Baekeland, North Borough.
On a night when the crimson moon was covered by clouds, it was pitch-black everywhere. Only the gas lamps on both sides of the street emitted some light, illuminating the road ahead and the doorways of the nearby houses.
7 Pinster Street's letterbox was silently hidden at the intersection of light and darkness. It bathed in the cool breeze from the side as though it had fallen asleep.
At this moment, newspapers, bills, and letters from an unknown person suddenly surged out from the letterbox.
These items seemed to be held up by an invisible hand as they floated in midair and flew towards the door, entering through the gap.
Inside the house, in the foyer, the newspapers automatically unfolded and quickly flipped until they reached the last page. Then, they casually landed on a chair and stacked together with the ones from before.
The bills and letters continued flying inwards and into the living room. The former quickly stopped and trembled a few times before wobbling to the surface of the coffee table, neatly laying them out. The latter took off the envelopes with envelopes, while the ones without envelopes quickly opened themselves and revealed their bodies in midair.
After a while, some of the letters flew to the shelves in the study on the first floor. A number of them rushed towards Scissors, helping it tear itself apart. Then, they lined up in rows and surged into the bathroom before being thrown into the toilet.
Splash!
The toilet's mechanical button automatically sank, flushing the pieces of paper into the sewers.
7 Pinster Street returned to normal. It was as quiet as the other uninhabited houses.
Southern Continent, East Balam, Kolain City.
Leonard Mitchell, who had just arrived, was resting in the residence the Church of Evernight had arranged for him.
Suddenly, the slightly-aged voice sounded in his mind.
"Kid, you have an important letter."
"What letter?" As Leonard asked softly, he already had a guess.
There was only one, no, two people who could send an important letter to 7 Pinster Street without caring if there was anyone there:
Klein Moretti and Dawn Dantès.
As for why the old man named Pallez Zoroast could clearly read the contents of the letters received from 7 Pinster Street across the Berserk Sea and half the Northern Continent, Leonard could roughly guess that it was because he had helped him capture a specter.
Regarding this, his judgment was:
Old Man must have split a Worm of Time to parasitize the specter, making it his eyes, ears, and mouth in the Northern Continent.
At this moment, Pallez Zoroast answered his previous question.
"It's a letter from Klein Moretti. He said that Dawn Dantès found traces of Ince Zangwill on Midway Island in the Berserk Sea on his way to the Southern Continent."
Leonard fell silent. He opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.
After a long time, he whispered in a slightly hoarse voice,
"He really hasn't forgotten about revenge …"
"What can I do?"
"What can you do? You're only a Sequence 6. Even if Ince Zangwill doesn't grasp 0-08, you don't have the right to seek revenge on him. All he needs to do is reveal a portion of his Mythical Creature form to make you lose control or turn into a lunatic. The probability of your revenge is 0! This is the qualitative change brought about by divinity, "Pallez Zoroast said solemnly.
He paused for a moment before chuckling.
"Thankfully, you know yourself better than before. If it were in the past, you would definitely say that I wish to pass Ince Zangwill's information to the Church and join the pursuit team. But now, you know what you can do."
Leonard wanted to retort a few times, but he didn't say a word.
Pallez Zoroast continued.
"What you can do now is to give Klein Moretti some information and wait for him to reply to you. Then, according to the arrangements, cooperate accordingly."
"I'm not finding an excuse to inform the Church of Ince Zangwill's whereabouts?" Leonard asked in a deep voice, somewhat surprised.
Pallez Zoroast chuckled.
"There's no rush. Do it at the critical moment.
"Although 0-08 likes to cause the death of its possessor, it doesn't wish to return to its sealed state. As long as you inform the Church of Ince Zangwill's whereabouts and initiate the corresponding pursuit, it will immediately learn of it and make the necessary arrangements.
"On this point, you need to hint Klein Moretti."
Leonard was taken aback for a second.
"Old Man, you seem to be very familiar with 0-08."
I've never shown it in the past!
Pallez laughed with his slightly-aged voice.
"Of course I'm very familiar with it. In the Fourth Epoch, 0-08 caused the fall of an angel.
"I can't tell you too much, because once you know it, it will also know you. The more you understand it, the more likely you are to become a part of the story."
From Old Man's vague words, Leonard could truly sense the horror of 0-08. This had already exceeded his understanding of mysticism!
After some thought, Leonard habitually asked, "Then how should I hint to Klein Moretti without letting 0-08 know?
Then, how should I give a hint to Klein Moretti without letting 0-08 know of it? Or, even if it knows of it, it would only be a superficial understanding. It would only let me be a passerby in the story …
Before he finished his sentence, Leonard clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Without waiting for Old Man's answer, he continued, "Then, how should I hint to Klein Moretti?
"Side hints? Tell him that I won't hand over Ince Zangwill's whereabouts to the Church for the time being … I believe he should be able to understand that there's a problem with this situation and understand that we have to be more cautious than cautious. And even if he can't decipher it, his secret organization has enough members who understand the Fourth Epoch to provide help.
"Also, write a normal sentence, 'If you know it, it will also know you.' Don't mention 0-08. Use a personal pronoun so that Klein can guess what it's referring to..."
Pallez Zoroast listened quietly and chuckled.
"Humans need pressure in order to grow."
Leonard exhaled and sat up. He found a pen and paper and wrote what he had just said in the letter.
Then, he set up a ritual and summoned the messenger of the German Sparrow.
…
Berserk Sea, Midway Island, on a passenger ship docked at the pier.
Many tourists didn't disembark. They were curled up in the passenger cabin at the bottom, waiting to arrive at the Southern Continent to begin a new life filled with hope.
Even if it was only a few days' worth of travel, it was still extremely difficult for them to scrape together the money. They were Rouen citizens who had been forced to take such a risk.
Klein, who was acting as the tycoon Dawn Dantès, was different from them. He lived in a spacious, clean, and luxurious first-class cabin. Under the light of a candle, he opened the letter that Reinette Tinekerr had just delivered.
I won't inform the Church of Ince Zangwill's whereabouts for the time being … To Leonard, although the source of the intelligence will put him at a certain level of risk, it's not to the point where he can't do it … Didn't he join the Red Gloves for revenge? That is to say, he has a reason not to report Ince Zangwill … As Klein pondered, he read the remaining contents of the letter. "If you know it, it will also know you."
Suddenly, Klein exclaimed. He found the description a little familiar!
This is very similar to the Twilight Hermit Order. Any mention of it will be known … So, 0-08 is a Sealed Artifact of the Spectator pathway? Leonard did not inform the Church of this matter because he was worried about this and wanted to wait for a better opportunity? This should've been told to him by the grandpa inside him … Klein nodded in thought, somewhat glad that he hadn't asked Reinette Tinekerr for help.
This was similarly a very dangerous matter for Miss Messenger.
Besides, most importantly, I haven't prepared anything. If I were to rely on the helpers I hired, my plans might be discovered by 0-08 ahead of time. From there, it would create a series of coincidences and make targeted arrangements … Klein sighed silently. He felt that he needed to do something, but he didn't know where to begin.
From the perspective of increasing his strength, obtaining the corresponding ingredients for Bizarro Bane and Spirit World Plunderer depended on the City of Silver's Chief's subsequent requests. It also depended on how long it took for Miss Magicians to obtain the exact location information from her teacher. These were all external factors, so it wasn't something that Klein could speed up.
The only thing he could do was digest the Nimblewright Master potion as soon as possible.
And after the "acting principles" were more or less complete, the actual operation was more important.
Therefore, Klein believed that it was necessary for him to obtain two marionettes in a short period of time!
He had previously delayed it because he didn't have a good target. It was because he was in Baekeland, surrounded by a bunch of servants. It was difficult to conceal a non-special marionette's existence. But now, he was about to reach the Southern Continent. He decided that regardless of anything, as long as he was certain that it was a villain worthy of the gallows, he would first convert it into his marionette. He could switch with a better target!
Perhaps using an ordinary marionette to complete a relatively difficult task can speed up the digestion process … Heh, my requirements for a marionette have been lowered to the lowest level. As long as it understands Dutanese, there's no need to find another translator. After all, I can share my senses … Klein quickly made a decision. He planned on writing to Leonard Mitchell once he had a further plan.
…
East Balam, Kolain City.
Klein carried his suitcase and boarded the dock, stepping onto the land of the Southern Continent.
He looked at the city district that was built along the mountain and silently said inwardly,
I need to have two marionettes when I leave this place.
And before that, he had one more thing to do. It was to get rid of the "followers" that the military had arranged for him.
The two gentlemen's spy skills were actually rather good, but in Klein's eyes, they were like fireflies in the dark. This was because no matter how they disguised themselves, Klein could use a Faceless's observation and memory of human physical and facial characteristics to recognize them at a glance.
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