allendalepharm Chapter 360 Social Death Mirror
Chapter 360 Social Death Mirror
Chapter 360 Social Death Mirror
"Click."
Lorne closed the pocket watch and gently turned the hands on the dial with his thumb.
"Mental storm".
The sapphire set in the pocket watch cover emitted a faint glow.
The next second, Lorne clearly felt that the spirituality around him became chaotic in an instant.
But at the same time, he also felt a strange dizziness wash over him, as if he had instantly lost his sense of direction, and his concepts of up, down, left, and right became blurred. This discomfort lasted for about a second.
"In terms of intensity, it's about 70% of what I use myself—but it's still not intuitive enough. This kind of attack targeting spirits and the mental realm isn't like fire or frost where you can immediately tell how powerful it is," Lorne sighed.
He had intended to use the pocket watch to record some of his extraordinary abilities and test their specific effects. Unfortunately, his own abilities, such as "controlling luck" and "mental storms," were rather abstract, making it difficult to visually assess their actual effectiveness after recording them.
"Should we ask Sharon and Marich for help?" he pondered. The abilities of the "alien" pathway were indeed quite convenient. Whether it was the blizzard or the body hardening, they were both quite intuitive and practical.
The biggest advantage of the "Monster" path is its abundant spirituality. If I were to use a little bit of luck, maybe—I could actually collect all three abilities on this pocket watch.
"It's a pity that I know too few Beyonders. Fors and Hugh are Beyonders, but their sequences are too low, so their recorded abilities aren't very useful. Hazel—she's not even as good as those two."
Lorne suddenly felt a pang of nostalgia for the days at sea. Back then, at least he had Danitz by his side. The Sequence 7 "Arsonist" ability was quite impressive; at least, he was rather envious of Danitz's fireball spell.
There are quite a few extraordinary individuals on the "Golden Dream." If we were on board, perhaps we could ask the captain for a favor.
At this point in his thoughts, Lorne suddenly remembered Captain Edwina's abilities.
He recalled that Edwina had once shown him a way to mimic the extraordinary abilities of others.
"If—I first use a pocket watch to record—her simulation, and then use the pocket watch to release the simulation to simulate and record—wouldn't that allow for an infinite nesting of nested dolls?"
"I don't know whether 'simulation' or 'recording' is more powerful—"
"How are you? Are you alright?"
Klein glanced at Detective Isengard Stanton, whose face was still somewhat pale.
"I never expected you to possess such extraordinary healing abilities."
Detective Isengard and Klein exchanged a glance, and then both couldn't help but give a wry smile.
That day, Klein had just returned home when he received a threatening letter from the "devil".
Not long after, a group of private detectives who had suffered the same fate organized a secret seminar to discuss how to deal with the situation.
During the meeting, many detectives with families showed varying degrees of breakdown and hesitation. Fortunately, the sudden appearance of the great detective Isengard Stanton stabilized the situation in time.
After the meeting, he deliberately kept Klein and another detective with more courage behind to discuss specific countermeasures. However, at that moment, they were suddenly attacked by the "devil."
Isengard, as the strongest fighter, was the first to be taken down—but this was also part of his plan.
Originally, Isengard's plan was to feign weakness after being attacked by the "Apostle of Desire," pretending to be severely injured and in dire straits, in order to lure the opponent into continuing their attack and thus revealing a weakness. Once the opponent did so, he would immediately use his prepared backup plan to recover from his injuries, and then work with Klein to hold off the opponent until the official Extraordinary squad arrived.
Who would have thought that Klein also possessed a healing ability called "damage transfer"? As soon as Isengard collapsed, he immediately went to heal him. Combined with Isengard's own prepared backup plan, the two worked together to completely heal Isengard's injuries.
Upon seeing this, the "Apostle of Desire" immediately realized it was a trap and, without a word, turned and ran. The two great detectives, busy with their treatment, didn't even step forward to stop or intervene. They simply watched helplessly as that arrogant "demon" escaped.
Because Isengard had a good relationship with the Church of Steam and Machines, the people of "Machine Heart" quickly arrived to help investigate the attack.
Klein, as a participant and key witness at the scene, was also asked to stay and cooperate.
Furthermore, since the case involves an Extraordinary being using the "Demon" pathway, "Machine Heart" is preparing to once again deploy their renowned sealing artifact—the "Magic Mirror" Arodes.
That's strange—something feels off. Why does it feel like the members of "Mechanical Heart" are intentionally or unintentionally avoiding their captain?
When Captain Ikonser arrived with Arods, who was wrapped in a black cloth, and his team, Klein clearly sensed a very obvious barrier and alienation between Ikonser and his team.
"My question is, what did the demon who was here before look like?"
Iconsel seemed to have resigned himself to his fate, and didn't even care that Klein was an outsider present. He simply looked directly at the mirror and asked his question.
Soon, the surface of the mirror rippled like water, revealing the image of a tall, strange man with cold blue eyes.
Isn't this the All-Knowing Magic Mirror? It's even more convenient than my divination! What an amazing sealed artifact! Klein was also seeing Arodes for the first time and couldn't help but marvel.
However, he soon realized just how bad this broken mirror really was.
"Based on the principle of reciprocity, it's my turn to ask a question —"
Have you ever dreamed about him? Did you dream that you had some kind of intimate relationship with him?
Good heavens—this question left Klein completely taken aback. The difference in the word "he" is quite obvious.
He finally understood why the team members looked at Captain Ikonser so strangely, and why Ikonser always had a world-weary, disillusioned expression.
It turns out—this seemingly manly captain of "Mechanical Heart" is actually—
No wonder his teammates kept a "safe distance" from him!
Thinking of this, he unconsciously took two steps back.
Having learned from his previous experience, Ikonser was more accepting of the situation this time. He knew that whether he answered or not, his reputation wouldn't change. He put on a half-crying expression and nodded in agreement.
"Yes."
The sound wasn't loud, but it was clearly audible in the quiet room. Several members of the Mechanical Heart team turned their faces away simultaneously, their shoulders twitching suspiciously.
Having witnessed Icons's tragic death on the spot, Klein couldn't help but swallow hard.
This magic mirror has such a perverted hobby! It uses the questioner's dark past as a question, and the questioner must answer it verbally in front of everyone!
This isn't some kind of magic mirror; it's clearly a death mirror!
"What, are you curious too?" Iconser noticed Klein's sympathetic gaze and suddenly spoke up.
"Want to give it a try? Come on, don't be shy, give it a go, it's super convenient!"
Seemingly not wanting to die alone and wanting to find someone else to take the fall, Ikonser acted quite eagerly. He smiled nervously and directly shoved Arodes into Klein's arms.
"No—no need, you've misunderstood." Klein waved his hands frantically and backed away. He couldn't accept such a blessing. Although he was straight, who knew what deadly questions this strange mirror would ask? What if it suddenly asked, "Are you from another world?" That would be a disaster!
"It's alright, it's alright, don't be so polite!" Ikonser persisted, almost shoving the mirror in his face.
Seeing that the other person's mental state was clearly not quite right, Klein was genuinely afraid. What if this Captain Ikonser suddenly took a liking to him?
Left with no other choice, he reluctantly reached out and took the mirror, then turned his back to the other person.
He reached out and gently wiped the cold mirror surface.
Above the mirror, lines of white words quickly appeared: "Your faithful and humble servant Arodes is at your service."
what?
Klein was immediately bewildered.