Soul Trigger

Chapter 644 Acceleration

Angelica was wide awake, and even her urge to suck blood had been greatly diminished:
"No! The sailing race route is along that coastline. We absolutely cannot start tomorrow until we find out what happened that night, and besides, the 'Reef' is still missing!"

On the other end came Sika's cautious voice, clearly indicating that he also knew the situation was dire:

"...We've already spoken to the mayor. This was decided suddenly by the councilor, and he couldn't stop it. Let's go back to the hospital and get together."

Angelica got up and paced back and forth with the blood pack hanging from her arm.
Something's not right.

In the past two days, Sika and Jensen's attempts to probe Pulitzer have yielded almost no results.

Andrew has not yet recovered. He has not only failed to find the reason for the appearance of the evil creature on the beach or any clues, but he is also unable to exert his full fighting power.

As for the foreign aid player, Dead Water Knights, it will be several more days before they arrive.

Originally, with a bit of luck, it would have been possible to arrive right on time, but now that the sailing race has been moved up, it's all been completely overturned!

Pulitzer, the Coastal Evil, Sailing Race, the Strangeness About Her.

If only one of these problems occurs, it is not a big problem.

But if these problems exist simultaneously, then each one is a potential hazard, not to mention that Pulitzer is a participant in a sailing race...

During this time, Sika didn't come away empty-handed from her time at school.

While probing may not work, it's still worthwhile to look into Pulitzer's past and recent activities.

The records show that he had not participated in any public sports activities for four years prior to this. His sudden participation in the sailing competition is said to be because his sister, Aquile, couldn't find teammates and volunteered.

But isn't it a bit too much of a coincidence that all of this is now connected?
But now they don't have time to investigate the clues behind this coincidence, as the sailing race has been moved up.

It was as if someone knew in advance what they were going to do, striking directly at the biggest weakness in all of Angelica's plans:
time!

Angelica dialed the mayor's number with a serious expression, wanting to find out the details herself.

But the town mayor said he didn't understand why either, and was very frustrated.

The sudden advance in the arrival time will require him to readjust some of his political and business preparations, and some minor dignitaries who were originally scheduled to arrive in half a week will also be unable to come, which will cause him considerable losses.

Angelica could only get the phone number of the person who made the decision: Clint Gary.

Her phone was bombarded with calls. It took Angelica a full half hour to finally get through, and that was only after she had her current group of four call together.

Clint Gary, on the other hand, remained very calm.
"This is a major decision I made after careful consideration. I believe that rescheduling would be unfair to the other two towns that have already finished their town elections."

The current time is exactly the same as the match time in the last town qualifier town, which makes no sense.

Angelica argued her case forcefully, even revealing her true identity:
"Lord Clint Gary, we are from the Dark Side Containment Facility. Your town selection coincides with a containment failure."

For the safety of the townspeople, either cancel the race or change the flight path!

"You're from the shelter!?"

Clint Gary was visibly taken aback—

As a special working member of parliament who frequently travels across the country, he has the authority to know about the deceased's remains.

But his tone quickly returned to normal:
"Rest assured, this agenda has passed the Dark Side Containment Facility's review. If any problems arise, knights will be dispatched to resolve them..."

"We are the knights dispatched to solve this!!!"

"Oh? Is that so? Then I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye on the field."

The phone was instantly crushed by a powerful grip and thrown violently to the ground.

"Bastard!"

The hands-free call also made the other three people look uncomfortable.

“Something’s not right. It’s like it’s been affected by spiritual energy.” Sika said gravely.

Andrew, pale-faced, nodded, then shook his head.
"But I've seen the files, and his level of knowledge isn't high. He might not even know what it really means for the pacifier to be out of control..."

Jason's face was deathly pale, his hands stiff and trembling in the air, as if he were about to collapse to the ground.
"...My phone."

Angelica was taken aback: "Sorry... I'll reimburse you."

"That was a gift exchanged between Anya and me..."

Three people: "..."

Angelica breathed a sigh of relief:
“Regardless, if someone really did something behind Clint Gary's actions, it's undoubtedly the mastermind…” “Should we change the direction of our investigation now? Time might be running out…”

"It's too late to do anything now, we can only try our luck with Gary. Let's leave now, I'm coming with you!"

But her efforts were destined to be in vain.

Clementine's new ability, "Possession," allows her to briefly possess the spirit of a person (or an animal), with the possession lasting for fifteen minutes for a normal person.

Given Clint Gary's habit of working from his vacation home, five minutes is enough for him to complete new documents and plans, since all he needs to do is revise formatted documents.

The upgraded nun even had time to smoke a cigar using his body—

Of course, it also has no taste.

Ordinary people and awakened individuals possessed by Clementine will exhibit two different states.

After being possessed and revived, the awakened person will consider the previous events as sleepwalking, depending on the target.

At least Jansen, who was being secretly experimented on by Ji Li in the middle of the night, thought he was sleepwalking.

For ordinary people, this would lead to a state of cognitive pollution.

After waking up from the possessed state, they will clearly remember what they did before.

But no matter how serious the matter is, one will find a way to justify it in one's mind, using one's own thought process to justify one's motivation.

Just like Clint Gary now, he believes that's really what he thinks.

The tomb keeper, on the other hand, was happy.

His intelligence was a bit slower, and he didn't know that the knights' version seemed to have been updated to some unknown place in just two days. He was still happy that the knights would finally finish their work tomorrow and head home.

With that, everything was completely settled, and the real show was about to begin tomorrow.

Ji Li glanced at Clementine floating beside him, smiled, and raised his hand:

"Good job?"

The nun also raised her hand to give Ji Li a high five, but her expression suddenly fell—

Ji Li's phone rang.

He answered the phone, and it was Aquile:
"Pulitzer! Where the hell have you been?!"

Ji Li pulled his phone slightly away, casually raised it, and high-fived the nun, thus completing the little ritual he had just initiated.

"What happened?"

Are you living on Mars?! This is extremely urgent!
That damn congressman changed the time! The game is tomorrow! We need to get back to training really hard!

"...Then we're not going to class?"

"What's the point of having classes! Things are already like this. I've already spoken to the principal. Everything has to take a backseat to the town's honor and my bonus!"

As soon as Ji Li arrived at the classroom door, he saw Ai Guier with his arms crossed, his boots almost leaving afterimages on the ground.

The moment she saw Ji Li, she rushed over, grabbed his wrist, and pulled him away.

"...My dear sister, it's less than a ten-minute walk from here. If you're in such a hurry, should I have Anya call a car to take the boat to the beach and launch it directly?"

"Won't that be even slower? The other participating teams will be here soon, and then we won't have time to practice! Hurry up!"

The change in the competition time left Aiguiel feeling utterly disheartened.

Although Pulitzer was very talented, he quickly became like a seasoned pro.

If they have a week to get used to each other, Aiguirre is really confident that he can lead his old buddy to the championship.

But the problem is he's only practiced for two days! How can a helmsman who's only practiced for two days compete with someone who's been steering since birth?!
Looking at Aquil, who was dragging him along as they ran, Ji Li sighed:
Little sister, it's a bit cruel, but I reckon tomorrow's match is going to be canceled.

Then, amidst Aquile's scream, he scooped her up and sprinted towards the school's shipyard:

"what are you doing?!"

"You're running too slowly; the boat still needs to raise its sails."

(End of this chapter)