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Chapter 3853 Persuasion
Chapter 3853 Persuasion
"We need you."
"Prada beauty show... needs you."
After Gleipnir finished speaking, he looked silently at Abigail.
Abigail's expression was a little strange, as if she was in deep thought or trying to make a decision, with her brows tightly furrowed.
Gleipnir did not urge it, but just waited quietly, waiting for its response.
About half a minute later, Abigail seemed to have sorted out some of her thoughts. Judging from her expression, she should have come back to her senses. However, she did not respond to Gleipnir immediately. After hesitating for a few seconds, she said, "What else?"
"What else?"
Abigail: "You just said that I was needed for the Prada beauty show. So how did you know where I was? How could you be so precise here and summon the Lightless Room?"
After a pause, Abigail's tone seemed smoother than before, and she continued to ask, "How did you know that I was in the Darkness? You can't tell me that you have the ability to predict the future, right?"
Facing Abigail's questioning, Gleipnir's expression remained calm.
She had anticipated this situation before.
She certainly couldn't answer this series of questions directly. Even if she told Abigail about the information about the wonderland and the intelligence about the dungeon, she probably wouldn't believe it.
So, she chose...
"Why can't I predict the future?" Gleipnir asked.
Abigail looked unconvinced and even thought Gleipnir was joking.
But after a long while, Gleipnir still maintained that calm and composed face, with determination revealed in his eyes... Seeing this scene, it suddenly became undecided again.
After hesitating for a moment, Abigail asked in a very soft voice, "You are not going to tell me that you can really predict the future, right?"
Gleipnir: "If I didn't have this ability, how would I be here?"
After a pause, Gleipnir saw that Abigail still had a skeptical expression, and said again: "I am an astrologer."
Abigail: "Astrologer?"
Gleipnir: "What is an astrologer? They observe the changes in the stars and use the power of the sky. They also use the power of the sky to predict the past and the future."
"And I am the astrologer who controls the power of the starry sky."
Abigail had never heard of the profession of "astrologer", but she knew the ritual of "astrology".
It is said to be an ancient astronomical ritual that can predict the future through changes in the starry sky.
So, astrologers are people with the ability to tell fortunes?
Facing Abigail's doubts, Gleipnir said calmly: "Astrologers have more abilities than just divination, but they can indeed predict the future."
Without waiting for Abigail's reaction, Gleipnir continued, "Every word I said above is true. If you don't believe it, you can use any method to judge it."
"I am an astrologer, no doubt about it."
Gleipnir remained calm, seemingly not worried at all about being "exposed".
Actually...
She was not worried, because the series of words she just said were indeed true. Before saying that she was an "astrologer", she did not make any statements, but only asked questions.
Only when she called herself an "astrologer" and in her subsequent description of an astrologer's abilities did she use a confident tone.
And these are indeed true.
She herself is an astrologer, and she does know astrology and divination, but she didn't tell Abigail that astrology cannot be used in the Modern City.
On the other side, Abigail thought carefully about it. Her journey from the dark corner to the present world was kept secret. No one knew except the girl who made the bet with her.
And it was impossible for that girl to pass her information to the human world. If she could really pass her information to the human world, she wouldn't have to go through all the trouble of sending herself to the human world.
Therefore, Gleipnir had indeed obtained the information about the "Lightless Space" for no reason. And with this reason, he was able to accurately know that he was in the Lightless Space and even set up a ritual to summon it...
To Abigail, it seemed that only the "foresight" could explain this.
Although it had been somewhat disdainful of the ability to predict the future before, now... it began to believe it a little.
However, more evidence is needed to be completely certain.
"I don't have magic like the truth, but I have another way to make sure whether what you say is true." Abigail paused and said, "Please wait for me for a moment."
Gleipnir didn't know what it was going to do, but he nodded calmly: "Okay."
Abigail turned around and disappeared, and no one knew where she went.
Gleipnir was not in a hurry. While silently waiting for Abigail to come back, he opened the "private chat channel" and told Angel all the information and clues he had obtained.
Abigail came back just after I finished sharing the information and before I could get any feedback from Angel.
To be precise, Abigail's "figure" did not appear in the "Dream Bureau", but her "voice" reached Gleipnir's ears.
"Next, I will use some of the power of illusions and compress them around you, so that I can sense the fluctuations of your consciousness more clearly."
"At that time, you can repeat what you just said, and I will naturally be able to determine whether what you said is true or false."
"Do you agree?"
Gleipnir nodded without hesitation: "Okay."
As she finished her words, the surrounding "Dream Bureau" began to change. It originally looked like a cellar, but now the surrounding environment was like washed ink, slowly becoming distorted and discolored.
Soon, the previous appearance of the cellar had completely disappeared.
Only a pitch-black void remained.
And above this void, a ray of light suddenly appeared.
This light fell directly on Gleipnir, illuminating her with a light and dark outline.
Gleipnir tried to look up at the light in the sky, but found nothing. She just vaguely felt that the "light" was a bit like a "crack", and she herself seemed to be trapped in a dark bag, and the crack above her head was the only way out of the bag.
The crack above was getting smaller and smaller, and the white light hitting Gleipnir became more and more concentrated. In the end, it was almost completely focused on Gleipnir.
The shrinking of the aperture and the contrast between light and dark made Gleipnir feel a little oppressive for unknown reasons.
When the aperture shrank to its maximum, Abigail's voice came again. This time, its voice became a little grand, even shaking the eardrums.
It's like opening an opening from outside the "bag" with a perspective outside the box, which can cause vibrations in the entire box.
"You can speak now. I only have ten seconds to control the Dream Bureau. Hurry and speak."
Gleipnir: "I can guarantee that everything I said just now is true, whether it's because I came to find you for the Prada beauty pageant or because of my profession. I am indeed an astrologer. I use the power of the stars to predict the past and the future. This is my ability..."
Before Gleipnir could finish his words, the crack in the sky disappeared.
The oppressive feeling caused by the contrast between light and dark also disappeared.
Gleipnir immediately realized that the time had come for Abigail to take control of the Dream Bureau.
Sure enough, after a few seconds, the surrounding void began to distort again.
Soon, the dark void disappeared, and Gleipnir appeared in an empty square.
A relatively gentle light shone on her.
Although this light also came from above, it was not the previous "crack".
With the help of this light, Gleipnir also looked around.
Because his field of vision was too narrow, Gleipnir could not see the entire surroundings, but he could vaguely sense that the square was large and seemed to have no boundaries.
At least, Gleipnir couldn't see the border wall at a glance.
The floor of the square is paved with reddish-brown oak wood, which appears to have been oiled and has obvious reflections.
As for the other decorations around, well... nothing.
Nothing at all.
Just as Gleipnir was observing, a ray of light appeared again not far away, but this time it did not hit her, but fell ten meters away.
That was a clown with an extremely strong style.
Its face was painted as pale as paper. Against this pale background, an exaggerated smile was outlined with thick black pen and red lines. The corners of its mouth were stretched all the way to its ears. Its eyes were circled with black paint, but one could still see a cunning and weird light in its eyes.
As for its attire, it is no different from that of a circus clown, except that there are many more accessories such as "flames", "balloons" and "ribbons" in the details.
This is the clown who belongs to the carnival night.
If nothing unexpected happens, the clown under the other "top light" ten meters away should be Abigail.
"Abigail?" Gleipnir asked in a low voice.
Abigail nodded, "It's me."
"Where is this..." Gleipnir looked around and asked curiously.
Abigail: "Where I used to live in the dark corners."
So, this is what the Dark Corner looks like? Gleipnir looked around with interest: "From what I know, the Dark Corner seems to be full of buildings, but here it looks like a square without boundaries."
Abigail: "There are also some inside the building. It is a hotbed for the birth of monsters. And here, although it is a square with nothing in it, the wanderers in the dark corners and human organizations... all want to come here."
“Because this is a peaceful place.”
"Here, your heart will become inexplicably peaceful and calm. Even the most powerful monsters or dangerous entities will lose the desire to attack here."
"You could say that this is a safe zone for humans wandering in dark corners. You don't have to worry about monsters or losing your sanity. The only thing you need to worry about is... food."
Abigail paused and said, "However, I only simulated the safe zone. I did not simulate the sense of peace and tranquility. After all, this is a dream, and the requirements cannot be so high."
Gleipnir actually wanted to continue asking about the situation in the Dark Corner, but she also knew the priorities of the matter.
Now is obviously not the time to be curious about dark corners.
"Are you satisfied with my answer just now?" Gleipnir looked at Abigail.
Under the top light, Abigail's facial features are more distinct, and her lips span the light and shadow areas. The shadow part looks like she is smiling slyly, while the light part looks like a normal smile.
"I can't completely judge whether what you said is true, but at least when you said you were an astrologer, your heart and mind were in sync, and your vibrations were consistent."
"So, I'll just believe what you say."
Gleipnir: "I have already told you our purpose. According to the agreement, is it your turn to tell me what your purpose is?"
"Are our goals contradictory?"
Abigail: "It's not contradictory, it's very compatible."
"Match?" Gleipnir raised an eyebrow.
Abigail smiled and said, "Yes, because I came to this world to fulfill a bet and find a man named Yusup."
"And this Yusup, if nothing unexpected happens, should be the person from the Prada Media Company you just mentioned."
Gleipnir's pupils suddenly shrank, and his eyes seemed filled with shock.
"you……"
"Who was the person who made the bet with you? Why did they ask you to come to Yusup? And what do you want to do with Yusup?"
Abigail didn't care about Gleipnir's three consecutive questions. Instead, she said calmly, "Answer them one by one. Let's talk about the person who made the bet with me first."
"Since you support the Prada beauty pageant so much, you should have heard of this person. Her name is... Paipai."
……
Paipai?!
At this time, Angel had already received the "private message" from Gleipnir.
When Angel saw Gleipnir say that there was indeed NPC information above the head of the Carnival Night Clown, he was not too surprised, because this came from his judgment.
However, when we saw this Carnival Night Clown named "Abigail Barbosa", it turned out that she had sealed herself and come to the world because of a bet with Paipai.
This surprised Ingres.
He had indeed heard before that the fundamental reason for Prada Media's decline was the sudden disappearance of Paipai and a group of elites.
At that time, Ingres did not think that "Paipai" had gone to the dark corner. He guessed that it might be the work of Modern Fashion Club.
But now through Abigail's NPC information, it can be confirmed that Paipai's disappearance is related to Dark Corner!
Most likely, he fell into a dark corner.
Whether it was a deliberate plot or an unintentional mistake is not important for now.
What Ingres wants to know more now is whether the elite backbones of Prada Media who disappeared with Paipai are also in the dark corner?
If they are all living in the dark corner at this time, then would there be another way to complete the main mission of the Modern City dungeon: open the door to the dark corner and bring back Paipai and a group of elites.
As long as they come back, the decline of Prada Media will definitely change.
Isn’t this also a way to revive Prada Media and restore the glory of beauty pageants?