Chapter 313 The Out-of-Control Detective
Even when everyone was breaking down and shouting, Sherlock Klein was alert. The moment the detective drew his gun, he reacted with his "Joker" instinct, lowering his head and bending over. With a roll, he dodged the gun pointed at him by another detective and came behind the sofa.
Of course, the sofa couldn't stop the bullet, but the detective, with bloodshot eyes and a ferocious expression, froze the moment he lost his target. This moment of distraction prevented him from dodging Klein's hand that grabbed his hammer as he rushed out from beside him.
The locked trigger was difficult to pull, and then Klein easily took the gun from the crazed detective.
This move was taught to him by Angel at the shooting range in Tingen City.
But subduing this one person wasn't enough. There were still five or six detectives on the scene, each with their guns drawn and pointed at others. Unless he revealed himself to be a Beyonder, there was no way he could take down so many people at once...
"stop!"
A loud roar was heard, it was from Kaslana, the only female detective present.
Her roar was filled with authority, making everyone, including Klein, want to obey from the bottom of their hearts. The detectives, who were obviously in extreme panic, had doubts in their eyes, and their hands holding the guns had lost strength and were about to put them down.
"Everyone stop!"
Isengard looked around the living room and also spoke to stop everyone. His voice was low, but the effect was similar to Kaslana's, with an inexplicable deterrent effect.
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"Sherlock, what are your thoughts on our next course of action?"
Isengard Stanton's low but kind voice pulled Crane back from the "group collapse" that had just occurred.
"Sorry, I didn't hear clearly. I was just wondering if Stuart and the others arrived at the police station safely and met their families."
Klein nodded slightly in apology and replied.
"Of course they will. And you should know that they are not receiving protection from the police, but from the 'RoboCycle'."
"I thought you wouldn't bring it up so directly?"
Klein replied with a chuckle. He looked at the others in the living room. Kaslana had a hint of surprise on her face, but it wasn't obvious. Her red-haired assistant was helping Isengard's assistant clean up the fallen tables and chairs, as if she hadn't heard these strange conversations.
It seems that those who stayed behind are either Beyonders or have some understanding of Beyonder powers...
He understood in his heart and no longer tried to hide his Beyonder identity. Instead, he smiled calmly and said:
"Then was the commotion you anticipated?"
"I had a feeling the 'Apostle of Desire' was waiting for us to gather so he could take out most of the targets at once. But I didn't expect him to almost let everyone kill each other without even having to do it himself, nearly resulting in a bloodbath."
Isengard said with a wry smile, looking at the messy living room, as if he was also recalling the scene just now.
"If it weren't for Kaslana's ability, and my timely simulation and enhancement of it, the 'Seed of Fear' that just detonated would have already reduced our numbers."
"Seed of Fear? Is it some kind of extraordinary ability?"
Kaslana asked in a serious tone. After using her ability to shock the panicked detectives, she knew that she could no longer conceal her identity, so she stopped pretending to be an ordinary person who didn't understand the occult.
"Yes, this is the ability of the man behind the scenes, the 'Apostle of Desire.' He must have planted the seeds of fear in everyone's hearts before they gathered here. He did so when they received the threatening letter and their panic was at its peak... It seems everything was planned by this man from the moment they received the threatening letter."
"So that's why he wrote the threatening letter in blood and chose not to mail it, but to deliver it in person to create the greatest panic?"
Klein looked thoughtfully at the other two Beyonders.
Kaslana can stop chaos with her roar. She may be a Beyonder of the "Arbitrator" path. And Isengard said that he can simulate the other party's ability. Is it a sequence that he is not clear about, or the effect of a magical item?
Apparently, the Apostle of Desire's ability to remotely plant the Seed of Fear is only available to ordinary people, not Extraordinary beings like us. But there are two ordinary assistants here. Do they have similar abilities that haven't been activated yet?
Fortunately, the chaos just now did not cause any casualties. Official Beyonders disguised as police officers arrived in time, calmed everyone down, and took them to a place with stricter security for protection.
Those who had previously been reluctant to accept police protection now had no objections. Everyone was nearly collapsed in fear. Forget being guarded and protected, even if it meant being locked up in the church's basement, I'm afraid these ordinary people would nod in agreement as long as it meant saving their lives...
But why do we have to stay behind?
"But I have a question, why did they leave us here instead of taking everyone else with them for protection?"
Kaslana asked the question on Klein's mind. She stood up from her chair and paced around the living room, which had been mostly tidied, revealing a hint of uneasiness.
"Don't you think this is exactly what the Apostle of Desire wants to see? The hidden official Beyonders escorted most of the ordinary people away, leaving only us who have the ability to protect ourselves. If you were him, what would you do?"
Isengard sat back on the sofa, picked up the pipe beside him, and called his assistant to help him light it, but he did not put it to his mouth to smoke. Instead, he held it with one hand, letting the rich smoke from the lit tobacco slowly rise and linger around him.
In the smoke, his words seemed far away:
"The Mechanical Heart isn't stupid. They've all left on the surface to escort Stuart and the others, but they must have other members staying nearby, waiting for the Apostle of Desire to appear."
"So, we are still bait, but bait with some self-preservation capabilities?"
Kaslana's tone was bitter. She was a self-proclaimed Beyonder detective, but now she had become bait for the official Beyonders to hunt down the "Apostle of Desire." This made her feel unwilling and angry.
"Don't worry too much. This was already agreed upon. They also gave me a sealed artifact. Well, it's a magical item. When my voice resonates around me, the range reaches five kilometers. As long as the Apostle of Desire appears, if we hold on for a minute, or even thirty seconds, a large number of official Beyonders will arrive and bring him to justice.
"The biggest problem is that this guy won't show up at all, not just on November 30th, but even in December. This will cause the Mechanical Heart to lose its focus on this matter, inevitably relaxing its vigilance and reducing the intensity of its surveillance. That's when our lives will be truly in danger..."
Isengard looked at the drifting smoke and spoke softly.
That's right... This is also what Angel and I thought when we discussed it. Instead of waiting for an attack to come at any time, it's better to take the initiative to reveal a flaw and let the Apostle of Desire appear. Even if he is at Sequence 5, it is nothing in the eyes of the official Beyonders.
Furthermore, Mr. Isengard was so confident, so he must be a Beyonder of a relatively high Sequence, or perhaps he had many magical items in his pocket that could protect him and injure his enemies...
Klein pondered and looked at the famous private detective. Just as he was about to continue questioning, he suddenly felt a spiritual reminder of danger in his mind. At the same time, the clown's intuition made him feel as if he had eyes behind his back, allowing him to see clearly what was happening behind him.
Kaslana, who was walking behind him, had her eyes turned red at some point, the muscles on her cheeks tensed, her face grim, and she quickly pulled out the pistol from her waist with her right hand, aiming at Klein's back.
"Bang--"
When the gunshot rang out, Klein instinctively lunged forward and rolled to avoid the bullet.
A strong wind blew past him. He stood firm after rolling and looked in the direction of the wind.
Kaslana had no intention of relying on her pistol to eliminate the Beyonder on the field. She threw away her revolver, clenched her fists, and rushed towards Isengard Stanton, who was sitting on the sofa with a pipe in his hand. The latter threw away the pipe and reached into his pocket, as if preparing to take out some magical item to deal with it.
Unfortunately, the "Arbitrator" possessed excellent fighting skills, and before he could even show a look of surprise on his face, he was kicked in the neck by the female detective.
“Crack—”
From a distance, Klein heard the crisp sound of broken bones. Isengard, who had just been full of confidence and was determined to hold out for a minute or even thirty seconds against the "Apostle of Desire," had his cervical vertebra broken. His head and neck flew off the sofa at a strange angle and landed on the carpet beside the fireplace.
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