After everything was set up, Clarence just had to shoot a weak shot with his normal bullet to give the city lord the sense of urgency that someone was attacking.
Of course, he still kept his sniper up beside him all the time even after the city lord entered the illusion, he also blasted his shoulder twice with the special bullets made specially for penetration.
He then used the puppet to test the city lord and covered him with golden blue energy. This was also why he was able to quickly detect his use of [Final Stance] which devoured life force in exchange for a short but powerful burst.
Being a top authority in life force, the golden blue energy of course quickly discovered it, helping him move the puppet beforehand, after all it wasn't truly invincible.
