Chapter 94: The Forgotten Thought

Chapter 94: The Forgotten Thought

Monday night, 160 Böklund Street.

After setting up the ritual, Klein summoned himself, preparing to investigate the hidden secret in the sewers.

When responding above the gray fog, he hesitated over whether to bring the Black Emperor card or the Tyrant card, as though choosing clothes before going out.

Considering that Backlund was a region where the Church of Storms held very strong influence, and fearing that he might attract some hot-tempered high-Sequence fellow, Klein ultimately chose to accommodate the Black Emperor card. He wore a crown upon his head, black armor over his body, and a cape over his back.

Aside from this Card of Blasphemy, he also carried Creeping Hunger, Azik’s copper whistle, Senor’s gold coin, the Marauder pathway mystical item Broken Finger that Admiral of Stars Cattleya had provided three hours earlier, and ordinary explosives.

Of course, Klein did not bring the entire crate of explosives. For a spirit body, that was simply too heavy. He only took five sticks and handed them to the Wraith Senor to contain.

As for the Death Knell revolver, he left it in the room. This was to restrain his own impulse to join battle. His goal was very clear: the moment he discovered a problem, he would immediately move away and not linger, avoiding danger. A sharp weapon always made one bolder, tempting one to explore deeper and resolve problems personally.

This is Backlund. It is best not to create too large a disturbance… And as for what is hidden in the sewers, I cannot foresee it. I can only divine that there is danger…

Klein glanced at the clock in the room and confirmed that there was still at least an hour and a half before Hazel’s habitual time of action.

His figure abruptly vanished. Passing through the balcony glass, he flew onto the street and entered the sewers.

In the dirty, damp environment, Klein took out a Loen gold coin, allowing the Wraith Senor, dressed in a dark red coat and an old tricorn hat, to appear ahead of him.

Then he handed his marionette the tweezers that seemed formed from two polished and fitted finger bones.

In just that brief span of carrying them with him, he had nearly failed to restrain the impulse to steal the sewer manhole cover.

Senor held Broken Finger and walked ahead. Klein, in the appearance of the Black Emperor, hid his figure and followed behind, staying at least fifty meters from the marionette.

With this layer of separation, the kleptomania could no longer affect him. As for Senor, who was essentially already one of the dead, he likewise had no thought of stealing anything.

He had no thoughts at all!

Turning into the corresponding side path and passing through the concealed secret door, the Wraith Senor, holding the gray-white tweezers, appeared inside the half-natural, half-artificial cave.

Unlike the last time he had come, the oilcloth-wrapped tools such as the iron shovel had changed position, and the hidden passage slanting downward to the right had grown deeper.

From this alone, it was obvious where Hazel’s current focus lay.

Immediately afterward, Klein, who had not entered the side path, leaned virtually against the sewer wall with his back to the target area, controlling his marionette to step into the hidden passage on the right.

Very quickly, the Wraith Senor reached the end.

Just then, Klein suddenly felt the gray-white tweezers in the marionette’s hand tremble slightly and inexplicably, as though attracted by some unknown object not far away.

That unknown thing was deep and profound, like a calm sea, making it difficult to peer into its exact state.

It has a living characteristic, closer to a spirit…

This was all Klein could judge. He immediately had Senor use Mirror Jump to return to the half-natural, half-artificial cave, to the surface of the iron shovel that had not yet been corroded. He no longer attempted to pass through the passage and enter deeper into the earth.

Then Senor, wearing his dark…