Klein and Angel are enjoying the delicious food in the Balam restaurant, looking at each other from time to time, and then awkwardly looking away; Dawn and Christine are whispering while visiting the houses for sale; chasing each other to City Hall Square, but were disappointed to find that the giants were no longer in the church, Sherlock and Irene returned angrily; Gehrman and Angelica were chatting on the bell tower, scanning the streets, tracking the pirate who had sneaked into Yanan...
Illusory black lines invisible to the naked eye were drilled out of their bodies, pointing to the sky, extending to infinite heights, passing through the clouds and entering a gray-white mist, and landed in the hands of the vague figure in the ancient palace.
This being is composed of Distortion translucent worms. He wears colorful clothes and gorgeous accessories. His temperament switches between deep horror and comic absurdity.
He holds Spirit Body Threads in his hand, and most of the time the Marionettes move by themselves according to their "settings". He occasionally pulls Spirit Body Threadss to control some Marionettes that come into contact with outsiders, making them behave more naturally.
At the same time, each Spirit Body Threads transmits the will, thoughts and cognition of Marionette to Gray Fog, and summarizes them in the body composed of "Worm of Spirit".
Then, they followed the black line extending from the figure's head and returned to reality, back to Yarnam City, passed through the "Fool" church, entered the full-length mirror in the underground space, and connected to Klein lying inside Stone Chamber.
The figure belonging to "Fool" is also Marionette, and the Klein here is the main body.
In the past few days, Klein has been lying inside Mirror World made by Angel, using the only exit to control Worm of Spirit on top of Gray Fog with Spirit Body Threads, and then using them to control the entire Yarnam City.
His own consciousness sometimes returns to "Sefirah Castle" to personally control the Marionettes to answer the prayers of believers and loved ones, or use Historical Void Image to travel around the world to collect new Marionette, while creating some evidence of his own existence, misleading Zarathus, Amon and other enemies who are eyeing him, and covering up the existence of Yarnam City to the greatest extent.
As long as the main body does not leave for too long, these Marionette will not have much impact. At most, it will become sluggish because "Worm of Spirit" cannot control it and will only repeat a few fixed actions.
Therefore, most of the time, his consciousness will return to Stone Chamber, receiving the experiences and feelings from different Marionette clones, just like dreaming dreams with different identities and different experiences.
In the dream, he was a Luck son who had just graduated and found a high-paying job. Recently, he was happy because he found that the woman he cared about also had a crush on him; he was traveling to the Southern Continent with his fiancée, but because the passenger ship avoided Storm and docked at Yarnam Port, he was This small town is interested in Rich Merchant who temporarily changed his itinerary and stayed here; he is Detective who accompanies his curious and Justice-sense assistant to investigate foreigners' private Detective; he is Mad Adventurer who sneaked into this small town with a female pirate who is also an enemy and friend to track down a wanted criminal.
He is a cat, a dog, a fat pigeon in front of the church, a mute painter who paints large murals, a handyman maid who is learning to cook, a novelist who likes to use the people around him as his character settings, and a hotel owner who is treated as a mistress because of his beauty but tries to escape this fate...
All kinds of dull or exciting emotions were mixed in his mind, causing Klein's cognition to have considerable obstacles. Fortunately, there was a dominant main consciousness at the top of many consciousnesses. It always remembered its true identity, rather than these false identities that it had experienced or designed, and remained awake amidst the impact of various emotions.
At this moment, a full-length mirror hanging in his dormant Stone Chamber turned dark, reflecting a closed passage. Then, a figure was outlined from the mirror, slowly walked to the bed and squatted down, reaching out to touch his forehead.
The emotions representing different identities suddenly converged, leaving only the main consciousness that became sober.
He is no longer a newcomer to the security company, private Detective, Rich Merchant or Adventurer. He is no longer surrounded by beautiful female colleagues, lively assistants, young fiancées or sassy female pirates. Instead, he is Angel who has experienced all this at the same time as him and anchors his only true identity.
Gently pressing the cold back of Angel's hand, Klein sat up from the bed, moved his stiff limbs, and asked with a smile:
"Why don't you continue to wander around? I am preparing to approach you as Wandering Magician Merlin, and get close to Saintess who liberated 'Dream City'."
"Then what should I name myself?"
Angel, who knew that every identity of Klein was "playing jokes" to a certain extent, replied, sitting next to the bunk bed, and continued without waiting for the other party's answer:
"Why would you place a bed like this in your hiding place?"
Klein did not answer immediately, but snapped his fingers to light up the gas lamp on the wall. The faint light illuminated the small Stone Chamber and the simple furniture around it.
Looking at the desks, chairs, cabinets, kitchen supplies and full-length mirror, Klein sighed and replied:
"This reminds me of the day I traveled through time, and allows me to always know who I am, instead of being influenced by those Marionette experiences."
Then I should be lying in a cold, blood-stained basement. The environment is much worse than when he traveled through time... Angel muttered in his heart, nodded, stopped asking, and said instead:
"I stayed in Yarnam City for a day. The citizens here are very hospitable and did not treat me specially because I am a foreigner. However, I have observed that their activity trajectories are relatively fixed. Although their living habits are different, they can only be summarized into a few broad categories. If it is 'Spectator' or 'Mystery Pryer', it is easy to find abnormalities."
Klein smiled awkwardly.
There was nothing he could do. To create more than five thousand different "characters" and to design completely different identities, backgrounds, life experiences, and personality habits for them was completely beyond his ability.
He could only classify these characters into several broad categories based on his knowledge of plays and novels, and make certain distinctions, labeling them with labels such as "busy workers", "impatient clerks", and "patrolmen who like to take advantage of petty gains", and let them have words and deeds that match their identities based on his own understanding.
Even so, the fake "Fool" who sends and receives messages for him will soon become tired and forget his identity. Klein needs to recycle the Worm of Spirit and replace it with a new one on top of Gray Fog.
Seeing Klein's troubled expression, Angel smiled, patted his shoulder comfortingly, and said:
"Okay, this is already very impressive. I observed the reactions of 'Sun' Derrick and his team. They never found Yarnam City from the beginning to the end. Question, only Lovia has some doubts, but there is no in-depth investigation. This shows that your Marionette Town can hide it from even Saint, let alone ordinary people."
"Because there are not many visitors, I can focus on it. When the railway connecting 'Dream City' is opened to traffic and the connection is established with the port of New City of Silver, I am afraid there will be hundreds of foreigners arriving every day."
Klein shook his head slightly.
It's not that he lacks confidence in his performance. Marionette's occasional dullness or behavior inconsistent with their identity can be fooled by their rejection of outsiders. Even if someone discovers a problem, there is still the "other side" of Yarnam City waiting for them late at night.
What he is worried about is that after word spreads about the abnormality in the city, it will attract the attention of Amon, Zarathus and even Adam.
It is precisely because of worries about these enemies that Klein decided to locate Yanan on this island, echoing Partis and New City of Silver.
Once enemies above Angel attack, the Hand of Order of "Dream City" and the "0" level Sealed Artifact it controls can support Yanan just at the edge of its coverage area at any time, and New City of Silver also has two powerful Sealed Artifact, which can give certain help.
Vice versa, New City of Silver and "Dream City" can also support each other, making this island deep in the Berserk Sea a restricted area that no one below God dares to easily enter.
But that was Amon, who had already obtained all Sequence 1 Characteristic and Uniqueness, and was only one step away from becoming a god, "Blasphemer". Even if he was fully prepared, Klein had no absolute certainty that he could stop him from destroying Yanan.
Once something goes wrong, he can only use the Last Time opportunity of Miracle Invoker to resurrect on Sefirah Castle, and the entire Marionette Town that he spent a lot of effort on will be destroyed in one day, and characters such as "Klein" and Sherlock will also disappear completely.
But by allowing outsiders to come to Yanan, instead of establishing Marionette Town in some secret location that is almost not connected to the outside world, the interaction between outsiders and Marionette residents will become quite large and strong, and it will not take long for a corresponding area to be born in Spirit World.
By then, as long as Klein makes the fate of Marionette more real and precise, the conditions of the ceremony can be met and Potion can be promoted to Sequence 1.
According to his estimate, under the "strong interaction" plan, this time will not exceed three months. If Marionette Town is hidden and "Grafting" and other methods are used to abduct sporadic outsiders, and gradually let them form awareness of Yarnam City, the entire ceremony will take more than a year.
Longer time means more surprises, so Klein chose the former without hesitation.
Only by being promoted to "Mystic Seer" as soon as possible, incorporating the characteristics of another Sequence 1 at hand, becoming King of Angel, and then cooperating with Sefirah Castle can I truly have the strength to compete with Amon, and will not let down those who "invested" in me... In addition, I can surpass her on Sequence for the first time, and I can protect her instead of letting her protect me... Klein thought silently in his heart, glanced at Angel beside him, and had the illusion that he had become the "newcomer of the security company" Klein.
In order to dispel this feeling, he changed the topic and asked:
"What about you? 'Catastrophe'Potion How is your digestion?"