Chapter 328 Come to the door The waiter looked at the handfuls of gold coins and the banknotes that seemed to smell the special scent of ink. His eyes widened involuntarily and he held his breath instinctively. After a few seconds, he looked around hurriedly and calmed down a little when he saw that there were no people around. "All, all for me?" The waiter swallowed hard. Albus threw a gold coin worth 5 Felkins directly over, letting it land accurately in the waiter's palm, and then said with a smile: "It depends on whether the information you provide is useful, but either way, you can get another 20 Felkins." The waiter bit the gold coin in his hand gently, looked back at the road he had come from, and said in a low voice: "The southerner in Room 6 on the 2th floor is similar to what you said. Every time he comes, he looks for the most famous socialite. He likes to order food in advance and have it delivered to the room half an hour later." Southerner, looking for the most famous socialite, likes to order food in advance, room 602... Albus was not stingy and threw two more 10-fil gold coins engraved with warships to the waiter. Next, he took advantage of the fact that the busiest time period on City Wall Street had not yet arrived and everyone was lazy in the afternoon sun, and sneaked to the sixth floor and hid in the balcony at the end of the corridor. In less than ten minutes, the waiter in charge of delivering the meal arrived in front of Room 602 on a steam-powered mechanical ladder, pushing a silver-white metal dining cart, and gently rang the doorbell. Albus stood up quickly, found a place on the balcony where he could see the door of 602, and looked over there.
The person who opened the door was a man less than meters tall, wearing an iron-black half-face mask, a white shirt and light-colored boxer shorts. Taking off pants but not clothes... to cover the tattoo marks on the upper body? The more Albus looked, the more he thought that the man in room 602 was Guillaume Bennet on the wanted poster. Instead of "disturbing" the other party, he sat back in the white-paneled chair on the balcony and took out a gray, bushy-haired mouse from his pocket. This is one of the pets of "Tamer" Kristo! Lumian brought in the "rat" in order to use his pets that could communicate in a simple way to communicate between team members more covertly and effectively. Of course, this must rely on Christo as a transit point and "translator". Albus patted the mouse's head and, as agreed beforehand, made a gesture with his thumb and index finger clasped in a circle and the other three fingers raised. This means that prey with a high suspicion of being the target has been found. The mouse squeaked, jumped out of Albus's hand, and went to look for its owner who was hiding in a nearby beer house. ………… After learning from "Mouse" Christo's pet parrot that members of the "Iron Cross" had found the parish priest, Lumian fell into a brief state of shock and confusion. If they had found Guillaume Bennet, then who was it that I saw? If the person in the house at 50 Vincent Street was indeed Guillaume Bennet, then where did the fake goods they saw come from? As his thoughts raced, Lumian suddenly thought of a possibility: "The art of substitution"! Guillaume Bene performed the "Substitution" ceremony! That was one of the five special ritual magics that Lumian had acquired during his "Mendicant Monk" stage. The parish priest, who had already become a Sequence 5 "Life Hunter", obviously also knew it. Its function is to make the recipient aware of danger, then find another person to live in his or her name for a period of time, gain recognition from people around him or her, whether genuine or false, establish sufficient mystical connections, and then hold a ceremony to complete the replacement. If the "substitution technique" is successful, in the eyes of others, the substitute will be exactly the same as the original person, and although his self-perception and actual performance will be affected to a certain extent, he will generally remain the same as before. When the substitute is engulfed by the predicted disaster, the recipient of the "substitution technique" will have his fate changed and will be completely free from the corresponding danger. Of course, that assumes that "Disaster" doesn't know it's a stand-in when it arrives. This would be quite effective for other Beyonders, but Lumian, who knew the existence of the "Substitution Technique" and what it was, would not be deceived as long as he thought about it. For him, the most critical issue now is:
Which one is the real Guillaume Bennet and which one is the stand-in? The forces Lumian has currently organized must be gathered together in order to have any hope of severely injuring the parish priest without causing too much damage and capturing him, so he must choose to attack one side first and cannot attack at the same time. ——Gardner Martin only promised to help find the "prey" and did not agree to provide any other help. Because of this, most of the official members and peripheral members sent by the "Iron Cross" are low-sequence, or even ordinary people. Of course, if Lumian really went to ask Gardner Martin for help, the other party might agree to it in order to win people's hearts, but the problem was that it would take several hours for the "Iron Cross" to mobilize enough forces. Guillaume Bene was not an iron man, and the socialite was not a "pleasure witch", so how could it last that long? He would definitely leave early. Which choice would Guillaume Bene make? Let the double stay at home to attract firepower while he went out to fool around, or let the double go out to show his characteristics and "kill" the danger outside the house? Lumian felt that both possibilities were possible and could not be really ruled out. He thought for a moment, looked at the green and white parrot and said: "Go find 'Red Boots' Franca and ask her to tell you who is the real one between the Guillaume Bennet at 50 Vincent Street and the Guillaume Bennet over there." The parrot looked at Lumian as if he were a fool and said: "I'm just a parrot." What I said was too complicated for it to understand and remember completely? After a few thoughts flashed through Lumian's mind, he quickly made a decision: "Take me to find 'Red Boots' Franca, no, take me to find Krystal first." There is still some time left, and the man at 50 Vincent Street can't escape, so the team in charge of the operation can meet briefly and simply exchange information. Our side is hiding in the dark while the enemy is active in the open. As long as we don't disturb them, we can wait for a while longer. Of course, it must be done before Guillaume Bennet, who is fooling around with the famous socialite, has vented his desires. After all, there is a risk of being exposed when tracking a person, and this is even more true when tracking a parish priest with a lot of strange and unknown abilities. ………… In an alley near City Wall Street. The afternoon sun shone on the barricade that had been mostly knocked down, making the wind want to stop and rest for a while. Franca, dressed in an assassin's suit, Janna, dressed as a female mercenary, Anthony Reid, still in his army green clothes and trousers, and Lumian, wearing a peaked cap, black vest and white shirt, gathered in this secluded and deserted place. Lumian briefly mentioned the situation, but due to time constraints, he did not elaborate on the "substitution technique", which is a general term for the sorcery of creating living substitutes. Before he could ask, Franka had already taken out a mirror and was stroking the surface while chanting a spell. Soon, water shone in the mirror, and an old voice was heard: "It's all true." It’s all true... Franca turned her head in surprise and looked at Lumian. The witchcraft that creates a substitute is very powerful. The created substitute looks and has the same fate as the real one, and it is difficult to distinguish using ordinary divination methods! It's all true... Lumian had anticipated this answer and had been thinking of another solution. Seeing him silent for a moment, Franka took a breath and said hesitantly: "Yes, do you want me to ask someone else?" She planned to ask for the answer from the one whose divination result was the most accurate. But in that case, she would have to answer a question in front of Janna, Lumian and Anthony Reid that could lead to her social death.
She felt that the guy would probably ask, "Do you often think about doing that with Jenna?" How can she get along with Janna in the future? Lumian shook his head and said: "No, I have a way." He then said to Janna: "Hide in the shadows diagonally opposite Room 602 of Dill and keep a close eye on Guillaume Bennet's actions. "If he's completely done and is about to leave, and we haven't arrived yet, don't rush to follow him. Just observe his direction from a distance and know roughly which street he went to." "Okay." Janna nodded and rehearsed in her mind what she should do. Lumian turned to look at Franca and Anthony Reid: "Let's go to No. 50 Vincent Street. I'll go directly to 'visit' that Guillaume Bene. Franca, you follow me in stealth mode and try not to make any moves before you confirm the authenticity. "Anthony, you stay outside. If that Guillaume Bennet is fake, and we rush to Dill, you secretly monitor the hostess there to see where she goes. Later, if Guillaume Bennet of Dill manages to escape, this will be an important clue for our subsequent tracking. "If the one at 50 Vincent Street is real and there is a fierce battle, you come in quietly and provide assistance." Franca had no objection to this arrangement. She knew that Lumian had the "teleportation" function. Once it was confirmed that the one on Vincent Street was fake, the main force of the battle could rush to the other side before the real and fake Guillaume could "exchange information". Anthony analyzed the risks he would have to take and said there was no problem. ………… 50 Vincent Street, near the off-white three-story building. After seeing Franca become "invisible" without any materials, Lumian raised his right hand and wiped his face. He instantly turned into a man in his thirties wearing a black uniform and inspector's epaulettes. "The Face of Nether"! After confirming his own situation, Lumian walked to the target building and rang the doorbell directly. The person who opened the door was a man dressed as a butler. He looked at Lumian and asked in confusion: "Officer, what's up?" "There's a missing homeless case involving this street, and I want to meet your male master." Lumian began to make up a story. The butler's expression changed slightly: "Officer, please wait a moment. I will go ask our master." After a while, the butler returned to the door and said to Lumian: "Officer, our master would like you to go to the small living room on the first floor." Lumian nodded slightly and followed the butler into 50 Vincent Street. The living room here is spacious. A blue-gray cat is huddled in the corner, a bird in a cage is chirping non-stop, and a black dog that looks like a hound is squatting in the aisle, looking vigilantly at strangers who come in. After walking around the elegant sofa, the butler turned into the small living room at the back. A man with black hair, blue eyes, a slightly hooked nose, wearing a dark shirt and black trousers was sitting on a single sofa, stroking the head of a large brown dog. His posture was leisurely and a little arrogant. "Officer, is there anything I can help you with?" the man asked, standing up slowly. It was him, it was him, Guillaume Bennet! The parish priest, Guillaume Bennet! After seeing the man's appearance clearly, Lumian narrowed his eyes and took a few steps forward, shortening the distance between the two to within five meters.
Then he opened his mouth and made a sound: "what!" Only by actually taking action can you determine who is the substitute and who is the real person! (End of this chapter)