Chapter 215 "Actors" Francamo calculated the time and asked in detail: "What dangers are hidden in the altar? How well has Suzanne Matisse recovered today?" As soon as Lumian heard Franka's question, he roughly guessed what she was thinking: If it is feasible, we might as well take this opportunity to destroy the altar and let the still weak Susanna Matisse disappear completely! Before coming out of the Breeze Ballroom and tracking down the fake Efe, Lumian had thought about a similar problem - because Rentas was taking Charlie underground, he believed that the other party's destination was to go to Susanna Mathis's hiding place, so when he took the calcium carbide lamp, he took out several bundles of detonators from the safe, hoping to use the special environment to blow those guys to death. There seemed to be a hint of holiness on Luntas's pale face: "The altar is the altar. There is only the glory of our Lord. There is no danger." Now that you mention it, I feel even more dangerous... Lumian muttered as he stood next to the "Spiritual Wall". Rentas continued: "I don't know Susanna's specific situation. I only know that she couldn't be seen by us last week, but she could make sounds occasionally. She could communicate with us normally last week, and we were able to see her when we turned on the 'spiritual vision'. Today, she is no different from before, but she looks very weak." Susanna was originally a "Fallen Dryad" of Sequence 5, but now she has recovered to a strength close to Sequence 6? Lumian made a preliminary guess based on Rentas's description. If Susanna hadn't been hiding at the altar of the Mother Tree of Desire, Lumian would have felt that this was worth the risk. Franka thought for a moment and said: "You usually pray at the altar and receive gifts?"
"Yes." Rentas said in a reminiscent tone, "Susanna is our priest. She allows us to feel the Lord's love for the world, to feel everyone's truest desires, and to truly recognize ourselves." Hearing this, Franka wisely gave up further questioning and turned to seek the truth from the details: "Is the altar usually protected?" "Susanna is always here." Rentas's blurry and pale face swayed gently in the mirror. Franka looked at the makeup mirror in her hand and said: "Did anyone protect the altar during the two weeks when Susanna was badly injured?" The spirit of Lentas answered truthfully: "No." Franca couldn't help but turn her head and glance at Lumian, and found that he also had a look of disappointment and regret. From Luntas's answer just now, they all clearly recognized a fact: That altar has a secret protection mechanism, and it's very powerful! Otherwise, no matter how deep underground it is and how hard it is to find, one still has to consider how to guard against bounty hunters and cave adventurers who like to look for treasures in underground Trier. At the same time, one also has to be wary of smugglers who temporarily change their routes and college students who wander around. Franca let out a sigh and felt that it would be better to leave the issues of the altar and Susanna Mathis to the authorities. The evil spirit will take two days to recover, and she and Lumian have already found out the location of the altar, so there is enough time! Franka asked something else: "How many members of the Elysium are there in the old pigeon cage?" "Not many." Lentas's eyes flashed dark green on his blurred face. "But I only know a few. Ev, Hedesi, and I all obey Maipu Maier. He is the theater manager and the person who represented Susanna in the core affairs of the Bliss Society after she became an evil spirit." "Why choose a man? Don't women only love women? It would be more convenient to communicate with other core members of the Bliss Society by finding a woman." Franka raised an objection. Are you sure there's no hidden meaning to the communication you're talking about? Lumian felt that Madam Hidden Blade was quite excited about this matter. Rentas replied in a vague voice: "Mip Meier was Susanna's lover." Franka sighed: "The high priest took the lead in violating the organization's principles. He loved both men and women." As she spoke, she glanced at Charlie, who looked confused and frightened. Rentas did not hide anything for Maipu Meier:
"Before Susanna joined the Society of the Bliss, they were lovers, and they were the only lovers who could make Susanna feel safe and relaxed. She received divine revelation, believed in our Lord, and after reforming the Society of the Bliss, she also recruited Maip Meier into the Society, but she no longer slept with him. When she became an evil spirit, she no longer loved only women, and she resumed that kind of relationship with Maip Meier. At the same time, she was looking for other targets, entering their dreams, absorbing their energy, falling in love with them, and then killing them." The more Charlie listened, the paler his face became, as if he was trapped in a nightmare that he would never be able to escape until his death. "This is a bit perverted." Franka, who had seriously considered asking her lover Gardner to bear a child for her, commented. She immediately smiled and said: "Does Miep Meier like to wear a green hat?" "No, he only wears a black top hat now and waxes the tip of his beard." Rentas denied Franka's guess. Lumian then recalled the case of a woman's death in the town of Ornet that someone mentioned at Mr. K's party: "If Maipu Maier obtains the gift and becomes a male 'fallen tree spirit', can he enter women's dreams, create erotic dreams, absorb their energy, and make them gradually weaken until they die? "The Ultimate Bliss Society has women as its core members, and emphasizes that women only love women. It is unlikely that male members will be able to obtain such a high level of power... That person is not a member of the Ultimate Bliss Society, but he also believes in the 'Mother Tree of Desire'? Or, women 'love' women?" Franca continued to ask: "Why don't you even know how many members of the Bliss Society there are in Old Pigeon Cage? Among the members of the Bliss Society you know, except Susanna, there are no female ones?" Rentas's pale and blurry face seemed to be slightly distorted: "Only Maipu Maier has access to the female members. “Although I don’t know if there are still female members in the old pigeon cage now, I can guess which ones there were in the past.” "How did you guess that?" Franca asked curiously. Rentas replied: “Those who joined our Old Pigeon Cage, started out as supporting actresses, got better and better at acting, and eventually left as leading actresses should all be core members of the Bliss Society. "The establishment of the old pigeon cage itself is to provide them with a safe and reliable performance venue, helping them to satisfy their inner desires until they can initially control them." "Why do you have to perform?" Lumian thought of Rentas's various performances. Luntas struggled for a moment and said: "The gift we received is equivalent to Sequence 7, called 'Actor'. “It gives us the ability to make our targets crave attention and want to perform, and it also stimulates our latent desire to perform, which cannot be restrained before we truly control the power of the gift. We must have a formal performance stage to satisfy our desires without arousing suspicion. "Every applause from the audience is an affirmation of us." What a strange sequence... Just now, I didn't attack Rentas right away. Instead, I chose to confront him. I also didn't use the ritual silver dagger to suppress the desire to explode in time. It was because I was unconsciously aroused by the desire to express myself... Lumian suddenly realized. Franka clapped her hands and said: “So that’s it. "I was just saying why I particularly like acting today!" She smiled and asked: "Your ability to disguise yourself as Ev and Ciel also comes from 'The Actor'?" Rentas nodded slightly: "We can change the state of our muscles, skin, and bones to a certain extent. We have all the abilities needed for camouflage, including makeup techniques, prop making, etc. At the same time, 'actors' also have the ability to 'imitate'. We can act like anything. If we act as an ordinary person, even the spirit body will become ordinary. If we act as a soldier, we will be good at fighting and shooting." "What about playing a woman?" "How about playing a Beyonder?"
Franca and Lumian each asked their own questions. The two finally understood why the fake Efe was able to deceive the official extraordinary people, and why the acting skills of those performers in the Old Pigeon Cage Theater were so good. Wouldn’t your acting skills improve if you act with real “actors” every day? The spirit of Lentas said in a slightly confused tone: “To play a woman, you need to make props in advance, fake breasts, fake long hair, etc. "When I play other Beyonders, if I have already observed them, I can perform their corresponding abilities, but there will be no substantial effect, and it will be closer to an illusion. If that Beyonder allows me to observe and learn carefully for a month, then I can perform some very similar but much weaker abilities." That sounds impressive... Lumian sighed and asked in a deep voice: "Who were you playing when you showed your powerful aura before?" "Susanna is connected to the aura of the altar and presides over the blessing ceremony." Rentas revealed a hint of piety and awe. Franca and Lumian looked at each other again, glad that they had given up the idea of going to the altar to eliminate the trouble. Judging from Rentas’ answer, when Susanna and the altar become one, they will reveal their demigod status! "Does 'actor' have other abilities?" Franca asked. Rentas shook his head. "No. "But Miep Maier once told me, 'Don't get hung up on the characters you play.'" Lumian finally had a chance to ask: "What are the other sequences for 'actor' called?" Luntas' voice had a distinctly eerie tone: "Sequence 9 'Miser', Sequence 8 'Nude Patient', Sequence 6 'Honored One', Sequence 5 'Little Cupid', and above that, I don't know." That’s very fitting… Lumian, who is quite familiar with the abilities of the “Miser” and the “Sex Addict”, asked: "What does 'honored' mean?" "The desire to succeed and to be recognized by the upper class or the general public." Luntas explained. Franka asked curiously: "You seem to be unable to control your desires at each Sequence. When you reach Sequence 5, won't your desires explode at anything you see?" "In fact, each sequence can control the corresponding desires at the end. The most important thing for an 'actor' is the desire to perform. The desire for money and the opposite sex is just stronger than normal. It doesn't make them appear pathological or completely uncontrollable." Rentas answered Franka's question using himself as an example. Lumian suddenly had doubts: "Then why were you so stingy when you were playing Mr. Efe?" Choose to pick up gold coins of unknown origin. Rentas replied naturally: "Because that's what the real Ev is like. He has to act like what he plays." (End of this chapter)