"The Man in the Mirror?"

"World," Klein repeated slowly.

It wasn't the first time he had heard that as early as when the two of them followed the Future of the "Star Admiral" to the ruins of the Divine War, there was such a vision in the strange "United Dream" there.

While searching for a way into the Godforsaken Lands, Leomaster, the "Black Sage" of the Aurora Society, strayed into a relic island, on which he was affected by some magical power, and split out a "Man in the Mirror", a good self, from his evil self.

As night falls, when everyone is in the same dream, Klein meets the kind Leomaste, and even sees that power reflected in a mirror: a full-length mirror.

Sadly, when he saw the mirror, the mirror also reflected his body, a completely evil "Gelman Sparrow" who had the same sequence, abilities, and even the same magical items as Klein appeared out of thin air and attacked him.

If it weren't for the fact that the other party couldn't copy the items in the gray mist, Crane really wouldn't have been able to win easily.

At the same time, Angel also encounters her own mirror image, the two of them have the same combat abilities and magical items, and they are almost defeated, and if it were not for the effect of the "Calamity" charm, which is also impossible to replicate, she may be replaced by the evil "Man in the Mirror".

Hearing the phrase "man in the mirror" again, Klein immediately recalled those experiences and asked rhetorically with a frown:

"Do you think that Pierce Turner was divided into two identical entities, normal and evil, for similar reasons, one of whom died in the underground mines of Pará Island due to a failed promotion, while the other remained in the Church, playing his own role, or was he plotting something?

"But my 'Man in the Mirror' didn't show up after he died, and yours only had a mirror fragment, no characteristics, no magical items, which is completely different from Pierce, who had precipitated tainted properties."

Angel, who also thought of these "loopholes", immediately replied:

"That's because we were in a dream at the time, and this Pierce died in reality, maybe the 'man in the mirror' will show different qualities in the dream and reality?"

"These are just speculations, no empirical evidence, of course, if what you say is right, the death in the mine could also be the real Pierce, so his extraordinary characteristics have been precipitated, and the church is the 'Man in the Mirror', evil, with some desire to replace the original body, can use the same abilities, but has no extraordinary characteristics after death...... It's a bit like 'King of the North' Julisian, but the latter only exists in Grossell's Travels, and 'Man in the Mirror' can run all over the ground......"

Klein analyzed with a frown, and soon realized that the possibility proposed by Angel, although ridiculous, was the only reasonable explanation at the moment.

"It's easy to verify this, kill the current Pierce Turner, as long as he doesn't have extraordinary properties, it means that he is the 'Man in the Mirror'."

Angel quickly came up with a simple and feasible verification method, which was immediately met with strong opposition from Klein.

"Kill a demigod of the Orthodox Church in Beckland? Neither the Aurora Society nor the Witch Sect dared to do this, just half a year ago, a Sequence 4 and a Sequence 5 created a great haze in Beckland, and as a result, you also saw that an angel from the Church of the Goddess came down and 'glared' at them with his eyes.

"If anything goes wrong in the battle, we must immediately abandon our identity and flee overseas, to Intis or Fursack, who are beyond the reach of the Church Whip, and we may not be able to escape.

"The best way is to find evidence ahead of time and present it to someone in the church who knows who you are, such as Ms. Arianna or Crestai Cessima, and the church will take care of it itself."

Klein's proposal is very sound and feasible, but there is one biggest problem, and that is time.

It is difficult to find a flaw in a "person in the mirror" whose manners, appearance, and even abilities are exactly the same as the "original", especially since the other party has been playing this identity for more than half a year, and so many people in the church have not found the problem, Angel estimates that he wants to find out the loopholes played by the other party, and I am afraid that the time will be calculated in months.

Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to find Angel in the dark, and the enemy was bright and dark, which was her only advantage.

"Either way, it's best to tell Ms. Arianna in advance that she knows who you are and has a basic trust in you, even if you don't have evidence, it's not hard for her to remain neutral, so that at least you don't become wanted for secretly investigating a high-ranking deacon of the Church of the Goddess." Crane proposed.

This method of counting as a "guarantee" Angel had already thought of it, and nodded when he heard the words:

"As soon as I left here, I tried to contact her using the Hidden Emblem...... In addition, I intend to hire Renette Tinnicol again for 10,000 gold coins to help if necessary, and I want to prevent the 'Man in the Mirror' from discovering our investigation and attacking me directly.

"By the way, I have sold the extraordinary properties of the 'puppet' to the messenger of Ling, and she will pay 30,000 gold coins in instalments, the first 10,000 have been given to me, half of which belongs to you, and I will later sacrifice to Mr. Fool and ask him to give it to you, so that we can pay off our part of the debt to her."

When he heard "ten thousand gold coins", Crane had already shown a certain sluggishness, and when the word "thirty thousand" came out of Angel's mouth, he was already a little out of shape, leaned forward, and lay on the bronze table, making Angel, who was usually indifferent to any information from the "world" at the tarot meeting, laugh secretly.

Of course, after coming to his senses, Klein decisively rejected Angel's behavior of sharing half of the harvest with him, he felt that Angel and her Anne were almost all contributing to the battle against the "Rose School" demigods, and he had almost been on the run, and had already harvested the "Blood General" as a secret puppet, sold the "lucky scale" on his body, and was unwilling to get another reward.

Finally, after a brief discussion, Crane took a half-step back and accepted 5,000 gold coins, and the other "debts" and the "parasite" gloves that had been kept with Mr. Fool belonged to Angel.

Because Klein's old-fashioned pout, half delighted and half regretful, Angel returned to the topic of "Man in the Mirror", and the two discussed for a while, proposing various ways to probe Pierce, but they gave up one by one because of various restrictions.

In the final analysis, in the Church of the Goddess, especially in the Church of St. Samuel, there is a lack of "internal response" that can help the two of them, and if it is in the Church of the Storm, you can also contact the "hanging man" to help, but the two tarot members of the Church of the Goddess are already sitting here at the moment, and they are buried in the cemetery of Tingen on the surface, and they have no idea what to do about the internal affairs of the church.

"By the way, Leonard, can you contact him?"

Angel suddenly remembered that she had seen the black-haired poet in the church two days ago, and asked.

"No, he may be more dangerous than the Man in the Mirror...... I was reminded by Arodes that there was a 'parasite' in his body, and he belonged to the same family as Mobet in Grossell's Travels, and was an angel who lived from the Quaternary to the present...... I'm not sure if Leonard was influenced by the other party, or even controlled by him, and if he hastily revealed his identity, it might cause the angel to rebel and harm the three of us. ”

Angels, or angels parasitic in him...... Angel almost couldn't help but scream, she suddenly felt that Sequence 2 had become a little cheap, and there were already several angels in different ways around her, some friendly, some with unknown attitudes, and even those who claimed to be him, no, he "fancied" it......

No wonder the poet with his strange demeanor often whispered, knew a lot of knowledge that he should not have been exposed to at his level, and confidently declared that "all three of us are the protagonists of the story", it turned out that there was something special about him......

"If this 'parasite' is dangerous for him, can we get him on board...... Hmm, I mean, please help Mr. Fool to get rid of that angel inside him? ”

Angel was halfway through speaking, and looked at the figure at the head of the long table who didn't say a word except to remind them that "the night emblem is true", and changed his words.

The inspiration for this proposal came from Mr. Fool helping the Sun clear the doppelganger of Amun possessed by him.

"The only thing we do is that we do not disturb the parasitic angel who is on him, and let him pronounce the name of Mr. Fool...... Of course, Mr. Fool agrees. ”

Klein clearly didn't have much hope for it, as was evident in his unconcerned tone.

Of course, I know that if Mr. Fool agrees, it's not up to you here...... Angel muttered and sighed, giving up on the idea.

"Sun" was only helped by Mr. Fool because he joined the Tarot Society before he was possessed, and Leonard's situation is completely different, so he can only think about it in the long run.

After exchanging home addresses and offering daily correspondence to avoid accidents, Angel vanished from her high-backed chair in a burst of crimson light, leaving only the "world" and "fool" in the gray mist-shrouded palace.

With a wave of his hand, he hid the "world", and "Fool" Klein frowned, leaned back in his chair and thought for a long time, took out the amethyst pendant, and prepared to do a few divinations to solve the various problems raised by Angel today.

At this moment, Angel's request for a "sacrifice" interrupted his movements, and the fool, who suddenly had something in anticipation in his heart, rubbed his hands and accepted the sacrifice of the believer.

Soon, a pile of gold coins appeared on the bronze table, and the clanging sound of collision echoed in the majestic palace, and the golden light could not even hide the gray mist.

Putting down the crystal pendant, Crane counted the thick gold coins one by one, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

It's not that you don't trust Angel, it's just a, well, a sense of ritual.

Touching the surface of the coins, he suddenly felt that they were familiar, as if they were the ones he had received from the Hermit Gardelia yesterday and had returned them to Miss Messenger.

Touching it, Crane's smile disappeared from his face.

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Dream World, 3 Birningham Road.

Leonard Mitchell bowed politely and left Dr. Alan Crees's dream, he had wanted to go back to the other party's wife, Verma, who was 7 months pregnant, to confirm in his dream, but did not try to consider the safety of the fetus in the other party's arms.

With a satisfied smile on his face, he leapt from the street of his dreams, flew through the air, and quickly headed for Pinster Street in the North End.

In Dr. Allen's dream, he confirms that Sherlock Moriarty has left Beckland and returned to Dixie's hometown, and also confirms another, more important thing:

The mysterious woman who killed the Aurora Priest "Ms. D" in the Hillston District that day and sprinkled the tarot card is Erin Watson, who seems to be related to the "Witch Sect" but claims to be just a "fortune teller"!

She disappeared from Beckland since the Great Smog, leaving a large amount of property and not inheriting, so that the "night watchmen" have many problems but cannot find themselves to confirm.

She was also implicated in another "tarot incident", that is, the case in which Kapin was tried by the "Black Emperor".

Once is a coincidence, what about twice?

There's a chance to catch you this time...... The corners of Leonard's mouth turned up, and he flew across the road at 8 Berningham Road, casually glancing down, the symmetrical garden scenery made him feel uncomfortable for a while in life and dress.

In the next moment, he felt his body fall towards the building in a sense of weightlessness, as if pulled by an invisible force, quickly passing through the ceiling and hitting something.

Then he woke up from his dream.

Whew-

Leonard let out a sigh of relief, looked around quickly, and found himself lying in bed intact, not in the depths of the spirit realm, not turning into a puddle of flesh, or becoming a monster covered in hair and with two more hands.

"Is that out of control? No, it felt like someone was taking over my dreams, but I was back in my dreams and woke up instead of getting lost in the dream world......"

He muttered, only to feel a cold sweat break out of his vest, soaking his clothes.

Taking off his shirt casually, revealing his toned upper body, Leonard asked in a low voice as he walked to the bathroom:

"Old man, what happened just now?"

"I don't know," the old voice sounded in his head after a long time, "and my advice is not to go too far from that street. ”

Leonard stopped wordlessly, looked out the window, and looked at the location of the Hilston district, as if he saw 3 Birningham Road from a distance of kilometers and hundreds of buildings of all kinds......

…… and the number 8.

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8 Berningham Road, Teresa's house.

Carefully setting up the altar, Angel touched the secret emblem, tried to recite the name of the goddess of the night, and shouted "Lady Arianna", but found that the emblem did not move except that it had become a little colder.

"Strange, do you want to recite the honorific name of Lady Arianna? But I don't know...... In the past, prayers to the goddess through the emblem were basically answered, but this time it seems to have failed. ”

She scratched her head, and suddenly felt a "bang" from the spiritual wall, as if she had been hit by something, and hurriedly put away the candles on the altar and removed the spiritual wall.

Turning left and right, Angel didn't notice any intruders or servants who had strayed into the ceremony, but she was no longer in the mood to pray.

"Let's hope the 'Man in the Mirror' can continue his lurking and don't come to the door, and Leonard, and hopefully the angel who parasitized him won't have too much malice and let him hold out until we come up with a solution to the problem......"

She muttered and slipped into the warm bed.

(End of chapter)