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.

that it was a Nighthawk that he knew, he let out a breath

Klein corrected himself and shook the other

“Me too.”

shoulder strap and said with envy, “We’re

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

of his facial expression. He lifted the corner of his lips and replied with

are humorous.” Tolle chuckled and pointed

that he had become a Clown, the cane was

side by side, forming a great

an audience

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

tamer and a brown bear… Klein, of course, wouldn’t make such a rude remark. He went along with it and replied, “It’s a pity that there

theaters, and music

casually chatted until they got onto the police carriage. Then, Klein redirected the topic

confirmed that Mr. Maynard

due to a sudden illness. And there was really something wrong at the scene. When Maynard was found,

his wife?” Klein leaned back against the carriage wall

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 used the

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

related to this?” Klein asked casually and immediately laughed. “I’m sorry, I’m only supposed to be helping with the autopsy. The rest of the matter is not within my

didn’t mind

“Autopsy… You’re very cautious.”

night at Maynard’s place. There were too many guests, and we temporarily can’t find any main suspects.

Klein nodded faintly and asked about the details

was surrounded by gardens and fields, there was a stable, a fountain, and a broad

put on his peak hat with its police badge and followed behind Inspector Tolle. They passed through the police streamer and entered the double-story house under the gaze of every

there were two male and four female probationary inspectors who were

around and saw many gentlemen in tuxedos and a few

explained and led Klein up the

who were searching through the rooms saw the two, they revealed a look of respect without stopping them. Perhaps

Maynard’s corpse was discovered.”

asked, “Which guest

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

he nodded at Klein and said, “Inspector Moretti, I’ll leave the

we find something.” Klein put on his white gloves

that the crimson bedsheets were abnormally