When Matsushita Heiji was bellowing along with the original singer in his hoarse, broken voice, he suddenly noticed a figure appear beside him.
Before he could react, his entire body lost the ability to move.
He could only stare at Charlie wade in terror, panic written all over his face.
Charlie wade was not sure if he spoke Chinese, but considering that Japanese people working on a research vessel would at least have university education, they should understand some English. So he prepared to plant a psychological suggestion first, then question him in English. But when he actually attempted the suggestion, he was shocked to discover that there was already one in the man’s sea of consciousness.
A cultivator?
Charlie wade immediately grew vigilant.
There was another cultivator on the Antarctic continent besides himself?
Then… this man must be connected to one of the three great elders who had vanished from the Earth Net system after reaching Ushuaia.
Some days ago, just as Charlie wade was setting off for Antarctica, the Earth Net system had detected that one of the three elders had arrived in Ushuaia.
At the time, Charlie wade had worried that the man might be tracking him, but afterwards there had been no further trace.
He did not know that Wu Polin, in order to reach Antarctica, had avoided all public transport and instead used a fishing boat to intercept the research vessel on its route, boarding it covertly.
But now, seeing that this Japanese crew member had already been psychologically suggested, Charlie wade immediately guessed that the elder had reached Antarctica via this very ship.
Since the vessel was stranded here, the elder must have arrived long ago, and the recent unusual activity of the Japanese team was undoubtedly under his control.
At this moment, Charlie wade felt deep concern.
He did not know why the elder had come to Antarctica, whether to find him, to find Lin Wan’er, or for some other purpose.
He wanted to question this Japanese man for answers, but realising the man was already under suggestion filled him with unease.
Psychological suggestions could not coexist.
That meant if he wanted the man to obey him, he would have to erase the elder’s suggestion first.
Although Wu Polin’s strength far exceeded Charlie wade’s, spiritual energy was precious to him too. When suggesting ordinary people, he had only done the minimum, without wasting much. As long as Charlie wade used stronger spiritual energy, he could overwrite it.
Yet this carried great risk.
If the elder returned and saw this man, he might notice something wrong.
Even if Charlie wade made the man continue to obey the elder, a careful probe would reveal that the suggestion in his sea of consciousness had changed. It was like handwriting: another person might forge it to fool a third party, but never the original writer.
Soon Charlie wade realised he was in a dilemma.
Planting a suggestion risked discovery. Not planting one left him with only one option: kill the Japanese man. Otherwise, the man would immediately report to the elder.
But killing him still carried huge danger.
A person under suggestion could not commit suicide or simply disappear. If he did, someone else must be responsible.
The elder might have suggested everyone on the ship, ensuring they would not harm one another. Thus, whether killed or vanished, the elder would sense danger.
