The final stage

Near the stage, Zhou Mingrui had been observing Zarathustra and the unnamed beauty who appeared on the screen ever since he saw them emerge from the screen.

While most people were drawn to the woman with blood on her face, a dazed look in her eyes, and an eerie beauty, he was more concerned with Zarathustra's condition and actions.

Of course, during this process, he would still glance at That One Women out of the corner of his eye to see her situation and what she would do next.

Just a few seconds later, he saw a strange child emerge from behind Zarathustra, leading Women with bloodstains on her face off the stage and heading towards the resting place of the face-changing Actor. Zarathustra, with a similarly bewildered expression, slowly followed, leaving the stage and approaching the stairs leading to the second floor.

Zhou Mingrui noticed that Zarathustra was walking faster and faster, his expression gradually becoming more relaxed, revealing a hint of joy.

Just then, he heard a "bang" and saw Zarathustra's head explode like a watermelon that had been hit from a great height.

As red and white things splashed around, the applause, cheers, and chatter in the hot pot restaurant seemed to be Button instantly.

Everything was frozen in time, except for the fragments of Zarathustra's head, which burst forth like fireworks, interspersed with red and white liquid.

Thump!

Zarathustra's Corpse lay not far from the stairs.

"Zarathustra is dead... shot to death..." At that moment, Zhou Mingrui was extremely confused and bewildered, feeling as if a scene from a movie special effects movie had come into everyday life, which felt very unreal.

This was the first time in his life he had ever witnessed someone being shot.

He usually has great confidence in the public security situation and feels very safe.

The next second, Zhou Mingrui thought of Li Ming, Luo Fu, and Rosanne's gang, who had been constantly reminding him to be careful of Zarathustra, and he also thought of Luo Fu, who had eaten hot pot here a few minutes earlier and then went to the restroom.

"What a coincidence, she's not in the lobby..."

"Could it have been her?"

Just as Zhou Mingrui had this thought, he heard screams and felt the whole hot pot restaurant was in an uproar.

People finally realized what was happening.

A bloody armed murder unfolded right before their eyes!

Some people called the police on the spot, some tried to leave the hot pot restaurant, fearing a further gunfight, while others wiped the grime off their faces with disgust and fear...

"What happened?" Zhou Mingrui suddenly heard Luo Fu's voice.

The beautiful woman, wearing a sequined black T-shirt and Black-Rimmed Glasses, returned to her original spot.

Rosanne jumped to her feet, pointed to where Zarathustra had fallen, and stammered in horror, "Dead, dead!"

"Zarathustra has been shot!"

Seeing Rosanne's performance, Zhou Mingrui began to doubt his earlier judgment:

Rosanne seemed completely unprepared for Zarathustra's assassination...

"Huh?" Franca, taking advantage of her height, stood on tiptoe and looked towards the place where the dead people were.

Upon seeing the Corpse with its head blown open, her face gradually turned pale, and she hurriedly averted her gaze.

"Is it really Zarathustra?" she asked Rosanne.

Rosanne now suspects that Luo Fu was behind it, because Luo Fu instructed Zhou Mingrui to come to the hot pot restaurant and sit near the stage. A few minutes before Zarathustra was shot, Luo Fu went to the bathroom and was not in her seat.

Luo Fu's behavior and the Change in her expression made her somewhat unsure.

Rosanne nodded solemnly.

"Yes."

She was indeed frightened. After becoming Beyonder, the most she had ever done was kill Monster in the Shaman world and subtly influence a few people in reality through her paintings. She had never actually fought any human, let alone killed any of them.

She knew Luo Fu and her group's purpose and goals, but she didn't expect them to use such drastic methods.

As she spoke, Rosanne leaned closer to Franca, trying to smell for any lingering gunpowder odor on her, just like in the movies. But all she smelled was a pleasant, intoxicating fragrance.

Franca's face seemed to paler even more, and she muttered to herself, "How could he die...?"

Amid the commotion throughout the hot pot restaurant, Zhou Mingrui turned his gaze away from Rosanne and Luo Fu and towards the area where the face-changing Actor were resting.

He hadn't forgotten that alongside Zarathustra, a beautiful yet dangerous Women also emerged from the screen.

Inside the lounge of a hot pot restaurant.

Lumian-na was led to a corner by Ludwig, who drew the curtain, as if to change her clothes.

The face-changing Actor present were all captivated by Lumian-na's appearance, demeanor, and bewildered gaze; not one of them questioned why she had come in.

After escaping the gazes of those around him, Ludwig took Mirror out of his pocket.

In the Mirror, Jenna was already waiting there.

Jenna reached out and grabbed Lumian-na and Ludwig, dragging them into the Mirror World.

Lumian-na did not resist; she remembered that this was Li Lu's mother.

What puzzled her was that, since she was clearly Li Lu's mother, why did Li Lu have another mother? And her memories and consciousness told her that this was a fact.

Snap!

As the Mirror fell to the ground, it ignited a quiet yet Evil black Flames before shattering into pieces.

Having moved behind a Mirror near the Dechuang Garden, Jenna began to remove Cosmetics from herself, Ludwig, and the book, and took the "Lie" ear clips off Lumian-na's ears.

Their action plan was divided into three parts:

The first part is the attempt at assassination;

The second part involves switching from assassination to encirclement immediately after the assassination fails.

The third part involves bringing Zarathustra to Zhou Mingrui's presence if an attack fails. This would likely involve using Mysticism and extraordinary powers to Zarathustra and the person who brought him from the Dream. Then, Franca, who hadn't appeared or participated in the battle, would seize the opportunity to secretly assassinate the ordinary Dream image of Zarathustra —who lacked Angel-Level and wasn't currently protected by bodyguards. This would remove the character from the stage, preventing the real Zaratul from using him to get close to Huang Tao and acquire money and resources through company mergers and reorganizations!

Moreover, this might allow Zaratul to wait a longer period until he has a new identity before he can re-enter the Dream City, and Lumian and the others will use this window of opportunity to make more attempts.

Because there was a possibility of being exposed to the Spectator in the end, or the plan failing Zarathustra successfully escaping, aside from Lumian could transform into a woman and Franca who only carried out the assassination in the final stages, Jenna, Anthony, and Ludwig all used "Lie" ear clips to adjust their appearance to a certain extent, achieving near-perfect Makeup. Furthermore, they also used Lumian's "Mystery-Peering Glasses" to add suggestive power to their disguises, making everyone who saw them believe that this was their true appearance.

--The "Mystery-Peering Glasses" themselves are no higher than Sequence 7, therefore the Mysticism effects they create are not diminished.

Inside the hot pot restaurant, President Huang, who was on the phone with his daughter, heard the gunshots and commotion in the lobby. He made a special trip around to the stairwell and looked down.

His face, which had been wearing a faint smile, darkened instantly when he saw Zarathustra's nearly headless Corpse.

He took the phone from his ear and held it to his eyes, staring at the call screen that displayed the words "Beibei".

After a few seconds, President Huang brought the phone back to his ear and said in a gentle voice, "Something happened on site, I need to take care of it, I'll call you back later."

As soon as he hung up the phone, Zarathustra's retinue rushed down from beside him in fear, panic, and anger, surrounding the Corpse.

Edward, the vice president of the Intis Group, followed behind them, approaching President Huang, and said in a low voice, "Besides Zarathustra, a bodyguard and a negotiator are also missing."

President Huang nodded slowly, looked at the chaos in the hall, sighed, and said, "Call the Police and wait for them to handle it."

Once things returned to normal in the Dream City, Jenna took Lumian-na and Ludwig back to Room 2303 the Dechuang Garden.

She used her "Ice Mirror Charm" once more; now she only had one last use left.

She then placed Franca's "Traveler's Bag" on the Coffee Table table.

Franca entered the Women's restroom under surveillance, using Mirror placed on the toilet tank to sneak into a blind spot of the cameras. After shooting and killing Zarathustra, she immediately drank the Healing Potion provided by the "Tarot Club" to delay the negative effects of using the special effects of the "Certain-Hit Gun," allowing her serious illness to erupt after being questioned by the Police. Of course, her complexion would still Change before that.

After doing this, she quickly handed over the "Traveler's Bag" and all the relevant Library and unusual items to Jenna, instructing Jenna to take them away from the scene to avoid being discovered by the Police.

Jenna took out a bottle of Healing Potion and handed it to the bewildered Lumian-na, saying softly, "Heal your wounds first."

Lumian-na took the potion, opened the cap with trust, tilted her head slightly, and drank it.

Seeing this scene, Jenna felt rather uneasy.

She discovered a problem she hadn't anticipated:

Lumian exited the Dream as Women, leaving behind Lumian-na, while the identity woven by the "Justice" Lady was Li Ming, a Men.

Normally, after Outsider is kicked out of the Dream, the image he leaves behind will maintain his daily life based on the fabricated identity and memories that do not involve the supernatural, just like "Luo Fu". However, Lumian-na and Li Ming's identities are obviously different, and even their genders are different.

This will lead to a conflict between Lumian-na's self-perception and her actual identity!

Was this considered intentionally creating a loophole in the Dream? Seeing Lumian-na's rapid recovery, Jenna cautiously asked, "Can you... still transform into Men?"