Truth Beyond the Veil Chapter 18: Chapter 17: Body Control

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Summer, 7:25, Location: Theo’s Villa. Clack... Crack... "Shit, this one broke, too!" Leo yelled, picking up a shattered trimmer blade. His eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like he wanted to pull out his hair in frustration. "Just give up already," Theo said, slumped on the sofa, a look of tired acceptance on his face. "We can't expect a normal trimmer to cut this stuff." He ran a hand through his now long, ridiculously healthy hair, which could rival celebrities. “I think… sometimes in life… it's better to go with the flow,” Victor said from his balcony. He took a slow, relaxed sip of his soda, not even looking at the furious Leo. He simply continued to scratch Noir behind her ear. Purr~ "Fuck your flow!" Leo cussed, hurling the broken trimmer at Victor. But a wall of shadow erupted from the balcony floor, swallowing the trimmer whole. “Oh, is that a new move?” Victor asked, looking at the shadow wall that had just swallowed the trimmer. “Mew…” “What did she say?” Theo asked with curiosity. “She says it can be used as a barrier and can even control enemies,” Victor translated for him. Theo contemplated for a moment before speaking. “I guess the weaknesses and limitations are still the same, then.” “Aren’t you guys being a little too laid back?” Leo said, turning to Theo, who was already scrolling on his tablet again. "It's not like only my mom is going to kill me." Feeling a gaze on him, Theo looked up. “What do you expect me to do?” “Can’t you do something?” Leo said, gesturing to his head. "Make something that can cut this damn hair." "You think it's easy?" Theo sighed, setting his tablet face down. "If I could develop something like that, there would already be machines like it on the market. The problem is the material. I doubt that normal steel will do, and I don't have the facility to work with tough alloys." “Can’t you make a sharp razor or something?” Leo asked in confusion. Theo looked at him with a dumbfounded expression. “Dude, I 3d print things… how do you expect 3d prints to be sharp…” Can’t you just cut it like they do in manga or manhwas, using your fingers as swords?” Victor’s excited words were suddenly interjected, stopping both Leo and Theo. “Uh..." Theo raised an eyebrow. The idea was so ridiculous, it was brilliant. He raised his hand, extended his index and middle fingers like a sword, and closed his eyes as he concentrated. "Hmm, this is tougher than expected." He frowned, gathering his energy on his fingers and trying to shape it like a sword. "Hmm, this will not do... Theo stood up and came to the balcony. He looked at Victor and Noir, who were chilling. “Hmm, this won’t do.” Theo stood up and went to the balcony. He looked at Victor and Noir, who were relaxing in the sun. As if feeling a gaze, Noir half-opened her eyes, looked at Theo, and then closed them again, completely ignoring him. "Miss Noir, as a fellow team member, you should at least greet your senior," Theo said, proceeding to pick up a rock from a potted plant. "You're asking for something that even I, as her owner, don't get," Victor laughed. "What are you going to do with that rock?" "Just watch!" Theo placed the rock on the flat railing. He closed his eyes for a few seconds and then slashed the rock with his two fingers. Chiii... "Oh... it chipped the rock," Leo said, peeking from behind. He had come out to the balcony out of curiosity. "It seems so," Theo said. He then used his whole palm to karate chop it. Slick... "Oh... it cut!" Victor said with excitement, but his excitement vanished the moment he saw the uneven surfaces of the rocks and the scratch on the railing. "This won't do," Theo said, chopping it a few more times. But each attempt only made it worse. "Did you get a skill? Won't your control improve with time?" Leo asked with excitement, finally seeing some hope in the situation. "I did get a skill, but you don't understand," Theo said, his eyes a little dazed. "It's too mentally draining. If I just slash it, it's not that