As Klein crossed the living room, his spirituality was triggered, feeling that invisible gazes came from nowhere and swept over him.
He pretended to have noticed nothing, entered the front sitting room, scanned the environment, and found a seat not far but not too close from the host position.
And as he passed through the door, all the gazes disappeared, vanished.
If not for the "Wraith" being isolated by three layers of seals, it would have most likely been detected just now... Mr. X isn't as bold and crazy as he appears... Klein sat down, tugged his hood, and hid his face deeper in the shadows.
After around ten minutes, when the meeting members had almost all arrived, Mr. X, wearing a brass mask, silently appeared at the door and entered step by step, walking toward the host seat.
He wore a black classical robe and a pointed wizard hat; as he walked, his aura was restrained, yet he made everyone present involuntarily lower their heads.
After turning around and slowly sitting down, Mr. X glanced around and said in a low voice: "Let's begin."
Within four meters... Klein didn't rush to act; he withdrew his gaze and patiently watched as a few meeting members exchanged information about people with abnormal luck for gold pounds, listening to Mr. X occasionally respond.
Time passed minute by minute. The focus of the gathering began to shift from Mr. X's bounties to transactions among themselves. Klein no longer hesitated. He used his left thumb to press the first joint of his index finger twice and activated his "Spirit Body Threads" vision.
Illusory black thin lines immediately appeared before his eyes; they emerged from different people and stretched into infinity.
After a brief discrimination, Klein covertly manipulated Mr. X's "Spirit Body Threads."
In his plan, there were two main difficulties. One was that Mr. X, whose preceding Sequence included the "Astrologer" profession, and a saint of the
Regarding Mr. X's spiritual intuition, Klein was fairly confident, because when Miss
Other "Puppet Masters" would most likely be helpless at this point, but Klein was different. He also had the identity of "The Fool" and could borrow the power of the mysterious space above the
The gathering proceeded without any anomaly; a dozen seconds passed in a flash. Klein was only three seconds away from initially controlling Mr. X. And this divine emissary of the Aurora Order, completely unaware, was gazing deeply at a transaction being made, lost in his thoughts.
At the critical moment, Klein actively stopped!
He barely maintained the progress, pulled out a hand, reached into the hidden pocket of his hooded robe, and touched the iron cigarette case sealed by a "Spiritual Wall."
Klein then moved his finger and lightly poked, dispelling the "Spiritual Wall," turning it into a wisp of breeze within his pocket.
He withdrew his hand and waited a few more seconds until Mr. X's gaze turned to the other side, then resumed manipulating the "Spirit Body Threads."
Two seconds, one second, zero seconds!
Mr. X's thoughts suddenly became sluggish, as if someone had poured freshly stirred cement into him.
Enemy... danger... His slow thoughts turned, and he quickly made a decision, preparing to warn and call for help from his subordinates and the one lurking in the shadows, while making effective resistance.
Just then, a mass of chill entered his body, causing his hands and mouth to no longer belong to him.
"Blood Captain" Senyor!
Wraith possession!
The manipulation of "Spirit Body Threads" by a "Puppet Master" has many flaws. The biggest problem is that once the preliminary control state is entered, the target immediately discovers the problem and is capable of adopting various countermeasures.
If it were one-on-one, with no others around, Klein could naturally use the increasing "delay state" of the target to effectively interfere and interrupt resistance. But if the target still has other helpers, the "Puppet Master's" operation would be difficult to conceal from others; it would require environmental or companion assistance to carry it out covertly and without leaving traces.
And in this respect, the "Wraith," which can possess the target and forcibly control their actions, is practically the best assistant for a "Puppet Master"!
The reason Klein hadn't directly entered the preliminary control state just now was to take the opportunity to release the "Wraith."
After passing the entry check, the vigilance inside the sitting room where the gathering was held was definitely relatively low!
Mr. X's eyes slightly widened, his thoughts gradually slowed. The words he wanted to shout were firmly locked by his own throat, sealed by his own mouth, completely dissipating into nothing.
And his hands, which he intended to raise directly, also slowed down and reached for the nearby bone china teacup.
This completely went against his will; it was all done by the cold aura that filled every corner of his body!
Wraith... Puppet Master... No... like this... will die silently... Mr. X immediately controlled his own spirituality and outlined complex symbols and marks in his mind.