Lord of the Mysteries 2: Circle of Inevitability

Janna did not follow Roshan because she knew that she would call an online taxi. Whether it was shadow stealth or stealth following, it was not enough for her to chase a car for a long time by running, unless the target encountered traffic jams one after another - in this regard, "witches" are good at bursting but weak at sustaining.

As for the option of calling a taxi and letting the driver follow the target in front, let alone whether there was a taxi passing by, whether the online taxi could arrive within a minute, the biggest problem was whether a reasonable excuse could be found.

Janna believed that if Franca was here, with her understanding and familiarity with the dream city, she would definitely find reasons that could convince others easily, but she could not do that. It was very likely that she would call the police on the spot if she didn't say the right thing.

Of course, this problem could be solved by "charm", but when she got off the car, the effect of "charm" gradually faded, and the driver would think something was wrong when he recalled what happened, and he might call the police. However, Jane could not repeatedly "charm" for such a small matter and make the other party fall in love with her for a long time.

Leaving the window, Janna made a bowl of noodles and ate it with great enjoyment, even drinking up the soup.

When it got dark and night really fell, she took out the "Ice Mirror Charm" made by Lumian and held it in her palm.

As the ancient Hermetic word "mirror" was pronounced, the mysterious amulet carved from frost lit up with a slightly dim light.

Janna's hand pressed on the surface of the mirror placed on the coffee table in advance, and the whole person suddenly became ethereal and went in.

Relying on the ability to sense the surrounding mirrors provided by the "Ice Mirror Charm", she quickly locked onto a mirror-like object in Luo Shan's home and shuttled through the dark and illusory tunnel.

She wanted to take advantage of Luo Shan's absence to search the other party's home through the mirror to see if she could find anything.

The reason why she didn't do this when Luo Shan was at work during the day was because the corresponding test must be gradual. She had to first confirm whether the contact with Luo Shan yesterday evening would attract the attention of Tianzun or provoke the investigation of hostile forces.

After a day and a night of waiting, she has now preliminarily confirmed that it will not happen, and can make further contact and exploration.

Jana did not leave the dark and illusory area behind the mirror, and looked at the situation in Luo Shan's house through the hard and cold glass.

This house also has one bedroom and one living room, and the layout is the same as the one she rented, and she is currently in the glass window of the living room immersed in the night.

Above the window, Jana's face appeared vaguely, and her eyes swept over the coffee table, TV, refrigerator and other items.

She soon noticed that the drawing board, canvas, paper, palette, paint tubes, various brushes, and small scrapers were scattered in different places, and there were works hanging on the wall. There were heavy oil paintings, pencil sketches, and black and white freehand landscapes.

Jana's sight suddenly stopped on one of the oil paintings.

The painting was a strange creature that was half human and half snake. The upper body was a delicate woman, and the lower body was a giant python with lifelike scales.

"The monster I saw last night..." Jana's heart tightened, and she gradually identified that the strange creatures depicted in other paintings were all invaders she saw in the "spiritual community" interwoven with her spirit when she was traveling with her astral body last night.

Almost at the same time, she found that these paintings had a common element:

All the strange creatures were locked up in iron cages.

What does this mean? It symbolizes that these monsters are blocked from the world? This is similar to the scene I saw when my astral body was wandering last night... The iron cage was painted by Luo Shan, and the monsters came from someone else's hands? Or, Luo Shan drew these monsters but locked them up? Jana was thinking seriously, and her eyes fell on a sketch.

It was Luo Shan's self-portrait, with a smile on her face, lively eyes, and a lot of charm.

For some reason, Jana felt that Luo Shan in this self-portrait was looking at the dark living room seriously.

This made her give up the idea of ​​leaving the glass window and really entering the room.

Just as Jana continued to observe, the fingerprint lock of the door made a sound, and Luo Shan, carrying a white handbag, went home.

After Luo Shan placed her handbag on the dining table, she walked briskly to her sketch and looked at it for a few seconds.

Then, she picked up a paintbrush, dipped it in some silver paint, and walked to the living room window.

Jana had shrunk a little before the door opened, allowing the glass window reflecting the night to return to normal.

Luo Shan stared at the glass window for a while, picked up the paintbrush, and sketched a simple door on the surface.

Jana, who was in the area behind the mirror, suddenly saw the hard glass surface glowing with silver light, forming a real, strange door connecting the real world and the mirror world.

She immediately left a few traces of the burning of the "witch" black flame, passed through the illusory and dark tunnel, returned to her rental place, and got out of the mirror.

The unreal silver door where Jana was hiding was pushed open, and Luo Shan walked into the area behind the mirror.

The girl in a light long skirt looked around with a gloomy expression, and did not find anything unusual here.

Luo Shan looked at the dense spider web-like tunnels in the mirror, and couldn't think of what to draw to use them.

After two or three minutes, she left the area behind the mirror and wiped off the silver door drawn on the surface of the glass window with her palm.

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23rd floor, room 3.

Janna sat on the sofa and muttered to herself silently:

"Luo Shan is indeed an extraordinary person of the 'painter' path... The one who believes in the 'Fantasy Society' has also infiltrated a little power?

"Is He also in Mushu Hospital, or does He have a base of His own?

"He gave Luo Shan extraordinary power in order to control Zhou Mingrui's colleague and contact the dream image of Mr. 'Fool'?"

Just when she thought of this, Jana's mobile phone on the coffee table began to vibrate.

Janna picked it up and saw that Luo Shan had sent her a message and a picture.

The girl with the WeChat name "I want to go on vacation every day" said with a smiley face:

"This is my work, you can take a look."

The content of the picture was exactly the sketch self-portrait that Jana had seen in Luo Shan's home before.

Janna clicked on the picture, and suddenly had the illusion that Luo Shan had come alive on her mobile phone screen.

She was moved, and just put the phone on the coffee table without locking the screen.

Then, she stood up, walked to the bathroom, and closed the door.

As soon as Jana sat on the toilet, she immediately cast her eyes on the wash mirror.

She used the "witch's" mirror magic and the mirror on the coffee table to spy on her phone.

A few seconds later, Jana saw that the sketch on the screen seemed to have a slight movement. The pencil-lined Luo Shan tentatively stretched out her hand outside the screen, and then retracted it.

Sure enough... Jana pressed the flush button of the toilet, washed her hands with the sound of splashing, and left the bathroom.

She picked up her phone again, closed the picture, and sent a message to Luo Shan using voice-to-text:

"It looks like it!"

She didn't look through Luo Shan's circle of friends last night because "it was just chatting."

"Do you want me to draw a sketch for you too?" Luo Shan quickly responded to Jana's praise.

I dare not be drawn by you "painters"... Jana muttered silently, and responded to Luo Shan using voice input method:

"No, no."

She immediately changed the subject:

"You may not believe it, but I had a very strange dream yesterday, and you were in my dream.

"You seemed to be guarding the community, fighting a group of monsters, and we couldn't help. ”

If a man had said something similar to her, Janna would have felt that he was flirting with her, that their friendship was too shallow and the things they were talking about were too ambiguous, and that it was obviously inappropriate. But now, she only dared to test him because she was a woman.

"Did I leave such a deep impression on you?" Luo Shan sent a "smug" expression.

After a few seconds, she sent a second message:

"Your dream is wonderful, and I am also very happy that I played such a role in your dream. Really, I am very happy."

Just as Janna was about to reply, Luo Shan sent a third message:

"Because my father is a true guardian, and so are his colleagues. "

Janna suddenly recalled the introduction of Roshan's background in the information:

In reality, Roshan's father was a "Night Watcher" of the "Goddess of Night" Church, who died in an accident caused by an occult case. His father's colleagues included Officer Deng's corresponding "Night Watcher" team captain Dunn, Officer Deng's fiancée Ms. Daly, Interpol Old Neil, etc. They all died in the disaster brought by extraordinary power, but also protected the corresponding city.

"The Fool www.youxs.org, a member of the original "Night Watcher" team, so when Mr. Fool subconsciously wove the dream image, he added a similar background to Roshan, making Roshan admire and yearn for the spirit of protection?

"Although Luo Shan is now influenced by the evil god of the 'Fantasy Society' and has obtained an illusory gift, the obsession of protection in her heart has not been completely wiped out by the pollution? Is this the reason for her current many contradictory behaviors?

"On the one hand, she draws strange creatures and wants them to become real, and on the other hand, she adds cages to these invaders... On the other hand, she keeps creating monsters, and on the other hand, she guards the barrier to prevent those monsters from coming in...

"Is this considered as the cognition that Mr. 'Fool' subconsciously projects onto Luo Shan to fight against the pollution of the evil god of the 'Fantasy Society'?

"If that's the case, in a sense, this is the confrontation between Mr. 'Fool's small amount of subconsciousness and the evil god of the 'Fantasy Society'..." Janet considered how to reply to Luo Shan with some understanding.

After more than ten seconds, she used the voice input method:

"Have you ever created a painting with the theme of protection?"

Twenty or thirty minutes later, Luo Shan replied to this message:

"Not yet.

"Failed."

If not, why did it fail? This answer is too contradictory... Janet's pupils suddenly froze.

ps: Thanks to Lao Kohler for the Angoulême silver treasure chest~