Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 103 He still has to thank us (4 words in this chapter)
The reason why Roger could confidently assert that Lampard Iman's death occurred before Klein became the Nighthawk was very simple.

If Lampard, who works in the judicial system, fails to come to work, it will definitely attract the attention of the court and even the police.

During the casual conversation at dinner, Roger already knew that Alice lived in the West District, and she and her family were all believers of the Goddess. Once the police intervened in the investigation, the matter would easily fall under the jurisdiction of the Night Watchmen.

However, Klein, a Nighthawk of Tingen, had never heard of this incident, which meant that it happened before he became a Nighthawk.

On the other hand, combined with the personal experiences told by Miss Alice and the people in the "Desert Island" bar, she did become a resident singer in the bar shortly after Roger traveled through time.

This also explains why Lampard, who was not originally affected too much by Mr. "Gate"'s ramblings, suddenly died.

After all, Roger had personally witnessed the heads of those direct members of the Abraham family explode. In comparison, Lampard's death was quite dignified...

"If that's the case, then Miss Alice's brother died because of Ghros. After that, she lost her source of income. After spending all the family savings, she went to the 'Desert Island' bar to sing and earn money."

Such speculation could explain many things, including why meeting Alice made Roger aware of the disturbance of fate.

Because Alice Yeaman's life experience is not only related to the Abraham family, her brother's death is also related to Roger!

Although Lampard Iman was not killed by Roger, it was inevitable that he felt a little conflicted.

Roger shared his speculation with Klein. Of course, he consciously concealed anything related to Ghroth in the process of speaking to prevent Klein from being contaminated by it.

"You mean Miss Alice's sleepwalking was affected by the incomplete 'Apprentice' Extraordinary Characteristics?"

This kind of thing was easy for Klein to understand. After all, he had seen the "monster" Admisor's crazy behavior.

According to Old Neil, Admisol's body should also have some kind of incomplete Sequence 9 Beyonder characteristics, which is why he exhibits all kinds of abnormalities.

"Would it be helpful if she became a real 'apprentice'?"

Klein immediately spoke tentatively:
"After all, you also have the recipe for the 'Apprentice' potion... Of course, I'm not asking you to meddle in other people's business. It's just a guess."

"Well, let's talk about it later."

Roger sighed, nodded, and then asked about the case commissioned by Ian:

"What happened to the dead detective?"

"I took Ian to the scene, and he also called the police. I hope they can find out something later."

Klein shook his head. Seeing this, Roger didn't ask any more questions and turned around to rest.

Klein continued to study the newspaper in the living room.

However, he had not sat there for long when he heard a loud knocking sound coming from his door.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Who is it? They don't even know to ring the doorbell..."

Klein was somewhat dissatisfied. He opened the door, but found that the person standing outside was Meursault, the "executioner" of the Zmanger Party whom he had seen in his dream before.

This surprised Klein, but the other party soon said something even more surprising.

Meursault offered to pay 10 pounds for Crane's help in finding Ian Wright, who had previously commissioned him, and claimed that the other party had stolen a precious thing from him.

Klein decisively refused, and even when the other party raised the price to 30 pounds, or even 50 pounds, he remained unmoved.

Because it goes against his principles.

It's not just because Ian is his client, but also because he once witnessed the tragic death of Detective Zreal, and he doesn't want the young man to follow in Zreal's footsteps.

Unexpectedly, this seemed to anger Meursault. He glared at Klein fiercely and turned away.

However, Klein wasn't afraid at all. During his time working for the Nighthawks, he had faced more dangerous guys before. He didn't take a mere gang member seriously at all.

He chuckled and immediately went out to visit an inventor named Leppard.

He was a believer in the God of Steam and Machinery. Referring to Emperor Roselle's idea, he invented a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage similar to a bicycle and sought investment.

Finally, at Klein's suggestion, the design of the four-wheeled carriage was changed to a two-wheeled one. He also decided to invest 100 gold pounds, acquiring a % stake.

After completing this, Klein returned to 15 Minsk Street with satisfaction.

"Roger's not home?"

He called Roger's name twice, but found that not only did the guy not respond, but even Bandit was nowhere to be seen.

Klein had no choice but to close the door and go to the bathroom.

Just as he was washing his hands, he suddenly saw a pair of eyes in the mirror!
Klein instinctively and subconsciously rolled to the side, using the Joker's agility to narrowly avoid a blowgun dart.

Before Klein could draw out the tarot cards to fight the opponent, the opponent had already stepped forward and kicked Klein in the face with incredible force.

Klein quickly stretched out his left arm to block, but was sent flying backwards by the powerful kick.

Klein quickly adjusted his center of gravity, stabilized his balance, and then engaged in a fight with the opponent.

The opponent's strength was clearly beyond that of an ordinary person, and Klein also saw through his identity while dealing with him.

That was Meursault, the "executioner" of the Zmanger Party who had previously commissioned him to find Ian Wright!

The opponent's intensive and torrential attacks overwhelmed Klein. He didn't dare to draw his gun and shoot, as the sound would attract the attention of the neighbors.

But Klein also knew that fighting like this was not a solution and he had to play to his strengths.

The next moment this thought came to his mind, he suddenly did a backward somersault, using the Joker's super strength to distance himself from Meursault.

Meursault tried to rush over again, but saw Klein across from him quickly throwing a standard contract on the table to him.

"Use paper as a knife"!
Caught off guard, Meursault's throat was immediately cut by the paper. After a brief twitch, he fell to the ground and was motionless.

"Huh, huh."

Klein was breathing heavily, and just when he had relaxed a little, another voice sounded behind him.

"I said……"

"Is there still an ambush?"

Klein subconsciously prepared to roll forward, but soon realized that the voice sounded familiar.

He turned his head and saw Roger leaning alone in a dark corner drinking a glass of red wine, with Bandit sleeping on his legs.

"I'm asking, can you give me this guy's Beyonder characteristics? I'll pay for it."

Roger winked at him.

Klein was immediately furious:

"You saw me getting beaten up, and you didn't help?"

But Roger said as a matter of course:
"You're a Sequence 8 Clown fighting a Sequence 9 Hunter, and you still need my help?
"Besides, if you really can't make it, I will definitely help you. I don't want to embarrass you."

Facing Roger's chatter, Klein first repeated the name of the potion "Hunter" twice, then sighed:

"I'll give you the Beyonder Characteristics later, so you don't need to pay.

"I need to do some divination first. Please go back to your room and don't disturb me."

Roger stretched out his hand, made a "please go ahead" gesture, then drank the remaining red wine in the glass in one gulp and took Bandit back to his bedroom.

After a moment, Klein raised his head, his face filled with shock.

Just now in the dream divination, he learned that the person targeting Ian Wright was a Sequence 6 ambassador from another country. The other party asked Meursault to hunt him down because Ian took away an important item.

And it was precisely because Klein refused Meursault's commission that he was retaliated against.

He hesitated for a while, and finally decided not to tell Roger about this matter. After all, that was a high-ranking official from another country, and he didn't want to involve Roger in such a matter.

But this corpse...

Just as Klein was hesitating whether to call the police, Roger came downstairs again.

"I'll help you deal with this corpse in exchange for obtaining his extraordinary characteristics."

Roger took the initiative to speak.

"You?" Klein's lips moved slightly, and he quickly reacted.

He remembered Roger's strange ability to banish Ince Zangwill.

However, Roger had no intention of using the power of "Oneness of All".

He walked up to Klein and took away the red jelly-like "Hunter" Beyonder characteristic that had precipitated from Meursault's neck. He then took out a coin and gave Klein an awkward smile.

That means I'm showing off my skills in front of an expert, please forgive me.

Then Roger muttered "safe, safe, safe" in his mind and tossed the coin.

After confirming that the coin was on the heads side, he relaxed.

"Wait a moment, I'll be right back."

Roger took out the "Traveler's Dice", grabbed Meursault's clothes with his hand, and tossed it.

The "Traveler's Dice" fell into Roger's hands, with the "2" side facing up.

Klein only heard a "Mad" and then saw the bodies of Roger and Meursault disappear on the spot.

The next moment, Roger and Meursault appeared in the living room of No. 4 Narcissus Street in Tingen at the same time.

This made him quite helpless and he rolled the dice again.

As the dice fell again, the side representing nothingness was finally on top.

There was a flash of light and shadow, and Roger and Meursault soon arrived at a place that looked like a snowy field.

He lowered his head and looked carefully, only to find that what was on the ground was not snow, but dense ashes and tiny bone fragments.

This made Roger shudder.

"This is the spirit world..."

He dropped Meursault's body and heard a strange hissing sound from somewhere behind him.

The sound seemed to come from a very far distance, but it gave Roger a chill.

This made him not want to stay any longer, and he immediately rolled the "Traveler's Dice" again.

"1."

Roger breathed a sigh of relief at the result. As the spiritual world scene with a strong sense of nothingness quickly twisted and faded away, he once again appeared in his own studio at 15 Minsk Street.

He opened the door and returned to the living room.

"solved?"

Klein was a little bit incredulous.

"Well, he was thrown into the spirit world to fend for himself.

"That guy got a good deal. He actually got on the express train to the spirit world. How much easier it is."

Roger laughed heartily, and was almost saying, "He has to thank us."

However, Klein couldn't laugh. His mind was full of the fact that an ambassador from another country had set his sights on him.

As mentioned before, although Roger is very powerful, Klein is not planning to involve Roger in this matter.

So he decided to first investigate the identity of the so-called ambassador, and then try to find a way from the "Tarot Club" to entrust other members to kill the other party.

"By the way, we need to find a bodyguard..."

Klein suddenly recalled one of the contact methods Ian Wright had told him about: a "Brave Bar" on Iron Gate Street in the Backlund Bridge area.

"Ian said there's an adventurer over there who's willing to take on commissions... Let's go over there and try our luck."

Klein made up his mind and told Roger that he needed to go out. Then, under Roger's watchful eye, he disguised himself and took the subway to Tiemen Street.

Roger naturally knew that Klein would soon meet Maric and Sharon, and would also issue a mission in the Tarot Club to assassinate Intis' ambassador to Backlund, Jean Martin.

Audrey will then spend 10,000 pounds to commission Mr. A to assassinate the ambassador.

"I'm really looking forward to the next Tarot meeting." Roger couldn't help but sigh.

……

Over the next two days, Klein confirmed the identity of the ambassador who wanted to murder him. During this period, he was also subjected to investigation and surveillance by Bakerland's spies.

Fortunately, Monday came again. At 3 pm, Klein the Fool convened another Tarot meeting.

After Miss Justice greeted the other three participants, the meeting officially began.

First, Alger, the "Hanged Man", reported to Mr. Fool, claiming that the "Secret Order" had a certain connection with the Republic of Intis.

"The Republic of Intis..."

Hearing this, Klein once again thought of Ambassador Bakerland, who had intended to target him.

"I want to issue a mission."

Mr. Fool suddenly spoke.

Upon hearing this, all the participants straightened their backs and listened to Mr. Fool's instructions.

Even Roger was the same, he had been waiting for this moment for the past few days.

"You can choose whether to accept this mission... One of my followers has arrived in Backlund. He needs to assassinate Backlund Jean Martin, the ambassador of the Intis Republic to the Kingdom of Loen, but it's not convenient for him to do it himself."

"Is anyone willing to take on this mission?"

After some discussion and wrangling, "The Hanged Man" Alger finally succeeded in helping Miss "Justice" sort out her thoughts and dispelled her worries that assassinating an ambassador would lead to war.

Finally she decided to give the task a try, but there was no guarantee of success.

"Here it comes..." Roger said secretly.

He knew that Miss Justice would spend 10,000 pounds to entrust Mr. A to take action, and this was exactly the opportunity he was waiting for.

"I have to visit Mr. A when I'm free these days and ask him to take me with him when he assassinates the ambassador..."

Roger really wanted to take this opportunity to go to the ambassador's house and search to see if there were any magical items that he could use.

He is Intis's intelligence chief in Loen, and he must have a lot of good stuff in his hands.

After all, Miss Justice paid the money, and Roger has always been very interested in maximizing profits.

As for the possibility that he would hinder Mr. A or be discovered, that simply does not exist.

Because, now Roger has further accommodated the "evil heart of a pastor" and become a "hermit"!

　End of today

　　
　
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