Empress Borough, the side of Viscount Stratford's mansion.
The black-dressed Fors and Xio hid in a dark corner, staring at the tightly shut iron gate, patiently waiting for their target to appear.
It wasn't raining tonight, so they didn't have to face the harsh environment. The carriage parked at the edge of the street light made them understand that the harvest would definitely come. It was only a matter of time.
After an unknown period of time, the iron gate made a sound of metal rubbing against each other and slowly opened.
A figure draped in a dark cloak flashed out from within. With his head lowered, he walked to the side of the rental carriage and boarded it with light movements.
"Is it her?" Fors suppressed her voice and asked Xio.
She didn't have the Beyonder power to restore the other party's characteristics through descriptions, nor had she seen him before. She couldn't rely on her spiritual intuition or astrology to make a judgment.
Xio nodded affirmatively.
"Yes!"
As they whispered to each other, the rental carriage sped up and left the side door area.
Xio immediately left the corner she was hiding in, prepared to use her Beyonder powers as a Sheriff and the enhancement to her physique as an Interrogator to follow her target from afar by jogging.
"What do you want to do?" At this moment, Fors pressed her shoulder and ruined her plan.
"Tailing him!" Xio looked back at her friend in puzzlement.
Fors looked at the rental carriage that had yet to completely pull away from them and asked thoughtfully, "What's going on?
"Why are you following me?
"Also, didn't you say that the target would be protected by a rather powerful Beyonder after entering the Baekeland Bridge area?"
"Yeah." Xio first answered the second question before saying, "Your question is so strange. Tracking is obviously to confirm the target's appearance, identity, background, and goal."
Fors retracted her left hand from Xio's shoulder and revealed a smile.
"Since the target has a rather powerful Beyonder protecting her, it will be very difficult for us to complete the tracking in the Baekeland Bridge area. We won't be able to find her residence and figure out her real identity. Do you want to directly clash with that protector? Although you have my help, have you ascertained the opponent's strength? How confident were they? Would it be dangerous?
"Also, as soon as a battle breaks out, the target will certainly be alarmed. It's the same as stopping the carriage in advance and questioning it face to face. It will sabotage your most fundamental purpose and raise Viscount Stratford's wariness. He won't be caught in a dilemma, and you will have a chance to attack."
"There's a chance of failure if you do it. If you don't do it, you'll definitely fail." Xio emphasized that she knew the predicament she was in. All she wanted was to give it another try and find opportunities along the way.
At this time, the rental carriage had already turned at the end of the road and entered the main street. Fors looked at its gradually disappearing figure and shook her head with a smile.
"No, no, no, what we need to do is to change our way of thinking!
"We should try to figure out the target's appearance first. When the sun rises, we can use her appearance to go to the Baekeland Bridge area to do a routine investigation and gather intelligence from other sources."
"Your choice of words is very professional …" Xio said in thought.
"Of course, I'm someone who has written detective novels!" Fors responded without any modesty.
"But, how do we figure out the target's appearance without alarming her?" Xio raised the most critical question.
Prepared, Fors took out Leymano's Travels and said with a smile, "Very simple.
"Very simple. Use the Psychological Invisibility that Miss Justice recorded!"
Although Audrey didn't have the chance to use Leymano's Travels, she had rented it two or three times out of curiosity. She studied the Beyonder powers' effects and characteristics, and she had recorded some of her Beyonder powers in it. One of them was the rather practical Psychological Invisibility.
As for her true identity, Xio and Fors were increasingly certain, but they didn't ask her in person, nor did they do any further investigations. This was the most basic form of respect for a Tarot member.
Upon hearing her friend's answer, Xio's train of thought became clear as she instantly had a few ideas.
Fors continued speaking to herself, "That's right.
"By using this page of Beyonder powers, you will be in the sensory blind spots of the surrounding creatures. Even if you were to appear in front of them, they wouldn't be able to see you. This way, you can directly board the carriage and walk in front of the target. You can openly look at her face and remember all her characteristics.
"Heh heh, I sometimes think that a person who uses Psychological Invisibility might be trampled to death by a large creature that happens to pass by if he's unlucky.
"Uh, don't cause too much of a commotion later. Don't speak to the surrounding creatures either. That will attract attention, and Psychological Invisibility will automatically be dispelled."
"Okay!" Xio nodded and raised another problem. "How do I prevent the target from discovering that the carriage door has suddenly opened while it's in motion?"
Without waiting for Fors's answer, she immediately pressed, "Did you record the Beyonder power, Door Opening?"
"Did you record the Door Opening Beyonder power?"
"What do you think?" Fors smiled as she handed Leymano's Travels to her friend. She also explained which pages Psychological Invisibility and Door Opening were on.
After Xio memorized it, she immediately ran along the shadows on both sides of the road in pursuit of the rental carriage.
Before long, she saw her target. With a gentle shake of her right hand, the bronze-green notebook revealed a yellowish-brown goatskin page.
As her fingers gently slid across it, Xio seemed to see countless waves of light appear on the surface of the deep lake as they spread out.
When her vision returned to normal, she sped up and quickly rushed to the side of the moving carriage.
In order to confirm it, Xio didn't take action immediately. With a few large strides, she overtook the horse.
She then turned around as though she was crossing the road, but the carriage driver didn't notice her. He didn't shout a warning, nor did he rein in the horse.
After confirming that Psychological Invisibility was effective, Xio sped up and dodged the horse's charge before coming to the side of the carriage.
After some observation, she flipped through Leymano's Travels, revealing a piece of white paper covered with strange patterns and symbols. Then, she extended her right hand and pressed it against the wall.
Her figure instantly turned transparent as she appeared inside the carriage.
The woman in the black cloak was sitting diagonally opposite her, looking at Xio's glass window as though she was thinking about something. However, she ignored the bounty hunter who had suddenly barged in.
At such a close distance, even though her cloak was pulled very low, Xio could still make out her face. Furthermore, she wasn't as careful as when she was walking outside. Her every move appeared rather casual, causing the cloak to shrink down to her eyes.
Instantly, her appearance was reflected in Xio's eyes, overlapping with a face that retained male characteristics.
This was the Beyonder power of a Sheriff.
Xio's eyes widened as she couldn't help but shout,
"Sherman?"
She could foresee that the woman who frequented Viscount Stratford's residence was rather beautiful, but she never expected that she was her friend, Sherman, a young man!
A man whose looks couldn't even be considered androgynous had now become so beautiful with such feminine charm!
At that moment, Xio couldn't help but size up Sherman. She was unable to connect her figure to the young man she knew.
If it wasn't for her Sheriff Beyonder powers confirming that she was Sherman from her facial features, Xio would've definitely believed that she had recognized the wrong person. And even so, she still suspected that she wasn't Sherman, but Sherman's sister who shared the same father and mother.
Upon hearing the surprised question, Sherman noticed that there was an additional person in the carriage at some point in time. It was a familiar person.
Bounty Hunter Xio Derecha!
Having changed her name to Sherman, she was first horrified before she instinctively said the words that Trissy often mentioned:
"The present you can't be touched by someone you know from the past.
"Do you wish for your husband, the person you love, to know what you were like in the past?
"Only by completely severing all ties with the past can you obtain a new lease of life and be saved!"
Similar words quickly flashed through Shermane's mind, causing her to suddenly have a thought that even she herself was afraid of to appear in her heart.
"Kill her!"
This thought was like a devil that came from the abyss as it constantly whispered into Sherman's ears, echoing in her heart.
"Kill her!
"Kill the person who recognized you!
"Only by doing so can you truly escape from the past and not lose the present!
"Kill her!"
Sherman didn't answer Xio's question as she clenched her left hand that was placed by her side. She clenched it very slowly and with a slight tremble.
Xio sensed strong emotional fluctuations from him and confirmed that he was Sherman. She then asked in concern, "What's wrong?
Immediately, she asked in concern, "How did you become like this?
"Where did you go all this time? Did something happen to him? Were you hurt? "
Shermane's lips quivered a few times. She relaxed her left fist a little and spoke with a sobbing tone,
With a sobbing tone, she said, "I've already begun a new life. Don't disturb me, alright?
"I-I don't want to lose everything I have now. I don't want to see the people I knew in the past!"
The more she spoke, the faster she spoke, and the more obvious her pleading became.
Xio was taken aback for a few seconds as she stared at Sherman and pursed her lips tightly.
"Alright …"
She didn't stay any longer as she reached out to open the carriage's glass window and jumped out.
Sherman watched the entire process in silence before finally letting out a long sigh. She slumped in her seat as though she had lost all her strength.
It wasn't easy for her to control the devil in her heart.
At this moment, she saw a figure rapidly outline on the other side of her, appearing out of thin air.
The figure was wearing a dark, old-fashioned dress, but it didn't ruin her sweet and gentle looks and bearing. Just sitting there without saying a word made it impossible to shift one's eyes away.
Demoness Trissy!
"Why didn't you kill her?" Trissy asked with a smile that didn't show any signs of gloom. It was as though she was chatting about what she had drunk the night before.
"S-she was one of the few people who didn't discriminate against me in the past. She even helped me …" Sherman replied in shock before asking with a frown, "Why are you here?"
Trissy smiled.
"I'm protecting you."
Without waiting for Sherman's response, she said,
"You seemed to be in a good mood when you came out."
Sherman recalled what had happened and revealed a hint of embarrassment.
"Maybe, maybe, I have a chance to be a mother …"
As she spoke, she touched her belly with her right hand as the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"I feel like he's kicking me, kicking me …" Sherman was suddenly taken aback as she blurted out in shock, "How can it be so fast?"
She wasn't even sure if she could conceive a child today!
Upon seeing her reaction, Trissy's smile became even more charming.
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