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Chapter 210: The Greatest Influence on Joseph
Chapter 210: The Greatest Influence on Joseph
"So... you want me to 'steal' it for you, to see if I can steal that Anomaly called the Portal Beyond?"
After completing his mission and returning to the station, Lyon listened to the request relayed by Leon and hesitated as he looked at the middle-aged man tied up on the sofa in his office, covered in dust and dirt. "This might be a bit tricky, not that it's impossible, but... it could be a bit dangerous for us..."
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Seeing Leon's confused expression, Jerry organized his thoughts and explained, "My Thievery Mastermind is indeed very high in terms of position, but it still falls within the category of 'human.' If I were to use the 'Lyon Value' you mentioned as an analogy, it would be effective against targets with a stable Lyon Value of 60 points or less."
According to the Chief's estimation, a Lyon Value of sixty points is roughly the line between humans and divine beings. Wisdom life forms beyond this threshold are more like human-shaped Anomalies compared to humans. They can resist some effects and, if the power gap is significant, even trace the source of the Anomaly's effect.
The Water Bottle Director's Lyon Value has definitely exceeded sixty points. So, if the Portal Beyond truly belongs to the Water Bottle Director, he will likely be able to locate us when I use Thievery Mastermind on him, and he might even come after us directly."
Lyon pondered Jerry's explanation and then spoke up, "I'm not worried about alarming the Water Bottle Director. Before leaving, the Chief promised me and Senior Emma that, regardless of the outcome of the inquiry, he would keep the Water Bottle Director at the Central Agency, facilitating our actions here.
I can't guarantee it for too long, but at least for the next week or two, even if he finds out what we've done, he won't be able to return..." Lyon paused, then asked, "Jerry, what are the chances of you successfully stealing the Portal Beyond?"
"That's very high," Jerry replied after some thought. "If I use it directly on the Water Bottle Director, I might only get some scraps. But since this person's Anomaly was given to him by the Water Bottle Director, with an intermediary in between, Thievery Mastermind should still work as intended."
"Then let's do it!" Lyon decided after weighing the pros and cons and potential outcomes. "The Chief initiated the inquiry, but the success rate isn't high. He just wants to catch the Water Bottle Director off guard and force him to accept the memory extraction at the station."
"If we can get the Portal Beyond and deliver it as evidence to the Central Agency, even if the creator of this thing is the future Water Bottle Director and not the current one, it will be enough to get him in hot water!"
Indeed, that's the logic...
After listening to Lyon's analysis, Jerry nodded in agreement.
If they could prove that the future Water Bottle Director had targeted the Royal Family, it would indirectly increase the suspicion that the current Water Bottle Director was also in violation, helping the Chief confirm his charges of privately manufacturing Anomalies.
As for whether it would offend the Water Bottle Director...
Their Chief had already offended the Water Bottle Director, and if it weren't for the Chief taking him in these years, his life would have been far less comfortable. So, both emotionally and logically, he shouldn't stand idly by.
Moreover, with such solid evidence in hand, if several Directors and Divisional Chiefs surrounded him, even if the Water Bottle Director had immortality, he might be beaten to death by that group of fierce individuals. And what's there to fear from a Director on the verge of being eliminated?
Done!
……
After discussing with Lyon and dispelling his concerns, Jerry first took a deep breath, wiggled his right-hand fingers, and then reached out to probe into the chest of Middle-aged Joshua. He gently touched the area over his heart.
Ripples spread.
It was as if the entire person had turned into a clear lake. The clothes over Middle-aged Joshua's heart gently swayed, silently rippling in a ring-like pattern. As the ripples rapidly expanded, two vague ethereal images gradually emerged from the water patterns.
Strange, why are there two of the things that have the greatest impact on his fate?
Seeing the shadows appear under the Destiny Pattern, Jerry couldn't help but frown slightly, then turned his head to look at Lyon.
"Lyon, come take a look. Which of these two things looks more like the [Portal Beyond] that the Water Bottle Director gave him?"
"Let me see."
Moving to stand beside Senior Jerry, Lyon examined the two ethereal images that had emerged, and couldn't help but frown as well.
Among these two colorless ethereal images, the one on the left had an extremely irregular shape and seemed to be slightly pulsating like a living thing, making it impossible to discern what it was.
The one on the right was slightly more regular, at least showing a rough shape; it vaguely resembled a hand with five fingers slightly apart, but nothing else could be discerned.
Neither of these things seems to be related to a "door," right?
"Can they be made clearer?"
Unable to identify what these two things were, Lyon couldn't help but say:
"At least make the outlines a bit clearer, or give them some color, or maybe just don't take both?"
"Can't be done."
Shaking his head, Jerry replied:
"This thing is related to a director, and it's already quite difficult to achieve this much. Taking both is even more impossible. The ultra-high rank of [Thievery Mastermind] is used to exchange for the minimum number ofAttempts, and it only has an effect on the same target when used for the first time."
"Then, Senior, just choose one randomly!"
Knowing that his luck was usually terrible, Lyon simply handed over the choice to Jerry and said:
"The [Portal Beyond] in my memory doesn't really match either of these things, and I have no idea which one is correct. So, Senior, just choose one randomly. If you choose the right one, that's great, but even if you choose the wrong one, it doesn't matter. We can always find a way to go to the Central Agency and directly send the unconscious Joshua over there. I think the effect would be the same."
"Alright, I'll give it a try."
After thinking about it and agreeing with Lyon, Jerry nodded and took on the responsibility of making the choice. After staring at the two ethereal images for a moment, he probably felt that the left one, the indistinct entity, was a bitCreepy, so he reached out to grab the right one, which seemed safer, the "palm."
"Hmm?"
When Jerry's hand touched the ethereal image of the palm, the bodies of the remaining two people in the room, besides the still unconscious Joshua, shookSimultaneously.
Jerry was surprised to find that he seemed to have really grabbed someone's hand, even feeling a faint warmth. Meanwhile, Lyon was shocked to discover that his right hand had just been pulled.
"……"
"……"
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(End of Chapter)
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