Mystery: A Spark

"I see." Bernadette nodded and said nothing more.

Her body transformed into a pile of soap bubbles reflecting light, scattering in all directions before bursting and disappearing without a trace.

William Augustus glanced back at the mausoleum behind him, shook his head, and then left.

……

Among the ruins in the lower reaches of the Tasok River.

The battle here had ended, and Hermes had reverted to his old man form.

He looked at the headless woman opposite him, who was carrying four heads, and said in a calm tone:

"It was a pleasure working together. I hope we won't be enemies when we meet again."

“I hope so…” “No,” Renette Tinicol replied.

She stepped forward, picked up a delicate arm from Karaman's body, and then reached over with her own left hand.

A short while later, the two heads on her left hand disappeared.

In other words, the messenger's left hand is now free!

After doing this, she grabbed Karaman's body with her left hand and dragged it into the spirit world.

Hermes' figure gradually faded and disappeared from the scene.

……

An empty street in Backlund.

Klein, who had suffered multiple injuries, held a patina-green notebook in one hand and a double-barreled pistol in the other, staring at the corpse in front of him, panting heavily.

Beside him stood a man in a white shirt, his face pale and bloodless.

The man clenched his fist against his mouth, coughed a few times, and said:

"What kind of ritual is this? It's way more difficult than ours."

“What can we do? We’ve already gone down this deadly path.” Klein gave a wry smile. “By the way, Marich, when did you start working for Arthur?”

“It started a long time ago, both Sharon and I,” Marich replied.

He was invited by Arthur yesterday to help Sherlock kill someone, but when he got here he found out that Sherlock was actually going to kill a demigod!

Killing demigods isn't a big deal, after all, they've done it before.

The key point is that there were other strange people watching the murder.

For example... the one in Marich's own eyes.

Maric was slightly different from before, the difference being that there was a figure in his right eye.

It was a headless woman carrying four heads in her hands and wearing an elaborate long dress.

This is Renette Tinicol, the messenger invited by Klein to be in the audience.

Because He needed to participate in the battle of the mausoleum, He could not come in person and could only separate His consciousness to possess another person.

Klein originally planned to borrow someone from Arthur to possess, since he didn't actually have any reliable people in Backlund.

Unexpectedly, Arthur directly invited Marich over.

As a result, Maric became both an actor and a vessel for an audience.

Marich never expected that he would encounter the leader of his own Temperance faction here, who was also Sharon's teacher.

Although the leader didn't look too good, it was enough to make Marich ecstatic.

Besides their own leader, there are other mysterious entities here.

Maric turned his head to look at a window not far away, and in the glass of that window, there was the faint outline of a small baby carriage.

Even more amazingly, inside the stroller was a baby who looked to have just been born and whose eyes should theoretically be closed, yet at that moment, the baby was open-eyed, sucking on his fingers, and watching the scene with curiosity.

Will Unsett, the Mercury Serpent, is only half a month old.

"They don't even spare newborns, forcing them to work. It's so cruel," Will complained from inside the stroller, just loud enough for Klein to hear.

Upon hearing this, Klein's lips twitched involuntarily.

He gave an awkward laugh and said:

"I really have no other choice. How about this, I'll treat you to ice cream later, what do you think?"

"Authentic, top-quality ice cream from Trier, the capital of Intis."

"Deal, that shows you're sincere," Wilon Setin replied in his childish voice.

He sucked his finger, and the creaking silhouette of the stroller in the glass window disappeared into the distance.

Maric's gaze then turned to another spot, where a tall, peculiar creature made entirely of bones stood.

This was a spirit creature, but that wasn't what made Marich pay special attention to it.

The reason he found this spirit creature special was that he could sense another consciousness watching over the area behind the skeletal creature's eyes.

Clearly, this was also an audience member invited by Sherlock, who, like Sherlock, was unable to attend and could only watch the battle as a stand-in.

However, the effect was the same: these three angel-level beings were enough for Klein to complete the ritual and successfully advance to the rank of "Trickster".

“Madam, Sharon is here too. Would you like to go see her?” Marich said to himself.

“I will go to…” “to find you later…” Renette Tinicol’s voice rang out.

Upon hearing this, Klein paused in his stroking of the corpse.

He noticed that, for some reason, the messenger seemed to be speaking more fluently.

He turned his head to look into Marich's eyes, and was astonished to find that the messenger had now transformed into a figure holding two heads in her right hand and letting her left hand hang naturally at her sides.

Miss Messenger... has recovered somewhat? Klein was somewhat surprised.

Strictly speaking, the people he invited to watch the match were not actually his real selves.

Even Will Unsett was able to manifest here only with the power of the special talisman that Will taught him to create.

Klein could roughly guess what Miss Messenger and Mr. Azik were up to, since Arthur had communicated with him before.

Klein knew how extensive Arthur's connections were, so he wasn't too surprised by this situation.

However, he did not expect that the impact of this incident would be so directly displayed in front of him.

It seems that George III has been taken care of. I wonder what big news Arthur will cause next. That guy is never one to stay put... Klein sighed softly.

"Madam, have you recovered?" he asked curiously.

“Only a part…” “That’s all,” Renée Tinicol replied.

"I hope you recover fully soon," Klein said sincerely.

“Thank you.” Renette Tinicol gave a graceful bow, then disappeared from Marich’s right eye.

Marich also bid farewell to Klein, intending to return and tell Sharon the good news that the leader was still alive.

After he left, Klein quickly cleaned up the crime scene, opened Lemano's travel journal, and left under the guise of "travel".

Back home, he asked the butler to bring him today's newspaper, wanting to see if Arthur had gotten into any big trouble.

When he unfolded the newspaper, he couldn't help but gasp in shock.

"Good heavens, is he going to seek enlightenment in Longchang?!"

Let me explain the situation.

My family has been pressuring me to go on blind dates lately, which is driving me crazy. I keep getting distracted while writing, and my mind keeps wandering...

So I'll be updating sporadically this month, and also making some plans for the future plot. I'll see if I can get back to daily updates next month (ó﹏ò).

Chapter 289 The best strategy is to attack the enemy's plans; the next best is to disrupt their alliances.

No, that doesn't quite look like it!

Klein originally thought Arthur would engage in some writing while in prison and produce a book called "My xx".

However, after carefully reading the news in the newspaper, he rejected his own judgment.

Because it's simply impossible to bring over the original version of that book.

After all, on Earth in their time, the original version of that book had been banned, and only some versions that had undergone extensive deletions and modifications were still circulating.

These versions have largely lost their original power, and there is not much value in bringing them over.

Even with Arthur's exceptional talent, it would be very difficult for him to write a book on his own.

One of the biggest challenges is that there simply isn't enough time.

Because the news in the newspaper stated:

Breaking news!!!

"King George Augustus colluded with the barbarians of Fussac, deliberately luring the enemy into the country to launch an air raid!"

"Mr. Heller, the president of the Workers' Mutual Aid Association, publicly revealed the truth and made accusations against the King, but was arrested and imprisoned by MI9 on suspicion of instigating a popular riot..."

"...The Kingdom's Supreme Court has announced that Mr. Heller will be put on trial in three days!"

In three days, let alone writing a book, it would be difficult to produce even a 30,000-word work with thought and quality.

They might even have to replace some lazy writers who can't even squeeze out a single word in three days.

Therefore, it is unlikely that Arthur went to prison to seek enlightenment in Longchang.

So here's the question: since Arthur chose to launch a coup at this time, why didn't he seize power in one fell swoop, but instead deliberately left three days for it to happen?

So what exactly does he want to do?

After analyzing the newspaper article word by word and recalling Arthur's actions over the past six months, a classic phrase came to Klein's mind:

Let the bullets fly a little longer.

For the people of Rune, the events of the past few days have caught them completely off guard.

First, the Fussacks launched an air raid without warning, and then King George III was about to give a speech.