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Suddenly, she felt a burst of inspiration and turned her head to look towards the brass sextant in the captain's cabin behind her. After making a promise, she comforted Heath Doyle.
After the First Mate left, Cattleya quickly went to the captain's cabin and found a letter there that she hadn't noticed before.
Cattleya's previously tense face immediately broke into a smile. She reached out, picked up the letter, and eagerly unfolded it to read.
A moment later, she carefully put the letter away and muttered to herself with some confusion:
"Pick up two guests on the north side of the Paz River Valley at Wogerd Coast this Saturday..."
"Who is important enough for Her Majesty the Queen to personally write a letter informing me..."
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In an underground interrogation room in East Tucker Manor, on the outskirts of Backlund.
Aaron rubbed his throbbing forehead. This was a side effect of repeatedly using Mental Stab and Whip of Pain when his spirituality was insufficient.
However, looking at the results of the interrogation and feeling the complete digestion of the Interrogator Beyonder potion within him, a satisfied smile still appeared on Aaron's somewhat pale face.
The Demoness Queen Mach lay slumped in the restraint chair. According to her confession, Capim had a secret human trafficking location in the East Borough. Every month, Capim would send his subordinates to secretly transfer the abducted people, and the next handover date was this Saturday.
With this clue, if they could catch him red-handed, it would provide the crucial missing evidence from the materials investigated by Xio and Fors.
As for directly rushing into Capim's basement to expose his crimes, that method was immediately rejected. Aaron did not want to have a direct conflict with the King's faction right now, especially not wanting to enter George III's sight so early.
Aaron only intended to grasp Capim's criminal facts through the peripheral human trafficking, using this as an exchange of interests. He didn't even plan to participate in the operation to arrest Capim.
He would just treat it as an ordinary wealthy individual's human trafficking case. Anyway, he already knew what he needed to know and didn't need to investigate further.
This way, he could avoid conflict with the King's faction personnel from MI9 who protected Capim, preventing them from becoming alert, and also gain sufficient benefits from it.
After making up his mind, Aaron ordered that the Demoness be kept in custody, and the other rescued individuals be properly settled until the mission was completely over before allowing them to return home. He also sent people to continuously monitor the Demoness's residence, reporting any unusual activity.
Walking out of the underground interrogation room, Aaron arranged for several members of the 4th Special Investigation Team to temporarily reside in East Tucker Manor for the next few days.
Feeling the depletion of his spiritual energy, Aaron couldn't help but shake his head. He had lost count of how many times this had happened.
Without bothering to return to his villa in Empress Borough, Aaron found a room directly in the manor and immediately fell asleep.
Friday morning, East Tucker Manor in the suburbs of Backlund.
Aaron woke up refreshed. The spiritual energy consumed yesterday had been restored through a night of meditation and rest.
After his spirit recovered, Aaron thought about the omissions he had handled yesterday, then rang the bell to summon his butler, Dido Weiner, who was dressed in a dark black tailcoat.
He asked the butler to go to MI9 on Belloto Street in Backlund's West Borough, in his name, and request a three-day leave for the entire team, citing the reason that they were all out on a mission.
After the butler left, Aaron quickly closed the door, skillfully set up the ritual, and ascended to the magnificent palace above the dark golden mist. He then sacrificed the Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 6 Judge and the supplementary ingredients he had already prepared.
Somewhat impatiently, he returned to the real world. Aaron quickly mixed these items into a bottle of Sequence 6 Judge potion.
Looking at the golden-yellow viscous liquid in the bottle, where faint electric arcs flickered, Aaron exhaled, adjusted his state to the best, and directly drank the potion from the bottle.
A cool, viscous sensation slid down his throat. A moment later, a warm current surged from his abdomen, flowing throughout his body, bringing waves of tingling sensations, as if tens of thousands of ants were crawling over him.
Under this sensation, Aaron found that his spiritual energy was spreading outwards. At one point, he seemed to see the surrounding void, ethereal, empty, filled with boundless dark golden mist.
This scene flashed by. Before Aaron could form any thoughts, he, who had not originally activated his Spirit Vision, directly saw dense spiritual light spots and aura colors in this strange state. A peculiar sense of control emerged in his heart.
Aaron suddenly opened his eyes and looked around. The strange feeling from the advancement just now had not disappeared, only greatly weakened.
He frowned, thinking about the scene during his advancement, and had some guesses in his mind. Then Aaron felt the abilities he had gained after becoming a Judge.
Overall, it was about establishing new rules in a certain area. Things within that area had to follow the rules, and if they violated them, they would be bound by the rules.
With the digestion of the potion and the elevation of the Sequence, this area and the degree of binding by the rules would also expand accordingly.
The specific abilities were divided into "Prohibit," "Imprison," "Whip," "Exile," and "Death."
"Prohibit," as the most commonly used and primary emergency measure, could be released by pushing his palm forward and releasing spiritual energy. He could use ancient Hermes to set rules prohibiting certain behaviors or Beyonder abilities, forcing everyone within a certain range to comply.
The effect of "Prohibit" was related to the spiritual energy consumed and the degree of potion digestion. For targets higher than his own Sequence, the effect would be greatly weakened.
"Imprison" could create layers of transparent walls and extremely viscous transparent liquid, solidifying the target in place. This barrier was difficult for even spirits to pass through and could be dispelled by releasing it.
"Whip" could make the target seem to be struck by an invisible soft whip, capable of tearing clothes, breaking skin, and exposing bones. "Whip" also carried a mental attack, which was an upgraded version of "Whip of Pain."
"Exile" could create an invisible, powerful force that could knock back approaching enemies, even blowing away spirits.
"Death," as the Judge's most powerful offensive method, could, after pronouncing a target dead, combine with a certain peculiar power through the body or a weapon, to accurately hit the target with an irresistible and unavoidable posture, causing powerful destructive force. It could also point to a certain location on the target's body, bringing intense damage.
Aaron nodded in satisfaction, very pleased with his abilities after the advancement. And the original Beyonder abilities of Interrogator, Sheriff, and Arbiter had also been enhanced to varying degrees.
Just as he was about to find someone to test his newly acquired abilities, Aaron heard a rustling sound from the window.
Relying on the Sheriff's extraordinary perception and familiarity with this sound, Aaron immediately realized what had happened, and a strange smile appeared on his face.
Evelina poked her head out of the window. Just as she was about to speak, she heard a familiar voice: "Cats are forbidden to speak here."
Evelina felt a wave sweep over her body. She was about to laugh and mock Aaron, telling him not to meddle in cat business, but the words that reached her mouth turned into short meows: "Meow, meow, meow?"
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