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After agreeing to take Arrodes to see Klein, Lin Ruo asked a few more questions that he was concerned about, and then chose to find Saint Anthony to say goodbye, taking the lick-dog mirror back to his own office first.
Casually placing Arrodes on the table, Lin Ruo sat down in the chair, couldn't help but sigh, and rubbed his temples with a headache, "What's going on... What am I exactly?"
Lin Ruo once thought that after collecting so much information, even if most of his past memories were not restored, he would at least figure out what exactly happened to him in the past, but now, he was confused again.
"Or maybe one day in the future, I will really find out that I am an Outer God, or maybe I should call it a Great Old One?" Lin Ruo joked to himself, but his mood became more and more complicated.
He then remembered the words that he in his memory had said to him, and the information he had obtained, and immediately felt a headache.
"Advance to Sequence 0... But the Hunter's advancement to Sequence 0 requires launching a war that sweeps across the continent and winning it. How could I possibly do such a thing? Isn't this pit me?" Thinking of that pitfalls ritual requirement, Lin Ruo immediately felt a little upset.
It was impossible for him to launch a war for the sake of advancement, which would violate his principles.
Asking him to do such a thing was worse than asking him to die.
"It shouldn't be, how could I leave myself with such a big pit... Could it be that I have to jump sequences?" Lin Ruo thought of a certain possibility, and suddenly his body trembled, resolutely shaking his head, "No, there's no way I'm going to jump to the Witch sequence, not even if I die."
"Moreover, the Witch needs to spread even more disasters to advance, which is not as good as the Hunter!"
"Could it be that I have to learn from the Blood Emperor and jump sequences in a reckless manner? Hmm, what other ways are there to advance to Sequence 0 nowadays..." Lin Ruo seriously thought about it, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt the pressure.
After all, being a Big Brother in the past was a thing of the past, who knows what the situation is now.
The past He was too much of a riddle man, making Lin Ruo's head hurt from thinking.
"Forget it, I won't think about this for now, anyway, I'm still far from Sequence 0, at worst, I'll really learn from the Blood Emperor and jump sequences recklessly when the time comes, but wouldn't that really drive me crazy..." Lin Ruo sighed, and then his gaze fell on the metal box.
He hesitated for a moment, and then tried to open the box.
"Click——"
After a soft sound, the metal box was opened without any surprises. Lin Ruo's gaze fell into the box, and he saw a bronze key lying quietly inside.
The key was about half the length of an adult's palm, not wide, and there were no mysterious and complex patterns engraved on it, making it look very simple.
Lin Ruo took a deep breath, and then picked up the key. The moment he picked it up, Lin Ruo had a feeling.
He could use this key to open a door.
At the same time, a illusory door appeared in front of Lin Ruo. It was the same style as the key, but a special symbol was engraved on the door frame directly above.
Lin Ruo had never seen that symbol, but the moment he saw it, Lin Ruo understood its meaning—"History."
"The Door of History? What does it mean? Could it be that opening this door will allow me to travel back to the past?" Lin Ruo was a little confused. The moment this thought appeared in his mind, some more information appeared in his mind.
—After opening this door, you cannot truly return to the past, but only enter the illusion of history, and you will not truly encounter danger in it.
"The illusion of history..." Lin Ruo chewed on this word. He could probably understand what this word meant literally. After hesitating for a moment, Lin Ruo suddenly smiled, "I wouldn't harm myself, would I..."
He decided to try opening the door.
But before that, he had to prepare a little.
...
Wednesday, morning.
"...In short, because of some things, I may need to leave for a while. During this time, you will have to be self-reliant. You can use this mirror first. If I don't come back in a few days, you can go and give it to Archbishop Saint Anthony yourself, and he will return the mirror for you."
Inside the Sherlock Detective Agency, Lin Ruo was drinking black tea while instructing. On the table in front of him were Arrodes and a metal box. Inside the metal box were the Seer potion ingredients sent by Bornova.
Because he couldn't tell Klein about the Outer God, and he wasn't sure what would happen after opening the Door of History, Lin Ruo just vaguely told Klein that he had something to do and would probably need to leave for a while, with no definite date of return. He also gave Klein the Seer's potion formula and ingredients.
"I know..." Klein nodded, looked at Lin Ruo hesitantly, and still said: "Although I don't know what happened, but Lin Ruo, be careful in everything, and come back safely."
Lin Ruo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Yes, I will... You also have to be careful, digest the potion well, I'm waiting for the day you advance."
After speaking, Lin Ruo's smile suddenly became strange, and he pushed Arrodes towards Klein, saying: "Here, your mirror, don't you want to take a look?"
"What do you mean my mirror? Isn't this a steam... Huh?" Klein's voice stopped abruptly, because he saw that on the surface of the Arrodes mirror, which Lin Ruo described as having a rather wicked taste, a line of words suddenly appeared:
"Your loyal, humble servant, Arrodes, is at your service."
Klein: Ah?
Klein was a little confused. He couldn't help but glance at Lin Ruo and asked, "Is this called... wicked taste?"
"No, this is called simping." Lin Ruo said seriously, then smiled and said: "It's not like this to others... It's probably like this to you because of that gray fog."
Gray fog?
Klein frowned slightly, looking at Arrodes on the table with some vigilance.
Seeing this, Lin Ruo didn't plan to say anything good for Arrodes. After all, if you want to become the final winner, how can you not experience some hardships? He believed that Arrodes would overcome them.
Lin Ruo just drank the remaining tea in his cup in one gulp, then stood up, stretched his back, and said: "If there's nothing else, I'll leave first... See you next time."
"See you next time." Klein also ignored the mirror and said seriously.
"Bye bye." Lin Ruo waved his hand and used Traveling to return to his office. After confirming that everything was ready, he took a deep breath and took out the key from the metal box again.
The illusory door reappeared in front of Lin Ruo. This time, Lin Ruo did not hesitate, raised his hand and chose to open the door with the key.
"Rumble——"
The door opened. At that moment, Lin Ruo saw countless phantoms flashing behind the door, and saw gray mist, but before he could take a closer look, a sense of dizziness surrounded him.
Lin Ruo lost consciousness.
...
"Chirp chirp..."
Something was noisy in his ears, it seemed to be birdsong, and it seemed that someone was talking.
Lin Ruo opened his eyes, and what he saw was a clear blue sky, green leaves, and a face that, although much younger, he could still recognize.
—Roselle!
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