Chapter 216

The gas street lamps at night illuminated the wet ground, and occasionally a carriage passed by, splashing some water droplets.

Backlund is located in the middle of the Kingdom, only a few tens of kilometers away from the Sunya Sea. There is a lot of light rain all year round. The average highest temperature in July is only 28 degrees Celsius, and the lowest temperature in winter is around 2 degrees Celsius. But this does not prevent people from feeling the cold here. Even the northern Feysacs who are used to living in the ice and snow sometimes cannot bear the dampness and coolness that can penetrate clothing and flesh and blood.

Klein stood in the room with an unlit fireplace, behind the oriel window, and looked at the peaceful scene outside, feeling extremely relaxed in body, mind, and spirit.

As long as he gathers all the materials and prepares the potion, he can immediately advance to Sequence 6 and become a "Faceless Man".

"The 'Magician' potion has been completely digested...'Apostle of Desire' was terminated by me, and I couldn't escape...'Aurora Order' is still in a dead end looking for followers of 'The Fool'...except Mr. Azik I don't have any troubles about the matter pursued by any force and the potion materials..." Klein leaned forward, took a deep breath, and watched it form a layer of white mist on the window.

The reason why he took the risk to intercept the "Apostle of Desire" was because he was worried that the other party had other arrangements, so as to successfully get rid of the tracking of the official Extraordinary. At that time, he who provided key opinions might be remembered, and he would be remembered afterwards. Revenge - As "cold-blooded", demons are unlikely to take the risk of avenging their companions, but this does not mean that they will not choose to vent their anger because they almost died.

"This action is indeed necessary. Maybe people from the 'Twilight Hermit Society' will respond somewhere. When the 'Apostle of Desire' escapes, I don't have the corresponding information. Maybe I just follow Sequence 5 to take precautions and think that I have been promoted. The 'Faceless Man' will not be in too much danger, however, the 'Apostle of Desire' is very likely to be promoted to a high-sequence with the help of the 'Abyss' card and the help of the 'Twilight Hermit Society'! Such a development, just Thinking about it makes people horrified...Justice supplements are indispensable..." Klein reviewed what happened this afternoon, summing up experience and lessons from it.

After admiring the night scene for a while, he went back to the sofa and sat down, thinking about the next arrangement:

"With the bounty given by the 'Mechanical Heart', the brain mutant pituitary gland and blood of the Thousand-Faced Hunter can be bought, and the hair of the Deep Sea Naga needs enough money. This material should be relatively easy at sea I found that Mr. 'The Hanged Man' can help, the only problem is the characteristics of the human shadow...

"And even if there are clues, gold pounds are not enough..."

Thinking of this, Klein couldn't help laughing at himself silently:

"I'm not a person who loves money at all, it's just a normal hobby. When I was in Tingen, I always encouraged Melissa to spend, and I always urged her and Benson to hire maids. I think that no matter what, try not to treat yourself badly. Doing stealthy operations is also safety first, and the most important thing is to be careful, and the mind will not be affected by wealth.

"But in order to get revenge, you must upgrade the sequence, and to upgrade the sequence, you must buy expensive extraordinary materials. You can only accumulate pennies and soules. You can save as much as you can..."

He shrank his shoulders suddenly, feeling that the coldness of the living room made the "magician" who is not good at physical fitness tremble a little.

So, he decided to take a shower, get into bed, and read a book in bed.

It's time to go to bed in three or four hours, there's no need to light the fireplace again... Klein sighed, stood up, and walked to the second floor.

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Underground area of ​​the Church of Steam.

Ikanser flipped through all the recorded statements, picked up his coffee, and took a sip.

After a few seconds of calm, he took out the ancient silver mirror called Arrodes.

Carlson took a glance and asked curiously:

"Deacon, if you ask the respected Arrods about unsolved mathematical problems or classic paradoxes, will it give the correct answer?"

"Most of the time, it will directly refuse, and if it thinks you are malicious, it may even give you a lightning bolt directly,

Or put you under a curse you absolutely don't want to face. Ikanser sighed, "It is a living Sealed Artifact with extremely high intelligence. It is not a difference engine that strictly follows the rules. When using it, it is best not to have the idea of ​​exploiting loopholes." "

Carlson looked at the players around him, and kindly suggested:

"Deacon, let me help you ask, I have nothing to hide."

He straightened his back and assumed a frank and honest posture.

Ikanser said with a bitter smile:

"No need, I know everything I need to know. I am no longer afraid of similar questions. Moreover, respected Arrods will occasionally ask quite profound questions. Given your physical condition, the follow-up punishment is not so easy to bear. of."

After finishing speaking, he shook his fist first, then stretched out his five fingers, and stroked the surface of the silver mirror three times.

In the subtle atmosphere, Ikanser said in a low voice:

"Dear Arrods, my question is, who, or what force, ordered the 'Apostle of Desire' to assassinate Duke Negan?"

The silver mirror did not change for a short time, and it took a while for the water to float, outlining a scene like an oil painting:

It was the plain where the sun was about to set, and the vast fields were covered with pale golden afterglow.

"What does this mean?" Carlson and other members of "Mechanical Heart" look at me and I look at you, completely unable to understand, even if there are Beyonders promoted by "Secret Peer" among them, they are no strangers to interpreting revelations .

"Twilight? A symbol of the end of life? A sect that believes in death or a lunatic who believes in doomsday?" A "secret voyeur" said after deliberation.

Carlson nodded in agreement:

"I think it's the latter."

Ikanser ignored their discussion, because Arrods' question had already surfaced:

"What color panties do you like best?"

Ikanser's face turned red suddenly, and he felt as if smoke was coming from the top of his head.

He spat out a word with great difficulty:

"red."

The room suddenly became extremely quiet, and Carlson and the others looked into the corner pretending to be indifferent.

Ikanser sat down exhausted, scratched his fluffy hair, and was about to ask the second question.

Carlson couldn't bear to say:

"Deacon, let me try."

"...Try not to enter the punishment stage." Ikanser finally nodded in agreement.

Carlson imitated the deacon's movements very confidently, stroked the surface of the silver mirror three times, and the other members surrounded him again.

"Dear Arrods, my question is, who are the collaborators of 'Apostle of Desire'?"

The water and light floated, and the image changed. The surface of the silver mirror first showed the back of a woman with an excellent figure.

Then, there was an extremely vague person, who could only be preliminarily judged to be a man from his attire.

"Sure enough, there is another collaborator. This should be the person who betrayed Duke Negan's information! Unfortunately, the other party has dealt with it..." Carlson looked around.

He thinks that he has no ulterior secrets, and he doesn't need to care about the follow-up questions.

This time, the choices Arrodes gave were questions, tasks or punishments.

Carlson said without hesitation:

"question!"

Bloody words were quickly outlined on the surface of the silver mirror:

"You solve it with your hands every day?"

Carlson's lips moved, and he felt his ears quickly become hot.

Although this was something he thought was normal, giving the answer in front of so many teammates and superiors still gave him the urge to bury his face on the ground.

"Yes..." he replied very quietly.

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The bottom of St. Samuel's Church.

Daly, who was wearing blue eyeshadow, threw a stack of documents in front of "Requiemer" Soest:

"All the case information you want involving tarot cards."

"Less than I imagined." Soest said with a little surprise.

Daly let out a hey:

"It's just an index."

Seeing this, Leonard stroked his lower lip with his right palm wearing a red glove and said:

"Captain Soest, why don't we investigate the people who had contact with Jason Beria and compare it with the previous two cases? It is very likely that the organization symbolized by the tarot card is hidden here." clue."

"Duke Negan is a devout follower of the Lord of Storms, representing the interests of the Church of Storms in the political arena. The Punishers will definitely look for the real culprit frantically. We don't need to get involved. It will easily cause conflicts with them. Let's check it out. Investigate other cases involving tarot cards, maybe we will find new clues, of course, we will inevitably run around because of this, but this is the duty of the red gloves." Soest explained with a smile.

Leonard nodded:

"I understand."

But in his mind, the slightly old voice said with a smile:

"The Nighthawk just missed it like this. That person has the smell of a 'Dark Emperor', the real smell of a 'Dark Emperor'!"

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Inside the Holy Wind Cathedral.

The "Singer of God" Ace Snake, wearing a black soft hat, swept his silver eyes and said to the selected Punisher elites:

"Although I am about to leave Backlund, this is the decision of the Council of Cardinals.

"You have only one next task, and that is to investigate the assassination of Duke Negan.

"After the declaration, you have the right to use the level 1 sealed item, you must find out who is targeting us!"

Standing at the forefront, a middle-aged man wearing a modified captain's cap immediately led the crowd, clenched his fist, lightly tapped his chest and said:

"Obey, Your Excellency the Cardinal!"

He was lean and unremarkable in appearance, but he had a black and blue anchor tattoo on his neck.

…………

Queens, in the luxury villa of Earl Hall's family.

Audrey looked at Susie who opened the door and came in, and said in a low voice:

"Dad, what are they discussing?"

After discovering that Earl Hall came back very late with an unusually serious expression, she immediately sent Susie, the golden retriever dog, to sneak in to listen.

"Duke Negan was assassinated." Susie said as she closed the door.

"Huh?" Audrey was stunned for a moment, suspecting that she had heard wrong.

Although she had already experienced the assassination of Duke Negan, she never thought that this extremely powerful nobleman would really die because of it.

"Really." Susie replied in the affirmative.

Audrey was at a loss for a moment, feeling that it wasn't real enough.

Such a great nobleman, such a duke who was full of flesh and blood, could talk and laugh, and gave him a manor just died like this?

Suddenly, she experienced the cruelty and coldness of the adult world.

"Who did it?" Audrey asked subconsciously.

"A Sequence 5 demon." Susie replied quickly, "But he has already been silenced by that grand thief 'Dark Emperor'."

"Huh?" Audrey was stunned again.

How could it be the "Dark Emperor", the grand thief, and the benefactor of Mr. "Fool"?

He only helped me solve the crisis of Duke Negan being assassinated last time!

This is a complete contradiction!

Audrey immediately told Susie to listen in again, while she locked the door of the room, sat by the bed, and prayed to Mister Fool.

After reciting the honorable name and describing the assassination of Duke Negan, she asked with great trust:

"Is your loved one here?"

After a while, she saw the boundless gray fog and heard the voice of "The Fool":

"Yes.

"He is looking for the organization that ordered the 'Apostle of Desire'."

It really wasn't arranged by Mister Fool! The last time he asked the favored one to stop Qilingos, it was also because of the organization behind the scenes? Audrey relaxed and asked curiously:

"What kind of organization is that? It can even get your attention."

A second later, she heard Mister Fool reply calmly:

"Twilight Hermit Society."

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