Chapter 328: Substitute

"Ha!"

The mark on Lu Mian's right chest flashed, his spirit body vibrated, and a yellowish light flew out of his mouth.

It instantly hit the "Guillaume Bénet" wearing a dark shirt and black trousers, making the other party faint directly with an expression of surprise, astonishment, and confusion, falling to the ground with a *thud*.

"Hum-Ha Technique"!

Fake! Seeing this scene, Lu Mian narrowed his eyes slightly and made a judgment without being particularly disappointed.

This definitely wasn't the parish priest. Not to mention whether Guillaume Bénet, this Sequence 5 "Fate Hunter," could be knocked out on the spot by the "Hum-Ha Technique," just the confusion and bewilderment he showed when attacked made Lu Mian suspect that the "substitute" was originally an ordinary person with no understanding of Beyonder abilities and the mystical world.

Unable to care about the stunned butler, Lu Mian turned his body and ran out of the small living room.

As he ran, he shouted in a low voice:

"Go to 'Dill'!"

Franca's figure, wearing a hood and a black robe with leather armor, appeared in front of Lu Mian.

Lu Mian grabbed her shoulder, letting the black mark on his right shoulder flash with ghostly light.

In the chaotic, layered pure color blocks, the two appeared on the balcony at the end of the sixth floor of "Dill" Brothel.

——Before sending Jenna here and telling Albus he could leave, Lu Mian had already "familiarized" himself with and remembered the coordinates here.

Seeing his companions arrive, Jenna, dressed as a female mercenary, walked out from the shadows, pointed to Room 602, and said in a low voice:

"It hasn't ended yet.

"Damn it, really can toss!"

"This is probably the second round, right?" Lu Mian laughed in a low voice.

According to Albus, the person in Room 602 should have vented once and had time to drink afternoon tea. As a result, it had started again now.

"Isn't the soundproofing quite good?" Franca tilted her head curiously and listened to the movement in Room 602.

Jenna watched Lu Mian reach out and wipe his face, turning into a plain-looking "Dill" Brothel waiter, and pouted:

"The woman inside screams every once in a while.

"Damn it, that sex-crazed priest wouldn't have a tendency to abuse, would he?"

Jenna, as an underground singer, frequently entered and exited bars and dance halls, and the image she created was that of a hot and unrestrained person, so she didn't lack understanding of similar things. And she had a good relationship with Franca, and Franca managed several large dance halls, so what she saw and heard was much richer than that of a normal girl. Therefore, although she didn't have actual experience herself, the breadth of her knowledge and the depth of her theory were not bad.

Franca understood as soon as she heard it, trying hard to control her volume and saying "tsk."

Lu Mian, who had completed the change using "Nisse's Face," looked at Franca, wanting to borrow that kind of fluorescent powder and sprinkle it in the corridor outside Room 602.

This was to deal with Guillaume Bénet's "Invisibility" ability!

According to Lu Mian's knowledge, that kind of "Invisibility" didn't have the effect of eliminating traces and odors. In battle, if Guillaume Bénet hid his figure and fled to the corridor, the fluorescent powder would make him leave clear footprints, pointing out the direction for Lu Mian's attack.

But on second thought, Lu Mian felt that the fluorescent powder was too obvious and easily made Guillaume Bénet notice the abnormality in advance, using strange abilities to escape before he launched a surprise attack.

After thinking for a moment, he said to Franca in a low voice:

"You 'turn invisible' and hide in the corridor, letting the target's doorway be covered with that kind of invisible spider silk, from the ground all the way to the ceiling."

In this way, no "Invisibility" would work, and "Slow Flight" would also be entangled!

"No problem." Franca pulled her black hood and stepped forward, entering the corridor.

Her figure disappeared, as if a snowman had been melted by the sun.

Seven or eight seconds later, Lu Mian felt his legs being stroked a few times by a light breeze like threads.

He was stunned at first, then understood:

"This is Franca telling me she's ready using invisible spider silk.

"This guy became a 'Pleasure Witch' and everything she does gives me a feeling that she's teasing... well, she just advanced and hasn't been able to completely restrain the potion's power, so she will be affected unconsciously..."

Muttering silently, Lu Mian turned his head and said to Jenna:

"You hide in the shadows diagonally opposite Room 602. If Guillaume Bénet escapes from here, you can give him a shot or complete an assassination. If it doesn't succeed, retreat immediately.

"If he runs from other directions, you don't need to worry."

"Okay." Jenna already had some knowledge and didn't stubbornly ask to participate more.

She felt that with her sequence and strength, she could only do one assassination when the conditions were right.

After arranging for his companions, Lu Mian turned around and cast his gaze toward the wooden door of Room 602 again.

He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, letting his emotions calm down a little.

After doing this, Lu Mian carried a back chair from the balcony into the corridor.

Under the active avoidance of the invisible spider silk, he came to a place far from Room 602 and placed the chair in a blank space.

The next second, he gently patted the back of the chair, letting crimson flames flow from his palm, wandering to every corner of the chair like a snake-like creature.

While the back chair was ignited, Lu Mian started to trot, running to the outside of 602 without masking his movements, and began to pat the wooden door *bang bang bang*.

"What are you doing?"

A voice suppressing anger came from Room 602, seemingly at a critical moment.

"Fire! Fire!" Lu Mian shouted in panic skillfully.

"Mother pig-raised!" The man in the room cursed with a Leiston accent.

This was accompanied by movement of getting out of bed that was very obvious to a "Hunter."

Two or three seconds later, the door opened halfway, revealing a man wearing an iron-colored half-face mask, a white shirt, and light-colored boxer shorts.

He still had a brown-haired lady in a thin gauze nightgown hanging on him.

"Damn it, they're still reluctant to separate even now?" Fu Lanca, who was in a state of invisibility diagonally across from them, found this scene amusing and muttered to herself.

Lu Mian was highly focused. As soon as he saw the man suspected to be Guillaume Bénet appear, looking at the chair emitting smoke and flames, he immediately opened his mouth:

"Ha!"

Another yellowish light flew out, piercing through the man wearing the iron-colored half-face mask and the lady in the thin gauze nightgown together, enveloping them within.

The man suspected to be Guillaume Bénet couldn't help but show shock and panic in his eyes, clearly having a certain understanding of Beyonder power.

He then lost his luster and fainted, half a beat slower than the lady.

Amidst the *thud* sound of heavy objects falling, Lu Mian seemed to fall into a maze:

Impossible, Guillaume Bénet, as a "Fate Hunter" of Sequence 5, couldn't be knocked out directly by the "Hum-Ha Technique" of a "Contractee"...

Is he fake?

The one at No. 50 Vincent Street was obviously fake too!

Where is the real one?

Lu Mian quickly regained his senses, squatted down, and lifted the iron-colored mask of the man.

The face under the mask was extremely familiar to him; it was indeed Guillaume Bénet's face with a slightly hooked nose.

Lu Mian had a sullen face, pushed away the semi-naked lady pressing on the target man, and tore open the white shirt directly.

The next second, he saw three black marks shaped like seals on the upper body of the unconscious man, respectively on the left chest, right chest, and abdomen.

This is not Guillaume Bénet!

Guillaume Bénet has more than three contracts, at least a dozen!

Are they all fake? Are they all substitutes? Lu Mian clenched his fists, and invisible flames seemed to be burning in his eyes.

He stood up, dragged the man who looked exactly like Guillaume Bénet back into Room 602, then found a quilt, wrapped the unconscious lady, and threw her into the corridor.

At this time, Franca also discovered that the prey seemed to be fake again, so she exited the invisible state and condensed frost to extinguish the flames on the back chair.

When she transferred the lady in the corridor to a nearby empty room, Lu Mian reached out his right hand and gripped the throat of the Fate-gifted person.

Amidst the *crack* sound, he directly snapped the other party's neck, letting him lose his life while unconscious.

Immediately after, he closed the wooden door, took out the ritual silver dagger, performed a simple sanctification, and created a "Wall of Spirituality" covering Room 602.

Then, he danced the "Summoning Dance," intending to use this method to perform a preliminary, purposeful spirit channeling.

The reason he didn't ask Franca for help was that he didn't know which strange creatures the deceased had contracted, which might bring corresponding pollution. Only he, who had long been a Fate-gifted person, wouldn't be affected during the spirit channeling process.

As for the sleeping pills and the last bit of "Truth Serum" obtained from the "Order of Bliss," he intended to use them on the real parish priest.

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Diagonally opposite No. 50 Vincent Street.

Anthony Reid, who climbed to the second floor of the building and hid in a concealed place monitoring the target, saw a beautiful lady in a light green dress leave in a hurry with a manservant, maid, and butler, take a carriage that had been transferred from the rear to the front entrance in advance, and drive toward the end of Vincent Street.

Anthony didn't rashly follow, noting down various details of the carriage and the horses.

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In the crazy and twisted dance, the spirit of the deceased left the body, floated into mid-air, and looked at Lu Mian with both hatred and confusion.

Lu Mian stabbed out his own blood and used the method of command to make him attach to himself.

The flames of desire and hunger burned in his body simultaneously. He remained unmoved, sensing the other brain he had gained:

"'Summon Abyss Magic Flower'...

"'Invisibility'...

"'Transformation Technique'... Damn it!"

Just as he distinguished this, Lu Mian couldn't help but curse.

He roughly understood what was going on!

The one at No. 50 Vincent Street should be the product of the "Substitution Technique," while this one at "Dill" Brothel was a substitute "cultivated" by Guillaume Bénet based on the characteristics of his negative effects, with the help of the "Transformation Technique" ability.

He had precautions against others finding him based on those negative effects!

——"Transformation Technique" is a contract ability that can change a person's appearance, body, and temperament, and has a certain anti-divination effect. The price that needs to be paid is "one's own face," and the negative effect is "desire to abuse others."

Lu Mian calmed his mood, recalled the appearance and behavior of the real Guillaume Bénet in his mind, and used this to resonate with the memories that the spirit of the deceased was most impressed by, searching for clues.

Soon, seven or eight memories showed slight tremors. Lu Mian chose one of them and tried to enlarge it.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 329 =====