"What?" Klein was stunned by
As he spoke, Klein shuddered, suddenly feeling a foreboding.
Rozanne furrowed her pretty brows and said uncertainly: "Maybe I'm remembering it wrong... No, in the first half of the year, Mrs.
No piano in the first half of the year... Still answering why he was single... Klein tensed up and asked in a deep voice, "Rozanne, when was the last time you visited Old Neil?"
"Since Cohen Lee became a Nighthawk and Viole chose to leave and stopped being staff, I've either been working all night or catching up on sleep. When would I have time to visit anyone... Well, it started at the beginning of June." Rozanne was a bit confused by the question and could only answer honestly.
Klein felt his heart sink as he listened, as if he had a premonition of something.
He quickly took out a half-penny coin from his pocket and held it between his thumb and middle finger.
Taking a deep breath, Klein deliberated and quickly settled on a "divination statement."
"Old Neil's current condition is wrong."
"Old Neil's current condition is wrong."
...
Chanting silently, his eyes rapidly turned dark, and he entered a state of meditation.
Clang!
He flicked his thumb, sending the copper-colored penny spinning and rotating into the air.
Slap! The coin landed, perfectly in Klein's open palm.
This time, the head of George III was facing up.
And the head meant correct, meant affirmation.
This meant that Old Neil's current condition was indeed wrong!
Klein grasped the coin and suddenly remembered when he had just advanced and quickly mastered Spirit Vision. He had seen a pair of almost transparent, eerily cold, eyelash-less, bizarrely illusory eyes behind Old Neil's back.
At the time, he had explained it as the residual manifestation of a ritualistic magic!
Right, I also saw an almost shapeless figure in the shadows of the doorway. The color of his aura was completely identical to the dim, sallow surroundings... And that time when I completely digested the "Seer" potion, I secretly changed the toggle for my Spirit Vision to clicking my teeth. Afterwards, I tried it and casually looked at Old Neil. He suddenly started coughing violently, coughing as if his heart was being torn apart... Scenes flashed through Klein's mind one after another, making his expression grow more solemn.
Rozanne looked at him, then asked fearfully and with trepidation: "Old Neil won't lose control, will he? No, although he's stingy and miserly and wants to expense everything, he's actually a good person. He rarely gets truly angry. No, he won't lose control..."
"I'm not sure, but I think Old Neil is just close to losing control." Klein comforted Rozanne before quickly passing through the partition and pushing open the door to the captain's office.
"What happened?" He didn't blame Klein, his expression turning very serious.
Klein answered concisely but without concealment: "Captain, I divined that Old Neil's condition is wrong."
"Last month, Old Neil told me his deceased wife loved music, but today Rozanne said he always remained single."
"Also, on the day I became a Beyonder, I saw a pair of illusory, eerie eyes behind Old Neil watching everything, and an almost transparent figure peeping at the door. He told me it was the remnant of a ritual magic."
"I felt something was off, so I tried a divination."
Dunn listened with a grave expression, then stood up abruptly. As he walked to the coat rack, he asked suspiciously: "Why didn't you just divine whether Old Neil had lost control?"
"Over the past month, Old Neil has shown no difference from a normal Beyonder. He even helped me and Svein eliminate a Punisher who had lost control. I've also observed his aura color several times with Spirit Vision and found it relatively healthy, just a bit aged. So I think he's only approaching loss of control, showing certain signs, and there's still room for recovery." Klein expressed his views in one breath.
Dunn donned his black top hat and put on his knee-length trench coat, then nodded slightly.
"A very reasonable deduction... Let's go visit Old Neil now. Hmm, try to avoid provoking him."
"And then try to control him, use ritualistic magic to stabilize his condition and curb his deterioration."
Control... Klein had an epiphany upon hearing that word.
"Captain, can we use the
He had been thinking about how to resolve Old Neil's situation, wanting to save him if possible. But he had been too flustered, too unsettled, too worried to find a clue, until Dunn Smith's words enlightened him, reminding him of a Sealed Artifact that could be useful: "Number: 0611."
"Name: Silent Hair."
"Danger Level: '3', possesses a certain level of danger, needs to be used carefully, can only be requested for actions with three or more people."
"Secrecy Level: Full Nighthawk member and above."