Edith heard that a woman came to find Casey, she immediately turned to take a glance at him, with a trace of inquiry in her eyes.
"Who is Vermilion Bird? I never knew you have such a friend." Edith asked.
Casey smiled at Edith with embarrassment, he said “She is my... Well, colleague."
He did not know how to tell Edith about the identity of Vermilion Bird. He had never mentioned the Pantheon to Edith, so he said Vermilion Bird was his colleague.
"Colleague?" Edith obviously was stunned, put down the chopsticks, staring at Casey, “Do you have something to hide from me? Why do you have a colleague? Casey, you are lying."
Casey suddenly clapped his forehead and felt his address to Vermilion Bird was inappropriate. He had been long that he left his company behind, how could he had colleagues?
"Well, I joined an organization while I was out, and Vermilion Bird is a member of this organization, so I said she is my colleague. Vermilion Bird is like a tiger, I won’t have fancy on her."
"What! You want to have fancy on others!" Edith immediately exclaimed.
Casey did not understand what was in Edith’s mind.
"I am afraid you would think too much, so I explained it. You will understand when she is here." With that, Casey asked that man to bring over Vermilion Bird.
Casey thought if Vermilion Bird came to make a scene, he would teach her a lesson even if he would even offend her three brothers.
Later, Vermilion Bird was led by the servant to Casey and Edith. Vermilion Bird looked messy. Casey remembered that she loved dressing up and wearing many jewelries, but now Vermilion Bird looked messy in her hair and dirty on her face, as if she had been hungry for a long time. She did not look swaggering as she did in the pantheon.
Casey looked at Vermilion Bird with doubts. With three masters of sublimation as her brothers, why she reduced to this point?
Edith carefully looked at Vermilion Bird and found that Vermilion Bird was a pretty woman, but she looked messy. She must have encountered some troubles.
Vermilion Bird also noticed Edith. She did not expect that Casey had such a beautiful wife.
But at the thought of her own experience, Vermilion Bird was embarrassed. If she had a way out, she would come to Casey, who she did not like, for help.
"What's the matter with you?” Casey stared at Vermilion Bird and asked.
Vermilion Bird did not answer Casey, but stared at the food on the table swallowing saliva. Seeing that, Edith stood up, said with a smile, “You should have not eaten yet, sit down and eat with us."
With these words, she helped Vermilion Bird to the table and sat her down.
Vermilion Bird immediately picked up a pair of chopsticks on the table and began to gobble, which showed that she was really hungry.
Vermilion Bird went to the point and told her experience to Casey and Edith.
After receiving a task from the Pantheon headquarters, Vermilion Bird came to B City soon after Casey left and began to investigate someone commit crime through mind control.
The Pantheons had uncovered most of the clues, and Vermilion Bird was here to bring the perpetrators of the crime to justice.
The target of Vermilion Bird was a man named Lachlan Chapman, who was the lord of Chapman family a second-rate family in B City. According to the investigation of the Pantheon, he had the ability to control other people's mind. Once through the mind control, he seduced innocent girls, induced others to commit suicide and to disclose business secrets.
Originally Vermilion Bird thought she only needed to catch Lachlan, but to her surprise, it was not that easy. Lachlan was far more powerful than she thought.
He had spiritual power and could control the mind of others, plus, he had the strength of the grandmaster, so he was a skillful master.
When Vermilion Bird came to his door, Lachlan had no fear but fought with Vermilion Bird. Although Vermilion Bird was at the peak of grandmaster circle, and she literally was powerful than Lachlan, but she did not expect that Lachlan had spiritual power, which made her unprepared. In the fight, Lachlan, through spiritual power, made Vermilion Bird lose her mind and she forgot what to do next.
Naturally it was bad that she did not know how she should move in the fight, in only a short moment, the other side could seize her flaw through this opportunity and defeat her.
What was more terrible, Lachlan could hypnotize others through spiritual power. Vermilion Bird's willpower was far beyond ordinary people, but later she was still defeated by Lachlan.
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