Part 1 – The Joker Chapter 75 – Save Yourself
Oh no! Controlled by the puppet!
The captain and the others are either unconscious …… or haven’t slowed down enough to even get up …… It’s too late …… to wake me up… …
No …… must …… save themselves!
What Klein saw in front of him turned into slow motion from his last life, as more and more glue seemed to be poured into every joint in his body and into his brain, which was used for thinking.
He was not the least bit interested in becoming a real life puppet, and seizing the opportunity of not yet being completely controlled, he desperately searched for a way to save himself.
Beat himself …… surely …… not …… must …… external forces… …
External force ……Try ……There was no time to delay, no time to think too much, Klein took two or three seconds to seize an inspiration, drive the “rusty” knee joint, and take a step counterclockwise.
At the same time, he did not try to break free from the invisible rope that was “tied” around his throat, but only said in his mind:
”Fusheng …… Xuanhuang …… Immortal Dignity …….”
He wants to use the mysterious world above the gray fog to awaken himself, free from the assimilation of the seal “2-049”!
”Fusheng …… Xuanhuang …… Tianjun ……”
Thoughts becoming more and more stagnant, Klein, like a computer loaded with all the family buckets and all the security guards, lifted his left foot with a snap and took a step towards the established position:
”Fusheng …… Xuan …… Huang …… Shang …… Emperor ……”
The thoughts within Klein’s mind became more and more rigid and stagnant, and he took the last step by instinctive consciousness alone.
At this stage, he knew that he had been nearly completely controlled, and even if Al Hassan got up in time and ran over to rescue him, he probably wouldn’t be able to complete the awakening.
But the strong desire to survive still made him silently recite the last incantation:
”Blessed …… birth …… Xuan …… Huang …… Tian …… Honor ……”
Just as the silent recitation fell, the hissing and murmuring that was chaotic to the point of madness rang out in a loud voice, all of a sudden dispersing Klein’s solidified thoughts, causing it to fragment and turn into one uncontrolled thought after another.
Klein’s mind turned into a pot of boiling gruel, and he felt his “body” become lighter and his spirit fly.
The boundless gray mist and the crimson stars of different distances once again appeared in front of his eyes, empty, mysterious, blurred, and hazy.
Klein’s tumultuous thoughts settled quickly, finally regaining the ability to think, and saw the looming, grandiose temple.
”Whew…… luckily it worked.” He whispered afterward.
Based on his previous observations, he understood that once he fell deeply into the control of the seal “2-049”, it was basically equivalent to death, and normally, there was no medication and no way to save it.
Fortunately, his “transfer ceremony” and the mysterious world above the gray fog are not in the normal category!
Pacing back and forth for a few steps, Klein began to think about his current situation:
”I can’t stay here forever, can I?”
”By the time the captain and the others awaken, or lean in, things will be unexplainable ……”
”The ‘me’ now should be only flesh, more like the living dead than the living dead ……”
”But if we risk going back, there’s no way to ensure safety …… What if we’re controlled by ‘2-049’ again?”
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Between the flurry of thoughts, Klein suddenly slapped himself on the forehead and said in a low voice and lost in laughter:
”It seems that I haven’t really adapted to the identity of a ‘Diviner’ yet!”
Before his words fell, his figure had already appeared at the top of the long bronze table, seated in the high-backed chair with the odd symbols.
Klein stretched his hand out and picked up the fountain pen that appeared out of thin air in front of him.
Brushing it, he wrote a passage on the illusory white paper:
”It is safe to return to the real world.”
Immediately after, Klein pulled out the “Spirit Pendulum” projection from his pocket – after a few gatherings, he realized that any item he carried on his person could be projected onto the gray mist, but it would be relatively illusory.
Holding the silver chain in his left hand, Klein let the citrine pendant come close to touching the paper, to touching the Event.
The oscillation subsided, and he half closed his eyes, his mind calmly meditating on the words on the white paper:
”It is safe to return to the real world.”
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”It is safe to return to the real world.”
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Over and over again, Klein performed the divination using the complete “Spiritual Pendulum Method” without any reduction.
Eyes open, he saw the pristine citrine pendant swinging slowly, driving the silver chain clockwise.
Clockwise is a yes, counterclockwise is a no. …… It’s safe to return to the real world. …… Klein sighed in relief and put away the silver chain as a matter of habit, and then he unfolded his spirituality, wrapped himself in it, and simulated a precipitous fall downward.
The hazy gray mist and crimson stars flew illusory and straight upward, and Klein soon saw himself frozen in place, saw the tan puppet with half of its body dangling out of the metal box, and noticed that the seal seemed to have stopped all movement.
Physical awareness reached his mind, and he was about to move his arms to confirm his own status when a voice, hidden in the wind, suddenly came to his ears:
”Want to be awakened? As long as you promise me one thing, you can be rescued.”
”That thing is to help me pick up that Antigonus family notebook.”
”Nod your head if you agree, I know you can still accomplish that now.”
Who? Well, “2-049” doesn’t seem to be trying to control me anymore …… Also, it won’t affect the same person consecutively, there will be intervals …… Klein was startled, but on the surface, he didn’t move.
At this point, the voice added a few words quickly:
”If you can accomplish this thing, you will also receive additional payment, I know you are a ‘soothsayer’, and I also know that the Church of the Goddess of the Night doesn’t have the Sequence 8 after that, and we, the Secret Cult, can give it to you.”
”Heh, frankly, I used to be a ‘soothsayer’ or I would never have dared to return. In order for you to see my sincerity, I’ll tell you now that the corresponding Sequence 8 for ‘Diviner’ is, ‘Joker’.”
”Joker”? The Secret Society …… Klein was barely able to maintain his “puppetized” state.
He hadn’t expected “soothsayers” to be associated with “clowns”.
Were they going to form a circus duo?
”Well, make your decision, trust me, you don’t have much time left to waste.” The voice once again came with the wind, and in the distance Dunn and Lolota remained unconscious, Borgia seemed to be badly hurt and groaned and didn’t move, and Al Hassan and Leonard Mitchell were relatively well, trying to roll over and sit up.
Why do you want me? The Secret Society …… is that tuxedo clown, isn t it? He escaped and then quietly returned in an attempt to pick up a bargain …… But why ask me for help? He can deal with everyone here now …… Hearing the words of the other party, one doubt after another instantly flashed in Klein s mind.
Since the other party said that he was a “diviner”, Klein began to try to analyze with the thinking style of a “diviner”:
”He dared to return, he must have divined ‘hope’, believing that the monster Bieber would be destroyed and that we would suffer a heavy blow.”
”By not taking the notebook himself and dealing with us directly, he must have divined that the matter held great risks, and so suspected that the captain and Ms. Lolota were pretending to be unconscious, and suspected that this was a trap laid out for him.”
”He doesn’t divine more and doesn’t confirm my current state, one may be because it’s too late in time, if we wait any longer, Mr. El Hassan and the others will be able to regain a certain amount of combat power, and two, he is also belittling me and doesn’t think it’s necessary”
”He knows the ‘Diviners’ well and is bound to believe that I can’t get rid of the puppet’s control …… He’s using me as cannon fodder to test the trap …… ”
”This is another way of saying that the outward manifestations of the ‘Transit Ritual’ are hardly unusual …… ”
Crane, whose brain was not stagnant, only felt that his thoughts flowed back and forth, roughly grasping the tuxedoed clown’s thoughts and purpose.
As for the other party’s promise, he did not believe it at all, “cannon fodder” has no human rights!
As the thought flashed rapidly, Klein controlled his neck and gave a hard, raw nod.
At the same time he made this action, he really confirmed that he was free from the control of the seal “2-049”.
As soon as he nodded his head, a transparent “curtain” lifted up two to three meters to his side, outlining a figure in a tuxedo with a clown’s face painted with oil paint, which was the same member of the Cistercian Order who had escaped earlier.
At this time, Klein because of the previous reverse turn, trying to pounce out of the “2-049” range of influence of the attempt, is the back of the iron black box, back to the puppet, tuxedo clown is in front of his side, one is away from the seal, and secondly, to avoid the muzzle of his gun, seems to be quite cautious.
Tuxedo Joker pulled out a long piece of paper from his pocket and shook it violently, shaking it straight, shaking it like a wooden stick.
He took this “stick” and poked at Klein’s shoulder from a distance of two to three meters, trying to wake up the other side.
This guy knows a lot about “2-049”, knowing that where the scent of the descendants of the Antigonus family remains, the puppet will go berserk and control two people at the same time …… He also knows that stoning seems to be ineffective? At least I haven’t seen the captain they have similar attempts before …… Klein although he did not understand why “2-049” follow-up no longer try to assimilate himself, but also did not dare to stay within five meters too much, so he raised a heart and waited for the opportunity.
The note turned into a wooden stick was just about to touch his shoulder, when Klein’s left hand suddenly lifted up, grabbed the tip of the “wooden stick”, and violently pulled it back.
The tuxedo clown was caught off guard, his body was directly pulled, staggered forward, and the distance between him and Klein was shortened again, less than two meters.
At the same time, Klein’s right finger, which had been prepared long ago, pressed the trigger of the revolver with force.
Bang! Bang!
He fired two shots in a row, but did not aim at the tuxedo clown, but at his back, at his side away from the seal “2-049”!
Before the shots were fired, the Tuxedo Joker had already changed from stumbling to rolling, instinctively avoiding the situation in advance.
Klein let go of his grip on the “stick of paper”, stomping steps, rushed out several meters, rushed out of the “danger” range.
The tuxedoed clown had just rolled around twice, and was about to pounce when his head suddenly buzzed and his thoughts quickly stalled.
Not good!
He deliberately forced me to dodge in the direction of …… the Antigonus puppet!
I am within five meters …… of …… him.
How can he not be controlled by the …… “Antigonus” …… ” Puppets” …… control ……
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The tuxedoed clown’s tumbling came to a halt as he tried to crawl to the outside with rusty joints.
By this time, Klein had turned his body, holding the revolver in both hands and aiming at his slow-moving target.
In his eyes, it was the equivalent of shooting a stationary target.
–Because he had witnessed the battle between the Tuxedo Clown and Dunn, Al, and Lolota, Klein knew that the other party was agile and good at rolling, so even though the distance between each other was only one or two meters, he cautiously gave up direct shooting, and instead forced the other party to hide in his expected “home field! Instead, he forced his opponent to hide in the vicinity of his expected “home field”, the seal “2-049”!
If the puppet had no effect, the tuxedoed clown would have recognized that he had fallen into a “trap”, and that the counterattack was just an attempt to escape, and did not pose a real threat.
Bang!
In the indescribable eyes of the tuxedoed clown, the man in the black suit calmly pulled the trigger.