Oh no! I've been controlled by a puppet!
Captain and the rest are either unconscious … or have yet to recover. They can't even get up … There's no time … to wake me up …
No … I have to … save myself!
Everything that Klein saw in front of him turned into a slow-motion scene from his previous life. His joints and his thinking brain seemed to have more and more glue injected into them.
He had no interest in becoming a puppet. He seized the opportunity to find a way to save himself before he was completely controlled.
I definitely can't … hit myself … I need … an external force …
External force … I'll give it a try … There's no time to delay or think. Klein used two to three seconds to grab an inspiration. He drove his "rusty" knee joint and took a counterclockwise step.
At the same time, he didn't attempt to break free from the invisible rope that was "tied" around his throat.
He only chanted in his heart, "Blessings arise from … the Celestial Supremacy of Heaven and Earth …"
He wanted to use the mysterious World above the gray fog to awaken himself and escape the assimilation of Sealed Artifact 2-049! Creak!
Creak! Creak! Klein's knees and ankles emitted an ear-piercing sound at the same time. With a slow and twisted posture, he took another counterclockwise step.
"Blessings arise from … the Celestial Supremacy of Heaven and Earth …"
His thoughts became more and more sluggish. Klein was like a computer that contained all the family buckets and security guards. He clicked as he lifted his left foot and walked towards his predetermined position.
"Blessings arise from … the … Celestial … Supremacy …"
The thoughts in Klein's mind became more and more rigid and sluggish. He only took the final step based on his instincts.
At this stage, he knew that he was almost completely controlled. Even if Aiur Harson got up in time and ran over to save him, he probably wouldn't be able to complete the awakening.
But his strong desire to survive made him recite the final incantation.
"Blessings arise … from … the … Celestial … Supremacy …"
Just as he finished reciting the incantation, the extremely chaotic and crazy shouts and murmurs suddenly sounded. They scattered Klein's frozen thoughts, causing them to shatter and turn into uncontrollable thoughts.
Klein's mind became a pot of boiling porridge. In a daze, he felt his "body" lighten and his spirituality float away.
The boundless grayish-white fog and the crimson stars of different distances appeared in front of him again. They were vast, mysterious, blurry, and hazy.
Klein's chaotic thoughts quickly settled down, and he finally regained his ability to think. He saw the majestic temple.
"Phew … Fortunately, it worked," he muttered in fear.
According to his previous observations, he knew that once he fell into the control of Sealed Artifact 2-049, it was basically equivalent to death. Typically speaking, there was no way to save him without medicine.
Fortunately, his luck enhancement ritual and the mysterious world above the gray fog were not within the realm of normal!
After pacing back and forth, Klein began to think about his current situation.
"I can't stay here forever, can I?"
"When Captain and the others wake up or come over, I won't be able to explain this …"
"Right now, 'I' should only be left with my physical body. I'm even more like a living dead than a living dead …"
"But if I were to take the risk and return, there's no way to ensure my safety … What if 2-049 controls me again?"
…
Amidst his thoughts, Klein suddenly smacked himself in the forehead and laughed softly.
"It looks like I haven't really gotten used to my identity as a Seer!"
Before he finished his sentence, his figure had already appeared at the head of the long bronze table. He was sitting on the high-back chair with the strange symbol on it.
Klein stretched out his hand and picked up a fountain pen that appeared out of thin air in front of him.
Swish! Swish! Swish! He wrote a sentence on the illusory white paper.
"It's safe to return to the real World."
Following that, Klein took out the spirit pendulum's projection from his pocket. After a few gatherings, he realized that any item he had on him could be projected above the gray fog, but it would be a lot more illusory.
Holding the silver chain in his left hand, Klein allowed the topaz pendant to touch the paper and the "incident."
The pendulum's swaying came to a stop. He half-closed his eyes and calmly recited the words on the white paper.
"It's safe to return to the real World."
…
"It's safe to return to the real World."
…
Over and over again, Klein used the complete spirit pendulum method to perform a divination.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the pure topaz pendant slowly swaying, causing the silver chain to spin clockwise.
Clockwise is a yes, and counterclockwise is a no … It's safe to return to the real World … Klein heaved a sigh of relief and habitually put away the silver chain. Then, he spread out his spirituality and enveloped his body, simulating a rapid descent.
The hazy gray fog and crimson stars quickly turned illusory as they charged upwards. Klein quickly saw himself in a daze. He saw the brown puppet's body hanging outside the metal box, and he realized that the Sealed Artifact seemed to have stopped all movements.
His body's senses surged into his mind. Just as he was about to move his arm to confirm his body's condition, he suddenly heard a voice hidden in the wind.
"Do you want to be awakened? As long as you promise me one thing, you can be saved. "
"This is to help me pick up the Antigonus family's notebook."
"Nod if you agree. I know you can still do it."
Who? Hmm, 2-049 doesn't seem to be trying to control me … That's right, it won't continuously affect the same person. There will be intervals … Klein jumped in fright, but he didn't show it on his face.
At this moment, the voice quickly added a few more sentences.
"If you can complete this task, you will receive additional rewards. I know you are a Seer, and I also know that the Church of the Evernight Goddess doesn't have a Sequence 8 after that. We, the Secret Order, can give it to you."
"Heh, to be honest, I was a Seer in the past. Otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to return. To let you see my sincerity, I'll tell you now that the corresponding Sequence 8 for Seer is Clown. "
Clown? Secret Order … Klein nearly failed to maintain his puppet-like state.
He never expected that the Seer and the Clown would be connected.
Are they going to form a circus duo?
"Alright, make your decision. Believe me, you don't have much time to waste." The voice came with the wind once again. In the distance, Dunn and Lorotta were still unconscious. Borgia seemed to be severely injured as he moaned motionlessly. Aiur Harson and Leonard Mitchell were in relatively better condition as they attempted to sit up.
Why me? Secret Order … It's that suited clown, right? After he escaped, he secretly returned in an attempt to take advantage of the situation … But why me for help? He can deal with everyone here now … Upon hearing the voice's words, questions flashed in Klein's mind.
Since the other party said that he was a Seer, Klein began to analyze the situation with the thinking style of a Seer.
He must have divined that Monster Bieber would be destroyed and that we would suffer heavy losses if he dared to return.
He didn't take the notebook himself and didn't deal with us directly because he likely divined that this matter was extremely risky. Therefore, he suspected that Captain and Ma 'am Lorotta were pretending to be unconscious and that this was a trap set up for him.
He didn't continue divining to confirm my present state. Firstly, there's a possibility that there's not enough time. If he waited any longer, Mr. Aiur Harson and company would have recovered a certain amount of their combat strength. Secondly, he's belittling me and believes that it's unnecessary.
He knows a Seer very well and definitely believes that I won't be able to escape the puppet's control … He's using me as cannon fodder to probe the trap …
From another angle, this means that the luck enhancement ritual doesn't show any abnormalities on the surface …
Klein, whose mind wasn't sluggish, felt his thoughts flow smoothly. He had a general grasp of the suited clown's thoughts and goals.
As for the other party's promise, he didn't believe it at all. Cannon fodder had no human rights!
As thoughts flashed through his mind, Klein controlled his neck and nodded with great difficulty.
At the same time he did this action, he confirmed that he had escaped the control of Sealed Artifact 2-049.
As soon as he nodded, a transparent 'curtain' moved two to three meters away from his side, outlining the silhouette of a man in a tuxedo with clown paint on his face. It was the Secret Order member who had escaped earlier.
At that moment, as Klein had turned in the opposite direction in an attempt to escape the range of 2-049's influence, his back was facing the black chest and the puppet. The suited clown was in front of him. Firstly, it was to distance himself from the Sealed Artifact, and secondly, it was to avoid the muzzle of his gun. He appeared rather cautious.
The suited clown took out a long piece of paper from his pocket and shook it violently. He shook it until it was as straight as a wooden stick.
He held the "wooden stick" and from a distance of two to three meters, he jabbed it at Klein's shoulder in an attempt to wake him up.
This guy seems to know 2-049 very well. He knows that wherever the aura of the Antigonus family's descendant lingers, the puppet will go berserk and control two people at the same time … He also knows that smashing it with rocks doesn't seem to have any effect? At least, I haven't seen Captain and the others make similar attempts … Although Klein didn't understand why 2-049 didn't attempt to assimilate him, he didn't dare to stay within a five-meter radius for too long. Hence, he held his breath and waited for an opportunity.
Just as the paper stick was about to touch his shoulder, Klein suddenly raised his left hand, grabbed the top of the stick, and pulled it back.
The suited clown was caught off guard. His body was pulled and he staggered forward. The distance between him and Klein shortened once again, to less than two meters.
At the same time, Klein pressed down on the revolver's trigger with his right hand, which he had long prepared.
Bang! Bang!
He fired two shots consecutively, but he didn't aim at the suited clown. Instead, he aimed behind him, at the side that was far away from Sealed Artifact 2-049!
Before the gunshot rang out, the suited clown had taken the initiative to roll from his stagger, instinctively dodging in advance.
Klein released his grip on the "paper stick." He took a few steps forward and dashed out of the "danger zone."
The suited clown had just rolled twice and was about to turn around and pounce when his head suddenly buzzed. His thoughts quickly turned sluggish.
Not good!
He's deliberately forcing me to … dodge in the direction of the Antigonus puppet!
I'm within … five meters …
How can he … not be controlled by … Antigonus … Puppet …
…
The suited clown's rolling came to a halt. His joints seemed to be rusty as he tried to crawl out.
At that moment, Klein had already turned around. He held his revolver with both hands and aimed at the slow-moving target.
In his eyes, this was equivalent to shooting at a fixed target.
As he had previously witnessed the battle between the suited clown and Dunn, Aiur, and Lorotta, Klein knew that the suited clown was agile and good at rolling. Therefore, even though the distance between them was only one or two meters, he cautiously gave up on shooting directly. Instead, he forced the suited clown to dodge to the "home ground" that he had anticipated — the vicinity of Sealed Artifact 2-049!
And if the puppet was ineffective, the suited clown would also confirm that he had fallen into a "trap." His counterattack would only be to escape, and he wouldn't pose any real threat.
Bang!
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