Chapter 92 Parasitism
join the Church of MissRaven and become a Sequence 9: Reader p atreon.com/KeyofStars for more chapters
Klein, who had been enjoying the show, was naturally a little confused by the sudden fire that had spread to him.
However, Lin Ruo had told him about the special training starting this morning yesterday, so Klein, who was mentally prepared for this, immediately got up and followed him after being confused for a second.
After the two left the Blackthorn Security Company, Lin Ruo grabbed Klein's shoulder and used the traditional teleportation skill of the Traveler, and the two arrived at an empty square.
Arriving at an unfamiliar place, Klein subconsciously looked around and found that this seemed to be a shooting range, a bit similar to the training ground of the Tingen Shooting Club, only larger and without anyone else present.
"Where is this?" Klein asked curiously.
"A manor in the outskirts of Backlund. I've temporarily rented it," Lin Ruo replied, having been busy with this matter before going home in the morning.
Thanks to a certain old friend, it didn't cost him much money.
— By the way, while Klein was observing the surroundings, Lin Ruo had already finished simulating the Traveler and switched to another pathway.
"I will conduct the first stage of special training for you here for a period of time in the future."
"Backlund…" Klein suddenly thought of what Lin Ruo had said before about his affairs in Backlund, and immediately understood.
He then thought of what had just happened and couldn't help but ask, "Lin Ruo, what's going on with Leonard? How does he have an angel of the Zoroast family on him?"
"More precisely, there is an angel of Sequence 1 of the Marauder pathway parasitizing Leonard," Lin Ruo corrected, his smile suddenly becoming meaningful, "Do you know what parasitism is?"
Klein immediately shook his head. Although he had learned a lot of knowledge that he shouldn't know at his Sequence thanks to Lin Ruo, he naturally still didn't know about the part that Lin Ruo hadn't taught him.
"Parasitism is a specialty of high-Sequence Beyonders of the Marauder pathway, and even Sequence 4 of the Marauder pathway is called Parasite," Lin Ruo said with a smile, "Generally speaking, there are two forms of parasitism."
Lin Ruo said, holding out a finger.
"The first can be called preliminary parasitism. In this stage, the parasite will use the host to hide itself, prolong its life, and recover from injuries. It can see everything the host sees and hear everything the host hears, but it cannot interfere with the host's thoughts or steal his ideas, so in this stage, if the host wants to communicate with the parasite, he must take the initiative to speak and talk to 'air'."
Hearing this, Klein couldn't help but think of Leonard's self-talking behavior that he had occasionally encountered, and thought of Leonard's conversation with Lin Ruo just now, and immediately said thoughtfully, "So Leonard's current situation belongs to preliminary parasitism?"
"Almost," Lin Ruo smiled and held out his second finger, saying:
"The second type of parasitism is complete control, also known as deep parasitism. In this stage, the parasite's and the host's spirit bodies have almost merged, knowing his thoughts, understanding his intentions, and being able to actively take over the body. In this stage, the host is no different from a puppet that can be manipulated at will to the parasite."
Hearing this, Klein suddenly felt a chill down his spine.
Lin Ruo paused and added, "By the way, because most of the Beyonders of the Marauder pathway are relatively malicious, the hosts parasitized by the Marauder pathway generally don't have a good ending."
"Then Leonard…" Klein was shocked and subconsciously worried about his poet classmate, but then he thought of something, looked at Lin Ruo's relaxed smile, and said, "That's not right. If the angel parasitizing Leonard is also that kind of malicious guy, with your personality, you wouldn't just say hello… So the other party is a special case?"
"You could say that. Compared to other Marauder, the Zoroast family's reputation is indeed not bad, and Pallez himself is not that kind of malicious guy. With his personality, even if he parasitizes Leonard, he will at most steal a few years of his life as a token, nothing major."
Lin Ruo nodded, quite pleased with Klein's reaction speed, but he didn't say the more important reason — no matter whether Pallez himself is good enough, the fact that he parasitizes Leonard means that he wants to join the Nighthawks. In this case, he certainly wouldn't do anything to Leonard.
However, in the later stages, this old man really raised Leonard as his grandson… Lin Ruo thought of Leonard's daily life with the old man in the original novel, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
"That's good," Klein breathed a sigh of relief, then couldn't help but complain, "But stealing a few years of life as a token is still okay…"
"No way, a thief never leaves empty-handed!" Lin Ruo spread his hands. This situation was not something he made up, but something that a descendant of the Zoroast family once said.
"As expected of a Marauder…" Klein said with some emotion, then looked at Lin Ruo curiously and asked, "Lin Ruo, you seem to know that angel parasitizing Leonard very well?"
"I can't say I know him well. I can only say that I do know something about him," Lin Ruo shook his head, but his smile became even more meaningful, "And he may also know something about me."
"Could Leonard… Is he lying to you?" Klein was stunned, then realized something.
"I'm not sure…" Lin Ruo shook his head and said, "But I'm very clear about one thing, that is, without conclusive evidence, don't even trust the punctuation marks of what Beyonders of the Marauder pathway, especially high-Sequence Beyonders like angels, say."
He looked at Klein and said, "This is also something you must remember, never easily trust a 'Marauder', because they are already used to deception."
"And because you have chosen the Seer pathway, you must be more careful of the Marauder pathway."
Klein was a little confused, but he quickly searched for the keywords in his mind and asked, "Is it because of similar Sequences?"
"Yes," Lin Ruo smiled as before, and said, "There is a saying that when we choose the corresponding pathway, our enemies and allies are already destined, so we must be careful of the same pathway and careful of similar pathways."
Listening to these words, although Klein didn't fully understand, he still inexplicably felt a sense of cruelty.
"Okay, let's not talk about these things. Next, let's talk about the special training!" Lin Ruo changed the subject at this time, saying:
"Based on your situation, I have divided the special training into several stages. The first stage is tentatively scheduled before you advance to Clown. Considering that you currently don't have any combat power, this stage will be mainly theoretical, mainly to broaden your horizons," Lin Ruo said with a meaningful smile.
Klein was a little puzzled and said, "If it's a theoretical lesson, why come here?"
"Because…" Lin Ruo dragged out the ending, but didn't give Klein an answer after "Because", instead slowly took out a wallet, opened it in Klein's surprised expression, and began to count the money inside.
"Well, a total of 6 soli and 8 pence, not even a pound? Klein, although I knew you were poor, I have to say that your poverty still exceeds my imagination."
join the Church of MissRaven and become a Sequence 9: Reader p atreon.com/KeyofStars for more chapters