Chapter 156: A Ridiculous Trick [BONUS CHAPTER]
"Ahem, I am working hard for our great future cause, so magic can be set aside at the appropriate time, Needy."
Jennifer spoke with perfect confidence.
She did not feel guilty at all.
On the contrary, she believed that since Needy was the Commander of the Grey Knights, then as the other soul in the same body, she was also the Commander.
Even this idea had received the approval of the great Leader, Matthew.
At that time, if Jennifer's astral projection magic had been fully practiced, she would definitely have left her body in soul form, hugged the Leader tightly, and offered him her most loyal kiss.
All to praise the great Leader's wise judgment of people.
"Forget it, Jennifer. You're just boy-crazy. Actually, now I feel like you won't let either men or women off."
Needy did not believe Jennifer's nonsense at all.
They had grown up together. How could she not know what kind of person Jennifer was?
A pure face-lover. A pure flirt.
But Jennifer did not care about Needy's sarcasm. Instead, she became even more righteous. "You're wrong, Needy. Your words have hurt your best friend."
"My heart will always, always, always belong only to the great Leader."
Loyalty!
She had to be politically correct. Of course, Jennifer was not lying either.
"Heh."
Needy was too lazy to argue. With two souls in one body, some of Jennifer's thoughts could not be hidden from her, so she knew Jennifer really had not lied.
In essence, Jennifer was just teasing her while enjoying the files.
This was the daily life of best friends.
Noisy, lively, and happy.
Needy liked this atmosphere very much and treasured it too.
Just as she was seriously reviewing the files and messing around with Jennifer, her originally lazy posture suddenly straightened.
Her expression changed, and she turned toward a direction outside the room. A sharp glint appeared in her beautiful eyes.
"Jennifer?"
"Yeah. I felt it. A very faint aura."
Jennifer's usually wandering tone in her mind also became serious.
Needy put down the tablet, and her figure suddenly turned into dark purple ripples before vanishing from the sofa.
When she appeared again, she was already above a stretch of sea.
Her original outfit had changed into a standard red windbreaker combat uniform of the Raven Warband. She floated quietly in midair, looking down at the seemingly calm scene below.
Her delicate brows furrowed as her gaze swept across the sea.
"It disappeared?"
Bang!!
A thunderous explosion sounded behind her. Needy did not need to look back to know who it was. She simply raised her hand lightly.
An invisible force swept out.
A wide dark-purple energy platform formed in midair like an unseen step.
Several figures tore through the air from the distance at astonishing speed, then dropped from the sky and landed precisely on the invisible platform, standing in the air just like Needy.
They were Natasha, Roscoe, and Bucky.
"Needy?"
Natasha and the other two were wearing their daily training clothes. After scanning the area vigilantly and finding nothing, they looked toward Needy.
"The magical barrier was touched. It should have been in this area, but it suddenly disappeared. Very strange."
Needy explained briefly.
The magical barrier of the island base did not only cover the main island. It included the surrounding island group and the range of one nautical mile around them.
The barrier had multiple layers.
The magical barrier over the sea was the outermost layer and possessed warning, suppression, attack, and other mechanisms.
Aside from Matthew, Needy was the one on the entire island who had come into contact with magic the earliest, and her level was very high.
However, her main focus before had been the same as soldiers like Reacher: improving her physique. Since her own energy had been insufficient, many spells could not be fully used.
But ever since BOSS found an energy source and Needy formed a contract that allowed her to draw energy from the punch dimension, her magical level had been rising day by day with Jennifer's help.
So when the magical barrier sent out a warning, she was the first to notice and arrive at the scene.
In terms of combat power, Needy was currently the strongest.
After all, her physique was no weaker than the other soldiers, and she also had magic. When the two were combined, the increase in combat strength was terrifying.
"I felt that strange aura too. Very faint."
Natasha's greatest strength lay in her Observation Haki. Her Armament Haki might be a little stronger than most, though weaker than a complete monster like Reacher.
But her Observation Haki was the most outstanding.
As for why, even she was not entirely sure.
As she spoke, she lowered her head and looked toward a certain spot in the sea below.
Needy noticed Natasha's gaze. She followed it, and her eyes sharpened.
She stretched her hand toward that direction and formed a hand seal.
The next moment, as a dark-purple, exquisitely drawn magic circle appeared in her palm, an invisible force instantly pierced through the sea and poured into the seabed.
Then, with a flash of light and shadow across her palm, something appeared in her hand out of thin air.
It was a staff.
Needy, Natasha, and the others all recognized it.
The Staff of the Living Tribunal.
The name sounded impressive, but in reality, it was only a magical weapon mass-produced by Kamar-Taj for Masters of the Mystic Arts.
But why had something like this suddenly appeared here?
And the Staff of the Living Tribunal was broken. Among the lingering aura on it, there was even a faint trace of dark power.
Natasha, Roscoe, and Bucky might not have noticed it.
But Needy caught it keenly.
After she told them this information, everyone exchanged glances and showed cold smiles at the same time.
"What is this supposed to be? A trick for children?"
Roscoe almost could not hold back.
Bucky, the cool and handsome one, gave a helpless smile.
"Maybe they think we're stupid?"
"I don't know whether to call these people smart or foolish." Natasha shook her head.
Smart, because they had found this place and clearly knew someone would definitely discover the thing they threw out.
Foolish, because they were insulting their intelligence.
This seemingly hidden trick might deceive others, but trying to deceive them with it was laughable.
"Let's go. Since someone wants to target us, we should prepare a surprise for them in advance."
Needy raised her hand. A two-meter-tall circle of sparks appeared before them, then swept sideways across the group. The next moment, everyone had returned to the base.
The group headed to the conference room.
On the way, they also called over several senior members, including Reacher, Neagley, and Karla.
When they arrived at the conference room, Matthew, the true leader, was seated at the head of the table, with Reacher and the other senior members sitting nearby.
Needy walked up to Matthew and handed him the broken Staff of the Living Tribunal.
"Wong's."
Matthew took it, glanced at it once, and knew whose it was. Then he casually tossed it onto the table in front of him.
After that, he looked at the warriors with a smiling expression.
"Okay. Looks like someone has set their sights on us." Neagley whistled and said it without concern.
Reacher immediately gave a name.
"Kaecilius."
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