Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 218 The Sickness of the Sickness
Hearing Klein’s question, Emlyn White was startled and said, sizing up the other man carefully:
”You’re richer than I thought.”
He had thought that it would take at least a week for Sherlock Moriarty to raise £2,450.
”I’ve been saving for a long time.” Crane replied with a sigh.
Emlyn nodded thoughtfully:
”Is being a private investigator that lucrative?”
”It’s just an identity that makes it easy to move around, and it’s only two or three hundred pounds a year if you don’t come across a big bounty.” Klein said matter-of-factly.
Emlyn glanced at him and asked, pretending not to notice:
”So what do you actually do? Smuggling arms and stealing from the vaults of the rich and powerful? There aren’t many things that can be done to save up more than 2000 pounds very quickly for a Sequence 7 and below Extraordinary, and most of them stray into the margins of lawlessness and criminality.”
You, a vampire, talking to me about breaking the law? It seems like you’re quite eager to make a quick buck …… Klein smirked:
”Take on some of the more dangerous missions, or try if you’re not afraid to die.”
Emlyn closed his mouth for a long moment:
”Come to me in the evening, I will take you to the seller.”
What a vampire from the heart …… Klein was about to agree to it when he suddenly felt a little unsafe.
What if that seller saw the money? What if he didn’t even have the appropriate extraordinary materials and was just trying to trick people into going over to rob and kill them? Emlyn White can be trusted, but the seller he introduced may not …… have to find an excuse to go above the gray mist to do a divination to confirm the degree of danger …… Well, there is no need to be so complicated, there is a better way… …In the midst of his thoughts, Klein looked sideways at Emlyn:
”No, you go by yourself.
”I’ll give you 1000 pounds as an advance, you bring those two materials to the Church of the Harvest, after confirmation, I’ll pay the final amount, I think that seller should be able to accept this way, it shows the creditworthiness of a noble blood.”
Being held up like this, Emlyn raised his chin without realizing it:
”There is no problem with this type of transaction.”
When he said that, he hemmed and hawed:
”You’re afraid that they won’t keep their word over there? Inside the Harvest Church, you’re at ease?”
”Of course, an Earth Mother Goddess Favorite who is over two meters twenty tall and unusually muscular standing next to him would make anyone feel safe.” Klein smiled and pointed down at Father Utravski, “The ones who can deal with him wouldn’t care about a fortune of two or three thousand pounds.”
Emlyn’s face darkened and he grunted:
”Aren’t you worried that I’ll siphon off the thousand pounds advance?”
Klein looked ahead leisurely and said:
”Why worry?
”You’ll be back here every day, you’ll be easily found, and a living vampire is more than a thousand pounds even if it’s taken apart and sold.”
Emlyn whispered in annoyance at being poked and prodded:
”Bloods! Understand? Bloods!
”And don’t use the unit ‘only’!”
Klein laughed softly and said nothing more, waiting for the other to calm down.
”Just trade the way you asked.” Finally, Emlyn reached out and rubbed the corner of his forehead.
Klein immediately took out the envelope he had received only in the morning and handed it to the other party along with the thick 1000 pounds of cash inside:
”See you here at 8pm.”
Emlyn counted the banknotes inside and after confirming that they were correct, he stole a wary glance at Father Utravski and lowered his voice:
”Mr. Private Detective, you who are often exposed to all kinds of intelligence and news, have you ever heard of an evil god called ‘The Fool’?”
Evil …… evil you …… Klein nearly exploded in his heart.
He replied with his usual expression:
”Recently, there are many people looking for followers of the ‘Fool’, and you also want to join their ranks and claim the corresponding reward?”
Emlyn sighed:
”No, I’m just thinking about whether or not to pray to this evil god, or evil spirit, to ask k to help me release my mental suggestion, you know, there are k’s specific honorific names that have been circulated, and as long as they are transformed into Hermetic, ancient Hermetic language, there is a possibility of getting a response …… What do you know about k? What harm will k bring to the believers much harm? Does it force a change in the views of believers?”
Although the target is pointed at me, I still want to say, “Fellow vampire, you are sick and desperate …… Klein said with very mixed feelings:
”‘The Fool’ is very mysterious, to this day for this reason, except for those sources you already know, no one is clear about k details, such as the range covered by the priesthood, such as the corresponding prayer rituals.
”What puzzles me is, in this case, why don’t you consider your suck, er, blood clan’s originator, the ancient god Lilith? As long as the rituals are correct and the sacrifices are appropriate, K should be able to help you disarm your psyche.”
Emlyn leaned back slightly and stared straight ahead for several seconds without speaking.
He seemed to grow deeper all of a sudden.
After a brief moment of silence, he spoke slowly in a low voice:
”Even before the Cataclysm, the Patriarchs have rarely answered prayers, and only a special number of matters may be helped by K. This does not include the lifting of mental hints.”
In the legend of Silver City, the ancient god Lilith, who represented the moon, had already been reclaimed by the reawakened Creator to take back her authority, or had fallen in one of the divine wars a little earlier……. So who was the one who occasionally answered the prayers of the Blood? The primordial moon? Klein deliberately pursued the question:
”Then there’s still the ‘primal moon’ to pray to, and quite a few of the Underground Extraordinary’s rituals draw on the power of the K.”
This mainly refers to the “Witch King” and the corresponding creatures …… Klein added in his mind.
Emlyn’s lips opened and closed, but failed to make a sound, his face more than a few unspeakable fear.
After a long interval, he said gruffly:
”I suspect that the ‘primordial moon’ is impersonated by any evil god or high-ranking demon, and most of those who pray to k will change a little bit, becoming cruel, crazy, and filled with the desire to reproduce, while the rest of those, predominantly bloods, have a high probability of going out of control on the spot and turning into real monsters.
”There was once a powerful Blood who tried praying out of danger, and ended up turning into a lump of meat that only knew how to mate and procreate, she gave birth to one bizarre offspring after another with cows, goats, horses, rats, and even plants, and rocks, each of which amounted to starting a new race of monsters, luckily she was quickly purged, and so were her offspring. ”
…… The “primordial moon” is so dangerous? It’s not mentioned in the Book of Secrets at all. …… The Karaman Witch King has had his mind corrupted by K? Luckily, I’m all parody and adaptation, and the prayers are for myself …… Klein’s heart raced at Emlyn White’s description.
It made him realize profoundly that the hidden existence beyond the seven gods was indeed not so trustworthy.
I excepted …… him with a sigh.
At that moment, Emlyn laughed bitterly:
”If the negative impact brought about by the ‘Fool’ isn’t that great, praying to K isn’t something that can’t be considered.”
The only impact is that you will pay a certain amount of payment for it …… Klein, in order to maintain the image he had shown, could only tap Emlyn’s shoulder and draw a triangular holy emblem on his chest:
”Praying to a hidden existence that doesn’t know the situation well is very dangerous, in that case, it would be better to pick a faith that you like better from within the Seven Gods, it’s not like the K’s will affect your daily life or make you throw away your dolls.”
”If there’s really no other way ……,” Emlyn suddenly realized he was calmer than he thought.
Without further ado, Klein squeezed to the corridor and headed out of the Harvest Church.
Looking out at the foggy sky, he began to think about what he would do next.
There was no doubt that his current focus was on saving money and finding materials.
The small “sun” side to stabilize, so as not to be suspected again, let him after the removal of the out-of-control spiritual pollution of the method to offset the promised payment …… deep sea naga hair can be entrusted to the “upside down man”! “Mr., the human skin of the shadow of the characteristics to rely on their own …… Emlyn White and “Wisdom Eye” Stanton old Mr. side, more than a month have not corresponding news, have to change the channel! …… Well, it’s been so long, the Rose School’s high-ranking powerhouses shouldn’t be closely monitoring the Bravehearts’ bar anymore…I’ll go over there in the evening and see if I can get in touch with Ms. Sharon and Maric… …Klein quickly had an idea.
In order to get to the Daredevil, he’d have to head to the East End and change into his worker’s clothes at the extra one-bedroom house he’d rented on Black Palm Street.
With that in mind, he headed across the street to the bus stop.
……
On the outskirts of the West Side, inside Green’s Cemetery.
Forsyth Wall, wearing a black gauze hat, walked quietly beside Dorian Gray, a member of the Abraham family, accompanying him to lay flowers at the graves of Lawrence, Annelisa, and others.
As she walked along, her thoughts were on the extraordinary material of the Spirit Eater’s Stomach Pouch.
She knew that she had already digested the “Apprentice” magic potion, and as long as she obtained the “Spirit Eater’s Stomach Pouch”, she would be able to become a “Master Juggler”, but there was no clue to the corresponding item, and the “Spirit Eater’s Stomach Pouch”, which was the most promising item to help her, was the most important one. The Sun, who has the most hope to help her, dares not hold a ceremony or invite friends to hunt Spirit Eaters because of what happened before.
In order to improve as soon as possible, and take a step forward to get rid of the curse of the full moon, she even prayed to Mr. “Fool”, asking the other party’s family members to help her look for the materials, and in the process, she revealed the fact that her new book was published, and that she would soon receive a guaranteed payment for the book, in order to prove that she had sufficient purchasing power…. -She wasn’t worried about her real identity being known by Mr. Fool, because she thought Mr. Fool must be well aware of it.
In a secluded, peaceful, cold environment, Forsyth and Dorian stopped at Lawrence’s grave.
Looking at the posthumous photo taken after his death and reading the epitaph “He was a good teacher”, Dorian Gray was silent for a long time before sighing:
”It’s ironic ……”
”Why?” Forsyth asked rhetorically in surprise.
She had heard Laurence mention before that he was a public school teacher in the city of Constanton, in the county of Mashai, and that was why he had used such an epitaph.
”It has nothing to do with you, it’s a family matter.” Dorian smiled to himself and bent down to put down the flowers.
After straightening his body, he eyed the front and suddenly spoke:
”Voorhees, do you want to become an extraordinary person? The kind described in my letter.”