Part 1 The Joker Chapter 22 The Sequence Begins

　　Up the stairs and back into the reception hall, Klein was just about to say goodbye to Roxanne when he heard the brunette say in a brisk tone:

　　”The captain told you to come back on Monday and take care of the chores at home first.”

　　”…… Okay.” Klein didn’t expect the management of the Night Watchman Squad to be so humanized, and for a moment was quite a bit grateful.

　　He originally planned to get up early tomorrow, taking the opportunity to do “wandering” outside this job in the morning, to go to Tingen University, looking for the faculty member responsible for the interview reception, will not participate in the subsequent part of the matter to say a word, after all, the original master is to take the tutor’s letter of recommendation to enter the interview, no matter what, there is an explanation is a basic courtesy, even if not for its own sake, it must also be a good thing to do. Even if you don’t think about yourself, you have to respect the tutor’s favor.

　　In the absence of a telephone, telegrams are charged by individual letters, and it is obviously too late to send a letter, taking a public carriage directly to the past is the most economical and appropriate way.

　　Now with the captain’s special permission, there was no need for Crane to be so tired, and he could get up with a full night’s sleep and pass at his leisure.

　　Klein was about to take off his hat to say goodbye when he suddenly remembered something, looked around and lowered his voice:

　　”Roxanne, do you know what is the beginning of that complete sequence that the Church holds?”

　　This was something he had just forgotten to ask Old Neil.

　　Roxanne’s eyes widened in surprise as she looked at Klein Dao:

　　”You want to become an Extraordinary?”

　　Am I acting that obvious? Klein touched the corner of his mouth and replied with slight embarrassment:

　　”After knowing that there are indeed extraordinary and mysterious powers in the world, it’s inevitable that I would aspire a bit.”

　　”O my goddess, do you know how dangerous that is? Didn’t the captain tell you? The enemies of the extraordinary are not just cultists and dark witches, but themselves! Almost every year someone gets out of control and someone is sacrificed! Don’t you think about your own family’s feelings?” Roxanne reinforced her tone with a gesture, slightly overreacting, “Klein, I think being an honest civilian is a much better option, there’s little danger, your salary increases every year, and when you’ve been at it for a few years, and you’ve got the savings, you can rent a single family home in the North End, or against the outskirts of the city, and form a beautiful family with an attractive young lady, with a cute, mischievous little angels ……”

　　”Roxanne, stop! Stop!” Klein saw the brunette girl getting further and further away from the point and hastily spoke up with sweat on his forehead to stop, “I’m just trying, for now, to, uh, yeah, get the basic common sense.”

　　”Well ……,” Roxanne murmured for a few seconds, lowering her gaze, not quite so kindly, “because of what happened with my father, I always get, well, you know, a little worked up on similar issues, but, frankly, I’m not interested in every gentleman and lady who volunteers to be on night duty with admiration.”

　　”I understand, I understand.” Klein hastened to echo.

　　Roxanne blinked her eyes with light brown pupils and added:

　　”My father once said, don’t think that by becoming more powerful and becoming a higher sequence of extraordinary people, you will be able to solve the hidden dangers and fight against the dangers, in fact, it’s just the opposite, you will encounter more and more horrible things, and when bumping into certain unknown and terrifying existences, insanity and death are the only two endings, hehe, he sacrificed himself the next week after he finished saying those words …… Klein, don’t look at me with pity, I’m living a good life now, really good! You should be feeling scared about all this!”

　　”I’m just trying to understand basic common sense ……,” Klein repeated his earlier reply not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

　　Mr. Captain speaks much, much more clearly than you do, and I’ve already encountered something extraordinary even if I don’t become extraordinary ……

　　”Okay.” Roxanne made a thoughtful gesture and said, “I’ve heard both the captain and old Neil tell me that because of the reduction and extinction of the transcendental species, high sequence powerhouses are almost gone in this day and age, and to be an Extraordinary would be awesome and powerful! We have hundreds of thousands of people in Tingen City plus the suburbs, probably, maybe more, and there are only thirty or so Extraordinary Ones, well, I’m guessing …… Well, I’m not counting all those cultist dark wizards living in the dark corners of the world ……”

　　Without waiting for Klein to say anything, she said, clenching her fist in front of her chest as if revitalized:

　　”And within those thirty or so Extraordinary Ones, Sequence 9 is the majority! Uh, I seem to be off-topic ……”

　　”That’s okay, those are the same things I want to know about common sense.” Klein then hoped that Roxanne would pull her punches and reveal more like she usually did.

　　”Anyway, it’s already awesome, awesome to be an Extraordinary!” Roxanne repeated again, “The beginning of the complete sequence belonging to our church is ‘The Sleepless One’, sequence 9 ‘The Sleepless One’!”

　　Sure enough …… Klein nodded his head slightly invisibly, hearing Ms. Roxanne unable to control her mouth as she went down the description:

　　”You should have guessed from the name, ‘Sleepless One’ is someone who doesn’t need to sleep at night, and only needs three to four hours of rest during the day to be enough, phew, I’m so envious …… No, I’m not envious at all, sleep is the goddess’s gift, it’s the happiest thing!”

　　”Where was I? Ah yes, the ‘Sleepless Ones’ don’t need light to see through the darkness, the deeper the night, the more powerful they are, I mean powerful in all aspects, including their strength, their inspiration, their thinking, however, although they can find unknown dangers hidden in the darkness, when they encounter monsters that cannot be solved by normal methods, they still have to resort to demon hunting bullets and other items, my father was once a ‘Sleepless One’.”

　　Not waiting for Klein to follow up, Roxanne said to herself:

　　”After that, there was the ‘Midnight Poet’ of Sequence 8, and then Sequence 7 ‘Nightmare’.”

　　Nightmare? Klein instantly remembered Dunn Smith channeling his dreams and asked in confirmation:

　　”Captain?”

　　”You know?” Ms. Roxanne’s mouth nearly dropped open into an O.

　　”The Captain has been in my dreams before ……” Klein looked to each side and lowered his voice again.

　　”I see ……” Roxanne responded in a whisper as realization dawned on her and she followed.

　　She picked up the coffee cup next to her and took a sip, turning to emotion:

　　”The Church’s Sequence 7 in our Tingen City only has a total of two, supposedly, and the captain is one of them, he’s a very powerful figure even if he goes to a large diocese like Bakerland, there are deacons who aren’t necessarily stronger than him!”

　　”So the captain is so marvelous.” Klein smiled in agreement.

　　Honestly, Dunn-Smith’s appearance that time in the middle of the night yesterday was so impressive that he himself was almost instinctively convinced that he was a very powerful and extraordinary person.

　　”Of course!” Roxanne straightened her back proudly.

　　Whirling around, her mind jumped and she said with a bitter expression, “I wouldn’t know what’s above Sequence 7, maybe only the captain in the entire Night Watchman Squad knows for sure.”

　　”What about the other sequence starts? The incomplete ones.” Klein contentedly changed the subject.

　　It had to be said that the “Sleepless One” described by Roxanne did meet some of his imaginations and expectations of an extraordinary person, but it was not the kind he wished to become, and the perfect “Sequence 9” in his mind should be able to learn and master a very large amount of mystical knowledge, laying the foundation for figuring out the reason for his own travel and for traveling back in the future. In his mind, the perfect “Sequence 9” should be able to learn and master a lot of mystical knowledge, laying the foundation for figuring out why he traveled and going back in the future.

　　Roxanne thought about it and sighed:

　　”I’m not too interested in this area, I only know that there are more than other churches, after all, the goddess is also the mother of the hidden …… Well, there should be two to three kinds of, because some team members are always cold, let a person be afraid of, and the smell of the body is also strange, some team members, well, I mean the old Neil, he knows a lot, and will also have a lot of interesting magic rituals, I think about it. quite a few interesting magical rituals, let’s see, let’s see, let’s see, he once said that his Sequence 9 title, which is the name of the magic potion recipe …… ah yes, is called the Secret Snooper!”

　　Quite a few interesting magical rituals? The Secret Peeper? Sounds pretty close to the kind I’m looking for …… Klein’s mind rejoiced slightly.

　　”Also I know the name of a Sequence 7, the pathway incomplete kind!” Roxanne said in a braggadocios tone as she associated something else with her earlier recollection.

　　”What is it?” Klein was unusually curious.

　　In a situation where high Sequence powerhouses were scarce or maybe even non-existent, Sequence 7 was already considered a stalwart of the Church, right?

　　Roxanne revealed a sweet smile and replied with a slight look of interest:

　　”Psychic!”

　　”Ms. Daley?” Klein subconsciously asked back.

　　After the initial surprise, he conversely felt that this matter wasn’t that surprising, and that only a strong person of Sequence 7 would be able to achieve a psychic performance like Ms. Daley’s!

　　Roxanne’s eyes widened once again as she spoke in disbelief:

　　”You, how did you know again?”

　　”I’ve met Ms. Daley.” Klein didn’t make a secret.

　　”Okay.” Roxanne said in a yearning tone, “If I can become a psychic straight away, a psychic like Ms. Daley, then I’m willing to be an Extraordinary as well, no, I’ll seriously consider it for ten minutes ……”

　　”Well, Ms. Daley fulfills all my fantasies of an Extraordinary Person.” Klein concurred with a slightly pompous voice.

　　Fulfilling his intended purpose, he and Roxanne chatted for a few more minutes, seeing no further information, before taking off their hats and saluting, saying goodbye and heading out the door.

　　Heading down the stairs, Klein took a few steps before suddenly pausing and reaching for the bills in his inside pocket again.

　　Immediately following, he took out the twelve gold pound bill, clutched it tightly in the palm of his left palm, and then tucked his hand into his pants pocket, refusing to let go and pull it out again, while a small smile unconsciously spread on his face.

　　According to the custom of the nation of big eaters, after getting the money, one has to go out and rub a meal!

　　Tonight, treat my sister to a good meal!