Secret: The Witch's House Traitor

"There is no immediate danger to his life, but further examinations will be arranged after we return!"

"That's good!"

Klein was relieved when he heard that Leonard was not in danger.

If Leonard was really killed accidentally by Mr. Lover, he would feel very guilty and upset.

If it weren't for the Fool's order, Mr. Lover wouldn't have been so concerned about the Antigonus Family Notes.

"Hey, the Antigonus family notes are still there?"

At this time, Klein saw the black hardcover notebook in Dunn's hand and asked in confusion.

Isn't that what Mr. Lover came for?

Why didn't you take it away?

"The other party took away Sealed Artifact 2-049 and left this notebook to us."

The gravedigger Lolota came over with a grim look on his face.

They were the main persons in charge of escorting the Sealed Artifact 2-049. Now that the Sealed Artifact is lost, the three of them cannot escape blame!

"Klein, please explain in detail what happened after we fell unconscious!"

Dunn said to Klein with a sullen face.

He didn't expect that his group of six people, carrying a level 2 sealed object, would still fail!

If the mysterious man who suddenly appeared wanted to kill people to silence them, they would probably suffer heavy losses!

Fortunately, no casualties occurred in the end.

Obviously, Dunn cared more about the lives of his teammates than the loss of a sealed object.

"Yes, Captain!"

Chapter 21 Of course I forgive him

Klein quickly recounted everything that had happened before.

Not only that, he also obtained more details of the battle by divineing the body of Tuxedo Clown.

He fell into the control of 2-049 and was knocked unconscious by a mysterious man who suddenly broke in.

Leonard and Tuxedo Joker teamed up to deal with the newly appeared mysterious man, and both of them were defeated. Tuxedo Joker was killed, and the extraordinary characteristics in his body were taken away. Leonard and the rest of the Nighthawks were heavily controlled.

Then Klein woke up from his coma, and the mysterious man suddenly changed his attitude and killed several Nighthawks present. At the critical moment, Leonard broke free from some of his restraints and used Sealed Artifact 2-049 to make a comeback!

However, after the mysterious man fell into despair, black spiritual flames burned on his body and broke free from control, and finally released a white mist that obscured his vision.

Before leaving, he seemed to torture Leonard, then abandoned the Antigonus Family Notes and fled with Sealed Artifact 2-049.

"Heh, we lost a Level 2 Sealed Artifact and gained a notebook of unknown level. I don't know if we gained or lost."

Lolota patted the dust on her white shirt on her chest, and her pretty face was filled with uncontrollable anger.

“If I can be promoted to a Sequence 7 Psychic, how could I possibly let that rat hiding in the dark take all the spoils!”

"We are lucky to be able to keep our lives. And according to my speculation, the danger level of this notebook is higher than that of Sealed Artifact 2-049."

Dunn Smith shook his head. Although he was also annoyed about the loss of the seal, he was very calm as there were no casualties on his side.

"Based on the black flame at the end, the other party should be a member of the Gnosis Society. It is not ruled out that he is an accomplice of the instigator Tris. There is also a small probability that he is a member of the Secret Society."

"And according to Klein's description, he was controlled by Leonard in the end because he was secretly influenced by the notebook. This is also the reason why the other party did not kill Leonard but forced Leonard to read the notebook instead."

"Whether it was taking away Sealed Artifact 2-049 or not killing Leonard, the other party's purpose was very clear from the beginning to the end, and that was to get this notebook."

Dunn Smith shook the notebook in his hand at everyone. If it weren't for the mysterious man's interference, he would have thought of looking through the notebook, but now that he knew clearly that there was a problem with the notebook, he naturally would not make such a low-level mistake.

"You mean, the other party took away Sealed Artifact 2-049 in order to find an opportunity to come back and snatch this notebook?"

"If there is no chance, then we should attack Leonard who has already read the notes?"

Lolota asked with a frown.

"I'm afraid that's it."

"Klein, can you predict the whereabouts of Sealed Artifact 2-049 or that mysterious person?"

Dunn turned to Klein and asked.

"I'm sorry, Captain, I've consumed too much spiritual energy."

Hearing this, Klein shook his head and apologized while covering his swollen forehead.

"It's okay. Leonard's current condition is unknown. Let's go back to Blackthorn Security Company to rest."

"I'm afraid we'll have to report this matter to St. Samuel's Church."

Dunn said to Lolota apologetically.

"Dunne, you are right, don't worry about us, just report it truthfully."

Lolota and her two teammates looked at each other, and they all agreed with Dunn's approach.

They are all excellent night watchmen. When faced with a problem, they would not think about how to cover it up. It is obviously more important to concentrate their efforts on retrieving Sealed Artifact 2-049 and preserving this hard-earned notebook.

They needed support from St. Samuel's Church.

After returning to Blackthorn Security Company in a carriage, Klein rushed into the bathroom.

On the way back, the overlapping mutterings in his ears never stopped.

Lock the bathroom door, walk four steps backwards, and chant "Fu Sheng Xuan Huang Tian Zun".

Klein arrived above the gray fog in one go and extended his spirituality to touch the crimson star that was constantly shrinking and expanding.

A crimson light bloomed, and two images appeared before Klein's eyes one after another.

The first picture shows Mr. Lover facing the black notebook that fell into the flesh and blood. He dared not touch it, and prayed silently to ask the Fool if he had any instructions.

The second picture shows Mr. Lover in a dark and unfamiliar area, reporting the reasons and results of the failure of the operation.

The black notebook seemed to have the ability to stir up emotions and pollute the spirit. After realizing that the desire to kill in his heart was aroused, Mr. Lover chose to give up the notebook.

But he finally took away the Sealed Artifact 2-049 which could track the Antigonus family notebook, and left behind a Night Watchman who had flipped through the notebook.

"No wonder Mr. Lover chose to attack us in the end. Was he influenced by that notebook?"

After figuring out that Lin Nuo chose to take ruthless action against the Nighthawks because he was influenced by the Antigonus family notes, Klein felt a little relieved.

"That's right. If Mr. Lover is really a bloodthirsty person, then there is no way we wouldn't have any casualties."

For Klein, he actually didn't care much about the origins and beliefs of his Tarot Club members. As long as they were not a complete villain, he would accept them.

Otherwise, we can only sacrifice our relatives for the sake of justice and clean up the family.

For example, sending an anonymous letter of complaint to the Church of Night...

"Leonard also looked through the notebook. Was he also contaminated?"

"But listening to Mr. Lover's weak but calm tone, that notebook shouldn't be that fatal, right?"

Because there were no casualties on his side, and the mission to find the Antigonus family notes was also his own order, Klein temporarily forgave Mr. Lover's recklessness and did not expel him from the Tarot Club on the spot.

He is now a little worried about his teammate Leonard.

"The Church of Darkness is a true church. There's no reason why Lin Nuo could withstand the influence of that notebook. Could Leonard be the same?"

Klein thought for a while but couldn't come up with any good solution. He could only improvise based on Leonard's subsequent situation.

"So how should I respond to Mr. Lover now?"

"Let him sacrifice Sealed Artifact 2-049 to the Fool? And then I will return the Sealed Artifact to the Church?"

Although Klein was quite happy to see this kind of transfer from one hand to the other, it was easier said than done.

"If I use divination as an excuse, I should be able to get away with it, right?"

"The mysterious man who attacked the Nighthawks hid the Sealed Artifact 2-049 due to its negative effects. The cautious, brave and intelligent Klein used divination to retrieve the lost Sealed Artifact. Did he perform a great deed?"

Chapter 22 Divination

"The question now is how do I get Mr. Lover to hand the things over to me?"

"We can't arrange for him to surrender himself, or put the seal in a designated location, right?"

"I am The Fool. My orders must be consistent with the identity of The Fool."

Klein slowly tapped the edge of the bronze table and began to think about how to get the church's seal back from Lin Nuo. Based on his understanding of Mr. Lover, the other party chose to get involved in this matter in order to exchange something from the Fool.

"But what can I give in exchange for Sealed Artifact 2-049?"

"In the internal documents of the Nighthawks, there are records related to the 'sacrifice' and 'granting' rituals. Whether it is the goddess bestowing holy objects on believers or the evil gods and demons sending down cursed evil objects, it is the same process."

Klein felt that he could overcome this difficulty with some effort, but he was troubled by what kind of reward Mr. Lover would ask for.

......

"I see."

The deep red light illuminated the dark warehouse, and Lin Nuo heard the long-awaited response.

“Is Mr. Fool finally online?”

"What do you mean you know? And then what?"

Lin Nuo blinked in confusion. Do these 'gods' like to be riddlers so much?

However, since the other party has not yet asked me to hand over Sealed Artifact 2-049, nor has he mentioned that I have borrowed the power of the gray fog, it should mean that I will continue to deal with related matters in the future.

"The Nighthawks will definitely be searching for me in Tingen City. Maybe the Cathedral of Saint Samuel in Backlund will send some experts over, so I have to take action."

Lin Nuo flipped through the general map of Tingen City in his mind, and finally turned his gaze to the crowded yet orderly factory area.

There, darkness, depression and resentment are the eternal themes.

"Emperor Roselle said that the industrial revolution he started would be the breeding ground for the birth of evil gods, but do evil gods really need something as insignificant as human resentment?"

Lin Nuo's gray pupils lit up with bright light, dispelling the darkness inside the warehouse. He looked at the astrological crystal ball in his hand and smiled.

“Was my choice to go to the factory area and hide good or bad?”

Lin Nuo put his spirituality into the astrology crystal ball. The originally transparent crystal ball was lit up with bright stars. The stars kept flickering and interlacing with each other, and finally only two stars were still flickering.

"Good luck?"

Lin Nuo looked at the still bright Venus and Jupiter in the crystal ball without any extra expression on his face.

Venus symbolizes harmony and balance, is feminine, and corresponds to the god of steam and machinery!

Jupiter symbolizes expansion, luck, and is masculine, corresponding to the lord of storms!

Lin Nuo always believes three-tenths of the divination results and keeps seven-tenths to himself, but fortune tellers and astrologers take two different approaches.

Diviners usually use the first type of divination, which is to interpret the results of divination with the help of the "revelation" obtained by the "inquirer" through communication with the spiritual world.

Astrologers usually use the second type of divination, which means that the diviner calculates, speculates, and interprets the corresponding results by asking people or the objective information provided by natural changes.

Although there is no regulation on which divination method fortune tellers and astrologers must choose, Lin Nuo is more accustomed to using the second type of divination method.

The second type of divination method can take more initiative. The initiative lies not with the person asking the question but with the diviner.

Even if the other party does not ask you for divination, you can still predict the other party's next move by yourself, and because you reduce your dependence on the spiritual world, you are less likely to be disturbed.

Unlike the first type of divination which requires a stable environment, the second type of divination can also play a huge role in battle.

Lin Nuo’s previous use of the divination astrology ball to help calculate the trajectory of bullets in the battle at the dock area and predict the opponent’s next move were both manifestations of the second type of divination.

After the battle, he could clearly feel that some of the astrologer's potion had been digested.

It can be seen that the role of the astrologer's potion is relatively flexible. Whether it is fortune-telling for oneself or forcing others to "divine", it can meet the needs of potion digestion.

"After graduating from Tingen University and failing to stay in school, and being ruthlessly abandoned by a rich woman, it would be reasonable for him to choose to work in the factory area to make ends meet, right?"

After recovering some of his spiritual and physical strength, Lin Nuo left the abandoned warehouse. He wanted to go back and remind Triss and Mrs. Sharon to be more honest recently, and by the way, he would go to the factory area to apply for an office position.

The grey robe was burned to ashes by the flames, and the black gloves were taken off and thrown into the sea next to the dock area.

Lin Nuo first went to a shipping company near the dock area and randomly applied for a few clerical jobs. After he asked for a salary tax of 5 pounds a week, he was fired on the spot without exception.

"Humph!"