Countless faint lights rushed towards him, and the chaotic babble of millions of voices flooded into his ears. But Klein paid no attention to these. "The Joker's" power told him that his spirit body was being gradually enveloped by the rapidly expanding and spreading shadow.
This shadow was a huge cross, with a person hanging upside down on it!
Crack!
All the chaotic and terrifying mental storms turned outward and became unified. Hude Ogen's "mental world" began to crumble piece by piece.
Klein found that he had flown at the highest speed he had during that experiment. After a brief fusion of the gray fog on the mysterious space above, his spirit body had gained a certain and obvious enhancement!
Just as the cross shadow was about to completely envelop him, he broke out of that hazy "world" and sensed his own body.
Skillfully and rapidly falling, Klein's eyes suddenly showed Hude Ogen's thin and long face with messy yellow hair, and three candles quietly burning on the window ledge.
He promptly broke free from the trance state!
In an instant, he saw black scales growing on Hude Ogen's face, his vacant pupils standing upright, becoming extremely cold and ruthless.
Oh no! He was about to lose control! Klein's pupils just shrank, but before he could react, he noticed a figure wearing a knee-length black coat and a matching silk hat approaching Hude Ogen's face, raising the specially made revolver and pressing it against the other's head.
Bang bang bang bang!
Dunn Smith fired five shots, Hude Ogen's head expanded suddenly, like a watermelon falling from a height onto the ground, red and white rainbows spilling out to every corner of the room.
He dealt with the other before Hude Ogen completely lost control!
Within fifty centimeters of Klein, his face and body were covered with blood spots and stains. He stared blankly at Dunn Smith, feeling that the captain was extremely handsome at this moment.
As long as no memory was involved, the captain was still very trustworthy... He sincerely praised in his heart.
"What happened?" Dunn put away the revolver, looking at Hude Ogen's nearly headless corpse slowly sagging.
Klein was just about to organize his words to answer when he saw that the corpse turned into a pool of blood-colored mush and the hospital gown covering it within a few breaths, as if even the most basic structure had been severely damaged.
Hude Ogen's body soon only had a few intact parts, one was dozens of black glowing scales, and the other was his heart stained with light blue and becoming crystal clear.
This heart flowed with dream-like colors, like diamonds under the illumination of light.
It sometimes made people calm, sometimes made them manic, sometimes created tension, and sometimes caused chaos, but other than that, there were no special manifestations.
"This should be a controllable item." Dunn put away the revolver, took out a black glove, put it on his right palm, then half-squatted down, picked up the crystal heart.
A controllable item... According to what the captain had said before, this could be the main material for sequence 7 "Psychiatrist" formula... But, would this make the extraordinary person promoted by this cause more likely to lose control? Klein took a handkerchief, wiped the blood spots and stains on his face and body, and retrieved the specially made tarot cards, cleaning their surfaces.
He looked at the ground, curiously asking:
"What kind of item are these black scales?" "This is a material imbued with certain extraordinary power, which can be used to create items with lasting effects, such as our demon-killing bullets. Once used for more than three months, the ability to harm undead and other monsters will significantly decrease, leaving only the hunting demon properties inherent in the material itself. If the same black scales are used as the material, the effect will last for one year or even more, and the effect itself will be better. Of course, due to the nature of the properties, these black scales are obviously not suitable for making demon-killing bullets." Dunn explained while taking the paper from Klein and wrapping the pale blue heart and the black scales.
"Is it like the parts on extraordinary species that can be used as the main material for potions?" Klein asked with an example.
Dunn straightened up and nodded gently:
"Yes."
When it gets out of control, it truly becomes a monster... Klein sighed and, while the room was still sealed by the spiritual wall, quickly recounted the previous encounter:
"When I was communicating with Hude Ogen's spirit, I saw a shadow similar to the true creator at the mental level of his. But unlike the mainstream, it wasn't a chained, upside-down giant, nor was it an eye behind the shadow curtain. It was similar to what you saw in Captain Harnas Vanzant's dream."
Harnas Vanzant was a member of the Aurora Society. Because Selina peeked at his incantations and conducted a complete "Mirror Divination", he was investigated by the Night Watchers.
And Dunn Smith saw a picture in his dream that was similar to the true creator but different from the widely circulated image. One was injured, and the other died strangely.
Regarding the previous events, when Hude Ogen pulled out the "upside-down man" tarot card, Klein actually had some anticipation, but he didn't expect it to be presented in that way. Of course, this was indirect contact, which couldn't be compared to his direct "peeking" into "Eternal Sunlight". The worst outcome would be getting a little hurt or being slightly contaminated.
Upon hearing Dunn's description, Dunn's expression suddenly became serious.
He furrowed his eyebrows and said in a low voice:
"A huge cross, black iron nails, a naked man covered in blood and upside-down?"
"I didn't see it very clearly. That's also why I wasn't hurt. I only noticed the huge cross and the suspected upside-down figure." Klein replied politely.
He was only focused on "running away" at that time...
Dunn seemed to be thinking as he nodded:
"Was the visit of Lanruus to Hude Ogen related to the 'True Creator'? And related to the Aurora Society?"
Klein hurriedly described the conversation during the spiritual communication and the seen images in detail, and then said: "... The trick that Lanruus used to deceive Hude Eugene was "the art of pretense", which was the so-called complete lack of divinity. But I couldn't understand why he said this was the worst time but also the best time. Well, perhaps this is the characteristic way of speaking of a "charlatan"? "... Hude Eugen's assistance involved the sinister, dark altar... I suspect that Lanruus is planning something terrifying...
As he spoke, a thought crossed his mind:
"Captain, do you remember the letter written to Mr. Z? The one on the body of the Aurora member I shot!"
"He said in the letter that when the time was right, it seemed like the Day of Destruction was approaching, and he would offer all the lambs of Tinggen City to the so-called Lord. Could this be related to what Lanruus is planning?"
"Could Lanruus be Mr. Z of Aurora?"
Dunn Smith thought carefully and said:
"I don't think so. Lanruus couldn't be Mr. Z. Otherwise, he wouldn't be setting up a fake steel company while doing Aurora's business, defrauding others' money. This would make his main task full of uncertainties. Well, if there's a slight deviation in the operation of the steel company, he would be exposed to the police and us, and have to flee Tinggen and interrupt his plan."
"Of course, if he's a complete lunatic, then doing anything illogical is normal."
"But from the calm and cunning way he set up the deception and swept away the money, he isn't really a lunatic."
"So I think he isn't Mr. Z of Aurora. Of course, he is very likely to be involved in what is mentioned in the letter, offering all the lambs of Tinggen City to the so-called Lord."
At this point, Dunn paused and took two steps back, saying:
"This matter might be quite serious. We must re-investigate Lanruus and try to find some clues. Well, we'll handle the scene, cover up the traces here, so that everyone knows that Hude Eugen is dead, but can't figure out who did it. This will make the Psychological Alchemy Society or other extraordinary individuals who are concerned about the asylum come out. They might know something."
"Lanruus's fraud case is either still with the police department or has been transferred to 'The Punisher'. We'll intervene in this case under the pretext of investigating Aurora, cooperate with 'The Punisher', and cooperate with 'The Heart of Machinery', concentrating the power of Tinggen City, carefully investigate the people and things related to Lanruus, and if necessary, request assistance from the Beckland Diocese, the Basilica, or ask for help from 'The Heart of Machinery'!"
After saying this, Dunn turned his head and looked at Klein, pondering for a moment before saying:
"Do you have anything to add?"
Captain, you've finished... Klein solemnly shook his head:
"No!"
He seized the time, using the unfinished simple altar to use ritual magic to clear some necessary traces, ensuring that no one could discover that he and the Captain had killed Hude Eugen under normal circumstances.
Then, he retrieved the materials, extinguished the candles, removed the spiritual barrier, and silently left the ward with Dunn Smith, going to the asylum.
"Go and rest, Captain." Dunn stood in the corner of the wall without streetlights, pressing his black silk hat and saying, "Many things will only unfold tomorrow."
"OK." Klein wasn't a non-stop sleeper who only slept two or three hours a day. He immediately said goodbye and left, taking the waiting night watchman team's exclusive carriage to return to Narcissus Street.
Before entering the carriage, he looked back and saw that the Captain was still standing in that dark place where even the moonlight was blocked, seemingly thinking about something quietly.
The streets in the early morning were quiet and empty, the carriage speeding through, sometimes going straight, sometimes turning.
Klein was thinking about Lanruus's matter, his spirit suddenly became dazed.
He saw the colors in front of him instantly become richer, red even redder, black even blacker, like an abstract painting.
Everything around slowed down, and the carriage seemed to enter a strange world.
Klein suddenly grasped the "Sunfire Spell" and pulled out the revolver.
Just then, a huge white bone hand pierced through the carriage window and reached in, dropping the folded letter paper.
As the hand retracted and disappeared, the oil painting-like scene suddenly returned to normal, and the carriage continued to travel smoothly along the street. "... "Really in a covert way... " Klein stared blankly at the piece of paper beneath his feet, his lips twitching slightly.