Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 217 A New Day
”The Twilight Hermit Society” ……
”What kind of organization is this? How come I’ve never heard of it? When Mr. ‘Inverted Hanging Man’ explained to me the general knowledge of the various powers, he didn’t mention even a little bit of it either ……”
Audrey was stunned and confused, and then noticed that the gray fog in front of her eyes faded, and Mr. “Fool”‘s condescending figure had disappeared.
Her eyes rolled back in her head, and she had a quick guess:
This organization called “Dusk Hermit Society” sounds more mysterious and unknown than the “Aurora Society”, “School of Life” and other underground forces. Mr. “Hanging Man”, who is very knowledgeable and has a close relationship with the Storm Church, doesn’t even know of its existence. ……
And they are planning an operation directed at the great nobles of the kingdom, one of the most powerful people in the world ……
They may be the deepest observers of the transcendental world, the real manipulators, influencing the situation of the north and south continents, no wonder they are concerned by Mr. “Fool” ……
The last time Mr. “Hanging Man” asked for the help of K’s dependents, it was successful not because the promised reward was generous enough, but because Mr. “Fool” himself was targeting the “Twilight Hermit Society”. ……
This organization is as mysterious as our “Tarot Club” ……
Audrey’s inexplicable excitement downplayed the shock of Duke Negan’s assassination.
”There are certainly not many Extraordinary People who know of the existence of the ‘Twilight Hermit Society’, and I am one of them, and we of the Tarot Society are targeting them!” Audrey stood up and walked over to the full-length mirror.
Her chin had an unusually beautiful curve from the slight lift.
Looking at the turquoise-eyed girl in the mirror, Audrey slowly calmed down, and for the first time the idea of urgently improving her own sequence arose from elements other than interest:
”An extraordinary person under tight protection, Duke Negan, would be assassinated, let alone dad who is just an ordinary person.
”Although it can be judged from the situation of the treasury that there must be quite a number of Extraordinary Persons in the house and that the Church of the Goddess will provide additional protection, it is still not reassuring that Duke Negan’s guards are no worse than that ……
”Come on, Audrey, raise to Sequence 7 as soon as possible, Sequence 6, hide in the shadows, and be the last line of defense for dad, mom, and brothers!”
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The capital of the Rothschild Islands, the City of Generosity.
The “Blue Avenger” was once again passing through, anchored in the harbor, giving the sailors a chance to let off steam and let off some steam.
Alger Wilson changed into his storm-embroidered robes and went to the largest church on the island, the Church of the Waves.
It was classically styled, with extensive use of stone columns and architraves, and had a large soaring dome and two bell towers.
– In the early days of colonization, those pioneers often didn’t have time to build churches, which had extremely serious consequences for them.
Being surrounded by tribes, jungles, and ancient buildings, they often died mysteriously, without cause, in large swaths, even after they had conquered the area.
This kind of situation, which had caused great panic, had only gradually diminished after the churches of the major churches had been built, becoming something that only happened occasionally.
Standing in the doorway of the church, Alger didn’t rush inside, but examined the dark and mysterious atmosphere inside through the light shining in from the narrow windows high above, and the warm candlelight that illuminated the area as if it were an area of human activity.
After a few seconds, he stepped into the great prayer hall, clenched his right fist, struck his left breast, and faced his bishop with the words:
”The storm is with you!”
”The storm is with you!” That bishop responded to him with the same gesture.
Without waiting for Alger to speak, the bishop of the Church of the Waves produced a telegram:
”You’re just in time, there’s an order from the Council of Cardinals, read it before you say your prayers.”
”What order?” Alger asked casually as he reached for it.
The Bishop said with a grave expression:
”Duke Negan has been assassinated, and the Council of Cardinals has told all Vicars and Clerics to keep an eye out for anything related to the Rogue Thief ‘Black Emperor’ and the entirety of events involving the Tarot Ceremony.”
”Chivalrous thief ‘Black Emperor’?” Alger fully expressed his amazement.
He already knew that the “Black Emperor” was Mr. “Fool”‘s dependent.
The bishop nodded solemnly:
”The one who assassinated Duke Negan was a Sequence 5 Demon, but this Demon was killed by the Rogue Thief ‘Black Emperor’ on his way to escape, which is the same as the ‘Hurricane Lieutenant General’ Zylingus who failed to assassinate the Duke. ”
Not only is the outward manifestation the same, even the essence is the same …… The one who killed Zillinger is also the family member of Mr. “Fool”, and the other family member …… who really wants Duke Negan to die is the “Fool”. I don’t think so, but I think it’s Mr. Fool. No, if this is true, he would have warned Zillings last time and told him to be careful of Ms. Justice, so that he wouldn’t lose his identity on the spot. …… Mr. Fool is watching the hidden truth behind the assassination incident. Mr. “Fool” is looking at the truth behind the assassination, at the real murderer. Who, or which organization, would make Mr. Fool pay so much attention? Alger thought of many things in a moment and made a preliminary judgment.
He looked down at the telegram, and found that the Church had set up a special investigation team for the assassination of Duke Negan, and each member was an elite member of the Substitute Punishers.
Should I apply to join and grasp the movements at all times? Alger hesitated for a moment.
In the end, he decided to follow the original plan and keep a low profile.
……
On a new day, Klein slept until he woke up naturally, slowly getting up and washing downstairs.
He didn’t rush to prepare breakfast, but habitually opened the door to his room, bathed in the mist, and took today’s copy of the newspaper out of the mailbox.
”What is it?” Suddenly, he noticed a thick envelope, not too lightly weighted, wedged inside the newspaper.
Squeezing the surface, Klein’s mind flashed for a moment to the crisp scent of the bill’s ink.
His psychic instincts told him that inside was a considerable amount of cash.
He carefully unwrapped it and drew out the wad of gold pounds.
Upon counting, he confirmed that there were a total of 1,000 pound bills.
”It’s the bounty given by the ‘Mechanical Heart’ ah …… This is what they call hidden giving? How are they so relieved? Just leave it in the letterbox like that? What if it gets stolen?” The elated Klein couldn’t help but complain.
With this amount of money, and no longer under the secret protection of the “Mechanical Heart”, he could go to the vampire Emlyn White and complete the previous deal!
After breakfast, Klein immediately put on his coat, put on his hat, picked up his cane, and clipped a newspaper to go out.
Heading for the public carriage stop, he saw his landlady, Mrs. Starling Sommer, directing the maid to load the trunks into the carriage in front of the door.
”Good morning, Mrs. Sommer.” Klein greeted with a smile.
Starling smiled haughtily and returned the greeting.
Her mental state seemed to have recovered …… and she didn’t know what had happened to her before …… Klein asked curiously:
”Where are you guys going?”
”It’s almost New Year’s, Mary gave Luke an early vacation, and we’re planning to go to Dixie Bay to welcome the new year.” Starling took the initiative to say, “Hey, we’ve been to several cities there, the famous coastal towns as well, we’re going to go over to Feneport this time, the scenery of Sevia City is said to be very nice.”
Klein responded cooperatively:
”It’s really enviable.”
”What about you? Detective Moriarty, where are you planning to spend the New Year?” Starling asked with a smile.
I’m most likely to stay locally …… By the way, have to prepare tools to repair the wall that Stuart punched holes in earlier …… Klein said with the corners of his mouth upturned:
”Go back to the Makai, winter has a different flavor there.”
Starling’s smile grew more pronounced:
”I hope to meet you at Dixie Bay later in the New Year.”
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Bridge South, Moonflower Street, Harvest Church.
Emlyn White, who was carefully polishing the candelabra, broke into a smile just as he saw Detective Sherlock Moriarty in his black tweed coat enter.
He straightened his hair, walked over with his head held high, and lowered his voice:
”There’s information on Jason Belial, and one of the Bloods knows him.”
”I have information on him as well.” Klein smiled and handed over the newspaper he was holding, the front page headline was:
”Yesterday, the Honorable Duke Negan was assassinated, and a true demon ravaged the land.”
Underneath the headline was a detailed description of yesterday’s assassination, stating that the murderer was a banker named Patrick Jason and was killed on the spot, and that the terrorist organization, the Aurora Society, claimed responsibility.
When he had read the news earlier, Klein, who was having breakfast, had nearly spewed milk.
He initially thought that Mr. A of the Aurora Society was in over his head and was grabbing the blame for this kind of thing, but after thinking it over, he thought it was closer to an official cover-up.
If the “Dusk Hermits” is really an ancient organization that Rossel the Great joined, then they should be very hostile to the Aurora Society, after all, they hate the “Real Creator”…… Klein suddenly flashed this thought. A thought like this flashed through his mind.
Emlyn looked at the newspaper repeatedly with a blank expression and spoke in disbelief:
”That means the information I got is useless?”
”Theoretically.” Klein gave Mr. Vampire a sympathetic look, “However, the official organization is still investigating the mastermind behind Jason Belyea, so your intelligence should still be able to sell if it points to this aspect.”
As for Klein himself, of course, he didn’t want to get involved in this matter anymore.
”There is no …… he just knows Jason Belyea and knows some of his hobbies.” Emlyn sighed.
Seeing his reaction, Klein asked in amusement:
”Don’t you usually read newspapers?”
It was such a big deal that he didn’t know about it until now!
Emlyn glanced at him strangely:
”Why do you read the newspaper?
”I’m busy.”
Busy cleaning the Harvest Church, busy going home to the dolls, busy trying to find a way to cheat the blood …… You’re really a new-age vampire …… Klein opened his mouth, and with his Joker ability, he forcefully suppressed the imminent fear of being killed by a vampire. Clayne opened his mouth and used his “Joker” ability to forcefully suppress the laughter that was about to come out.
He didn’t flirt with Emlyn White and said seriously:
”I’ve already raised enough gold pounds for those two materials.
”When will you give me the materials?”