Chapter 731

Upon recognizing who Perle was, Franca had already hidden her figure, intending to circle to the other side and use a mirror to reflect her image, attempting to perform a curse.

Even if the purpose of the curse failed, it could create conditions for Jenna to shadow-stealth behind the target for an assassination.

Neither she nor Jenna thought as much as Lu Mian, the "Conspirator," but they intuitively believed that the suddenly attacking Perle was extremely dangerous—more dangerous than Mo Lan Avigny—but they didn't guess the identity of "Overseer" or demigod.

As Perle said that sentence with the "Word of Order," Franca suddenly felt things like long, thin snakes darting out from the shadows around her, surrounding her while she was in her invisible state.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—one after another, abnormally sharp and hard ice crystals grew from the ground, like long spears thrust out by soldiers.

Franca jumped up in a hurry, pressed one hand against the side of one of the ice crystals, and flipped in mid-air to leap out of this area.

Her body was almost pierced, hanging on the tip of an ice crystal.

Before Franca could land, black flames flew out from the shadows, heading straight for her, while those long, thin, snake-like things suddenly contracted, binding her layer by layer.

This... Franca didn't have time to make any other response and could only watch helplessly as the black flames landed on her.

At the same time, she saw a figure walk out from the shadows. It was Clarice, wearing a black court dress and an elegant hairstyle, but this "Black Witch" had blurry features, her face dark and indistinct, not like a real person.

My crimes are fraud, deception, and using others, which mainly refers to the Witch Sect, so the punishment comes from the manifested "Black Witch"? This thought flashed through Franca's mind.

Her body then shattered like glass.

"Mirror Substitute"!

Jenna, in her stealth state, also faced a strange enemy:

It was a clergyman of the "Eternal Blazing Sun" church wearing a white robe with gold trim, but not only were his features hazy and unrecognizable, but even his body shape was constantly and minutely changing.

The scorching sunlight fell, dispersing the shadows in the corresponding area and exposing Jenna's body.

Jenna suddenly had an epiphany:

My crime is believing in multiple deities and abandoning the "Eternal Blazing Sun"...

So, the one coming to punish me is an abstract incarnation of a church clergyman...

Jenna hurriedly rolled to the other side of the quarry cavity to avoid the "clergyman's" attack.

Anthony was not forgotten.

Just as he was about to use "Psychological Invisibility" to approach Perle and make her fall into "Chaos," he saw a whip that seemed to be wrapped in silver-white lightning lash out.

The crackling sound rang directly in Anthony's mind, both illusory and real, making him experience pain as if his soul had been scratched by sharp thorns, and the hair all over his body stood on end.

If not for his strong self-control, he would have screamed out loud.

And what entered his eyes was a middle-aged man dressed in a black uniform and white shirt, dressed as a Trier policeman.

My crime is those illegal acts when I was an information broker, so I am facing a Trier policeman? Most Trier policemen have no supernatural powers, so this punisher directly manifested the abilities of the "Arbiter" domain? Anthony, while letting gray-white dragon scales protrude from his skin, ran and rolled skillfully, looking for an opportunity to use "Psychological Invisibility."

The already dim environment around Lu Mian suddenly became gloomy, as if something was about to squirm into shape, making people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.

The next second, just as that dangerous and terrifying thing was about to manifest, it collapsed and disintegrated on its own, and even the surrounding gloom and fear disappeared like melting snow.

Uh... The rank of the punisher involved in my crimes is too high to be directly manifested? Combining the situation of Franca and the others, Lu Mian had such a guess.

Behind him, long spears condensed from scorching white flames emerged, and like arrows, they were shot toward the flamboyantly dressed Perle.

The flame spears were like a forest, magnificent and fierce, but they were a smokescreen to cover Lu Mian's real attack.

He had already pulled out his revolver and gently flicked the cylinder with his finger.

It was loaded with three of the six bullets he had obtained from Yebus.

Lu Mian was now going to use an "Implosion Bullet."

Only by combining this kind of special bullet with the "Harvest" ability did he have a glimmer of hope of wounding Perle, who was suspected to be an "Overseer"!

Bang!

With Lu Mian's eyes pitch black, the bullet flickering with brilliant starlight hid among the scorching white flame spears and shot toward Perle's neck.

Perle stood beside the fixed entrance to the Mirror World, not dodging, still wearing a smile that made people feel close to her.

She curled the corners of her mouth and said:

"You actually dare to attack an Overseer?"

Just as this socialite who claimed to be an Overseer spat out the first word, the starlight bullet Lu Mian fired suddenly turned around, changed direction without warning, and headed straight for Lu Mian's neck.

Similarly, those scorching white flame spears also strangely returned to Lu Mian's side, enveloping him.

Lu Mian didn't even have time to use "Teleport," and was hit by the implosion bullet, his body constantly collapsing toward a single point.

Crack!

He completely turned into a mirror, and the mirror shattered into countless small pieces, disappearing without a trace at the point where they were uncontrollably gathering.

After the battle with Yebus, Franca had added another "Mirror Substitute" for Lu Mian!

Seeing this scene, Perle was not surprised at all. She sighed and smiled:

"From my own perspective, I certainly hope you die right now and release that angel; this would be of great help to our common cause. But unfortunately, the person I'm doing the 'backroom deal' with requires you to be captured alive."

Lu Mian's figure outlined itself in a corner of the quarry cavity, and he also heard Perle's words.

In a flash, he had many guesses:

"'Backroom deal'?

"Perle is the 'Overseer' directly under Yebus. The reason she was able to escape the tracking of the Major Arcana cards is because she completed another high-spec 'backroom deal,' and what she needs to pay for this is to capture me and take me to a certain place?

"When did she discover that Mo Lan Avigny had an accident? Has she been monitoring Mo Lan Avigny's mansion? Or did she receive information through other channels?

"It couldn't be that the 'Purifiers' aren't professional enough and didn't block the news, right?

"Why capture me alive, and who wants to capture me alive?

"Like Susanna Mattise, using me as a sacrifice?

"Or, is the one doing the 'backroom deal' with Perle the 'Sufferer' from the 'Sinner' organization? He doesn't want Termiboros to break free from the seal and wants to control this angel, making Him a material for his own advancement?

"No, that's not right. If it were just the 'Sufferer,' even if he could mislead Ms. Magician and the others for a moment, he wouldn't be able to stop them from returning to rescue, and Perle is still acting unhurriedly...

"Is the other party in the 'backroom deal' the forces of the 'Mother Tree of Desire' or the 'Great Mother'? Only they could organize a lineup in this world to deal with the Major Arcana cards..."

When so many questions appeared in Lu Mian's mind, he used his sharp intuition as a "Conspirator" to link two of the questions together:

One is who the "Overseer" Perle's "backroom deal" partner is, and the second is why she was able to discover Mo Lan Avigny's accident in a very short time and decisively hold a high-spec "backroom deal."

These two questions intertwined, making Lu Mian instantly think of one thing:

In the "Purifiers" team, there is a non-transmigrator core member of the "April Fools." He cooperated with "Loki" and single-handedly orchestrated the loss of that humanoid sealed artifact, and to this day, the "Eternal Blazing Sun" church still hasn't investigated who is at fault!

"Could it be that there is also a 'Broker' involved in this matter?

"Yes, only if the core member of the 'April Fools' lurking inside the church and the 'Purifier' member who lost the humanoid sealed artifact have no apparent connection and don't even know each other, could it be possible for the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' church, with its numerous sealed artifacts and demigods, to have investigated for so long without any results!

"From the perspective of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' church, the 'Purifier' member who lost the humanoid sealed artifact really just made a 'mistake,' had no motive to commit the crime, and had no connection with the 'April Fools'...

"Has the 'School of Truth' developed 'brokerage business' inside the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' church?

"Also, only 'Unshadowed' wouldn't get involved in gray transactions, and the vast majority of 'Purifiers' don't reach the Sequence 4 level. Similarly, the cardinals aren't all from the 'Sun' pathway...

"Looking at it this way, the 'School of Truth' has long had contact and cooperation with the 'April Fools'...

"Damn, it really is a broker organization, it can get involved with any force!

"So, did the 'School of Truth's' partner inside the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' church urgently pass the information about Mo Lan Avigny's accident to the 'Overseer' Perle?

"After Perle received the news, she immediately held a high-spec 'backroom deal,' and the one she traded with was the 'April Fools'? No, the 'April Fools' don't have this power. Is it the Celestial Worthy behind them, or other high-level subordinates of the Celestial Worthy?

"No wonder they want to capture me alive...

"Perle might have originally just wanted to pay items to exchange for cutting off her own connection with Mo Lan Avigny, but the other party in the 'backroom deal' proposed a new plan, allowing her to change from passive to active, taking the opportunity to complete a deception and set a trap?

"How much can be achieved depends on the improvisation on the spot...

"If it really is the 'April Fools,' and the will of that Celestial Worthy is truly lurking, then it explains why Ms. Magician didn't notice the problem and stepped right into it."

Thinking of this, Lu Mian was horrified:

Termiboros reminded me twice about the "School of Truth" matter. Could it be because He saw the corresponding development of fate and saw the hope of His own release from the seal, which is why He is so actively performing and wants to push it along?

(End of chapter)