Part 2 The Faceless Man chapter two hundred and nine – the real jason
15 Minsk Street, inside the washroom.
Klein drew a paper figure from a concealed pocket of his clothing and, with a casual shake of his hand, transformed it into a double.
He made the double sit on the toilet, newspaper in hand, to hoodwink the others, while he himself used it to duck into the shadows and take four steps against the grain, into the gray mist above.
This sequence of operations was more magic than magic!
Inside the grand and ancient palace, Klein sat down at the top of the long bronze table and had the handkerchief of Jason Belyea materialized in front of him.
–This is only a projection, but it can also be used for divination, provided that the handkerchief has not left his body in the real world, the earliest in the city of Tingen divination “mutated sun emblem”, Klein is the use of the projection, at that time he did not know how to summon their own rituals, can not bring the spirit of the At that time, he didn’t know how to perform the ritual of summoning himself, so he couldn’t bring spiritual objects to the gray mist.
Of course, there was still a considerable difference in effect between using a projection and using his own body for divination, so when he could use his own body, Klein tried to use his own body as much as possible, but he was now being protected by the official Extraordinary, and it wasn’t that convenient to perform the ritual.
If someone found out that he had to light a candle while squatting on the toilet during the day, it would be a big trouble.
If indeed I can divine the whereabouts of Jason Belial, the demon, and the revelation just isn’t clear enough, then I’ll take a chance, summon myself, and bring up the handkerchief …… Klein grunted, materialized parchment and a round-bellied fountain pen, and scribbled down the divination statement:
”Jason Bellia’s current location.”
Normally, relying on a handkerchief that the other party had only used in a certain ritual would not be able to divine the target’s whereabouts and whereabouts, as the connection would not be strong enough and there would be too many interferences, for example, it would be easy to provoke the Abyssal Archduke that the ritual was directed to.
But for Klein, interference can be eliminated, the so-called Archduke of the Abyss is at most a high sequence of demons, not the embodiment of the Abyss, “the dark side of the universe”, and the object of his hospitality in this mysterious space above the gray mist is the “Eternal Sun”, The mysterious space above the gray mist hosts deities such as “Eternal Sun”, “Real Creator”, and at least angelic Mr. Door, and so far it has not overturned the ship.
As for the problem of the connection is not close enough, can only get the gray fog certain bonus Klein can not be solved, can only try, take a chance, maybe he became this field of the high sequence of saints, only then have the appropriate grasp.
Theoretically it is possible, after all, when performing a ceremony, the body, mind and spirit state is most unified, and it is also the easiest to sympathize with the outside world……. Nowadays, Klein, who is barely considered an expert in the occult, whispers, grips the handkerchief and the parchment with the divinatory statements written on it, and leans back against the back of the chair.
He quickly entered a meditative state, and kept chanting “Jason Belyea’s current location”.
After seven times, Kraven fell into a deep sleep and came to the dream world.
In the gray sky and earth, countless images flickered continuously, interrupted each other, and were extremely diffuse.
Soon, a picture became clear and filled Klein’s “field of vision”, making him seem to have entered that dream.
In the dream world, the light was dim, the desk was dark red, a figure stood in front of the convex belly window, looking at the garden outside.
Inside the garden was a shed made of glass, in which roses bloomed, bright red in the December cold.
The silhouette’s likeness was projected onto the window, a man of medium build, with slightly curly brown hair and icy brown eyes, and an outward age in his thirties.
Isn t this …… me divining Jason Belyea s location? Who is this, it feels a bit familiar …… Klein was puzzled for a while, but did not do any thinking, letting his spirituality continue to remain in a state of dispersion, as if he was roaming some mysterious world.
No sooner had his confusion set in than the man turned his body toward a corner of the room where two rather large leather suitcases lay.
The man crouched down and opened one of the cases, which contained neatly stacks and stacks of banknotes, pressed against bar after bar of gold.
The exposed bills were all in ten-pound denominations, and the gold bars were glowing with a fascinating luster.
The man drew something out of the concealed pocket of his suitcase and, with a shake of his hand, unfolded it.
It was a slightly pale human skin!
A complete human skin!
The man quickly stripped himself and slipped the human skin over his body, and in just ten seconds or so he was transformed into Jason Bellia with high cheekbones, blue eyes with gray, and neatly backcombed hair!
At this point, the image shattered with a flourish, and Klein’s eyes opened.
No wonder Jason dared to take the risk, so it turned out that in the past ten years, he had been wearing a human skin and had never revealed his true appearance …… Worthy of being a calm and crazy demon …… Klein couldn t help but sigh.
Jason left his portrait in the house, did not let Eisinger and others have suspicions, because the surrounding residents have seen him, clear his looks, even without a portrait, with the ability of the official organization of extraordinary people, it is also enough to restore a pair of them, the effect may even be more like a photo than a photo, so there is no need for Jason to not have the motivation to destroy something like this, which is a very good understanding of the matter.
Who knew that he had also reserved inducements in this most normal of places! If you follow the portrait to find, even if the night watchman has the seal “1-42”, it is not so easy to lock the target …… Moreover, both times he acted, he had used his own ability to cover his face, who would have thought that the face that was tightly hidden and protected was actually was fake! Klein tasted the flavor of cunning from Jason’s body.
He rubbed the corner of his forehead and began to recall the image he had seen in the “dream divination”.
”A house with a glass conservatory is a fairly obvious feature, and there can’t be too many similar buildings in Birkeland! But the question is, how do I report it? I’ve just blurted this out to the Mechanical Heart, and Jason must have sensed the danger and alertly started shifting in disguise ……
”Go straight to the night watchman with the seal ‘1-42’? What if I run into someone I know? I don’t want to turn into ashes and get sprinkled into the Tasok River …… And I can’t rush to report it, I’ve just launched the operation, it’s unlikely that I’ll be able to get feedback from the sources that quickly ……
”The guy was really carrying a lot of cash and jewelry, a whole suitcase full of banknotes …… Overall value would probably be over 50,000 pounds ……”
Klein’s thoughts flew for a while before he calmed down and decided to wait for two days before informing the night watchman in charge of the matter of the revelation he had gained through a suitable method.
With the divination over, he returned to the real world, disarmed his double, and squatted himself down on the toilet.
……
In the middle of the afternoon, getting ready to go out, Klein casually tossed a coin.
This time, he got the revelation that it was not advisable to go out at this moment.
”Going out would be dangerous?” Without hesitation, Klein resumed his seat in the living room.
After about twenty minutes or so, he heard the doorbell ring softly and realized that it was Eisinger Stanton visiting him.
”Mr. Stanton, did you get something?” Klein asked, rather pleased.
Eisinger pointed to the back of the foyer:
”We’ll talk inside.”
”Okay.” Klein moved out of the way.
After sitting on two opposite sets of couches, Eisinger reached for his deerstalker hat and inhaled:
”That ‘Apostle of Desire’ has appeared again.”
Seeing Klein maintain his composure, he nodded in satisfaction and continued:
”Two of the detectives’ families didn’t want to be protected, felt they wouldn’t be implicated, so they stayed out, and at lunch today they were found dead in their respective offices, one too terrified to scare himself to death, and the other so excited that he used up the last of his energy.
”They were too stubborn to be followers of the Tyrant, but this makes the Substitute Punisher’s involvement official, and it’s rumored that the high sequence of powerhouses from several major churches and the military have set their sights on the ‘Apostles of Desire’ matter as the most important of late.”
”You’re hoping that I won’t divulge your identity as a follower of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom?” Klein asked rhetorically with some dawning realization.
”It sure is easy to talk between detectives.” Eisinger smiled and nodded.
”No problem.” Klein made a promise first and turned to say, “I have some channels of information that are not easy to expose, so if information of quite high value comes back from there afterward, I would like you to relay it to the Night Watcher for me and keep it a secret.”
As for why he was looking for the Night Watcher and not the Mechanical Heart, he believed that he didn’t need to make it too clear, with the wisdom of Great Detective Stanton, he could figure it out with his toes.
Eisinger first agreed to Klein’s request, then queried:
”You telling me would be the same as letting Jason notice ahead of time.”
”Let’s hope we can find a good way to circumvent it …… Please also help to think more about other possibilities, that ring of yours should be able to simulate quite a few extraordinary abilities.” Klein responded matter-of-factly.
”Good.” Eisinger didn’t say anything more.
He mused for a few seconds, pulled out his pipe and sniffed:
”The ‘Apostle of Desire’s’ actions today have confirmed one of my suspicions, huh, and also the question you thought of before.”
”His main purpose is not revenge?” Klein understood the other’s words.
Eisinger leaned forward and said solemnly:
”Since Jason has already passed the stage of ‘cold-blooded person’, it shows that he definitely has become cold-blooded, and it’s impossible for him to go to this extent for that demon dog.
”Sherlock, look, up to now, all the official extraordinary forces of Bakerland have been mobilized, even the High Sequence powerhouses have shifted more attention to this matter, at such a time, wouldn’t it be a lot easier for Jason to deal with the other, real target if he wanted to?”
Klein responded in a deep voice after a little thought:
”Very reasonable!”
……
After exchanging words for a while, Eisinger continued on to Kaslana, and Klein flipped the coin and headed out the door, as scheduled, to the Krag Club.
Neither of them revealed their own speculations to the Official Extraordinary for the time being, fearing that this would jeopardize Jason and cause him to abandon his operation.
Just after entering the Krag Club, Klein met Surgeon Allen in the lobby.
”Long time no see.” He greeted with a smile.
”Too busy lately.” Allen responded kindly, just keeping his cold expression out of habit, “And my wife recently got pregnant, so I’m going to be a father again.”
”Congratulations, when was that?” Klein asked casually.
Alan thought for a moment:
”It was just recently confirmed, must be over a month now.”
”Over a month?” Klein was stunned at first, then looked into the other man’s eyes.