An abnormal reaction? It really is the "Blasphemy Card"! After receiving the reply and entering the gray fog, Klein first felt joy, then sighed in amazement:
"Is Miss Justice's efficiency too high?"
"I only entrusted the task this afternoon, and she's already verified it by evening..."
"Moreover, it's already well past the closing time of the Kingdom Museum!"
"And the 'Mind Reader' certainly doesn't have any infiltration-type mystical abilities!"
"Gasp, the power of her family is probably even greater than I imagined..."
"Fortunately, no strange phenomena occurred during the verification; otherwise, I could only have Miss Justice play innocent and hand over the card, which would mean that I have no connection with this treasure... Nothing is ever a hundred percent certain..."
As his thoughts flashed, Klein heard Miss Justice's follow-up question:
"Mr. Fool, what secret does that bookmark actually hide?"
"Mm, if your Blessed is unwilling to give the answer, then just pretend I didn't ask."
Of course, it hides the secret of a "Blasphemy Card"! Klein inwardly exulted silently.
After careful thought, he decided to wait until the "Blasphemy Card" was in hand before responding to Miss Justice, lest she be too shocked and behave abnormally, adversely affecting his own actions.
Klein did not rush back to the real world. Instead, he sat in the silent, empty ancient palace, pondering when and how to act.
Miss Justice had caused some damage to the bookmark. He didn't know if it would be discovered later... or if the bookmark would gradually show signs of abnormality and attract attention... Therefore, there could be no delay, no waiting. It was best to make a move tonight! After a flurry of thoughts, Klein gradually reached a decision.
Then, based on his morning observations, he manifested a floor plan of the first level of the Kingdom Museum and a rough sketch of the surrounding environment.
Looking at this map, Klein simulated different action plans and soon settled on a relatively safe one.
Finally, he performed a divination again to confirm the level of danger.
Seeing no change, he returned to the real world and began various preparations.
Klein's original idea was to use his own method of self-response, "drawing" a pattern from memory, forging a similar bookmark, and after sneaking in, replacing it, ensuring no one would notice or know for a long time. When it was eventually discovered, it would be completely impossible to trace back to him.
However, after repeated deliberation, he felt this was actually bad. If the forged bookmark were discovered, the prime suspect would be Miss Justice, who had touched the original bookmark today.
He could not put Miss Justice at high risk for the sake of a treasure. She was doing this to help him! Klein finally figured out a way to avoid suspicion falling on Miss Justice.
That was to not only steal the required bookmark but also take the surrounding items, including some lighter books!
Huff... Prepared, Klein took out his gold-cased pocket watch, opened it to check the time, and patiently waited for the period after nine o'clock and before midnight.
Too early, and the nearby residents would not yet be asleep, which would not suit his plan. Too late, and there would be almost no pedestrians on the streets; simply walking would be suspicious. Moreover, during this period, because of the serial murder case, all of Backlund was under tight martial law.
This was both advantageous and disadvantageous for Klein's operation!
Tick, tock, tick, tock—the hands kept moving. As the night deepened and the crimson moon rose, they finally passed nine o'clock.
Klein pocketed the "Universal Key" and other items, picked up his cane, first went to the East Borough to change his attire, then took a rented carriage several times, arriving at a place a good distance from King's Avenue in the West Borough.
By this time, an hour and three-quarters had passed.
His original plan had actually not been this. He had thought of using the method of summoning himself and responding to himself, turning into a spirit body, quickly flying over the distance from Cherwood Borough to the West Borough, then sneaking into the Kingdom Museum, using that special state to succeed without being detected.
However, he ultimately abandoned this plan because of the potential high risk.
Backlund had high-sequence beyonders, and more than one!
With the serial murder case causing widespread panic and remaining unsolved for a long time, it was possible that some high-sequence beyonder was consciously using their own mystical abilities or corresponding sealed items to monitor certain areas. The journey from Cherwood Borough to the West Borough was neither long nor short. A special spirit flying over like that had a non-negligible chance of being detected.
This could not be completely ignored just because the divination result said "some danger but not high," because what divination obtained was basically not an intuitive answer but a revelation that needed interpretation.
In other words, the result "some danger but not high" required a precondition: that he himself made relatively good choices.
Therefore, for the sake of caution, Klein revised his original plan but retained the core idea.
............ 2 King's Avenue, Kingdom Museum.
On the multi-gabled roof stood four security personnel in wool coats. They endured the cold autumn night wind, carefully surveying their respective directions. Once someone approached the museum, even if they used the shadows of trees and buildings for cover, it would be hard to escape their eyes.
Just from this arrangement, one could see that the security company that had taken on this contract was very professional.