The puppet's face was painted with red and yellow paint, making it look like a clown. The corners of its mouth were raised high, giving off a comical smile.
As it opened its mouth, revealing its dark and deep oral cavity, Klein, who was looking at it, had goosebumps all over his body, and an intense fear suddenly emerged in his heart for no reason.
Everything in front of him darkened, as if he was observing the World through a thick brown glass.
Klein's thoughts slowed down. He instinctively wanted to ask for help, but his neck seemed to be tied tightly by a rope. He couldn't make a sound, and the word could only stay in his mind.
At this moment, Dunn noticed that his arm movement suddenly became sluggish and pushed him hard.
The brown glass in front of Klein immediately shattered. He spat out the word "help" in his throat. It echoed in the carriage with a slightly sharp panic.
"It's stronger," Klein stated with certainty.
Being together with a strange Sealed Artifact like 2-049 really made one fall into a terrifying crisis if they were careless. No, it was impossible to guard against it. They could only rely on other means to avoid it!
"That's normal." Aiur Harson nodded calmly.
Lorotta chuckled.
"It seems to like you? Don't worry, it's one of the less dangerous Grade 2 Sealed Artifacts. "
In the naturally lazy voice, the puppet whose joints were so clear that they seemed to be corresponding to a human stood up and staggered to its left.
Its movements were full of difficulty, like a steam machine that had rusted for a long time and had forgotten to add lubricant.
Robot dance … The few Chinese words flashed through Klein's mind as he had a new guess about the danger 2-049 posed.
Will it assimilate the creatures it controls?
If I hadn't been awakened in time, I would have become a human-sized puppet, a real-life Barbie doll?
While Klein was lost in his thoughts, Aiur Harson was nudged awake by Dunn. He stretched out his arms and pointed in the direction the puppet was moving slowly. He said to Leonard who was driving the car:
"Go there!"
Leonard was unable to get the carriage to pass through the building, so he could only make a half-circle. During this process, 2-049 constantly adjusted the direction of its advance, tenaciously acting as the needle that pointed at the Antigonus family.
When he saw this, Klein, who had been "exercising" his arms, actually wanted to laugh amidst the tension.
"I heard that 2-049 was created by the Antigonus family … Then, is it a sign of loyalty or a classic example of cheating?"
Then, with Aiur Harson's voice sounding from time to time, Leonard drove the carriage through the streets and headed in a certain direction.
And every time the strange puppet, 2-049, was about to reach the edge of the carriage, it would be pulled back by Aiur Harson and start all over again.
Every time this happened, its mouth would open even wider, and two people would be controlled at the same time.
The nervousness in Klein's heart gradually eased. He actually felt that Sealed Artifact 2-049 wasn't that scary after all. As long as there were more than three people present, and as long as they knew how to keep moving, and as long as they grasped the technique to wake up their companions in time, 2-049 was just a slightly special puppet.
The carriage sped forward and soon arrived at the harbor, where the warehouses were gathered.
After circling the area a few times and confirming that 2-049 was heading to the innermost grayish-white warehouse, Aiur Harson's expression turned solemn as he carefully grabbed it and stuffed the strange puppet back into the iron-black box.
Dong! Dong!
Dong! Amidst the incessant hammering, Aiur Harson woke up again and again with the help of Borgia and Lorotta. With great difficulty, he turned on the mechanical switch and injected his spirituality, activating the star and crimson moon symbols on the metal box.
The invisible seal reappeared as Aiur Harson heaved a long sigh of relief.
"Get down." Dunn Smith's deep and mellow voice sounded. "Leonard, just tie the horse here."
Half a dozen gentlemen and ladies in trenchcoats, or suits, or shirts, left the carriage, and walked towards the innermost storehouse, bending and stretching their arms almost in unison as they went.
This made the slightly tense atmosphere even more comical and absurd.
The Nighthawks' Awkward Dance Troupe … Klein could only lampoon to ease his feelings.
However, he had no choice. According to his observations, 2-049's influence was first reflected on the upper body. To discover it in time and prevent it from slipping into a more dangerous situation, the only options were to extend his arms, turn his neck, or shake his body. The latter two would make him look like a hooligan.
As for actions like blinking and tapping his eyebrows, they were either too easily ignored or too large of a movement. Similarly, they weren't good choices.
The Awkward Dance Troupe is better than the Causeway Bay Gangsters … Klein sighed and resigned himself to his fate as he followed Captain Dunn and company.
The closer they got to the warehouse's door, the more nervous and worried he felt.
Because no one knew what changes the notebook would bring to Ray Bieber!
If anything went wrong, Klein didn't dare to hope that he could transmigrate again.
Furthermore, he realized that he would still get injured and bleed when he was cooking. His wounds healed at a normal rate. He wasn't a monster who wasn't afraid of death or beatings.
As they walked, Dunn suddenly pressed down with his free hand, making everyone stop about ten meters in front of the warehouse's door.
"Klein, divine if there's any danger inside. It'll be even better if you can figure out the level of danger," Dunn said to Klein.
His gray eyes were still deep and serene, without the slightest hint of fear.
Klein nodded indiscernibly and stopped his stretching. He reached his right hand into his left sleeve and removed the silver chain with the topaz pendant.
As his arm was in motion, he appeared sluggish. Dunn noticed it in time and woke him up.
Klein held the silver chain with his left hand and let the topaz fall naturally. At the same time, he controlled his right hand and only did a small stretch.
When the topaz stabilized, he half-closed his eyes and outlined a ball of light. He entered a state of Cogitation and silently chanted.
"There's danger inside the warehouse."
"There's danger inside the warehouse."
…
After repeating it seven times, he opened his eyes and saw the topaz slowly spinning in a clockwise motion.
It spun faster and faster until it felt like it was pulling on Klein's left hand.
"There's danger, a lot of danger," Klein said truthfully.
Clockwise was an affirmation of the words recited in his mind, while counterclockwise was a denial.
To other Beyonders, even Mystery Pryers, using spirit dowsing would only be able to determine if there was any danger, but they wouldn't be able to obtain further information on the level of danger.
However, Klein realized that when he used spirit dowsing, the pendant would spin at different speeds, indicating the different levels of the answer.
Although it wasn't accurate enough and was very vague, it allowed him to roughly determine the exact situation.
As expected of the Seer potion … Klein was rather pleased with this.
Just as he was about to put away the topaz pendant, the silent Leonard Mitchell suddenly said, "Divine if there's any danger around us.
"Divine if there's any danger around us."
"Yes, I'm worried that the Secret Order won't give up and has been keeping an eye on Ray Bieber's house. Then, they'll follow us here and cause trouble at the critical moment." Dunn nodded in agreement.
Klein immediately took a deep breath and once again entered an ethereal and calm state.
When the silver chain stabilized again, he chanted in his heart.
"There's danger around us."
…
"There's danger around us."
…
After repeating it over and over again, Klein opened his eyes and looked at the silver chain.
In his dark brown eyes, the topaz pendant first moved counterclockwise with great difficulty before suddenly stopping and spinning clockwise.
"There's danger around us," Klein said cautiously as his heart tightened.
Furthermore, there were people who tried to interfere with the divination, but they lost to him in this invisible battle!
Just as he finished his sentence, an orange fireball the size of a fist suddenly flew over from afar.
It smashed towards the center of the group at an extremely fast speed.
Dunn Smith, who had already drawn his long-barreled revolver before Klein did the divination, immediately raised his hand and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
Amidst the gunshot, the fireball didn't waver at all. It continued moving forward according to its predetermined trajectory, as though it was forcing the group to scatter and dodge.
Originally, Klein wasn't too concerned about tailing the troublemaker, because there were six Beyonders here, and there was no lack of Sequence 8 or 7 Beyonders. In a small place like Tingen, they were a force to be reckoned with.
But when the fireball smashed towards him, he suddenly realized a fact.
The truth was that to them, the most dangerous enemy was not the stalker, nor was it the troublemaker. It was not even Ray Bieber, who was in an unknown situation in the warehouse, but Sealed Artifact 2-049!
Once they were separated and engaged in battle, they wouldn't be able to wake each other up in time. They would become real puppets one by one!
As thoughts flashed through his mind, Klein was pulled by Leonard, and he rolled out with him to avoid the fireball.
He didn't have time to feel sorry for his clothes. He saw the Nighthawks split into two groups to dodge in an orderly fashion.
Poof!
The orange fireball smashed onto the ground, but it didn't stir up any dust, as though nothing had happened.
An illusion? Just as this thought surfaced in Klein's mind, he saw Aiur Harson lift up the black chest and throw it to the side at least ten meters away.
"Stay away from it! Guard it! "Aiur shouted.
Before he finished shouting, Leonard and Borgia moved closer and guarded the chest from a distance of at least seven meters, preventing anyone from approaching.
As for Dunn and Lorotta, they each held their guns and stood together with Aiur Harson, who had drawn his silver sword. They formed a semicircle and charged towards the spot where the fireball had shot out. They also took care of the area to the side.
Upon seeing this scene, Klein, who didn't bring his cane because he had to do stretching exercises, heaved a sigh of relief. He knew that he had overlooked an important problem.
2-049's influence had a limited range. As long as they kept a sufficient distance from it, there was no need to worry about danger!
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