In the afternoon, when he returned home, Klein closed the curtains, plunging the bedroom into darkness.
He took out paper and pen, thought for a long time, and finally wrote down a sentence:
"There is the influence of supernatural factors in the kidnapping of Elliot."
As a "Seer," Klein had actually divined before whether those coincidental events involved unnatural developments, but the result showed he was overthinking.
This time, influenced by Teacher Azik, he paid attention to the issue again, and, learning from the lesson of the Clown in the tailcoat, he carefully designed his "divination statement," eliminating vague and confusing descriptions from the start.
"Hmm, break down the three coincidences and divine them separately..." Klein nodded thoughtfully and slowly unfastened the citrine pendant from his sleeve.
He held the pendulum in his left hand, letting the pendant hang over the paper's "divination statement," almost touching it.
Calming his mind and entering meditation, Klein closed his eyes and began to repeat silently:
"There is the influence of supernatural factors in the kidnapping of Elliot."
...
Again and again, he opened his eyes and looked at the pendulum, seeing the citrine pendant slowly rotating counterclockwise.
"Still a denial..." Klein murmured and redesigned the "divination statement" several times, but the result remained that there was no coincidence in the matter.
He then separately divined the "Ryer Biber's detention in Tingen" and "Selena's mirror divination," and the answers were all "normal."
Hah, as a true Seer, am I being fooled by Mr. Azik, that fake charlatan? Besides, the captain and the others didn't find it strange either... Klein shook his head with a wry smile, but still decided to make a final confirmation with "dream divination" out of caution.
After thinking for a moment, he changed the "divination statement" to suit a different method.
"The true cause of Elliot's kidnapping." The pen scribbled, Klein pausing now and then to weigh his words.
After reading it over several times, he tore off the paper, walked to the bed, and lay down relaxedly.
Holding the "divination statement," Klein quickly fell asleep through meditation.
In a world of hazy distortions and fragments, he regained some awareness and wandered there dazed.
Gradually, he saw those kidnappers, saw them lose their last chip at the gambling table, saw them obtain guns through underground channels, saw them reconnoiter several times and rent the house opposite Ryer Biber's as a hideout...
All this wasn't very coherent, just flashes of images, but Klein found nothing out of place.
Moreover, it basically matched the kidnappers' confessions he had learned.
Exiting the dream, Klein separately divined the other two events, and the results were the same: the developments followed laws, and coincidences were really just coincidences.
"It's really me overthinking; Mr. Azik is just a divination enthusiast..." Klein wound up the pendulum and shook his head with a bitter smile.
He was about to draw the curtains to let the afternoon sunlight into the bedroom, but his fingertips paused.
"From the impression of the original owner, Teacher Azik is a calm, reliable, and trustworthy man who almost never speaks without basis. Even if he often argues with his mentor, it's limited to academic issues, each having their own reasons... If he were just a divination enthusiast, he wouldn't have communicated with me in this way... And the original owner doesn't even remember him being fond of divination... Of course, it's possible the corresponding memory fragments are missing..." Klein frowned, feeling he still couldn't rest easy, always wanting to find another way to confirm.
He suspected Mr. Azik had accidentally learned some inside information and, under the pretext of divination, reminded him.
"What other method can I use to confirm?" Klein paced in the dim bedroom where he could barely make out the words in books, recalling other divination methods he knew.
One step, two steps, three steps, he suddenly stopped, having an idea.
"First assume that the coincidences indeed have problems, but I can't divine them because my Sequence isn't high enough or there is external interference. Then I can change the environment, to one even more mysterious and incomprehensible than these events!" Klein's spirits lifted, and he opened a drawer, taking out a silver knife.
Then, he gathered his spirit and let his spirituality flow from the tip of the silver dagger, merging with the surrounding nature.
With his steps, the spiritual wall gradually sealed the entire bedroom.
Klein planned to divine above the gray fog, in that mysterious world!
...
Above the boundless and hazy gray fog, in the majestic and ancient temple.
Klein's figure sat at the head of a long bronze table, with a piece of "manifested" parchment before him.
He picked up a round-bellied pen and, following his previous attempts, wrote a "divination statement":
"There is the influence of supernatural factors in the kidnapping of Elliot."
Holding the pendulum, letting it hang down, Klein quickly settled his mind, becoming still and ethereal.
Half-closing his eyes, he silently recited the "divination statement" seven times, letting his spirituality interact with the spirit world that stands above all.
Feeling a slight tug on the silver chain, Klein opened his eyes and looked at the pendulum.