Part 4 The Undead Chapter 56 The Hidden Passage

　　”It’s nothing.” Klein smiled gently.

　　He didn’t seem to be the least bit aware of it, but his thoughts were spinning rapidly, thinking about what that instantaneous change just now actually represented:

　　Previously, those internal watchers were all heading upstairs along the nearby steps, and it can be initially judged that they live there, coinciding with the location where the change just appeared……. The internal watchers were not in the right state, so the probability of losing control was greater than normal extraordinary people, who would suddenly flare up with malice and evil thoughts?

　　And this in turn was forcibly suppressed or smoothed down by the sealing core behind the Charnis Gate deep underground?

　　If that was the case, there were two possibilities, one was that the sealing core behind the Charnis Gate could sense all the abnormal changes inside St. Samuel’s Church, thus reacting instinctively, and the other was that the internal caretakers, in the course of their year-round duty, were constantly being eroded by the sealing core’s power, and to some extent had become part of each other or carried the corresponding specialness, so that once there was a mutation, they would instantly draw in the the intervention of the main body.

　　If it’s the former, it means that when I fainted the internal caretaker to replace him, it would be easy for the sealing core behind the Charnis Gate to notice, allowing it to produce a change like it did just now, causing things to suffer a failure after just making a start, and if it’s the latter, when I enter the Charnis Gate, my disguised internal caretaker will inevitably be ostracized ……

　　I have to find out what the problem is before I can come up with a targeted solution ……

　　It’s really difficult to steal seals from inside the churches, so it’s no wonder that almost no one is willing to do it ……

　　Between his thoughts, Klein listened intently on the surface to Bishop Elektra’s account of St. Samuel’s experiences and the letters he left behind until it was about time for him to politely excuse himself.

　　Returning to 160 Birklund Street, he had just handed his bowler hat and cane to Richardson when he saw Mr. Butler welcome him.

　　”Would you like to have a ball or dinner party next weekend, sir, and invite the surrounding neighborhood?” Walter did not use the tone of suggestion and seemed to be simply asking.

　　But Klein knew very well that since Mr. Butler had brought up the matter, it was an indication that it was time to do it.

　　He nodded gently:

　　”Saturday night, I believe, the ball.

　　”I shall trouble you and Tania to make some preparations in advance.

　　”Is there still enough money at home?”

　　As he said the last words, Klein looked sideways at the housekeeper.

　　Tanea nodded her head with seriousness and solemnity:

　　”Enough.

　　”The variety of alcoholic beverages in your cellar has been able to handle several parties.”

　　When she moved to 160 Birklund Street, Klein had handed her 1,000 pounds in cash for her household, and at the moment it seemed certain that she wouldn’t be able to use it all in a month, even if she had to replenish items such as fine wines, tea and coffee beans.

　　The gold pound is still very strong …… Klein nodded and said with a smile:

　　”Don’t open too expensive wine for the first time, it’s Rune’s habit to be subtle.”

　　”Yes, sir.” Walter listened very carefully to his employer’s instructions even though he knew exactly how to get a ball going.

　　He paused for a moment and turned:

　　”There are only two things you need to do, one is to draw up a guest list with our assistance, and think of a pleasantry for each person individually, which should match each other’s status and experience, and the second is to order another set of ball formal wear.”

　　It’s so troublesome ah …… When I greet Hazel, can I come up with a sentence that the sewers here are cleaner than the plaza in the southern continent? Klein sighed and belabored while nodding slightly:

　　”No problem.”

　　……

　　It was late at night, the red moon was high in the sky, and Beckland, where the haze had thinned out considerably, presented a quiet beauty.

　　Inside Dawn Dantes’ master bedroom, Klein set up the ritual and summoned himself.

　　He was going into the sewers tonight to make sure Tris had left and to head to the fork in the road the other man had described to explore the so-called hidden passages and see what he could find.

　　Klein didn’t expect to get anything extra, he was just worried that the secret hidden in this sewer was a hidden danger that would one day detonate, and that could easily implicate Dawn Dantes, who lived nearby, and sabotage his theft of the Antigonus family’s notes.

　　In this kind of thing, one cannot be an ostrich, burying one’s head in the sand and pretending to see nothing …… Discovering the problem as early as possible, before it completely explodes, destroying it when it should be destroyed, and reporting it when it should be reported, this is the most effective way …… Of course, one must also be careful enough. Can’t let their own exploration behavior become a fuse …… Klein’s spirit body from the candle flame drilled out, with the help of Aztec copper whistle lifting, possessed in front of the Dawn Dantes physical body, maneuvered him to the edge of the “spiritual wall”, sat on the comfort chair.

　　From an outside perspective, this is the equivalent of Monopoly falling asleep reading the newspaper and forgetting to go to bed.

　　Summoned souls possess their own physical body, and directly back to the physical body, the feeling is not the same, there is a clear sense of disconnection …… Klein compared the experience, floating back to the desk, most of the items on the altar cleaned up, leaving only the candle to maintain the summoning, let it burn quietly.

　　With that done, Klein put on the Creeping Hunger, incorporated the Aztec Copper Whistle, the Deathstroke Revolver, and the Seignior Gold Coin, and flew out of the master bedroom, leaving 160 Birklund Street in mid-air, and into the sewers.

　　As soon as Klein was in the damp and dirty environment, he released Seniole the Grieving Spirit and maneuvered the puppet away from himself, turning into the hidden off-ramp where Tris had been recovering from her injuries.

　　This time, he saw that the area that was too clean to be a sewer area was stained and infested with rats.

　　”Looks like Tris is really gone ……” Klein, who was far behind, breathed a silent sigh of relief.

　　As a spirit, he didn’t need to breathe or walk on the ground, so he didn’t care how harsh the environment was inside the sewers.

　　”Spiteful Spirit” Seignior turned back out of that area and continued forward, finding the sixth turnoff to the left, while Klein always kept a distance of more than 50 meters from him, fully playing the role of a manipulator behind the scenes.

　　At the end of that fork in the road was a piece of mossy, corroded wall, at a glance, there was nothing out of the ordinary, if it wasn’t for Tris mentioning it, Klein wouldn’t have let the secret puppets touch every inch of this place in detail.

　　After a few minutes, Seignior in his dark red jacket suddenly straightened up and stepped forward, stepping inside that wall.

　　Penetrating through the thicker barrier, Klein’s eyes opened up, and with the help of the secret puppet’s vision, he saw a half-natural, half-artificial cave, it was less than 1 meter 8 in height and 3 meters in width, the ground was decorated with shovels and other artifacts wrapped in tarpaulins, a large amount of dirt and rubble was piled up, and in front of him, there were two hidden passages that extended diagonally downwards.

　　The one on the left side was only five or six meters deep, and the one on the right side was nearly ten meters deep, but nothing existed, and it seemed that it was still being excavated.

　　This was, Hazel made it? A high-society, high-spirited young lady during the day, but a digger within the sewers at night, and having to transfer dirt and rubble bucket by bucket? Her wandering was to find the exact spot, and digging was the subsequent step? There should have been a secret door in that wall just now …… Klein leaned into the concealment outside the fork in the road and maneuvered Seignior to take a closer look around.

　　Then, he let the “ghost” into the left side of the hidden passage, all the way to the end of the mud and stone layers of airtight.

　　Señor’s figure gradually faded away, no longer having a sense of physical presence, and in this form he traveled through the mud in front of him, exploring deeper and deeper.

　　But until he approached the limit of a hundred meters, he found nothing of note, and only saw some ordinary bugbears.

　　Klein then asked the puppet to change direction, and “swam” around in the sea of dirt, but still no luck.

　　”Grievous Spirit” Seignior quickly returned to the cave, into the right side of the hidden passageway, unaffected by the obstacles.

　　”Still nothing out of the ordinary …… Tris judgment to be a specific way or have a specific item to be able to do it is not unreasonable …… Well, she should be relying on the ‘Pleasure Witch ‘ invisible threads to explore …… Pity, I’ve lost my ‘fire’ gloves …… I wonder if the gray mist scent I’m wearing is okay, it seems to attract the extraordinary ones of the ‘Stealer’ pathway …… “Klein muttered a few words to himself wordlessly, wanting to explore the two hidden passages suspected to be dug out by Hazel himself while he was now in his spirit form.

　　However, he resisted the urge, as he was now a “Master of the Secret Puppet”, and it was against the rules of play to be in his true form when he didn’t have to be.

　　”Do not rely on the gray fog breath is also fine, tomorrow afternoon when the tarot meeting, ask for a ‘stealer’ pathway magical items on the line, do not need to be too expensive, corresponding to the sequence of 9, sequence 8 on the line …… Well, Llanerus that The emblem is just a signal receiver, not an item of this pathway …… Without knowing what is hidden in the depths of the hidden passageway, using one’s own spiritual body to explore it may lead to some high sequence monsters …… Cautiousness and caution are never out of fashion! Self-requirement…… “Klein slowly sighed and took back the “Spirit” Seignior.

　　He wasn’t worried about Hazel’s recent visit – no human with a normal IQ would continue to visit until they found a way to deal with the situation last time!

　　First of all, not to mention Hazel has not contacted the extraordinary circle, even if there is, want to get the “sun” field items is not so simple thing, after all, Beckland is the territory of the Church of the Storm …… I do have a piece on me that is not commonly used, huh, find a chance to sell it to her, and then use it to hurt me. She, and then used to hurt my secret puppets? Klein flirted with himself twice and shook his head with a smile.

　　He whirled to end the summoning and returned directly above the gray mist, disappearing into the sewers.

　　……

　　On Monday morning, bright sunlight pierced through the thin clouds and sprinkled every corner of Berkland.

　　Emlyn White pulled his silk bowler hat downward and grunted with half-closed eyes as he left the carriage and walked toward the Harvest Church:

　　”What bad weather ……

　　”The worst season in Birkeland is almost here ……”

　　He was about to step onto the steps when he suddenly saw a newsboy lean over and hand over a copy of the Tassock Gazette saying:

　　”Sir, this morning’s paper!”

　　Emlyn was about to refuse, but realized that the other man had pressed a small note at the fingers where he had squeezed the paper.

　　…… Emlyn did not move and took out a 1 pence copper coin, handed it to the other, and took the copy of the Tassock Gazette and the note.

　　Before entering the Harvest Church, he quickly unfolded the latter and skimmed through it:

　　”There is a clue to the man you seek; come to the Brave Man’s Bar.”