In the Cherwood area, in the house rented by Hugh and Fors.
Fors had just finished writing the beginning of her new book and was in a good mood, preparing to reward herself with a cigarette. At this moment, Xio pushed the door open and entered the study.
"Smoking is harmful to your health." Xio sniffed.
Seeing the doubt on her face, Fors did not argue and asked:
"You seem to have encountered something?"
Xio scratched his rough blond hair and sat down on the chair next to him.
"The person who contacted me before, the one who sold me the formula of 'Sheriff' through someone else at the party organized by Mr. A.
"He gave me a relatively simple task. The initial reward was 30 pounds. I don't know if there are any hidden dangers in it..."
Fors thought briefly and said:
"That guy... there should be an organization behind him, but why would he want to win you over? Aren't they afraid that your intelligence will be implicated and the entire organization will be completely destroyed? You don't have anything that can be targeted. Your appearance is barely okay, but you are too short. Maybe your life is more valuable... Uh, what mission?"
Xio was used to being criticized by her friends. She ignored her previous words and directly answered the latter question:
"Investigate who has inquired about Kapin recently."
"Kapin? The human trafficker who should be hanged, no, burned at the stake?" Although Fors was not a bounty hunter, collecting materials was a writer's instinct, so she often asked Xio to tell her about her experiences and rumors.
Xio nodded: "It was him, but he is dead, and it seems that his death was quite tragic."
“How did he die? Was he cut to death bit by bit by a knife?” Fors asked with great joy and curiosity.
"That person didn't give a detailed description. Maybe tomorrow's newspaper will tell you about it." Xio thought for two seconds and said, "He only mentioned the special circumstances at the scene, saying that Kapin's body was covered with tarot cards, and his face was covered with the 'Judgment' card and the 'Emperor' card."
"The meaning of the 'Judgment' card should be 'Kapin was tried and the result was the death penalty'. What does the 'Emperor' card represent? The murderer, no, the identity of the hero?" Best-selling author Fors instinctively interpreted the unique layout of the crime scene.
Suddenly, she was stunned.
Tarot cards? Bodies strewn with tarot cards? Fors suddenly thought of the secret organization he had just joined:
Tarot Club!
Could it be that one of our members did it? But there is no member codenamed "Emperor"... If it is true, this is the first time I have found traces of the Tarot Club in the real world... We are not just a secret organization that only exists above the gray fog... Fors's thoughts were churning, with surprise and worry.
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Led by the waiter, Klein entered the familiar living room.
There was still only one candle in the room, and the dim light illuminated the surroundings like a scene from a ghost story. Coupled with the mysterious people wearing black robes and iron masks, the atmosphere was even more intense.
As soon as he stepped in here, Klein suddenly had some inexplicable feelings.
He felt that the flickering candlelight was staring at him.
He felt that the flames would burst forth and set his hair and robes on fire.
He felt that the curtains that were quietly hanging behind the bay window would suddenly rise up, covering his body, blocking his mouth and nose for breathing, and suffocating him to death.
What's going on? Klein was stunned and extremely nervous.
It wasn't a premonition of danger, but it was an intuition that was hard to avoid.
Klein carefully found a seat and sat down.
As soon as his butt touched the surface of the chair, he felt that the chair would suddenly explode and thick wooden thorns would pierce through his body.
This reminded him of several videos he had seen on Earth - low-quality air-pressure lift seats exploded, with steel rods and fragments piercing the owner's buttocks and drilling into the abdomen. The whole scene was bloody and horrific.
Why do I always have such bad associations? Could it be the negative impact of the spirit being injured in the previous battle? Klein looked around thoughtfully and found that the chubby pharmacist was not here this time.
What happened? Or has he left Backlund? Klein muttered to himself for a few words, and heard the old man "Eye of Wisdom" announce the start of the party.
In the following time, Klein sometimes felt that the chandelier on the ceiling would fall diagonally and hit him on the head, sometimes thought that the coffee table in front of the old man "Eye of Wisdom" would suddenly move sideways and trip him, and sometimes suspected that the party members around him were full of malice and might suddenly attack him at any time.
This made him restless, alert and confused, and he had no time to pay attention to the various successful or failed transactions.
If the premonition of danger is a cell phone that vibrates occasionally to remind you that you have incoming messages or calls, then the inexplicable intuition now is like a constant electric drill, "vibrating" so hard that I can't relax and pay attention to other things... Klein tried to rub his forehead, but touched the cold iron mask.
At this moment, he felt that his iron mask would suddenly cave in, sticking tightly to his face and embedding into his brain.
Was it really because of the injury to the spirit that caused the hallucination? Klein frowned.
He originally wanted to ask for the mutated pituitary gland and blood of the Thousand Faced Hunter at this party, but he had to give up cautiously in this situation.
- Although the gathering organized by Mr. Wisdom Eye is not of a high level and is unlikely to involve higher-level monsters like the Thousand-Faced Hunter, Klein believes that many members here have participated in other gatherings and may be able to access relevant intelligence and clues.
Feeling uneasy, Klein attended the party as a bystander.
As soon as he took off his robe, removed his mask and left the room, the inexplicable intuition that everyone and everything was out to persecute him suddenly disappeared, strangely!
This... Klein's pupils shrank slightly, confirming that the phenomenon just now was not caused by the injury of his spirit body, otherwise he would not be able to have two states of inner and outer.
He suspected that there was an invisible, insensible, extremely terrifying person or thing in the living room where the party was held, which stimulated himself who possessed the inspiration and intuition of a "fortune teller" and the dangerous premonition of a "clown". However, due to the suppression or peculiarity of the other party, this stimulation appeared in the form of too rich associations and made him not alert.
Who could it be? This is too scary. Its mere existence gave me a reaction similar to the precursor of losing control... Klein calmly walked away from the house of Mr. Wisdom Eye and headed towards the nearest street.
Suddenly, he had a guess:
This is near the "Brave Man" bar. I, Ms. Sharon, and the "ghost" Steve who was killed by Maric are responsible for monitoring the surrounding area...
Their deaths would inevitably anger the High-Sequence Master of the Rose School, and they would turn their attention here, to the Beyonders active near the Brave Bar...
Was that him just now?
Fortunately, I used items such as the "Biotoxin Bottle" and the "Sun Brooch" tonight, and in order to avoid being predicted, I left them above the gray fog... Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable... The "magician" who had just completed an impossible performance would die here...
The world of Beyonders is so dangerous...
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Inside the Holy Wind Cathedral, Cardinal Ace Snake looked at the captain of the Mandated Punishers in front of him and asked with emotionless silver eyes:
“Who is Kapin?
"Why does his villa have an underground prison?"
The captain of the Mandated Punisher team immediately replied:
“A wealthy man who is rumored to be involved in many cases of missing girls. He is suspected of being a human trafficker and is also engaged in the slave trade in private.
"That underground prison proves the rumors."
"Why would a human trafficker be protected by several Beyonders? And his sequence is not low." Cardinal Snake asked.
"Sir, this needs to be investigated. We have tried to use extraordinary means to find clues, but have failed." The captain of the Punisher team answered timidly.
"I tried that, too." Cardinal Snake didn't blame him.
The high-ranking member of the Church of Storms paused and said:
"Continue to investigate this matter. Also, find the Sequence 6 or Sequence 5 ghost."
After his subordinates left, Cardinal Snake picked up his pen and wrote down a few targets that needed special attention in his notebook:
"Capin, human trade, tarot rituals, strange but not very high-order ghosts, hidden plots."
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In Queens, in the luxurious villa of Earl Hall's family.
Audrey was waiting for the maid to cut the food when she suddenly heard her father, Earl Hall, who was used to reading the newspaper during breakfast, laugh:
"Kapin is dead."
"Who is he?" Audrey asked with eyes wide open.
In fact, she was not curious about who Kapin was, she was simply cooperating with her father who obviously wanted to communicate.
This is both my daughter's specialty and her instinct as a "mind reader."
"A wealthy man who might be a human trafficker in private. He has good relations with some people, haha..." Earl Hall chuckled, "He was killed last night. There were obvious signs of a trial at the scene. All newspapers called the murderer a thief, the thief 'Black Emperor'. Well, this is a code name for him after the ruler of the ancient Solomon Empire."
Rogue? Rogue "Black Emperor"? "Black Emperor"... Audrey immediately thought of the Blasphemous Card that currently belonged to Mr. Fool. This was the highest level item she had ever come into contact with.
She suddenly became interested in the murder of Kapin:
"It sounds interesting. Although it's illegal, I still want to say that the thief did a great job. Um, Dad, how was the process?"
"The police and the church's corresponding departments did not reveal specific details, and I haven't met them yet. The newspaper described the thief as wearing black armor, a black crown, and a cloak of the same color. He entered Capin's villa and not only stole all the valuables in the safe, but also took the lives of Capin and his evil subordinates, and rescued the girls imprisoned in the dungeon. He scattered tarot cards all over Capin's body, the most eye-catching of which were the two on his face, one of which was 'Judgment' and the other was 'Emperor.'" Count Hall described with a smile, holding the newspaper.
Tarot cards... "Judgement" and "Emperor"... Audrey's eyes suddenly lit up.
PS: Preview of the next chapter. "What? A safe?" Klein almost blurted out as he looked at the newspaper.