SWDnovel Chapter 79 There are no fortuitous encounters there, only Chick!
Chapter 79 There are no fortuitous encounters there, only Chick!
Chapter 79 There are no fortuitous encounters there, only Chick!
Klein curiously examined the liquid in his hand that emitted a faint white light, feeling that it was of much better quality than the holy water that the Church of the Night provided to the Night Watchers.
"If I sell this, won't all the genuine holy water from the church be considered counterfeit?"
He muttered something under his breath, and his spiritual energy spread, causing the gray mist in the entire space to tremble.
With some difficulty, he managed to separate a thin wisp of gray mist and blend it into the liquid in the cup.
The bubbling water seemed to be boiling, and the white light it emitted disappeared. The silvery-white covering the surface of the water was tinged with gray and became more subdued.
He then conjured a gold coin and simply claimed it.
Upon confirming the success of his attempt, he immediately unleashed his spirituality, touching the deep red star that represented Cyril.
In the first-floor washroom, west Ruien had just managed to straighten up with difficulty, leaning on the sink, when the next second, thick, grayish-white steam filled his vision.
Deep within the surging gray fog, a figure sitting upright in a high-backed chair was looking down at him.
"Recite my name."
Without hesitation, Cyril began to recite the name of "The Fool" in ancient Hermes:
"You are a fool who does not belong to this era. You are the mysterious ruler above the gray fog. You are the king of yellow and black who holds good fortune."
"A fool who doesn't belong to this era..."
Just as he was repeating it for the second time, he suddenly saw the gray fog in front of him surging violently, and a few drops of sparkling water fell on him.
A series of cracking sounds, like being bathed in the morning light, spread throughout his body. At the same time, the sound of stones breaking echoed around him, making him feel exceptionally relaxed, and his body was no longer stiff and numb.
A few seconds later, the crackling sound on my body disappeared, and a chill ran up my body.
He quickly looked down and realized that he was naked. The petrified clothes he was wearing had turned into a pile of rubble at his feet.
-（○_○；）——
Your after-sales service is a bit poor.
Fortunately, the "Fool" had already looked away, so he didn't have to awkwardly cover his lower body with his hand.
Um...: Maybe he already saw it, which is why he looked away so quickly.
After muttering a few words to himself, Xi Ruien walked out of the bathroom, hesitated for a moment, then reached out and pulled a coat from the body on the floor and wrapped it around his waist.
Although he may have already been seen naked by Klein above the gray fog, he still wanted to maintain his last shred of dignity.
A few minutes later, Klein came down the stairs, glanced at Sirion who had pulled off his clothes from the ground and wrapped them around his waist, his lips twitched slightly, and then he stopped paying attention.
What he needs to deal with now is the body on the ground. Should he call the police in the name of self-defense, throw the body into a sewer, or change his name and leave again?
Each of the three solutions had its advantages and disadvantages, and he was undecided for a moment, so he looked at Sirion:
"What are your opinions on the disposal of the body?"
Cyril looked at the body on the ground, the one whose clothes he had stripped off, then glanced at Klein, pondered for a moment, and handed him an ancient gold coin that he had collected.
This is what he just found on the body.
"You can have a divination done, or I can do one for you."
Klein:.:
You're quite the genius to suggest that someone else should take over.
Muttering a curse to himself, Klein didn't take the ancient gold coin. Instead, he took off the yellow crystal pendant hidden in his left sleeve and began to examine it.
A minute later, Klein put away the citrine pendant and began to clean up the scene.
Cyril watched as he skillfully rummaged through the corpse for any valuables, then used a dagger to distort the wounds on the throat, back, and hands, while also removing the bullet from the body.
He then collected the bloodstained paper contracts, the bullet casings on the ground, the bullets that had just been removed, and the extraordinary properties extracted from the corpse, intending to offer them as a sacrifice to the gray fog after Cyril left.
Watching Klein clean up the scene from beginning to end, Sirion's eyebrows twitched, and he couldn't help but sigh:
"You're better suited to be a professional killer than a detective."
Klein looked up at him: "How did you know I'm a detective?"
Cyril: "I just went to the Harvest Church this morning."
Klein subconsciously imagined himself clashing with Emlyn, who was forced to volunteer at Harvest Church, and then remarked:
"You're going a bit too far. It's bad enough that you tricked the vampire into doing volunteer work at the Catholic Church, but you also keep going there to provoke him."
Cyril retorted, "I was just trying to help him expand his new business. Isn't being a clergyman in the Church of Mother Earth better than being a wild vampire?"
Klein resisted the urge to roll his eyes, skipped the topic, and instead asked:
What happened to you in the mirror world?
Cyril's expression froze for a moment, then he sighed, "I don't know either."
"Really, I only vaguely sensed a special mirror world at the time, and it seemed like there was something very important to me there."
"And then you went there?" Klein asked curiously.
Cyril shook his head: "How could that be? Who would believe in adventures in the mirror world? There's only Chik there!"
Klein: "Who is Chick?"
Cyril didn't explain, but continued, "After sensing that special mirror world, I immediately ran in the opposite direction, but I didn't get away completely."
"Often, seeing is mutual. After I sensed that special mirror world, I was naturally discovered by that special mirror world, and then a little bit of aura clung to me."
"At that time, all I saw were many thick, python-like shadows coiled around the mirror world I was in, being stared at by beams of malevolent light, and then I was cursed with petrification."
"Before I was completely petrified, I ran away in a random direction and just happened to land in your bathroom."
Klein's lips twitched slightly as he summarized for him:
"So, you found an opportunity in the mirror world and chose to escape, but you were caught by a sliver of power that leaked out from there and were cursed."
"...a story that is absurd and somewhat hasty."
Cyril shrugged: "If this is too hasty, I can also make up a thrilling and dramatic story."
"Back then, I stumbled upon a forbidden zone of life in the mirror world, which alarmed the ancient supreme beings hidden within, leading to a great battle that shattered the world."
The rules collapsed, and he was ultimately defeated by a single move, fleeing here wounded.
"I hope you can take me in here to recuperate. Once I return to my peak, I will surely crush the forbidden zone and annihilate that ancient supreme being."
I will transform him into resources for my further progress.
Klein: (_○;)
"That was a well-written story, but don't make it up next time."
Cyril shrugged nonchalantly: "Didn't you think my previous description was too hasty? Isn't this much more exciting?"
"..." Klein decisively skipped over this topic and instead asked:
"How should we divide the spoils he carried?"
Cyril: "I only want cash, the rest is yours. By the way, could you buy me some clothes? I don't look very presentable going out like this."
Klein shook his head: "No, the gunshots weren't covered up. The neighbors must have already reported it to the sheriff."
Someone will come to investigate soon.
"Can't you enter the mirror world? Why don't you just go back through the mirror world?"
Cyril's expression stiffened for a moment: "It's possible, but I'm temporarily traumatized by that place and don't want to go in."
Klein glanced at him helplessly, inwardly complaining as he said:
"Then find a place to hide, just don't let the sheriff find you, and don't affect my reputation."
Cyril raised his hand and gave an OK sign: "No problem, just lend me a set of clothes."
Thump~ thump~
A knocking sounded suddenly.
"So fast?"
Slightly surprised by the speed at which the Backlund sheriff arrived, Klein immediately handed over all the tools he had just collected and the spoils from the body to Sirion, adding:
"Hide me well, preferably in a place where it's hard for the sheriff to find me and also hard for divination to find."
"That's easy."
Cyril raised his hand, and a crystal ball shimmering with dazzling starlight quickly took shape, then shattered with a snap, turning into fragments that merged into the void.
Is this a tactic of interference to gain control?
Klein paused for a moment, nodded to him, and then walked straight towards the door.
Seeing this, Sirion immediately slipped away to the second floor, found a mirror, threw the things in his hand into it, took a set of Klein's clothes and changed into them, and then easily avoided all eyes by "opening the door" and left.