Seeing that his parents agreed to his suggestion, Dudley winked at Harry to show friendliness.
However, in Harry's eyes, all of this seemed like a deliberate provocation.
"Damn it, he's definitely going to mess with me at the zoo."
Harry thought to himself.
But he couldn't refuse to go to the zoo, because he currently had no right to refuse and could only be manipulated.
"I can only try my best to stay away from him."
"The zoo is so big, as long as I don't appear in front of him, it should be fine, right?"
"Besides, a zoo should be really fun, right?"
Harry comforted himself, while also looking forward to a pleasant time at the zoo.
His experiences over the years had given him some ways to deal with Dudley's bullying, and he could always do things he couldn't even understand himself when needed.
Last time, he was chased and beaten by Dudley and his friends, and then he inexplicably appeared on the school chimney, escaping the situation of being ganged up on. Although he was inevitably punished afterwards, it wasn't worse than before.
Thinking of this, Harry began to secretly observe Dudley, who was standing not far away.
His cousin, who had always bullied him, seemed somewhat distracted, sitting on the sofa, not watching TV, nor speaking, as if he was thinking about something.
"He wouldn't be thinking about how to bully me, would he?"
Harry muttered to himself.
In fact, Dudley's mind was completely elsewhere at this moment, pondering some matters about extraordinary characteristics.
After becoming an extraordinary characteristic user again, his mastery of spiritual power had not declined much, which meant that he had no difficulty in using the abilities of a Sequence 9 Lawyer and a Sequence 9 Arbitrator.
The only thing to consider was the digestion of the extraordinary characteristics.
That's right, although these extraordinary characteristics themselves came from Dudley's body, after re-containing them, Dudley had to re-digest and absorb them, which was essentially like taking a Potion again.
If his conjecture was correct, then after he completely digested these extraordinary characteristics, the extraordinary characteristics belonging to Sequence 8 would reappear, and then he could continue on the path to godhood.
As for how far he could go, Dudley wasn't sure.
"In that strange world, what sequence did I ultimately reach?"
Dudley frowned.
He couldn't remember what specific sequence he had reached in that world, only that it should have been a high sequence. When he tried to recall in detail, his memory became chaotic.
"In short, the highest sequence I can reach in this world should be the highest sequence I could reach in that strange world. Because in my body, there are only extraordinary characteristics of that level." Dudley thought to himself.
Withdrawing his thoughts, Dudley looked at his little cousin who seemed to be cautiously observing him not far away.
Dudley controlled his eyes to narrow slightly.
This was his action to activate Spirit Vision.
With the completion of this action, some changes appeared in Harry in Dudley's eyes.
Some strange halos appeared in his vision; those were the ethereal aura that could be seen under Spirit Vision.
Different colors and brightness represented different auras, which could be used to judge a person's health and emotional state.
"His health is fine, aside from being a bit thin, but his aura color is grayish, his mood doesn't seem good, and he's quite nervous…"
Dudley only took one glance and roughly judged Harry's situation.
But that was the extent of it. Dudley had only just become an extraordinary characteristic user, and his spiritual power was limited, so he couldn't see deeper things.
"Huh…"
Suddenly, Dudley's brows furrowed slightly.
He seemed to have seen something indescribable in Harry's deeper astral body.
It was just that the thing was hidden very deeply, beyond the range he could see.
"What is that… spiritual power?"
Dudley frowned.
He wasn't sure what those things he saw were, only that they seemed to be a peculiar energy.
However, he was very sure that Harry was not an extraordinary characteristic user.
In this world, apart from him having extraordinary characteristics, others should not have extraordinary characteristics, let alone spiritual power.
Dudley felt a slight throbbing in his brow, which was a sign of excessive consumption of spiritual power.
He immediately narrowed his eyes and closed Spirit Vision.
"Strange, my cousin doesn't seem simple."
Dudley was thoughtful.
He recalled some things from his childhood; a few times, when he bullied Harry, Harry did some things that he couldn't understand at the time, and those didn't seem like something an ordinary person could do.
Ding-dong…
Just then, the doorbell rang.
"Oh dear, they must be here."
Petunia said in a panic, hurrying towards the door.
Soon, voices came from the doorway, and after a while, a scrawny boy and a middle-aged woman walked in.
"Happy birthday, Dudley!"
The boy shouted.
He was Dudley's best friend, Piers Polkiss.
Or rather, Dudley's best helper when bullying Harry.
"Thank you."
Dudley looked at Piers, recalling some past events.
Piers naturally walked towards Dudley, while glancing at Harry, who was standing in punishment, and a mischievous smile immediately appeared on his face.
He had already thought about how to help Dudley deal with this guy, which was one of their greatest joys when playing together—chasing and beating Harry!
However, before he could even reach Dudley, he suddenly felt uncomfortable all over, as if he was being stared at by some important figure; it was an indescribable sense of restraint.
"Dudley, you…"
Piers looked at Dudley in front of him, his playmate, who seemed a bit different today.
"From now on, you are not allowed to bully Harry." Dudley said.
"Huh?"
Piers was stunned, somewhat shocked by what was wrong with Dudley.
But then, he nodded.
He felt that Dudley wasn't joking with him, but giving an order, making him unable to disobey.
The others didn't notice the situation here, only Harry noticed that Piers's face was a bit pale, and he stood stiffly beside Dudley, not even daring to sit down.
Half an hour later.
Dudley's family, along with Piers and others, arrived at the zoo.
The zoo was exceptionally crowded today.
Vernon went to buy tickets, leaving the others waiting at the zoo entrance.
Harry hid far away, afraid that Dudley would notice him.
Piers stood beside his mother, not too close to Dudley.
Dudley looked around as he walked to the side, enjoying the normal world, almost letting out a heartfelt sigh.
"Ah, the zoo, so many people…"