Chapter 117 Things Went Too Smoothly

Kevin's hand was facing Kate.

The smile on Kate's face froze and gradually disappeared. She stared at Kevin's palm, feeling a little uneasy.

"...Mr. Deep Sea, why do you suddenly want me to do this?"

Kate didn't understand Kevin's request, because in Kate's opinion, the other party didn't seem to like her very much.

Even though Kevin didn't come to the woods much during this period, Kate could sense that this superhero of the Seven had been trying to distance himself from her intentionally or unintentionally.

This is a euphemism.

A more direct statement is that Mr. Deep Sea of ​​the Seven is afraid of Kate's "compulsive power".

Kate saw this and kept a distance from Kevin in the woods.

But today, the other party took the initiative to reach out his hand and let Kate see what he was thinking.

This is very abnormal.

At least in Kate's opinion, this is very abnormal.

"It's just an experiment."

Kevin explained calmly.

But this explanation obviously couldn't convince Kate.

"... What experiment?"

"Don't worry about it for now, try it, can you hear my thoughts."

Kevin smiled and shook his hand at Kate.

Kevin didn't just think of leaving the bar to meet Kate and try to let her read his thoughts.

It was because Kevin suddenly thought that he would need Kate in many things to come.

If Kevin used the control ability similar to Professor X well, Kevin could approach and win over Zoe, Newman, or anyone else who would appear in the future without worrying about being betrayed.

But the premise is that Kevin himself must be able to resist Kate's ability.

So Kevin remembered the magic pattern system in his skill tree system.

After returning to the black robe world from Kamar-Taj, almost two months had passed.

Even though Kevin didn't participate in the plot, because the plot itself was greatly changed by Kevin, and there was also a magic-modified task system to prompt, Kevin also gained eight skill points in bits and pieces in these two months.

Adding the one skill point originally obtained in Kamar-Taj, a total of nine skill points, Kevin added them all to the magic pattern system.

The first skill of the magic pattern system was directly upgraded to level 3, and the three extended skills of the first skill were upgraded to level 2.

The skill point consumption of active skills only requires a few skill points for level 1, 2 and 3, and Kevin's remaining skill points are just enough to light up these skills.

The first skill of the magic pattern system is [Magic Pattern·Attachment], a very simple skill. It creates magic patterns and attaches them to objects to enhance the attack power of the objects.

It's a bit like 'enchantment'.

The three extended skills of [Magic Pattern·Attachment] are [Attachment (Power)], [Attachment (Defense)] and [Attachment (Life)].

The three active skills are easy to understand. One is to increase the attack power of the object, and the other is to increase the defense power of the object.

The last one is to increase the health value.

The duration of attachment is limited, and Kevin's energy is consumed.

Although there is no limit on the cooling time, Kevin's own energy reserves limit the use of these skills.

Of course, these are not important. Anyway, as long as the physique continues to improve, Kevin has plenty of energy, and when the level of [Attachment] is increased, the energy consumed will also decrease accordingly.

What Kevin really cares about is the changes brought about by the extended skill [Addition (Defense)].

After a short test, Kevin found that the defense increased by [Addition (Defense)] is all-round.

Not only the defense of the physical surface, but also the mental defense will be increased.

In other words, after adding magic patterns to the surface of his skin, Kevin has the power to defend against psychics.

In order to test this power, before Kevin came to Kate, he also went to find the psychic "Metzmer" as a passerby and asked him to read his inner voice.

It turned out that when the magic pattern was added, Metzmer, the psychic, could hardly hear Kevin's inner voice.

In addition, during this period, Kevin had some experience in studying those magic books and learned a unique set of meditation methods to relax the mind, which can empty the mind at critical moments.

There is also the passive skill [Heart of the Deep Sea], which seems to have some means of protecting psychic abilities.

With the superposition of multiple factors, Kevin had the confidence to face Kate and let Kate try to listen to his inner thoughts.

Kate's current ability has weakened due to long-term medication, and she can't even exert one tenth of her peak.

Facing Kevin, who can empty his mind and has added magic patterns to himself, it is likely that she can't hear Kevin's inner voice.

Even if she can hear it, Kevin can make Kate unable to capture his true thoughts.

In short, Kevin is not worried that he will be controlled by the other party, or that the other party will know his identity as a time traveler.

Kevin is still waiting for Kate to shake hands with him.

Looking at the hand that Kevin handed over, Kate hesitated for a while, then took off her gloves and slowly stretched them towards Kevin.

In fact, as long as she doesn't use her "compulsion" and just listens to the inner voice of others, Kate is not very resistant.

Because when she was at Yingdila's house, Yingdila sometimes let Kate listen to her inner thoughts to make Kate feel at ease.

She hesitated in the face of Kevin's request, mainly because Kevin didn't like to do it.

But now that Kevin took the initiative to ask, Kate would not have any psychological burden.

Kate's slender hand reached out to Kevin, and touched the big hand with the palm facing up little by little.

After a few seconds, Kate's hand finally fell on Kevin's palm.

She immediately closed her eyes and used her ability to listen to Kevin's inner thoughts.

But she closed her eyes for only two seconds, and she suddenly opened her eyes and asked in disbelief:

"How did you do it?!"

"You can't hear it, right?"

"Yes...but...but this is impossible...you don't have psychic abilities, this..."

Kate didn't understand. Even if her ability was suppressed to a certain extent because of taking medicine, she could at least hear the person's inner thoughts for ordinary people and superhumans who didn't have psychic protection abilities.

If the superhuman's mind was not guarded at all, she could even force that person to do something she ordered.

Kate's 'compulsion' is so strong that in the black robe world where there are not many psychic abilities, as long as she can contact others, she can control everything about that person.

As a result, Kate's ability is now ineffective in front of Kevin.

She can't hear the voice in the other person's heart, and as for whether she can control the other person... Kate thinks it is highly unlikely.

Kate's ability is greatly weakened by taking drugs for a long time.

Originally, she could easily order someone to do something, but now Kate only needs to use this ability on others twice, and she feels a headache, the kind of pain that makes her head explode.

This is still facing ordinary people who have little resistance.

Kevin is resistant to Kate's ability. If Kate forces him to order, Kate feels that even if it succeeds, the blood vessels in her head may burst.

"Can't hear it?"

Kevin asked again.

Kate nodded slightly, looking at Kevin with curiosity.

After being surprised, she began to wonder how Kevin did all this, and asked the question again.

"Yes... you... how did you do it?"

"My ability has improved a little bit, that's probably it. Look, isn't there a theory that the ability to control people's thoughts is essentially the control of the fluid in the brain? And I happen to have the ability to control the water flow, so after a little thought, I came up with this defense method."

Kevin was talking nonsense seriously, even taking out a theory that has not been confirmed in the anime.

But Kate seemed to believe it. Her cute eyes suddenly widened and asked in disbelief:

"In other words... the ability to read minds and control minds is essentially a branch ability to operate water flow?"

"Uh... almost? But it has not been confirmed, at least I can't control other people's thoughts in this way."

Kevin didn't expect Kate to start to believe this statement. He was extremely lacking in theoretical knowledge, so he could only reluctantly agree.

Controlling thoughts by controlling the flow of blood, cerebral fluid and spinal cord in other people's bodies, even if this kind of thing can be done, the degree of control of water flow must be so fine that it is outrageous.

Anyway, Kevin at this stage is definitely not able to do it.

If he reluctantly operates like this, he might end up blowing someone's head off.

Yes, just like Newman.

"That's amazing!"

Kate looked at Kevin with a complicated look.

She thought, if everyone in her family had Kevin's ability, then the tragedy at home would not have happened, and her brother would not have been unable to find him until now.

Kevin had never thought that Kate would have such an idea.

He came to get close to Kate today, mainly to get closer to Kate, hoping that one day she would do things according to his wishes.

From the current point of view, the effect is pretty good.

After talking with Kate, he also confirmed that his defensive enchantment... additional ability can indeed defend against Kate's level of psychic ability. Kevin changed the topic and asked naturally:

"Okay, let's talk about this first. Is Indira not back yet?"

"...She has a lecture today and said she will be back later."

"Then you have to go back alone later?"

"Yes."

"I'll take you there. Even if you are a superhuman, you are still a girl after all. It's dangerous to walk alone at night."

Kevin said with a smile.

He is still trying to get closer to Kate.

Although Kevin had been distancing himself from the girl with mind control before, his sudden closeness now might make Kate wary of him.

But Kevin also has his own advantages.

His advantage is that he cannot be read and cannot be controlled by Kate's ability.

Now in Kate's mind, Kevin must be that very special person, and facing this special person, Kate may have some different ideas from others.

Kevin thought so, and felt that things should develop as he thought.

But what Kevin didn't expect was that things developed too smoothly, or too smoothly.

Because just two days after Kevin sent Kate back, Indira brought Kate to visit.

And asked Kevin:

"Kate will live with you from now on. Don't look at me like that. This is Kate's own request. She said that maybe she would feel more comfortable living here."

Yingdila said.

Kevin: "?"