Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 216 The Parties
At night, the gas street lamps illuminated the wet ground, and from time to time, a carriage drove by, splashing a few drops of water.
Beckland is located in the middle of the kingdom, only a few dozen kilometers away from the Sunia Sea, rainy all year round, the average high temperature in July is only 28 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature in winter is around 2 degrees Celsius, there are few chances to fall to the “zero point”, or even break through, but this does not prevent people from feeling the cold, even if the people of North Forsak, who are used to the freezing life, sometimes can’t bear the dampness and coolness that can penetrate their clothes and flesh. Even the people of North Forsak, who were used to living in the snow and ice, sometimes couldn’t bear the dampness and coolness that could penetrate their clothes and flesh.
Kline stood behind the convex belly window in the unlit fireplace room, looking out at the peaceful and quiet scene, only to feel his body, mind and spirit unusually relaxed.
As long as he gathered all the ingredients and concocted a magic potion, he would immediately be promoted to Sequence 6 and become a “Faceless Man”.
”The ‘Magician’ potion was thoroughly digested …… ‘Apostle of Desire’ was terminated by my own hands and didn’t escape… …’Aurora Society’s search for the ‘Fool’ followers is still beating a dead horse …… Except for the matter of Mr. Aztec being pursued by an unknown power and the magic potion Materials related issues, I’m not bothered by anything for now …… “Klein leaned forward and puffed out his breath, watching it condense into a white mist on the window.
The reason why he took the risk of intercepting the “Apostle of Desire” was because he was worried that the other party would have other arrangements, and by doing so, they would successfully get rid of the tracking of the official extraordinary people, and by that time, he who provided the key advice might be remembered, and he would be retaliated in the aftermath – as a “cold-blooded person”. “cold-blooded”, demons are unlikely to risk avenging their companions, but that doesn’t mean they won’t choose to vent their anger over their own near-death.
”This operation does have to be, maybe someone from the ‘Dusk Hermit Society’ has a pickup somewhere, and by the time the ‘Apostle of Desire’ escapes, without the appropriate intel, I might just follow Sequence 5 in my defense, and think that promotion Faceless Man’ wouldn’t be in too much danger, however, the ‘Apostle of Desire’ would most likely be able to use the information provided by the ‘Abyss’ card and the help of the ‘Dusky Hermit Society’s’ help to advance to the High Sequence! Such a development, just thinking about it makes one fearful …… Justice’s mendicant is indispensable ……” Klein examined this afternoon’s events, summarizing his experiences and lessons from them.
After enjoying the night view for a while, he turned to walk back to his couch position and sat down, thinking about the next arrangement:
”With the bounty given by ‘Mechanical Heart’, the Thousand Faces Hunter’s brain mutant pituitary and blood can be bought, the money needed for the hair of the Deep Sea Naga is also enough, this kind of material should be relatively easy to collect in the sea, and we can let ‘Inverted Hanging Man ‘ Mr. Help, the only problem is the characteristics of the Human Skin Phantom ……
”And even if there are clues, the gold pounds aren’t enough ……”
Thinking of this, Klein couldn’t help but laugh silently to himself:
”I’m not a particularly money-loving person by nature ah, it’s just normal preferences, in Tingen, has been encouraging Melissa to spend money, has been flirting with her and Benson to hire a maid, think no matter what try not to shortchange yourself, every time you do a covert operation, but also safety first, careful, will not be affected by the wealth of the heart and mind.
”But in order to take revenge, it is necessary to upgrade the sequence, and to upgrade the sequence, it is necessary to buy expensive and extraordinary materials, which can only be accumulated penny by penny and sule by sule, and can be saved ……”
He suddenly shrank his shoulders, feeling that the coldness of the living room made the “magician”, who was not known for his physical fitness, shudder a little.
So he decided to just shower, get under the covers, and read books in bed.
There’s no need to burn the fireplace when it’s time to go to bed in three or four hours. …… Klein sighed, stood up, and walked to the second floor.
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The underground area of the Steam Church.
Ikonser finished going through all the statements recorded, picked up his coffee, and took a sip.
After a few seconds of calm, he pulled out the ancient silver mirror called the Arodes.
Carlson glanced at it and asked with some curiosity:
”Deacon, if the honorable Arodes is asked about unsolved problems in mathematics or classic paradoxes, will it give the correct answer?”
”Most of the time, it will outright reject it, and if it thinks there is malice on your part, it may even outright give you a lightning bolt or subject you to a curse that you definitely don’t want to face.” Ikonser sighed, “It’s a living seal with extreme intelligence, not a differential machine that rigidly adheres to rules, and it’s best not to use it with the idea of exploiting loopholes.”
Carlson looked around at the team and kindly offered:
”Deacon, let me ask for you, I have nothing to hide.”
He straightened his back and assumed a posture of frank honesty.
Ikonser laughed bitterly:
”There’s no need, I know what I need to know, I’m no longer afraid of similar questions, and besides, the Honorable Aroldus occasionally asks rather esoteric questions, and with your physical condition, the punishment that follows isn’t so easy to bear.”
When he finished speaking, he clenched his fists before extending his five fingers and caressing the surface of the silver mirror three times.
In the subtle denseness, Ikonser spoke in a low voice:
”Honorable Arodes, my question is, who, or which force, directed the ‘Apostle of Desire’ to assassinate Duke Negan?”
The silver mirror briefly did not even appear to change, and it took a while for the watery light to float and outline an oil painting-like scene:
It was the plains where the sun was about to set, and the vast fields were sprinkled with a pale golden afterglow.
”What does this mean?” Carlson and the other members of the Mechanical Heart looked at each other, completely unable to understand, even though there were some extraordinary people among them who had been promoted to the rank of “Secret Peeper” and were no strangers to interpreting revelations.
”Dusk? A symbol of the end of life? A cult that believes in death or a madman who believes in doom?” One of the “peeps” said with deliberation.
Carlson nodded in agreement:
”I think it’s the latter.”
Ikanthar didn’t bother to pay attention to their discussion, as Arodes’ question had surfaced:
”What’s your favorite color panties?”
Ikonser’s face suddenly flushed red, and he only felt as if the top of his head was smoking.
He spat out a word with great difficulty:
”Red.”
The room suddenly became unusually quiet, and Carlson and the others looked off into the corner with feigned indifference.
Iconser sat down deflated, scratched his matted hair, and prepared to ask a second question.
Carlson couldn’t bear to say:
”Deacon, let me try.”
”…… Try not to get into the punishment part.” Iconser finally nodded in agreement.
Carlson very confidently mimicked the deacon’s movements and stroked the surface of the silver mirror three times, while the other members of the group regrouped.
”Honorable Arodes, my question is, who are the collaborators of the ‘Apostles of Desire’?”
As the watery light floated and the image changed, the surface of the silver mirror first showed the back of a woman with an extremely impressive figure.
Next, there was a person who was blurred to the extreme, and could only barely be initially judged to be a male from the way he was dressed.
”Sure enough, there is another collaborator, this should be the person who betrayed Duke Negan’s information! Unfortunately, the other party has done a certain amount of processing ……,” Carlson said as he looked around the circle.
He didn’t think he had any ulterior secrets and didn’t need to care about the follow-up questions.
This time, Arodes gave the choice of questions, tasks or punishment.
Carlson said without hesitation:
”Question!”
A single, blood-soaked word flew outlined on the surface of the silver mirror:
”You rely on your hands every day?”
Carlson’s lips parted, only to feel his ears rapidly become hot.
It was something he considered normal, but giving the answer in front of so many of his teammates and superiors still gave him the urge to bury his face in the ground.
”Yes ……” he replied in a very small voice.
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The bottom of St. Samuel’s Church.
Daley, wearing blue eye shadow, threw a stack of papers in front of Thorst, the Requiemist:
”All the information you asked for on cases involving tarot cards.”
”Less than I thought.” Solstice said with slight surprise.
Daley hemmed and hawed:
”This is just the index.”
Leonard, seeing this, stroked his lower lip with his red-gloved right palm and said:
”Captain Solstice, why don’t we dig deeper into the people who had contact with Jason Bellia and compare it to the two previous cases? There’s a good chance that there’s a clue to the organization that uses the tarot card as a symbol hidden in there.”
”Duke Negan is a devout follower of the Storm Lord and represents the Storm Church’s interests in the political arena, the Substitute Punishers will definitely frantically search for the real culprit, there’s no need for us to get involved, that would instead easily contradict them, let’s look into the other cases involving the Tarot cards, we might find new clues, of course we’re bound to be running around because of that, but that’s the Red Glove’s duty.” Solstice explained with a smile.
Leonard nodded:
”I understand.”
And within his mind, the slightly older voice tsked and laughed:
”It’s amazing that the night watchman just missed it, that person has the smell of the ‘Black Emperor’, the smell of the real ‘Black Emperor’!”
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Inside the Holy Wind Cathedral.
Wearing a black fedora, “God’s Songster” Ace Snake swept his silver eyes and said to the selected elite of Substitute Punishers:
”Although I am about to leave Berkland, this is the decision of the Cardinal Council.
”You have one task ahead of you, and that is to investigate the assassination of Duke Negan.
”After declaring that you have the right to use the Level 1 Seal, you must figure out who is targeting us!”
A middle-aged man standing at the front, wearing a modified captain’s hat, immediately led the crowd, clenching his hand into a fist and lightly hitting his chest, saying:
”Yes, Your Excellency the Cardinal!”
He had a lean figure and his looks were nothing special, but he had an anchor-shaped green and black tattoo on his neck.
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Queens, inside the luxurious villa of Earl Hall’s family.
Audrey looked at Susie, who opened the door for herself, and lowered her voice:
”Daddy what are they discussing?”
After realizing that Earl Hall came back late and had an unusually grave expression, she immediately sent Susie, the big golden-haired dog, to sneak in and listen in.
”Duke Negan has been assassinated.” Susie closed the door with her leg.
”Huh?” Audrey was stunned for a moment, suspecting she had heard wrong.
Although she had already experienced an assassination of Duke Negan once, she had never thought that this extremely powerful great noble would actually die because of it.
”Really.” Susie gave an affirmative reply.
Audrey was instantly a bit bewildered, feeling that it wasn’t real enough.
Such a great noble, such a flesh and blood, able to talk and laugh, and a duke who gifted himself a manor died just like that?
Holland, she experienced the cruelty and coldness of the adult world.
”Who did this?” Audrey subconsciously asked.
”A Sequence 5 demon.” Susie replied rather quickly, “But he’s been silenced, by that chivalrous thief ‘Black Emperor’ or whatever.”
”Huh?” Audrey was again stunned.
How could it be the chivalrous thief ‘Black Emperor’, and how could it be Mr. ‘Fool”s dependents?
Last time, he helped me with the assassination of Duke Negan!
This is completely contradictory!
Audrey immediately instructed Susie to listen again, while she unlocked the door to her room, sat down on the edge of the bed, and prayed to Mr. “Fool”.
After reciting his name and describing the assassination of Duke Negan, she asked with great confidence:
”Were your favorites present?”
After a while, she saw a boundless gray mist and heard the voice of the Fool:
”Yes.
”He was looking for the organization that ordered the Apostles of Desire.”
I’m sure it wasn’t Mr. “Fool” who arranged it! Was it also for the organization behind the scenes that K had the familiars block Zylingus last time? Audrey relaxed and asked curiously:
Audrey relaxed and asked curiously: “What organization is that? Surprisingly, it can get your attention.”
A second later, she heard Mr. Fool reply in his normal, uninterrupted manner:
”The Dusk Hermits.”