Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1073 Edward's Value

The girl with twin ponytails followed Edward's figure toward the library exit.

Then she said to the man with the crew cut, "You do it!"

Among all types of superpowered individuals, those with psychic abilities are extremely rare and admired by others because of the legendary stories of their predecessors.

In reality, there are quite a few people with superhuman mental abilities, but those with weak mental abilities are simply not qualified to be considered as such. Just as an ugly and poor man has no right to choose a partner, a weak mental ability is equally worthless.

The number of people they can control, the superiority of the action patterns they can implant, and so on, will create a huge gap between mental superhumans.

Even implanting a simple instruction into a person can be categorized into two situations: whether the person acts under rational guidance or executes it in a dazed state.

Those with mental abilities who are regarded as powerful by other superhumans are all capable of manipulating their minds with great precision.

The unassuming crew-cut guy next to her is a psychic with extremely rare and precise abilities.

“Old Wei, if we can capture Edward alive, we’ll be famous. We could even open a firm and make money just by taking on small jobs.” The woman with pigtails looked at the man with the crew cut.

The man with the crew cut didn't answer; instead, he meticulously warmed up his superpower.

Seeing this, the girl with twin tails also straightened her posture and became more serious.

She was actually always very serious, but the pressure of facing a target of this caliber was too great, making her want to say something lighthearted to ease the atmosphere.

Even when facing this legendary investigator, she still had confidence in her old classmate, even though he was just a mental superhuman with an abnormality level of only level two.

Twin-tailed girl always believed that one day, crew-cut boy would become the top-tier psychic ability user. Although his abnormality level was still very low, he was the most precise among all the psychic abilities she had encountered so far.

To control a large number of people, one must cultivate in one's subconscious an action pattern suitable for various types of people, and enable these people to cooperate automatically. This is something only a genius can do.

As for Xiaopingtou, he is undoubtedly a genius. Otherwise, how could a mere second-level mental system expert have the nickname of "one man forming an army"?
Although the twin-tailed woman knew of at least three extraordinary individuals who were said to be able to form an army on their own, she still believed that only her partner's strength truly deserved the title.

Now that Edward has been removed from the wanted list by the Bureau of Control, if they join forces to capture Edward... the impact of that name would be unimaginable.

While they were thinking, everyone being manipulated by the crew-cut guy started to move!
The girl with twin tails held her breath and watched as the boy being manipulated by the boy with the crew cut picked up a slingshot and launched her first tentative attack on Edward, who had walked to the door.

In an instant, blood spurted out, and a severed arm flew into the air!
The pupils of the two women, one with twin tails and the other with a buzz cut, suddenly contracted, revealing expressions of shock and delight.

This was just their first probing attack, yet... they actually managed to injure that legendary investigator?

It seems... we should be able to win!
Edward opened his mouth and pulled a whip-like weapon from his throat.

The crew-cut man frowned upon seeing this: "A prohibited item? Is he planning to attack civilians?"

"Probably not, after all, it used to be under the Bureau of Control." The woman with pigtails said in a deep voice.

The next second, Edward, with his severed arm, swung his right hand, and his soft, silvery-white braid, like a silk ribbon in a dancer's hand, rolled out layers of arcs around his body.

But these swirling silver-white silks are not as soft and harmless as they appear. They are like incredibly sharp hidden weapons, cutting everything they touch!
In an instant, severed arms flew off, blood splattering everywhere. All the civilians who came near Edward were cut into pieces in less than 0.5 seconds of the whip's spinning motion.

The torso was cleaved in two diagonally. Those who lost a few arms were considered to have died a more pleasing death. Those who were in a worse position, right where the whip was spinning, had their bodies twisted into long, swirling strips of flesh. Their excrement, stomach acid, and bile were flung onto the library ceiling by the seemingly powerless whip spin.

The little boy who started the attack had his skull, from the bridge of his nose to the top of his head, fly off to the side, leaving his brain exposed on the ground.

This scene left the short-haired girl and the girl with pigtails completely stunned.

"This guy! Why..." A chill ran down the spine of the man with the buzz cut.

He didn't understand, he couldn't understand why Edward would act so decisively and slaughter all the civilians.

No, it's not entirely incomprehensible. After all, when faced with two evils, one should choose the lesser. It's quite normal for ruthless people from the Control Bureau to take extreme measures when faced with situations they can't handle.

To his astonishment, Edward did not hesitate at all.

As a psychic superhuman, his thinking speed is much faster than that of a normal person, and therefore he is more sensitive to the passage of time.

Therefore, he knew very well that Edward had not even considered how to save these civilians. In the instant of the attack, he only identified the enemy's location and took the drastic measure of annihilation without hesitation!
Was this guy only valuing human lives because he was following the regulations of the Control Bureau?

No! We can't think like that. Don't presume to guess what they're thinking. The legendary investigator's thought process is beyond the comprehension of lowly fry like them. Just continue applying pressure according to the plan we agreed on at the beginning!

Edward absolutely dared not cause any big commotion, because it would alert the Bureau of Control, and he was now a wanted criminal by the Bureau of Control!
"Li Ying!" the man with the buzz cut called softly.

"I know!" The girl with twin ponytails raised her hands and gestured with her fingers as if she were firing a gun.

With a slight fluctuation of magical energy, an object fifty meters long along the path pointed to by the twin-tailed fingers was pierced and melted by an invisible force.

A perfectly round scorch mark appeared on the bookshelf they passed through, still speckled with sparks, while Edward's other hand was also pierced and severed by this invisible laser attack.

Thermal laser...

The superpower currently possessed by the twin tails is undoubtedly an extremely cliché ability in literary works, but in reality, it's just not very useful.

It's important to understand that not all superhumans in the world possess the astonishing defensive capabilities of a Level 4 Enderman. Therefore, most attacks that can kill an ordinary person can also kill a superhuman.

Physical impacts are most commonly caused by temperature and kinetic energy.

Even defensive abilities rarely possess the ability to defend against two things simultaneously, so the power of the thermal laser ability can be described as simple and unpretentious.

Moreover, Li Ying's thermal laser was not ballistic and was also imbued with the blessing of Mo Mi. Although she felt a little disappointed at using up this once-in-a-lifetime gift of power, she was by no means at a loss to use it on such a person.

“Become my lover, legendary figure!” Li Ying said calmly.

(End of this chapter)