I Can Read People's Comments

[Chapter 233 Comments.]

[Keltic_Spirit: I'm a slight bit lost on how the ability manifests. Is it: a. An overlay on their sight like Rem sleep but conscious and open eye. b. Applying an illusion over a specific person by taking out their memories to form a 'dream'.]

…

"Well, it's an ability to induce a dream in a person. It can be in the form of all kinds of dreams, like lucid dreams, nightmares, and other things. You can think of it as an illusion in the form of a dream, but they're not sleeping.

"And since it's a dream, I'm taking advantage of their own memories to form those dreams and manipulate them. This way, I can somehow control their movement," Theo replied while turning around, focusing on the captured humans.

The first one would be the three captured males.

Their dream showed how Theo actually came across them and destroyed the cage.

"Help!" These three people looked desperate, never thinking that they would be captured by the cannibals. The horror in their faces had already shown it all.

"It's going to be fine," said Theo while destroying the cage. He asked, "Who are you guys? How did they capture you?"

"We are a mercenary group called Three Brothers. We were transporting the prisoner to a new prison."

"A prisoner?" Theo couldn't help but furrow his eyebrows. He might have heard about prisons, but they weren't really used in this world.

The order was hardly reinstated because the people were still too hungry. It would be hard for them to eat, so it wouldn't be weird for them to commit crimes.

So, it was quite surprising that they talked about prisoners in a situation like this.

It was weird, so he tried to ask them several questions.

In the meantime, he focused on the other side.

He tried to manipulate her state, but he noticed that the woman seemed to lack the ability to think. In fact, the only thing he could manifest was a plain white room as if this woman's brain had been locked.

"Mhmm?" Theo's expression turned serious. He thought that the people who could counter or even manipulate their own dreams would appear sooner or later. But he certainly didn't expect that someone could actually be immune to the dream manipulation.

"Who are you?" Theo asked, looking at the woman who was staring at the ceiling lifelessly. Her physical body was still alive, but it felt like she should have been sucked out of her body.

All of a sudden, a woman's voice echoed directly in his mind.@@novelbin@@

Read exclusive chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

"Kill me."

The request was too absurd even for him. While he didn't mind killing people, he wouldn't kill for no apparent reason.

"I don't see any reasons why. In fact, how did you get captured by the cannibals?" Theo asked, wondering if this woman's ability was telepathy.

"Your brain wave length is weird. It feels like you are not from this world." The woman fell silent for a moment. "I was the one forcing the cannibals to capture me so that they may kill me."

Theo became a bit more confused. "Why do you want to die? I don't understand."

"You won't be able to understand."

"Well, if you convince me enough, I might help you to die. Besides, those three called you a prisoner… so, I couldn't really believe a criminal's words, right?" Theo shrugged.

The woman seemed to consider it carefully before saying, "My name is Valentine. I was an awakener with the ability of telepathy and mind reading. Because of this power, I'm desired by a lot of people."

"If that's true, then you're indeed useful, especially in this dangerous world. You will know your enemy, but you still don't have enough strength to protect yourself." Theo nodded in understanding.

"That's… correct. As you said, my ability is useful, but not for combat. Killing me would remove a hidden threat, but offering me to become the brain of the AI will be much more useful."

"Hoh? The brain of the AI?" Theo looked concerned.

"Since you are from a different world, you must not know about this, but my brain is mutated in a different way, which makes it suitable to be the brain that controls the AI. And to do that, they need me, precisely my brain."

"So, they paralyzed your body or you could say stop everything, including your brain? But it seems that it isn't that effective."

"No. It's effective. My mind will gradually lose its rationality and turn into something that can be programmed by them. If my mind wasn't strong enough, I might have lost this consciousness and turned into nothing but controlled consciousness."

Theo frowned. "I see. It seems that those three were trying to transport you to your new 'home.' But I don't understand. Why would they be captured by the cannibals? Or why would they send only those people to transport such an important person?"

"No. It was originally a group of ten. Most of them had been killed by the cannibals."

"Were you the ones who sent the cannibals?" Theo asked, feeling a bit suspicious from the way she talked.

And as expected, the woman actually confirmed it. "Yes. I sent those cannibals so that they could kill me. In the end, I had lost control over my body because of the drug, so it wouldn't be painful. To think that amidst the chaos, those three were trying to take advantage of me."

"…" Theo fell silent, not saying anything about the last remark. "So, do you want to die?"

"Didn't I tell you yes at the start?"

"What if I told you I wouldn't kill you?"

"…" The woman couldn't say anything. She wanted to protest, but the decision was still in Theo's hands, considering he was able to kill those people and even scare the Tier 6 worm.

"Aren't you capable of mind reading? Why don't you read my mind and see if I will kill you or not?"

"…" The woman remained silent, but this suggestion was indeed good. The woman activated her power to peek into Theo's mind.

"This is… there are two memories? They are from two different worlds… No, the same person? But they are different… but their experiences are completely different… but they are still the same person." The woman seemed to be unable to understand what was going on.

There were indeed two memories in Theo's mind, it was this world's Theo and the original Theo who came to this reality.

Theo looked at her with a serious expression as if he were testing her ability.