Enforcer Manual
Chapter 720 - 718: Turbulence_1

Chapter 720: Chapter 718: Turbulence_1

What can be done in 2 seconds?

For an ordinary person, that’s just enough time for their gaze to move in a circle between two people.

The moment Mr. Hog heard the explosion behind him, he instinctively activated his power, although it was the first time he truly initiated it on his own. Yet, there was not a hint of joy in his heart.

Time was far too short, and he could already see Lucy’s skin wrinkling from the internal explosion, as well as the look in her eyes that seemed to entrust all her hope to him.

For him, those 2 seconds weren’t even enough to let him run to the window and leap out.

Mr. Hog knew all too well what would happen when time started flowing again.

Lucy had told him that the Psychic Bomb installed by "Dominate" could turn the entire building into rubble in an instant, and there was no way he could escape the coverage of the explosion.

In the end, he wasted a second judging his current situation, then he had to force himself to make a difficult decision.

Although he was extremely reluctant to admit it, it was meaningless to consider Lucy’s safety at this point.

Just as "Dominate" said, human strength is ultimately too insignificant; thus, they always have to face these moments of despair.

But he still had one second left.

Mr. Hog ran straight towards "Dominate." Since physical attacks had no effect on it, perhaps as a spiritual power projection, his Standin could truly touch the enemy.

This would become important intelligence.

However, as he took the first step, he caught a glimpse of the figure in the mask out of the corner of his eye. In the instant of life and death, the Standin took an action completely opposite to his—he appeared beside Lucy, and the hand he swung struck her arm.

The next moment, time began to flow.

"It seems Jock was wrong about you."

"Dominate" noticed Mr. Hog had changed his stance suddenly and moved a step closer to itself, "... you indeed managed to stop the world’s time for two seconds."

But even the most powerful abilities require the support of the Psychic themselves.

And Mr. Hog, with his frail body, was completely unable to unleash the true power of his ability.

"But now, it’s all over."

The Psychic Bomb detonated behind him, and before Mr. Hog had even taken his second step, he was engulfed by space distorted by the explosion’s blast wave, maintaining his sprinting pose.

This was the futile struggle of an ordinary person.

In the midst of the explosion, it turned around, but amid the roar of the explosion, "Dominate" heard a faint noise.

It was the sound of running footsteps.

How was this possible?

Mr. Hog should have been torn to pieces the moment he was hit by the explosion.

Disbelieving, "Dominate" turned and saw Mr. Hog at the center of the explosion miraculously unharmed and already beside it.

Subsequently, it saw a pair of hands that shouldn’t exist emerge beside Mr. Hog. The ghostly arms clenched their fists, poised to throw a punch.

A rush of intense crisis overcame it, followed by a moment of dizziness—it felt threatened by an aging ordinary person?

An instant of eye contact with Mr. Hog reaffirmed "Dominate" that this was no hallucination.

This man...

Seemed so confident in those arms that he disregarded the explosion behind him, casting aside all threats to his life.

Something wasn’t right!

It abandoned meaningless pride and followed its instincts, dissolving its body into "ink" that blended into the darkness.

Time stopped once again.

After a brief moment of disorientation, "Dominate" saw the ghostly fists strike the wall in rapid succession, like a barrage of cannonballs. The seemingly soft punches created eerie holes in the ballistic-coated, reinforced wall, and it also noticed that the Psychic Bomb had once again failed to detonate.

After the shockwave, the building remained intact, and even Lucy, who had triggered the bomb, was still standing there, dumbfounded.

"Dominate" didn’t linger but swiftly fled the scene.

At the same time, a strong sense of humiliation arose in its mind—was it actually scared off by a mere human?

It rushed away from the building without hesitation, diving into the split plants.

After swallowing it, the plant quickly vanished into the night.

When the visible world changed and "Dominate" confirmed it had returned to the world constructed by plants, it suddenly breathed heavily like a living human. Then it felt an emptiness in its chest.

A hole ran right through its body.

For a Consciousness Entity, this shouldn’t be a fatal injury; they have no physical form and can always use their consciousness to fill in the missing parts. But this time, after futile attempts, it reluctantly realized that part of itself had completely disappeared.

An unknown terror surged in its heart.

This was the only attack other than the Psychic Storm that could reach them. It couldn’t understand the secret behind those swinging fists, but if it hadn’t been for Mr. Hog’s far too brief time-stopping and his own limited mobility, it might have been severely wounded this time.

"You’re injured."

The voice of the Old Tree beside him was as cold and indifferent as ever, "I’ve already advised you not to cause too much commotion in The First Region. Father God has said that, aside from the enemies we’ve seen, this city may also be hiding some unknown things."

"Mind your own business."

"Dominate" retorted, unwilling to show weakness. It quickly realized that this wasn’t Hog’s own doing but rather the work of the Devil.

It just didn’t understand why the Devil would actually lend power to an ordinary person.

In its resentment, it felt a strong surge of jealousy.

It was startled by the emotions that suddenly emerged.

"Dominate" gathered its spirits, stubbornly saying, "I’m about to uncover the secret behind his abilities."

.....................

Meanwhile, at the psychiatric hospital.

"Mr. Hog, what just happened? Am I dreaming right now?"

Lucy asked cautiously.

She had just experienced an explosion as a Psychic Bomb, heard the deafening blast, and felt her body being torn apart by the aftermath, but when she came to her senses, she found everything seemed like a hallucination, and she was still standing in the same spot.

There was no sign of the Devil in the room.

The wall in front of Hog was riddled with holes, the dim moonlight filtering through them into the room.

"This is reality."

It wasn’t long before Hog answered Lucy without turning his head, "It has escaped."

He, too, felt an incredibly unreal sensation. At the moment of the explosion, his body seemed to have moved on its own, and he simply followed his instincts. In reality, even Hog himself didn’t know why the Psychic Bomb was a dud and couldn’t understand the alternate ability his Standin had shown.

Nor could he continue pondering any further.

An unprecedented sense of fatigue overwhelmed him; this was likely a side effect of overtaxing his spiritual power.

"Lucy, I might need some time to recuperate."

Before losing consciousness, he found himself having to pin his hopes on the unreliable Rob Lucci, "Go find Rob Lucci, he knows the secrets about the Standin users."

"Mr. Hog? Mr. Hog!"

He heard Lucy’s anxious calls.

Now, he just wanted to close his eyes and sleep soundly.

...

At this very moment, Song Lan, located at the bank transport company, was trying to explain the true mystery behind his Invincible Universe’s Heart-Piercing Knife to Lu Xiang.

In fact, when he accidentally killed Mr. Chai Ke for the first time, he hadn’t understood the true principle behind this skill either.

Lu Xiang stood behind him, watching as he pulled his hand, which had been embedded in the wall, out of the hole he had made.

She reached out to investigate the damaged part of the wall and was surprised to find that even the bulletproof coating inside had been destroyed.

Given that Song Lan wasn’t a prosthetic implantation recipient nor someone who had undergone body modifications, and considering his weak physical strength, it was impossible for him to make a hole in the wall with his hand. This scene made her recall the bodies with pierced chests, especially Mr. Chai Ke, whose entire chest had undergone prosthesis modifications and might not even be punctured directly by heavy weaponry.

Lu Xiang found it hard to imagine the sheer force required to punch a hole through Mr. Chai Ke’s chest.

"This was the effect caused by Destruction-type Psychic Abilities."

"Are you saying you didn’t punch through their chests with your fists?"

"Of course not, I just happened to place my hand there."

After spending so much time with Lu Xiang, Song Lan’s theoretical knowledge had improved, "If, after the ability is deactivated, part of my body remains in conjunction with an object, it results in such an effect."

And he had just temporarily lent the use of Destruction-type Psychic Abilities to Hog, "When different timelines dislocate, any overlapping objects are caught in the vortex, and even Consciousness Entities are no exception."

With the ability to stop the entire world’s time for 2 seconds, coupled with the means for a decisive strike, only then Mr. Hog’s "Standin" came closer to completion.

Lu Xiang remained silent.

As she had said before, Song Lan’s abilities were the most incomprehensible to her, and even with him explaining the effects of his ability activation as he had just done, it was still somewhat difficult to grasp.

"So, manager, you should understand what I mean now, right?"

Their eyes met.

After a moment, Lu Xiang asked with confusion, "Are you referring to the application of Destruction-type Psychic Abilities?"

"No."

Song Lan shook his head and said, "Based on this theory, in fact, Mr. Chai Ke, Mr. Dorago, and Ms. Phine all died due to the phenomenon of temporal-spatial turbulence, which should be considered an accident."

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