Chapter 446

The brown little bull's front hooves slowly tapped on the mechanical typewriter, which didn't quite match its size; every strike had to be very careful so as not to hit the nearby keycaps.

Lu Mian toyed with the misfortune gold coin, waiting patiently for Bouvard's complete answer.

Taking this opportunity, he quickly went over this operation in his mind:

From the beginning, he hadn't intended to do it himself. This was firstly to attempt playing the "Conspirator," and secondly to let the members of the small team perform better and improve their level of coordination.

Based on the point that Bouvard Pomperol had relatively strong possessiveness, he placed the focus of the conspiracy on Paulina herself—through Anthony Reid's repeated "psychological suggestions," the hatred accumulated by this lady due to being abused was fermented, turning into a seed. Once the bindings on her body were released, it would sprout immediately.

In order to make Bouvard relax his vigilance, "Danger Intuition" only erupted at the very end. Lu Mian not only had Franca make occult preparations for anti-divination, but also, through the behavior of this companion disguising as Paulina and being "seen through," made the target subconsciously believe that the one tied up was the real one.

Of course, that was indeed the real one. Before Bouvard cut the ropes, Paulina didn't even have substantial hatred for him, filled with a desire to be rescued. This was a genuine feeling that no performance could disguise, enough to make Bouvard believe it and not trigger "Danger Intuition."

Jenna's role was firstly to attack, giving pressure, not letting the target have free time to observe the environment or think about details, forcing him to rush toward Paulina, attempting to take his forbidden object and escape 20 Terrace Street in the shortest time. Secondly, it was to make the enemy instinctively believe the ambush was concentrated around the master bedroom, and that the room where the real Paulina was placed was relatively safe and had no problems.

Thus, Bouvard, as Lu Mian had predicted beforehand, "ran wildly" all the way and stepped into the trap.

If the focus of the conspiracy hadn't been placed on Paulina, with the "Danger Intuition" Bouvard possessed, no matter how realistically Franca performed, or how much she looked like Paulina, the other party would have sensed it in advance, released the little ghosts he kept, and cautiously performed a confirmation.

"From this performance, a trap is the simplest and most intuitive conspiracy, and a conspiracy is the deepening and upgrading of a trap..." Lu Mian felt the slight digestion of the potion and sighed in his heart.

At the same time, seeing that no sense of danger was brewing or growing while Bouvard's hooves tapped, Franca, in her invisible state, relaxed quite a bit.

She couldn't help but recall her conversation with this liaison of the "Sinner" organization when she was disguised as Paulina, her face burning red, hot and scorching.

Too embarrassing! Too damn embarrassing!

Finally, Bouvard completed his first keyboard chat.

Jenna tore the paper filled with words from that mechanical typewriter and read it quickly to Lu Mian and Franca:

"More than two months ago, the Sanson family went to a certain place and hasn't returned yet.

"I don't know what place that is. Listening to what they meant, it has to do with an important matter.

"Before this, the matriarch of the Sanson family, Constance, had already gone mad. In order not to let her perform extreme behaviors in a state of complete lack of self-control, attracting the attention of official Beyonders and affecting other members within the organization, her husband, Voisin Sanson, together with their children, killed her, letting her return to the Lord's kingdom."

Cleared because of madness? When did you get the illusion that you weren't mad? It's just that the degree of madness isn't too severe yet, in a stage of partially distorted viewpoints, different from normal people, and still knowing how to disguise yourself... After listening, Lu Mian muttered silently.

In his view, from the moment they established a connection with that existence named Fate, those followers were no longer normal people, all more or less contaminated, having potential mental problems, not knowing when they would go completely mad or collapse.

If Lu Mian himself didn't have Mr. Fool's seal and the influence of Beyonder characteristics to balance it, he would definitely be crazier and more terrifying than the Constance in Bouvard's mouth.

Jenna, who was between him and Bouvard, couldn't help but hiss, feeling more and more that being ruthless to followers of evil gods was a good thing.

Those people had already lost normal emotions, killing their own wives and mothers just like that, clearing them just like that!

If they could do this to their own kin, one could imagine how they would treat the humans around them!

"Who went to the unknown place you mentioned?" Lu Mian pursued.

Pop, pop, pop, the little bull tapped the keyboard again.

This time, it was much more proficient than just now, and the content of the answer appeared on the paper word by word:

"Voisin Sanson is our leader. He received an oracle and took several 'Fate Hunters' in Trier to that place together."

"Voisin Sanson is the leader of the 'Sinner' organization?" Lu Mian asked with slight astonishment.

According to what "I have a friend" said, didn't Voisin Sanson choose to join the "Sinner" organization because he was about to go bankrupt, and later successfully turned his luck and gained gifted power?

Pop, pop, pop, a new answer was printed on the paper and read out by Jenna:

"He was the first person to spread the faith of Fate in Trier. He gained divinity nearly three years ago and became a 'Ring-in-the-Middle'.

"He likes to disguise himself. In front of collaborators, he will pretend that he is just a core member of the organization, not the founder.

"His wife, his children, were all led by him into the occult world and became gifted followers of Fate. Except for the deceased Roche, his wife and the other three children are now 'Fate Hunters'. Of course, Constance has already been cleared."

A demigod, a "Ring-in-the-Middle," actually contacted "Loki" and "I have a friend" as a low-to-mid sequence Beyonder. It's truly a bit insidious and cunning... I wonder if "I have a friend" and the others noticed. If not, hehe, then they are truly living in their own world, thinking everyone around them is a fool, all objects whose value can be utilized and squeezed... Who is the hunter, and who is the prey? Lu Mian mocked the two core members of "April Fool's Day" again.

At the same time, he had a further understanding of the "Sinner" organization:

An evil god cult developed with the Sanson family as the core.

As for how Voisin Sanson contacted the faith of Fate and gained the gift of the evil god, that was another question.

Currently, it looks like he should have failed in business, was close to bankruptcy, and tried certain things when he had no other way.

"Why didn't Voisin Sanson let Guillaume Bénet know that he was the leader of the 'Sinners'?" Lu Mian confirmed the details.

Guillaume Bénet was already a sequence 5 "Fate Hunter," not inferior to those people in the Sanson family and other core members, and his strength was significantly stronger than Bouvard Pomperol's.

The little bull used the typewriter to satisfy its desire to confide once again:

"Lord Voisin believes that Guillaume Bénet has too strong an ambition. If he is allowed to participate in core affairs, it will cause him to inflate and do unnecessary things."

Simply put, Guillaume Bénet's behavior of holding that sacrificial ritual in advance in Cooldoo Village made Voisin very dissatisfied, thinking he had messed up the descent of the Fate Angel. But hindered by the fact that the existence named Fate didn't punish this "Fate Hunter" on the spot, he could only pinch his nose, endure the dissatisfaction, and temporarily accept Guillaume Bénet, dealing with him by marginalizing him? Lu Mian grasped Voisin Sanson's mindset roughly from Bouvard's answer.

He deliberated for a moment and changed the question:

"After Voisin Sanson went to that place, does he occasionally contact you? What are you responsible for, and why do you think you need to be cautious and cannot have any oversights?"

The little bull's proficiency in using the mechanical typewriter rose once again:

"Lord Voisin told me before he left that he wouldn't contact me within three months and would only return when the matter was over.

"I and several other members are responsible for managing different industries, contacting different believers, letting them focus on self-prayer and business operations during these three months, and not causing any trouble. We are the same."

The oracle of Fate believes that the disaster will descend within three months? Since Voisin Sanson and the others disappeared, it's been more than two months... Not more than three weeks, the problem will definitely break out? Time is very tight... Lu Mian asked many details surrounding the Sanson family and the current situation of the "Sinner" organization, but it could be seen that Bouvard Pomperol didn't know much either, only understanding the mess of things he had on hand.

Finally, Lu Mian pointed to the several items taken out from the other party's pocket and asked:

"What are these, and what specific functions do they have?"

The little bull answered truthfully using the mechanical typewriter:

"What you just took is a misfortune gold coin made using 'Fortune Transfer Technique'.

"I once met a very unlucky person and used 'Fortune Transfer Technique' to let him gain a new life. He therefore became a believer of my Lord, and this misfortune gold coin is the product of that help."

Once... Lu Mian frowned slightly:

"How long can the effect of a 'Penitent's' 'Fortune Transfer Technique' last?"

When he was in the "Mendicant Monk" stage, after relying on a ritual to transfer the target's fate to the corresponding item, the effect could only last for three days. Beyond this deadline, if another person hadn't been found to bear this fate, it would return to the original owner and could never be transferred again.

After becoming a "Contractee," Lu Mian hadn't used "Fortune Transfer Technique" again, and could only judge roughly based on the occult knowledge he had gained that the duration would increase to five to seven days.

While speaking, he concentrated his attention, looking at the 5-franc gold coin in his hand, and found it wrapped in fortune that was blood-red and nearly black, attempting to erode toward him but unable to shake anything.

Ordinary bad luck should be able to affect me, but extreme misfortune will involve the fate intertwined between Termiboros and me. Without a corresponding rank, it simply cannot shake the original river... Lu Mian had a preliminary judgment.

The little bull answered with pop-pop:

"Thirteen days, this is the limit of 'Fortune Transfer Technique'. To want to increase it further, one can only rely on the ability of a 'Fate Hunter'.

"Within thirteen days, if I don't have an enemy to deal with, I will randomly pick a target, let them bear the misfortune, and then after they start to become unlucky, promote the power of Fate, help them turn their luck, and gain a new misfortune gold coin, as well as a new believer."

"Damn, a perpetual motion machine!" Franca, in her invisible state, couldn't help but mutter to herself.

(End of chapter)