Erosion and Transformation

"All right, I think this is Euphilia's consciousness world."

Standing at the manor's gate, Duanmu Huai stretched his body. This was the first time he had used this ability to infiltrate another person's subconscious since returning from that future world.

Of course, this ability had several uses. Stealing someone's desires and making them repent, like the Phantom Thieves, was one of them. However, Duanmu Huai couldn't be bothered to make things so complicated. Besides, strictly speaking, he didn't actually know how the Phantom Thieves stole people's desires, so he planned to use a more straightforward method.

After all, this was her consciousness world. In other words, as long as he could convince the consciousness at its core, the person outside would be affected as well.

To put it bluntly, it was brainwashing.

As for whether it would work, he would find out soon enough.

But speaking of which, this place was truly strange.

Duanmu Huai walked through the manor's gate and carefully examined his surroundings. From the outside, it seemed to be nothing more than an incredibly luxurious manor. However, upon closer inspection, it became clear that none of it seemed real. The flowers, grass, and trees looked genuine at first glance, but a closer look revealed that they were more like artificial replicas made from plastic or something similar.

Not only that, the entire manor gave off the feeling that it had not been cleaned in a long time. How should he put it... it felt more like an abandoned theme park.

"Euphilia?"

Duanmu Huai shouted loudly, but received no response.

This should be the place, right? I didn't take a wrong turn, did I?

In any case, he would know once he went inside.

With that thought, Duanmu Huai pushed open the door and entered the building before