Lord of the Mysteries

“How long has the Member of Parliament been dead for?” Klein asked straightforwardly as he packed up his things.

If it was more than fifteen minutes, the information that he could obtain would decline considerably. If it was more than an hour, there would be very little left to find.

If it was more than a month, contact with the spirit of the dead would most likely fail.

“Regrettably, the initial autopsy report shows that Mr. Maynard died between nine and eleven last night.” Dunn shook his head and said, “You only need to provide assistance and not consider if you can be of use.”

“Alright.” Klein took his coat and walked out of the duty room with his hat and cane in hand. Dunn Smith took his place at the Chanis Gate guardroom.

Theoretically, as a Beyonder, as long as one’s spirituality was enhanced, things like Spirit Vision, divination, and ritualistic magic could be learned. Especially for Beyonders from the Sleepless Sequence who were known for their high spirituality.

But in actual fact, the differences between the various sequences was vastly obvious. Dunn Smith and Leonard Mitchell had learned Spirit Vision, but they could only see faint white or light blue in the auras of others. They were unable to precisely differentiate the status of different body parts. Of course, they could definitely see spiritual things with Spirit Vision, but doing so wasn’t as effective as using their spiritual perception.

That also led to a problem in which Beyonders at the Sleepless, Midnight Poet, and Nightmare Sequences didn’t enjoy activating their Spirit Vision.

Similarly, if they were willing to, they could also learn spirit pendulums, dowsing, dream divination, and so on. But their rate of success wasn’t something worth noting.

It was the same situation with ritualistic magic as well.

When the two of them walked past one another, Dunn suddenly said, “I forgot to tell you that Inspector Tolle is in charge of the case. He’s waiting for you at the reception hall in the security company. Remember to change into your new uniform and grab your new documents.”

Klein wasn’t surprised and replied with a smile, “New uniform, new documents? The Tingen Police Department sure is efficient.”

He had just advanced to Sequence 8 the day before…

“It’s because this case is very important, so…” Dunn spread his hands and took up Klein’s previous spot.

Klein walked upstairs, but he wasn’t in a hurry to go to the reception hall. He entered the Nighthawks’ break room and entered the attached bathroom to relieve himself. There was only a toilet bowl, a water bottle, and a bucket in the duty room.

Then, he changed into his police uniform that revealed his promotion to two silver stars and put on his peak cap with the “two crossed swords and a crown.”

After transferring his Flaring Sun Charm, Azik’s copper whistle, his ritual ingredients, and other items, Klein smoothed out his uniform, took his cane, and exited the break room.

He passed through the partition and saw Inspector Tolle seated in the sofa area.

It had been a while since they last met. The tall police officer seemed to have gained some weight, and his stomach was even more outstanding. With his thick mustache and hair, he looked like a brown bear that had just escaped from a circus.

Nighthawk that he knew, he let out a

shook the other person’s

“Me too.”

Klein’s two shimmering silver stars shoulder strap and said with envy, “We’re at the same rank now, and

that we encounter is ten times worse than yours,” but he remembered his identity then:

he looked at the reflection of his facial expression. He lifted the corner of his lips

Tolle chuckled and pointed at the door.

up his cane. Now that he had become a Clown, the cane

exiting the Blackthorn Security Company, Klein and Tolle walked down side by side,

could even make an audience at the

in absolute agreement and said, “Yes, I feel our vast contrast brings a comedic effect. Do you know that some circuses are trying to use fat and skinny, tall and short clown

beast tamer and a brown bear… Klein, of course, wouldn’t make such a rude

theaters, and music halls,” Inspector Tolle replied

they got onto the police carriage.

it confirmed that Mr. Maynard

can’t be certain, but his wife and two sons aren’t willing to believe the possibility that he died due to a sudden illness. And

separately from his wife?” Klein leaned back against the carriage wall and mimicked the main character in

and said, “No, his wife hasn’t been in Tingen recently. She went to Backlund to attend a very important social ball. You might not know, but she’s the leader of a new party. She’s the daughter of someone from the House of Commons. She’s still on her way back to Tingen via steam locomotive. She merely

the new party. He’s been a Tingen’s Member of Parliament for more than ten years.

“I’m sorry, I’m only supposed to be helping with the autopsy.

mind much but

“Autopsy… You’re very cautious.”

many guests, and we temporarily can’t

understand.” Klein nodded faintly and asked about the details of

Golden Indus borough. It was surrounded by gardens and fields, there was a stable, a fountain, and a broad

and followed behind Inspector Tolle. They passed through the police streamer and entered

were two male and four female probationary inspectors who were talking to people individually

and saw many gentlemen in tuxedos and a few ladies in glamorous dresses

and led Klein up the stairs to the second floor

saw the two, they revealed a look of respect

room where Maynard’s corpse was discovered.” The

“Which guest was assigned to

so it wasn’t used.” Tolle put on his white gloves and turned the knob of

leave temporarily. Then, he nodded

something.” Klein put on his white

of the bed and saw that the crimson bedsheets were abnormally messy. The corpse laying on