Chapter 16: Attacked
"Something is wrong, the spirits in the vicinity are full of uneasiness......"
Dali said with a frown.
"There are powerful extraordinaries nearby, hostile to us!"
She got up from the couch, no longer looking decadent as before, but looked around with a solemn face, then grasped the crystal pendant on her wrist, and opened her lips to communicate silently with some beings.
This is the real "psychic", who is communicating with the unseen spirits!
Leonard also reacted, jumped up from the couch, walked to the window, and looked out, there was nothing unusual about the lively North End Zotland Street.
"Could it be some other official Extraordinaire squad, such as 'Substitute Punishers' or ......" Angel suggested a possibility.
"Unlikely, we all have a clear division of spheres of influence, and we usually don't come around other squads at will, and Ms. Dali's reaction, this extraordinary person ......"
"Better than me." Daly replied briefly.
Leonard's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly pulled out the revolver in the holster under his armpit and broke the hammer.
"Then it's likely to be Sequence 6, there is no such official extraordinaire in the city of Tingen."
Stronger than Ms. Dai Li, so it's likely to be sequence 6...... It turns out that Dalie Simone is also the Extraordinary of Sequence 7? Angel looked at Dalie, who was silently communicating with an unknown being, she didn't expect that this unattractive and decadent young woman turned out to be an extraordinary person on the same level as Dunn Smith, the captain of the Nightwatch.
Wait, sequence 6......
"Mrs. Sharon!"
Angel blurted out, a hint of horror in Leonard's turquoise eyes that had widened after a moment of confusion.
"Go to Chanisgate, we don't have a chance to win here." Leonard made a quick decision, left the window with his pistol in hand, and walked towards the partition in the reception room.
I don't know where this "Chanisgate" is, but it's always right to follow......
Angel also got up from the couch, she first reached out and opened the bullet box on the table, took out all the "Storm Convergence" bullets from it, put the bullets that had been installed in the loader into the pocket of her dress, and then picked up two revolvers and followed Leonard.
Dali no longer channeled, she still frowned and looked around.
Angel walked past Daly and handed her the smaller lady revolver with the Phantom Phosphorus Eruption bullet in front of her: "Ms. Dalie, you can use a pistol." ”
Dai Li, who had just finished channeling and had deep eyes, looked at Angel in surprise, chuckled, and said:
"I don't look like it, but I'm a real 'night watchman.'"
She reached out to take the pistol.
Angel's hand tightened and froze in place, as if teasing Dalie, and stopped the gun in front of her.
It's a pity that Dai Li can't blame Angel now, she seems to be entangled by invisible silk threads, the black robe on her body is close to her body, outlining the curves of her beautiful figure, and her outstretched hand stops in mid-air like a freeze frame, posing in a posture waiting for a handshake.
Angel knew that she should be wearing the same clothes as Dalie, because she was also now stiff on all fours, with a fixed neck, unable to move. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Leonard's trench coat, which had already walked to the partition of the reception room, and was about to go around, clinging to his slender body, his hands and feet moving forward, and stopping in place like a funny puppet.
This is undoubtedly the work of Mrs. Sharon, in Sequence 6, she swaggered into the Black Thorn Security Company through her stealth ability, and stood next to several people and performed extraordinary abilities, controlling everyone present like a marionette. Although Dali received a hint of psychic abilities, it was already too late.
Angel could feel the threads tightly wrapped around her body, the large joints of her body as if locked, and the sensation was rapidly spreading to her fingers and the top of her neck, and it might only take a few seconds for the only part of her body that could move was her eyeballs. Lady Sharon was also waiting for this moment, she just needed to stay invisible and wait for a few people to be completely under the control of her abilities and reappear to complete her final killing.
Daly and Leonard may be trying to break free from this bondage, but Angel can't wait any longer, she must use these precious seconds to create the possibility for the others to fight back, first of all, to reveal the invisible Lady Sharon.
She struggled to move her left index finger and gradually tightened the joint to press the trigger of the woman's pistol, which was aimed at Dalie Simone, who was about to take the gun.
"I'm sorry......" Angel's lips quirmed, spitting out a word.
The trigger was pulled, the hammer sounded, and the "phantom phosphorus eruption" that was pushed out of the chamber by the gunpowder gas was ignited in an instant by the power buried in the inscription, dragging a diffusing phosphorescent light to hit Daly's chest.
Angel, of course, was not an undercover agent sent by Mrs. Sharon, and hid until this moment just to shoot Dalie herself. As an auxiliary bullet, the "Phantom Phosphorus Eruption" has no direct lethality, and the moment it hits the target, the forced warhead will explode and turn into a "phantom phosphorescent powder" with no substance, covering a space of ten meters, marking all objects and creatures that react to spirituality - including invisible, of course.
And the lethality of the bullet itself, if it hits the bare skin, it may cause minor burns, but it will hardly hurt through the clothes, not only that, the invisible silk thread that binds Dai Li seems to be very afraid of high temperatures, Angel saw that some transparent silk threads like spider silk appeared on Dai Li's chest, which were rapidly dissipating under the effect of the "phantom phosphorus eruption".
At the same time, with the hit position as the center of the circle, the entire reception room was instantly covered with glittering phantom phosphorescent powder, ignoring gravity and the breeze blowing outside the window, floating quietly in every space.
In Angel's eyes, the bodies of Dai Li in front of him and Leonard a little farther away emitted a faint phosphorescence, like a human body under spiritual vision, which was covered with a layer of white halo. Less than two meters beside Leonard, the same humanoid halo was floating in the empty space.
Without Angel's reminder, Leonard's gaze locked on the halo beside him, and all he could move all that could be moved was his facial organs, without the slightest hesitation, he opened his mouth, and a deep voice rich in magnetism came:
"Goodbye, free-spirited sea.
This is the last time you will be in front of my eyes, rolling blue waves and sparkling with delicate countenance......"
The ethereal and silent chanting echoed like a lullaby under the high ceiling of the reception room, the breeze blowing in from the window seemed to disappear, and the phantom phosphorescent powder all over the room was far away from Angel.
It was as if she had come to a lake in the middle of the forest, and it was as if she were lying on a bed made of velvet, and the calm and serene atmosphere made her feel like she could fall asleep at any time.
"Can't sleep!"
Suddenly remembering that he was still fighting, Angel forcibly recalled the idea that almost flew out of his body, and even bit his tongue in order to stay awake.
The intense pain struck her, dispelling the intense drowsiness, and the lake in front of her eyes and the velvet beneath her disappeared, returning to the reception room of the Black Thorn Security Company where the phantom phosphorescent powder fell.
This is supposed to be similar to the "Nightmare" ability to pull people into dreams, but it is weaker than Dunn's direct dreaming......
Angel refocused his gaze on Leonard, who was still singing in a deep voice, the halo he was facing - Mrs. Sharon must have been in the same state, and the effect was even more pronounced because he was closer to Leonard the "poet".
So, you should ...... She tried to move her limbs, but unfortunately, the invisible threads were still pulling at her body, but compared to the immobile state just now, the threads that had lost Mrs. Sharron's control had obviously loosened, and Angel felt that she could move her limbs slightly.
She looked at Ms. Dai Li in front of her, who also felt the range of motion of her limbs increase, and immediately quickly entered a psychic state with the help of the crystal pendant on her wrist, and her emerald eyes became deep again.
"With fire."
Angel reminded.
As an "assassin", she has no way to take the invisible silk threads that entangle her body, so she can only hope for the "psychic" Dai Li and the invisible "spirits" around her.
Daly nodded almost invisibly, and then wisps of pale blue fireflies floated in the space around the two of them, dispelling the nearby phantom phosphorescent powder, the light emitted when the silk threads that bound them were ignited.
These invisible threads curl up and disappear as quickly as spider silk meets fire only when exposed to high temperatures, and the blue fireflies spread rapidly along the silk threads of the surrounding space, creating a dreamlike scene.
But Angel didn't want to appreciate it at all, the moment the silk thread was ignited, she felt that the power that bound her was quickly dissipating, and she didn't have time to applaud Dalie's performance, she raised her right hand holding a large-caliber revolver, and without waiting for aim, she shot a "storm convergence" at the halo of light representing Mrs. Sharon with her gun sense.
The hurried bullet did not hit Mrs. Sharon's vital point, but only hit the target's waist, but instead of the muffled sound of the bullet piercing through the flesh, there was a crisp "click" sound, and the halo marked by phantom phosphorescent powder shattered like a phantom in a mirror, and disappeared into Angel's eyes, along with the full-length mirror hanging behind the door for the guests to use when sorting out their clothes.
Mirror stand-in!
The phosphorescent mirrors shattered to the ground, and Lady Sharon, who was supposed to be there, was gone, and Angel looked around with her gun raised, but found no new target in the fading phosphorescent powder.
Did you run away......
Yes, failing a single blow and coming back at another date is the Assassin's life-saving trick, but since Lady Sharon has boldly attacked the stronghold of the "Night Watchman", will she really give up so easily?
Daly was standing still and continuing to guide the blue flame towards Leonard, helping him free from the silk thread. Angel's eyes scanned around the room, trying to discover where Mrs. Sharon was hiding. The phantom phosphorescent markings could not be shaken off even if they were teleported, which was common knowledge she had learned in the other world, but here, the unsuitable markings were easily destroyed by the mirror double, becoming a one-off effect.
The sense of crisis in her heart gradually became stronger, and Angel's intuition made Angel no longer hesitate, she pointed the muzzle of her left hand at the ground, pulled the trigger, and fired a "phantom phosphorus eruption" again. The fragile warhead shattered on the floor, and the dreamy phantom phosphorescent powder once again sprinkled the room.
In the diffuse light powder, a figure approached quickly, Angel bent down slightly, ready to dodge, but was surprised to find that the other party's target was not herself, but the "psychic" Dai Li with her back to the figure!