Lord of the Mysteries

What? Klein was left dumbfounded when he heard Rozanne’s question. He recalled in his daze, “I previously visited Old Neil’s place just last month. I saw a piano in the living room and he told me that his deceased wife loved music…”

As he spoke, Klein suddenly became alarmed as he began having unpleasant thoughts.

Rozanne knitted her beautiful brows and said with uncertainty, “Perhaps I remembered wrong… No, Mrs. Orianna and I frequented Old Neil’s place during the earlier half of the year. There was no piano in his living room back then. I clearly remember asking him why he chose to remain single. His answer was that he hasn’t met a lady that he wished to marry…”

There was no piano during the earlier half of the year, and he answered the question of why he chose to remain single… Klein tightened up and asked in a deep voice, “Rozanne, how long has it been since you visited Old Neil’s place?”

“Not ever since Kenley became a Nighthawk, and Viola chose to resign as a clerk. I’ve been either burning the midnight oil or catching up on sleep, so how could I have the time to visit him? It’s been… since the beginning of June.” Rozanne became a little lost upon receiving the question, so all she did was answer honestly.

Klein’s heart sank, as if he sensed something was wrong.

He fished out a halfpence from his pocket and held it between his thumb and middle finger.

He took a deep breath and quickly decided on a divination statement.

“There’s something wrong with Old Neil’s current situation.

“There’s something wrong with Old Neil’s current situation.”

…

His pupils quickly darkened as he recited the statement silently and entered Cogitation.

Ding!

He flicked his thumb, pushing the brass coin into the air and allowing it to spin.

Pak! The coin fell right into Klein’s open palm.

This time, the portrait of George III was facing up.

The portrait signified that it was correct, that it was positive.

That meant that there really was something wrong with Old Neil’s current situation!

As Klein clenched the coin, he suddenly remembered the translucent pair of cold and ruthless eyes without any brows that he had seen behind Old Neil when he had just become a Beyonder and was experimenting with his Spirit Vision.

Old Neil had explained that the pair of eyes was a characteristic of ritualistic magic!

That’s right, I also saw an almost formless human figure by the door at the periphery of the light. The color of its aura was identical to the surrounding darkness… Also, after I completely digested the Seer potion, I secretly changed the way I activated my Spirit Vision to the tapping of my left molar. I happened to look at Old Neil and he suddenly coughed violently… Scene after scene appeared in Klein’s mind, turning his expression grim.

asked in fear, “Did Old Neil lose control? No way, even though he’s petty and stingy, and wants to be reimbursed for all of his expenses, he’s still a good

of losing control.” Klein

startled by the sudden intrusion, nearly choking

blame Klein, his expression instantly

simply without hiding anything, “Captain, my divination tells me that there’s something wrong with Old

wife loved music, but today, Rozanne told me that he’s remained single

mysterious eyes looking over everything behind Old Neil. There was also an almost transparent human figure near the door spying on us. He told me

felt that something was off

the coat rack, he asked in puzzlement, “Why didn’t

Old Neil hasn’t acted any differently from ordinary Beyonders. He even worked with me to help Swain deal with a Mandated Punisher who had lost control. I’ve also observed the colors of his aura from time to time and noticed that he’s relatively healthy other than his frailty that’s due to his age. Thus,

his black hat

a visit to Old Neil now, and oh—try not

we can attempt to control him and use ritualistic magic to stabilize his

an idea when he heard

use Sealed

been thinking about how he could resolve Old Neil’s problem and save him, but he hadn’t arrived at an answer as he had been too flustered, too uneasy,

“Number: 0611.

“Name: Peaceful Hair Strands.

dangerous. It has to be used carefully. It can only be applied for operations that

Official Nighthawk member or

Method: No direct contact

decoration formed with many strands of

contact is made with a living being without any protection, the living being would lose all their desires and emotions, including, but not limited to: Hunger, Anger,

that living beings under 0611’s influence will even lose the desire to break contact with it. They will silently stay in their spot until the end

an external force is used to break contact between the person and 0611, then the person will gradually recover. But experimental data suggests

more than two hours, the victim

highest Sequence tested

can avoid contact by means such as

of hair aren’t equipped with the capability to

strands of hair appeared during a failed advancement. It was something left

nodded

forgot about 3-0611. Find Royale in the recreation room. I’ll retrieve the Sealed Artifact from Chanis Gate and submit the

went to the recreation room and shouted for the

mission?”

a serious tone, “Pay Old

he?” Royale opened her eyes

yet.” Klein shook

slipped into silence, turning the

minutes passed, and Dunn finally returned from