Chapter 408: 「The Parasite」

Dreamy phosphorescence lit up in Klein's eyes; with his control over Causality Threads, he was capable of completely erasing the traces of his divination.

Doing so would greatly reduce the possibility of being discovered; after all, Klein did not lack the caution a Demigod should have when facing an opponent.

And just as Klein entered a dream for divination, people in a manor on Borklund Street in the North Borough of Backlund and another in the northwest suburbs were startled awake from their dreams.

The young lady panicked and picked up the accessory on her chest, while a mouse in the suburban manor almost jumped up.

He "Stole" distance and teleported several thousand meters in one direction; this was already the limit of what he could do, all to escape the range of having his Spirit Body Thread controlled.

"..." Pallez Zoroast did not speak again, leaving Leonard to make the decision.

"My mental state is getting worse and worse; I must find the family treasure as soon as possible, and find some other ways to stabilize it while I'm at it..."

This time, the mouse Demigod stole a "Beyonder ability," and he chose "Spirit Body Thread"!

As a Sequence 4 Demigod, he could steal specific Beyonder abilities.

Squeak!

"State is bad? Losing control?" Klein nodded slightly.

"Then I want to make a deal with you." Leonard hesitated for a moment and decided to take charge for once.

"Old man, do you need his Characteristic to recover?" Leonard asked softly, no longer avoiding Klein much, as everyone at the Tarot Club already knew.

The mouse Demigod had been tricked into using his ultimate move!

"Damn... it!" The mouse Demigod's eyes flickered again; the "Parasite" no longer needed the corresponding action of "Stealing."

He could only use this method since he could not determine the enemy's location.

Yet after landing several thousand meters away, his physical state was still sliding toward that of a marionette!

"How... is this possible?!" The mouse Demigod was shocked; the distance for a "Bizarro Sorcerer" to control a marionette could absolutely not reach this far!

On a thick carpet embroidered with gorgeous patterns was a set of small leather sofas; the surface of the single-seat sofa was covered with a dense, snow-white fur cushion, and in the center of the cushion lay a grey mouse, its eyes closer to dark red compared to its peers.

Caution was the excellent quality that had kept Klein alive until now.

Just then, the mouse Demigod seemed to sense something; following the guidance of his Spirituality, he stretched out a claw and gave a light grab.

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The only reasonable explanation was that he was already on the verge of losing control, unable to perfectly restrain himself.

"His state shouldn't be very good; he might be on the verge of losing control," Pallez Zoroast said. Parasitizing a mouse and causing so many thefts was truly shameful.

"Help me hunt down that mouse Demigod, and incidentally prevent him from causing greater harm due to losing control," Leonard said. He knew of Klein's strength; dealing with a Demigod on the verge of losing control was not a problem.

The Paper Figurine turned into his appearance and arrived at Milu Manor in the northwest suburbs. This was the vacation manor of that young lady's family, luxurious and comfortable, but now the manor had been occupied by a mouse Demigod.

"This cushion looks expensive at a glance..." Klein muttered silently.

Klein's Paper Figure appeared almost simultaneously behind the mouse Demigod and nodded slightly to show respect.

This was very effective against a "Bizarro Sorcerer." A normal "Bizarro Sorcerer" would not have an exaggerated control range of several thousand meters, but he, Klein, was not a conventional "Bizarro Sorcerer."

Not long after, Klein obtained very detailed intelligence on the "Parasite" dictated by an Angel. "Wait for my news."

Klein raised his hand slightly, about to manipulate the mouse Demigod's Spirit Body Thread.

"What?" Klein had already anticipated this.

"A 'Marauder' Demigod?" Leonard had a sudden realization; no wonder the old man had warned him.

However, the next instant, the mouse Demigod's body also froze.

And it was around this time that Klein, having finished his dream divination, had already woken up.

The dull-looking Paper Figurine instantly recovered, chuckled, and plucked the Causality Thread, causing the mouse Demigod's choice to be influenced to a certain extent.

A Demigod's resistance to Spirit Body Thread was naturally relatively strong, requiring a few more seconds. In these few seconds, the mouse Demigod had enough time to resist many times over.

Of course, Leonard didn't want that Characteristic for his own use; he would just treat it as an offering to the old man.

"Okay." Leonard took pen and paper, and as Pallez's voice rang in his mind, he recorded the information.

The mouse used "Steal," stealing the enemy's thoughts from two seconds later, making him unable to act against himself.

The Causality Thread of a Demigod and that of an ordinary Beyonder were two different things.

The mouse's blood-red eyes revealed some confusion. "Something seemed to touch my spirit just now..."

Klein, wearing a silk top hat, froze in place, forgetting what he was about to do.

Leonard thought for a moment and relayed the old man's words directly to Klein.

"It's not impossible..." Klein had nothing to fear from a "Parasite" Demigod. "But I need intelligence on the 'Parasite'."

He deliberated and said, "This is related to a 'Marauder' Demigod; it should be Sequence 4."

"How could there be a 'Bizarro Sorcerer' here?!" A thought flashed through the mouse Demigod's mind, but his thinking was quickly influenced, and his speed of thought slowed down.

"Steal!" The mouse Demigod's dark red eyes lit up.

"He certainly knows how to enjoy life." From the perspective of the Causality Thread, Klein discovered the mouse Demigod at the first moment.

So, to save effort, Klein plucked the Causality Thread, making the mouse Demigod choose to "Steal" distance.

Because Klein had erased his own causal entanglement early on, the mouse could not accurately grasp the information of his arrival.

"Sell that Characteristic to me afterward." Leonard had also gained a great harvest during that joint operation against the Blood Sect and the Rose School of Thought.

Leonard nodded slightly, and both of them tacitly avoided the channels of the Church of the Goddess; after all, they hadn't done this kind of thing any less before, and the Goddess would forgive them.

Klein did not set off immediately, but determined a time through divination above the Grey Fog. It was only when it was close to ten o'clock at night that Klein threw an Angel Paper Figurine above the Grey Fog.

This mouse had turned into a mouse thief, roaming through various noble manors. This method could indeed suppress the madness, but the effect was not very obvious.

"Congratulations, you've stepped into a trap again." Klein felt something slipping away from him, but he was not in the least anxious, instead saying a sentence to the mouse.

He had tricked him into using his ultimate move again!

If there was no Spirit Body Thread, I still have the Causality Thread; Klein, a dual-Pathway Demigod, had already integrated his abilities extremely well.