, in some small measure, against time itself.
But rather than saying Profiling broke the shackles of time, it was more accurate to call it a pursuit of fate's unseen guidance.
The further back in time one traced, the more severe the drain on one's mental strength.
The more powerful the person being profiled, the vaguer the guidance became.
And if one tried to glimpse scenes one was not meant to see... one would suffer a fierce backlash.
The shadow in the Profiling world faded away. Three days ago, Jiang Wan had sat in this very seat and come into contact with a Sealed Item?
As he continued Profiling, Blazing Fire swayed violently.
The consumption of his mental strength suddenly surged.
No... that shadow had not vanished... A faint black silhouette streaked across Gu Shen's field of vision...
Someone carrying a Sealed Item had briefly stayed in this bar.
Was this when Jiang Wan had been infected by the Sealed Item's extraordinary aura?
The clue ended there.
"I'll have... this one."
Gu Shen's thoughts returned to reality. He saw the bartender's slightly impatient gaze and casually pointed at a name on the menu. At that moment, a voice rang out