Night, Minsk Street 15.
After returning from the "Brave Bar", Klein washed up and returned to the room step by step, closed the curtains, and showed the exhausted reaction of a survivor after searching for all possible options quite vividly.
This is all about paying off debt.
Klein had thought clearly before that if he had been more cautious and modified his appearance when he came to Backlund, then the matter would not have developed into such a troublesome situation——
After killing Meursault, he can just run away.
If he had concealed his appearance, he would not have to worry about being investigated or having the "Nighthawks" follow suit and discover the secret of Klein's resurrection from the dead.
It's a pity that there is no if in reality.
He had to pay for his previous omissions.
Announcement of the mission to assassinate Ambassador Intis at the "Tarot Club" was one of the costs, as was the two visits to the "Brave Bar".
Just when he met Caspars in the evening, Klein heard bad news——
A very powerful bounty hunter also refused his bodyguard commission.
Fortunately, this isn't the only news.
Kaspars immediately told him that he could also be introduced to a gathering of Extraordinaries held tonight, so that he could seek help at the gathering.
At the party, Klein still failed to find a bodyguard as he wished, but he successfully sold Meursault's "Hunter" trait and bought back a black ear containing the "Listener" trait, which was somewhat of a gain.
This magical item allows the user to listen to the voice of the "True Creator", which is comparable to a suicide artifact for ordinary people.
Of course, Klein is an exception.
He had a certain degree of confidence, thinking that he could use the mysterious space above the gray fog and find a safer way to use it.
In fact, something similar has already happened once.
When he was in Tingen, Klein divined the "mutated sun badge" as a sealed object above the gray fog, looked directly at the "eternal blazing sun", and thus obtained some magic potion formulas and occult knowledge, among which Including the method of making "Sun Flame Charm".
Those two "Sun Flame Talismans" played a big role!
Klein thought that if he took a look at it now with another evil god, the result would not be much different.
After honestly staying in the room for a while, Klein confirmed that there were indeed no spiritual lights around him. Through the "Summoning Ceremony", he summoned himself, responded to himself, and carried the black ear and the wooden box into the gray mist. In the mysterious space above, he began his "death-seeking" divination by looking directly at the true God again.
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Night, Brave Bar.
In the chess and card room, Maric completed the achievement of "Killing the Whole Game" ahead of schedule and was redistributing the chips piled up in front of him, planning to change the way of playing and start the second round of the game.
Suddenly, he stopped moving his hands and asked as if talking to himself:
"How's it going? Did you gain anything?"
"have."
In the quiet chess and card room, a soft female voice suddenly sounded.
Along with this voice, Sharon, wearing a complicated and exquisite black Gothic palace dress and a small black soft hat, appeared and sat on the empty seat beside her.
""Scattered Spirit Gloves" corresponds to "Gatekeeper". " She raised her right hand on the table, letting Maric see the black gauze glove coming out of it, "I spent that thousand pounds."
Sharon's words were quite concise, skipping almost all the details except the key points.
Of course, this is no obstacle to Marich's understanding. After all, he has long been accustomed to Sharon's way of speaking.
Sharon made it clear:
She found and bought a suitable magical item at tonight's Extraordinary gathering - that black glove. She spent more than twelve thousand pounds, otherwise there would be no need to use the one Valeera left yesterday. Bearer check for thousands of pounds.
Judging from the premium price, this glove must have extraordinary advantages... Thinking of this
Here, Maric looked at Sharon and asked directly:
"What effect does it have?"
"Open the "Gate to the Underworld"," Sharon put down her arm and gave a simple answer. "The negative effect is to gradually transform the user into an undead spirit."
This is equivalent to having no negative effects. No wonder... Maric suddenly felt that buying such a practical item for twelve thousand pounds was not a premium at all, it could even be said to be a benefit.
Fortunately, there was the thousand pounds that Valeela left yesterday. Otherwise, it would be a big loss if this item was missed.
…
At about the same moment, Valeela also happened to think of the thousand pounds she had left for Sharon and Maric yesterday.
Of course, she wasn't worried about the expense.
Although she did not have much cash left after excluding the funds that would be invested in Coyom's company and the thousand pounds handed over to Sharon and Maric, there was no need to keep track of the expenses.
What she really cares about is the impact of this thousand pounds——
Obviously, the biggest impact is that Sharon will no longer accept Klein's bodyguard commission.
This is actually the effect Valeela hopes to achieve.
Only in this way can she lock all of Klein's dodge spaces and ensure that she can still meet with Klein even if things don't develop in the direction she expected.
Meeting is very important.
Valeela needed to meet with Klein as soon as possible. It would be best if they could meet naturally. If not, being a little stiff was acceptable.
She didn't believe that Klein would be so stubborn that he ignored his crisis sense and resolutely avoided meeting her.
After calculating again from scratch and finding no problems, Valeera finally relaxed, sank her body into the soft velvet quilt, closed her eyes and rested.
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Tuesday morning.
After breakfast, Valeera took a carriage to Backlund University.
She has class in the morning.
It can be seen that after visiting Professor Portland over the weekend, Associate Professor Barak's expression became more natural when facing her than before.
In class, Valeera was a little surprised to find that her cousin Reyes also came to attend the class. He came alone and did not see his two harmful friends from last time.
Of course, this had little effect on her.
Valila lectured as usual, finished class as usual, and went home as usual.
After lunch, she asked her maid Leah to call Burton and said a few words to him face to face, to the effect that she asked him to go to a hotel room in the Hillston area to meet someone in the afternoon.
After arranging this matter, she casually entertained herself for a short period of time. She naturally felt "sleepy" and lay down on the bed to rest under Liya's service.
When the master is resting, the maid will naturally wait outside the door.
When the time was almost up, Valeera got up and changed her clothes, leaving her illusion disguise on the bed. Then she went out invisibly and went to the hotel room she had booked after the "Tarot Club" yesterday, waiting to meet Burton.
To guide Burton to become an Beyonder, it is of course more appropriate to use the identity of the bounty hunter Rexxar.
