Chapter 176: Nighthawk

Chapter 176: Nighthawk

Outside the window, the crimson moon was veiled by clouds. The moonlight that penetrated the curtains could barely outline the contours of the bedroom’s larger objects. Dimness and gloom had become the room’s main theme.

Klein sat in such surroundings and did not hurry to leave.

He looked at Dr. Allen, who was asleep on the bed, and quietly analyzed the scenes he had just seen in the dream.

“The card Will Auceptin held in his hand at the end was the Wheel of Fortune. In a dream like this, everything carries symbolic meaning. Everything is revelation obtained by one’s astral body… In other words, the matter of Will Auceptin is related to fate. Added to that silver-white serpent, which very likely represents the Mercury Snake, this child may be connected to a high-sequence powerhouse of the Monster pathway, or perhaps to some strange Sealed Artifact…

“Is his crisis caused by the Mercury Snake coveting him, or coveting the strange Sealed Artifact involving him?

“But the Mercury Snake is Sequence 1. It belongs among those existences closest to deities. The name alone reflects an exceedingly high level. There’s no way it would be helpless against a child like Will Auceptin. Amon, whose exact level remains unknown—whether Sequence 1, Sequence 2, or Sequence 3—nearly invaded above the gray fog with just one avatar…

“This matter doesn’t seem so simple. There must be an enormous secret hidden within it.”

Thinking to this point, Klein had already decided to retreat.

“This sounds extremely dangerous. And that deck of tarot cards might not necessarily be a mystical item. The special thing is very likely Will Auceptin himself. Hmm. Aside from having nightmares, Dr. Allen has already shaken off his earlier troubles. I have absolutely no reason to get involved in this matter. To proactively perform here and challenge the impossible would be practically the same as suicide… Mm, yes. I have to obey my heart!” Klein supported himself against the dressing table with his gloved right hand and slowly stood up.

After entering the dream just now, he was entirely certain that Dr. Allen’s nightmare originated from revelation obtained by his own astral body from the spirit world. And that revelation had been deliberately created and provided by some high-level, high-status existence. The paper crane was a positioning tool.

According to a certain chapter in The Book of Secrets, Klein could also try using that paper crane to find Dr. Allen’s astral body as it wandered the spirit world, then secretly observe where those revelations were coming from. But he had already decided not to get involved.

After stretching his body, Klein, with one final bit of curiosity, found Dr. Allen’s leather wallet and removed the paper crane inside.

He placed the paper crane on the head of his cane, held both together, then let his eyes darken as he murmured softly:

“Will Auceptin’s current location.”

After repeating the divination statement seven times, a slight breeze suddenly swirled through the room, carrying a chill that seemed to brush against the soul.

Klein loosened his right hand. First, the cane stood steadily. Then, carrying the paper crane, it fell, slanting toward the bed.

“There…” Klein frowned slightly, changed his position, and repeated the divination. Once again, he smoothly received feedback.

The point at which the two divinations intersected was Dr. Allen!

Will Auceptin’s location overlaps with Dr. Allen’s… That’s rather interesting… Klein muttered to himself, both amused and astonished.

His curiosity immediately climbed to its peak.

Although he did not plan to get involved in this matter, he still wanted to understand why such an overlap had appeared.

Hmm… If I bring the paper crane above the gray fog and divine it there, the gray fog will block things off. Nothing unexpected should happen… Klein quickly formed a new idea.

And because it was inconvenient to perform the ritual to summon himself in Dr. Allen’s…