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After leaving the insane asylum, Leyton wandered aimlessly through the streets, feeling that something was off, but he couldn't pinpoint it. Bugs Bunny followed at Leyton's feet, his head drooped dispiritedly.
"Have I forgotten something?"
Leyton suddenly muttered thoughtfully. But he truly couldn't remember what he had forgotten.
It wasn't until Leyton carefully sorted through all the information in his mind that he finally discovered the problem:
"I forgot to contact Klein. No, I didn't even have the thought to. Even when I saw him, I only glanced and quickly left."
When he first left the Future, Leyton had planned to find an opportunity to contact Klein before deciding on his next course of action. But now, he had inexplicably set that matter aside, as if it were an insignificant thing.
Leyton's mood instantly plummeted to rock bottom. This method was too similar to a Beyonder of the Spectator Pathway. And with his identity as the Blessed of knowledge, he was inherently an enemy in front of that particular entity.
"I can only hope that when I made a deal with Pallez at the Church earlier, I attracted the Goddess's attention, and it was She who smoothed out my corresponding emotions and desires."
Leyton sighed inwardly, feeling a bit uneasy. He couldn't help but look up at the sky, but there were no dark clouds suddenly blocking his view, nor any birds flying into his sight.
"Alright, TV is misleading. How could one get an epiphany just by looking up?"
Leyton complained to himself.
He stood there hesitating for a long time, but ultimately decided to temporarily leave Tingen.
"Boss, what are you looking at?"
Bugs Bunny at his feet also mimicked his action, looking up at the sky.
"We're going back to the hotel, packing our luggage, and then heading straight to Backlund."
Leyton finished speaking, and without waiting for Bugs Bunny's reaction, he bent down, picked up its cloak, and left the spot by Spirit World Traveling.
After Spirit World Traveling back to his hotel room, Leyton quickly packed his luggage into a leather briefcase, then carried the now-lying-on-the-ground Bugs Bunny to the hotel's front desk to check out.
Leaving the hotel, Leyton found a relatively Hidden corner and once again used Spirit World Traveling to leave the City.
When he reappeared, Leyton was already in a bustling City.
The densely packed houses had the characteristics of Loen. The surrounding crowds and carriages were bustling, and occasionally there were strange machines. A thick fog enveloped the sky, and some towering chimneys could also be seen.
No one noticed a figure carrying a leather briefcase and a cloaked rabbit quietly merging into the crowd.
Leyton listened to the whispers of pedestrians, the shouts of newsboys and vendors, and felt the vitality of this Capital of Capitals.
He hailed a carriage by the roadside: "To Minsk Street, Cherwood Borough."
After arriving at Minsk Street by carriage, Leyton rented the house opposite 15 Minsk Street with some compensation and a higher price.
This house was not large, but it had two floors plus an attic, which was more than enough for Leyton, who was only one person with one rabbit.
After signing the contract with the landlord and directly paying a month's rent and deposit, Leyton received the keys from the landlord and officially moved into his new house.
Bugs Bunny, having continuously experienced Spirit World Traveling, still hadn't recovered, so Leyton had to place it on the sofa for it to rest.
"It's time to find the next small animal. I've even prepared the Beyonder potion materials for a Corpse Collector, but how can an animal act as a Corpse Collector?" Leyton hesitated, thinking that animals probably couldn't properly handle corpses.
"You rest at home. I'm going out." Leyton said, and without waiting for Bugs Bunny's reply, he left the room directly by Spirit World Traveling.
When he reappeared, Leyton arrived at a graveyard in the suburbs.
Since he was preparing the Corpse Collector Pathway potion, Leyton thought that animals that frequently hung around graveyards might be more suitable.
"It's a pity that the bodies buried in the graveyard have all undergone the Church's baptism, so there's no possibility of them turning into zombies. There isn't even much death aura gathering in the graveyard. The Church is quite strict in this regard." Leyton sighed, looking at the clean surroundings.
Leyton wandered aimlessly around the graveyard for a while, but he didn't see many ordinary small animals, let alone those suitable for cultivation into a Beyonder creature.
Seeing that his active search yielded no results, Leyton broke off a branch from a roadside tree, threw it, and followed the direction it pointed.
He kept throwing the branch, silently reciting in his heart: "The animal I want to find."
Following the direction of the constantly thrown branch, Leyton gradually moved away from the graveyard and walked all the way to the vicinity of the Backlund Bridge Area.
The number of tramps and beggars around him noticeably increased. Leyton's brows furrowed slightly, not quite understanding why his divination would point to the Backlund Bridge Area.
"Although there are many people here who are close to death or already dead, I'm looking for an animal!" Leyton muttered.
"Sir, do you need a guide?" A raggedly dressed boy of twelve or thirteen blocked Leyton's path.
The moment he saw the boy, Leyton instinctively analyzed his expression, movements, and gaze.
"Thief, scammer, organized, a habitual offender, not worthy of sympathy." Relevant conclusions quickly appeared in his mind.
Leyton reined in the emotions in his eyes and said coldly, "No need."
Then he stepped past the obviously malnourished little boy.
"Sir, I'm very cheap, only three copper pennies and I can take you all over the Backlund Bridge Area."
The little boy jogged a few steps and blocked Leyton's path again.
"I don't need to go all over the Backlund Bridge Area. Why don't you try to get out of the Backlund Bridge Area?"
Leyton shook his head, refusing again.
"I!"
The little boy froze for a moment, wanting to say something more.
But Leyton didn't give him a chance to speak, passing him again and following the spiritual guidance towards the area ahead.
"Sir! Sir! Two copper pennies, only…"
The little boy behind him was still calling out, but Leyton didn't look back, walking forward on his own.
Occasionally throwing out a small piece of branch from his hand, Leyton navigated through the Backlund Bridge Area, turning and twisting according to the divination's instructions.
He finally stopped in front of a bakery.
Leyton looked at the shop in front of him with some confusion. There was nothing special about it; even by observing with the Eyes of Mystery Prying, he couldn't detect anything.
"Boss, a bag of white bread."
Leyton decided to go forward and make contact.
The boss, with his grey hair and dark skin, looked up at Leyton with considerable surprise, then withdrew his gaze.
In the Backlund Bridge Area, very few people bought white bread; it was considered a luxury for the poor living there.
"Eight copper pennies," the boss said in a hoarse voice.
Leyton readily took out a one-soli banknote and handed it to the boss, quickly receiving a bag of white bread and four copper pennies in return.
Leyton put the returned copper pennies into his pocket and then examined the bag of white bread in his hand again, finding nothing unusual.
"So, why did my divination point here?"
Leyton couldn't quite figure out the result of the divination.
He had originally intended to sit on a bench and think carefully, but after glancing at the surroundings, Leyton abandoned the idea.
He opened the paper bag containing the white bread, still finding nothing special. Leyton simply took out a piece of bread and took a bite.
It was a bit hard and not particularly palatable, but it was much better than the bread most poor people ate, which was mixed with sand and wheat husks.
A dark figure swiftly swooped down, snatched the bitten white bread from Leyton's hand, and flew away.
Leyton didn't react in time, and the white bread in his hand was indeed snatched by a crow.
As he watched the crow rapidly flee, Leyton's eyes instantly filled with a layer of blue-white luminescence.
"Deterrence!" A Dragonese word was uttered.
The crow flying in mid-air seemed to have suffered a terrifying blow, falling straight down.
"A Sequence 5 Beyonder, having bread snatched from his hand by an ordinary crow. If anyone knew, it would become the black mark of my life."
Leyton muttered as he walked towards where the crow had fallen.
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