Monday evening, 160 Berkeland Street.
Klein set up the ritual and summoned himself, preparing to investigate the secrets hidden in the sewers.
While responding above the
Considering that
In addition to this Blasphemy Card, he also brought
Of course, Klein didn't bring a whole box of explosives—it was too heavy for a spiritual body. He only took five and gave them to the Wraith Senior to hold.
As for the
This is Backlund, best not to make too much noise... And what's hidden in the sewers, I can't foresee, I can only divine that there's danger... Klein glanced at the wall clock in the room, confirming that there was at least an hour and a half before Hazel's usual time of action.
His figure suddenly vanished, passed through the balcony glass, flew into the street, and entered the sewers.
In the dirty and dank environment, Klein took out a Loen gold coin and had the Wraith Senior, dressed in a dark red coat and an old tricorn hat, appear ahead.
Then, he handed a pair of tweezers that seemed to be made from polished and jointed finger bones to his puppet.
During that short time he carried it with him, he nearly couldn't resist the urge to steal the manhole cover.
Senior took the Broken Finger and walked ahead. Klein, in his Black Emperor guise, hid his figure and fell behind, maintaining a distance of at least fifty meters from the puppet.
With this barrier, the kleptomania could no longer affect him, and Senior, already deceased in essence, likewise had no thoughts of stealing anything.
He had no thoughts at all!
Turning into the appropriate branch and passing through a hidden door, the Wraith Senior with the grayish-white tweezers appeared in that half-natural, half-artificial cavern.
Compared to his last visit, the positions of items such as the tarpaulin-wrapped shovel had changed, and the hidden passage sloping down to the right had become a little deeper.
From this, it was obvious where Hazel's current focus lay.
Then, Klein, not entering the branch, leaned against the sewer wall with his back to the target area, manipulating his puppet step by step into that hidden passage on the right.
Soon, the Wraith Senior reached the end.
At that moment, Klein suddenly felt the grayish-white tweezers in the puppet's hand begin to vibrate slightly and inexplicably, as if attracted by some unknown thing nearby.
That unknown thing was deep and dark, like a calm sea, making it hard to see its specific state.
It had living characteristics, closer to spirits... Klein could only judge this much, and immediately had Senior use "Mirror Jump" to return to that cavern, back onto the shovel whose surface had not yet been corroded, and no longer attempt to penetrate the passage deeper into the ground.
Then, Senior in the dark red coat materialized again and placed the five ordinary explosives he held in his body in different locations.
Every Wraith is an explosives expert!
After doing all this, Senior flashed and appeared on the surface of the gold coin in Klein's hand.
Klein, while stuffing the coin into his body, raised his right hand, ready to snap his fingers and detonate all five explosives!
His idea was simple: use an explosion of suitable scale to destroy Hazel's efforts and traces, attract the Nighthawks, and completely solve the problem.
That way, no matter what was hidden deep in the secret passage, it would no longer bring danger to him!
In Backlund, a clever alarm was much more effective and safer than a reckless attack, especially when Klein couldn't confirm whether this matter would involve a demigod!
"I'm such a good citizen!" Klein laughed at himself, about to snap and ignite the explosives.
Suddenly, he shook his head from side to side and lowered his arm, as if nothing had happened.
Cautious as ever, Klein immediately ended the summoning, returned to the Gray Fog, then went back to the real world and entered his physical body.