Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 834 Alice's Most Important Person (4K)

The skill introduction in the text description is actually more than that. When Xia Shou focuses on some of the words, it will expand to show more specific effects. But as long as those effects are familiar to Xia Shou, they will be summarized with the nouns he is accustomed to.

For example, the effects of the two skills [Flash Kill on Hit] and [Substitute] have not changed, so the original names are used in the skill introduction, even though these two skills are already part of [Waltz of Three].

"The original flash kill on attack could be activated directly when being attacked. Can the current flash kill on attack also be activated?" Xia Shou's mind moved, and the text in the skill introduction became more detailed.

[Even without using [Standby], [Flash Kill] can still be activated independently. ]

Perfect, which means that although the flash kill when hit is integrated, it is almost not restricted in any way.

No, actually there is, but there is no restriction without using a Stand. However, once a Stand is used, the power and flexibility of the flash kill will be greatly reduced.

Unless the substitute is someone like Su Weiyu who can withstand the damage transfer to a great extent, if it is replaced by any other ordinary person, being hit by a flash kill will be affected by the degradation of the spiritual base.

In other words, from now on, you must be extremely cautious when using a Stand, because once the Stand's ability is bound, the person who activates the ability cannot actively release it. Instead, the object of the Stand has the initiative to release it at any time.

If the target of the stand's binding in the future is not someone like Su Weiyu with whom he can completely trust each other, then the sustained combat capability of being hit and killed by flash in the bound state will be greatly reduced, and the adverse effects caused by the degradation of the spiritual base will even indirectly affect the effects of other skills.

This is the biggest drawback of this new skill [Waltz of Three].

However, how could skill fusion have only advantages and no disadvantages? If skill fusion would only continuously enhance skills without weakening combat power, Xia Shou would not have delayed for so long before fusing the skills.

Compared with the disadvantages of the new skills, the advantages of the new skills are even more dazzling.

Being able to be in Stand mode and have the Stand and yourself be able to initiate a Flash Kill when attacked, what does this mean?
It means that the flexibility and complexity of combat can be increased exponentially!

For example, if he and Su Weiyu are in a stand-bound relationship, then if Su Weiyu is attacked, Xia Shou will have multiple choices at that moment.

1. Let Su Weiyu launch a flash kill and switch positions with the enemy.

2. Let Su Weiyu switch places with him directly.

3. Let Su Weiyu switch places with a third party other than the attacker and him.

And these are just a few of the choices that can be made when being attacked. The most fundamental change that the new skill makes to the original tactical model is the most subversive, because the new skill gives him a new option - attack his own stand!

Attack your own stand, then instantly swap the stand's position with the enemy. This attack is almost certain to hit!

The choice of attacking the substitute makes this set of tactics cycle back to the state of defending and being hit, making the tactics even more unpredictable and complex, and making the [Flash Kill When Hit], which originally had to be attacked to be effective, completely become an active skill!

Although this alone is already very powerful, it is not the end yet, because there is another ability that does not belong to him, which will increase the lethality of [Waltz of Three] to an unreasonable level, and that is Su Weiyu!
Su Weiyu's physique would make it impossible for anyone to understand the attack mechanism of [Waltz of Three], or in other words, they would axiomize that incredible phenomenon and simply give up trying to understand it!

With so many advantages, the minor flaws and side effects of the new skills seem insignificant, and at most it is considered to have given up 50% of its versatility.

And this 50% skill versatility is exchanged for 1000% tactical strength!
"Very good, I feel the feel of it." Xia Shou said excitedly.

He felt that this success was due to the experience he gained from trying to integrate the skills over many days. This was probably the result of practice making perfect.

Let’s continue to synthesize other items with high compatibility in one go!
Taking advantage of the momentum, Xia Shou continued to try to synthesize, but the next skill was a complete failure, so he had to use the backtracking of [Self-Destruction] to go back to the time when [Trio Waltz] was just completed, thus ending tonight's fusion ceremony.

On the way back to the dormitory, Xia Shou silently sorted out the skills he already had in his mind, excluding the immobile skill of Seeking Death and the Future Prefabrication attached to the Seven-branch Fragment, as well as the Pinnacle, Mirror Magician's Information Scissors, Impermanence Eyes, Power Bank, Delay Knife, and the Trio Waltz that had just been successfully synthesized.

There are actually only four skill slots that can be freely adjusted, so you must continue to synthesize twice to reach a weight that is not too seriously overloaded.

Before that, he could only continue to "float" at 1800 meters.

If his understanding of the Blood God's power reaches the passing level without optimizing the number of skills, he will descend at an extremely fast speed in the Root Sea, and it will be difficult for him to stay in the empty sea behind the Blood Sea.

But to be honest, the remaining skills are difficult to integrate, and each one is very important. Xia Shou can only take one step at a time and keep testing.

Back in the dormitory, Xia Shou took out his mobile phone and read the messages in the work group.

Everyone started to get busy, each with their own tasks. Even "Yun Xiao", who had been harassing him frequently the day before yesterday, had been silent for the past two days.

Xia Shou knew that it was not that Su Yue had lost interest in role-playing games, but that she was dragged by Modise to train with the Death Perception Eyes all day long. It was estimated that after the incident with Zhang Heping, Modise had begun to wonder whether the Death Perception Eyes could destroy the killing meat paste.

Su Weiyu's last text message was to say good night to him and that she was going to sleep.

This time is much earlier than the usual goodnight time. Xia Shou guessed that she must be exhausted from the business trip to Sparrow these days, and she really should have a good rest.

Not to mention Su Weiyu, even he himself was extremely tired, even though he hadn't done any hard work recently.

Xia Shou put down his phone, sighed heavily, and walked into the bathroom.

Alice's ghostly hand turned on the bathroom faucet and began to adjust the water temperature, while her other hands undressed Xia Shou.

The old clothes were taken off and automatically thrown into the drum washing machine next to it, and detergent was poured in. The complicated work was carried out at the same time. After Xia Shou urinated, he stepped into the bathtub filled with water, sank his tired body and mind into the hot water, and the pores all over his body opened completely, and the fatigue slowly flowed away.

"Ah~"

Xia Shou sighed comfortably.

Alice pressed Xia Shou's forehead with one transparent hand to prevent the water from flowing into his eyes. With the other hand, she used a spoon to scoop up hot water to rinse Xia Shou's hair. Then she applied shampoo and began to wash Xia Shou's hair.

This was a very common thing in the past, but Xia Shou suddenly remembered what No. 58 said.

In an instant, he suddenly began to have some special psychological resonance with those previous owners of the house.

Those exes must have thought about this at this time. Did Alice wash other people's hair like this? Did she also rub other people's backs like this?

Damn, this is so frustrating.

"Alice, did you wash the previous owner's hair in this way?" Xia Shou asked absent-mindedly, feeling a little depressed.

He didn't expect to know the answer, because Alice had lost her previous memories long ago, so of course she couldn't remember. He didn't even know why he was asking this question, he just felt disgusted with himself.

But it seems that deep down in my heart, I am expecting something... I always have an unrealistic hope.

"No," said Alice.

Xia Shou was stunned and let out a fake laugh: "Haven't you forgotten everything that happened in the past? How do you know it didn't happen?"

"Please don't say such things anymore. I... may be sad, but if this is what you want, then I think my feelings at this moment are the proof of my answer just now... Even though I no longer remember the past, I know the answer must be no, otherwise I wouldn't be so sad." Alice said in a very restrained and gentle voice.

"I was just asking casually... just asking casually." Xia Shou said seriously. He was a little panicked. He never thought that Alice would say such a thing.

Alice had never shown her emotions, so he had never thought about it. Xia Shou's brain was working fast, and he wanted to end the topic directly, but Alice just gently pressed his raised forehead with her hand and said softly: "...Don't let the foam flow into your eyes."

The bathroom was suddenly very quiet, with only the whirring sound of the foam Alice had created rubbing against her hair, like melting clouds. An indescribable peace descended at some point that she had never noticed.

Xia Shou suddenly realized that he was so used to Alice that he never really seemed to care about Alice's feelings, as if he subconsciously felt that there was no need to care.

He knew that he never looked down on Alice, nor did he treat her as a tool.

The Death Notes said that treating Alice as a friend would allow her to bring out greater value, but Xia Shou felt that the feeling he had with Alice was already more than just the word friends.

He's so used to it.

Alice's company is like breathing. When you notice it by chance, you realize that it has already begun.

Just like a baby knows how to breathe from birth, when he deliberately feels Alice's presence, he will feel that she has been by his side for a long time, and even have an illusion that is much earlier than time travel.

Even before he was pulled into the study in Merlin's House, before the sudden presence of those hands on his neck, Alice's breath was present beside him.

"...Alice, what kind of person were you before?"

"I think it must be the same as it is now, just as you have always been the most important in my heart," said Alice.

Why did Alice suddenly say something like this?

This thought flashed through Xia Shou's mind, but he didn't care about the answer. He accepted Alice's statement without any rejection.

One second ago, he seemed to have many questions, but suddenly, he had no questions at all.

……

……

After taking a shower.

Xia Shou lay on the bed, took the paper given to him by Su Weiyu, which contained the details of Sparrow's boarding the ship, and read it again, then lay down and closed his eyes.

"Good night, Master Xia Shou."

"Good night."

My head sank into the perfectly soft pillow.

Entering the Root Sea and taking out the badge of the Heavenly Choir, he appeared in the club as Faust.

Compared to the last time I came, there were a lot fewer people, and I didn’t see Little Red Riding Hood, which I could see every time, this time.

Sparrow was drinking next to the bar. When he saw Xia Shou come in, he raised his eyebrows, whistled, and staggered over with a bottle of wine.

"Faust, how about it? When will you come to my ship to recruit? I have been waiting for you these days."

The strong smell of alcohol hit Xia Shou in the face, and he was forced by the other party to sit on the sofa beside him.

"I'm already on board." Xia Shou said calmly.

Sparrow paused and his expression froze, seeming to be very surprised.

"Are you already on board?" He stared at Xia Shou with a suspicious look, as if trying to see if he was joking.

After a few seconds, Sparrow suddenly laughed out loud: "Why don't we be talk show hosts? I think we're a good match."

"No, I really got on the boat." Xia Shou repeated again.

Sparrow licked his lips and asked tentatively: "So...what did I say?"

"You said that you got drunk on your last adventure and accidentally raped your first mate's mistress while you were on shore. So if this happens again, please forgive us because it was not your intention. You were drunk."

"Hahaha, I never said anything like that!"

"you said before."

"No……"

"Said."

"No."

"..."

"Okay, maybe I did, so you really got on board? ... It was really... unexpected." Sparrow nodded vaguely, "And what did we do that day?"

"Russian roulette, where one of the sixty shots is horse urine."

"Hahaha, that guy finally won a level three forbidden item! Is that you?" Sparrow suddenly laughed.

Xia Shou sighed deeply: "The movie portrayed you too well. I want to ask, is the real Sparrow more evil than you?"

"What's real? Sparrow is Sparrow. Seriously, I always thought you were Natsumori."

"I told you that you could pretend that I knew him."

Sparrow sighed, seeming a little disappointed.

Although he didn't say anything, Xia Shou felt that he could guess what the other party was thinking. He probably had been waiting for him to get on board these days. Maybe in reality, there were people in the control bureau who were asking about him.

But today he suddenly said that he had already boarded the ship, but in reality the other party's informant still found that Xia Shou was still in the Control Bureau, thus completely proving that Faust was not Xia Shou.

This is good news for Xia Shou.

"Now that I'm on board, can I ask you a few questions?"

"Why don't you just ask me in person during the day? Why do we have to talk about business here?"

"Even if you asked me, I would pretend not to know. Otherwise, you would have used the screening method to screen me out from that group of people. So even if you said it on the boat, please tell me again here." Xia Shou explained without any mistakes.

(End of this chapter)