When You Become an NPC That Might Die Any Moment in the Novice Village

This was more cautious, but her main goal was still to try and see if she could get more information out of Holt's mouth and figure out Holt's true identity.

"He came to me for the Dissociative Potion's progenitor, and he most likely comes from the power behind Singularity Company. I must find a way to ascertain the true identity of that force; I don't want to be worried about by an enemy of unknown identity."

...

Workroom.

After failing several times to read the spirit world, Holt's mood became increasingly irritable.

He had calculated so well, successfully avoiding everyone's probe and even capturing Bai Fu, but he encountered a huge setback when interrogating Bai Fu on the whereabouts of the progenitor—how could he possibly accept this!

"It appears you have something on you that can block spiritual detection, no wonder there's no fear on your face when you face me."

A fierce color emerged on Holt's face.

"It's no use, I still have time, and this time is enough for me to completely destroy your spirit and will. It doesn't matter if you don't talk; I will piece together the information I want from your fragmented spirit myself!"

His eyes turned silver-white.

At that moment, Black Fu suddenly spoke, "The progenitor of the Dissociative Potion was placed by you guys in the Singularity Company, right? What's the purpose of your research? To find a potion that makes everyone undergo a spirit mutation and awaken or one that turns people into Shadow Ghosts?"

Upon hearing this, Holt's body jolted violently, and the silver-white light in his pupils shattered, hiding shock and disbelief in their depths.

Even within the Secret Tower, such information was only known to those with Level II clearance. How did Bai Fu, an outsider, know about this?

Could it be that she cracked the progenitor's secret? No, it's impossible. She's only had the progenitor for about twenty days, and a third of that time was spent on Heavenly Lake Star. If she could understand the progenitor's functions in such a short period, what level would her Talent in potion studies be?

If it wasn't her own doing, then...

"Did you plant a spy inside the Secret Tower?"

Holt's face paled.

He thought of a very dreadful possibility: since Bai Fu knew about the progenitor's true purpose through a spy, was there also a chance that Bai Fu knew through a spy that he was sent by the Secret Tower?

Yes, it was too likely!

Holt felt as if he had fallen into a trap carefully laid out by Bai Fu.

He suspected the truth to be this—

Knowing that the Secret Tower had sent him out to find the progenitor, Bai Fu had already set her sights on him, hoping to obtain more information related to the Secret Tower from him. To ensure she could catch him, Bai Fu intentionally ran to Heavenly Lake Star, a place from which one couldn't leave once inside, and then released information to the outside.

Unaware of the actual situation, when he learned Bai Fu was on Heavenly Lake Star, he thought this was his chance and foolishly ran over.

What opportunity was this? It was clearly a stage constructed by Bai Fu!

He thought he was meticulously clever, believed he had thought of a brilliant plan, but to Bai Fu, he was just a monkey playing the clown on stage. All his actions were seen by Bai Fu, and when he thought he was approaching success, in reality, he was getting closer to the abyss.

"No wonder the Void Battle Maiden always stayed close to Bai Fu, and no wonder that Undying Person called Digging Girl was also always guarding Bai Fu."

Everything came together.

Bai Fu, what a terrifying woman!

Holt experienced an unprecedented chill, even stronger than the anger he felt in the face of the Secret Tower Master.

There was a reason: he prided himself as a mastermind, but now he was completely overpowered by Bai Fu in the domain of "Intelligence." This kind of despair was much greater than any other type of despair.

Holt dared to assert that this workroom was definitely surrounded by people by now, and those people were all watching his farce.

He spread his mental ideas around to probe, and then, he found nothing.

"Hm?"

Holt was stunned.

What was going on?

His mind was a confused mess. Never mind that; he had to run and say it quickly. There might still be a chance to survive if he ran now. If he delayed any longer, he would truly be doomed.

Before fleeing, Holt did not forget to hit Black Fu with a long-charged Super Soul Piercing.

The Spirit Storm struck, instantly leveling the area behind Black Fu.

Then, he turned around, just about to lift his foot, and his whole body froze in place.

White dots scattered in front of his eyes, and with them, a four-meter-tall Big Black Fu fell.

Boom!

Big Black Fu landed heavily on the ground, emitting a piercingly loud crash that completely enveloped Holt in shadow.

"You've come all this way, did you really think you could leave?"

A haunting voice came from behind, accompanied by a bone-chilling coldness.

Holt felt an incredibly terrifying power, emanating from Black Fu, and it was still climbing.

Yes, Black Fu's Inspiration was soaring.

Julia's Blessing Link extra +10, Spiritual Ability Worship extra +30, Spirit Ability Enhancement Potion extra +35, Spirit Blessing extra +20% Basic Inspiration.

When all four bonuses were stacked, Black Fu's Inspiration surged from the initial 702 all the way to 917.

An S-class Superpower User, only an S-class Superpower User could emit such pressure!