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After calming his emotions for a while, Klein was about to ask something.
"You—"
"Are you sure you don't want to climb out of the grave first? Although it's your own grave, it's still quite strange for us to be like this."
Leyton reminded him.
"Uh…"
All the words Klein wanted to say were swallowed back. He propped himself up and stood. He found that his Clown ability had not disappeared.
After stepping out of the coffin, Klein stood beside his tombstone and saw the inscription on it.
"The best brother, the best son, the best colleague."
His mood became heavy again, and an unspeakable sorrow permeated his heart.
Finally, he just sighed, withdrew his gaze, squatted down, re-closed the coffin lid, filled in the dirt, and covered it with the stone slab.
After completing all this, Klein stood up again and clapped his hands.
"I thought you would ask me to help you restore this place!"
Leyton spoke, interrupting Klein's thoughts.
Klein was stunned for a moment, then said, "You could have reminded me earlier!"
"Do you want to visit your captain's grave?"
Leyton asked.
Without waiting for Klein's answer, he rose from the high-backed chair formed by starlight and walked to the other side. The high-backed chair that remained in place dissipated into specks of starlight.
Klein followed Leyton and arrived at his captain's tombstone. He stared blankly, his vision blurring.
Klein mumbled for a long time in front of Dunn's grave. Finally, he said with a choked voice, "Captain… we miss you very much too!"
Leyton stood in the distance, watching Klein mumble in front of Dunn's tombstone, not going forward to disturb him.
It wasn't until Klein had re-composed himself that Leyton walked over and asked with a concerned tone, "Have you adjusted your state?"
"Yes."
Klein's answer was calm. Then he looked into Leyton's eyes and asked solemnly, "Do you know who the True culprit behind this series of events is?"
"Ince Zangwill, the former Archbishop of the Church of the Evernight Goddess," Leyton replied.
Without waiting for Klein's follow-up questions, he continued, "A spirit wandering in the void, an upper-realm creature friendly to humans, a messenger exclusive to Al Tines."
"This is the summoning incantation for my messenger. You can contact me through it."
"If you are willing, you can also tell me your honorific name, or the honorific name of the one behind you. I will find a time to chant it later."
Klein heard Leyton's words and was first nervous, then hesitant.
Leyton simply handed him a gold coin: "If you are indecisive, why not do a divination? This is a Seer's habit."
Klein took the gold coin from him. He always felt that the person opposite him was very familiar with him, even though he didn't know him.
Klein didn't hesitate and simply tossed the gold coin into the air, then reached out to catch it, performing a quick divination.
After receiving a positive answer, Klein breathed a slight sigh of relief. Although he didn't know if the other party had taken anti-divination measures, he currently had no right or reason to refuse.
He reached out and handed the gold coin back.
"Keep it. You probably don't have any money on you now."
Leyton did not take the gold coin Klein offered.
Klein silently withdrew his hand, not because it was a gold coin, but because, as the other party said, he truly had no money on him at the moment.
"I can tell you the honorific name of that great existence."
"Fool who does not belong to this era, the mysterious Ruler above the Gray Fog, the King of Yellow and Black Who Wields Good Luck."
Klein spoke of that great existence. He didn't know how much the person opposite him understood about him, but his Fool identity was one of his biggest secrets, and he absolutely wouldn't expose it if he could avoid it.
Leyton didn't care about Klein's wariness. This was a normal reaction. If he had trusted him so quickly, Leyton would truly have to worry if there was a problem.
"Good! I will pray to that great existence later."
"You will likely need some private time to deal with your own matters next. I won't disturb you. When you have something, you can contact me through my messenger."
After speaking, Leyton turned and stepped into the Spirit World.
Klein watched the figure in front of him rapidly fade and disappear, suddenly feeling a bit envious of this ability to come and go freely.
"I don't know what Sequence he is, but it's definitely not low. Sequence 5? Or higher?"
Klein gazed at the spot where Leyton's figure disappeared, muttering to himself for a while.
The other party did not show any malice, and his spiritual intuition did not send any warnings. This was the real reason Klein was willing to temporarily believe his words.
Composing himself, Klein found a hidden place, took four reverse steps, and entered the Gray Fog.
Sitting in Fool's seat, Klein materialized a yellowish-brown parchment and a fountain pen, writing down a line for divination:
"The one who killed me."
Although the person named Al Tines just told him who the killer was, Klein still wanted to confirm it again.
Using meditation, he quickly entered a dream state. Klein entered a hazy gray world.
Here he saw the former Archbishop of the Church of the Evernight Goddess with dark gold short hair. He wore a black double-breasted long formal coat, his eyes were deep blue, almost black, but one was blind. His facial features were sculpted, without a single wrinkle.
"His True purpose in planning these things was to obtain the ashes of Saint Selina stored behind Charles Gate? And to use this to advance to Sequence 4 of the Sleepless pathway?"
"His target was more of the Captain, rather than me…"
Klein wrote down the corresponding divination statement on the parchment again, picked up the pendulum, and let the citrine pendant hang over the paper, almost touching it.
After silently chanting the divination statement, the pendant rotated clockwise.
Divination successful!
Afterward, Klein wrote a new divination statement on the parchment: "Al Tines has no ill will towards me."
He closed his eyes again, silently chanted the divination statement, and performed the corresponding divination.
The pendant still rotated clockwise. Divination successful!
Klein continued to divine the locations of Ince Zangwill and Lanevus above the Gray Fog, and the results all pointed to Backlund.
Just as Klein was about to continue divining other content, the Gray Fog in front of him surged like a tide. A deep red star appeared and was constantly expanding and contracting. Muffled prayers began to resound above the Gray Fog.
Klein quickly touched the suddenly appearing deep red star with his consciousness. The scene that came into view was of Al Tines, whom he had met recently, chanting Fool's honorific name in a study.
"He's already chanting the honorific name so quickly? I thought he would do corresponding divinations and preparations beforehand!"
"Or is he very confident in himself?"
Klein muttered to himself.
Then, through the connection of the deep red star, he pulled Al Tines above the Gray Fog.
After chanting Fool's honorific name a few times in the study, Leyton originally planned to rest and wait for Klein's response. Unexpectedly, the next moment, the scene in front of him flipped, and he appeared above the Gray Fog.
Looking at the suddenly transformed scene before him: the high dome, the ancient bronze long table and high-backed chairs, and the figure sitting at the top of the bronze long table, shrouded in Gray Fog and indistinct.
Leyton did not restrain his curiosity and carefully surveyed the surrounding environment.
After a while, as if coming back to his senses, he stood up and bowed to the figure sitting at the top of the bronze long table.
"Good evening! How should I address you?"
Leyton spoke calmly, as if he had rehearsed it many times in his mind.
"They call me Mr. Fool."
Klein, shrouded beneath the Gray Fog, spoke in a detached yet authoritative tone.
"Why do I feel he's more curious about this Gray Fog and the surrounding environment than he is about me, Mr. Fool!"
Klein silently muttered to himself.
From the moment he pulled Leyton into this space above the Gray Fog, he had already activated his Spirit Vision, observing the changes in his emotions.
The other party's emotional fluctuations when facing this Gray Fog space were greater than his emotional fluctuations when seeing him, Fool. Of course, this did not rule out that the other party had prepared himself mentally during this time.
"Alright, Mr. Fool."
Leyton said cooperatively.
"His purpose."
Klein tried to make his image as Fool appear profound and inscrutable.
Sitting opposite him was a fellow suspected to be Sequence 5, possibly Sequence 4, so he had to deal with him carefully.
"The Hidden Sage wants to reach a certain cooperation with you. Before you re-ascend to the throne of the great Ruler above the Spirit World, the Hidden Sage will give you some help. I am one of them, and there is also a completely new system based on the Spirit World, different from potions."
"Of course, if needed, there can also be other help, or rather, investment."
Leyton recounted the prepared statement.
Klein was stunned when he heard the phrase "become the great Ruler above the Spirit World," and a cold sweat broke out on his back. He highly suspected that the other party already knew that he was not a True great existence.
Forcibly suppressing his inner shock, he maintained his voice and demeanor, continuing to speak with a profound and inscrutable image:
"A completely new system based on the Spirit World, different from potions?"
This was indeed a question Klein was very concerned about. A completely new system that did not belong to potions had already broken his existing knowledge of mysticism.
"Please allow me to demonstrate."
After receiving Mr. Fool's affirmation, Leyton stood up, quickly closed his eyes in meditation, outlined a complete pattern in his mind, and vibrated his spirituality.
As his spirituality rippled, an incomplete ring composed of gears and chains appeared behind him.
He demonstrated the ring and explained its abilities in detail.
"You can ask the Seven Lights of the Spirit World for more detailed information. They know much more about this system than I do, and they can answer more of your questions."
Leyton mentioned the Seven Lights of the Spirit World.
Being able to establish contact with the Seven Lights earlier was a good thing for Klein.
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