Chapter 307: Corpse Transformation
Southwest of Pritt, a steam train continued to hum and rush forward across the endless fields in the dark night. At this moment, there was silence in the first-class carriage at the front section of the train. Almost all the passengers were in a deathly sleep. However, in this silent carriage, there was one carriage that was extremely lively.
At this moment, in Gregor's carriage, a fierce close combat was going on. The assassin, disguised as a conductor, was about to assassinate Gregor who was "sleeping", but Dorothy used the puppet mark to control Gregor's body and launched a sudden close attack. The conductor was caught off guard and of course lost the opportunity to assassinate him, and was beaten up instead.
Taking advantage of the little fox's sleepwalking, Dorothy successfully drew a puppet mark on Gregor's body, and then used the puppet mark to control Gregor's sleeping body. The upper limit of Dorothy's control distance for corpse puppets is ten kilometers, but there is no distance limit for controlling living puppets. As long as there is a puppet mark as an interface for spiritual thread intervention, it can be controlled regardless of distance.
Dorothy remotely controlled her brother's body, and forced the attacking assassin to the corner of the box, punching him non-stop. Since Greg had gained the upper hand by sneak attack, he immediately delivered a critical hit to the assassin's crotch. The assassin was thrown into disarray due to the severe pain, and was unable to concentrate on the attack for a while, so he was trapped in the corner and beaten up. Greg clenched his fists and kept hitting the assassin's body and face, breaking his nose and knocking out his teeth.
In the dream, the black dog mimicry transformed by Gregor's original consciousness and the little fox were sitting together looking at the big screen in front of them, watching the live broadcast in the box in the real world from Gregor's physical perspective, and watching the live broadcast of Dorothy beating people from a first-person perspective. This bizarre scene made the little fox wag its tail with excitement.
"Oh~ That's a great punch! Woo~ Another kick! Hit him in the face! Hit him in the face! Hit him! Beautiful~"
Watching the thrilling beating broadcast in front of her, she called out and talked, occasionally stretching out her front paws and making a flying punch gesture, just like an aging spectator under the boxing ring. If she could stand up, she would definitely applaud immediately.
Compared to the little fox, the expression on the face of Gregor, the black dog mimicking the dog next to her, is much more complicated. As Gregor's original consciousness, watching his body being controlled by others to beat other people, and watching the broadcast from the first person perspective, this is a myriad of wonderful experiences for Gregor.
Of course, this wonderful experience was more than that for Gregor. In this live broadcast, the person being beaten up had a face that looked exactly like his own. Seeing the familiar face that he used to look in the mirror every day being beaten up and bleeding on the screen, Gregor couldn't find any adjectives to describe his mood at the moment.
"I... in my dream, I watched someone use my own body to hit me in the face... From ancient times to the present, there should be no one in this world who can have the same experience as me..."
Next to the little fox, Gregor thought with mixed feelings that watching his face being beaten was indeed a different experience, especially just now, when he saw the assassin with his face being hit hard in the crotch, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, as if he also felt some kind of illusory pain.
"That divine being, the Akagi believer, was really ruthless..."
Gregor thought so, and at this time, the first-person fight on the screen was still going on, but it was nearing its end.
This assassin disguised as a train conductor is a black-level Beyonder Shadow-faced Man with a primary "Shadow" and a secondary "Cup". He has a second-level "Shadow" and a first-level "Cup". Logically, he should be very strong in close combat. "Shadow" can give the assassin extraordinary reaction and agility, as well as the "Shadow" enchantment ability that can make the blade sharper, and the physical enhancement of the "Cup".
As a black-rank assassin, he has a second-rank "Shadow" and a first-rank "Cup", while as an apprentice, Gregor only has a first-rank "Shadow". Normally, these two would never win in a head-on confrontation.
But the situation now is not normal. After Dorothy used the spiritual thread to transmit the effect of the Life-Eating Talisman to Gregor, Gregor's physical strength was naturally enhanced, and he also gained the effect of the first-level "Cup". Therefore, the difference between him and the assassin was only the difference in speed and agility brought by the first-level "Shadow".
However, in order to take advantage of speed and agility, they need enough space to move around. But the current combat environment they are in is a small box, and they are blocked in the corner. With no space to maneuver, their advantage in agility cannot be brought into play. Moreover, they are hit in the crotch by a preemptive sneak attack. The severe pain makes it impossible for the assassin to concentrate on fighting the enemy, and he can only passively take the beating.
Therefore, with the support of life, sneak attack, and environment, Dorothy used Greg's body as an apprentice to beat up a black level and beat him in the corner.
Finally, Dorothy seized an opportunity and manipulated her brother to snatch the dagger from the hands of the helpless assassins. After suppressing them, she stabbed the dagger into the heart in the chest. The assassin, who was wearing a conductor's uniform, struggled twice during the suppression process and then became completely silent. He died in Gregor's hands.
Afterwards, Dorothy asked Greg to stand up slowly and look at the motionless body below. At this moment, the face of the body began to move again and changed rapidly. The face that finally changed was not Greg's, nor the previous conductor, but the face of another strange man.
In the dream, Gregor's original consciousness and the little fox also saw this scene through the broadcast screen in front of them. The little fox couldn't help but speak in surprise.
"That guy... is dead? And his face has changed... Could this be the Shadow-Faced Man that Grandpa mentioned? An extraordinary person who can change the appearance of others in the Path of Shadow... Hey, Black Dog, how did you get involved with a thing like the Shadow-Faced Man?"
The little fox asked Gregor beside him, and Gregor breathed a sigh of relief and answered.
"Huh... I don't know. I've never offended such a guy before. The reason they came to kill me was not because of hatred, but... they wanted my identity..."
Seeing that the assassin was dead, Gregor couldn't help but feel relieved, but what followed was his thoughts on the assassin's purpose.
Before, Gregor had no idea why a small-time person like himself, an apprentice with no missions and no cargo, was targeted, and what value he had that made these assassins go to so much trouble. But now it seems that the reason is very obvious. What the other party is interested in is his identity, the status of a hunter who was promoted from a marginal area to the headquarters.
As long as they can kill me on the train, and then use my ability to disguise myself and change my clothes, I can easily replace them, and then naturally infiltrate the General Administration as an insider. To the General Administration, I am just a person with paper information, and it is easy for me to get away with it.
This is why the other party must murder me silently, because only if I die without making any noise can their plan be implemented smoothly.
"Huh? What's your identity?" The little fox asked in confusion, and in response to her, a word "㱕㫧" appeared out of thin air in the dream space.
"Yes... Miss Fox may not know that the change on this guy's face just now was exactly the face of Mr. Soulie. He may want to kill Mr. Soulie here and use his face and identity to sneak into the Security Bureau."
The characters in the dream space wrote this, and at the same time, Gregor in the box turned his head and looked at the glass in the box, looking at the faint reflection in it. The little fox could vaguely see that the face in the reflection was very similar to the assassin's face before it changed.
"Ah...it turns out that this guy just turned into your face, Black Dog. Hiss...can you come a little closer? I can't see clearly..."
The little fox said curiously, and at this moment the black dog mimic Gregor spoke solemnly.
"Thank you for your help! I will never forget your help. Although the crisis has been resolved, the effect of the drug is still strong. My body still cannot wake up on its own, so please hide this body in the cabinet or under the bed, and don't let it be seen by other people on the train to cause a commotion. When I arrive at my destination, I will notify my colleagues to deal with it, and one of them will pick me up at the train station."
Gregor thanked the mysterious Akha believer who helped him, and the other party responded quickly, and the following sentences gradually emerged in front of Gregor.
"Hide the body? Haha... Mr. Hunter, there's no need to go through so much trouble. Mr. Assassin should have prepared a way for us to deal with the body. And I bet it's very convenient."
"A very convenient way to deal with corpses?" Gregor tilted his head slightly and spoke with some confusion as he saw the words appearing in front of him. Dorothy then controlled Gregor's body in the car and squatted down to search for the body of the assassin.
After a while, Dorothy found the talisman. It was a talisman, a cup talisman, and Dorothy had seen this kind of talisman before.
Back when Igwynte was still against the Holy Communion, in order to lure out Colliver, a Holy Communion cadre hiding in White Pearl Street, Dorothy used the loan shark Corey Cross on White Pearl Street as bait to lure out Colliver's lackeys. After killing Corey, these Holy Communion lackeys used this talisman to vaporize the flesh and blood on Corey's body.
"This is... the Corpse Transmutation Talisman!"
The moment the talisman was found on his body, Gregor spoke out directly, while the little fox beside him tilted his head and asked.
"Corpse Seal? What is that?"
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