Volume VII The Inverted Man Chapter 20 Old Laws Used Newly
THE REAL CHANCE …… Pasha, Byers, and Phil heard their hearts rejoice, as if, after groping their way through the dark night for a long time, they had at last seen the light.
”What kind of chance?” Roy, who had slowed down from his paralyzed state, asked offhandedly.
Klein wasn’t in a hurry at all and said with a smile:
”Don’t you guys notice?
”Those announcements didn’t make it clear who the subject of law enforcement was inside.”
As a former keyboard powerhouse, Klein had always prided himself on “knowing a little bit about everything”, and since he had dealt with many lawyers in his life and owned a “Fallen Earl” secret puppet, he still possessed a basic level of knowledge in terms of laws and rules.
Yes, the announcement only mentions a new consul, but does not specify who will enforce the law …… The one we encountered before was the Invisible Judge …… Pasha and the others more or less showed a thoughtful expression.
Klein saw this, reached out and stroked the surface of the “magic mirror”, as if smoothing the fur of an animal:
”Under normal circumstances, everyone defaults to the police department and the official organization that handles transcendent cases to enforce the law, which is determined by a series of legal provisions or the corresponding public perception, but this time the rules have not yet reached such a strict degree.
”If the gaps in the new rules are made up of the original laws, decrees, and regulations, then we will definitely see the police, the ‘night watchman’, or the ‘vicarious punisher’ when we commit a criminal offense, but in actuality it’s not This is not the case.
”That is to say, the corresponding subjects of law enforcement are indeed vague.”
Pasha, the relatively most knowledgeable of the four Extraordinary Ones, pondered for a moment and said:
”Perhaps, the subject of law enforcement is a concept in an abstract sense, or perhaps, it is equal to that new consul by default.”
”The latter is similarly unclear, with no indication of who the new consul is, in which case anyone could be, and the former would be a failure to inform ……,” Klein responded briefly with a couple of sentences.
Phil frowned:
”But we can’t enforce the law any more than the citizens can.”
”It’s through a labeled exclusionary division that determines the appropriate authority.” Klein explained with a smile, “The Outlanders are the subject of exclusionary pursuits and of course have no law enforcement powers, while the Citizens only have them when dealing with Outlanders, and this is determined by proclamation.”
Not waiting for Roy and Byers to speak, Klein continued:
”So, I just went through the contradictions implied here and had Roy try it out, and the results were just as I predicted.
”First of all, the ‘Magic Mirror’ does not belong to the Outlander beings, nor is it native, it is just an object with some degree of intelligence, and is not in any of the groups delineated by the rules, which makes it theoretically have the power to enforce the law when the subject of enforcement is not clear, and it has not been excluded;
”Secondly, it punishes Outlanders, and those announcements implicitly contain a definition of ‘Anyone who deals with Outlanders is an enforcer;
”Finally, the ‘magic mirror’ itself is equipped with rules for punishment, and until such rules are declared illegal, it possesses the power to punish.
”Based on the above three points, I think ‘0-02’ should be caught in multiple contradictions right now, and next, it will definitely promulgate new provisions to clarify the subject of law enforcement and fix the loopholes in this area, and once it clarifies the subject of law enforcement it will reveal a lot of information which can help us target our goals.
”Hehe, if ‘0-02’ adopts the prohibition approach, it will definitely limit itself to the same attributes as the ‘Magic Mirror’, which is definitely not its first choice.”
At this moment, Roy, Pasha and the others who were listening to Klein’s narration inexplicably had the feeling that the other party was knowledgeable and wise.
Could it be that this Mr. “Wizard” was the wise man who liked to walk among the people in the myths and legends? The four extraordinary people each made a similar but different guess.
Right at this moment, the “magic mirror” in Klein’s hand emitted a fairy light.
In the watery light, the silver mirror reflected the bulletin board on its surface.
Underneath the initial piece of white paper, two clauses were quietly added:
”All acts of law enforcement must and can only be made by the ‘Brass Book of Trenthorst’ or a group of people authorized by it.
”No private regulations can override the official laws.”
”The Trenthorst Brass Book.” …… That’s the full name of “0-02”? Here comes the opportunity! Klein’s demeanor was corrected, and he immediately entered a meditative state.
He forced “0-02” to clarify the subject of law enforcement, in order to obtain more information, in order to further understand the situation of this horrible seal.
According to Klein’s inference, “0-02” was more or less related to a certain source material, just like himself who had not yet become the master of the “Source Castle”.
Therefore, the further understanding of it will inevitably encounter the reverse contamination, and establish a certain connection.
In a way, the source material is the same as the old days, the outer gods, and the stars!
It was with an approach based on this occult knowledge that Klein had first pinpointed the location of Kotal, the ebon demon wolf, and at this point it was applied in reverse.
–In his opinion, “0-02” must have been contaminated by the source material to a greater extent than himself, after all, the sealing objects were all in some kind of out-of-control state, which was why they needed to be sealed.
After all, the sealed objects were all in some kind of out-of-control state, which was why they needed to be sealed. In this case, if there was just a little bit more knowledge about “0-02”, the contamination would have come along with it.
The facts proved Klein’s assumption!
Because of this danger, he didn’t show the new contents of the “Magic Mirror” Aroldus to the four extraordinary people.
In his meditative state, Klein quickly realized that he had an invisible connection with a certain place, and an indescribable contamination was rushing in.
Clang!
As he flicked out a gold coin, he utilized the aura of the “Source Castle” to cut off the connection and isolate the pollution.
Immediately afterward, a clear image appeared in his mind.
Klein grabbed the falling gold coin with his left palm, and after his glove became transparent, he instantly disappeared from the room and appeared in a hall full of bookshelves.
On the side of the hall that leaned against the floor-to-ceiling windows, there were many rectangular tables, and on one of them, there was a tome made up of thin brass.
Found you! A slight smile spread across Klein’s face.
He had used the connection he had briefly sensed to make a divination, and then relied on the attraction between the source materials to make the “transmission” extremely accurate!
–The Law of Convergence would allow Klein to accidentally enter the library and find the brass book during one of his wanderings, but it might be two days, two weeks, or even two years later, too late to stop anything, and that’s if “0-02” itself didn’t do anything to prevent it. “0-02” itself is not interfered with or circumvented accordingly.
Snap!
The clothing on Klein’s back suddenly split open, and a blood-red trail appeared.
This was the punishment suffered for trespassing into an unopened public area.
Flogging!
Fortunately, this offense is very light …… And at least for a minute or two, there will be no further punishment for this offense, the rules have a time for the trespasser to exit …… Klein immediately probed his hand and grabbed a few times into the void.
He did not really drag out the figure of Arianna, the leader of the ascetics, because the historical projection is a kind of fraud to the “people” who do not agree with it, and he only used this way to pass his location information to the “hidden servant”.
For the same reason, Klein dispersed the human skin glove on his left palm.
In the process, the brass book clattered and began to turn, revealing page after page of rules:
”…… Signs of loss of control occur when sanity is reduced to 20% of its original ……
”…… ‘Ancient Scholars’ have the ability to summon images of historical orifices, the success rate of summoning depends on familiarity and friendliness with the target ……
”……
”…… The ‘Book of Trenthorst Brass’ is the most precious of things, and cannot be touched by any living being without permission, under penalty of death!
”…… The state of the ‘Trenthorst Brass Book’ cannot be altered in any way, violator death penalty!
”……”
This one rule looked at Klein’s eyelids, and he had the feeling that his sanity was declining.
This caused the “original” spirit brand in his body to become a bit more active.
”The rules in the front part are grayish-black and seem to be in an unchangeable state …… This requires ‘0-02’ to awaken even further? If it awakens to the extent that it can change the front part of the rules, that would be terrifying, and it might be able to make the success rate of my summoning drop, so that the extraordinary’s sanity will show signs of losing control as soon as it becomes slightly lower ……This, we fixed this version of the ‘Diviner’ Overpowered? Not bad for ‘0-02’, no insult to the serial number ……
”The text behind it is mercury-colored …… This indicates that this part of the rule can be modified or added?
”Cannot be touched, cannot change state, that is to say, neither can it be taken away nor can this seal be directly ‘hidden’ …… Perhaps it can be used with the ‘Staff of the Star ‘ or the ‘Box of Old Days’ to transfer this library directly to the stars, and let ‘0-02’ face those Outer Gods …… But if the Outer Gods mastered this seal, then the problem might be bigger than it is now …… “Klein hesitated, not risking the penalty by summoning his own ‘0’ level seal.
The next second, his ears rang “pop” sound.
Arianna’s figure in simple linen robes and a bark belt flew out of frame beside him, a visible bloodstain from the invisible whip.
”The first problem has been solved, now we need to consider the second problem, which is how to seal this guy.” Klein grasped for time and opened his mouth.
It wouldn’t be long before he would suffer a second broken hand punishment.
Arianna shook her head:
”The corresponding information has been destroyed, we can only solve it through trial and error.”
It s a bit dangerous …… We don t know, but there s a guy who must know …… it very well Klein s heart moved, and his spirit body suddenly left his body and entered the spirit world.
Through the invisible barrier created by “0-02”, he said to Archpriest Larrion of the Church of the God of War, who was waiting for the “curtain” to disappear:
”Perhaps we can make a deal.”
”You want a way to seal ‘0-02’?” Larion turned around and laughed, “Do you think I would agree?”
”I’m actually puzzled as to why you must sacrifice yourself for the fallen ‘God of War’. By committing yourself to the Church of Darkness, you can be an angel just as well, be blessed just as well, and live for a long, long time just as well.” Klein didn’t respond directly and turned to say.
Larion’s expression sank as he said:
”Mythological creatures like you who don’t have devout faith can’t understand me.”
…… As an “Evil God”, isn’t it normal that I don’t have any devout beliefs? Klein couldn’t help but mumble in his heart.
This was his humanity.