"Purple Saint? No, she was merely similar to the 'virtual personality avatar' Audrey had split off near the end of the original story...
"However, Audrey had only managed it with Hermes's help. Even at Sequence 3, she herself couldn't achieve such a perfect division.
"So, either Purple Saint possessed a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact of the Spectator Pathway, or there was a Discerner behind her!
"Either way, finding this Demoness's true body won't be easy...
"Perhaps I need some bait!"
As his thoughts turned, Abner controlled Hvin to sit directly on the sofa. He crossed his right leg and casually said, "Madam, have a seat... May I ask how I should address you?"
The lady in the purple evening gown was about to speak when she suddenly felt dazed. Then, she discovered that beneath her Mind Island, deep within the Sea of Collective Subconscious, vast swathes of gray mist parted like a tide, revealing a stone staircase that had appeared at some unknown time.
Above the staircase, a figure rapidly darted upward in a Flash-like manner.
That figure had thick but completely white hair. He wore a standard three-piece suit, striped blue-gray trousers, and a dark red bow tie. Deep wrinkles lined his forehead. It was Hvin Rambis!
Compared to the one sitting on the sofa, this Rambis had a gloomy temperament and not the slightest smile. His head was slightly lowered, as though he were examining something.
The lady in the purple evening gown was not surprised. After all, the person before her was a genuine Manipulator. However, she relied on the fact that her main body possessed an angel-level Beyonder item called the Mind Dragon Mirror, whose status far exceeded Hvin Rambis's. Therefore, she was not worried about being Hypnotized or subjected to Suggestion.
"You may call me