A One-Chapter Speedrun

Freya said, "Uh... supernatural powers probably exist, right? After all, didn't you say you saw a ghost, and this evil-warding tool actually worked?"

Amy said excitedly, "Right, right?! To be honest, there are actually a few others who think the same way I do. We even formed a 【Supernatural Research Society】! Fufu, do you want to join us? We can study those potential supernatural forces together!"

Freya blinked in surprise. "Ah?"

Amy said, "Come on, come on! It'll be really fun!"

Freya hesitated. "Well... I suppose I could?"

Actually, if Freya wanted to, getting Amy a Rank One potion would be incredibly easy. But would that really be a good thing?

It was said that in a world of extraordinary powers, ordinary people were incredibly fragile and could easily die in some sudden, unknown disaster one day. However, becoming an extraordinary didn't guarantee safety either. Especially for someone like Amy, who was kind-hearted and habitually put others before herself. Freya felt that Amy simply wasn't suited for the extraordinary world. Living a normal life would probably be much safer for her.

Because Mind Freya had thoroughly reviewed the original host's memories, Freya's affection for Amy had grown quite a bit. Since she planned to attend school normally anyway, what was the harm in playing along with Amy in this Supernatural Research Society?

Once they hung around for a while and found nothing, Amy would likely lose interest and give up soon enough. And what if they actually stumbled upon clues regarding extraordinary powers? Well, that would give Freya a clear purpose for joining—she would make sure those clues vanished.

Amy said, "Yay! We actually have a gathering tonight. Fufu, you should come along!"

However, before attending this gathering, Freya planned to check out what was going on with that exorcist first. She asked, "Amy, was the other person talking to your dad outside just now the exorcist you hired?"

Amy said, "Yeah, why? Is something wrong?"

Freya replied, "No, it's nothing."

In the very next second after speaking, she entered a simulation and chose the save slot for Mind Freya.

Seeing Freya suddenly transform into a different person before her eyes, Amy couldn't help but daze. But Mind Freya merely cast a glance at her, and Amy immediately grew drowsy, collapsing onto the bed and falling fast asleep.

As for Mind Freya, she cast a layer of 【Psychological Invisibility】 on herself, slipped out of the bedroom, and entered the living room from earlier. Amy's father and the slightly disheveled exorcist were still chatting.

The exorcist said, "Mr. Osborn, the ghost in your home is slowly evolving into an evil spirit! As its strength increases, the evil-warding tool I gave you earlier might gradually lose its ability to suppress it!"

Amy's father, the man addressed as Mr. Osborn, immediately showed a worried expression. "This... then what should we do, Master? You have to help me!"

Hearing this, Mind Freya felt there was no need to keep eavesdropping. She directly used Mind Reading on the exorcist. The guy's surface thoughts were:

“And they call him a big merchant. He's so incredibly easy to trick, tsk tsk tsk...”

Following that, Mind Freya probed deeper. This man was named 【Cole Wolf】. He had consumed a Death Pathway potion about three years ago and was currently a Rank Two wild extraordinary. He was a repeat offender, traveling between major cities specifically targeting wealthy merchants to swindle.

He had only recently arrived in this city. He had cased the wealthy district, scoping out the large villas, and finally selected Amy's father.

The so-called ghosts were merely a Death Pathway ability: summoning specters. By using spirituality, he could summon translucent specters and command them to do simple tasks—like scaring people.

In reality, these things had very mediocre combat capabilities and could only exert extremely limited influence on the physical world. The extraordinary usually used the specters as scouting units.

Mind Freya continued to read his mind. Once she confirmed this guy was acting alone without any friends or organizations, she immediately exited the simulation.

How should she put it? Perhaps because the enemies she had encountered before were too powerful—first Jerome, a War Pathway General who could fight a hundred men alone, and then Luna, a dual-pathway Rank Five expert—Freya had been extremely cautious and entered a simulation just to scout the situation.

As it turned out, the mastermind was only a Rank Two extraordinary right in front of her. A simple Mind Reading was all it took to dig out all his secrets.

Back in reality, Freya recalled Mind Freya, who was slacking off at home, back into the system, and then summoned her. Since Mind Freya had activated Psychological Invisibility beforehand, Amy didn't see her even when she was summoned.

Freya's main body continued to chat with Amy, while Mind Freya, just like in the simulation, walked over to Amy's father and the "exorcist."

They said the Mind Pathway had weak direct combat capabilities, but she had no intention of fighting him head-on.

Under the influence of Hypnosis, the eyes of the Death Pathway extraordinary quickly grew vacant. Seeing this, Amy's father couldn't help but ask, "Master? Master?"

After dazing for a moment, the Death Pathway extraordinary spoke in a stiff tone, "My apologies. I suddenly remembered that I have a very important matter to attend to. We will talk later."

As for what that important matter was? It was to turn himself in to the Special Service!

Once that was taken care of, Mind Freya trotted along, preparing to head back home to continue slacking off. The system's recall and summon features could instantly pull a clone to the main body, but it didn't offer a return trip. Mind Freya had to run all the way back herself.

On her way, Mind Freya glanced at the Death Pathway extraordinary walking just ahead of her and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, ‘The Mind Pathway is truly broken!’

No one had any idea there was another person right beside them, nor did they know Mind Freya had used her ability. This Death Pathway extraordinary would only remember that he was swindling someone one second, and the next, he would open his eyes to find himself inside a prison cell.

However, as she was strolling back home, an elderly man leaning on a cane—dressed very gentlemanly, but looking quite old, at least sixty or seventy—suddenly looked in her direction.

To be more precise, he wasn't looking at the dazed, hypnotized Death Pathway extraordinary walking in front of Mind Freya, but directly at Mind Freya, who was currently in a state of Psychological Invisibility!

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