Mystery: Lucky One

Demigods are rare after all. Most of the time, Sequence 5 is already a strong one. If the target is just a mummy without Beyonder characteristics, Klein believes that it will be difficult to effectively stop it.

This time it was Sharon who gave the explanation, and her answer was as brief as ever:
“I’m worried that this is a trap set for us by the Rose School.

"If not, 1000 pounds. If so, we'll be responsible for attracting attention and you'll take the mummy. It depends on the danger, ranging from 5000 pounds to 10000 pounds."

I see... Klein didn't respond immediately. After thinking for a while, he asked:
"Do you know the Spiritual Reaver?"

Sharon nodded slightly and said, "I can use gold pounds combined with relevant information about the spirit world predators as a reward."

Klein said, "I'll think about it and write you a reply before dawn."

He decided to consult the divination before making a decision.

This is definitely not a trap for him though, as I have no need for mummies...nor do mummy fans.

"Okay." Sharon said without changing her expression.

Klein did not say goodbye directly. He walked to the door, called Ian in, and asked casually:
"Any news worth noting recently?"

Ian didn't say anything noteworthy. After listening to him, Klein found that everything was not as attractive as the painting in Ian's room, so he shook his head and left.

……

Alice still remembered Klein's instructions. In the early hours of the morning, she struggled to wake up from her bed and took another look at St. Samuel's Church.

By coincidence, just as Leonard was about to step into the basement of the church, he saw Alice's figure appear in front of him.

He stopped in confusion, and Alice exhaled and said to him:
"He wants to ask you, if there is any news to pass on to you, how should he contact you?"

Alice didn't say Klein's name, but they all understood this matter. Leonard understood it, and then he was silent for a moment before answering:

"...to 7 Pinster Street."

Alice nodded and was about to leave, but Leonard stopped her:
"and many more.

"What if I want to contact him?"

"Hmm." Alice blinked.

Klein didn't mention this, but it was easy to answer. Alice taught Leonard the summoning spell of Klein's messenger, and then asked:

"You know the Messenger's summoning ritual, right?"

"I know," Pales' hoarse voice sounded, "But your former colleague actually has two messengers?"

"What?" Leonard asked subconsciously.

After a pause, he added to Alice: "I'm not talking to you."

Alice nodded to indicate her opinion, and then asked curiously:
"what are you guys saying?"

Alice was aware of what Pales was saying to Leonard, but the specific content of the conversation was clearly beyond her ability.

Leonard didn't answer because Palez was answering his question:

"Isn't she the messenger of your former colleague?"

Leonard swallowed his saliva because of these words and looked at Alice with difficulty.

Ai Li seemed to have sensed something and asked, "Are you saying bad things about me?"

"...No," Leonard said calmly, "We were talking bad about another person, and you know who I'm talking about."

"What is it?" Alice demanded.

Leonard smiled and said to Alice, "We are saying that he is totally different from before. I remember he used to be very frugal, but now he lives a luxurious life!"

"That's right!" Alice nodded vigorously, remembering Dwayne Dantès's wealthy life. Then she became confused again, "No...how did you know that?"

Leonard replied as a matter of course: "He even uses a courier, isn't that a luxury?"

Alice stayed there thinking, and Leonard saw this and said goodbye, then walked in after Alice nodded randomly.

I always feel like something is wrong... Alice frowned. She always felt that Leonard's words had a deeper meaning, but she couldn't figure it out. In the end, she had to go home and sleep.

……

In the early hours of the morning, in the Brave Bar, Maric was already waiting in billiard room number three as agreed.

Gulu took a sip of beer, and Maric raised his hand to comb his hair. His face was pale and bloodless, and the faint madness that revealed it was much weaker than before.

At this moment, he had an idea and looked to the side. He saw a figure wearing a top hat and formal suit quickly outlined. It was Sherlock Moriarty.

Teleport? Maric's heart trembled, his eyes narrowed, and he instinctively became more alert.

This has nothing to do with trust, it's just an instinctive wariness of those higher up the food chain.

At the same time, he saw from the corner of his eye that Sharon's puppet-like figure appeared on the high stool.

Klein lowered his hat, saluted the two, and smiled:
“What I care about most is how much intelligence do you have?

“The better the intelligence, the higher the probability of success and the lower the risk.

"It's a simple example. Can you confirm that there is no problem with the mummy of Tutankhamun II? Can you confirm which coffin it is in? If you can, I can 'teleport' it to the spirit world before the guards can react, and take it on a 'trip' to the spirit world, and the problem will be solved."

Just as Maric was about to recall, he heard Sharon's calm voice say, "We can confirm which coffin it is in, but we can't confirm if there is any problem."

Klein nodded and pulled over a chair to sit down. "Besides this, what else do you know?"

Sharon's blue eyes moved slightly as she said, "It could be a trap set by the Rose School, or it could be a trap set by the Loen military."

Immediately afterwards, Maric gave a detailed introduction to the mummy. After some discussion, Klein came up with a good idea to confirm it. He smiled and said:

"Would you like to try divination?

"I think you have heard about Gehrman Sparrow and know that I have a... um, an angel? Or a '0' level sealed object."

This is indeed no secret. The gossip between Gehrman Sparrow and the underage girl was widely circulated on the Internet. It was not until everyone discovered that the underage girl was a real angel and seemed to have a good temper that the popularity of the news faded.

Sharon and Maric were both experienced Beyonders. They did not ask about the specific relationship between Klein and Alice. After thinking about it, Maric questioned:

"Can you guarantee that He will not do anything and will give the results truthfully?" "From what I know, His Highness has a very... arbitrary personality."

Out of respect for an angel, Maric chose a more neutral adjective, but the doubt in his eyes was very telling. Klein had to defend Alice:
"She's actually not like what the rumors say. Most of the time, if no one provokes her, she won't do anything too extreme..."

Maric's look became more questioning, and even Sharon frowned implicitly.

Klein wanted to say something, but Sharon suddenly spoke up:

“Maybe you can trust Him.

"Do you have a way to contact Him?"

Klein breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, nodded, and then said to the two of them:
"I'll go call her. She should be sleeping now."

Klein lowered his head and prayed to Alice, while Maric turned to Sharon and asked his doubts:

"why?"

Sharon looked in the direction of the door and uttered a short word:
"she."

Maric understood what Sharon meant after a brief recollection. It was Klein's address that played a decisive role. Moreover, according to the rumors, Gehrman Sparrow's attitude towards Miss Destiny was not polite at all.

If one of them was only at Sequence 5 and the other at Sequence 6, if their sequences were a little higher, they might have seriously considered the possibility of Gehrman Sparrow being kept.

As for now... they didn't dare to think about this issue any further.

……

Alice was lying on the bed, and before she could close her eyes, Klein's prayer sounded in her ears - how strange, he actually prayed today!
The content didn't say what the matter was, just asking her to go over and help. Alice thought about it and decided to go over and take a look.

Her figure emerged in billiard room No. 3. Seeing this somewhat familiar scene, she looked around in surprise and finally noticed the painting.

After pausing for two seconds on the painting she had created, Alice turned to Klein and asked:
"what happened?"

Then she turned and looked at the other two people.

“This is Sharon and Maric,” Klein replied.

Alice had heard of these two names. Klein had mentioned them to her. She searched through the relevant memories in her mind, and then suddenly realized:

"It's you guys... hello?"

She raised her hand and waved. Sharon and Maric paused and looked at Klein.

Klein was much more straightforward. He turned his head and said to Alice:
"Please help us do a divination."

Alice raised her eyebrows, and Klein turned to Sharon and Maric:

"Tell her again what happened just now."

Maric paused, and after glancing at Sharon, he took on the social responsibility and told Alice about the information they knew and several speculations. Alice suddenly realized at the end:
"That is to say, you need to determine whether this is a trap set for you, and obtain more information about the mummy, right?"

"Yes." Maric nodded.

Alice held out her hand to him.

Maric failed to understand the purpose of this job. He turned to look at Klein, who then looked at Alice. Alice blinked and said:
"Give me a coin—preferably a gold coin. I like gold."

Maric was slightly stunned, still not understanding the purpose of this action. Sharon looked at it thoughtfully, and a gold coin appeared in the air, turned twice, and fell into Alice's hand.

Alice looked at Sharon. The "ghost" lady met her gaze and asked with a blank expression:

"Is this okay?"

Alice thought for a moment and asked, "Whose request is this?"

Sharon responded, "This is our common request."

"Okay." Alice nodded, reluctantly accepting the answer, and then flicked the coin with her fingers.

The golden coin spun in the air for a few weeks and finally fell back into Alice's hand. Alice did not look at the coin. She had already known the answer in the process. She said to Sharon and Maric:
“The mummy of Tutankhamun II is a trap set by the military against the Rose School.

“It is full of curses and is the embodiment of curses. It has the potential to transform itself into a zombie.

"There might be an angel or a '0' level sealed object on the scene - it's very dangerous. I was afraid of being discovered, so I didn't take a closer look."

Sharon stared at her quietly. After a few seconds, she turned to Klein and said in an unquestionable tone:

“Let’s just give up on this matter.”

Klein shook his head and smiled slightly, "Don't rush to make a decision. Let me ask you a few more questions. Maybe there is still a chance. We don't need to take too much risk."

Alice turned her head, looked at him in surprise, and praised sincerely: "You are a true hero."

"What's the matter?" Maric asked directly.

Klein glanced at Alice and smiled:
"No, I am now a circus performer who wears many hats and is working hard to create my own circus."

"?" Alice's expression became strange.

Klein didn't talk to her anymore. He turned back to Sharon and Maric and answered Maric's question:
"Tell me the detailed process of mummifying the pharaohs in the ancient Highland Kingdom."

Alice thought about it and decided to watch the show.

Maric glanced at Sharon and answered thoughtfully:
"The first step is to leave it for three to five days, using certain auxiliary means to allow the Beyonder characteristics to naturally precipitate, without combining with any part of the Pharaoh's body to form a seal;
"The second step is to hold a 'cleansing ceremony', place the body on the altar, and pray to the 'bound god', hoping that half of the deceased's spirit will remain in the body. This will not affect the return of the son of god, but also allow the mummy to maintain its spirituality for a long time.
“The third step is to use extraordinary abilities and real-world technology to remove the brain, internal organs, and body fluids from the corpse, leaving only the heart;

"The fourth step is to fill the body with spiritual spices and medicines, and perform a comprehensive dehydration process...

"The fifth step is to refill the body with the previous seasonal materials and medicines, make some ritual arrangements on the surface of the body, then wrap it with linen bandages and place it in the coffin.

"Step 6. The removed internal organs are processed similarly to Step 4 and placed at the four corners of the coffin as ritual materials. The same goes for the brain and body fluids. The former is pounded into a slurry and mixed with the latter. It circulates in the reserved channels inside the coffin, imitating the state of the deceased before his death... This can absorb spiritual energy from the surroundings, so that even if the pharaoh's mummy has been buried for thousands of years, it is still a very spiritual material and can be used to make a very powerful zombie..."

Klein listened carefully to Maric's story and thought about the intrinsic connection between mummy powder and aphrodisiac.

...Could it be some kind of occult connection?
He didn't think of it. Sharon and Maric were still waiting for his next question. Alice was also watching curiously, so he stopped dwelling on it and asked again:

"What is the maximum effective distance of your 'Mirror Flash'?" (End of this chapter)