Part 1 The Joker Chapter 85 Urgency
The strange, twisting, vague fluctuation flashed by so quickly that Klein almost suspected he was hallucinating.
If he hadn’t already claimed proficiency in inspiration, there was a good chance he would have overlooked the anomaly at this point.
Thinking of his sister upstairs, Klein frowned, gripped his cane tightly, and rounded the lavatory, turning toward the steps of Wood’s house.
He walked briskly upward, based on his inspired grasp of the lingering traces, to the door of the sitting room near the balcony.
This should be the place …… Klein whispered a word and raised his hand to tap his brow twice.
An “aura” was reflected in his eyes through the walls and wooden doors, most of them normal in color and vague in outline.
But among them, there was one whose surface was swirling with a sinister black-green color, slowly eroding inward.
”There is indeed a problem.” Klein’s expression became unusually serious as he reached out with his right hand and unwound the silver chain wrapped around his left wrist.
His left hand gripped the silver chain, allowing the citrine pendant to sag naturally in front of him.
When the swinging subsided, he outlined the orb of light and chanted in his mind:
”There is a danger caused by the transcendent in the room in front of me.”
–Normally, the “Spiritual Pendulum Method” is only suitable for divining things related to oneself, as well as small-scale objective situations, so Klein’s description was quite elaborate: “Danger” will lead to oneself being affected, “Danger” will lead to oneself being affected, “Danger” will lead to oneself being affected, and “Danger” will lead to oneself being affected. The “room” is right in front of you.
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”There is a danger caused by transcendence in the room in front of me.”
Again and again, seven times later, Klein opened his eyes to see the citrine pendant doing a clockwise rotation, and at a fairly rapid rate.
This indicated that there was indeed a transcendent-caused danger in the room, and that it was no less dangerous!
Selene is a fan of the occult, and she’s taking her friends to play some ritual that’s gone terribly wrong? What was to be done about that? Klein rubbed his brow, rewound the citrine pendant, and reached out to knock on the door to the room.
Knock knock knock!
He knocked three times rhythmically, a kind smile piling up on his face.
With a creak, the door to the room opened and Melissa, dressed in a new dress, appeared in front of Klein’s eyes.
”Klein, what can I do for you?” The girl didn’t expect her brother to come over and was quite surprised for a moment.
Klein replied with a smile that didn’t see a hint of gloom:
”I heard you guys having a good time and was a little curious for a moment.”
”Sorry for the noise.” Melissa apologized with an embarrassed bow of her head, “We were playing Magic Mirror Divination, Selena knows a lot and it was fun.”
Magic Mirror Divination …… Girl, why don’t you guys go play Pen Fairy Ouija Board? Klein shook his head in good humor and amusement.
His eyes looked past Melissa into the living room and saw Selena with her sunny smile and deep dimples.
However, in his psychic vision, the burgundy-haired young woman with the silver-plated mirror was even more infested with that sinister black and green.
Thoughts racing, Klein weighed his words:
”Oh, I’ll leave you guys to your game, ah yes, where’s Elizabeth? I just talked to her about the grammar of the ancient Forsak language, and she said she had questions she wanted to ask me.”
”Elizabeth?” Melissa looked her brother up and down a few times and emphasized in an odd tone, “She’s only sixteen as well.”
Hey, what are you thinking! Klein instantly explained:
”This is a normal academic discussion, Elizabeth is interested in history, in ancient languages.”
Melissa gave her brother another deep look before saying:
”She’s in there, I’ll let her out.”
”Okay.” Klein stepped back and out of the way of the front door.
As he watched his sister turn around, he let out a not-so-thick sigh of relief, thankful that it wasn’t Melissa who was in danger.
He waited a mere ten seconds or so before a perplexed Elizabeth stepped out and asked suspiciously:
”Mr. Moretti, what exactly is your business? I didn’t say I was interested in history or ancient languages ……”
At that moment, her words were interrupted by Klein’s serious and solemn expression, and her whole body suddenly tensed up, as if she also smelled something bad.
Klein took a few steps diagonally, signaling Elizabeth to come over from behind the half-hidden door of her room.
The girl with the cute baby fat cheeks was affected by the heavy atmosphere that had suddenly descended on her, and unconsciously followed her.
”You know, I’m a fan of the occult.” Klein stopped his pace, turned his body, and said bluntly.
Elizabeth responded with a slight nod:
”Yes, I even think you’re an occultist.”
”No, I’m just an enthusiast, but that didn’t stop me from realizing that something was wrong with your magic mirror divination.” Klein said in a grave tone.
”Something went wrong?” Elizabeth nearly pulled up her voice and was busy reaching over to cover her mouth.
Klein thought for a moment:
”I know it’s hard to convince you with mere words, so return inside the sitting room right now and take a peek at the front of the mirror that Selena consistently keeps from showing you all when she’s not looking.”
”How do you know she doesn’t show us the front of the mirror?” Elizabeth blurted out.
According to our internal records of the Night Watch, more than ninety percent of the cases involving evil “magic mirror divination” will appear similar situations …… Klein said with a slight smile:
”Common sense.”
By the time the puzzled and intimidated Elizabeth re-entered the room, his calm smile disappeared and his face was filled with worry:
Although they are all in the North End, but from Fania Street to Zotland Street you have to take a public carriage for at least fifteen minutes, a round trip, by the time the captain and the others come over, I’m afraid that things have already deteriorated to the point of being unmanageable. …… If only Benson and Melissa weren’t here. …… But I can’t deal with Can’t deal with those hidden, unknown presences ah …… Is there any way to contain them for the time being …… By the way, Selene is a fan of the occult, and there should be no shortage of items such as pure dew, essential oils and herbs in her room… …
Just as Klein was trying his best to think of a countermeasure, Elizabeth casually found an excuse of having something to discuss and sat down next to Selene.
”Help me divine when I’ll meet a romantic, handsome gentleman this time?” A young girl across the table took a sip of her wine and, blushing at the flirtatious sight of the crowd, mustered up the courage to say.
Selena coughed lightly twice and rubbed the back of the mirror in a serious manner:
”Magic mirror magic mirror tell me, when will the gentleman Unina has in mind show up?”
After saying it three times in a row, she picked up the mirror and brought it up to her face.
Seizing the opportunity, Elizabeth jerked her head sideways and peered.
As expected, she thought she would see Selena’s face in the mirror and see half of her own.
However, the only thing that caught her eye was Selena.
There was only Selena in the modest mirror, and it was still Selena as she appeared in full body!
Inside the mirror was pitch black, and in the center stood Selene with a grim expression!
Elizabeth shuddered, drew back, leaned against the back of the sofa, and for a short time forgot to breathe.
She shuddered uncontrollably, and without thinking of excuses, she sprang up and stumbled toward the door, not daring to look back at the smiling Selene.
”Eunina’s gentleman will appear on the second Sunday of the week in six months ……”
In a playful voice, Elizabeth opened the door and saw Klein, dressed in a tuxedo and half-height silk bowler hat, standing in the shadow of a wall sconce.
”Mr. Moretti, I-I ……” she stammered, unable to speak.
Klein gave a subdued laugh:
”Don’t disturb the young lady and lady inside.”
Infected by his smile, Elizabeth calmed down a little, reached up and pulled the door of the room closed, and walked quickly to the vicinity of the wall sconces.
”I saw it, I saw only Selene in that mirror, demonic Selene ……” she said in a lowered voice.
Sure enough …… Klein stared a few more times and asked in a deep voice:
”Do you know which one of Selena’s bedrooms is? Any idea where those occult items of hers are?”
”It’s right there, and the occult items are there.” Elizabeth said without hesitation, pointing to the room diagonally across the hall.
Carrying his cane, Klein walked over, unscrewed the unlocked wooden door, opened the valve by the glow of the streetlight outside the window and the scarlet moonlight high above, and lit the gas lamp.
In the dim glimmering light, he swept over it with a glance, and saw bottles of pure lotions and flower essences, boxes of powdered herbs, and a candle, and an amulet.
The items were either on desks or neatly arranged within shelves, all labeled and given names.
After confirming them, Klein spoke to Elizabeth, who was following behind him:
”Do you want to save Selene?”
”Yes!” Elizabeth nodded subconsciously before asking frostily, “Is it dangerous?”
”There is a certain amount of danger, after all, I’m just a fan of the occult.” Klein replied matter-of-factly.
”A certain amount of danger ……” Elizabeth said as she pursed her lips tightly for a few seconds, “What do you need me to do?”
Klein smiled gently and reassuringly:
”Don’t be nervous, you just need to go back to the sitting room as if nothing has happened, go back to Selena, and in five minutes, remember, five minutes, you bring Selena here under the pretext of surprising her, tap on the door of the room, one long, two short, and the next, well, the next is up to me.”
Elizabeth thought back silently and nodded solemnly:
”Okay.”
Watching her return to the sitting room, Klein glanced at his pocket watch and closed the door to Selene’s bedroom, then with quick hands and feet cleared the desk and picked out the items he would need to use to the chair one by one.
Immediately after that, he took two candles with a faint fragrance and placed them in the upper left and right corners of the desk.
These were the symbols of the “Crimson Lord” and the “Queen of Doom and Fear”.
Klein was going to hold a ceremony here to use the power of the Goddess of Night to fight against the mysterious, unknown existence that was affecting Selene!
Since he is only a Sequence 9, the ritual magic he has mastered is not powerful enough, in order to succeed, he must allow Elizabeth to introduce Selene into the “sealing circle”, into the “altar” range!
Therefore, the situation where the other party realizes and resists must be taken into consideration!
Based on the above factors, Klein prepared to use the “interrupted” ritual magic.