New Gods of North America

The dance lasted till midnight.

Mr. and Mrs. Brooke stood outside the main gate of the mansion, greeting and saying goodbye to the guests who were not planning to stay at the manor tonight.

Wayne and the other two were also among those who said goodbye.

Mrs. Brooke also apologized to Inessa again because Miss Mary accidentally spilled red wine on her clothes, and indicated that the new dress did not need to be returned.

If we talk about this matter, the reason is actually entirely on the detective agency's side.

However, Wayne and his friends still told the host couple not to mind and expressed their gratitude, saying that they would find an opportunity to return the favor or help them out.

Not long after the carriage left the manor, Lina couldn't wait to see something, "Where's the pendant? Take it out and let us see it."

Wayne reached out and took out the jewelry box and handed it over. "Look at it here? I feel like it has some extraordinary power. Aren't you afraid of being noticed by others?"

"Tsk... Miss Mary dared to bring it to the street, it shouldn't be possible--"

After Lina took the jewelry box, she opened it while talking. Just as she was about to pick up the pendant, the sapphire on the pendant suddenly began to fluoresce.

So, halfway through her words, Lina pulled her hand back as if she had been electrocuted, and then quickly closed the jewelry box with a "snap".

"Are you okay?" Wayne and Inissa asked.

Lina shook her head, took the jewelry box in her hand, and looked at it carefully in the light of the kerosene lamp:

"The pendant is really something related to the sage. I have to go back to take a closer look... But this box is also very well made. It can completely conceal the aura of the extraordinary item."

Wayne also thought the material and workmanship of this jewelry box were good.

It is small in size, only slightly larger than men's flat cigarette boxes, and lined with grooved velvet. The material seems to be some very dense hardwood, with golden patterns embedded around it. It is polished very smoothly but not too slippery to hold, and a little heavy in the hand.

Wayne recounted his experiences in general.

The ownership of the pendant is clear, but it is not clear whether the jewelry box was given by Mrs. Brooke or found by Simon Sherman.

Back to the detective agency,

Wayne and Lina went into the office. Lina picked up the pendant and observed it for a while as if it were a dim night light, and then tried to inject spiritual power into it.

Wayne was watching from the side and felt it was a little strange.

At first, from the perspective of simple lines, as the fluorescence lights up, there are actually some turbulent lines that are constantly dispersing around the pendant.

But after Lina began to inject spiritual power into it, the fluorescence gradually dimmed.

The invisible scattered lines around the pendant gradually became regular, forming a circle of "magnetic flux lines" that were connected end to end.

Then it gradually shrinks and finally "wraps" it up.

Wayne's instinctive spiritual intuition about this thing also dissipated at the same time.

Inesa changed her clothes and entered the office. "Did you see anything?"

"It does look like an item left behind by the 'Wisdom Supremacy' cult. It can sense the 'breath' of the sage."

Lina closed her eyes and seemed to be feeling something. "This seems to be something that needs to be 'fed' regularly, otherwise it will lose its ability to hide itself. And it seems that it will screen spiritual power, and it seems that only those who believe in the sage can use it.

"Although it may represent other meanings in the 'Wisdom Supremacy' cult, its extraordinary ability seems to be able to play a similar role to 'hysteresis'."

As Lina spoke, she opened her eyes and looked around, finally choosing Wayne's side, "Do you mind if I try it?"

Wayne spread his hands, "Come on."

Lina didn't hesitate and put the pendant necklace on her neck.

Then he held it and looked into Wayne's eyes.

Eye to eye,

Wayne felt that this thing seemed to be somewhat similar to Simon Sherman's extraordinary ability.

But he was much more drunk than Simon Sherman.

Wayne felt as if his thoughts had come to a complete standstill for a moment.

It was not until the invisible "eyes" in his body opened in response that Wayne suddenly woke up with a "startle" as if he had dozed off in class.

Inesa observed Wayne's reaction:

"It seems that the effect is not very long-lasting... But in a close-range battle, even a moment of distraction could be crucial."

Then Inissa took the pendant from Lina and tried it a little. "We are both Beyonders in the same field. Logically, the root attributes of our Beyonder powers should be similar. This thing seems to be usable only by Beyonders with the aura of a 'wise sage'."

Then Wayne also joined the trial team, holding the pendant and trying to inject spiritual power into it.

But try not to get to the step of "setting it off."

It felt very strange, like water meeting oil, or a triangular plug meeting a two-hole socket, or like a key that could fit into a keyhole but couldn't turn.

It seems to be pretty much the same, but I just can't complete the infusion of spiritual power like usual.

Wayne focused his attention on the spiritual power, trying to "bend" it into the various shapes he had seen in his vision of simple lines, and studied how to "pick the lock".

If I were to use a more vivid metaphor, Wayne is probably a bit like the car thief in the old movie.

Without the car keys, he fumbled for the wires connected to the car keyhole in the circuit box under the steering wheel, then tried to pull them out and connect them to "spark" them.

After tinkering with it for a while, I seemed to have actually started the "engine".

The spiritual power immediately seeped into the pendant, and Wayne's spiritual intuition suddenly had a hint of enlightenment -

So he turned his head and looked into Lina's eyes, letting the spiritual power follow the "circuit" in the pendant and "explode" in another way.

Part of the spiritual power was quickly extracted. If all went well, Lina's thinking should be slowed down a hundred times within 3 seconds.

Come on, let’s hurt each other.

Unfortunately, Lina seems to be very resistant to this.

Although she did not turn into a daze for a short time, her eyes opened slightly wider involuntarily:

"Are you also a follower of the Sage?"

Wayne shook his head. The three of them exchanged their experiences and took turns to experiment a few times. They also called Ryan and a trainee agent to act as "guinea pigs".

The final conclusion is that if you can keep it in good condition by "feeding", then you can use its "slow thinking" ability.

Unless it is ineffective on a person, it can make the person stand there for two or three seconds, and the effective range is about 5 meters.

For example, Ryan himself is a Extraordinary in the field of wisdom, and his field should be the same as its, with better resistance, but he will also be stunned for more than a second.

But even if the spiritual power is sufficient, this thing can only be used continuously for no more than 5 times in a short period of time. As for how long it will take to be "laid down" before it can be used again, it remains to be seen.

But as things stand now, only Lina and Wayne can use it.

In theory, Inissa, who is of a higher rank, and Ryan, who is in the same field, are not able to do it.