Nightmare wake up

Chapter 3 Ability and Cost

I don't know how long I was in a coma, but Shen Mi always felt a headache until I woke up.

Yet another unfamiliar environment...

Similar to the interrogation room, he is sitting on a chair, his hands are handcuffed on the table, and under the bright light, there are the four "culprits" who brought him here.

The headache is still so intense it's almost suffocating...

Shen Mi exhausted her strength before looking at the four people in front of her and making contact with the black figure before.

The tall leading woman is dressed in a black trench coat and has a very good figure. This good figure is not an otaku aesthetic in the conventional sense, but more of a bodybuilding category... Sea blue eyes, waterfall-like blond hair wrapped around her head, fair skin Almost reflects light, is a white female.

She leaned against the wall opposite Shen Mi, folded her arms, her beautiful face and figure formed a combination of an angel and a devil, but a hideous scar under her left eye broke the harmony and added a lot of fierceness.

Seeing Shen Mi wake up, she said in pure Chinese, "This is the Hot Spring City Inspectorate, I'm the captain of the Punisher, Vera Alexandra."

What is the punisher?Shen Mi scoured the original owner's memory and confirmed that it was an unfamiliar word.

Without giving Shen Mi a chance to ask questions, she pointed to the two people closest to Shen Mi and said, "Team members, Luo Qing, Rebecca..."

Rebecca was also a white woman, her face was pale as if malnourished, and she had curly black hair. After hearing the captain's introduction, she didn't speak. She just stared at Shen Mi, licked her lips, and stroked the cat she was holding in her arms.

A very fat cat with long hair, tan...

Luo Qing looked a lot more friendly, probably because he was a familiar yellow man, wearing a clean white shirt, a little shy like a student, and smiling at himself.

It was this guy who knocked Luo Sheng unconscious... Is Luo Sheng okay?Should be at home?Shen Mi quickly resumed thinking.

When his eyes fell on the last woman, Shen Mi's eyes stopped. This was a girl who couldn't tell the race, and there was no doubt that she was the transparent person with no emotional color!
The pure black supervisory uniform does not fit well, it is a whole set bigger than the girl, but it can't hide the shocking pure beauty, and the eyes are as bright as gems.

If his eyes weren't so dull, he would be the most beautiful person of the opposite sex that Shen Mi has ever seen.

"Her name is Xiaobai..." Vera smiled when she saw Shen Jing's sluggishness: "No matter what man sees a spirit puppet for the first time, it is this virtue."

Puppet...still an unfamiliar word.

Vera's reminder reminded Shen Mi of the purpose of being brought here, and she couldn't help but beat a drum in her heart.

"As soon as I crossed, I was handcuffed..." Shen Mi raised her hand and looked at Liang Jingjing's handcuffs, guessing in her heart: "Could it be that the time-travel was discovered? No, it shouldn't be..."

"First of all, welcome..." Vera chuckled, and the smile affected the scar on her face, interrupting the quiet thoughts: "Welcome to the world of the contractor."

Contractor?
Yet another unfamiliar term...

Vera did not explain, but turned her head to indicate to Luo Qing, who cleared his throat and picked up the paper in his hand...

"Captain, just leave it to me..."

An abrupt voice suddenly sounded from Shen Mu's heart.

This almost made him exclaim, so that he skipped Luo Qing's next recitation:
"Unpredictable, 22 years old, boarding at my sister's house, the address is No. 27, Anzhi Tinglan Villa District... a third-year student majoring in psychology at the Fourth University of the Union, the information is correct."

Shen Mi completely forgot to answer, and was still in a state of amazement. The sudden voice was obviously made by Luo Qing. The other party read his own message for a long time just now, and the tone and tone could be checked on the spot. It was definitely the same person.

It's just... that sudden remark, Shen Mi was sure that Luo Qing absolutely didn't say it.

Could it be... Shen Mi's eyes suddenly widened.

"Hurry up and answer...what a daze!"

"It's already 1 o'clock in the morning... The captain has been working for several days and looks haggard..."

"Hey...just say I'll take care of it. Vera can go home early to rest. Damn work system...I'll bring breakfast to Vera tomorrow, so that she can sleep more."

Three consecutive sentences sounded in his heart one after another, Shen Mi stared at Luo Qing in front of him, and reconfirmed that the other party did not say these three sentences.

The fact once again convinced Shen Mi that he actually... had the ability to read minds, that is, telepathy.

Combined with what Xiaobai said at the time, "Awakened", and Vera's "Welcome to the Contractor's World", Shen Mi quickly linked these information together-Contractor is a person who is awakened by power, and I am awakened. …Awakened telepathy!

This world has supernatural powers! ?
"Is the situation right..." Luo Qing's urging voice came again.

Shen Mi nodded blankly, then turned to look at Punisher Captain Vera Alexandra, who was still leaning on the wall and looked at him with a smile.

"It's all contractors here." Vera obviously knew what Shen Mi had found, and explained: "The Punisher team belongs to Pandora's agency and is the enforcer who manages the contractor world, including the guidance for the newly awakened contractors... This is you You can rest assured."

"The guide is still locked?" Shen Mi raised the handcuffs on her hand and asked dissatisfied.

"That's because there is a certain danger, whether it's for you or us, especially the newly awakened contractor." Vera still smiled and said, "It's best to cooperate with us, so that you can get better as soon as possible."

Luo Qing seemed to mind the captain's interjection, because Shen Mi heard him again:
"Captain, just leave it to me... why are you robbing me again."

Shen Mi was a little confused about the situation in front of her...

However, he heard the term "Pandora's Institution". Although the original owner's unpredictable memory was unfamiliar to the terms Contractor, Punisher, and Spirit Puppet, he still knew about the famous Pandora.

This is a well-known scientific research organization that has brought modern technology to the people of Rodinia, no, the people of this world who call themselves "Ironmen", whether it is the electric light they are using now, or the telephone in the study, As big as trains and streetcars in cities, they are inventions of Pandora's agency...

It's just, how did Pandora become the "contractor" management agency in Vera's mouth?
Although he only thought about it for a while, the original owner's information about the world was interconnected like a blowout, causing a strong headache again, forcing Shen Mi to interrupt the association.

Vera's tone was as usual: "Your contract ability has been determined by the spirit puppet, it's telepathy."

"What we're doing to you now is to test the way your abilities are activated, and the... cost."

"The price?" Shen Mi asked back...

Although he was a little surprised that the other party knew about the ability, fortunately he didn't doubt the transmigration, so Shen Mi put down some guards.

"The price is the way to end your headache!" Vera explained in a gentle tone:
"The world of the contractor is fair, and the use of powers must pay a price."

"Whenever you use an ability, original sin will occur... The so-called original sin, most of which are diseases... Your original sin is a headache, and the original sin will disappear only after paying the price."

I probably understand...
Shen Mi pondered for a few breaths before realizing what Vera had just said, and asked, "How can I know... how to pay the price?"

Luo Qing was about to speak, but was interrupted by Vera waving her hand: "There is no need to follow the procedure, he has activated his ability just now, without us knowing."

Luo Qing was obviously surprised by this, and heard Vera continue to ask Shen Mi, "Whose voice did you listen to just now?"

"He..." Shen Mi turned her head and gestured to Luo Qing, because her hands were handcuffed to the table and couldn't lift it up.

A red cloud suddenly appeared on Luo Qing's fair face, dumbfounded.

"Is there an urge to do something to him?" Vera continued to ask: "This urge is often the way to pay the price and the only way to stop your original sin."

Shen Mi turned her head to look at Luo Qing and said that she had the urge to do something, but she really didn't realize it...

Until I heard Luo Qing's voice like a repeater:

"Do not say…"

"Do not say…"

"Do not say…"

……

This is Luo Qing's heart, don't say it... Do you want me not to say it?Don't say anything?
The impulse came so suddenly, I recalled what I heard just now, and saw that the other party's face was flushed, Shen Mi almost subconsciously came to a conclusion, and said to everyone present:

"He seems to have a crush on you, Captain Vera..."

Shen Mi's voice was very soft, but the whole room was condensed...

Rebecca showed an incredible expression and turned to look at Luo Qing beside her, as if she had just met this person;
Luo Qing's face turned even redder, he glanced at Vera quickly, lowered his head in a hurry, and then suddenly said, "Don't talk nonsense..."

Captain Vera still kept a smile, glanced at Luo Qing, did not speak, and focused on Shen Mi again;
Only Xiaobai, known as the elf puppet, still looked at Shen Mi, his distracted eyes seemed to have heard nothing, like a robot doll...

Only then did Shen Mi react to what she said, and she understood that Luo Qing was indeed in love with Vera, but he didn't have the heart to gossip about a few people on the other side at this time, because now...

The headache is gone!
He quickly clarified the logic - his contract ability is to read what the other party thinks. Once the ability is activated, the original sin will start, and it will cause headaches. Only by saying what the other party thinks... This is the price to pay the contract Ability, the headache will stop...

At the same time, the contract ability-telepathy may have ended, because he couldn't hear any thoughts of Luo Qing at this time, and the other party was blushing and rubbing his hands constantly, his mind must be very active.

To use supernatural powers, you have to pay for it, this is what Vera calls "fairness"...

I see…

"The headache is gone." Shen Mi took a deep breath and calmly said to the surrounding people.

(End of this chapter)