After a thorough inspection, Klein confirmed that there was nothing strange about the White family. Furthermore, the couple didn't leave behind a single strand of hair. It was obvious that they were guarding against someone using divination to track them down.
He returned to the bedroom filled with puppets, took four steps counterclockwise, and went above the gray fog. He planned on using divination to make a final confirmation.
But before he got down to business, he conjured the female puppet that was almost as tall as him with great interest. Just like how he had divined the Mutated Sun Sacred Emblem in Tingen City in the past, he picked up a dark red fountain pen and wrote a sentence on the yellowish-brown goatskin:
"Its origins."
Putting down the fountain pen and holding the piece of paper, Klein leaned back in his chair and recited softly as he slowly adjusted his mind to enter a Cogitation state.
After a total of seven times, his eyes darkened as he lowered his eyelids and fell into a deep sleep.
In that gray and fragmented world, he saw the puppeteer being abnormally focused on his work. He saw the red-eyed "girl" being placed in the doll house, and he saw Emlyn White take out his wallet without moving his eyes away.
Finally, the scene was fixed on the bedroom where Klein was. With his hair combed back diagonally, the handsome but slightly delicate and arrogant vampire, Emlyn White, was sitting by the bed, gazing lovingly at the puppet, as well as the other puppets of different sizes.
He's indeed a fan of puppets … Klein opened his eyes and covered his face with his hand.
Then, he waved his hand and made the puppets disappear above the gray fog.
After doing all of this, he picked up the fountain pen again and wrote a new divination sentence:
"48 Riverbay Avenue, the scene of people dying in the past ten years."
According to the statements of the residents nearby, the White family hadn't moved here for more than ten years. Therefore, Klein was able to lock onto a specific area. Furthermore, he believed that if the White family was just a good monster on the surface, and had been creating missing persons cases all this time so that they could suck warm and delicious blood, then it was impossible for them to prevent the matter from happening at home.
In the long ten years, there were bound to be a few accidents, as long as they didn't stop!
After carefully checking the divination statement, Klein repeated the recitation and Cogitation before quickly falling into a dream.
In the dusky World, his vision was sometimes pitch-black, sometimes snowflakes turned into dots, and sometimes shattered, but nothing appeared.
This was the result of the divination:
There was nothing!
No one had died at 48 Riverbay Avenue in the past ten years!
Putting everything together, I can preliminarily determine that the White family is law-abiding vampires who are, at most, petty thieves … Klein looked at the long, mottled bronze table in front of him, enveloped himself with spirituality, and fell into the gray fog.
After returning to the real World, he carefully cleaned up the traces he left behind and left 48 Riverbay Avenue the way he came.
He didn't make a final decision. Instead, he took a detour to the Riverbend Police Station. While the thieves and drunkards were led inside and handcuffed to the pipes, he easily snuck into the archives and boldly lit the gas lamp inside.
Then, Klein found the missing persons records for the past ten years and flipped through them noisily.
From time to time, police officers on duty would pass by outside the door, but there was no light leaking out from the archives.
There's nothing suspicious … After an unknown period of time, the black-gloved Klein placed the dossier back in its original spot.
Then, he turned off the gas lamp, took off his hat in the deep darkness, pressed his hand to his chest, and bowed towards the station's lobby.
On the way back to Minsk Street, Klein took a shower, changed his clothes, sat in front of his desk, and spread out the map of Baekeland that he had first bought on the steam locomotive.
He first found Rose Street south of the Bridge, where the Harvest Church was located. Father Utravsky was the bishop of this church, and he had imprisoned Emlyn White in the basement.
Following that, Klein moved his gaze and figured out the names and layout of the surrounding streets.
I can't be too impatient or anxious for success in a performance. I have to slowly make the audience immerse themselves … Klein whispered, unfolded the letter, and put down his pen.
"Dear Detective Stuart,
"I wonder if you've found that Emlyn White? I've been keeping an eye out for you recently. One of my informants told me today that he had seen this person on Tuteva Street south of the Bridge. Of course, he only said that he looked very similar to the person in the portrait. "
…
Putting down his pen, Klein folded the letter neatly and stuffed it into an envelope. He then affixed a black stamp with a penny on it.
…
On the vast Sonia Sea with undulating waves.
The Blue Avenger moved forward steadily without the slightest sway.
The Hanging Man, Alger Wilson, sat in the captain's cabin, holding a brass sextant in his hand, but his eyes were closed.
Without a sound, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
I've finally digested it … Alger opened his eyes and raised his hands, causing blue spots to appear around him.
The blue spots converged and turned into a huge wave that swept forward.
Alger pressed down with his hands, and the huge wave immediately collapsed, turning into countless raindrops that landed on the deck.
After nearly four months, his Seafarer potion was finally digested!
During this period of time, not only did he spend a lot of time at sea to complete the various missions assigned to him by the Church, but he also consciously explored new sea routes and searched for islands that had yet to be discovered. After several setbacks, he finally gained something.
This spurred on the digestion of the potion, allowing him to basically grasp the principles of a Seafarer that belonged to him.
The core was to be close to the sea, to be familiar with the information of sea routes and weather, to explore and discover!
The usually reserved Alger couldn't help but leave his seat. He paced back and forth in the captain's cabin and thought of the future he desired.
Once I obtain the formula for the Wind-blessed potion and find the corresponding Beyonder ingredients, I'll advance to Sequence 6 without the Church's knowledge. Then, I'll repeat the same process and strive to become a Sequence 5 Ocean Songster within three years …
During this process, I have to remain the captain of the Blue Avenger and not enter the complicated interpersonal relationships of the Mandated Punishers to prevent my secret from being exposed …
Once I advance to Sequence 5 and gain enough strength, I'll be able to return there in secret … Alger subconsciously looked to his right.
His gaze seemed to penetrate the heavy planks of the ship and the vast sea, landing on an ancient and hidden island.
Alger wasn't worried about his future advancement within the Church. Once he fulfilled his wish, he could go all out to seek an advancement in his position!
When the time came, the Sequence 5 him would continue to disguise himself as a Sequence 7 and drink another Wind-blessed potion!
This would increase his Beyonder characteristics, increase his strength, and slow down his digestion, but it wouldn't endanger his safety.
By the same logic, after completely digesting Sequence 5, he could have another Ocean Songster potion and repeat the normal process. This would only push him closer to losing control, and there was a solution.
That was to find a woman to marry and transfer the excess Beyonder characteristics to his children.
After doing this, I'll be able to reach the level of a Cardinal and approach a High-Sequence Beyonder! Such a great era is my opportunity! In Alger's mind, he had already outlined himself wearing a Cardinal robe, sitting in the upper echelons of the Church, and controlling many Mandated Punishers.
After a moment of reveling in it, he retracted his gaze and regained his rationality.
… The later steps will be more difficult. Thankfully, I have the Tarot Gathering and Mr. Fool. Although there are dangers lurking in this as well, any path to improve myself has risks!
I have to quickly gather some Rosell diary entries in exchange for a chance to ask questions. I have to figure out what the card in Mr. Fool's hand that only shows its back is.
It wasn't there before.
Card … Rosell diary … It can't be the item I'm thinking of, right?
Alger's eyes narrowed as his pupils shrank.
…
15 Minsk Street. Klein yawned, switched off the gas lamp, and slipped into bed.
He originally had another plan, which was to use divination to roughly grasp the source of the Biological Poison Bottle and obtain the potion formulas for the first three Sequences of the Mutant pathway from the Werewolf Beyonder characteristic.
However, after being busy with Emlyn White's matter all night, he felt a little exhausted. He planned on making another attempt above the gray fog the next day.
Just as he lay down and closed his eyes, Klein suddenly felt that something was amiss.
This is the instinctive spiritual intuition of a Seer!
It's been a few days since I obtained the Werewolf Beyonder characteristic and the Biological Poison Bottle. It's not like I haven't been in a good mental state, but I've been procrastinating and haven't divined it. This is very abnormal! Klein sat up, thought carefully, and found a similar matter.
The first time he met Megose, he had wanted to use his Spirit Vision to observe her mental state, but he had naturally missed the opportunity because of his momentary daze. Only in the end did he realize that it was because she had an evil god's spawn in her belly. His instinctive spiritual intuition as a Seer had stopped him without a trace, preventing him from losing control and collapsing on the spot.
It's very similar, and it's even more obvious this time … I remember Miss Sharon saying that Rose School's control over its members far exceeds my imagination. Everyone's body and soul seem to be bound by something. This is also the reason why the Mutant pathway's Sequence information isn't leaked … They believe in the Chained God … So, when I use the Werewolf Beyonder characteristic to divine the corresponding potion formula, it will directly implicate this evil god, bringing about consequences that I'm not willing to bear? Klein thought about it seriously and felt that there was something suspicious about it.
Back when I divined the Mutated Sun Sacred Emblem and the "ear" left behind by the Listener, my spiritual intuition didn't stop me … Could it be that the Chained God is stronger than the Eternal Blazing Sun and the True Creator?
Or could it be that "His" characteristic allows "Him" to restrain the gray fog, allowing "Him" to effectively penetrate it?
Of course, the danger could also come from the source of the Biological Poison Bottle …
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