Mystery: Starting from the Shadow World

Chapter 97 A Nearly Unsolvable Open Scheme

"Klein, go and call Leonard!"

In the morning, as Klein entered the underground passage to check with Captain Dunn for the Sanctuary's reply, he saw Dunn walk out of the duty office and give instructions in a rare, somewhat urgent tone.

"Team, captain?!"

When Klein saw Dunn Smith, who was supposed to be on duty at Charness Gate, walk out with such a serious expression, he immediately realized that there might be a serious problem. He nodded and said, "Okay, but Charness Gate..."

"Sika will take good care of it."

Taking advantage of a brief pause in their conversation, Dunn straightened the wrinkles in his black trench coat that had appeared from his hasty dressing, and added, "Bring Leonard over, and be quick."

Upon hearing this, Klein disregarded everything else, turned around and ran outside. The sound of his leather shoes on the ground echoed in the corridor, gradually approaching before quickly fading away.

Two minutes later.

Klein and Leonard, who had just straightened his white shirt, arrived. Klein's cheeks were slightly flushed, but fortunately, after this period of training, he was only breathing a little more heavily, and otherwise it was not affected at all.

After meeting the two men, Dunn gave them a few seconds to calm down before taking out a letter and recounting the intelligence he had obtained:

"This was sent by Lanius this morning. He said there was a bomb left in Tingen that could explode at any time. Combined with the church's reply, I've roughly figured out the answer."

"The sanctuary's reply?"

Leonard was unaware of this matter and frowned slightly. Then he heard Klein's reply from the side: "It's like this, I always feel that there are too many coincidences happening in Tingen City lately, which is not normal, so I informed the captain and asked him to send a telegram to the Sanctuary to confirm."

"Is that so?" Leonard, upon hearing this, touched his hand, reflecting on the time-consuming and laborious experience of handling two cases yesterday. His expression unconsciously became strange, and he shook his head, asking, "What was the Sanctuary's reply?"

"Watch out for Ince Zangwell."

"Be careful of 0-08."

Dunn spoke with a grave expression, arriving at Charnis's door, almost touching him, and adding, "And this 'bomb' left behind by Lanuels, according to the distress call from the Punisher team this morning, is the offspring of the True Creator in Megoos's arms!"

"We are now invoking the emergency clause. You two may choose one Level 2 sealed artifact to use."

Both Klein and Leonard were startled. The latter frowned and said, "If we still have enough time, we just need to keep them calm and wait for the Holy Temple to call for help. Could something uncontrollable have happened?"

"Um"

Dunn nodded slightly, his eyes even more profound and unfathomable than before. "This morning, Megas went to the South Factory area for some unknown reason and caused some strange behavior, which led to panic."

"I have replied to their telegram, instructing them to use the relics. Of course, as the party going there, we also need to bring them. But in return, I cannot bring any sealed artifacts on top of that."

Saint Selena's ashes?

Hopefully, the ashes left behind by this high-sequence powerhouse will really be of use; otherwise, we can only hope that Mr. Azik Klein will recall his conversation with Leonard and pray silently in his heart.

However, if circumstances allowed, he still hoped that the extraordinary squads of the three major churches could resolve the issue using the relics, since there was still a mastermind, Ince Zangwill, lurking in the shadows, scheming for who knows what.

As he was thinking this, he and Leonard also learned from Captain Dunn Smith about the three Level 2 sealed artifacts possessed by the Tingen Market Nightwalker Squad:

The name "2-030" is "The Inexhaustible Poison," derived from the blood of a high-sequence powerhouse who committed suicide by cutting his wrists, which flowed into the silver cup. The crystal-clear liquid in the cup was so irresistible that even a Sequence 5 extraordinary individual couldn't resist drinking it and was instantly poisoned to death.

2-078 is known as the "Gate of Death". It looks like a normal wooden door, and any creature that passes through it will die instantly.

After hearing Dunn explain the abilities and negative effects of the two sealed artifacts, Klein immediately abandoned the idea of ​​choosing either of them and instead thought of "2-105" which he had seen before.

"Blood vessel thief." Leonard turned to look at Klein and said calmly.

"Okay, you can use it."

Seeing this, Leonard was slightly taken aback, but he nodded and said nothing more.

Dunn was not surprised by their answer. He called out Sega from the office, and the two opened the door to Charness a crack before quickly entering.

Strange, what happened?

Philip, who was having breakfast at Old Will's Restaurant, narrowed his eyes as he watched Klein, Dunn, and Leonard board the carriage used by Blackthorn Security Company—or more precisely, the Night Watch team—and muttered to himself with a hint of helplessness:

"What a hassle."

With his keen observation skills as a mid-sequence extraordinary individual, he could roughly connect Leonard's slightly unusual white shirt, which had a few protrusions, to the sealed artifact, "Vascular Thief."

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Even if it isn't, the probability of it being a sealed object is hard to rule out, not to mention that Captain Dunn is holding a pipe in the box he's holding unless there's something urgent.

Philip rubbed his forehead, put down the coffee he had just finished drinking, let out a slow breath, and then immediately stood up and left.

There was no time to hesitate.

With two Sequence 8s and the only Sequence 7 all mobilized, and even carrying two sealed artifacts contrary to common sense, their opponents were undoubtedly powerful opponents at the Sequence 6 level, or even the Sequence 5 level.

But it's unlikely to be Ince, who holds 0-08, so it's impossible for him to just appear like that, unless there's a bigger conspiracy behind it.

Blackthorn Security now only has Ms. Siga, Frye, Cohenley, and Luo Yao left, but if we exclude the daily routines and those commissions and cases, the worst outcome is that there is only one Sequence 8 "Midnight Poet" Siga guarding the Chanis Gate.

The rest were all civilian employees who had no ability to resist!

If Ince Zangwell's target was something inside the Chanis Gate, he could probably achieve his goal in an instant. Philip frowned in thought, then quickly flagged down a cab, got in, and handed over three 1-sol notes, pointing to the cab that was about to disappear from sight.

"Follow that carriage, and hurry."

"Try not to be discovered, but don't lose track of me either. If you can do that, the extra 1 sol I pay you is yours."

The coachman, who had been feeling a bit sleepy, suddenly sat up straight, quickly checked the authenticity of the banknotes, stuffed them into his pocket, and grinned, saying, "Sir, your sincerity has given me strength."

No more drafts saved up (sad). One more chapter, will post it before 10 PM tonight.

(End of this chapter)