I traveled through time and space as a villain and became her heart-stealer.

"You think so, don't you?"

Gu Qinghan said slowly.

Richard gritted his teeth and did not answer.

He didn't want to admit that he had been tricked, but silence was enough to replace the answer.

"But you're totally wrong."

Gu Qinghan casually threw the mask aside, and then said in a heavy tone:

"For normal hypnotic magic, once the hypnotist notices it, the magic effect will be significantly reduced."

"But you've clearly noticed the existence of hypnosis, yet you still can't escape from the magic. Have you ever thought about the reason?"

Richard slowly raised his head, stared at Gu Qinghan with his eyes, and clenched his teeth.

In the cycle of death, he certainly had guesses.

However, neither idea is sufficient to explain this phenomenon.

Hypnosis magic has limitations. Once the hypnotized person realizes the truth, the magic's effect will be greatly weakened or even collapse.

He couldn't understand why this iron rule didn't work under Hohenheim's hypnotic magic.

Richard felt an inexplicable palpitation.

At the same time, Gu Qinghan's face was gloomy, and he spoke word by word:

"Because the fact that you perceive yourself to be hypnotized is still false."

Richard stood there in a daze, not understanding the meaning of Gu Qinghan's words for a moment.

"You were hypnotized twice."

"You did notice the hypnosis, but is that really the direct cause of the death cycle?"

Richard had a dull expression. Looking at Gu Qinghan's sinister smile, he felt his scalp tingling.

Vaguely, he seemed to remember a possibility and his face turned pale.

"From the very beginning, you were hypnotized by me."

"All the battles between you and me, whether it was the attack of the Pleasure Blood Blade or the Pleasure Prison, were all the products of your imagination."

"You never fought me head on."

"From the moment you tried to release the blood mist of joy, you were doomed to fail in this battle."

"Because you're a coward."

Chapter 78 Flirting in front of you

Richard stood there like a sculpture, a huge amount of information flooding into his mind. Those fragments that seemed particularly inconsistent were suddenly linked together into clues, illuminating the suspense.

Actually, it is true.

Looking back now, Mr. Hohenheim did show his extraordinary qualities many times during battle.

When imprisoned in the prison of pleasure, Mr. Hohenheim used only his physical body to pry open the cracks in the blood coffin with his hands;

Surrounded by the bloody blade of joy, Mr. Hohenheim's extraordinary dodging speed was closer to spatial displacement;

He inhaled the blood mist of pleasure, but Mr. Hohenheim was not affected at all;

Being hit in the vitals by the attack, Hohenheim turned into a shadow and disappeared.

Although he is only at the most basic level of a magic apprentice, he possesses strength far beyond imagination.

During the battle, Richard had this thought:

It's all fake.

Now it seems that his almost crazy thoughts at that time were not unreasonable.

Looking back further, Richard felt more and more uncomfortable, which made his scalp tingle.

The source of all this disharmony came from the moment the man in black appeared.

"Give me five minutes."

At that time, a mysterious man in black suddenly appeared and interrupted the fight between Richard and Catalina.

"Once I have taken care of this, I will fight you one on one. And then, I will beat you."

With just a few words, he changed the direction of the battle and knocked down Miss Katarina.

In retrospect, this was Mr. Hohenheim's real intention.

Richard's expression gradually froze, he vaguely guessed something and his mouth became tangled.

"So, what happened when you knocked down Miss Knight Ji was actually fake?" Richard said with a wry smile.

"Yes."

Gu Qinghan answered calmly, and then added:

“That’s her acting skills.”

Richard turned his head stiffly and looked at Miss Catalina, trying to find a clue from her face.

Catalina looked away as if nothing had happened, looking at the willow tree on the street, and did not forget to wipe the dirty water off her face.

It couldn't be more obvious.

Richard's lips trembled, his face pale and he shook his head and said:

"No, I still don't understand..."

Gu Qinghan sneered, and then made the final judgment:

"Face the reality. The truth can only be this way."

His speech speed suddenly increased, and he spoke in one breath like a tidal wave:

"After I gave the hypnotic powder to Catalina, she pretended to swallow it in one gulp and was knocked down by the hypnotic powder."

"But in reality, this is just part of the plan."

"She pretended to be hypnotized, struggled towards the magic circle of pleasure, and fell right in the middle."

“That’s her purpose.”

"Next, as long as you activate the pleasure magic, the blood-red mist will interfere with your vision, and you won't be able to detect anything she is going to do."

"Even if she secretly spits out the white powder and spreads it with the red mist of joy, spreading across the entire street, you would be unaware."

"She didn't swallow any of the white hypnotic powder."

"It's not her who is hypnotized, it's you, Mr. Richard."

Gu Qinghan said coldly, and every word he said was like a heavy hammer, hitting Richard's head hard.

Richard's face was pale, and he stared blankly at Gu Qinghan, as if his will could be defeated at any time.

How can this be?

Such an ironic and humorous plot actually happened to him.

However, he sensed a hint of truth in the other party's words.

When Mr. Hohenheim first came downstairs, his "five minutes" declaration was actually intended to provoke Richard and induce him to use the Joyful Blood Mist.

As for Richard at that time, he naturally did not realize Mr. Hohenheim's true intentions.

After stopping for five minutes, Mr. Hohenheim "knocked down" Miss Katarina, and then began the inconsistent and weird fighting operations.

And now, Miss Catalina in front of him was jumping around, staring at him with cold eyes.

How could he look like he was knocked out by the hypnotic drugs?

After a long silence, Richard's lips gradually turned purple and he almost couldn't breathe.

"When did you two come together to form this conspiracy?" Richard struggled to raise his head and looked at Gu Qinghan, still refusing to admit defeat.

"Collusion? I won't do such a low-level trick." Gu Qinghan was frightened.

"How is it possible?" Richard opened his eyes wide, then gritted his teeth and said:

"How could such a meticulous plan be carried out without communication?"

"In the Empire of Joy, such a reckless battle would never happen!"

Gu Qinghan sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in the corner of his mouth.

"Miss Katarina's scar magic is called 'Tracer', which can see through all lies."

"By colluding with her beforehand, are you insulting her abilities?"

As he spoke, Gu Qinghan glanced at Catalina beside him, and then continued to explain:

"I deliberately called the white powder the antidote and told her a lie. She also saw through my lie and guessed my true thoughts."

"We rely on tacit understanding, not collusion."

Richard stood there in a daze, and turned his head slightly stiffly to look at Catalina beside him.

The latter bit his lower lip lightly, looked at the scenery not far away with a red face, pretending to know nothing.

Richard's voice was trembling, his face was pale, and his momentum was becoming weaker and weaker.

"No, that's impossible. I still don't understand..."

He spoke in a hoarse and tired voice:

"How can you be sure that Miss Catalina will not be affected by the hypnotic drug?"

He raised his head and looked at Gu Qinghan, and seemed to be muttering to himself:

"She held the powder in her mouth for so long, so it's possible that she swallowed a little bit of it, right?"

"Even if she wasn't hypnotized when she held the powder in her mouth, as the red mist spread, she would have inhaled the mist and been affected."

"You took the hypnotic powder in advance, which can block the secondary hypnosis, but Miss Catalina should not be prepared at all."

"What if she gets hypnotized first? Wouldn't it mean that we can't continue with the battle plan? If the plan fails...won't you die?"

The more Richard spoke, the more desperate he became, and the more guilty he felt, until in the end even his voice was as thin as a mosquito's.

The silence on the empty streets was suffocating.

The humid air and sultry temperature make people feel suffocated.

"Yes."

After a long time, Gu Qinghan sneered and then said:

"According to common parlance, this plan is simply impossible to implement."

"But she is the 'Knight Princess', the person with the strongest will in the entire Pure Love Kingdom."

"Since you have fought against her, you should understand the weight of the three words 'Knight Princess'."

As he spoke, Gu Qinghan shifted his gaze and glanced at Catalina in particular.

Two meters away, Catalina also understood the meaning of Gu Qinghan's words, and her cheeks became redder.

She obviously didn't expect that Gu Qinghan would praise her so seriously.

As for Gu Qinghan, he grinned with a teasing gleam in his eyes.

"Besides, I have tried the medicine on Miss Catalina."

Having said that, a sly smile flashed in Gu Qinghan's eyes.

"Testing medicine?" Richard blinked, his expression revealing disbelief.

On the other side, Catalina, who was secretly happy, suddenly raised her head with a dazed expression after hearing Gu Qinghan's words.

She had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

At this time, Gu Qinghan smiled and spoke again:

"Don't even mention that tiny amount of hypnotic powder. Even 20 grams of hypnotic powder is a piece of cake for her."

"Compared to this type of hypnotic drug, the effect of alcohol is still stronger."