Chapter 175: The Power of Metaphysics
Most of the houses in Gulain are built along winding roads, with occasional squares or bazaars in gentle, open areas.
Carrying his luggage, Klein relied on the spiritual intuition of a "soothsayer" to pick a random direction, looking for a relatively lively bar along the way.
There are not too many horse-drawn carriages on the road, and it takes a long time to see one or two of them that belong to the rental type. The most popular means of transportation in East Payron is the "coffin", which stems from the custom of the worship of the god of death, and because people see the coffin as an object that can bring peace and calm, so Klein can always see several people carrying a black coffin passing by, the lid is much thinner than normal, like a car door that can be opened at will.
Two men, four men, eight men, horses or one-horned sheep...... This kind of folklore is a little scary at night, well, it's not much better during the day, and the whole city looks eerie...... While enjoying the "scenery" on the side of the road, Klein walked into a plaza with the church of the "Lord of the Storm" on the left and restaurants, bars and other shops on the right.
When he stopped, the coffin carried by four people on the side of the road was lowered.
As the lid opened, the passenger lying inside the coffin stood up and strode out, a Northland-style gentleman in a white shirt and black vest.
The gentleman's formal attire was always in the crook of his arm until he left the coffin.
Klein then watched as the gentleman went straight to the church of the "Lord of the Storm" and walked inside.
It's a wonderful sense of disobedience...... Hasn't the Storm Church always liked to change the customs of the colony and force Run's way? Why not do it in East Bairan? Because the "Grim Reaper" path is of a similar type to the "Night" path, so the Storm Church wants to preserve some of the folklore of the Grim Reaper realm in order to contain the spread of the Night Church? Crane nodded thoughtfully, turned to the row of buildings on the right, and prepared to enter one of the bars.
With this on-the-ground experience, he vaguely understood why the ancient clothing style of the Bailang Empire, which is written in many history books.
I love to wear pants, I like light type, and I think there are pleats...... Isn't that just the convenience of going out and lying in the coffin?,Crane shook his head with a smile, pushed open the heavy wooden door of the bar, squeezed past the drunks, and walked towards the bar area.
At this time, the two military "stalkers" distanced themselves from Dawn Dantès for fear of being exposed, and had just walked to the door.
Seizing on this brief gap, Crane suddenly swerved and swam through the crowd like a fish, towards the back door of the bar.
- Although he didn't know Du Tanyu, he could read the signs drawn, where the bathroom was, and where the customers stopped.
After making his way around the unseen area of the gate, Crane shook his shoulders and quickly took off his coat and put it in the crook of his arm.
Then he grabbed the gold-encrusted cane, stretched out his palm to cover his face, slowed his pace, changed direction again, and headed for the door of the bar.
When he was nearly ten meters away from the place where he had taken off his coat just now, Klein put down his right hand that was pressed on his face, and the image of the whole person had completely changed.
His pale sideburns, dark eyes, and elegant temperament all disappeared, replaced by the appearance of the Rune people that can be seen everywhere in the Northern Continent.
Carrying his luggage and his cane, Crane walked calmly towards the two military "stalkers", and as they looked left and right for Daun Dantès, he passed them and left the bar.
Whether it's tracking, or anti-tracking, it's the strength of the Facelings!
Back in the square, Klein turned into a small alley that sloped to a higher place, intending to find a hotel to stay elsewhere.
As he walked along a secluded road, he suddenly heard the frightened cries of women.
The sound lasted only a short time before it came to an abrupt halt.
Although he couldn't understand what the other person was shouting, Crane could feel the fear, fear, panic, and he made a mistake and entered a narrower, less pedestrian path.
Within ten seconds, he saw a local man in his thirties with brown skin and soft facial features pressed against a little girl who was at most thirteen or fourteen years old in a hidden corner, violently assaulting her.
Crane glanced at it, slowed down, and stopped in the shadows nearby.
At this time, the little girl's face was distorted by extreme panic, but no matter how she struggled, it was difficult to get rid of it, and even in exchange for a beating.
Tears and snot flowed down her eyes, and her mouth was stuffed with rags of clothing, and she could only make a whining sound.
It was then that she was stunned to find that the villain's attempt to undress himself had slowed down.
"......" didn't have time to think about what was going on, she subconsciously looked at the villain, saw that the other party's eyes were wide open, the muscles of his face were slowly pulling, and he couldn't piece together a complete expression, and then, his hands and feet twitched and stopped, and he continued what he had just done, but he was easily dodged.
The little girl instinctively pushed the other party, which produced an excellent effect, and her body was light, and she quickly stood up, and was about to escape from here, but her legs couldn't help but go limp, and she just ran a few steps, and she tripped over a stone and almost fell to the ground.
At this time, she heard footsteps behind her, and her heart became more and more panicked, and her hands and feet became more and more panicked.
Immediately after, the footsteps stopped.
The little girl subconsciously looked back, only to see the villain standing two meters away, his joints rusty and doing all kinds of strange movements.
"What's going on......" the little girl had the feeling that she was dreaming.
The brown-skinned local man struggled for a while, but finally quieted down, smiled, and said in a frank voice:
"When you meet someone like me in the future, remember to run to the nearest church, or to a crowded place. ”
The little girl was stunned, suddenly let out a scream, turned and ran away.
Subconsciously, she chose the direction of the square church.
When the secluded corner was at peace, the brown-skinned native man looked sideways into the shadows and watched Klein walk out of there.
"The new secret puppet...... The body is not strong enough, the movement is not agile enough, there is no extraordinary ability, and the appearance is relatively vicious, except for the frank speech, it is simply useless. Klein made a simple assessment in his heart, "If it weren't for the fact that he was doing evil, and I didn't know the local language, I really wanted to bury him directly." ”
He couldn't help but compare this with the previous secret couple, "Blood Admiral" Seigno:
"Señol is a 'ghost of resentment', can do 'mirror jumping', can hide in the reflection of gold coins, and does not have to worry about being seen...... He also has a resentful scream, as well as the ability to possess a body, which is a perfect match for the secret puppet master......
"Most importantly, he's just as open-mouthed......
"Now the secret puppet is the difference between one penny and four 22,000 gold pounds compared to him.
"I don't know what the name is, I can only use my ability to sense superficial thoughts, and I can't read deeper memories, unless I encounter acquaintances and familiar things, and my spirit has changed accordingly and 'spit out' more information...... It's called Ah Fu, no, Auf. ”
Crane rubbed the corners of his forehead, sighed, and left the area with his new secret spouse, Auf, before the little girl could bring in the clergy.
It didn't take long for him to find a random hotel to stay in the border between the prosperous and backward areas of Gulain City, with the help of the secret puppet's translation, without providing any identification documents, even though Crane had changed his appearance to a typical local race on the way.
"There is no effective administration than the colonies at sea...... Klein put away his luggage and threw most of the cash he was carrying into the gray mist, leaving only £50 for his daily expenses.
At the same time, having passed through the Raging Sea, he no longer had to worry about causing a mutation, so he took the copper whistle and the iron cigarette case out of the mysterious space above the gray fog, so that Mr. Azk could locate him when he came.
After being busy with these things, he suddenly became free after having dinner on the passenger ship, and decided to hurry up and find a second secret couple.
As for how to find it, Klein, who doesn't know enough about all aspects of Gulain City, plans to use his specialty as a "soothsayer" to find it by occult means!
Taking Auf out of the hotel, Klein broke a branch of the Donensman tree, used it as a divination staff, and muttered skillfully in meditation:
"The location of the new secret puppet. ”
In the quiet and silent environment, a pair of indifferent eyes seemed to pass through the barrier between illusion and reality, and at the same time looked at the staff.
The branches then toppled down, pointing in a direction.
After a short journey and a divination, Klein followed the revelation he had obtained, and after turning around and reaching a steep staircase.
The staircase connected several levels of the road to Gullay, and one had to look up to see the top, and at this moment, it was empty.
"The revelation given by divination is indeed here...... Why is there no one? Because I didn't do divination on top of the gray mist, the result was not accurate?But, how come I'm also the 'secret puppet master' of sequence 5, and my divination ability can definitely rank in the top below the high sequence......" Crane frowned slightly, looked around, and couldn't find any targets.
He thought for a moment, walked up the stairs, sat down in the shadows at the very bottom, and waited with little confidence and very boredom.
After a few minutes, he stood up again, and let the secret puppet Auf sit in his place.
Then, Klein himself pulled away and hid in a secluded place nearly two hundred meters away.
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Gulain City, lower lip area.
Leonard Mitchell and Dalie Simone followed the leader of the Red Gloves, Sost, to a neighborhood nearby.
Under the cover of night, Sost reiterated to all the operatives:
"Our target this time is Ulica, who lives in House 13, a rather important member of the Spirit Order and is responsible for liaising with the different groups in the Beckland area.
"Although all the information shows that he is not a demigod, in order to prevent accidents, I still applied for a '1' seal, and Your Excellency the 'Eye of the Goddess' is ready to help.
"Also, most of the residents in this neighborhood are locals, so you have to be wary of the possibility that they are also members of the Spirit Order. ”