On the steep and long stone staircase, the crimson moon's light illuminated the middle, leaving a rather thick shadow on both sides.
Enzo was like a normal passerby at night. He walked down the stairs quickly and anxiously, but he didn't appear flustered. He believed that his luck was extremely good, that he was a winner in life, and that he wouldn't be caught up to by the Nighthawks.
Seeing that he was about to reach the end of the staircase that connected the paths up and down, Enzo, who was once a monster, suddenly sensed something. He turned his head to look at the shadow at the edge of the lowest level.
He then saw a figure sitting there in a daze. The figure's looks and figure appeared rather blurry due to the lighting. He was dressed like a typical person from East Balam.
The figure took out a box of matches and lit one, illuminating the periphery.
Enzo didn't have the time to size up the figure as a scene suddenly flashed in front of his eyes.
The figure threw the match over as though it was a gift. And when the match approached, it suddenly produced an exaggerated stream of flames as a man in a formal suit and top hat walked out!
Seeing scenes he shouldn't see and hearing sounds he shouldn't hear were the daily encounters of a monster. Enzo, who had already become a 'winner', was already used to all of this. He didn't even need to think before fully believing in his premonition. He suddenly lunged forward, leaping off the stairs and tumbling twice on the street below.
At the same time, the brown-skinned marionette, Oaf, suddenly stood up. He twisted his waist and flung his arm, throwing the match in his hand at where Enzo had been.
Before the match landed, the scarlet flames had already extended and shot into the sky in a magnificent and gorgeous manner.
Amidst the flames, Klein, who was dressed in a black formal suit and half top hat, leaped out. However, he had lost track of his target.
More than ten seconds ago, he had discovered that someone was rapidly descending the staircase as though he was hiding from something. He suspected that it was his new marionette, so he quickly did a dream divination and received a revelation that the person was related to Rose School and wasn't a good person.
With such an answer, Klein didn't hesitate to take action. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, he didn't have the time to use the Paper Angel recorded in Creeping Hunger to interfere with the other party's spiritual intuition. As a result, he missed.
At this moment, his marionette, Oaf, had already left the last step of the staircase. He was running towards Enzo, who had just stood up.
Enzo's heart skipped a beat. He didn't dodge. Instead, he nimbly turned his body to the side and dodged that ordinary attack.
Then, he pulled out his gun, took aim, and hit Orloff's chest with a bang.
Blood gushed out as Orloff swayed and collapsed. His breathing rapidly turned weak.
Klein took advantage of this brief opportunity and disappeared, appearing in front of the target in a flash, blocking his escape route.
Enzo suddenly had an indescribable and indescribable strange premonition. He immediately closed his eyes, tightly closing them.
He didn't know why he was doing this, but as a Mid-Sequence Beyonder of the Fate pathway, believing in intuition was an instinctive reaction!
Right on the heels of that, Enzo hurriedly turned around and attempted to rely on his spiritual intuition to rush into another street. However, the man in the top hat and formal suit with no special features appeared in front of him again.
From front to back, left to right, Klein's figure kept disappearing and reappearing. It was as though he was running around Enzo at high speeds, always blocking his path ahead of time without directly attacking. This made it so that no matter where Enzo turned, regardless of whether he used his Beyonder powers or not, he would always face a figure in a black formal suit and half top hat.
For an instant, Enzo, who had his eyes closed, imagined that there wasn't one enemy, but a group.
A Traveler was always able to create the effect of being surrounded by a single person!
About ten seconds later, Enzo, who had yet to find a path of escape, suddenly felt his thoughts turn sluggish as his actions slowed down. It was as though his brain and joints had been injected with glue.
Traveling and Nimblewright Master were also very compatible. When Klein flashed, he had maintained a distance of less than ten meters from Enzo! He had been secretly controlling the other party's Spirit Body Threads!
No good … He's not attacking … He's only blocking … It's not … to wait for … the Nighthawks … but … for another goal … Enzo, who still had his eyes closed, felt his heart tighten. He suddenly stepped on a rock and lost his balance. He fell heavily to the ground, causing his pistol to fly several meters away.
Plop!
The pain and shock allowed Enzo to escape from his sluggish state, allowing him to regain the feeling of fluidity.
Enzo was no stranger to such accidents. As a Winner, he was always able to obtain an advantage through all sorts of small probabilities, allowing him to seize victory.
Just as he was about to rush to the end of a street to the side without any hesitation and jump over the guardrail to jump into the sea and rely on fate to escape his predicament, another scene flashed in his mind.
He coughed violently, so much so that he couldn't straighten his back or move his legs!
Diseases! The enemy can infect me with diseases! He didn't attack the entire time, and all he did was block my path of escape. He wanted me to stay in this area and unknowingly be infected with a disease! Enzo was first alarmed before he felt a strong sense of joy.
The Green Essence ring he wore came from a believer of the Primordial Moon. Once it was activated, he could easily treat all sorts of diseases and injuries that weren't considered too serious!
This was "luck!" Enzo pretended not to notice the infectious diseases in the air around him. He propped himself up with both hands and ran straight for the guardrail at the end of the street according to the route he had planned.
Just as he took two steps, he suddenly coughed and involuntarily slowed down.
His coughing didn't calm down like normal. Instead, it became more and more intense, as though he was about to cough his lungs out of his throat.
Klein, who was wearing a top hat and a formal suit, flashed and appeared behind the target, maintaining a distance of nearly ten meters.
At this moment, Enzo spread out his arms, allowing an invisible ripple to spread out from his body.
It was like a pure mental storm that swept towards all the Spirit Bodies in the surroundings. While it brought about intense dizziness, it also brought about a calamity.
Klein similarly had a premonition of danger. Just as Enzo spread his arms, his body vanished from his spot and appeared in the middle of the steep staircase.
With his eyes closed, Enzo saw that he hadn't achieved the desired effect. He immediately gave up on the idea of escaping after finishing off his target and continued rushing towards the guardrail at the end of the street.
He had a feeling that if he delayed any longer, a number of Nighthawks would catch up to him, making the situation even more chaotic.
And as a "lucky one," a "winner," the more chaotic it was, the more likely it was that he could escape!
At this moment, due to him constantly changing directions and fleeing blindly, he once again passed by Orloff, who had been shot in the chest.
On Orloff's left index finger was a golden ring with an inlaid ruby.
The ring flashed with a sanguine beam as the wound on Orloff's chest squirmed and healed. He bounced up and pounced at Enzo, who happened to pass by, with his mouth wide open.
Inside his mouth, his tongue seemed to lose its corporeal feeling, turning into a blob of flowing flesh and blood.
Flower of Blood!
Orloff was wearing the Flower of Blood ring that Klein had obtained from Mr. X. On the one hand, it could randomly make the wearer give up thinking and turn into a beast. On the other hand, it could allow the wearer to gain a deeper level of control over their own flesh and blood. As long as they didn't die instantly or experience a complete purification, no matter how serious their injuries were, they could squirm and heal!
At the same time, it also came with some flesh and blood magic. It was a mystical item that was very suitable for a marionette!
Before Klein came out to find a new marionette, he wasn't sure which pathway his target belonged to or what Sequence they were. Therefore, he had made rather comprehensive preparations and made Orloff wear the Flower of Blood ring. This way, he could direct a scene that looked like he was the main character with the marionette as support, but in fact, it was the exact opposite.
Just as Enzo ran past where Orloff was lying, he suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his knee. It was as though he had suffered some minor injuries from his previous fall.
A thought flashed through his mind as he squatted down. Then, he felt a figure fly over his head, missing him!
Orloff's sudden attack still didn't have any effect on the Winner!
Just as Enzo was about to smile and run again, he suddenly had an ominous feeling. He subconsciously curled up and protected his fatal spots.
At the same time, Orloff suddenly swelled up and silently exploded.
Balls of flesh and blood turned into a storm that swept through a large area and struck Enzo's body with a whooshing sound.
One of the preparations Klein had made was to use the mutated powers of Creeping Hunger to plant a Flesh Bomb in his marionette's body!
With a clang, the golden ring embedded with a ruby landed on the stone slabs on the street. Klein's figure flashed to Enzo's side.
He raised his left palm, turning his glove pitch-black as though it was formed from particles. He then said a word that was filled with evil and depravity:
"Slow!"
Enzo was lucky enough to avoid most of the damage. His body, which had only suffered minor injuries, suddenly came to a halt. His struggling clearly slowed down as his curled up posture changed bit by bit.
Right on the heels of that, he opened his eyes due to the pain and saw a figure in a black formal suit and half top hat.
"Ah!"
Enzo suddenly let out a tragic cry as he raised his hands to cover his eyes.
Wisps of blood seeped out from the gaps between his fingers.
"Monster?" Looking at the writhing target on the ground, Klein pricked up his brows. He continued controlling the Spirit Body Threads and quickly gained initial control.
This time, there were no accidents that interrupted him. In his half-crazed state, Enzo, who had grown some scales, was powerless to resist. Klein successfully deepened his control.
As time ticked by, Enzo suddenly stood up and retracted the few protruding snake-like scales.
He pressed his hand to his chest and bowed at Klein. Then, he walked to the side and bent down to pick up the golden ring embedded with a ruby. He wore it on his left index finger, matching the emerald ring on the other side.
Klein resisted the urge to use his new marionette to take a look at him and got Enzo to deal with the remaining flesh and traces.
After doing all of this, he walked into the shadows on the side of the street with his marionette and quickly vanished.
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