Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 125 The Experienced Klein
Hearing Audrey give an affirmative answer, Mrs. Norma gave a sudden laugh:
”What an honest child.”
”I happen to know some very knowledgeable occultists, would you be interested in chatting with them?”
”Yes, that’s exactly what I’d like to do, praise the Goddess.” Audrey feigned surprise and drew a Crimson Moon on her chest.
Mrs. Norma held a smile and nodded gently:
”How about enjoying afternoon tea together tomorrow?”
”No problem.” Audrey’s excited eyes held a touch of innocence.
By the time she said goodbye to Mrs. Norma and marched in the direction of the living room, her smile gradually settled and her temperament was quiet and relaxed.
”Her body language, the color of her emotions, the changes in the details of her mental body mapped to the outside, all indicate that she has no malicious intent, but is quite nervous …… It seems that Lady Norma could really be a member of the Mental Alchemy Society …… Well, she had just been observing my expressions and movements, but was unable to regulate or hide her own emotions; perhaps, like Susie, she was a bit of a ‘spectator’, but unfortunately, she didn’t know that she was in front of a ‘mind-reader’… … “Audrey thought, half apprehensive, half proud, and couldn’t help but let her feet alternate forward, stepping gracefully in a straight line.
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Inside Eisinger Stanton’s house in the Hillsdon district.
Klein opened and closed his lips a couple of times, and ultimately didn’t ask Stuart who his employer was or what he looked like.
He decided to try to stay out of Emlyn White’s business.
Though by self-report, it was a law-abiding vampire, that was limited to what the other man had described; there were too many gaps in the first half of his life for Klein to be able to confirm that he hadn’t actually victimized innocents.
As such, he lacked the motivation to seek out Father Utravski, a Knight of the Dawn who was quite adept at combat, aided by magical items, and was not weakened!
Besides, it would be easy to reveal his true identity to Father Utrafsky and Emlyn White.
Hopefully, he can soon get the approval of that very capable priest, “sentence” completed “prison” …… Klein silently in his heart for Emlyn White clockwise four points.
After dividing up the bounty, the detectives left one after another, and Klein even got the highest treatment from Detective Eisinger who sent him to the door.
Eisinger took his pipe, coughed lightly twice and said:
”The serial murder case still has some doubts that have not been investigated, perhaps behind the murderer, there is also a more vicious guy hidden, you must be careful lately, don’t make a big fuss that you played an important role in this case.”
It seems that the official Extraordinary People also suspect that the demonic giant dog has an owner …… Klein responded solemnly:
”I know, I have my suspicions about that as well.”
”Mr. Stanton, you’ll have to be equally careful, you’re the convener of the party and a major partner of the police.”
Eisinger said as he stuffed his pipe into his mouth and took it out again:
”Sherlock, I’ll call you Sherlock, and you can rest assured that although I’m no longer young, I’m still an excellent fighter, a fine marksman, and possess an instinctive vigilance that forms.”
And the odds are that you are a bit sequence not low extraordinary person, just do not know which pathway belongs to …… Klein thought about it and said:
”Mr. Stanton, you don’t seem to be a native of Berkland? Your accent is closer to the West Vilas County side.”
”Yes, just as your accent of the eastern shore of the Middle Sea.” Eisinger admitted frankly.
The two detectives whirled around and smiled at each other, both recognizing the other’s ability to observe things without moving.
In time for the evening, Klein returned to 15 Minsk Street.
Well, I now have 1224 pounds of banknotes plus 5 gold coins, as well as a small amount of change, compared to the time when I first came to Berkland, it’s already generous enough, however, the extraordinary materials of Sequence 6 are at least 1500 pounds a piece, and there are times when, because of scarcity, because of the fact that they are rarely seen, it may even double, and the extraordinary people who can obtain similar items, the sequence is not too low, and it’s impossible to miscalculate the value, and sell them for a low price, and there’s no There exists the possibility of picking up a leak ……
Although the lady with the “artisan” behind her is extremely thirsty for the magic potion formula of the “Black Emperor” pathway, but we also have to take into account the progress of her enhancement, when she is still only sequence 9, it is almost impossible to spend a large sum of money to pre-purchase the formula of the sequence 6 in advance, unless The family has a mine, or open a bank …… Well, you can’t always catch a sheep woolgathering ……
Between thoughts, Klein didn’t rush to prepare dinner, returned to his bedroom, drew the curtains together, and went above the gray mist.
He’d just had an idea and needed to verify it.
Sitting in the seat of the Fool, he reached out and picked up the ancient, brass-colored “master key”.
According to the notes of Abraham’s descendants that he got last night, he guessed that the other party had lost control of the situation because he chose to be promoted during the full moon.
Therefore, the cursed ability of the “Master Key” to make people get lost in bad places, in addition to the extraordinary characteristics of the legacy that implies resentment and unwillingness, there is also a high probability that it is contaminated by the illusory ravings of Mr. “Door”.
”So, what happens to it during the full moon?” Klein grunted.
He manifested a pen and paper and wrote down the “divination statement” he had already prepared:
”How it behaves during a full moon.”
Holding the paper in one hand and the “master key” in the other, Klein leaned back in his chair and smiled to himself:
”It’s time to die again ……”
”However, there shouldn’t be too much danger this time, Mr. ‘Door’ is far from the real world, lost in the depths of the darkness, and I still have the gray mist blocking me.”
Divining the level of danger in this situation was no different than directly divining the thing itself, and the experienced Klein half-closed his eyes as they turned deeper and kept chanting:
”It manifests itself at the full moon.”
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Seven times later, Klein fell into a dream.
In that gray, branched, unreal world, he saw once again the basement where Abraham’s descendants had died.
The flesh and blood had long since dried up, and the silver pocket watch with diamonds and the ancient “master key” were still lying on the floor, not yet stolen.
Suddenly, a sharp, hollow, disembodied voice echoed in Klein’s ears.
It was like a fine needle, inserted into his head, little by little extending, little by little poking, as if to strip off the whole scalp!
This extreme pain made Klein wake up at once and sit up straight with a jerk.
He saw the green veins on the back of his hand bulge out one by one, and quickly flatten out again.
”Well, it’s much easier than peering into the ‘Eternal Blazing Sun’ and eavesdropping on the roar of the ‘True Creator’ ……” Klein thought leisurely as he switched from pressing to knocking.
Of course, if he were in the outside world, he was sure that he would never have only this reaction.
”If this was the kind of plea for help that Ms. ‘Magician’ had been hearing, she would have lost control long ago …… It seems that the ‘Universal Key’, because of the curse that created the relationship, making that voice clearer, also not right, Father Utravski should have carried the ‘Universal Key’ through the night of the blood moon, he was obviously not affected ah ……”
”Perhaps, he left the ‘master key’ in his bedroom at that time, and himself confessed outside in the hall, hmmm, only with access to the master key can you hear the ‘cry for help’ during the full moon?”
”Phew, before becoming High Sequence, I was afraid to listen to …… in the real world just now as if it was the word ‘plea for help’ in the ancient Hermetic language… … “Klein carefully recalled a few times and confirmed his listening score.
In response, he could only twitch the corners of his mouth, not knowing whether to cry or laugh:
”This is the true meaning of a solicited plea for help!”
”It’s a pity, if we can make the gang from the Rose School hear Mr. Gate’s plea for help on the night of the full moon, their personalities, which have already become cold and twisted, will inevitably explode one by one”
After carefully pondering whether there was a way to achieve such a purpose indirectly, Klein returned to the real world, enjoyed his dinner and changed his clothes to go out according to the predetermined plan.
He changed twice and arrived outside the “Braveheart” bar, but just went in and left without ordering any drinks.
In the process, he realized that Kaspers was back.
After walking a block, Klein got into a hired carriage and sent it off towards the Chorwood district.
The horse had just taken a step when an illusory figure outlined itself before him, none other than Miss Sharon in a long black court dress.
”Are you ready?” Sharon asked coolly.
The small black fedora on top of her head was firmly pressing her light blonde hair, and together with her pale face and delicate features, she had a doll-like beauty.
Klein answered frankly:
”Not yet.”
”I’m still waiting for an item.”
Sharon said with no ripples in her azure eyes:
”I have magical items ready.”
Is that why you took a bodyguard assignment of a thousand pounds for three days? When you had your eye on the item but didn’t have enough money? Klein laughed with some dawning realization:
”Don’t be in a hurry, the more prepared we are, the more certain we are.”
Moreover, the magical items of the solar field, which I can usually use, just make up for my shortcomings …… Klein added in his heart.
Seeing that Sharon stopped talking, he took the initiative to say:
”I came over today because I want you to cooperate in an experiment.”
”What?” Sharon asked succinctly.
Klein said with a proper, serious and trustworthy expression:
”According to Marich’s description, I think the manifestations of your curses are different, during the full moon, he was in pain to the point of being unable to fight because he had to endure that insane desire to kill and bloodlust, while you went into a weakened state when you couldn’t feed on the souls of human beings, is that right?”
Sharon listened quietly and nodded gently:
”Yes.”
”I don’t have a solution for your problem for now, but for Maric, I think there still exists the possibility of temporary suppression, for example, taking the appropriate potion to put him in a state with no emotional ups and downs, so that during that time, he won’t be in pain, and will be able to join the battle in one piece.” Klein elaborated his thoughts.
Sharon shook her head and said:
”No way.”
”These types of potions don’t work on him anymore.”
Already? That is to say, had worked at one time? Klein trailed off thoughtfully:
”Why?”
”He used to inject too much. After changing to another variety, it was only effective for the first three or four times, and we can’t find a new variety anymore ……” Sharon said, suddenly falling silent, as if she had remembered something.
Hearing her words, Klein instantly smiled slightly:
”I have a different variety of sedative here from that pharmacist.”
Seeing that Sharon didn’t say that this sedative was ineffective, he crossed his arms and continued:
”I’ll give you one first, so that Maric can try it during the full moon, which is tomorrow night.”
”If it works, have him drink two, or even three at a time before the fight.”
As for whether resistance will similarly develop later, that’s not something to consider now …… Klein thought calmly.