Simultaneous Travel: Becoming a Legend in the Heavens.

Chapter 398 Mr. Emperor

A week later.

Steam train station in Tingen.

Including Klein, all members of the Nighthawks team came to see off Dunn Smith and Old Neil who were being transferred elsewhere.

The matter of the Antigonus family has been settled. Dunn has completed his final work as captain.

After mastering the role-playing method, his "Nightmare" potion was almost digested. He exchanged the accumulated merits for the potion and successfully advanced to Sequence 6. He will go to Backlund to take over Krestel's duties and become a senior deacon and the new "Sword of the Goddess".

Old Neil will be transferred to the headquarters of the Church of the Goddess of Evernight - the Church of Tranquility. He is too old and is no longer suitable for taking potions to advance. He will become a priest who enlightens believers and spend his old age there.

"Just send them here. The pastor of St. Samuel Church can only take over temporarily. We still need you to guard and patrol Chanis Gate."

Dunn, who has a high hairline and deep grey eyes, carried a suitcase and glanced at Leonard, Cohen, Luo Yao, Xijia, Frye and the newest member of the team, Klein. He looked at the reluctance and sadness on everyone's face with a gentle and gratified look.

For a captain, the greatest compliment is to be recognized by all team members.

Old Neil smiled and nodded to the people who were seeing him off:
"You can come visit me at the Tranquility Church when you are free. Um... it's just that the procedures for Nighthawks to go out of town are a bit troublesome."

"But when you are strong enough and in a high enough position, you will find that these troubles will not be troubles anymore."

He emphasized to Klein, "My gas lamp and hand-ground coffee are left to you. Have a cup to cheer yourself up when you feel sleepy. You should also study mysticism knowledge well by yourself."

"Well, I will."

Klein nodded seriously and responded reluctantly.

Although they had not been together for a long time, both the captain and Old Neil were very kind to him. They could be considered his guides, and the sudden separation was a bit painful.

"By the way, remember to claim a lot of money. Leonard happens to be the captain, so he will definitely approve your application."

Old Neil gave one particular reminder.

Klein: "..."

Don't say that he has some shameful relationship with Leonard. Besides, can you say such a thing as casually reimbursing in public? How can he have the nerve to do such a thing in the future?

Klein subconsciously looked at Leonard. This young man who had successfully advanced to Sequence 7 "Nightmare" and took over the captain's position, had the temperament of a romantic poet and smiled as he shrugged slightly at him.

"I'll try my best to approve it for you, just don't go too far."

Even gayer.

Klein withdrew his gaze and met Dunn, who had ended his hug with Frye and was walking towards him.

Facing Klein, who was the last and latest to join the team, Dunn patted his shoulder with some relief.

"Although we haven't been together for a long time, we can see how serious and down-to-earth you are. You have left a deep impression on us..."

Klein's eyes were filled with tears. He was about to say a few warm words when he heard Dunn add with a smile.

"Well, poverty as well."

Klein: ()
Although he knew that the captain wanted to be less serious during the farewell, Klein couldn't help but complain.

"In fact, I am also very impressed by your hairline and memory, Captain."

Dunn was stunned for a moment with a smiling expression on his face. He nervously took out a mirror to look at himself, then reached out and touched his forehead.

"Is the hairline high? Maybe I should go find a doctor, um... a doctor on the 'pharmacist' path should be able to regrow hair?"

Captain, your reaction is like that of a student who is in love and cares about his image...

Thinking of the fact that Ms. Daly seemed to have been transferred to Backlund as well, Klein roughly understood what this meant.

Maybe they will be able to enjoy the captain and Ms. Daly's wedding candy soon.

Is there wedding candy in this world?

As they were talking, the whistle of the steam train sounded, urging the crowd who had not yet boarded the train.

The crowd waiting for the bus began to move. The people of all kinds brought all kinds of colors and smells, and the surrounding sounds became noisy.

"It seems like it's time."

Dunn looked at the light white smoke rising from the steam train, opened his arms and gave Klein a not-so-gentlemanly hug, then turned sideways and smiled at all the members of the Nighthawks team with a sincere tone.

“I’m honored to work with you, I really am.”

"Life in Tingen will become my most vivid memory in the future. If conditions permit, I will come back to see you often."

The wrinkles on Old Neil's face smoothed out, and he instructed Luo Yao and Xijia:
"Please help me mail the piano to the Serenity Church. Men are too clumsy. I only trust you lovely ladies."

The only two women in the Nighthawks team smiled and nodded, promising to complete the task well.

Amid a group of concerned and reluctant gazes, Dunn and Old Neil boarded the steam train, which slowly went away accompanied by the sound of steam engine exhaust and the friction between gears and rails.

…………

After completing the farewell ceremony, several people returned to the Blackthorn Security Company. After expressing their gratitude to the pastor who temporarily guarded the Chanis Gate, they returned to their respective jobs.

Not long ago, disasters of varying degrees broke out all over the world, bringing about temporary chaos that will take time to overcome.

Although Tingen City was not affected much, people's hearts were unsettled and the probability of various cases occurring increased significantly.

The busiest among them should be Leonard, who took over the position of captain. His work tasks are particularly heavy, and he also needs to quickly learn matters related to the captain.

"Klein, come to the alchemy room."

After finishing the morning work, Leonard stopped Klein who was about to go to eat and took him to the alchemy room behind where Old Neil registered his information.

"Your application has been approved by the Holy Temple. The credit for killing Ince Zangwill will be shared equally between you, Fry, Luo Yao, and Coenli. The potion materials have been delivered."

Leonard took out a pile of extraordinary materials and mixed the Horn Crystal of the Horned Gray Goat, the complete human-faced rose, and a number of auxiliary materials in front of Klein.

The finished product is a liquid dyed with gold, yellow and red, which are intertwined but extremely clear.

"Drink it, and you will become Sequence 8 'Joker'."

Klein took the potion with a little excitement, took a deep breath, and drank it all in one gulp.

The bitter bile-like taste made his face shrink into a ball, but the illusion of body transformation covered all his perceptions, and he suddenly heard mutterings that he had not heard for a long time.

"Hornakis...Fregera...Hornakis...Fregera..."

The next moment, he felt that his spirituality, which should have dissipated, was instinctively restrained. Stars lit up before his eyes and he heard the sound of bubbles bursting in his ears.

The "Joker" potion was completely digested.

"how do you feel?"

Leonard seemed to be trying to learn Dunn's calm and capable tone, but he couldn't do it very well and sounded more relaxed and casual.

Klein was stunned for a few seconds, then smiled slightly before Leonard noticed anything unusual.

"Yeah, it's okay, nothing serious."

"You have just been promoted and need time to consolidate your position. You don't need to come to the company this afternoon. Just have a good rest at home."

"Ok."

Klein nodded and walked slowly out of the alchemy room. He walked out of the Blackthorn Security Company without much expression on his face. He did not choose to take a carriage, but walked slowly on Zotland Street.

In the square near the street, wooden platforms were built in several places, and a group of workers were skillfully installing the "projection screen".

This is a new invention derived from the Steam Church. It is a public facility promoted by King George III. It can broadcast images and sounds in real time and play different content according to the time.

It is said that the original intention of this public facility is to popularize education, so that the poor can enjoy musicals and dramas to broaden their horizons, obtain the most basic learning knowledge, improve their civic literacy, and also pay attention to the international situation and learn about the current situation in neighboring countries and the international situation.

The disaster caused turmoil. There have been constant frictions on the border between the Feysac Empire and the Kingdom of Loen recently. The death of Ambassador Intis in the Kingdom of Loen not long ago was also a big deal.

The stock market was volatile, people were panicking, food prices generally rose by 10% to 20%, gun shops were doing a booming business, there was a gap in the security market, and some wealthy people gathered in Backlund...

All signs indicate that war may really come.

Klein remained silent, walking through the streets that combined steampunk and Victorian styles, amidst the exotic hustle and bustle, and finally arrived at Daffodil Street several hours later.

With his usual exercise and the improvement of his physical fitness by the Joker, Klein didn't feel very tired, just a little soreness in his legs.

He was just about to return home when he realized that the door of the apartment next door was ajar. Just a few days later, his fellow villager who had mysteriously disappeared for a week had returned.

Klein pursed his lips, pushed the door open, and saw a familiar figure sitting on the bed with his legs crossed.

This time, Lu Ke has changed even more than the last time he came back. His pure black hair was dyed red, and the outline of his originally handsome face became deeper, giving him a sharper look. To use the local dialect, he probably became more handsome and manly.

"get off work?"

As if hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Luke opened his eyes a little and nodded towards the table at Klein.

"I just came back from a business trip. I brought you some cat food... ahem, I mean snacks. Would you like to try some?"

Klein glanced at the desserts on the table, such as chashi pies, cream cakes, sweet iced tea, etc. He unceremoniously sat down beside the bed and directly picked up the free afternoon tea to taste.

He ate slowly and without saying a word, and this strange behavior aroused Lu Ke's interest.

"What's going on with you? It's like a middle-aged person who has been saddled with a 30-year mortgage and has elderly parents and young children to support has been suspended from work and had his salary reduced."

Luke raised his eyebrows, straightened up with interest, took off Klein's half-high silk hat, and ruffled his hair with a skilled rubbing technique.

“There was no suspension or salary reduction.”

Klein did not resist. He swallowed the food in his mouth with messy hair, sighed sadly, and glanced at Luke.

"In fact, I have become a Sequence 8 Beyonder, and my salary will increase."

"That's a good thing. Who are you showing off to with such a depressed look?"

"My potion melts in my mouth."

Klein seemed to have made up his mind. He stared at Luke and spoke quietly:
"I spent the whole way home thinking about what does 'clown' mean? A funny guy, a sideshow artist, a circus mainstay?"

"But after thinking about it, the most intuitive and deepest impression of 'clown' is probably that it makes people laugh and brings happiness to people."

"This may not be the true way to act, but I still digested it directly, which means that I brought joy to a very powerful being. Who could it be?"

"Among the Beyonders I've met, the strongest is only Sequence 5 Ince Zangwill... That's the case on the surface, but in reality there should be someone even more powerful."

"When we first met, he left the gray fog space on his own. His actions were strange and mysterious."

"He intends to, and is likely to, start a war that will engulf the entire world. He knows the true name of the 'Storm Lord' and can protect the blasphemous Mr. 'Hanged Man'."

Facing Lu Ke who blinked innocently, pretended to be stupid and looked like he didn't understand what you were saying.

Klein took a deep breath and said, "Okay, potions don't lie."

"Stop pretending, Mr. 'Emperor', it's you!"

Lu Ke shook his head seriously, "Don't talk nonsense without any basis, or I will sue you for defamation!"

"In fact, you have always had many flaws."

Klein explained one by one the various things he found wrong after he figured it out.

"For example, judging from the name you left when you bought clothes at the clothing store, you have just arrived in this world not long ago, and your time overlaps with Mr. Emperor."

"For example, Mr. Emperor called the Fool a fool at the beginning to tease me. You also liked to tease me on purpose when we first met. Your tone of voice and small details of your speech are also very similar."

"For example, powerful Beyonders originally belong to the upper class, and it is impossible for them to oppose their own class. However, you think that the upper class is corrupt and the order is distorted and chaotic, and you want to start a revolutionary war. This action is more in line with the trend of thought of our time."

“For example, although there are some unserious and meme-filled parts in Emperor Roselle’s diary, the content you presented is obviously different in style. It’s obvious that you came up with it to scare me. You even deliberately made the text appear in the same handwriting as Emperor Roselle…”

“For example, you have always treated me equally and acted like you know The Fool very well. Even if you are not as good as the real Fool, you should be pretty close. How could you be easily fooled by a fake like me? It’s understandable if it happens once or twice, but it’s already three or four times. How could you not notice something is wrong?”

In fact, Klein had doubts about Luke a long time ago, but in this strange world, facing his only fellow countryman, he subconsciously placed Luke in the most trustworthy area, and invisibly ignored many details.

"awesome."

Lu Ke couldn't help but clap his hands when he heard this. "As expected of Mr. Fool, I myself might not be able to summarize it in such detail, so what are you planning to do by bringing this up now?"

"Shouldn't I be asking you this?"

Klein couldn't help but emphasize his tone, as if he was in pain from being stabbed in the back by his own brother.

What is Lu Ke's purpose in hiding his identity by his side? It's impossible that he stayed in the Tarot Club just for fun, right?
"What am I going to do..."

Luke thought for a moment and leaned back under Klein's nervous and uneasy gaze.

He tapped the bed board twice with his fingers, smiling, speaking in a calm tone, low but not deep, as if responding to a visitor's polite greeting.

"An attempt."

Klein was stunned when he heard the familiar lines.

After a few seconds, his face turned red little by little.

Embarrassing, extremely embarrassing.

There's the embarrassment of being seen by all the girls in the class while admiring yourself in the mirror, or singing in the bathroom and getting broadcasted to the entire school.

Luke crossed his hands and rested his chin on them, his tone flat.

"You can call me... Fool."

Klein: "..."

"This gathering ends here."

Klein: "..."

Luke clasped his hands together and chanted in an exaggerated aria.

"A fool who does not belong to this era, ah~"

“SHUT UP Aaaaaaah!!!”

Klein covered his head in shame and ran out.

I fainted in the living room without pulling up my pants and woke up to find myself lying on the bed, with all the relatives in the room greeting me with smiles. It was just like that.

Life is dead!

(End of this chapter)