"Let me see the true power of an extraterrestrial visitor!"
Perhaps because of the dagger's abilities, Jeremiel's thoughts had become extremely unstable after his body was enhanced in such a short time. At the slightest provocation, he became agitated and prone to taking things to extremes.
But Dilos, a master telepath, sensed more than just that.
Through Dilos's senses, although he could not clearly perceive the energy within Jeremiel, he could distinctly see several faint red threads of light entwined within the glow of Jeremiel's mind. Those threads gave off a fluctuation that Dilos knew very well: psychological suggestion.
And the source of that fluctuation was the Kryptonian Dagger in Jeremiel's hand.
Thinking of Lex's words—I was controlled—along with the series of abnormalities displayed by the Kryptonian Dagger before him, then the bizarre underground cave and the strange things Lex had previously told him...
In an instant, Dilos understood the whole story.
But that did not mean Dilos was in a good enough mood to help Jeremiel break free of the Kryptonian Dagger's control right away.
Psychological suggestion could indeed override someone's will and control them, but such cases were rare. Most psychological suggestions merely amplified a certain emotion, driving those who were already mentally unstable to extremes and making them do things they had only thought about—or never dared to think about—before.
From the relevant memories Dilos had obtained from Joseph and Kyla's minds, he had learned that Jeremiel clearly possessed such tendencies. That was why, after acquiring the Kryptonian Dagger, he had been so impatient to kill Lex.
Lex was the best friend Dilos had ever made. Their bond was as solid as that between blood brothers. The thought that Lex had nearly died because of this idiot and some Kryptonian "machine" lurking in the shadows of this