Chapter 211 Countermeasures Susanna Mathis's attack is coming? Considering that Charlie has no other enemies and has been working as a waiter at the Breeze Ballroom recently, he won't go to any dangerous places. Lumian quickly formed a clear guess in his mind. Of course, it is possible that Charlie might be very unlucky and encounter other accidents recently, but Lumian feels that one should never be lucky in similar matters. As Charlie put down the tray and waited, he felt a little uneasy under Lumian's gaze. He remembered the other party's magical "prophecy" ability, and hurried over and asked in a low voice: "Do you see anything?" Lumian smiled. "You will have a romantic encounter soon, and will develop a relationship beyond friendship with a beautiful girl." "Really?" Charlie was surprised and happy. The girl's name is Suzanne Matisse... Lumian took back his words and laughed: "You are so gullible, aren't you? You believe this?" "I knew it..." Charlie looked disappointed.

The existence of the Fool Instrument left him no doubt about Charles's ability to deceive people. As he watched Charlie walk to the edge of the dance floor carrying a tray full of wine glasses, the smile on Lumian's face faded little by little. His thoughts raced, one idea after another flashing through his mind: "Am I just too unlucky, or is it fate? I can see that the official Beyonders will pay attention to Mr. Efe and the Old Pigeon Cage Theater tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, arrest all the cultists who believe in the 'Mother Tree of Desire', find out the whereabouts of the evil spirit Susanna Mathis, and purify her completely. As a result, Susanna Mathis may attack me and Charlie again today... "Fuck, Thermipolos was raised by a sow, it must be his doing! "Based on my previous experience of observing the fortune, the problem will break out at the earliest late tonight or at the latest midnight the day after tomorrow... "We can't pin our hopes entirely on Susanna Mathis coming to see Charlie and me the day after tomorrow. We must prepare for the worst-case scenario..." Lumian, who had been infected with swear words by Franka and Janna at some point, forced himself to calm down and made a calm assessment of the current situation. At the same time, he had a preliminary countermeasure: First, hide your identity and remind Charlie to go to the nearest "Eternal Sun" church tonight and stay there for three days; 2. Go to White Coat Street to find Franca and ask for her help. With the support of Franka and Mr. K's fingers, Lumian believed that she had a good chance of surviving Susanna Mathis's first round of attacks. After that, she would no longer have any chances. Whether it was Franka's reminder to the official Beyonders through secret channels or Charlie's behavior of seeking shelter in the church, it was enough to tell the "Eternal Sun" Church that Susanna Mathis appeared again! Although with Mr. K's finger, Lumian has a good chance of dealing with Susanna Mathis on his own, but since he already owes Franca a favor, why not owe her a little more to make things more certain? Without any hesitation, Lumian drank the remaining absinthe in one gulp, stood up and left the Breeze Ballroom. He returned to Room 207 of the Golden Rooster Hotel, took out the "secret-seeing glasses" and put them on his nose. The world spun around again, and I fell underground again. There were those huge brown-green roots again, and there were insects everywhere, and mice huddled in different places... Just as Lumian was about to take off his glasses and start applying makeup, he saw a bush of long green hair with vines and branches. boom! Lumian's head seemed to have been hit, and little golden stars appeared before his eyes. He quickly took off the "secret-seeing glasses" from his face, lowered his head, and retched for several seconds. After doing all this, he took out his makeup tools and started applying different things on his face while the urge to paint something was still there. Inside the dark glass window, Lumian felt more and more like a stranger, like the unkempt drunkard who drank cheap alcohol that was often seen in dance halls. After finishing the last dot, he quickly looked away, not daring to look again for fear of cognitive impairment. Huh... After putting away the makeup tools, Lumian let out a breath and filtered through his mind the scenes he saw after putting on the "secret glasses". The long green hair with vines and branches looked very familiar to him, and he quickly made an association:

Susanna Matisse also had very long green hair, which was entangled with branches and vines that came from nowhere! "Is Susanna Mathis's 'territory' somewhere underground in the market area?" Lumian made a preliminary judgment. He couldn't help but complain: "Why underground again?" Isn’t the underground of Trier too lively? However, this also explains why the official Beyonders failed to completely purify Susanna Mathis last time. Monsters involving the underground are always difficult to eradicate, just like the Montsouris ghost. Lumian remembered that the real Mr. Efe had been to underground Trier late at night, and that the pervert Hedsey had knocked Janna unconscious and taken her to a cave underground. He seemed very familiar with that area and felt safe there. This made him begin to believe that Susanna Matisse was really hiding somewhere underground in Trier, and not too far from the cave chosen by Hedesy. The road that leads deeper underground has come to an end? Lumian speculated as he changed his clothes and left Room 207 in a weird mix of a simple suit and canvas trousers. Inside the Breeze Ballroom. Lumian looked around and found Charlie serving drinks to guests at the edge of the dance floor. He moved closer, and as he passed by Charlie, he lowered his voice and said: "Suzanne Mathis." Janna's singing, the booming music and the noisy voices could not cover up the name, and Charlie froze in place as if he had been struck by lightning. Lumian then whispered a reminder: "I have received intelligence that Susanna Mathis will appear again within three days. If you don't want to die, go to the church tonight and wait until three days later." Charlie's first reaction was panic, his second was to look for Charles, and his third was "Will I be fired directly if I take three days off?" Not finding Ciel, he swallowed hard and asked in a low voice as if to confirm: "Really?" You may not believe it... Lumian controlled his habitual answer to prevent Charlie from making certain associations. He kept his voice low and said: "You go to church tonight and someone will tell you if it's true or not." Charlie could no longer suppress his fear. He looked at the strange face and asked with a little trembling: "who are you?" Why did you come to remind me specifically? "A kind person." Lumian responded with a phrase that his sister would occasionally use when joking. Without saying anything more, he walked past Charlie, squeezed into the dance floor, and quickly disappeared from Charlie's sight. Charlie seemed to have encountered a cold winter, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably. During this period, he would occasionally recall the beauty, tenderness and passion of Suzanne Matisse in his dreams, but each time he was frightened by the memories of tree knots, flowers, mucus and so on and lost his desire. Now, that monster is coming back again! Let's go to St. Robert's Church now! Charlie took the tray and took a few steps towards the door, then stopped. He remembered that it was already late at night and there must be very few pedestrians on the market avenue. That kind of environment is much more dangerous than the bustling Breeze Ballroom! "Susanna Mathis always appears in my dreams, or in the middle of the night when everyone is asleep. I'm in the ballroom with so many people watching me, she definitely wouldn't dare to show up... Wait for Charles to come back, and ask him to take me to St. Robert's Church..." Charlie withdrew his gaze from the door and decided to wait a little longer. The dance hall, filled with all kinds of sounds and smells, gave him a certain sense of security. …………

3 White Coat Street. Lumian, who had removed his makeup, knocked on Franca's door. Franca had already untied her ponytail, letting her flaxen long hair fall naturally, but she was not wearing a nightgown tonight, but a pair of cotton women's pajamas and pants. She was wearing a pair of cool summer slippers. She turned her body to let Lumian enter the room and asked in confusion: "Are you here tonight to ask for advice on the occult?" It had been less than two hours since she and Lumian had been separated, so it seemed like nothing else should have happened. After Franca closed the door, Lumian said seriously: "Something is going on with Charlie. I suspect Susanna Mathis will show up again in the next two days, with a certain probability of late tonight." "So fast?" Franca did not hide her surprise. She didn't even have time to convey the issues about Susanne Matisse, Mr. Efe and the Old Dovecote Theatre to "007"! Lumian nodded: "Although it is difficult for me to accept it, all signs indicate that my speculation is correct." "What are you going to do?" Franca didn't waste time discussing the possibilities. Lumian told Franka the two countermeasures he had thought of, but did not mention Mr. K's finger. Franca looked at him with a smile: "You're very calm. "Didn't you tell me before that Susanna Mathis is a Sequence 5 evil spirit? Even if the two of us were tied together, we might not be able to defeat her. "Tsk, are you too confident in me or too confident in yourself?" Lumian smiled: "All." "You are really not an ordinary person to have escaped from the disaster in Cordu Village." Franca sighed and looked at the wall clock in the house. "It should be fine as long as you can survive tonight. I will hurry up and tell the authorities through my channels. You wait for me in the living room." She walked into her own master bedroom, fiddling with something. Lumian sat on the sofa, looking at the cuckoo clock hanging on the side, and silently counted the time. Nearly two quarters of an hour later, Franca opened the door and came out. She had changed into a close-fitting black robe with leather armor inside and put on a hood. "It's done. There will most likely be action tomorrow." She said to Lumian, and then asked, "Aren't you worried that Charlie will encounter an accident on the way to St. Robert's Church? In the dead of night, there will be evil spirits on the roadside." St Robert's Church is the cathedral church of the Eternal Sun in the Candide Market area, near the Suchit steam train station, and its cemetery was originally located at the current Breeze Ballroom. Lumian had an idea: "I plan to wait until the Breeze Ballroom closes and then secretly follow him to the church." "I'll go with you." Franca suddenly frowned and looked at Lumian and said, "Will Charlie not be attacked in the ballroom? Some evil spirits don't care if there are other people around or how many people there are." Because Susanna Mathis's previous appearances had not affected other people, Lumian subconsciously thought that she would avoid crowded places, and the ballroom was much more crowded than the hotel. After being reminded by Franca, he was startled and said in a deep voice: "Let's get back to the ballroom now!" (End of this chapter)