Backlund, North District.
On that night when the red moon was obscured by clouds, it was pitch black everywhere. Only the gas lamps on both sides of the street emitted a little light, illuminating the road ahead and the doorways of nearby houses.
The mailbox at 7 Pinster Street is quietly hidden at the junction of light and darkness, bathed in the cool breeze blowing from the side, and seems to be already asleep.
At this moment, newspapers, bills and letters from unknown sources suddenly flooded out of its delivery port.
These things seemed to be held up by invisible hands, floating in the air, flying towards the door, and drilling in through the gap.
Inside the house, in the hallway, newspapers unfolded themselves, flipping rapidly until they reached the last page, and then they fell haphazardly onto the chairs, stacking up with the previous ones.
The bills and letters continued to fly inwards and entered the living room. The former soon stopped, shook a few times, and then floated to the surface of the coffee table and spread out neatly. The latter that had envelopes took off their envelopes, and those without envelopes quickly opened themselves and appeared in mid-air.
After a long time, some of the letters flew to the shelves in the study on the first floor, some rushed to the scissors, helping them to tear themselves into pieces, and then they were arranged in lines and poured into the bathroom and thrown into the toilet.
Crash!
The toilet's mechanical button sank on its own, flushing the paper fragments into the sewer.
Number 7 Pinster Street returned to normal, as quiet as any other uninhabited house.
Southern Continent, East Balam, Gurain Castle.
Leonard Mitchell, who had just arrived here, was resting in the residence arranged by the local Church of Night.
Suddenly, the slightly old voice in his mind sounded:
"Boy, you have an important letter."
"What letter?" Leonard asked in a low voice, already having a guess in his mind.
There are only one, no, two people who can send an important letter to 7 Pinster Street and not care if there is anyone there:
Klein Moretti and Dwayne Dantès.
As for why the old man named Pales Zoroast could clearly read the contents of the letters received at 7 Pinster Street across the raging sea and half of the northern continent, Leonard could probably guess a little because he helped the other party catch a ghost.
His judgment on this is:
The old man must have separated a "Time Worm" and parasitized the ghost's body, making it his eyes, ears, and mouth while he stayed in the Northern Continent.
At this time, Pales Zoroast answered his previous question:
"A letter from Klein Moretti. He said that Dawn Dantes found traces of Ince Zangwill on the island in the middle of the violent sea on his way to the southern continent."
Leonard was silent for a moment, and opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word.
After a long while, he whispered in a slightly hoarse voice:
"He really hasn't forgotten revenge...
“What can I do?”
"What can you do? You are only Sequence 6. Even if Ince Zangwill has not mastered '0-08', you are not qualified to take revenge on him. He only needs to partially reveal the form of a mythical creature to make you lose control or become a madman on the spot. The probability of your successful revenge is 0! This is the qualitative change brought about by divinity." Pallez Zoroast said in a serious tone.
He paused for a moment, then laughed again:
"Fortunately, you are more aware of yourself than before. If it were in the past, you would definitely say, 'I want to pass on the information about Ince Zangwill to the church and join the team to track him down.' But now, you know what you can do."
Leonard wanted to refute several times, but he didn't say it.
Pales Zoroast continued:
"All you can do now is give Klein Moretti some information, wait for him to reply, and then cooperate accordingly according to the arrangements in it."
“Why not find an excuse to inform the church of Ince Zangwill’s whereabouts?” Leonard asked in a low voice, slightly stunned.
Pales Zoroast laughed and said:
“Don’t be in a hurry, wait until the critical moment to do this.
“Although ‘0-08’ likes to kill its owner, it doesn’t want to return to being sealed. As long as you inform the church of Ince Zangwill’s whereabouts and start the corresponding pursuit, it will know immediately and make sufficient arrangements.
“You need to remind Klein Moretti of this.”
Leonard was stunned for a second and said:
"Old man, you seem to be very familiar with '0-08'."
It has never been shown before!
Pales laughed in a slightly old voice:
"Of course I am familiar with it. In the Fourth Epoch, '0-08' caused the fall of an angel.
"I can't tell you too much, because when you know it, it knows you, and the more you know it, the more likely you are to become part of the story."
Leonard truly sensed the horror of "0-08" from the old man's vague words. This was beyond the mysticism he could understand!
After thinking for a moment, Leonard asked habitually:
"Then how can I give Klein Moretti a hint without letting 0-08 know? Or, even if it knows, it will only have a superficial understanding, and I will just be a passerby in the story..."
Before he finished speaking, Leonard clenched his hands, gritted his teeth, and without waiting for the old man to answer, he said:
"A side hint? Tell him that I will not report Ince Zangwill's whereabouts to the church for the time being... I think he should be able to understand from this situation that there are certain problems here, and understand that we must be more cautious than cautious. Even if he cannot understand it, his secret organization has members who are familiar with the Fourth Epoch and can provide help.
"Also, write a normal sentence, 'If you know it, it will know you', without mentioning '0-08'. Use personal pronouns so that Klein can guess what it refers to..."
Pales Zoroast listened quietly and laughed softly:
"People need pressure to grow."
Leonard exhaled, turned over and sat up, found a pen and paper, and wrote down what he had just said on the letter.
Then, he arranged the ceremony and summoned Gehrman Sparrow's messenger.
…………
Rough sea, mid-range island, on a passenger ship docked at the pier.
Many tourists did not disembark, but huddled in the lower cabins, waiting to arrive at the southern continent and start a new life full of hope.
Even though they only had a few days' sailing money, it was very difficult for them to scrape it together. The people of Loen were forced to take such a risk.
Klein, who played the wealthy Dwayne Dantes, was different from them. He lived in a spacious, clean and luxurious first-class cabin. Under the light of candles, he opened the letter that Renette Tinicole had just sent him.
“For the time being, I will not inform the church of Ince Zangwill’s whereabouts… For Leonard, although the source of the intelligence will cause him to bear certain risks, it is not to the extent that he cannot do it… Didn’t he join the Red Gloves for revenge? In other words, he has a reason not to report Ince Zangwill now…” Klein thought while looking at the remaining content on the letter paper, “If you know it, it will know you.”
Suddenly, Klein exclaimed, "Huh!" He felt that this description looked familiar!
"This is very similar to the Twilight Hermits. Whatever they say must be known... So, '0-08' is the seal of the audience channel? Leonard didn't tell the church about it because he had concerns about this and wanted to wait for a better opportunity? This should be what the grandfather in his body told him..." Klein nodded thoughtfully, somewhat glad that he didn't ask Renette Tinicole for help before.
This is also a very dangerous thing for the messenger lady.
"Moreover, most importantly, I'm not prepared for anything. If I only rely on the helpers I invited, my plan will most likely be discovered by 0-08 in advance, so they can create a series of coincidences and make targeted arrangements..." Klein sighed silently. He felt that he should do something, but he didn't know where to start.
From the perspective of improving one's own strength, the acquisition of the corresponding materials for the tricksters and spirit plunderers depends on the subsequent request from the Chief of the City of Silver and how long it will take Miss Magician to get the location information of the specific location from her teacher. These are all external forces and cannot be accelerated just because Klein wants to.
The only thing he could do was to digest the "Master of Secret Puppetry" potion as quickly as possible.
After the "role playing rules" are almost complete, the actual operation is more important.
Therefore, Klein believed that he needed to obtain two secret dolls in a short period of time!
He had been dragging his feet before because he didn't have a good target, and because he was in Backlund, surrounded by servants, and it would be difficult to conceal his existence without a special secret doll. But now, he was about to reach the southern continent, and he decided that no matter what, as long as he was sure that the villain was worthy of being hanged, he would transform him into his own secret doll first, and then replace it when he found a better target!
Maybe using ordinary puppets to complete more difficult tasks can speed up digestion... Haha, my requirements for puppets have been reduced to the minimum now. As long as they understand Dutan language, there will be no need to find a translator. Anyway, we can share senses... Klein made a quick decision and planned to write to Leonard Mitchell later when he had further plans.
…………
East Balam, Gurain Castle.
Klein carried his suitcase and stepped onto the dock, landing on the land of the Southern Continent.
He looked at the city area that was built on the mountain and had distinct layers, and said silently in his heart:
"When you leave here, you need two secret dolls."
But before that, he still had one thing to do, which was to get rid of the secret "followers" arranged by the military.
The two gentlemen's spy skills were actually quite good, but in Klein's eyes, they were as bright as fireflies in the dark night. No matter how they disguised themselves, Klein could recognize them at a glance with the help of the "Faceless Man"'s observation and memory of human physical characteristics and facial features.