Lord of Mysteries: Taiyi

Chapter 140 Annihilation of the Stronghold

In the East End, in a cheap rental house on Black Palm Street, Kurt.

Kurt changed into an outfit more suited to the East District, and then, following the coordinates of some outposts obtained from the psychic card, began his operation.

Because Kapin's spirit revealed that these strongholds basically had no extraordinary individuals, and even if they did, there were only a few low-sequence extraordinary individuals.

To minimize potential police casualties, Kurt specifically sought out strongholds with extraordinary individuals.

Under the cover of night, Kurt activated the Psychological Invisibility ability on his Dragon Scale Gloves, so he didn't even need an invisibility potion—and just like that, Kurt casually entered a bar that looked to be doing pretty well.

Watching the intense free-fighting match inside, Kurt deftly dodged the bodies reeking of barley and sweat. He then spotted several figures lingering in a dark passageway, occasionally cheering them on towards the ring.

They had revolvers gleaming on their waists, clearly indicating they were guards here.

"Tsk, are gun control so lax in the East District?" Kurt shook his head silently, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

Not an extraordinary one—this bar should have two floors. Hmm, I overlooked something before. Some established businesses, like these shady bars, probably won't relocate even if they know Kapin has been arrested. Only a few key strongholds should react.

Some gangs were unaware of the existence of extraordinary individuals, let alone the concept of psychic abilities—and the sight of those undisguised guns suggested they had some shady dealings with the local police department.

Clearly, they wouldn't give up their hard-earned "empire" just because of a small Kapin.

He also noticed that this small bar in the middle of the East District had many people who didn't look like people from the East District at all. Their mannerisms were clearly different from the poor people of the East District. They were usually led to the second floor, and they seemed to know their way around very well.

The intelligence report said that this place is a sex industry—although many girls are forced into prostitution because they have no other choice, 80% of the girls in these "black shops" are trafficked.

Thinking of this, Kurt took out a pure white mask and covered his face. Of course, he could use the properties he had taken from the Faceless Man to turn the mask into a "human skin," but he couldn't change the body shape or anything like that. Besides, he didn't have the prior knowledge of creating a face for the Faceless Man.

To see if he could save a few more, Kurt went up to the second floor in the eyes of everyone in the bar. He saw rows of doors, activated his spiritual vision, and discerned the situation inside.

They found a room with only one person inside, and it was clearly a girl.

Kurt simply pushed the door open and went inside. The lock, which required payment to open, was rendered ineffective because Kurt had given it the function of opening the door.

The apprentice's ability to walk through walls is actually quite useful, at least when infiltrating, but unfortunately, the abilities he has been learning so far cannot have a direct impact on him.

The girl with brownish-yellow hair inside was clearly stunned for a moment. When she heard the door open, her body trembled violently.

Her thin right foot was shackled and fixed to the somewhat dilapidated wooden bed.

"Hiss—she looks to be only 14 years old." Seeing the girl being forcibly dressed in revealing and vulgar clothes, Kurt was immediately enraged and slammed the door shut.

The girl stared in horror at the door that opened and closed, and then, with great difficulty, she finally noticed the person in front of her whom she might easily forget.

That pure white mask was really scary.

Kurt's psychological invisibility was only a built-in feature of his gauntlets and had not been enhanced by source energy. Therefore, if he made any large movements or in extremely illogical scenes, ordinary people would still be able to see him. After all, they don't have X-ray vision and can't see through people's bodies to look through doors, so they would eventually notice something was wrong.

But as soon as Kurt stays quietly in the room for a few minutes, the girl in front of him will ignore him again.

Kurt deactivated his psychological stealth ability and asked directly through the mask, "Kid, don't be afraid, I'm here to save you. How old are you? What's your name?"

Kurt didn't choose the more efficient method of directly stunning the psychic; that's a method used against villains. This girl clearly looks like a victim.

"Me, sob sob—cough cough cough."

The girl's voice was very hoarse. Kurt frowned slightly and looked at her throat, finding it to be an unhealthy purplish-red color, indicating hunger. There were also many damaged organs on her body, clearly indicating she had suffered considerable abuse.

Was she drugged? Kurt walked over nimbly, and in the girl's fearful yet expectant gaze, he reached her side and snapped the chains. To her astonishment, Kurt took out a small glass bottle and forced the girl, who was no longer able to resist, to drink it down her throat.

He took a sheet and wrapped it around her frail body, then, suppressing his anger, asked again, "Are you feeling better?"

"Waaah—My name is Sasha, I'm 15 years old. Uncle, please save Ada! She was just dragged away by the boss here. The last person who was dragged away is already—"

Upon seeing that she could speak again, Sasha burst into tears, curling up in the blankets.

Kurt blocked the sound waves from reaching the outside, then nodded and asked, "Do you have any of Ada's personal items?"

Sasha nodded with a sob, loosening her clenched hands, revealing a grass ring soaked in sweat in her pale palm.

Kut nodded and took the grass ring. Kut's intention to use it to find Kada was also instilled in Sasha's mind by taking advantage of Sasha's strong desire to know who he was.

Of course, some instructions, such as to be quiet, also entered Sasha's mind. Sasha then realized this and quickly covered her mouth.

After settling Sasha in, Kurt left the room, leaving Sasha alone curled up in the corner of the bed, staring blankly at the shackles that Kurt had broken with two fingers.

The uncle used a strange method to let her know he would lock the door from the inside, rescue Kada, and then come to pick her up, but only if she didn't make a sound.

The person who took Kada away was clearly the leader here, and most likely the extraordinary one.

Kurt threw out a playing card, which instantly transformed into a divination stick. He then used the grass ring to quickly walk in one direction.

He had already deactivated his psychological invisibility. The few guards on the road saw him, but before they could utter a word, they were "strangled" by the air. Everyone in the private rooms along the way, including the prostitutes, fainted.

Finally, Kurt arrived at a room at the end of the corridor that looked more luxurious than the other rooms.

Kurt, with his extraordinary hearing, also heard the sounds inside.

"What do you think of this new find? This is a noble lady who was abducted all the way from Intis—"