Klein slowly turned his head and glanced at Danitz.
The great pirate, whose bounty was as high as 5,500 pounds, immediately shut his mouth and straightened his face, as if nothing had happened.
After confirming that Illyn had boarded the passenger ship without incident, Klein turned around, walked back to the carriage, and asked seemingly casually:
"You heard all of that conversation clearly, right?"
"No, no, just a little, a little..." Danitz gave a dry laugh and shook his head.
Klein nodded lightly:
"You have to recall it, or it'll be very easy to be recognized as a fake."
"Recognized as a fake... me?" Danitz raised his hand in bewilderment and pointed at his nose.
Klein's expression remained unchanged as he said:
"She's from the
"Me? I can't! I can't even come close to looking like that! I'd be recognized at a single glance!" Danitz was taken aback.
Klein suppressed his smile and lowered his voice:
"I'll lend you '
"...No, no, I don't have any experience in this area. I definitely won't be able to fool Vice Admiral Ailment's subordinates!" Danitz tried to refuse, extremely nervous and terrified.
In his eyes, this was an utterly shitty and shameful thing, something only a pervert or a madman could accomplish without any psychological baggage!
Klein nodded in agreement and said flatly:
"Indeed, you are rather foolish."
Danitz forced a smile:
"Yes, I am very foolish."
Klein stopped talking, passed Danitz, and opened the carriage door.
Danitz's gaze subconsciously followed, and he suddenly noticed that Gehrman Sparrow's sideburns had turned red.
He blinked dazedly, saw that the lines of the other's profile had softened, his eyes were a deep emerald green, his lips were gently pursed, appearing slightly weak and wavering, with a neutral, handsome beauty, exactly the same as Illyn who had just left not long ago.
"..." Watching Gehrman Sparrow's figure enter the carriage, Danitz turned his head, his mouth twitching.
He was silent for a few seconds, then muttered to himself inaudibly:
"What a madman, turning into a woman just like that without a moment's hesitation!
"I have to say, Illyn's male disguise really is pretty good-looking.
"This kind of extraordinary ability is really practical. If I could get a similar item and figure out what the Captain's ideal type is, I could make the corresponding changes and make her fall in love with me.
"But then, would the one she loves really be me?"
Danitz suddenly fell into a philosophical question until a cough came from the carriage behind him.
He snapped out of it, drove the carriage away from the port, planning to take a long detour before returning.
Inside the carriage, Klein was not as calm as his appearance suggested. Although Illyn was currently wearing men's clothes, saving him from having to consider the most embarrassing part for the time being, making his face feminine and padding his chest still made his heart heavy, awkward, and somewhat humiliating.
"Sigh, changing the appearance of a 'Faceless' is very simple, but the difficult part seems to be the psychology. To act the part of a 'Faceless' well, many psychological barriers must be broken through one by one. If I don't do this, it will take a lot of time to truly act as a person for several years, be recognized by everyone related to the identity, fully integrate into the role, even fooling myself into thinking it's true... For me, that is more challenging to my bottom line, more twisted and insane.
"To speed things up, I have to overcome certain obstacles."
Klein pulled a suitcase out from under the carriage seat, rummaged for some cloth strips and clothes, and completely replicated Illyn's disguise.
—He could have indeed let Danitz disguise himself. He only needed to borrow the "Justice"'s mystical item made from the "Faceless" Beyonder characteristic for a few days, and there would be no problem.
However, this meant that Danitz would have a high probability of facing "Vice Admiral Ailment" Treacy alone, and without his "Clown" abilities, he could barely keep up the disguise for long, and would be in great danger.
Klein would not and could not let others take such a huge risk for his own affairs, so he could only challenge himself and take the stage personally.
Soon, he looked exactly like Illyn had a moment ago. Beneath the black silk top hat was a neutral, handsome face, both soft and distinct in its lines, with emerald-green eyes as beautiful as gems.
He adjusted his figure, making himself several centimeters shorter, his shoulders narrower, his frame smaller, seeming much lighter.
Klein's current appearance quickly surfaced in his mind. This was the "Clown"'s ability.
"Not bad at all. It's nothing much... Maybe it's because I'm not wearing women's clothes. The difference isn't huge from turning into Gehrman Sparrow, turning into Danitz, or turning into anyone else. I'm just a bit prettier, and my chest is a bit more cumbersome... If I had looked like this back on Earth, I wouldn't have had to worry about not having a girlfriend." He pulled at the corner of his mouth, half self-deprecatingly and half comfortingly.
An action perfectly normal for Gehrman Sparrow now seemed somewhat pitiful and wronged.
Damn! Klein cursed inwardly, quickly adjusted his state of mind, and gradually immersed himself in the genuine acting.
As time passed, he found that his psychological barriers really had faded a lot, followed by a sense of relaxation and calm, which seemed to make him more in tune with the potion.
And this meant the digestion speed would increase.
Truly effective... Klein muttered to himself silently, quietly stood up, walked against the steps, entered the Grey Fog, and once again confirmed the danger level of this operation.
Returning to the real world, he changed his voice to Illyn's, deliberately lowering it:
"Go to Pier 6."
Danitz didn't notice anything wrong, only coming back to his senses after changing direction. He couldn't help but shiver. "It sounds just like her... If he one day pretends to be the Captain to fool me, I might not even be able to tell the difference..."
After a while, the carriage re-entered the port, heading towards the passenger ship Illyn had originally booked, but it didn't actually get close. It made a half-circle and arrived at a nearby warehouse.