Moonlight cascaded down from the shoulders of the slender figure like flowing water, reflecting the dust particles in the air. Lin Sanjiu sneered when she saw that the man was silent.
"Are you surprised? It's not that hard to deduce, "Lin Sanjiu said as she straightened her back. The cards in her hand flashed and disappeared one by one. "Let me put it this way. After I met Ryuji, the employee from Mokugyo Forum, I guessed that the person who was after me was one of Luther's 12 personalities. And you … you are very distinctive. "
Back in Oasis, 12 had disguised himself as Septimus and tricked Marcie. Because of that incident, Lin Sanjiu found out that Septimus's personality had some problems with his gender identity.
Septimus raised his hand instinctively and slid his slender fingers across his collarbone.
"I see. Speaking of which, I've been troubled lately. I don't know if it's better to be a man or a woman. "His voice sounded like there was smoke in it. It could be described as a mezzo-soprano or a slightly high-pitched male voice." I haven't split for long, so I'm not considered a real person yet. "
His words triggered Lin Sanjiu's distant memories. There were some details that she thought she had long forgotten. Lin Sanjiu shook the dust off her face, "I remember … when I first met Marcie, there was a duoluozhong who said that she had 'fake blood and fake flesh'."
The slender figure shrugged, "It was a very accurate description."
There was a sudden silence in the air.
Both of them stared at each other for a few seconds. The flashing cards in Lin Sanjiu's hand finally stopped. The card in her hand was the [Power of Description]. This was the first time she had used it ever since she obtained it.
Septimus looked at her hand and smiled, "This ability of yours is really suitable for cheating when playing cards."
Without waiting for her to reply, he shifted his leg and leaned against the door leisurely. "But you don't have to use it against me because I'm not your enemy."
Lin Sanjiu let out a sneer. She gestured at the posthumans who were lying on the ground in the corridor behind her and raised her eyebrows. "Not the enemy? Then your way of showing friendliness is a little strange. "
Septimus sighed softly. His voice was special, making one feel as if a puff of smoke should come from his mouth with this sigh. "If I didn't do this, how would I have found you? Because these ordinary evolvers can't hurt you, I hypnotized them to stop you. "
"Why are you stopping me?"
"Don't you want to know where Luther and Marcie are?" Septimus tilted his head and looked at her. His voice became serious. "Don't you want to know what happened during this time?"
Lin Sanjiu really wanted to know the answer.
"You'll tell me?"
"Why do you think I spent so much effort to find you?"
She thought silently for a moment, and finally said, "But I don't believe you."
Septimus was startled and folded his arms.
"Because of Ryuji," Lin Sanjiu said as she used her hypersensory to sense the sounds and air currents in the hotel behind her. The effect of the hypnosis seemed to have stopped. The posthumans who had not lost their minds groaned and crawled back to their rooms. "Didn't you hypnotize all the people who went after him? You killed an innocent person just to prevent him from coming into contact with me. Do you really expect me to believe that you are here to help me? "
Septimus lowered his arms as if he was amused by Lin Sanjiu's words. His robe slid down and made his shadow look even thinner.
"You are wrong," he said coldly. He said coldly, "I didn't make the decision to kill that staff member. They just happened to need my ability. I don't care about that person's life or death, so I did whatever they said. However, I made the decision to find you and stop you in secret … "
Lin Sanjiu did not hear the rest of his words. The word "they" that Septimus uttered struck her like a bolt of lightning. She stood there in a daze for a moment, and it was not until Septimus stopped talking that she finally opened her mouth to murmur, "What are you talking about?"
"Is Bliss also one of the twelve personalities?"
Septimus shuddered and took half a step forward. Finally, he walked out from the shadow of the door and into the light of the hotel corridor. There was a look of surprise on his delicate face. "How did you know?"
Lin Sanjiu couldn't say anything for a moment. She wiped her face.
When she raised her head again, she carefully sized up the person in front of her who had not yet decided on his final gender.
Similar to the impression that 12 had left on her, Septimus was handsome, but for some reason, he gave off a chilly vibe. He had a pair of slender eyes, and the corners of his eyes and the ends of his eyebrows were pointed upward. His lips were as thin as willow leaves, and his smooth face was as white as snow, without any trace of human emotion. His beauty was like a thin layer of ice. It did not have the awe-inspiring power that was usually associated with beauty. Instead, it seemed to be able to reflect people's gaze.
Lin Sanjiu had always had a good intuition about people, but after looking at Septimus for a while, she couldn't tell whether he was dangerous or not.
Finally, she let out a long sigh.
"What do you want to tell me?"
"Right here?" Septimus looked around and shrugged. "To tell you the truth, there is a time limit for the hypnosis to take effect. Come with me, and we will talk as we walk. What do you think? "
If this was a trap set up by the 12 personalities to kill her, Lin Sanjiu had no other choice. She could either take a risk for the truth or continue to be chased like a headless chicken. She had never been a timid person.
"Even if all 11 personalities come out and attack me at the same time, I am confident that I can protect myself." Lin Sanjiu waved her hand toward the door. "Lead the way."
Septimus looked at her, and the corners of his lips curled upward. "Is that so?" He turned around and walked into the alley. "Eleven people … You sure are confident."
The red brick alley outside looked like a ball of darkness at night. The dark moon above and the street lamps in the distance gave off a faint reflection on the top of the red brick walls. When the two of them walked down the stairs, Lin Sanjiu asked, "Now that I know everything, you guys don't have to chase after Ryuji anymore, right?"
"You are exactly as the rumors say," Septimus said without turning his head.
Septimus said without turning his head, his robe rustling on the steps behind him.
"What do you mean?"
"You are full of extra energy and care. Don't worry, no one is interested in Ryuji anymore. "
When they were halfway through the red brick alley, Septimus snapped his fingers. The Stray Dog Hotel was silent for a few seconds. Then, there was a scream of terror. Dali's voice tore through the night and spread far and wide. "Who is it?! My, my hotel! What's going on? Who did this! "
Her shout seemed to serve as a reminder to the other guests in the hotel. Soon, the hotel was filled with screams of pain, curses, and cries of those who were injured. The person who had implicated Dali in this incident was now walking briskly in front of Lin Sanjiu. His robe fluttered in the night breeze along with his humming.
"Where are we going?"
"We are not going anywhere." Even though she did not say a word, when Septimus arrived at the checkpoint pocket dimension at the end of the alley, he leaped up and landed on the roof. After he leaped over the checkpoint pocket dimension, he landed silently on the ground like a large butterfly. "Didn't I tell you just now? Let's talk as we walk. "
Perhaps, he did not want to expose the location of his 12 personalities. Luther must be there.
"I have too many questions," Lin Sanjiu said. She did not know where to start. After she sorted out her thoughts, she finally asked, "How many of Luther's 12 personalities have split into?"
She did not expect Septimus to be so insincere with his first question.
"I don't know." He turned around and shot a glance at Lin Sanjiu. His long and narrow eyes swept across her face like a ripple. "Why are you looking at me like that? I really don't know. "
"How is that possible?" Lin Sanjiu stopped walking, her anger burning. "Aren't you all supposed to gather around Luther?"
"Yes, but that was during the early stages of the split. For example, I and Marcie, who you just met, were split not too long ago. At this stage, we can't stray too far away from our main body. Otherwise, we will be automatically 'recalled'. Of course, I don't need to tell you this. You know it very well. "
Septimus slowed down and maintained a distance of about five to six steps away from her. The two of them walked side by side under a row of floating street lights. "What you don't know is that during the later stages of the split, we are not affected by distance. As long as we are in the same world, a mature personality can move freely. We will only return to our main body under three circumstances. First, Luther decides to recall us. Second, we decide to return to our main body. Third, we change worlds. "
"What if you guys die?"
"Then, you will disappear completely." Septimus smiled nonchalantly. "Our split personalities are the same as you guys. We only have one life. Of course, the death of one personality is a huge blow to Luther."
"Are you trying to say that since we don't need to gather together anymore, you don't know how many personalities have split?"
"That's right."
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