Enforcer Manual
Chapter 714 - 712: Defend_1

Chapter 714: Chapter 712: Defend_1

After Mr. Hog mentioned the term "Standin messenger," Jiu felt that this serious, academic discussion was veering into strange territory.

But unlike those laymen who could only spout baseless accusations, he quickly adjusted his heartbeat and tried to view the matter through the eyes of a Psychic researcher.

According to Mr. Hog’s description, the major difference between Standins and Psychics lay in their ability to see the phantom projections of their own spiritual power, while other aspects could be explained by Psychic Abilities.

Jiu never got too hung up on terminology. Whether they were called Standin messengers, Demon Hunters, Witches, or Taoists—as long as the essence of Spiritual Energy remained the same, he could attempt to understand these identities through his own research. Once he put aside the trivial details, Mr. Hog—a layman after all—had actually proposed a rather interesting hypothesis.

People influenced by "Dominate" or other interference-type Ability Users displayed abilities beyond those of ordinary people. Could these power-gifted individuals also be classified as Psychics?

In Mr. Hog’s understanding, he referred to these individuals as Standin messengers.

As the name implies, they had lost their own souls and became puppets of some Consciousness Entity. Jiu didn’t know who came up with this term, but he felt the name was very vivid and fitting.

"Such a possibility indeed exists."

Jiu spoke, "Dominate used to be the epitome of destruction-type and interference-type Spiritual Energy. If it truly managed to preserve itself as a Consciousness Entity, then with its powerful Spiritual Energy, it could easily twist the minds of ordinary people and turn them into its puppets."

"The problem now is how to identify those who are actually dominated by it?"

"The answer is, you can never know."

Jiu said with a smile, shaking his head, "Or by the time you do know, you are already dead. So, Mr. Hog, I strongly suggest you abandon further investigations for your own safety."

According to the archives, during that dark era, both the rescuers and the intelligence departments of the United Government racked their brains to confirm the true identity of "Dominate," who was described as an extremely cunning and treacherous criminal. The chase lasted for months, and for the first few of those months, they didn’t even know "Dominate’s" appearance or gender.

It wasn’t until a dozen excellent agents were sacrificed that they gradually narrowed down the scope and finally locked on to the identity of "Dominate."

"And all of this is predicated on it still being human at the time."

The coverage rating on the "Dominate" character card was medium, meaning at that time it could at most control people within the span of a block, which was also a significant reason for its eventual discovery. "If, as you say, its body was destroyed in that Psychic storm, becoming a Consciousness Entity, it would likely no longer be subject to these limitations and moreover, it was remarkably one of the rare people who possessed two different attributes of Spiritual Energy."

Jiu wanted to avoid being too blunt, but there were countless ways for "Dominate" to eliminate Mr. Hog if it wished.

Considering Mr. Hog’s layman status, he continued to explain, "Two attributes of Spiritual Energy mean that its abilities would at least derive into two different modes of use; the first is the mental manipulation you discovered, and the second is turning those it manipulates into Psychic bombs."

The first time "Dominate" showed this ability, a Five-Stars rescuer paid a heavy price.

She was blown up at close range while rescuing a little girl caught in an accident. Even though her skeletal system had been reinforced with prosthetics, she was nearly killed on the spot.

In Jiu’s view, even with full knowledge of "Dominate’s" capabilities, it would take several Six-Stars rescuers working together to have a chance of killing it... that is, assuming a Consciousness Entity could be killed at all.

And for Mr. Hog, the best outcome would be to never encounter "Dominate" in his lifetime.

"I understand."

Mr. Hog nodded gravely.

Through Jiu’s narrative, he came to comprehend the daunting nature of the enemy.

The evil Standin messenger mentioned by Lucy virtually possessed invincible abilities.

Even Six-Stars rescuers were helpless against it, and he, despite having awakened Standin powers not long ago, was self-aware that he was no match for "Dominate" at present.

Jiu was offering him objective advice to back off, but what he didn’t know was that Mr. Hog was not fighting alone; Mr. Rob Lucci was providing him with assistance.

Moreover, to let an evil Standin messenger run amok in The First Region was against his identity.

The moment he left the Psychic research institute, Mr. Hog sent all the information he had gathered and his own judgments to Song Lan, but he also had an idea.

According to Jiu, actively finding "Dominate" in its Consciousness Entity form would be extremely difficult, but they could instead make "Dominate" come to them.

Its movements were traceable, and Mr. Hog clearly remembered mentioning in his last call with Jock that the latter had warned him to stay away from the special counter-terrorism team. Less than a day later, a member of the counter-terrorism team went berserk in the Counter-Intelligence Department, causing such a commotion.

With his political acumen, it wasn’t hard for him to deduce that Jock had the special counter-terrorism team take on these matters to cover up the secret existence of "Dominate."

But he knew Jock wouldn’t easily divulge the secret of "Dominate’s" identity to him, so a more roundabout approach was necessary.

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"Mr. Hog wants to pressure the local Law Enforcers to thoroughly investigate these cases?"

Lu Xiang looked at the text message sent on Song Lan’s phone, stunned for a good while. "If we do that, won’t the entire Foster Family be implicated?"

"He’s already done so."

Song Lan said, "He believes this way, ’Dominate’ might come after him on its own."

Apart from abilities and early experiences, Foster saw some other things; for example, like himself, "Dominate" was once a person with a strong desire for revenge. Everyone recorded in the archives who had provoked "Dominate" was dead, even the two Six-Stars rescuers were reduced to dust in the Psychic storm.

By projecting his own feelings, he knew "Dominate" wouldn’t easily let go of those who opposed it, especially a politician who seemed to lack self-defense capabilities.

"He wants ’Dominate’ to come and assassinate him."