Conan: Start with three choices, but sequence potion

Chapter 208 Sleepwalking
"The power of fooling!"

"You are fortune, you are banter, you are the thread of destiny;"

"You are a phantom, a foreshadowing, and the origin of all things!"

"I pray to you!"

"I pray for your grace;"

"Please grant me the power of 'ghost'!"

The sacrificial ritual was completed quickly, and Mao Lilan became a "ghost" of Sequence 9 of the "Root" pathway.

Ghosts have extremely strong spiritual intuition and can perform simple divination by learning some divination methods. They also have an ability called "virtualization".

"Voiding" certainly does not mean immunity to physical attacks, but rather a kind of invisibility ability that can make the body translucent and at the same time increase the speed. In a low-light environment, it is difficult to see the ghost without careful observation.

However, "virtualization" cannot escape the gaze of those with psychic vision, and it has a time limit. The longer the virtualization lasts, the greater the consumption of spiritual power.

For the spiritual reserve of Sequence 9, even if the spiritual power is overdrawn to the limit, it is impossible to remain in the state of emptiness for more than half an hour.

"Welcome to the Rangers." The person who presided over the ceremony for her was the captain of a Ranger team. He had a very ordinary appearance, and the only notable feature was probably the single crystal lens on his right eye socket.

"Recently, the church has been busy with affairs, so there may not be anyone to guide you. You should observe and learn on your own for a while." He seemed a little tired and pinched his brows with his hands. "I am Gehrman Sparrow. You can call me Captain Gehrman."

"Okay, Captain German." Mao Lilan followed suit.

"Although you have been assigned to my team, I dare not take you to the old city without sufficient time for study and training. There have been some troubles in that area recently." Obviously talking about the troubles in recent days, Hermann's face looked a little gloomy.

"Okay, go get the basic equipment first. I've said hello. When you get there, just say you're the adventurer's subordinate."

"I understand." Mao Lilan remembered this carefully.

Hermann waved his hand and turned away.

After walking around the church, Mao Lilan quickly found the place where the ranger team members received and updated their equipment.

It was a store similar to an arms store, but it was located in the strictly controlled area of the Church of Fools. Ordinary people were not allowed in and out, and only those who showed the Rangers' team emblem were allowed in.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see various weapons hanging on several walls. Some are melee cold weapons that look very refined, while more are hot weapons with a modern flavor.

An old man with a hunched back was busy behind the counter.

Mao Lilan glanced at the work badge on his chest.

【Pallez Zoroast】

"Hello, Mr. Pales." Mao Lilan said politely, "I am the new member of the Rangers team reporting today. The captain is Mr. German Sparrow."

Pales looked up, and Mao Lilan was stunned because she saw the same single crystal lens on the old man's right eye.

Is this some kind of trend in the Church of Fools?
"That crazy adventurer is recruiting new team members again?" Pales spoke at a leisurely pace, and it was unclear whether there was sympathy or sigh in his words.

He took off his monocle, wiped it vigorously with the corner of his clothes, then put it back on and pointed to the neatly stacked equipment next to him.

"Take a set for yourself. Equipment loss and bullet replenishment require a report stating the reason and cause of reimbursement. Heavy weapons require an application. Of course, you can also pay for it yourself, so you don't have to go through the trouble of writing a report."

Mao Lilan silently went over and took off a set of equipment, including a bulletproof vest, a standard pistol, two magazines of ordinary bullets and one magazine of chemical bullets, totaling 45 bullets.

"Remember to connect your phone to the church network and keep it turned on all day. Otherwise, if something happens and your captain can't find you, that would be terrible. Don't blame me for not reminding you."

"I understand, thank you for your reminder." Mao Lilan nodded.

"The church has a special shooting range and fighting coaches. If there is anything you don't understand, you can go and have a look." Pales said in a very formal manner, and then ignored her and focused on the task at hand.

After getting the equipment, Mao Lilan left the weapons shop.

On the way, she vaguely heard some whispers from several of her fellow rangers who passed by.

"Have you heard? Recently, there have been more and more cases of sleepwalking in the city. When the sleepwalkers are awakened by force, they not only fail to wake up, but also completely lose their ability to move, and faint like a vegetable."

"I know, I know. It's not just in the city. My friends in Pioneer told me that there are many similar incidents in the northern suburbs."

"Tingen is becoming increasingly unstable. Is this a phenomenon that only occurs in our city of Tingen, or does it also occur in other cities?"

"not sure."

They soon passed by Mao Lilan and walked away. The sound of their conversation gradually faded away and could no longer be heard.

Mao Lilan frowned in confusion and secretly remembered this matter.

Then we walked towards the shooting range.

She doesn't know how to use a gun yet, she needs to learn it.

Red Rose Security Company, Old Town of Tingen.

"Why haven't the censors come yet?" Suzuki Sonoko lay on the sofa, flipping through her phone boredly, "They want us to suspend the activities of the light holders again. It's so boring now."

"That's a 'Night Walker', not just a censor." Dunn made tea for everyone and handed it to them one by one.

With nothing else to do, they could only try to have fun in this difficult situation. "With the saint Bishop Ins leading the team, there shouldn't be any accidents on the road."

He glanced at his phone, and then he knew why. "Recently, there have been frequent cases of 'sleepwalkers' in various parts of Loen. For the safety of the people, most medium- and long-distance flights have been suspended. The only option is to take high-speed trains."

"It seems that they won't arrive until tomorrow."

"Witch, please." Suzuki Sonoko pointed a half-moon at her heart and rolled her eyes. "Is this boring day going to last another day?"

"We can't help it. After all, after what happened with Old Neil, it's normal for the church to be suspicious of us." When talking about Old Neil, Dunn's tone became much more depressed. "No one knows if this is an isolated case, especially since 1-175 has been working here for a full three hours."

The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

Suzuki Sonoko's cell phone vibrated slightly. She picked it up and saw that it was a message from the Suzuki Charity Foundation.

The Suzuki Charitable Foundation has grown into a considerable institution, at least in the old city. It has undertaken most of the street reconstruction work and provided basic security and direction for most of the unemployed people so that they will not consume themselves in confusion.

Under the influence of 1-175, many people's trust in the three major churches dropped significantly, and they completely resisted their help and guidance. Therefore, when the Suzuki Charity Foundation, an organization without any religious attributes, appeared, it absorbed many people.

But Suzuki Sonoko was well aware that running a large organization required a clear power system, so she made the structure of the foundation very clear.

She did not allow any room for local people to interfere in the decision-making process. Instead, she asked her father to borrow many outstanding talents from the Suzuki Group to fill the administrative system and prevent any infiltration from the church.

But in this world of true faith, it is impossible to completely break away from the church, so Suzuki Sonoko chose to secretly support the Scarlet Church, the Orthodox Church that she is closer to and more familiar with, in order to strengthen her control over the old city.

With the Church of Fools and the Church of Wisdom both having High-Sequence Masters in charge, the Crimson Church is in great need of support. Suzuki Sonoko is well versed in the way of balance.

And for some reason, she always felt that the secrets of this area of the old town had not yet been truly unearthed.

"The streets are now full of spiritual detectors of the Rangers and Pioneers. Who knows that this is actually the jurisdiction of us, the Lighthouse Bearers?" Leonard couldn't help but complain.

Kyogoku Makoto nodded in agreement.

After being together for so long, he already had a certain sense of belonging to this team. When he saw the extraordinary people from other churches on the street taking over the responsibility to maintain order, he always felt a little weird.

"It's not good, it's not good!"

At this moment, Luo Shan ran out from the inner room in a hurry, looking very anxious.

"Don't be anxious. Tell me slowly and clearly." Dunn immediately asked her, "What happened?"

"Ms. Daly!" Luo Shan was so anxious that she was out of breath. "Ms. Daly is sleepwalking!"

"What?!" Dunn's face changed wildly.

A hand pushed Luo Shan aside, and a stiff figure walked out from the inner room.

Ms. Daly stood there blankly, as if she was searching for something.

She was still murmuring obscure syllables.

"Look, the stars are speaking!"

"He who has been gone for so long is coming back!"

“Everything in the world is false;”

“Only one thing is true.”

"——Only dreams come true."

After she finished singing the aria-like poem, Ms. Daly simply closed her eyes and fell down.

"Daly!" Dunn rushed forward to catch her and gently shook her shoulders, trying to wake her up.

But no matter how she was called, she never woke up.

"'Sleepwalking'."

He became anxious and was about to take out the talisman and chant it.

"The power of crimson."

"Captain." Leonard held his shoulders and shook his head gently.

He was reminding Dunn that the current Lighthouse Bearers team was in a "dismissed" state and was not allowed to use extraordinary abilities.

rule
The veins on the back of Dunn's hand were bulging.

But eventually it faded away.

He sat down weakly on the ground, with Ms. Daly sleeping soundly in his arms.

"Contact His Excellency the Favored One, as well as the Rangers and Pioneers who are handling emergency matters outside." He seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and his voice sounded much more mature.

"Tell them the light bearer needs help."

(End of this chapter)