Sharon fell silent for two seconds and then said:
"I'll ask for you."
Does that mean you need to think it over? True, the negative effect of the "Lucky Balance" does give one pause. But the "Biotoxin Bottle" really pairs well with the "Vengeful Spirit." If I weren't short on money and carrying it around wouldn't gradually weaken my physique and make me ill, I'd be reluctant to sell it—it's quite useful in ambush battles! Klein vaguely understood Sharon's implication and tucked the silver chain with the ancient coin pendant back under his collar.
He thought for a moment and asked:
"Is making every inanimate object around you attack a high-Sequence ability of the 'Prisoner' pathway?"
"Puppet," Sharon answered succinctly.
Sequence 4 "Puppet" ability? By turning himself into an inanimate "puppet," he can manipulate all inanimate objects within a certain range? If he advanced further, could he directly affect the enemy's mystical items? Klein nodded with some comprehension and then asked:
"Then do you know such a demigod?"
He then described in detail the appearance of the old man who had attacked him outside Bayam.
"Jex," Sharon said calmly.
Actually, I was hoping you could provide more specifics… Knowing Miss Sharon's style, Klein smiled wryly and asked:
"Do you know Zatwin?"
He was the mentor of the leader of the Celestial Order on Oriav Island.
"The demigod who pursued us," Sharon answered without emotion or concealment, just like a puppet.
So he's the one who made me feel like chairs, tables, and curtains were trying to kill me for the first time… Quite a coincidence… But this isn't a setup; it just shows that an ancient secret organization like the Rose School doesn't have many demigods even after millennia… Probably, like the Aurora Order, they have about five Saints, plus two or three Angels and Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts… Of course, this is because they've been suppressed by the seven major churches for so long and their stronghold has been colonized; in their prime, they certainly had more… Klein mused for a moment and then asked again:
"Then do you know a member of the Rose School whose single arm can make an entire mountain tremble?"
He wanted to describe the characteristics of that arm specifically but realized he hadn't dared to look at it directly.
Sharon listened quietly, then her eyes seemed to come alive for a moment as she moved them, and she said in a voice cold and clear:
"What exactly have you encountered?"
A Saint, an Angel, a "Sea King," a demigod of the Aurora Order, a monster produced by the Church of the Spirit's artificial death god plan… Klein silently mocked himself and said bitterly:
"I've angered the 'Mother Tree of Desire' and fell into an ambush by the Rose School. Fortunately, I was in Bayam at the time, and people from the Storm Church and the kingdom's military intervened. Moreover, I threw out items contaminated by the 'True Creator' and things related to the Spirit Church. In short, it was chaotic, and I took the chance to escape."
He answered frankly, only omitting the existence of Miss Messenger and Mr. Azik. As for the "True Creator," he believed Miss Sharon had long since seen that he wasn't actually affected by the whispers, which could be explained by timely psychological intervention and mental therapy.
"'Mother Tree of Desire'…" Sharon murmured the name, and for the first time in a long while, faint emotional ripples appeared in her blue eyes.
Klein didn't have the analytical ability of a "Spectator" to discern Sharon's exact feelings; he only vaguely felt she was both frightened and disgusted.
Sharon quickly restrained her abnormal reaction and again became an exquisitely refined "puppet."
She looked at Sherlock Moriarty across from her and said:
"You are lucky and also mysterious."
Klein smiled without replying, neither lying nor explaining.
Sharon didn't press further and instead said:
"You may have encountered Sneea. He is the 'Divine Abomination' born 922 years ago, calling himself the child of the 'Chained God.' He is also the current leader of the Rose School."
No way, the Rose School sent their leader and a demigod just to deal with me? I'm just a mere Sequence 5! If not for the warning from "Orange Light" Hilaryon, I would have been captured by the Rose School… Klein felt a lingering fear and casually asked:
"Is 'Divine Abomination' the name of Sequence 2 or Sequence 1 of the 'Prisoner' pathway?"
"Probably," Sharon didn't affirm.
At that moment, without waiting for Klein's reply, she voluntarily said:
"Williams Street was destroyed."
Klein had considered how he should react when Sharon brought up this topic, so he frowned and asked:
"By whom? When?"
"The Nighthawks and the Mechanical Heart, about two months ago." Sharon had obviously gathered the relevant intelligence.
Klein nodded gravely and after a moment's thought said:
"Perhaps we both overlooked something: that evil spirit might not necessarily need our rescue, and besides, it had also taken control of Baronet Pound!
"Could it be that something went wrong with this gentleman that caught the attention of the 'Nighthawks' and 'Mechanical Heart'?" Klein made speculations that were half true and half false without any trace of guilt.
Sharon nodded slightly and said:
"Baronet Pound died suddenly after a debauchery."
Was he taken care of? Thus the last bloodline of Alistair Tudor was cut off? Klein pondered and asked:
"What's the situation on Williams Street now?"