Since Ava Zimmerman swapped her voice with Azura Loomis, Scarlett Jennings suspected that the price she had to pay for her ability might be significant.
Most evidently, it was her gradually losing her voice.
It started with her voice, then her eyes, ears, and even various organs of her body.
If she hadn’t been recklessly using her Power of Word Spirit from the start, perhaps things wouldn’t have turned out this badly.
The only thing Scarlett Jennings found ironic was.
The health that Kingston Jennings dreamed of was squandered by her.
...
"Are you here to laugh at me?"
Ava Zimmerman spoke, her voice still Azura Loomis’s, but inexplicably hoarser.
Scarlett Jennings looked at her, her expression indifferent, and simply said,
"You’ve indeed created plenty of laughable moments."
Hearing this, a flash of shame and anger crossed Ava Zimmerman’s face, then as if in a desperate rage, she pointed at Scarlett Jennings,
"At least I never hid anything! And you?! You stole my Power of Word Spirit! Give it back to me!"
"I didn’t steal your Power of Word Spirit, and I couldn’t even if I tried."
Scarlett Jennings explained calmly, not caring if Ava Zimmerman believed her, and continued,
"And even if I gave you back the Power of Word Spirit, do you think you’d still have a chance to use it?"
She had used Word Spirit to manipulate others, practiced Evil Technique to change appearance, transfer lives, and with all these instances, the Security Bureau would never let her go.
Ava Zimmerman was not unaware of the possible consequences she might face; she just didn’t want to believe it, but hearing Scarlett Jennings mention it now, she couldn’t help but become frightened.
She had already been locked in a dog cage; was she to be locked up again?
She didn’t want that!
"Don’t you, don’t you want to know about Nolan Snyder’s whereabouts from me?!"
Ava Zimmerman tried to find leverage for herself.
But saw that both Scarlett Jennings and the other two were silent, just watching her. Ava Zimmerman wanted to question their reaction when she heard Scarlett Jennings slowly responding,
"Do you not know that the Mystical Sect has something like a Truth Talisman?"
In her current condition, worse than an ordinary person, a single Truth Talisman could get them to learn everything they wanted to know.
If they hadn’t found out by now, it could only be because she didn’t know Nolan Snyder’s whereabouts either.
Ava Zimmerman was truly panicking now.
In the past, her greatest reliance was the Power of Word Spirit, but now, without it, she seemed to be nothing...
What could she possibly be?
Chase Jennings had been standing on the side, watching Ava Zimmerman slowly sink into bewilderment due to Scarlett Jennings’ words, his expression full of complexity.
Despite the complexity, this time he would absolutely not sympathize with her again.
Seeing that Scarlett Jennings had finished saying what she wanted to say, he hesitated for a moment, but still stepped forward; there was something he wanted to hear from her own mouth,
"Back then on the street, when you saved me, was it something you orchestrated yourself?"
Chase Jennings had doubted what had happened back then more than once, but every time he suspected her, she would use Word Spirit to immerse him back into trust in her.
Away from the hints she had given him and Chase Jennings’ own feelings of sympathy or pity, Chase Jennings had indeed found some issues.
Especially when Azura Loomis disappeared from his car, but her voice and eyes became Ava’s, which was enough to explain the issue.
"Did you approach me on purpose?..."
Ava Zimmerman’s originally chaotic emotions instead seemed to calm down upon hearing Chase Jennings’ words.
Looking at him, she didn’t deny his suspicion,
"Yes, it was me who hit your head and sent you to the hospital, all with the thought that you would later come to find me."
She paused in her speech, her eyes suddenly sweeping towards Scarlett Jennings beside her, then she shifted the conversation,
"But you got one thing wrong, yes, it was intentional, but the person I wanted to approach from the beginning wasn’t you, it was her."
After saying this, Ava Zimmerman couldn’t resist throwing a provocative glance at Scarlett Jennings.
Even if she was going to face punishment, she wouldn’t let Scarlett Jennings get away scot-free.
Even without the Power of Word Spirit, she still knew how to read people’s minds, especially those like Chase Jennings.
Arrogant, presumptuous, and never self-reflective.
Even if there is a fault, it’s someone else’s fault.
She could provoke Chase Jennings’ sense of dissatisfaction towards Scarlett Jennings without resorting to hints.
The thought of someone perpetually upsetting Scarlett Jennings in the future delighted Ava Zimmerman.
Ava Zimmerman’s plans were well thought out, and she indeed knew Chase Jennings.
But that was the past Chase Jennings.
If he hadn’t heard similar "provocations" from Ava Zimmerman in his dreams,
If he hadn’t endured the nightmare of becoming Harry Whitley,
He might have immediately followed her words, as he used to, blaming his current plight on Scarlett Jennings, feeling like Scarlett Jennings had implicated him.
But having experienced over three hundred despairing days in that dream, how would Chase Jennings dare to think that way now?
"Shut up, you!"
Chase Jennings suddenly burst out at Ava Zimmerman, causing everyone, including Ava herself, to be momentarily stunned.
But Chase Jennings didn’t care, pointing at Ava Zimmerman, he yelled,
"It’s you who started everything, the root of all evil is you! How dare you blame others?! Why should I blame anyone else?
Do you think I’m still that fool you can manipulate with a few hints?!"
After seeing the "brutal" methods of Scarlett Jennings, Chase Jennings wouldn’t foolishly let himself be used as a tool again.
Wanting to trap him inside a cleaning robot doing endless cleaning work...
No way!
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