Chapter 197: Action

Chapter One Hundred Ninety-SevenAction

There is danger. Not high, and not low…

That means Madam Sharon is still inside the house. She has not fled…

Klein froze for a moment, then quickly understood the reason.

He had used the method of “summoning” himself to transform into a rather special Spirit Body and search the safe and its hidden compartment. He had not forced open the lock, nor had he triggered any concealed mechanical device or other object. Therefore, it was very normal that Madam Sharon had not realized her secret had already been discovered. She would merely think a thief had broken in, or perhaps that a private detective had accepted a commission and infiltrated to investigate, only to find nothing.

In that situation, for her to remain insufficiently alert and continue staying at home accorded with reason and logic.

The Madam Sharon Klein knew was not someone who, upon encountering a minor abnormality, would lose composure and overreact. She was a socialite who could calmly pretend to be afraid and pitiful. She was a member of the Demoness Sect who had hidden her Beyonder identity for years.

If telephones had already been invented, Madam Sharon would definitely call one of her lovers, act coquettish, complain about Tingen City’s public security, and hint at Madam Maynard…

Klein let his imagination stage that little drama, then told Dunn and Kernli the result of his divination and his guess.

“That is the inference closest to reality.”

Dunn pressed down his half-top silk hat. His deep gray eyes looked toward Madam Sharon’s two-story house.

“We will not hurry inside.”

“Why?”

Kernli, who held Sealed Artifact 3-0217, instinctively asked.

He was filled with fear toward the Spirit Medium’s Mirror in his hands, always afraid something unexpected might happen with that Sealed Artifact.

Dunn put on black gloves and looked at Klein.

“Do you remember the matter of surrounding and capturing Instigator Tris?”

“I do.”

After a few seconds of thought, Klein said, “She seemed to sense our approach in advance, responded in time, and successfully escaped.”

I also remember answering the Captain’s question afterward and suggesting fire coverage. That was the most stable and safest method, but it cannot be used this time. Madam Sharon’s house contains quite a few innocent servants. If we notify them early and evacuate them in time, we will definitely alert Madam Sharon. And according to Leonard, Tris could become invisible, so we have to assume Madam Sharon has mastered a similar Beyonder ability…

In an instant, Klein connected many points together.

Dunn looked up at the crimson moon in the sky.

“Very good. Your answer is very good. Your intuition in this sort of situation is quite sharp.

“We cannot rashly approach and alert Madam Sharon. I will try to pull her into a dream from a distance. If I succeed, you and Kernli will go inside and subdue her. Mm… You may decide for yourselves whether to kill her. If she cannot be controlled, then eliminate her. Your own safety is the most important thing.”

Captain, whenever the critical moment arrives, your thinking is always so clear! That is exactly what I was waiting for!

Klein silently praised him.

Over the two months they had spent together, through casual conversations with Dunn, Leonard, Frye, and the others, Klein had more or less grasped the characteristics of their respective Beyonder abilities. Among them, as a Nightmare, Dunn Smith could, from his home or from Blackthorn Security Company, freely enter and exit the dreams of every sleeping person in Tingen City’s urban district.

As for the exact method, that involved the secrets of each Sequence, so Klein had not asked in detail.

The direct pulling of a person into dreams had a range limit and often appeared only in face-to-face confrontations.

However, Klein had heard the Captain mention that the ability did not necessarily have to be attempted face to face. Within a hundred meters, it could still have…