Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 152: Inventory of Assets and Sales (Today's update: words)

By the time Roger and Klein returned to 15 Minsk Street, it was already 2 a.m.

They opened the door, looked at each other, and tacitly agreed not to wake up Bandit upstairs.

"I want to eat batter."

Roger, who had experienced a fierce battle and was hungry, whispered.

As Roger was from northern China in his previous life, he also particularly liked to drink that kind of porridge.

Ever since crossing into the mysterious world, he had almost forgotten this childhood food, until that day when he accidentally caught Klein making a pot at home, and finally got to taste it.

After hearing what Roger said, Klein also felt hungry.

"it is good."

The latter grinned, put on an apron and went into the kitchen.

Roger took a nap on the dining table. When he woke up again, Klein had already brought a pot of piping hot batter to the table.

Not only that, Klein had somehow made some pickled vegetables and brought out a small plate to go with the meal.

Roger, with his eyes red with hunger, immediately started to eat with relish.

Klein did the same. The two of them took turns taking a spoonful and a bowlful, finishing the batter in minutes.

"belch."

Roger burped contentedly. He finally felt alive again and relaxed.

To be honest, the most terrifying thing about fighting a demigod is not the obvious danger, but the high-pressure mental state that requires not even a second of relaxation.

If Roger's mental strength was not far beyond that of ordinary extraordinary people, he would have collapsed in the middle of the battle.

The same was true for Klein. Although he was not fighting against a demigod, the enemies tonight were very capable of restraining his own abilities.

With both Ms. Sharon and Maric's abilities restricted by the Crimson Moon Corona, "Werewolf," "Zombie," and "Ghost" could largely ignore his fire and air bomb attacks.

So at the beginning of the battle, Klein was almost the only living force, and this living force was still restrained by the enemy.

If Klein hadn't had Maric plant the bomb in advance, and hadn't bought various enchantments and purification bullets with extraordinary effects from the gathering of the old man "Eye of Wisdom", as well as a "Sun" path extraordinary item that was extremely effective in restraining "Wrathful Spirits", plus the pollution assistance provided by the "Azik Copper Whistle" and "Master Key", he would probably have been defeated on the battlefield at the dock.

Fortunately, now both he and Roger survived, killed their opponents, and received huge rewards.

But now neither of them had time to carefully examine their spoils. They didn't even bother to wash the pots and pans. They just washed up quickly and went to bed.

It was not until one o'clock in the afternoon of the next day that Roger opened his sleepy eyes.

He didn't even bother to eat, and ran to the workshop opposite the bedroom to check what he had gained from the battle with "Puppet" Zatvin last night.

First up are cash and gold assets.

As a demigod and saint of the Rose School, Zatvin is indeed very wealthy.

He had more than 8,000 gold pounds in cash alone, plus the five heavy high-purity gold coins. Roger roughly estimated that the total value should be more than 13,000 gold pounds.

Originally, Roger was still feeling the pinch of having to pay Mr. Leppard an additional 5000 pounds for his investment in phonograph production, but in one night he made back his money and even had a large surplus.

"It seems that time travel really does change a person's fortune. It was extremely difficult for me to make money in my previous life..."

Roger shook his head, trying to dispel the memories.

Next is the emerald cufflink corresponding to the "Abyss" Path Sequence 5 "Apostle of Desire".

Because Ms. Sharon had seen this item, Roger obtained information about it without any identification.

The name of this item is "Desire Cuffs" and it has three abilities: "Desire Control", "Desire Incarnation" and "Mental Shock".

"Desire Control" allows the wearer to manipulate and intensify the desires of everyone within a certain distance and everyone within the mid-sequence category, and use their desires to secretly induce or trigger mental problems.

When the desires of the controlled person reach a certain level, "Desire Control" can detonate these emotions, causing great confusion in their mental state and judgment, thereby causing riots or interfering with the enemy's combat capabilities.

"Mental Shock" is the same as "Storm of Light" from "Sword of Dawn", and is an ability that can only be used once within a period of time.

Its function is similar to that of "Mind Boost", both of which can attack the target's spiritual body, but the working principle is different, and it is more inclined to target the enemy's desires and wishes.

"Desire Incarnation" is the ability that Roger thinks is most useful.

Through this ability, the wearer of the "Desire Sleeve Nail" can transform his body into a sticky, illusory black liquid made up of various desires and emotions, which is very effective in concealing his whereabouts, avoiding harm, and interfering with the enemy.

But the side effects of this item are also quite prominent.

That is, once this cufflink is worn, the wearer's desire will gradually intensify and become out of control.

Wearing it for more than 10 minutes will cause the wearer's emotions and desires to completely get out of control. The longer it is worn, the longer the recovery time will be, and it may even be possible that the wearer will never recover, turning the wearer into an antisocial personality entity full of all kinds of dark and twisted desires.

Combined with the Rose School's "hedonistic" philosophy, Roger strongly suspected that this seal was not used for combat, but more like a medium to stimulate his desires in an evil ritual.

"In other words, this thing should be a hot commodity within the 'hedonistic faction'."

Roger shook his head slightly.

"I now understand why the 'Temperance' philosophy is the correct way to play the 'Bound' path. This is because the Beyonders of the adjacent 'Abyss' path are truly driven by desire."

From the current perspective, the side effects of this thing are too strong and do not suit his personality.

He was afraid that if he accidentally wore it beyond the time limit, he would become a hidden criminal.

Not to mention that the abilities of the "Apostle of Desire" and the "Conspicuous Bag" pathways overlap considerably, so Roger has no need to use it as his regular tool.

"If possible, selling it would be a good option... but things from the Abyss Path are really hard to sell."

Roger shook his head slightly. He strongly suspected that in Backlund's entire network of connections, only Mr. A, his Beyonders, or related people would be willing to purchase this item.

The Aurora Society's nickname "Aurora Society" is not undeserved. This kind of scapegoating is reflected in all aspects... whether it is "responsible for a certain attack" or "becoming a reliable channel for selling stolen goods."

"Next is this demigod-level 'Thief' extraordinary item."

Roger took out the black glove that he had taken from Zatwin's hand.

In the original novel, this thing once attracted Amon, the angel king of the "thief" path because of the "extraordinary aggregation law".

This resulted in Zatvin having the glove stolen from him unknowingly when he passed by Amon.

The reason Roger agreed to help Sharon deal with the demigod-level Zatwin was largely due to his yearning for this item.

But because the glove's status was too high, Roger found it difficult to find an extraordinary person capable of analyzing it.

But given that Roger's mental strength has been restored, he directly used the ability of "Unity of All Things" to analyze the item.

As the "ring" belonging to the black glove unfolded, Roger also fully understood its effects and side effects.

It was called the "Parasite Glove" by Zatwin, and its main abilities are "parasitism" and "stealing".

The "Parasite" ability corresponds to the "Parasite" of Sequence 4 of the "Thief" pathway, allowing the wearer to shallowly or deeply parasitize the body of a Beyonder no higher than Sequence 4.

The "Steal" ability is a high-sequence "Thief" ability that allows the wearer to steal all kinds of other people's belongings, including some concepts.

Both of these abilities are god-level abilities that Roger once longed for, and have been used many times in Amon's battle.

The side effects of the "parasitic gloves" are somewhat abstract.

That is, if it is used to parasitize someone for a long time, the fate of the parasite and the parasited will become confused, and the parasite will gradually lose self-awareness and its own unique destiny.

The higher the sequence level of the parasite itself, the more obvious this effect will be, and this confusion is irreversible.

Roger, who was extremely sensitive to fate, immediately realized the huge problem hidden in it.

"Destiny" is actually not just a series of events, it is more about a person's past, present and future.

This timeline is the basis for anchoring a person's identity, that is, distinguishing "me" from "others".

When destiny is confused, not only will one's extraordinary abilities and social relationships be distorted, but others' perception of oneself will also be distorted.

This kind of cognitive dissonance will affect the "anchor"!

For "Composer" Roger, these gloves can be used, but not for too long, otherwise it will affect his promotion and the engraving of music rules.

But fortunately, he is an extraordinary person in terms of destiny, and can get some early warning before his destiny actually becomes distorted and disordered.

At that time, as long as Roger can restrain his curiosity or desire, he will be able to get away with it.

"That's not bad...after that, there will be an additional demigod-level combat method."

This "parasitic glove" is a qualitative change in Roger's ability improvement. If used properly, Roger may really be able to kill a Sequence 4 demigod!
After the analysis of the "Parasite Glove" was completed, Roger took out the "Conspirator" extraordinary characteristic he had previously obtained from Benjamin White and a silver ear clip in the shape of a simple musical note.

Before turning the "Puppet" Beyonder trait into the final Beyonder item, he first experimented with the relatively lower-value "Conspirator" Beyonder trait.

Taking a deep breath, Roger, using the Ring perspective, implanted the Conspirator Beyonder characteristic into the silver ear clip through a "hole" that was invisible from a normal perspective.

The moment the two merged, the silver ear clip quickly turned red.

"Hmm...it can give the wearer the thinking ability, insight, and ability to carry out schemes of a 'conspirator'. It also improves all aspects of physical fitness and resistance to fire.

"But the downsides are also obvious. Wearing it can cause severe temperature imbalance, with people occasionally feeling as if their entire body is on fire. Wearing it for more than three minutes can lead to complete and uncontrollable paranoia, potentially leading to death from exhaustion."

Roger shook his head slightly, somewhat dissatisfied with this thing.

But through this attempt, he has learned some hidden pitfalls in using the "ring" ability to create extraordinary items, and he should be able to avoid them next time.

After completing this attempt, Roger took out the "Puppet" extraordinary characteristic from another glass bottle and a brown duck doll that he often played with as a child.

This little duck doll is about half the size of a palm, made of leather, and has multiple movable joints.

This was a toy made for Roger by his uncle, James Abraham.

When Roger was 15 years old, his uncle passed away, and he has been carrying the duck doll with him ever since as a reminder of his uncle.

"Perhaps this 'puppet' extraordinary characteristic can give it life..."

This was what Roger had been thinking about since last night.

After repeatedly confirming the feasibility of this idea using his "Oneness of All Things" ability, he forcibly implanted the "Puppet" Beyonder characteristic into the duckling.

The next moment, the little duck started moving on its own.

It moved its wings and legs, and was about to shout at Roger.

Roger smiled slightly, put the duckling back on his body, closed his eyes and felt its ability.

The next moment, Roger's right hand quickly became hard and stiff, and then every knuckle of each of his fingers fell off with a crackling sound.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly; he had never expected the puppet's ability to be so difficult to use.

"It takes some proficiency..."

This is clearly the "partial puppetization" that Zatwin had demonstrated before, where he could transform part of his body into a lifeless component and then make corresponding mechanical modifications.

Zatvin used this ability to transform his body into a "living weapon" with multiple abilities.

Roger put his fingers back together one by one, then un-puppetized them.

"Uh…not very good at spelling."

Roger looked at his slightly twisted palm, his mouth twitched slightly, and he used the power of "Rose Bishop" to restore his palm to its original shape.

In addition to "partial puppetry", Roger also mastered "the source of the curse" and "puppetry".

Both abilities are identical to those demonstrated by Zatwin. The first is that he can use his own special abilities to establish a mystical connection with an object, and then use self-harm and other means to launch a curse and kill the enemy.

Puppetry is the "separation of body and soul", using the spirit to control one's own body, temporarily avoiding all attacks and curses against the mind and spirit, or directly controlling the inanimate objects around through telekinesis.

It can be said that these three abilities are very practical and powerful.

The side effects of this little duck doll are also quite special.

That is, Roger cannot use it for more than 30 minutes at a time, otherwise part of his body will be completely puppeted and can never recover.

When more than 75% of his body is completely puppetized, Roger's soul will be sealed into the duck doll, and both his soul and body will become real puppets.

"For a Sequence 4 ability, this side effect is really not bad."

Roger nodded secretly, he felt that this was nothing.

In fact, turning his body into a puppet was nothing to him.

After all, he is a "Rose Bishop"!
If the arm becomes a puppet, he can just cut off the arm and replace it with a new one by replenishing flesh and blood.

The same goes for other parts of his body. As long as Roger's brain hasn't become a puppet, he can be saved anyway...

I have to say that the "Secret Prayer" route is risky, but it's really fun to exploit bugs!
While the power of "Oneness of All Things" had not yet dissipated, Roger quickly verified the potion formulas of "Puppet" and "Silent Disciple", and then looked at the mysterious parchment map.

However, when Roger entered the "ring", he only saw many fragmented and disorganized images.

This proves that the parchment map's past is difficult to trace and seems to be a product of copying.

Roger only knew that this thing pointed to somewhere in the Sonia Sea. As for where exactly it was, he probably had to check the nautical chart to confirm it.

This made him feel a little disappointed, so he put the parchment map away temporarily and planned to ask Mr. "The Hanged Man" if he could provide a reliable nautical chart at the next "Tarot Club".

As the power of "Oneness of All Things" quickly faded, Roger returned to normal.

"It's not bad. I gained a lot this time."

Two demigod-level extraordinary items and two demigod-level sequence potion formulas.

Although taking two extraordinary items consumes a huge amount of spiritual energy, Roger cannot use two of them consecutively, but this is only due to the limitation of his hard power at this stage.

Roger felt that as long as he gave himself some more time to digest the "Composer" potion and advance to Sequence 5, he would have a chance to kill the "Secret Saint" Butis alone in a skirmish and take back everything he had stolen from the Abraham family!
“Next, I’ll stick to the plan… continue to be an honest composer and steadily rise through the ranks.

Roger glanced at the calendar given by the Royal Art Troupe on the table. There was less than a week left until the performance of "Four Seasons Autumn".

He stretched and went downstairs to find Klein stewing something in the kitchen, while he was sitting at the dining table, flipping through a thick black book.

"Is this the Book of Secrets that Sharon left behind?"

Roger suddenly became curious.

Although there is a lot of knowledge related to mysticism in the Abraham family's notes, he is also very curious about the theories of the Rose School.

"Hey."

He waved his hand in front of Klein, startling him from his deep reading. "Damn, I'm reading the chapter about bloody sacrifice, and you made me think the evil god had emerged."

Klein glanced at Roger speechlessly.
"The pork rib soup in the pot should be ready. You can go eat it when you're hungry."

Roger nodded. He took the stew pot down, placed it on a wooden board on the dining table for insulation, and poured a bowl for himself and Klein respectively.

"By the way, what happened to the previous serial murder case?"

Roger asked vaguely as he sucked a piece of stewed meat from his ribs.

"Solved! You might not believe it, but the murderer was a dog."

Klein felt a little amused. He shook his head and sighed.

He didn't know which god he had offended. He had run into the demon dog and the "Nighthawks" and "Mechanical Heart" teams chasing it while walking on the road.

Klein, who had originally planned to deal with the demon dog, turned to running away. Even Ms. Sharon seemed unwilling to have any contact with the official Beyonder.

Thus, a "magician" and a "vengeful spirit" ran wildly on the streets of Backlund late at night, crossing several blocks before they escaped the pursuit of the official Beyonders.

Fortunately, since the commission for Isengard Stanton from Sivellas Field has been completed, Klein can go to him in the next few days to collect his share of the bounty.

After the two of them had finished their meal, Roger took the initiative to summon the messenger of the "Dark Saint" Xesma, expressed his desire to participate in Mr. A's extraordinary gathering, and asked about the time and place.

He wanted to sell two of the extraordinary items he had and buy some potions with extraordinary effects.

"When I meet Mr. A this time, I should ask him for his messenger contact information. Otherwise, it would be too troublesome to contact him through Xesma every time..."

Just as Roger was thinking, the big black eyeball came back with a letter with sealing wax and an inverted cross mark.

"You replied so quickly, and the format is still so formal..."

Roger opened the letter, which contained the time and place of Mr. A's most recent Beyonder gathering.

What a coincidence, it’s 3 o’clock this afternoon!
"Oh my god, it's about to start in an hour."

Roger quickly tidied up his appearance and then took a taxi to the John Lewis shopping center on Price Avenue in Hillston District.

This shopping mall has a total of five floors. The first three floors above ground sell various daily necessities, clothing and luxury goods, while the underground floor is a food court selling local specialties from various countries.

As for the fourth floor above ground, it is an office floor, about one-third of which belongs to the management company of John Lewis Shopping Center, and the remaining two-thirds is leased to three companies.

At this moment, Roger is in the office of one of the companies.

This is the gathering place that Mr. A recently changed. The so-called company is actually a cover, a shell registered by Mr. A's subordinates.

This Aurora Society's number one envoy of God had learned the principle of "hiding in the city" from somewhere, because Roger had to admit that this made the gathering even more secretive.

To Roger's surprise, he, who was wearing an owl mask and a cloak, actually met Audrey Hall and Viscount Greylint, who were also disguised, in the venue.

The reason why they were recognized so quickly was that even though they were disguised, the clothes they wore were still very expensive and not affordable for ordinary middle-class people.

Combined with some of the etiquette and manners that Roger was already familiar with, it was easy for him to tell the difference.

Xio was sitting right in front of the two of them. Her disguise was relatively minimal and easier to spot.

As for Fors, she did not show up this time, which made Roger a little disappointed.

He had originally wanted to get close to Forth and see what that strange connection between him and her was, but now it seemed that was impossible.

On the other hand, Roger used his "trouble-maker" ability to hint at himself in a counter-intuitive way without making a sound.

Unlike the previous time when he faced Audrey, this time the hint only changed his behavior habits to become that of "Benelu Jones", but did not change much the deeper aura that represented his identity as a Beyonder.

This was a proactive measure. If Audrey discovered her relationship with Mr. "Wheel of Fortune" through the things she sold, she would only associate herself with "Benelu Jones" rather than the composer's superior.

Not deliberately concealing his aura while in disguise was consistent with Benedict Jones's previous attempt to conceal his Beyonder identity at the banquet.

While Audrey wasn't noticing him, Roger quietly took a seat in the last row.

However, Mr. A, who was sitting in a corner in the front and wearing a cloak, suddenly raised his head and glanced vaguely at where Roger was.

Roger knew that the other party had noticed him, nodded gently to him, and then looked at the blackboard next to him which was filled with various needs.

He discovered the need for the "Master of Magic" and "Astrologer" potion formulas, in addition to the low-sequence formulas of the "Death" pathway.

In fact, for the current Roger, he is no longer willing to sell the potion formula of the "Apprentice" pathway.

Because he is no longer the young man who just left the family residence and was in urgent need of money, but has mastered an "encyclopedia" of more than 40 potion formulas of various sequences.

So putting aside the fact that Roger is not short of money now, even if he needs money or exchanges extraordinary items, his choices are far greater than before.

Roger waved his hand and a tall, thin waiter wearing a mask came over.

The waiter leaned over to Roger's ear and whispered respectfully:
"Your Excellency, Special Envoy, Mr. A welcomes you."

Roger didn't respond, but took an exquisitely shaped writing board from the other person's hand.

This writing board was obviously of much higher specifications than those used by other extraordinary people, and it attracted the attention of many interested people.

"Could it be one of Mr. A's distinguished guests?"

Many of them immediately thought of this and looked forward to what the other party would ask.

Roger picked up a black pen and began writing his needs on the writing board:
"Item 1 for sale:

“Extraordinary Item: ‘Desire Cufflinks’.

"Detailed description... side effects...

"Price: 6000 gold pounds"

Item 2 for sale: 'Strategy Ear Clip'

"Detailed description... side effects...

"Price: 2500 gold pounds"

These are the renamed "Desire Cuff" that Roger got from Zatwin and the extraordinary item he tried to make using the extraordinary characteristics of "Conspirator".

For the former, both in the name and description, Roger used words like "impulse" and "desire" instead of "evil thoughts" and "desire".

Although it was just a coincidence, after all, Backlund had recently experienced an extraordinary incident in which a "demon" tried to be promoted to an "Apostle of Desire" but failed. Roger didn't want to make it too conspicuous.

On the other hand, there are similar considerations for changing the derogatory word "conspiracy" to the commendatory word "strategy".

Because "conspiracy" easily leads people directly to the Beyonder characteristic of "Conspirator," and considering that Backlund still has the remnants of the Zmanger Party and the Iron Cross, they will definitely pay close attention to the newly emerged Beyonder items of the "Hunter" path, especially "Conspirator" and "Reaper."

Because the seller is likely the real murderer who killed Jerry Spencer and Benjamin White!

In fact, after obtaining the two extraordinary characteristics, Roger, Klein, and Bandit each used their own methods to perform counter-divination on the extraordinary characteristics, ensuring that all types of divination performed on them would point to invalid information.

So Roger was basically able to ensure the safety of this extraordinary item.

But on the other hand, compared to the suspicions of the official Beyonders, he was relatively less worried about the Iron-Blooded Cross's influence in Backlund.

Even if these people could find his whereabouts, they would be unable to do anything to him. Moreover, they were good at "conspiracy" and were unlikely to send out demigods to mess with him like those crazy people in the Rose School of Indulgence. So even if the origin of the "Strategy Ear Clip" was exposed, Roger was confident that he could deal with the consequences.

As for the "Harvester" extraordinary characteristics, Roger wanted to wait and see. After all, selling two extraordinary characteristics of the same sequence at once would be too conspicuous.

After Roger announced these two high-value and extraordinary items, many people present showed strong interest, and even some ignorant onlookers couldn't help but sigh, "Sure enough, the things sold by Mr. A's VIP are extraordinary."

As for which channels and sequences these items correspond to, most people have no idea, while the very few who know each have their own way.

Among them was Audrey.

Because she had participated in the Tarot Club, she learned some information about the "Devil" path from Mr. "The Sun", and then did some targeted research on her own.

So she also saw that the "Desire Cufflinks" corresponded to the ability of the "Apostle of Desire".

Over the past two days, Audrey had learned through her connections that the Sequence 5 "devil" who had previously committed serial murders in Backlund and attempted to advance to Sequence 6 had been executed.

She also knew that unofficial Beyonders were involved in this process, but she was not very clear about the specific details.

"Could it be that this gentleman is connected to the 'Blood Worship Cult', which is why he has corresponding Beyonder items... or is he someone who participated in the hunt for 'Demons' and took away the Sequence 5 Beyonder characteristics that the Devil had intended to use for advancement?"

Audrey's beautiful face beneath the mask revealed a pensive expression. She was filled with imagination for a moment, but had no evidence.

Considering that the "Blood Cult" is relatively rare in Backlund, the possibility of the other party purchasing the "Desire Cufflinks" from public channels is much greater in these two situations.

As to which one it was, she had no evidence.

However, when Audrey saw the next item, the "Strategy Ear Clip," she was slightly startled.

"This... is 'Conspirator'?"

It would be fine if the extraordinary items corresponding to the Divine Path controlled by the "Blood Worship Cult" and the "Iron Blood Cross" were only sold separately, but at this moment, both were sold by the same person, which made Audrey realize something.

They have all been discussed intensively in the Tarot Club!

Furthermore, when Mr. Hanged Man was chatting with Mr. Wheel of Fortune, the latter clearly stated that his men had killed a conspirator and a reaper from the Iron Cross!

When she thought of this, Audrey suddenly looked at "Mr. A's VIP."

Under the observation of the "mind reader" ability, the latter's figure and behavior suddenly became highly similar to someone in Audrey's impression.

"We've eliminated the 'Apostle of Desire' and the 'Conspirator', and they're also connected to Mr. A..."

She thought of Mr. Wheel of Fortune's subordinate, Benelu Jones!
"It should be him. It seems that this musician has been helping Mr. 'Wheel of Fortune' to enforce justice..."

Audrey was a little excited. Although the aura of the man before her clearly showed the characteristics of a Beyonder, many of his behaviors were still consistent with that of the young composer.

She resisted the urge to go up and chat with Roger, and quietly watched the sales of the two items.

The ability of the "Desire Cufflinks" is very strong and the side effects are acceptable if used carefully, so even though it is not cheap, it was quickly bought by a tall man.

After that comes the inspection and payment process. After both parties confirm that everything is correct, the transaction is completed.

As for the "Strategy Ear Clip", although it is quite effective and much cheaper than the "Desire Cufflinks", the side effect of causing temperature imbalance still makes many people stay away from it.

Some people asked to bargain, but Roger rejected them one by one.

Not to mention that this thing has the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 6 and is already very valuable, the most important thing is that it is Roger's debut work!
So if possible, he still hopes to sell it at a higher price.

Seeing this, Audrey calmly stepped on the leg of the chair where Xio was sitting.

Xio was slightly stunned, then realized that Audrey wanted the item but didn't want to reveal her identity.

This situation has happened before, and Xio is no stranger to it.

So she conveyed Audrey's purchase request for the "Strategy Ear Clips", and then it was time to inspect the goods.

After Mr. A's waiter confirmed the status of the money and goods, the transaction was completed.

Roger naturally noticed this series of events and understood that Audrey had extended a helping hand through Hugh, whom he theoretically should not know.

So when he received the 2500 gold pounds, he sincerely praised Miss Justice in his heart for her enthusiasm and generosity towards the Tarot Club members.

The party was quite large, with many participants and many items traded. Roger later bought some potion ingredients that interested him and potions that could help restore spirituality and physical strength.

After nearly three hours, Mr. A clapped his hands to signal the end of the party.

The people present dispersed with some reluctance, while Roger sat there without moving.

Only when he, Mr. A and his waiter were the only ones left at the scene did Roger stand up and shake hands with Mr. A with a smile.

"B, I'm glad to see you taking another crucial step in serving the Lord."

Mr. A was obviously very happy, referring to the fact that Roger became the "Rose Bishop".

Roger tapped his chest four times and made the sign of the inverted cross as a sign of piety.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, chatting and discussing some recent events in the Loen Beyonder circle.

Roger also learned from the other party about the current situation of some members of the "Iron Cross".

According to the Aurora Messenger, the Iron Cross originally intended to place some council members closely related to them into parliament. However, after the riot on Municipal Street failed to achieve their goal, few of those council members were elected, and some were even caught up in criminal investigations involving official Beyonders.

On the other hand, the Iron Cross had become much more disciplined since then. Not only had the frequency of its activities decreased, but it had also closed one of its two secret offices in Backlund to avoid the spotlight.

This is similar to what Roger had predicted before. The Iron Cross is just a tool for King George III to crack down on the two parties and strengthen the royal power.

Therefore, from the very beginning, they were probably doomed to fail in completing their subsequent series of goals, and George III could not really allow these guys with unclear relations with the Intis people to extend their tentacles into the parliamentarians.

But as to how George III had deceived those "conspirators" and made them mistakenly believe that they were in a weak position that needed help and could negotiate terms, Roger was not clear at the moment.

It is estimated that he will have to wait until he meets Ince Zangwill to restore the full picture of this information.

"Right, A."

Roger suddenly remembered something. He took out a stack of consecutive Intisfair gold bills from his wallet and handed it to Mr. A.

"This is our last loot, but these are serial numbered banknotes. I'm afraid that if we use them rashly, we'll be targeted by Intis's intelligence department for retaliation.

"So, could you please help me exchange these banknotes for gold pounds? You can deduct the operating expenses yourself."

"These are all minor issues, but then again, you are indeed a cautious person."

Mr. A once again praised Roger's attentiveness, asked his waiter to count the amount of Filkins, and then went to get some non-consecutive and somewhat old gold pounds.

Roger knew that the banknotes were absolutely safe after taking a look at them. Mr. A must have done similar work many times and was very familiar with handling them.

As for the quantity, it was almost the same, so Roger didn't ask any more questions and just took the money.

Later, Mr. A even invited Roger to dinner. Roger didn't want to stay at first, but seeing that the other party seemed very excited, he didn't feel embarrassed to refuse him.

After all, I am still an official member of the Aurora Club, and Mr. A has always helped me a lot, so I still have to take care of the friendship among colleagues.

I have to say that although Mr. A's mental state is not normal, the chefs under him are still quite skilled.

The other party also thoughtfully paired it with imported wine bought from John Lewis Shopping Center. By the time we finished eating and drinking, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

After Roger said goodbye to Mr. A and boarded the carriage back to Minsk Street, he suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart.

The index finger with the power of the "Rose Bishop" that he left with Alice was touched by something!
　End of today.

　　(I originally wanted to update it in two chapters, but I found that the content was too complicated and difficult to separate, so I temporarily posted a 10,000-word chapter OTZ. So this is the only chapter today, and I will resume normal work tomorrow.)

　　
　
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