Among the three, she has always been the most sensible one.
Just like what Adela once said: "We are a team, you are responsible for using your brain, I am responsible for fighting, and Barbara is responsible for being cute."
Jennifer is a thoughtful girl.
She whispered: "Actually, we overcomplicated things and thought these people wanted to arrest us for trafficking."
Adela patted her chest with lingering fear: "Yes, I thought I was going to become a sacrifice to the evil god."
Compared to the two of them, Barbara is like a good baby living in an ivory tower. These things are out of her daily reach.
"Perhaps our direction was wrong from the beginning."
"What do you mean?" Adela asked.
Jennifer looked at Barbara with a complicated expression: "I'm afraid Barbara has the most say on this point."
She pointed at the guards not far away: "Their attitude towards Barbara doesn't explain the problem? It's not like treating a prisoner!"
"Huh?" Barbara tilted her head and her thoughts were far away. She thought about the attitude of these guards towards him during this period. When did it start to change?
She said in an uncertain tone: "Is it because there is something on me?"
At this time, Adela stood up suddenly and exclaimed: "Extraordinary!"
"This experiment is cultivating extraordinary beings"
For a moment, she could not contain her excitement: "As long as we succeed, can we go out?"
The two looked at Jennifer with a look of extreme longing.
Jennifer shook her head slightly, with an uncertain tone in her words:
"Perhaps only we will know this if we truly become extraordinary people."
Extraordinary? what is that? Barbara looked at Jennifer suspiciously. In the small circle she lived in, these things were out of reach. She asked in a low voice: "A transcendent person is someone like a priest?"
Based on her knowledge, the only big people she could come into contact with were church gatherings once a month.
When she was a child, she felt that the priest in the church was very powerful.
It was her first exposure to incredible power, power that science could not explain.
"Yes." Jennifer nodded affirmatively: "As long as you become a transcendent, you can work in the temple and become an investigator."
Barbara clenched her fists. At this moment, she was very eager to become a transcendent.
In her eyes, the priest is synonymous with power. In Port Lia, both the rich and the sheriff respect the priest very much. She wants to be that kind of person.
Jennifer told the two of them some things about extraordinary beings.
"If you want to become a transcendent, you must have a strong body. Only in this way can you avoid the risk of losing control to the greatest extent."
. . .
Half an hour later.
After explaining the basic common sense, she suggested, "The next thing we have to do is not to reject those drugs and use them to strengthen our own power."
The 'drugs' mentioned here are drugs that the guards inject into their bodies at regular intervals.
"Through this period of observation, I can confirm that those things are not poisons, but have a strong nourishing effect on our bodies."
"Barbara's current physical condition is the best proof! I remember at the beginning, I couldn't run two laps in training, and now I can't even breathe."
Barbara is now full of infinite yearning for extraordinary beings, and Jennifer seems to have opened the door to a new world for her.
His face was filled with a thirst for new things.
Under the shade of the trees, the breeze blew away Barbara's long-held suppressed emotions.
She stood up, spread her hands, and let the golden sunlight shine on her skin. At this moment, she felt full of confidence.
Looking at the flying birds in the distance, she pursed her lips and said silently in her heart: "Wait until I get home."
. . .
No. 9 Bauhinia Street, West Kowloon District, Port Liaison.
early morning.
Joey opened the door fully dressed. He was going to church today.
When passing by an alley, I saw a person in a trance, who looked very much like Olivia.
By the time I chased him, the person was gone.
Looking at the empty alley, I had no choice but to leave first.
Before people arrived at the church, they saw many people gathered in the center of the church square from a distance.
Above these people's heads is a huge light curtain.
Seeing such a scene, Joey was speechless.
Four words "open-air movie" suddenly appeared in my mind.
The huge light curtain seemed to be interfered by electromagnetic waves, and the images that appeared were intermittent and mixed with snowflakes.
This state lasted for about ten seconds, and the picture suddenly became clear.
A man covered in black robes appeared in the picture.
He made a fist with his right hand and made a hammering motion on his left chest, and then a dull and hoarse voice sounded in the empty field:
"Ladies, what are you thinking about? Good morning. Are you surprised to see me?"
He was like a madman, waving his arms in place and doing strange dances.
"I specially prepared a fireworks show for you, see you at 5pm!"
After saying this, the light curtain disappeared.
Everyone gathered whispered, thinking that this was an event prepared by the church, and didn't pay much attention to it.
After a while, the people were almost dispersed.
In the crowd, Joey saw a man and jogged over.
"Director"
"Director?" I called several times but got no response.
He waved his hand in front of him: "Director, what are you thinking about?"
It was only then that Benny came back to his senses and looked at Joey in astonishment:
"Do you think this is a prank?"
"Not sure?"
Benny asked again: "Is it that group of people?"
Joey shook his head: "I can't tell, the method is not very similar."
"I think so too," Benny said with a gloomy face, "It's true that cats and dogs are jumping out of nowhere."
In this regard, Joey didn't know what to say.
After all, this possibility is very high. In many violent incidents, as long as someone takes the initiative, a series of followers will appear behind.
Setting off fireworks, with Annie and the others blowing up a building at every turn, would seem too childish from the opposite side.
"By the way, you come with me first"
Follow Benny into the church and go straight to the underground floor.
After passing through many levels, I finally entered a closed and dark stone room.
"Director, why did you bring me here?" Joey looked at the displays in the stone room curiously.
The place is not big, only some simple office supplies.
There is an old telegraph machine on the table.
Benny pointed at the telegraph machine and spoke slowly:
"It's called the 'Cursed Telegraph Machine' Level 2 Sealed Artifact, codenamed 2-049"
"It matches your abilities very well"
As he spoke, he handed a bunch of keys to Joey: "I will now give you the right to use it."
At this moment, there was already a turmoil in his heart, but on the surface he was trying his best to restrain his emotions, pretending to be ignorant and asked: "Director, I heard that sealed objects have side effects. The more powerful the sealed object, the greater the side effects." "
"You know a lot." Benny looked at Joey with interest and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sealed objects with serious side effects belong to the combat category, and 2-049 does not belong to this category."
"Its side effects are relatively small."
Joey stared at Benny without blinking, with a slight sneer at the corner of his mouth, as if he was saying: Treat me like a three-year-old kid, lie, keep lying, see if I believe you.
"Uh!" A rare embarrassed expression appeared on Benny's face, "Well, its side effects are not small either."
"But don't worry, it's not difficult for you."
Joey stared at him without blinking.
"2-049's ability is to predict upcoming crisis events with a certain probability. This sealed artifact was personally issued by the church to the previous church deacon. Because of its existence, the church successfully prevented many crisis events."
"Stop it." Joey waved his hands impatiently and reminded: "Side effects, side effects? I don't want to know its capabilities."
Benny looked hesitant and was silent for about ten seconds before saying:
"The side effect is that it cannot correctly identify the risk level of the event."
"What's the meaning?"
"For example, a fight between two people may turn into a fight between two thousand people during the crisis rehearsal. Another example is that a predicted storm turns out to be just a light rain."
The corners of Joey's mouth twitched uncontrollably. This thing also has the potential to report a false alarm, so no wonder it can only be ranked as a Level 2 Sealed Artifact.
"But it doesn't matter. With your ability as a gambler, you have a high probability of avoiding this side effect."
As he spoke, he tapped the telegraph machine: "Let's try it! It's very simple to use, just tap the buttons and type."
Joey walked over, pressed his fingers lightly on the keys, and typed: "What big event will happen tomorrow?"
Soon, the telegraph machine made a mechanical clicking sound.
Then a line of words appeared on the blank paper.
'It will be sunny tomorrow with a temperature of 28 degrees. It may rain heavily in the evening. Please bring an umbrella when traveling.'
For a moment, Joey was stunned on the spot, and the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.
"Are you sure its ability is to predict crisis events, not weather forecasts?"
No matter how deep Benny's city is, the expression on his face is a little uneasy at this time.
This is also the reason why he doesn't like to use this sealed item.
He coughed lightly: "I've also told you how to use it. From now on, you will add an extra line to your work and check 2-049 once a day."
After saying that, without waiting for Joey to interrupt, he turned around and left as if running away.
"I'll arrange for manpower to investigate the person who set off the fireworks. If you try a few more times, remember to notify me if you find anything new."
Watching Benny leave, Joey didn't look back until his back disappeared from sight.
He didn't act in a hurry, but waited in place for nearly ten minutes.
Quietly turning on his spiritual vision, he raised his five senses to the extreme, and his perception covered the entire church in an instant.
No suspicious person was found, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Director, I'm afraid you would never have thought in your wildest dreams that I am not a gambler at all, but a fortune teller."
"Gamblers only have a certain probability of triggering the lucky value, but I am lucky."
Cover the keys with your hands again and type the previous question again.
The answer I got this time was different.
Looking at the line of words that suddenly appeared on the white paper, Joey's brows knitted together tightly.
'Today, a magnificent fireworks show will take place in Port Lia, and colorful lights will illuminate the entire night sky'
"Really a fireworks show?"
He doesn't think things are as simple as they seem.
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Slowly closing his eyes, he murmured to himself: The hermit who returned from the old days, the great existence above the ashes.
While chanting his name, he communicated with the gray mist to answer the prayer and summoned the yellowed title page of Azrael.
The moment Azrael came out, the telegraph machine seemed to be stimulated by something, and the mechanical 'click-click' sound kept making.
Lines of garbled characters were printed on the telegraph paper.
While Joey was still in a daze, he saw a bright and dazzling light burst out from Azrael's title page, instantly engulfing the telegraph machine.
In a daze, I seemed to hear a shrill scream.
When the light dissipated, Joey was shocked to find that the telegraph machine's spirituality had disappeared.
His mouth opened slightly, his Adam's apple squirmed, and he swallowed: "Did you eat it?"
Azrael seemed to be very excited. He first drew a smiley face on the blank paper on the title page.
Then a line of words appeared under the smiling face.
'Lord Silver, is this your gift to Azrael? Thank you, my Lord Silver, Azrael has now regained some of his authority and can serve you better! '
Joey froze in place, his face twitching.
It’s over, it’s over, it’s a level 2 sealed item, I can’t even afford to pay for it if you sell it!
At this moment, Joey felt like the sky was falling, and he didn't care at all what words Azrael wrote behind him.
All he could think about was whether the director would skin him if he found out.
Ordinary extraordinary items without code names can fetch sky-high prices at auctions, let alone sealed items assigned code names by the temple.
Azrael's title page is now like a naughty child whose wish has been fulfilled.
The title page floats in the air, transforms into various origami shapes, and circles around Joey to express its mood.
Joey pressed his hand on the telegraph machine, but there was no reaction at all, and he couldn't feel any spiritual factors.
He sighed dejectedly, looking at Azrael who turned into a paper crane and flew around him, he had the urge to tear it apart.
Azrael seemed to feel the anger coming from Joey, and landed lightly on his shoulder, staying quiet, just to avoid making Joey unhappy.
The paper crane shrugged its head, full of spirituality.
"Okay, I don't blame you for this!"
Upon hearing this, Azrael happily changed his shape and returned to a blank title page.
'Master Silver, how can Azrael be of service to you? '
Joey was not in a hurry to ask questions, and looked at the title page floating in front of him in a trance.
In my mind, thoughts were racing.
To some extent, 2-049 is very similar to Azrael's deduction ability.
He glanced sideways at the telegraph machine that had lost its spiritual element.
The law of aggregation of extraordinary characteristics, it was eaten by Azrael!
Originally, he summoned Azrael just to see what would happen if the two were put together.
Unexpectedly, Azrael ate 2-049 directly.
Now what Joey has to consider is how to explain to Director Benny.
After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of a good solution, so he simply didn't bother to think about it.
Being treated like this by Azrael, Joey felt very unhappy, so he took Azrael directly back to the Round Table Hall and walked out.
As for 2-049, let’s wait until it’s exposed.
