The Goddess Of War

Chapter 176 - A Painting

After clearing the SS-ranked Dungeon, Miyuki once told Anna that she had been exposed to hypnotic magic.

Miyuki also tells how she was able to realize that, from Anna's empty gaze.

According to Miyuki, a person will have a blank stare when he is exposed to hypnosis that can not really affect the mind of the person.

That was why Anna back then could not be ordered to use her Mana energy in a fight. In fact, the hypnotist used his magic to control Anna with great difficulty.

Hypnotic magic could still affect one's mind, no matter how much and how strong their Mana energy was.

Hypnotic magic can only be resisted or reduced by people who have gone through a very deep mental training, making their minds very difficult to control.

Anna had already trained her mind while she was on an alien planet. He had spent hundreds of years in training to ward off hypnotic magic that caused him to hallucinate for a long time.

Kenichiro Tanaka, Keisuke Sato and Fernando Cavalli never went through mental training at all, so their minds were taken over completely.

Thanks to the little knowledge Miyuki had told her, Anna finally realized that those people had been exposed to Li Wen Xia's hypnotic magic.

Although no one was aware of it, Anna was able to catch a faint strange vibration in the three eyes of the Hunter.

What made Anna lose her spirit after watching the interview was when she looked into the eyes of Morgan Lloyd. He knew his grandfather was not under the influence of hypnosis. His grandfather said it all from his own thinking.

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"I was also hit by that magic while fighting against Li Wen Xia." Said Anna.

"W-what? You fought against the chairman of your country's Association?"

"Yes. As I explained in our press conference, she is a female demon who fought with me in the Fiji Islands Dungeon."

Anna was silent for a while, watching the strange movements of Eiko.

"Is something wrong, Miss Tanaka?"

"T-nothing.., it's just... Sorry, please give me a little time, Anna-San." Eiko then bowed once to Anna, turned her body and called out to one of her bodyguards standing in front of the door, away from them.

The man immediately ran over to Eiko and bowed to her.

"Yes. Eiko-san?"

"Can you lend me your smartphone?"

The man took out a smartphone from his suit pocket, then handed it to Eiko.

Eiko receives the smartphone, but returns it to its owner.

The man then opens his smartphone screen and asks, "What do you want to look for, Eiko-San?"

Eiko reluctantly turned to Anna.

"Sorry, Anna-San... If I may know, what is the headline of your press conference?" ask Eiko shyly.

Anna did not answer. He looked at Eiko in confusion.

"Pardon me... I haven't seen the press conference you said, Anna-San." Eiko said as she looked at Anna looking confused.

"Wait first. You don't have to look at it now and you don't have to apologize." Anna said, still with a confused look on her face, "What's wrong with this woman?" Anna thought, feeling strange.

"I'm sorry, but I've never followed Hunter's progress. I also learned of the interview when my bodyguard told me." Eiko said with regret. In her heart, the woman promised that she would follow the development of the Hunter world from now on.

Anna nodded slowly.

'So, why did you become a Hunter? You're even stronger than Ren, Lucy and Yola.'

"But, Anna-San, did you dye your hair?"

"Huh?"

"The color of your hair is different from the one my father described."

Anna smiled awkwardly. He later recalled Gina's story saying that Ann Arnix's hair was platinum-blond.

"N-no, it's actually the original color of my hair." Sahut Anna's.

"That's so... Then, did you used to use eye lenses?"

"Yes." Yeah." Sahut Anna's. He could guess the question. Ann Arnix's eye color was gold, as Gina also told her.

"But you remain very beautiful. It's really similar to what my father described in his memory."

"..."

Eiko smiled gently at Anna, while occasionally glancing at the wall behind Anna.

Feeling suspicious, Anna finally looked behind her.

"Geez!"

Anna is shocked, and spontaneously moves back and crashes into a small table located between herself and Eiko.

The wall is 5 meters high and 15 meters long. While the painting almost filled the entire wall.

There, Anna could see a painting of a very beautiful woman with platinum-blonde hair and golden-colored eye beads.

The woman was wearing all-white clothing similar to a chiton, an ancient Greek outfit, with two swords clasped in each hand.

In the right hand, the woman clasped the sword with a red blade, while the blade in her left hand, was blue.

Anna furrowed her brows as she recalled a sword similar to the one in the painting.

'Aren't they very similar to those two damn swords?'

Anna then turned her head and looked back at Eiko who was still stunned when she saw Anna was shocked earlier.

"Did Mr Tanaka paint this?"

"This is a painting from the famous painter of our country, Anna-San."

"So..," Anna nodded with her admiring face, "... Did...., Mr. Tanaka brought a camera at the time?"

"Yes?"

"I mean..., how could the painter paint Ann's face..., how could the painter paint my face so similarly?"

Eiko shook her head. "This painting is not based on a photograph."

Anna nodded slowly. He thought, maybe a picture of his face was taken from satellite video. But, when he recalled that the satellite images were as clear and as good as they are now only 5 years ago, he finally asked carefully.

"Is this painting based on Mr Tanaka's memory?"

"Yes, Anna-San. Father and Ogawa sensei made this painting for four years."

"What?!"

Seeing Anna surprised, Eiko felt a slight sense of pleasure.

From Anna's face, Eiko could clearly capture Anna's astonishment. It was enough to make him feel flattered, representing his father and the painter.

Anna looked back at the painting. He was amazed at how Kenichiro managed to record Ann Arnix's face perfectly in his memory.

The face in the painting was of course already Anna knew very well. He also often examines the details of the woman's face that is exactly the same as her face in the mirror, every time she wants to take a shower and after a bath.

Anna was also very amazed by the painter who managed to pour the picture that Kenichiro told her so perfectly.

So, Anna was also convinced that Ann Arnix must have brought the two cursed swords with her, because they were also in the painting and in the picture exactly as she remembered.

"But why is the sword there and Ann Arnix's body on Earth?" Think Anna.

"Anna-San's chat... May I ask?"

Anna did not immediately respond to Eiko's question. He still stared at the painting for a few more seconds before finally turning around and sitting back down the way Eiko was sitting.

"What do you want to ask?"

"Regarding my father.., can he be recovered?"

Anna nodded. From what she learned, Anna knew how to dispel magic on Kenichiro. He simply went to Li Wen Xia and killed him.

Anna had also paid no attention to her public view, because only by fighting openly with the demon could Anna recover her good name, as well as restore the good name of the Nine Bears.

After that, he just has to look for Takayoshi Sato to prove that the hunter avatar is Miyuki's original invention.

"I'm going to kill that woman's demon. Thus then the magic affecting master Tanaka will disappear."

"Thank you, Anna-San. If there's anything you need from me, I'll try my best to help you."

"Yes." Yeah."

Anna then stood up, ready to leave immediately. He was about to directly look for Li Wen Xia and settle matters between them as quickly as possible.

At that moment, the man near them spoke softly to Eiko. Afterwards, Eiko asked Anna.

"Anna-San, Gina-San just called us. He asked, is your phone inactive?"

Anna remembers turning off her smartphone and leaving it on a table near Cassey's bed in the recovery room.

"I didn't bring it."

"I understand." Eiko then takes the phone from inside her kimono and hands it to Anna. "There's a message from Gina-San, asking you to contact the avatar pilot Miyu."

However, Anna quickly rejects the phone that Eiko gave her. "I'll just go see him."

"Yes? You're going now."

"Yes. I say goodbye first. Thank you for receiving me so well." Said Anna, who then bowed her body, then vanished from that place.

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