Volume 7 The Inverted Man Chapter 17 Gradual Deepening

　　”0-02″…… Klein repeated this number in his mind, feeling that the problem might be more troublesome than he expected.

　　Although we can’t say that “0-02” is necessarily more terrifying than “0-05”, after all, the essence of that “Wishing Lamp” is a sealed outer god, more powerful than all the current true gods, it can definitely destroy the world without the limitations of the shell. If there is no limit to the shell, it can absolutely destroy this world, even this galaxy, but the number is more forward basically means that “0-02” in most cases, the degree of danger and sealing difficulty is higher than “0-05”.

　　In the end of the fourth era, the Church of the Seven Gods for the batch of “0” level seals at that time to compile the serial number ranked second, after the “0-01”, “0-02” of the terrible can be completely able to Imagine …… However, the “God of War” didn’t seem to utilize this seal in the divine war …… Is its type not suitable for frontal combat, or is it too dangerous for both the enemy and us? One thought after another instantly flashed through Klein’s mind.

　　His expression gradually became serious:

　　”Ma’am, what do you know about ‘0-02’?”

　　Arianna slowly shook her head and said:

　　”When the major churches inform each other of ‘0’ and ‘1’ level seals, they will only give the number.”

　　That’s right, even within the major churches, the information of ‘0’ level seals is also strictly confidential, as a senior, often can only be in charge of a certain ‘0’ level seal, can only access the relevant information, and there is no small probability that the corresponding memories will be wiped out afterwards! …… This is partly to prevent important information from leaking out, and partly because for many “0” level seals, just knowing about them can be dangerous, or make the seal ineffective… …Klein spoke thoughtfully:

　　”Haven’t you already taken over the Church of the War God?”

　　That would give us access to all of the “0-02” files.

　　Arianna looked at Roy and the others who were not far away and said:

　　”Larion destroyed all of the ‘0’ level seal information before he fled.”

　　Awesome …… This kind of abnormally cautious guy is really annoying …… Klein said as his thoughts turned:

　　”What does the goddess have to say about ‘0-02’?”

　　In his opinion, the “Goddess of the Night” and the “God of War” belong to the same period of existence, and is in charge of the “hidden”, the latter mastered the situation, the probability that the goddess also has a certain understanding.

　　In addition, “0-02” this level of seals in history will not leave no traces, may have created many disasters, for that era of the high-ranking people, should not be unfamiliar.

　　Arianna seemed to have recalled this aspect a long time ago, and said without a bit of a hitch:

　　”On a certain oracle in the past, the Goddess called ‘0-02’ the ‘Rule Book’.”

　　”Rule book”…… This is even more terrifying …… Klein listened to the eyes slightly condensed, associating it with a lot.

　　In his past life, he was also a game enthusiast, and dabbled in a wide range of games, just not so obsessive, the term “rule book” is not at all strange.

　　At this point, Arianna added:

　　”The fact that you happened to come to Beldan City might also reveal some of the qualities of ‘0-02’.”

　　Right, Ms. Arianna tracking that Archprelate Larrion to Beldan and encountering this mutation is a fairly normal thing, but the fact that I happened to be here is a bit too much of a coincidence …… In the occult, too much of a coincidence often means that there is a problem ……

　　Is someone arranging me, or is it the effect of the Law of Convergence of Extraordinary Characteristics? From the current situation, the arrangement lacks sufficient purpose to confirm, and I am already the owner of the “Source Castle”, I can more or less notice a bit of anomaly …… If it is the Law of Convergence of Extraordinary Characteristics, excluding the banished Mr. Gate. “If it’s the Law of Convergence of Extraordinary Characteristics, excluding the banished Mr. Gate and the ancestor of the Antigonus family who was sealed in the Misty Town, the only people who can affect me to this extent are Charatu and Amon ……

　　However, I have been deliberately avoiding Charatu, and Amon’s main body is being pursued by the “Real Creator”, so it is impossible to produce such a strong convergence effect if it is just a doppelganger. …… Well, there is one more possibility… the law of convergence between the source material! …… “0-02” attracted the “Source Castle”, causing me to come to Beltane today?

　　If this is really the case, “0-02” even if it is not itself a source material, there must be some connection with the source material …… Klein, who has long been skeptical, thought of a lot of things at once, and had a preliminary but vague idea about “0-02”. “There is a preliminary and vague grasp of the” 0-02 “.

　　He thought about it and said:

　　”From the development of things, the rules are gradually tightening and diversifying, and that yellow paper is the evidence, does this indicate that the degree of activation or awakening of ‘0-02’ is deepening a little bit?”

　　Arianna nodded with a serene expression:

　　”Yes, we must find it and find a way to seal it before certain circumstances come to pass.

　　”So, it’s best to split up and expand the search to save as much time as possible.”

　　Klein had no problem with that and thought for a moment:

　　”Ma’am, isn’t it a leak if you tell me this much?”

　　”No.” Arianna gave a fairly definitive answer, “A leak is the transmission of Beldan’s mutation to the outside world by any means.”

　　This cuts off our substantial contact with the outside world …… That’s fine, at least we don’t have to worry about our usual conversations going awry, in short, without swearing …… Klein breathed a silent sigh of relief and turned to the question:

　　”The ‘night watchmen’ and ‘vicarious punishers’ here will also follow the rules on the announcement?”

　　”Right.” Arianna made an affirmative reply, then her figure faded and disappeared.

　　After seeing this abbot of the Black Night Abbey leave, Klein quickly organized the information he had just obtained in his mind, and had certain perceptions of the possible next developments:

　　The battle will not be the key, the key lies in whether or not they can find “0-02” in time and find a way to seal it.

　　In the process, they would be greeted by increasingly complex rules and driven citizens.

　　Thinking of this, Klein turned his gaze to Roy and the others who were not far away and asked with a smile:

　　”What do you guys think about what you just heard?”

　　Roy and Pasha looked at each other before saying:

　　”We don’t really know what a ‘0’ level sealing object is, but we can guess that ‘0-02’ is a very terrifying item that is capable of making rules and rewriting reality to a certain extent, and it seems that such an anomaly will change further over time.

　　”Also, the Archpriest of the Church of the God of War is supposed to be a very powerful and extraordinary person.”

　　Klein clapped his palms lightly and smiled:

　　”That’s pretty much it, if we don’t make any effort and want to rely on sneaking and hiding to stay away from danger, then the behaviors we need to watch out for will become more and more frequent, and we will commit a crime if we’re not careful, hehe, maybe at the end of the day, we’ll be executed on the spot for taking the first step with our left foot when we go out of the door.”

　　These words sent a wave of panic through Pasha, Byers and the others, making it difficult to hold themselves together.

　　That possible development did sound funny at first, but on closer reflection, one could detect the extreme horror lurking within!

　　It was several seconds before Pasha said with a grave expression:

　　”Moreover, the citizens can use everything against us, and we can’t fight back effectively, because murder and intentional injury are very serious offenses ……”

　　”One can try to trick their senses, but that can’t be used too many times.” Klein said casually, “The thing we need to do now is to quickly summarize the laws that ‘0-02’ itself follows as a way to help us find it and seal it before it activates or awakens to the point where it has real intelligence, what do you guys have in mind?”

　　”Stealer,” Phil said thoughtfully, tentatively:

　　”It doesn’t seem to be able to attack us directly, it can only wait for us to break the rules and commit a crime before it can punish us accordingly.”

　　Klein snapped his fingers and said:

　　”That’s good, I can start by summarizing this rule: ‘0-02’ can’t punish those who haven’t committed a crime.”

　　Byers snapped:

　　”But it allows citizens to hunt down outlanders, and outlanders do not equal criminals.”

　　”That does contradict that law a bit earlier.” Klein responded with a smile, “However, many cities have introduced bills to discriminate against and repel Outlanders at various stages in their history, have you guys deciphered some deeper laws from this matter?”

　　The four Extraordinary People frowned one after another, not quite sure what the powerful “magician” on the other side was trying to convey.

　　After a short silence, reminiscent of the other party’s question about whether a certain behavior was considered fraudulent, Pasha hesitantly said:

　　”The rules promulgated by ‘0-02’ must be in line with the public’s perception and have received a certain degree of approval?”

　　”Very good idea.” Klein praised, “This is a speculation I had due to that law of arresting outlanders, and was initially confirmed by your previous feedback, it can be used as a second law for the time being, which will help us determine which actions are criminal and which are not.”

　　Seeing that Pasha had twice received praise from the powerful “wizard”, Roy hastened to add:

　　”It will keep adding more and more laws and regulations to reach a level of complexity and tediousness, thus restricting us and making us suffer punishment no matter what we do… Well, on top of arresting outlanders, we can add the crime of trespassing and the regulation against public urination and defecation, which will become more and more difficult for us as time goes by.”

　　Klein had just nodded his head in agreement when inspiration suddenly struck him.

　　Instinctively, he lifted his head and looked over at the bulletin board, realizing that there was somehow an extra piece of parchment on it:

　　”Curfew order ……”

　　”This ……” Pasha and the others also noticed this change, and their pupils dilated at once.

　　At this time, it was already nightfall, if they stayed out for a while longer, they would violate the curfew law and suffer a certain degree of punishment, and then, one at a time, it would be more serious than the other, until they were sentenced to death.

　　”Let’s go, there’s not much time left for us.” Klein raised his hand and pressed the high bowler hat on his head, and said with a smile, “The probability is that our target is a book, which may still be in the possession of that Great Patriarch, or perhaps it has been hidden somewhere, and my intuition tells me that it is more likely to be the latter case, because that item is too dangerous for anyone, and will become more and more dangerous, provided, of course, that the Great Patriarch hadn’t gone crazy and was simply using ‘0-02’ to create opportunities for himself to get rid of his trackers.

　　”By the way, I forgot to tell you that the Archpriest is an angel who walks the earth.”

　　Angels …… Roy and Pasha and the others just took a step and froze again.