As he walked through the living room, Klein's inspiration was triggered. He felt invisible gazes coming from nowhere and sweeping over him.

He pretended not to notice anything, entered the living room in front, examined the environment, and found a position that was not far from the main seat but not too close.

And the moment he passed through the door, all the attention disappeared.

If the "ghost" hadn't been isolated by three seals, it would have been discovered just now... Mr. X is not as bold and crazy as he appears... Klein sat down and pulled up his hood, hiding his face deeper in the shadows.

After about ten minutes, when almost all the party members had arrived, Mr. X, wearing a brass mask, came to the door without any movement, stepped inside, and walked towards the main seat.

He was wearing a black classical robe and a pointed wizard's hat. As he walked, he had a restrained aura, yet made everyone present lower their heads unconsciously.

After turning around and slowly sitting down, Mr. X looked around and said in a low voice:

"Let's get started."

The distance was within four meters... Klein did not rush to take action. He retracted his gaze and patiently watched several party members exchange the information of the unlucky person for gold pounds, and listened to Mr. X's occasional responses.

As time passed, the focus of the gathering began to shift from Mr. X's bounty to the transactions between them. Klein no longer hesitated and pinched the first joint of his index finger with his left thumb twice, activating the "Spirit Line" vision.

A series of illusory black lines immediately appeared before his eyes. They emerged from different people and spread to infinity.

After a brief analysis, Klein secretly manipulated Mr. X's "spiritual thread".

In his plan, there are two main difficulties in the mission. One of them is that Mr. X, who has the profession of "Astrologer" in the previous sequence, and the Aurora Saint who may be hiding in the dark, may have a premonition of danger and keenly perceive abnormalities when they begin to manipulate the corresponding "Spirit Line".

Klein was fairly certain about Mr. X's spiritual intuition, because when Miss Sharon existed as a "ghost", she was unable to discover in advance that the "Master of Secret Dolls" Rosago was manipulating her "spiritual thread". However, a half-god, half-human saint, a high-sequence powerhouse who had already obtained divinity, would not surprise Klein with any special abilities, and it was not surprising that his inspiration was touched by the changes in other people's "spiritual threads".

Other "Masters of Secret Dolls" would most likely be helpless in this regard, but Klein was different. He still had the identity of "The Fool" and the power of the mysterious space above the gray fog to borrow. He could rely on the interference of the "Paper Angel" in advance to eliminate hidden dangers.

The meeting went on without any abnormality. Ten seconds passed in a flash, and Klein only had three seconds left to initially control Mr. X. However, this envoy of the Aurora Society was unaware of the deal and was looking at it with a deep gaze. No one knew what he was thinking.

At the critical moment, Klein took the initiative to stop!

He barely maintained his progress, pulled out one hand, put it into the secret pocket of his hooded robe, and touched the iron cigarette box that was blocked by the "Spiritual Wall".

Klein immediately moved his finger and poked it lightly, removing the "spiritual wall" and letting it turn into a breeze in his pocket.

He retracted his hand and waited for several seconds until Mr. X looked to the other side before he continued to manipulate the "Spirit Line" downwards.

Two seconds, one second, zero seconds!

Mr. X's thoughts suddenly became stagnant, as if someone had poured freshly mixed cement into them.

There is an enemy... danger... His thoughts turned slowly and he quickly made a decision. He was ready to warn and ask for help from his subordinates and the person who was watching in secret, and to put up effective resistance.

At this moment, a chill penetrated into his body, making his hands, feet, and mouth no longer belong to him.

"Blood Admiral" Senior!

Possessed by evil spirit!

There are many flaws in the "Master of Secret Dolls'" manipulation of the "Spirit Thread", the biggest of which is that once the initial control state is entered, the target will immediately discover the problem and be able to take various countermeasures.

If it was a one-on-one situation with no one else around, Klein could naturally use the opponent's increasingly high "delay state" to interfere with and interrupt the resistance more effectively. However, if the target had other helpers, it would be difficult for the "Master of Secret Arts" to conceal his actions from others. He would need the help of the environment or companions to proceed covertly and unnoticed.

In this regard, the "ghost" that can possess the target and forcibly control the other party's behavior is simply the best assistant of the "Master of Secret Dolls"!

The reason why Klein didn't directly enter the initial control state just now was to find time to release the "Wrathful Soul".

After passing the entry check, the level of security in the living room where the party is held must be relatively low!

Mr. X's eyes widened slightly, his thoughts gradually slowed down, and the words he wanted to shout out were firmly locked in his throat and sealed by his own mouth, completely disappearing into thin air.

And his hands, which were about to be raised directly, slowed down and reached for the bone china teacup next to him.

This was completely against his will, and was all caused by the cold aura that filled every corner of his body!

Vengeful spirit... Master of Secret Dolls... No... If I continue like this... I will die silently... Mr. X immediately controlled his own spiritual power and sketched complex symbols and signs in his mind.

He wanted to open a "Traveler's Door" around him, or a "teleportation door", so as to directly escape from the control range of the "Master of Secret Puppetry". Compared with this problem, being possessed by a resentful spirit was relatively less dangerous!

But in that kind of slow and sluggish thoughts, the presentation of the imaginary symbols and signs was not done in one go, but was done stroke by stroke, with pauses, not fast enough.

Seizing this opportunity, the "ghost" Senior who possessed Mr. X, under the control of the "Master of Secret Dolls" Klein, simply moved Mr. X's head and took the initiative to change his sitting position.

Such behavior immediately interrupted the secret formation of the "Traveler's Gate"!

Oh no… my… reaction… is too slow… I will be… disturbed… by… the resentful spirit… I will… use… use… the magical… item… Mr. X’s eyes were vaguely bloodshot, but the men around him were unaware of it. Even the one who was watching this side secretly did not notice anything unusual.

As for the party members who were communicating and trading, his change in sitting posture softened their tone and lowered their volume.

At this moment, although the living room was full of people, and although there were Beyonders everywhere, all of whom were his helpers, Mr. X felt extremely lonely and helpless.

He didn't even know who was attacking him or where he was sitting!

As thoughts passed through his mind one by one, Mr. X regained control of his spiritual power and let them extend toward the ruby-studded gold ring on the index finger of his left hand.

However, the process from thinking to decision, and from decision to action, took too long, as if he was performing his inner drama in slow motion.

This gave the "Ghost" Senior enough time. He raised Mr. X's left palm, bent his fingers, and tapped the side of his forehead that was not covered by the brass mask as if thinking.

The knocking force was actually quite strong despite the faint sound. However, under Klein's control, Senior was able to control the force very well, allowing most of the force to penetrate Mr. X's head and not dissipate, thus covering up the noise.

Tap! Tap!

Mr. X's spiritual thoughts were suddenly interrupted, and he was temporarily unable to regain his sense of thought.

By the time he recovered, the puppet master's manipulation had advanced a step further, making his thoughts confused and slow, and even thinking and making decisions became difficult.

Coupled with the interference caused by the various covert little actions performed by the "ghost" with his body, although Mr. X has many extraordinary abilities and good magical items, he inevitably slides step by step into the abyss of becoming a secret puppet.

He watched himself die in slow motion, completely powerless to do anything.

It was not until this moment that he realized how terrifying and unsolvable the combination of "Secret Puppet Master" and "Ghost" was.

Under everyone's gaze, the hunt proceeded silently.

As Klein's control deepened, Mr. X's movements became increasingly stiff and sluggish. However, with the "ghost" possessing him to make up for it, others couldn't see the problem at all.

To be precise, Mr. X's behavior no longer comes from his dull and rusty self, but from the "ghost" Senior, which prevents him from even showing a look of despair.

Five minutes passed quickly amidst various transactions, successes and failures, disputes and discussions. Klein was only one step away from killing Mr. X and turning him into his puppet.

However, he couldn't do it.

Because he has not yet fully digested the magic potion of the "Master of Secret Puppetry", he can only control one puppet at present. If he wants to transform Mr. X, he must give up the "Ghost" Senior.

But once they give up, the long-dead "Blood Admiral" will immediately surface and be discovered, causing great trouble.

Similarly, if Klein did not give up the Wrathful Soul puppet and took advantage of the opportunity when Mr. X had no ability to resist to kill him directly, he would also have to consider the Aurora Saints who might be in the dark.

This is the difficulty of the second task in his plan.

It is not difficult to quietly control Mr. X and deprive him of his ability to resist with the combination of "Master of Secret Puppetry" and "Wrathful Spirit". It is also not difficult to kill him. In Mr. X's current state, Klein can easily deal with him even with air bullets.

The difficult part is how to leave here safely after doing such a thing.

And this requires enough patience.

Time flowed slowly as Klein seemed calm but was actually in a tense mental state. He pretended that he was not interested in anything that happened here and did not say anything.

Finally, the party came to an end, and Mr. X said in a low voice without any abnormality:

"Finish."

His words were very concise, and exactly the same as the ending last time. This was what Xio had described to Fors.

The party members stood up one by one. Klein blended in among them, inconspicuous. At the same time, he reached into his secret pocket and opened "Lemanno's Travel Notes" by feel.