Chapter 218: Acting Instructor

Lu Mian wasn't sure if Jenna being wanted would affect her family, so he had to turn his head and look at Fors, seeing if she could use her channels to make the official Beyonders overlook a small acting apprentice.

Fors didn't hide her difficulty:

It was no problem to ask "007" to help hide something, but if it required him to protect a certain person during an operation, two conditions had to be met: first, he himself had to participate in the operation and happen to be responsible for screening the acting apprentices; second, he had to have mastered Jenna's general information to be certain who the person he needed to help was.

And Fors didn't think "007" would happen to be in the Market District, so at most he would be passing on information, and the possibility of him being directly responsible for the operation was very low.

"I can try, but I can't guarantee it will be effective." Fors looked at the worried Jenna and comforted her with vague words.

Jenna said "Hmm," her worry eased, but she was still thinking hard about other solutions.

Lu Mian thought for a moment and said in a mocking tone:

"Why are you worrying so much as an acting apprentice?

"Even if the official Beyonders screen everyone at the Old Pigeon Cage, the energy allocated to you will definitely be the least. Think about it, how long have you been in the Market District? You haven't even mastered being an acting apprentice, and you haven't even had the opportunity to play a minor supporting role. How could you possibly be a female member of the Bliss Society?"

"That's right." Fors echoed, "You spend all your time outside of acting classes singing in bars and dance halls to earn money, and you have very little interaction with the cultists at the Old Pigeon Cage. You belong to the group with the lowest suspicion. As long as you tell the investigators these situations truthfully, you might not even need to undergo confirmation of supernatural abilities later."

Lu Mian followed up with a smile:

"Even if there is, it will mainly be to determine if you believe in the 'Mother Tree of Desire', if you are a 'miser' or a 'sex addict', and you are definitely not.

"This is a blind spot in the thinking of official Beyonders when investigating, which you can fully utilize.

"Didn't you say your acting is great? Go and use it!

"Hmm... when the sun rises, go to Saint Rothes Cathedral to pray, get an accessory that can indicate your identity as a believer of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun', and wear it on your body. When you enter the Old Pigeon Cage, regardless of whether the official Beyonders have arrived, praise the sun frequently.

"This is something evil god believers rarely do, which can effectively distinguish you from them. If the official Beyonders notice these details, they will likely put you on the list of those who can be trusted."

As Jenna listened, her eyes gradually brightened:

"That's right.

"An acting apprentice who devoutly believes in the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' and has only joined the Old Pigeon Cage for a few months wouldn't convert to an evil god so quickly. It only requires simple screening...

"As long as I guide them toward the point of being an evil god believer for supernatural confirmation, they likely won't think I became a Beyonder through other encounters..."

Jenna became more excited as she spoke, put away the pile of clothes on her lap, and stood up.

She paced back and forth, gesturing from time to time, as if mimicking the performance of an apprentice actor devoutly believing in the "Eternal Blazing Sun."

Lady, it seems you don't devoutly believe in the "Eternal Blazing Sun" that much; otherwise, you wouldn't need to rehearse in advance... Lu Mian muttered silently.

Charlie, on the other hand, was stunned while listening:

"Little bitch" Jenna is also someone who possesses magical abilities?

I'm the only ordinary, normal person here...

Jenna performed for a while toward the imaginary official Beyonders, and gradually gained some confidence in her heart.

Fors watched quietly, her eyes flickering, her mind full of worthless waste:

If Jenna and I had the abilities of the "Actor" sequence, wouldn't we be the perfect cosers? We could act like whatever we wanted, tsk tsk...

After a while, Jenna calmed down and looked at Charlie vigilantly:

"I heard you like to give speeches in bars, turning other people's secrets into stories and telling them out.

"If you tmd leak the fact that I possess supernatural abilities, I will hand you over, hand you over to a 'sex addict' who likes the same sex. Hehe, you can imagine what you will suffer now."

Charlie couldn't help but think about it, shuddered, and raised his right hand:

"Praise the Sun, I swear in the name of God, I won't tell others your secrets!

"I only said before that you and Charles became lovers..."

Charlie stopped abruptly, feeling the atmosphere in the living room become strange again.

Lu Mian quietly shrugged his shoulders at Fors, indicating that this was just a rumor.

Jenna sneered:

"You didn't also say that Fors joined me and Charles, forming a stable triangle?"

"No." Charlie shook his head hurriedly.

At the same time, he felt this statement was quite interesting, something he hadn't thought of before.

Jenna sat back on the single sofa and continued to talk about the Old Pigeon Cage she knew.

Lu Mian and Fors listened while occasionally asking questions, all the while guarding against a possible attack.

…………

Underground Trier.

A figure carrying a horse lamp was searching for something along a familiar route.

He was of medium height, wearing a black tailcoat, a matching bowtie, a half-high silk top hat, a square face, short and thick eyebrows, deep features, and thick brownish-yellow whiskers around his mouth, the tips of which were all waxed.

The light and shadow brought by the horse lamp flickered constantly on his face, making him appear extremely gloomy.

After walking for a while, this male figure stopped his steps and cast his gaze toward the side where a slight collapse had occurred.

He stared with his dark brown eyes for a while, then suddenly lay down, on all fours, and twitched his nose.

"Smell of gunpowder... smell of blood..." The male figure stood up solemnly and walked to the buried hollow.

He seemed to see the broken corpse through layers of rubble.

…………

The deep night on White Coat Street was much quieter than on Chaos Street. Except for the noise brought by carriages passing by and the clamor made by drunks on their way home, the night seemed to have solidified.

Occasionally, a gunshot came from a very far place, piercing this tranquility, only to be swallowed by the night and moonlight immediately after.

Lu Mian and the others chatted intermittently, each of them tense, worried that a few shadows would suddenly emerge from the darkness outside the window.

Time passed slowly. For Charlie, this was like waiting for a verdict—uneasy, anxious, and yet carrying hope.

Finally, the distant skyline was stained with a golden-red color. Not long after, the entire night sky burned, revealing a deep blue within the red light.

"It should be fine now." Fors, who was lying on the lounge chair, sat up straight.

Lu Mian gazed at Charlie and found that his fortune was no longer blood-red; it had become normal, and there were even signs of getting rich.

The crisis is temporarily resolved, but Susanna Mattise escaped. Will Charlie get a job from the official authorities? Lu Mian tried to interpret this and nodded, saying:

"I can only say it's fine for the short term."

After this, he confirmed one thing: even without the "Luck Transfer Technique," human fortune can still change.

He felt that future destiny was determined by multiple factors, and different choices could lead to different developments.

The time Aosta Truel suffered a bloody disaster, if Lu Mian hadn't just given a warning but had followed him to provide protection, he likely wouldn't have been injured. Of course, this doesn't mean the situation would necessarily develop in a good direction; Aosta Truel might have been implicated by Lu Mian's protection, dragged to the bottom of the river by other water ghosts, and lost his life.

Does fate mean that no matter what choices the person involved makes, a certain destiny is bound to arrive? Lu Mian turned his body back, concentrated, and looked at Jenna.

This underground singer and acting apprentice's fortune was plain and ordinary, with no encounters and no crises.

"What, what are you looking at me for?" Jenna's spirit was still quite good, and she asked with a frown.

After a whole night of adaptation, while being relatively careful, she no longer blurted out foul language.

Lu Mian pointed to his eye sockets:

"Are you planning to go to the Old Pigeon Cage like this?"

"That's right, I haven't taken off my makeup yet!" Jenna stood up with a *swish*, hugged the pile of clothes, and ran into the washroom.

Fors stood up as well and stretched without caring about her image.

She glanced at the washroom and said to Lu Mian in a low voice:

"Will the acting you mentioned be useful?"

"It will." Lu Mian answered very confidently.

He wasn't too sure before, but after seeing Jenna's current fortune, he was relatively certain.

Fors chose to believe Lu Mian:

"I'll keep an eye on it too."

She then sighed with emotion:

"You seem quite experienced in deceiving official Beyonders. You're worthy of being..."

She mouthed the word that followed—"wanted criminal."

Not just deceiving official Beyonders... Lu Mian muttered silently and pointed at Charlie:

"I'll take him back to the Golden Rooster Hotel to rest, so the official Beyonders don't lose him. I'll leave Jenna's side to you."

"You speak as if she's really your lover, even specifically asking me to take care of her." Fors replied in a sour tone.

After Jenna finished removing her makeup and changed her clothes, Lu Mian and Charlie had already left, and Fors had also passed the information about the altar and "Actor" obtained later to "007."

At this time, Jenna no longer had smoky eye circles, no obvious blush, and no flame-like lips. Her face was clear and beautiful, carrying a hint of haggardness.

As Jenna braided her brownish-yellow long hair, she glanced at the door and said to Fors with a grin:

"When did you get together with Charles? Aren't you afraid the boss will find out?"

Fors laughed out loud:

"Him? Too sinful, I can't bring myself to do it."

"Why?" Jenna expressed that she couldn't understand.

In her understanding, Fors's moral bottom line wasn't that high, and Charles was only a few months away from being physically an adult.

Fors weighed her words and said:

"I only discovered after interacting with him that he is the younger brother of a relative of mine."

"So there's a blood relationship." Jenna expressed understanding.

Her attention wasn't on this at all. As soon as she finished braiding her hair, she pointed to the door:

"I'm going to Saint Rothes Cathedral to pray."

"I'll follow you quietly to guard against accidents." Franca took out some fluorescent powder and, coordinating with a spell, made herself vanish from sight.

When will I be able to become a "Witch"... Jenna withdrew her gaze with envy, opened the door, and walked out.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 219 =====