Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 114 Agreement with Mr. Azik (5000 words)
The pale half skull of the descendant of the god of death trembled slightly, and a faint white light appeared all over the body.

If you look closely, you can see tiny and imperceptible colorful bubbles contained in the white light.

Roger knew very well that these bubbles were one of the main symbols of Yog-Sothoth.

At this moment, the bubbles formed a rainbow-like "bridge" with Roger and were quickly returning to his body through this connection.

Not only that, during this process, Roger could also feel a large amount of information quickly emerging in his mind.

It includes not only fragments of Mr. Azik's life with his family when he was the first Baron Ramde, but also the memories of his eldest son after he grew up.

There is even knowledge related to the "Death" path and the "Hanged Man" path.

"Corpse collector, gravedigger, psychic..."

"The secret praying man, the listener, the hermit..."

One after another, potion recipes and related promotion rituals appeared in Roger's mind, flashing rapidly.

It contains all the knowledge of these two paths from Sequence 9 to Sequence 4 levels!
Although this information appeared extremely quickly, it was a reverse secret agreement that Roger conducted through the contamination of the great "Oneness of All Things". It was a purely private and personal enlightenment experience, and contained an engraving effect.

So the moment they appeared, they were stored in an unspeakable way deep in Roger's mind and body, never to be forgotten.

This infusion of knowledge lasted for quite a while before completely fading away, and Roger continued to immerse himself in the understanding of the knowledge, and only opened his eyes after about 10 minutes.

"Knowledge of two paths?"

This strange phenomenon made Roger frown.

Purifying this half of the Death Descendant's skull and returning it to Mr. Azik Eggers was part of the agreement between the two.

To this end, Roger took advantage of the few days after Klein was "killed" by him and had not yet been resurrected, and with the help of Mr. Azik, he found the Death Skull that was hidden by Ince Zangwill and was contaminated by the "One of All Things".

It is precisely because of this previous cause that Roger is performing this ritual magic.

But the reverse secret that could obtain knowledge from pollution was something Roger had never expected.

"It's understandable that the characteristics of the descendants of the God of Death contain knowledge of the 'Death God' path, but what the hell is the knowledge of the 'Hanged Man' path?

"Could it be... that this trait was passively acquired from Ince Zangwill's attempt to have the True Creator give birth to an offspring?"

Roger shook his head. He had no conclusion on this matter yet, but this did not affect his good mood!
Because through the reverse secret agreement just now, he mastered all the information from the two paths from Sequence 9 to Sequence 4!
You should know that in the original book, the potion formulas for these two methods were hardly shown.

Coupled with Roger's own knowledge of the "apprentice" path and the knowledge of the "fortune teller" path in his memory, the path of God he mastered was no less than that of many large sects and even the Orthodox Church!
"If you're not careful, you'll become rich enough to rival a country."

Roger shook his head. At this stage, he really didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for him to have so much knowledge.

"Anyway, more knowledge means more choices... Hey, why does this sound a bit like the rhetoric of the Church of Knowledge?"

Thinking of this, Roger also laughed.

He put on "Benjamin's gloves," tiptoed downstairs, and secretly "borrowed" Azik's copper whistle from Klein.

When Roger returned to the living room, Sharon's figure emerged.

The beautiful lady frowned slightly and looked at Roger:

"Stealing is bad behavior."

Because of the relationship between Roger and Klein, she did not attack Roger, but just kindly reminded him.

“I’m not stealing, I’m just borrowing it and will return it later.

"I need to contact a mutual friend and return something that belongs to...his."

Roger hesitated for a moment. Instead of saying "Him", he used the term "he" to represent a person.

"I suggest you step back a bit. If you're worried about Klein, you can go to his bedroom.

"By the way, he's in his pajamas."

Roger added with a smirk.

"..."

Ms. Sharon seemed speechless. She was silent for a moment and then disappeared.

After making sure that Ms. Sharon had left temporarily, Roger breathed a sigh of relief. He blew the whistle and summoned the huge bone messenger.

"Hello."

Roger greeted the bone messenger.

The skeleton messenger was stunned for a moment when he saw Roger, and then he remembered who this person was.

This is the guy who shot himself in the ass with a little rocket at Mrs. Sharon's mansion that day!
But before the Bone Messenger could react, Roger had already taken out the half skull of the Descendant of Death from his pocket:

“Please help me deliver this thing to Mr. Azik Eggers. It belongs to Mr. Azik’s child.

"He and I are good friends. What happened before was just a misunderstanding."

Roger said seriously.

The bone messenger, who was originally a little angry, changed his attitude instantly after seeing the skull of the descendant of the god of death.

It knelt on one knee respectfully, lowered its head, and solemnly received the skull with both hands.

The Skeleton Messenger then nodded to Roger, as if expressing gratitude on behalf of Mr. Azik, and then disappeared.

"Huh...that's the end of it."

After sending the bone messenger away, Roger breathed a sigh of relief and returned the copper whistle.

He felt a little hungry at this time, so he fried himself an egg and poured himself half a glass of red wine, which he drank while eating.

"You seemed to have taken out something extraordinary just now. I could feel it through a wall."

Sharon's figure reappeared.

"Well, this seems to be the most you've ever spoken."

Roger laughed, nodded, and picked up his glass:
"Want to drink? Pour you a glass too."

Sharon shook her head.

However, Roger was already used to Sharon's cold attitude. He nodded, finished the food on the plate, and drank the wine in the glass.

"Well, I have to say, the red wine here is pretty good."

Roger nodded to Sharon with a hint of meaning, then turned and went upstairs without saying another word.

"..."

Roger's words seemed to touch some of Sharon's memories. She actually sighed slightly and then disappeared again.

Early the next morning.

An elderly gentleman named Miller Carter, who claimed to be from Jianhai County, approached Klein and claimed that he had bought the property of a bankrupt viscount and then discovered a large hidden underground building underneath.

Considering that it might not be safe down there, the gentleman asked the workers and servants to stop the construction and hoped to hire a detective to confirm the situation inside the underground building first.

For this, he was willing to pay a high price of 50 pounds, but he also agreed with Klein that the latter could not bring more than three assistants.

Klein excused himself to go to the bathroom, then silently repeated "I should take this commission" seven times before flipping a coin for divination.

The coin landed heads up, and he breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at the bathroom mirror.
"What about your intuition?"

The figure of the bodyguard appeared: "There is a certain danger, but it is not serious."

Klein nodded, having already made up his mind.

He walked out of the bathroom and expressed to Miller Carter his willingness to take on the commission, and said that he would not be there until 4 p.m.

Miller Carter naturally understood that it took time to recruit a good detective, so he signed a contract with Crane and agreed to meet at Williams Street at 4 pm.

"Mr. Detective."

After Miller Carter left, Roger came down from upstairs and said with a smile:

"Do you mind if I temporarily serve as your assistant?"

Klein was stunned for a moment, then laughed:

"No problem. Do you also want to go to the so-called underground complex?"

"Well, I'm curious, let's go and take a look." Roger nodded.

Regardless, with the participation of Roger, a powerful Extraordinary, Klein naturally felt more at ease.

While the two were talking, there was a sudden explosion in the restaurant!

Klein and Roger exchanged a glance and hurried to the restaurant. Even Sharon's figure quickly appeared in the mirror, clearly following the two of them.

The restaurant was filled with smoke, and from time to time there were crackling flashes of lightning, hitting the table and the cupboard next to it.

Soon, the desktop froze, and a tabby cat slid to the end of the desktop, then leaped up and landed in front of Roger and Klein in a very cool posture.

"..."

"..."

The corners of the two men's mouths twitched uncontrollably, and even Sharon in the mirror looked bewildered.

"How was my magic show?"

Bandit raised his head and asked Roger and Klein in a rather pretentious tone, "Are you playing the 'Master of Magic'?"

Roger was silent for a long time before he spoke.

After receiving the tabby cat's nod of approval, Roger paused and clapped his hands for Bandit desperately.

Influenced by him, Klein also applauded Bandit.

“The performance was good and deserves encouragement.

"But next time you perform, try to take better care of the furniture."

Roger did not discourage Bandit, but instead mentioned the furniture issue briefly while encouraging him.

After all, Bandit's intelligence and IQ are only equivalent to that of a 5- or 6-year-old child at best. At this time, when he is racking his brains to figure out what to do, it is natural to focus on encouragement.

Hearing Roger's praise, it was obviously quite proud and circled around Roger and Klein several times.

"Let's meet directly on Williams Street at 4 pm. I'm going to hand over the results of my investigation to Mrs. Starling's friend now."

Klein touched Bandit, then stood up and pointed at the temporarily borrowed camera on the living room table.

"Oh, that case of catching fried chickens, right?"

Roger nodded: "OK."

After the two made an agreement, Klein went out first to find Mrs. Summer and the client she introduced, Mary Gale, while Roger returned to the workshop and picked up the "Life-Gambling Revolver".

At this time, Roger's fortune is in a stable stage, neither going up nor down.

This meant that he himself did not have bad luck. Roger pulled out the five bullets from the "Life-Gambling Revolver" and then, while his luck had not yet begun to decline, he immediately rotated the cylinder and shot himself in the thigh!
As he expected, the shot did not fire.

Since Roger hit the thigh, which is a vital position, the luck he gained at one time was not too much, but it was definitely not too little.

He immediately used "Transit Amplification" to amplify this transit, and then reloaded the five bullets.

Then Roger picked up the two bags he had prepared in advance and rolled the "Traveler's Dice".

As the dice rolled to the "2" position facing up, Roger returned to No. 4 Daffodil Street in Tingen City.

"call."

Roger felt somewhat relieved.

This was the first time he used the combination of "Life Gambling Revolver" and "Fortune Teller's Dice" to try to lock the destination of the teleportation!
Fortunately, the experiment was successful.

After Roger left the house, he first went to No. 2 Narcissus Street next door and knocked on the door of Moretti's house.

It was Melissa who opened the door. She was stunned for a moment when she saw Roger, then nodded:

"Long time no see, Mr. Bangwei, I thought you had moved away.

"Please come in and sit down."

Roger nodded and stepped into the Moretti family's living room.

"By the way, no one has called me Mr. Bangwei for a long time..." Roger was a little dazed.

The layout of the living room hadn't changed at all, which made him feel a little sad for a moment.

"Isn't Benson home?"

Roger asked.

"No, he recently met a lady and often goes out with her... I feel like there's something going on."

Having said this, Melissa finally smiled. She seemed to have regarded Benson's marriage as an important goal in the near future.

"That's good."

Roger also smiled and placed the fruit he was carrying on the table.

"I've been handling business in Backlund recently... The shipping industry there is very developed, and they have specialties from various countries.

"This is Intis and Feynapotter flavored fruit. You and Benson can try it."

Giving fruits to friends when meeting them is, in a sense, a unique custom of the Chinese people.

In fact, Klein also knew that Roger was coming to visit Melissa and Benson today.

He even gave the money for the fruit to Roger, who did not refuse.

"Thank you, Mr. Bonway."

Melissa said gratefully.

Afterwards, Roger chatted with Melissa about recent events, told her about his experiences in Backlund, and mentioned many things about Bandit.

Melissa also told him about the recently released civil service examination policies and the advantages Benson had gained in them.

She also talked about the recent visits from Dunn and Leonard, her experiences and new knowledge gained at Tingen Technical School, and even discussed some issues in mechanical manufacturing and fluid mechanics with Roger.

Even though Roger had studied college physics, he was still a little headache after hearing Melissa's talk, but he still insisted on communicating with the girl in front of him until noon.

"Well, Melissa, I have something else to do, so I have to leave first."

Roger glanced at the sun outside and stood up to greet it.

"Mr. Bangwei, aren't you going to stay for dinner?" Melissa also stood up and tried to persuade him to stay.

"No, I'll have another chance to come in the future."

Roger put his hand on his wide-brimmed hat and said, "Please say hello to Benson for me."

After leaving Moretti's house, Roger walked to the back door of Harrods department store and followed the back street to the Aurora Society's meeting room.

After hearing someone inside, Roger knocked on the door.

The one who opened the door was the waiter with the puppet mask. When he saw it was Roger, he immediately stood up straight and saluted Roger as if he were facing a messenger of God.

"No need to be so polite. Where is C?"

Roger looked around the secret room, but did not see any trace of Mr. C.

"Reporting to the envoy, Mr. C went to Enmat Port yesterday." The puppet waiter said respectfully.

"Enmat Harbor? Mr. Z's place?"

Roger was stunned, not understanding what was going on with Mr. C.

He placed the fruit on Mr. C's chair and said:
"Bring him some fruit. If C doesn't make it back in time, you can eat it first."

With that, he turned and left the secret room under the shocked and puzzled gaze of the puppet waiter. He had lunch at Harrods, and then, taking advantage of his positive fortune, which had not yet completely subsided, rolled the "traveler's dice" and returned to 15 Minsk Street in Backlund.

Roger then took his backpack, hailed a cab, and arrived at Mr. Carter's property at 4 Williams Street before 8 p.m.

Klein, dressed in casual clothes and a half-high silk hat, was already waiting there. Although Roger didn't see Ms. Sharon, he was sure she was nearby.

The two of them approached the house together, and a male servant wearing a red vest and light-colored trousers bowed respectfully to them.

"Good afternoon, may I ask who is Detective Moriarty?"

"I'm."

Klein nodded and said, "I have an appointment with Mr. Carter."

Then, led by the butler, Klein and Roger entered the first floor of the house.

Miller Carter came up with his nose pinched, apologized for the dirty and messy environment during the renovation, and then led the two of them towards the entrance to the basement.

Along the way, Klein couldn't help but remind Mr. Carter about renovation pollution.

Soon, the three of them came to a grayish-white stone door, which was quite dark inside.

Mr. Miller didn't seem to want to take Klein and Roger in. He simply handed each of them a lit lantern, gave them a few instructions, and then turned and left.

Klein checked his belongings and asked Roger if he had the "Traveler's Dice" with him. After receiving a positive answer, he stepped into the corridor paved with dark stone slabs.

"It seems like the decor here has been changed several times..."

Klein murmured as he reviewed the furnishings along the road. They clearly displayed different styles.

Soon, the two came to a black double stone door.

Klein was about to push the door open, but was stopped by Roger.

The latter took out a lot of dried herbs from his bag and piled them under the black stone door under Klein's puzzled gaze.

Then he stretched out his right hand, on the middle finger of which he wore the "Stage Ring".

With a snap of fingers, the dried herbs immediately caught fire!
The burning smoke was affected by the wind controlled by Roger and quickly rose upwards.

Then he pulled Klein back and whispered to Ms. Sharon to stay away as well.

"why……"

Klein was about to ask a question when he saw a scene that made his scalp tingle.

Wherever the smoke hit, a large number of poisonous snakes with triangular heads and various colors rolled in pain and fell down one after another!
　End of today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)