The red moon outside the window was obscured by clouds, the moonlight filtering through the curtains could only barely outline the contours of large furniture in the bedroom. Dimness and gloom dominated the room.
Klein sat in such an environment, not in a hurry to leave.
He looked at the sleeping Dr. Allen in bed, quietly analyzing the images he had seen in the dream just now:
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"His crisis comes from the 'Serpent of Mercury's' coveting of him, or the sealed artifact he is involved in.
"But the 'Serpent of Mercury' is Sequence 1, belonging to beings closest to gods, just its name alone reflects its high status. There's no way it can't deal with a child like Will Auceptin. That
"This matter seems not that simple; it must hide a great secret."
Thinking this, Klein had already decided to retreat.
"This sounds very dangerous, and that deck of tarot cards might not be a mystical item; the special one is likely Will Auceptin himself. Hmm, aside from having nightmares, Dr. Allen has already gotten rid of his troubles. I have no reason to get involved in this, to intentionally perform here and challenge the impossible, that's almost suicide... Hmm, yes, I must obey my heart!" Klein supported himself on the dressing table with his black-gloved right hand and slowly stood up.
After the dream entry just now, he could be certain that Dr. Allen's nightmares originated from revelations obtained by his own Astral Body from the Spirit World, and those revelations were deliberately created and provided by a high-level, high-status existence. The paper crane was a locating tool.
According to a certain chapter in the "Book of Secrets", Klein could also try to use that paper crane to find Dr. Allen's Astral Body roaming the Spirit World and secretly observe where the revelations came from, but he had just decided not to get involved.
Stretching his body, driven by final curiosity, Klein took out Dr. Allen's leather wallet and removed the paper crane from it.
He placed the paper crane on the head of his cane, holding both, then his eyes turned deep and he muttered:
"Will Auceptin's current location."
After repeating the divination statement seven times, a gentle breeze suddenly swirled in the room, carrying a chill that seemed to blow the soul.
Klein let go of his right hand. The cane stood steady at first, then fell with the paper crane, pointing diagonally toward the bed.
"There..." Klein frowned slightly, changed his position, repeated the divination just now, and obtained feedback smoothly.
The intersection point of the two divinations was Dr. Allen!
Will Auceptin's position overlaps with Dr. Allen... That's interesting... Klein muttered to himself, finding it both amusing and stunning.
His curiosity instantly reached its peak.
Although he didn't plan to get involved, he wanted to understand why the overlap occurred.
Hmm... take the paper crane to the Gray Fog for divination. With the Gray Fog shielding, no accident will happen... Klein quickly had a new idea.
Since it was inconvenient to hold the ritual of summoning himself in Dr. Allen's bedroom, he decided to take the paper crane home first.
In fact, he had been prepared for this—before coming, Klein wasn't certain of the seriousness of the situation and had thought he might go look for Will Auceptin to see if he could get that deck of tarot cards. So, he had prepared another paper crane in advance, intending to replace the genuine one to facilitate his various divinations, and swap them back after the problem was resolved.
Thinking, he did it. Klein took the prepared paper crane from his pocket.
He had specifically folded it on the Gray Fog, to prevent Dr. Allen from suddenly deciding to hand over the Will Auceptin-related item to the
Being thorough and detailed in advance indeed makes things much simpler... Klein praised himself.
By the dim moonlight, he carefully compared Will Auceptin's paper crane with his own folded one, looking for obvious differences.
This look left Klein silent.
His craftsmanship was even worse than a child's...
Actually, they are all paper cranes, no big difference. Mine is just a bit rougher. As long as Allen hasn't studied the original repeatedly, he definitely won't tell it's been swapped... Klein muttered silently to himself, took out a coin, and made a final confirmation using divination.
After receiving affirmative revelation, he placed his own folded paper crane into Allen's wallet and returned it to its original position. Then he dealt with the scene and left 3 Berninghan Road, carrying Will Auceptin's paper crane.
Using the "Cane Divination Method", Klein returned home smoothly. Taking advantage of his bath time, he used the method of summoning himself to send the paper crane along with the "Universal Key" to the Gray Fog.
Sitting in the silent and empty palace, he picked up the paper crane, examined it carefully for a few seconds, and found nothing unusual.
Then, Klein materialized paper and pen and wrote down the same divination statement as before:
"Will Auceptin's current location."
This time, he used the "Dream Divination Method" instead, and in that gray, fragmented world, he was pleasantly surprised to see images appear:
It was a dark room. Will Auceptin, with his handsome features and pitch-black eyes, used a chair to lean on the desk by the window, gazing at the scenery outside.
He held a stack of tarot cards in each hand, and there was a pile of building blocks beside him.
Those blocks formed a snake that looped into a circle, head to tail.