Lightning flashed outside the windows, illuminating the shadows of the trees surrounding the main pavilion. The sound of rain swept through the trees, and the strong wind swept through the cracks between the rocks, making a sound like the cry of a ghost. Everyone was sitting in the hall. Although the servants brought coffee, hot soup and other drinks, few people were in the mood to drink them.
Subobia was undoubtedly the most emotional among these people. Fortunately, he could still maintain his rationality and did not do anything drastic except for being a little choked when speaking. Dolores huddled on the sofa in the corner, holding a cup of hot coffee, looking very nervous. Zhai Jingqiu is still a little anxious. Although he hides it, he doesn't hide it very well. Similar to him is Kanzaki Takaya. Among these people, only Jack looked relatively relaxed. He even asked the servant for a bottle of wine and drank it himself.
It took about an hour before the restaurant was finished. Milia, Lista, and Arisa Saotome walked into the hall, and everyone focused their attention.
"Dear guests, please allow me to deal with the follow-up issues here." Milia said seriously, "In view of the fact that the head of the family, Rennix and seven children have been killed, and the murderer cannot be completely identified, our Howard family The person responsible for arresting the murderer is responsible for arresting the murderer. At the same time, among the family rules that you saw yesterday, the part about inheritance will also be activated. One person on this island should receive the inheritance and become the new head of the family. Everyone has Chance."
"Huh? I thought the family rules were just talk." Jack said loudly, "Ms. Milia, with all due respect, this is not a good time for inheritance, right? If we don't catch the murderer, we may It will be dangerous if you come down."
"Naturally, the first thing we have to deal with is the problem of the five companions who were brought." Milia looked directly at Jack who was speaking, "Mr. Jack, you were brought by Dimitri. I am not very fond of you. Familiar. In the current situation, what are your demands?"
"Simple, Dimitri asked me to come with him because he was threatened. I didn't expect to encounter such a situation. I have a good relationship with him, so I need to get involved and find a way to give him Revenge. Whatever you want to know, I will tell you as soon as I know it, but I have to be involved in your actions." Jack grinned, "I am an adventurer, I am not afraid of danger, I am just afraid that I will die unknown. Bai. If the murderer can get Dimitri here without anyone noticing, then he can kill me. I don’t want to end up like that."
"Then, you and Lista will go together in a moment." Milia nodded to Jack, then turned to the next person.
"Mr. Subobia, what do you think now?"
"I heard Felicia talk about your rules and read the family rules. I want to become a member of your family, and I want an upright qualification for revenge. If Rennix did it, I will break him to pieces. Hui, if it were someone else, I would let him taste the most horrific death." Subobia has suppressed his anger. He is now calm and his goal is very clear.
"Okay, then you can follow me later. Mr. Zhai Jingqiu, what do you think?"
"I... don't have the same idea as these two." Zhai Jingqiu crossed his arms and looked serious, "I have a very good relationship with Huo Yinglong, but I still think that the problem should be solved in a formal way instead of abusing lynching. . Even if you are a magician, you should abide by magician's rules. I just need the power of self-protection and the means of investigation. I hope to use my own ability to uncover the truth of this murder."
"Follow Lista, sir." Milia immediately made arrangements, "Next, Miss Dolores."
"Please, please leave me alone! I don't know! I don't know what's going on!" Delores shouted nervously, "How could Cynthia die? Someone as strong as her could die, I...I don't Know what to do!”
"Are you confused? Then... Saotome, please."
"I know." Arisa Saotome replied.
Finally, there’s Takaya Kanzaki.
"I don't know what the Howard family is like. I...actually know that Mayuri doesn't particularly like me." Kanzaki Takaya scratched his head, "But to be honest, Mayuri is very nice to me, so I Shouldn't I repay her? I hope it's repayment, not revenge."
"Then you stay and come with me. For the rest of the guests, we will first deal with the internal affairs of the family and then tell you the next plan of action. Mr. Gustave..."
When Gustav heard Milia mentioning him, he waved his hand: "I know you want to unite everyone, just go ahead and do it. I'm here to watch, and Justina is here, so there won't be any problems."
"Thanks you."
Milia and Lista left with their respective people, while Arisa Saotome sat next to Dolores. Schritt and Makailov quickly came over to ask her about the situation just now, and Arisa Saotome patiently explained.
On Lista's side, Lu Ning watched her lead Jack and Zhai Jingqiu underground.
Lu Ning had not been to this place in the first two rounds. After all, Rennix was basically in his room, and Lu Ning was an outsider to this family. He could not pass underground if he was not led by someone from the Howard family.
Lista pressed on an old door leading to the underground, and the door opened automatically.
"The two of you want to improve your abilities and find the truth as much as possible, so you followed me here." Lista said, "And on this island, you can quickly improve yourself to fight against your grandfather's magic, and also Or some powerful existence that can kill my grandfather and father, then there are only two ways. The first is to become a magician, and the second is to become a person with super powers."
"Uh... I've heard some of it, but can you give us a detailed introduction?" Jack asked.
"The difference between magicians and superpowers is that magicians need complex spell-casting preparations and material reserves. The more powerful the magic, the more preparations are required, and the range they can cope with is wider. For a magician, Its attack and defense, endurance and recovery capabilities are completely determined by the adequacy of its own preparations. For an excellent magician like me, even regular preparations are enough to cope with a battle of more than two days."
"Sounds like you're a very powerful magician?" Jack asked.
Lista stopped and turned to look at Jack.
"No need to sound like it, I am, Mr. Jack. Now that my grandfather is dead, I am the most powerful magician on this island, and no one can surpass it."
"Uh... Okay, okay, what about superpowers?" Jack decided not to continue on this topic.
"A person with superpowers acquires abilities through awakening. The awakening of superpowers can be carried out multiple times, and the probability of success in each awakening will decrease. When an awakening is unsuccessful, it means that he can no longer obtain superpowers. . In contrast, people with superpowers have effects that are close to rules in acquiring abilities. For example, if a magician wants to ignite something, he needs to prepare a high-temperature or burning magic. Launching an attack on that thing, the attack may be evaded. But if it is a demolition ability, he will definitely ignite that thing, and whether it will be extinguished later is a matter later."
Neither Jack nor Zhai Jingqiu were stupid, and they immediately understood what Lista meant.
"It sounds like we have options?" Zhai Jingqiu asked.
"Bamoku Island is the most classic piece of real estate of the Howard family. Grandpa's preparations here are thorough. There are two ways to get started here. However, the effectiveness of magicians is relatively slow. It is best for you two to choose super powers. , because only superpowers can instantly meet the most powerful magician in the world in a short period of time."
"Okay, I have no choice. So, miss, are we going to do some super power awakening now? Is it dangerous?" Jack asked.
"Abnormal awakenings are quite risky and require the assistance of an experienced or knowledgeable person, otherwise the probability of failure is very high and the person trying to awaken will also bear harm." Lista said, "But with a genius like me Come to assist, your first awakening success rate is 100%, no need to worry."
Jack and Zhai Jingqiu are already used to Lista's way of speaking.
"Of course, the awakening of superpowers will be highly random, which no one can control. The only thing you can know is that the superpowers will be more in line with the current needs, so what you desire most now will be revealed later. Keep that mentality.”
As she spoke, Lista reached out and pressed down a brick on the wall.
After a low buzzing sound, a wall of the underground passage turned to the right, blocking the original path forward, revealing a new passage on the left.
"You really like to engage in these institutions." Zhai Jingqiu said with some surprise.
"My grandfather probably designed many mechanisms in both the main building and the annex. He always liked to find many different people to design their own designs, and then put them together himself. He thought this was a very fulfilling thing."
Lista walked to the end, where there was a rusty iron door. She looked at the iron door and sighed, then stretched out her palm again and pressed it on the wall next to it.
"Are you installing fingerprint recognition?" Jack asked.
"Magic identification, my grandfather entered the magic power of everyone in the family. You can understand it as the magician's fingerprint."
"But as far as I know, Lady Milia is probably not a magician?"
"The magic power of an individual has nothing to do with whether he is a magician, Mr. Jack. If you are a magician, you should learn this lesson in the third class." Lista said, grabbing the iron door. Pull the handle and open the door. The inside of the door was very neat, as if it had been cleaned. A large number of black metal boxes were neatly stacked on a metal shelf beside the wall. Two operating beds were placed on both sides of the room. There were some bottles and cans and a stack of paper on the only table. This was Everything in the room was gone.
"Operating bed?" Jack laughed, "This reminds me of some not-so-good things. Miss, you won't wait for us to go up, but you will become material instead, right?"
"You do not trust me?"
"How can..."
"You are indeed doubting." Lista stared at Jack without avoiding his gaze. "You are an adventurer, and both boldness and caution are your characteristics. Do you know that the cause of Dimitri's death may be due to the appearance of the Howard family? There are some internal problems, and you suspect the Howard family. And the behavior of us—me, my mother, and Arisa Saotome—has aggravated your doubts. You are worried that we are behind this, and you are ready to separate the guests to deal with it. "
"...Tsk," Jack said with a sigh, "That's right, Miss. Before getting on that suspicious-looking operating bed, can I ask why I trust you? Will we lose consciousness? Everything is It’s unknown, what if I never wake up again?”
"Because if I really want to kill you, I don't need such complicated means." Lista said, "I can even kill everyone and leave only people in our family to ensure that the murderer is indeed dead, but I I didn’t do that, which proves that I still want to do things through normal means. Also, there are two of you, so you don’t need to awaken together, the other person can watch from the side.”
"Okay, then I have to believe you, brother." Jack patted Zhai Jingqiu on the shoulder, "I'll go first, you have to help me keep an eye on it, I won't wake up if I don't tell you, I'll suffer if something is missing. No."
He joked and lay down on the operating table.
Lista's fingers brushed over the boxes on the shelf, and she quickly picked out one of them and said, "We also want to gather more power, but the current situation on the island is unclear. Compared with the guests, It is said that those of you who were brought as companions by our relatives are more trustworthy."
"Haha, thank you for the compliment." Jack lay down and began to relax.
"Mr. Jack, remember, keep your mentality. What you want, your strongest desire, all require your mental presentation. Superpowers are your own response to yourself, and are different from magic."
Then, she carried the box to the operating bed and took out a sharp scalpel from it.
"Hey! This thing is a bit scary! Isn't it without anesthesia? Ah? It's really not anesthesia -"
Zhai Jingqiu watched in horror as Lista used the knife to peel off Jack's scalp. The moment the blade touched Jack, his screams stopped abruptly, and the expression on his face turned dull, as if completely No pain is felt.
"Um, Miss Lista, what's wrong with him?" Zhai Jingqiu asked cautiously. At the same time, he started to exert force with his feet. If the preparation was not right, he rushed out of the door.
"Magicians don't need anesthetics." Lista continued her movements calmly, "And this was 100% successful the first time it was used. It directly stimulates the brain and is safe and effective."
"Ah...really?"
Zhai Jingqiu looked at Lista suspiciously. After she peeled off the scalp, she took out a medicine bottle containing blue liquid from the box and began to carefully pour the liquid on the skull.
(End of chapter)
