Chapter 34 Chapter 34 - First, he will pretend to be a guide...
——First, he would pretend to be a guide and meet the target who just got off the bus.
Lu Ze and Aster followed Zhe, carrying their suitcases. Next to them, there was a straight-limbed red-haired man who followed Aster and said that he could help Aster, but was rejected by Aster.
The rejected man was a new friend that Lu Ze and his friends met on the road, named Bai Ling.
Bai Ling said that she was a wandering bard who was traveling around collecting materials for her music composition. Although there were some minor misunderstandings at the beginning, after getting along with him, Lu Ze felt that he was a good person. If he had to say if he had any shortcomings, it would probably be that his attitude towards men and women was completely different. He was indifferent to men but very considerate to women.
The scenery of Andymoa was different from that of the academy. Luze and Aster looked around curiously. Zhe put his hands in his pockets and did not stop the students' actions.
They had not taken two steps when a child about as tall as Lu Ze's shoulder ran up to them. The child's clothes had many patches on them, but they were not dirty.
"Gentlemen, do you need a guide? I just need money for a meal." He nervously grabbed the hem of his clothes and looked at Lu Ze and others.
——After the target agrees to go with him, he will lead them to the route of the gang fight.
On the sparsely populated road, everyone's eyes were filled with vigilance and hidden viciousness. Lu Ze followed Peter and listened to his introduction.
"This is the poor area of Andymoa," Peter smiled sarcastically and continued to introduce it to the guests. "Recently, there was a conflict between two gangs here. If you don't have a guide, you might accidentally run into their fight."
Peter felt the scrutiny and judgmental gazes behind him, and he turned back pretending he knew nothing.
It's similar to Lillian's sight. As he thought about it, Lillian's teachings flashed through his mind.
"Use your special powers," "Lillian" said, "Using special powers, you can see what will happen in a few minutes or dozens of minutes. You have to use them to disguise everything as an 'accident'."
"Like the 'delay mechanism' I showed you."
"Lillian" tilted her head and said, "Get used to my gaze and my scrutiny. Your targets are as difficult as I am, and they will judge your behavior. You don't have to be afraid of them discovering what you want to do. You just need to lead them to the scene of the fight between the two gangs before they discover what you want to do."
- After leading them to the melee scene, find a way to get them to join in the fight.
Peter looked at the police car in front and said awkwardly: "It seems that a murder has happened ahead... We have to change the route."
As he spoke, he naturally turned to another road.
The poor area here is not prosperous, and there are not many people on each street. Before Lu Ze could react, they were walking towards a road with fewer people, they had already bumped into a group of people who were fighting fiercely on the road with cold and hot weapons.
Before Luze and Aster could react, Peter yelled at the top of his lungs, "Hey! I've brought helpers here. They're all superpowered. You're doomed!"
The two children immediately looked at Peter. Zhe and Bai Ling were not surprised. One raised an eyebrow and the other smiled.
——Finally escaped during the chaos.
Because of Peter's shout, the people from the two fighting gangs thought that Lu Ze and his gang were the opposing gang's accomplices. While Luze was besieged and overwhelmed, Peter relied on his supernatural powers to slip away from the crowd.
"Just like she said, as long as I run fast, those two powerful guys won't catch me immediately." Peter muttered softly. He took the deposit T given to him by Lu Ze and went to the bakery to buy a loaf of bread. Then he skillfully took several detours and walked towards home.
It was a long-abandoned house with walls covered with ivy, damaged windows and doors, and abandoned by the owner long ago. That's Peter's home.
Peter stood in front of the window and took a nervous breath. He held the bread and climbed in.
He found Lillian in the corner of the first floor, where there was the only window that was not broken so badly, and they usually rested there.
"Lillian, look what I brought back!"
Peter smiled and raised the bag of bread, but what he got was not "Lillian's" sweet smile, but her surprised and frightened eyes.
Would "Lillian" be afraid of him? No...it's behind him!
Peter felt his hand lighten as the brown paper bag containing the bread was taken away from him.
Peter turned around suddenly, and behind him were the four people he had dragged into the gang fight.
"Hey, kid, lying is not a good thing." Aster said with one hand on her waist, holding a brown paper bag.
They got away so quickly? Peter subconsciously looked at "Lillian". When he saw that "Lillian" had an even more confused look than him, he once again remembered the conversation not long ago.
"Don't you think I look like Lillian?"
At that time, "Lillian" who was standing by the window asked him back with a smile on her face.
"I... uh, I'm not questioning you, it's just that you have a unique temperament, completely different from people like us." Peter racked his brains and tried to speak as tactfully as possible.
"Oh," "Lillian" drawled, "I hope I won't scare you then."
She continued, "Don't be surprised at my reaction when the target arrives. I will be more like Lillian than you think."
"Just like you mistook me for a tourist who knew nothing at first."
Remembering "Lillian's" words, Peter calmed himself down and threw the dust in his arms to the person behind him. Naturally, he failed. He was picked up before he could run two steps forward.
"Lillian" limped over and waved a knife at the person holding him. They perfectly played the role of a pair of vigilant homeless brother and sister.
Maybe "Lillian" is the only one playing the role.
When the adventurers asked Peter about it, he realized that he had underestimated these people. The way they looked at him before was nothing. It was they who were being really rude now.
Compared to these people with special powers, those gang members seem nothing.
Peter subconsciously talked to those people according to the method taught to him by "Lillian".
"A lie that is nine truths and one falsehood is the easiest to believe. You don't need to tell any lies, just tell the truth... For example, 'I' was involved in a gang fight, my calf was injured, and I had a high fever, so you wanted to lure the superpowers over and take revenge on them. For example, you dare to do this because you have superpowers, which is your support. You can say all these, the only thing you can't tell them is that I'm not your sister, I'm not Lillian."
"Forget that I'm pretending. Show what you would do if something happened to the real Lillian."
"But I suggest that you don't admit that you have superpowers when they ask you at first. You don't need to know the specific reasons."
That's what "Lillian" taught him.
Peter wholeheartedly treated that "Lillian" as the real Lillian. He did not act, but sincerely showed his mental state after Lillian was injured. When he noticed that the shorter male among them was staring at "Lillian", he stepped in front of Lillian.
In the end, Peter passed the interrogation of those psychics without any trouble.
She was absolutely right... Peter looked at Lillian subconsciously.
If his previous feelings towards Lillian were mixed with a bit of fear, now his feelings were mixed with admiration.
“Lillian” must also be a person with special abilities, right? Can he become a powerful person like "Lillian" in the future?
Definitely not. He is just an orphan and a homeless man.
Peter quickly put aside these inappropriate frustrations. As a tramp, he was doing his best just to survive, and thinking about these things was of no use other than wasting time.
During the time when he was depressed, the psychics on the opposite side had already discussed how to deal with him.
"You still want to hire me?! But I have never been to the Forest of Strange Beasts, so I can't lead the way." Peter was really shocked.
If it wasn't so easy for these people to kill him, he would have suspected that they wanted to trick him into the Monster Forest to feed the monsters.
"Hey, kid, we're not discussing this." Aster put her hands on her hips, leaned forward, and looked sinister.
Peter looked around and found that the two taller adults looked indifferent and let the other two make the decision. The remaining man stood behind the woman, looking like he would push her away if she didn't agree.
"Then what about Lillian...what about her?" Peter asked stiffly.
"We'll leave someone to look after her," said Asther.
Finally, Peter followed Luze, Aster and Zhe, left the dilapidated building and headed towards the Monster Forest. Lillian and Bai Ling stayed where they were.
Peter looked back every few steps in worry until he could no longer see the house.
You can't blame him for being reluctant, because "Lillian" didn't tell him what to do next. No, to be precise, "Lillian" only told him to be himself.
So it's up to him to perform on his own from now on.
Peter walked nervously in front, introducing the streets he could recognize one by one.
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In the dimly lit abandoned house, Bai Ling, dressed in men's clothing, and Ren Xiaoyue, disguised as Lillian, stood on each side. Wait until the protagonists leave completely. Bai Ling forced out a fake smile that was not very happy, and asked, "Xiao Shiliu, why are you here?"
After listening to his words, Ren Xiaoyue put away the nervousness, distrust and worry that a little girl should have. Ren Xiaoyue frowned and concluded in a flat tone: "The ability you use is not to amplify tension."
Ren Xiaoyue's ability is invalidation. She can control the scope of the invalidation, but as a carrier of the ability, she cannot control the ability of her own invalid ability.
To put it simply, she can only control her supernatural powers within the range of her body, no smaller.
This caused certain problems. For example, when someone used superpowers on her and she wanted to pretend to be attacked, she could only guess the effect of the attack.
When they were interrogating Peter, Ren Xiaoyue felt that Bai Ling used her special powers. Based on Peter's reaction, she guessed what kind of attack Bai Ling used, but judging from the situation, she was probably wrong.
If she guessed wrong, she guessed wrong. She and Bai Ling knew each other's identities, but neither of them wanted to reveal their identities. The more indifferent she acted, the more Bai Ling couldn't figure her out.
Seeing that she implicitly admitted it, Bai Ling looked at her with complicated eyes: "You... can actually find a supernatural item that works on you."
Ren Xiaoyue tilted her head: "Envy?"
"Why would I envy someone who can't benefit from any supernatural powers?" Bai Ling crossed her arms and said in a low mood, "Why are you here?"
"Are you not interested in that child?" Ren Xiaoyue asked back.
Bai Ling frowned.
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