I don't know whether he had expected it or didn't show his surprise and disappointment. "Eye of Wisdom" just nodded gently, calmly turned his eyes from Sherlock to Angel, and asked for her opinion.
"This matter has little to do with us. Besides, the Beyonder that can cultivate Sequence 6'Devil' must at least be Sequence 5, right? I think this is a bit beyond our capabilities."
Not knowing Sherlock's true thoughts, Angel had no choice but to agree with his opinion.
"I see, it seems that you have the means to deal with each other's tracking. Those Detective can only seek help from the official Beyonder. After all, I don't have any effective way to restrict the 'Desire Apostle' of a Sequence 5."
Eye of Wisdom's tone was flat, as if he was only talking about other people's affairs... But that was also true. He was the only "outsider" present. Unless the man behind the scenes loved "Devil Dog" deeply and even wanted to take back its Beyonder Characteristic, this old gentleman might not be easily involved in the incident.
"'Desire Apostle' is the follow-up Sequence of 'Devil'?"
Sherlock, who had already relaxed after refusing to provide help and seemed to no longer pay attention to the conversation, suddenly asked.
"Yes, he has all the characteristics of 'Devil', Anti-Divination, extremely sensitive to dangers directed at him, and the ability to 'Devil Transformation', and also has the ability to use and manipulate everyone. The ability to express desires, as for the specific information, is probably only recorded in the church's internal secret documents. After all, each Desire Apostle carries dozens or hundreds of murder cases, and must be the target of Orthodox Church's attention."
"Thank you for the information."
Sherlock nodded slightly and thanked her, then continued to lean on the back of the chair without any intention of "regreting".
"Oh, it doesn't have to be like this. There are still more than ten days before the 'announcement' of the person behind the scenes. During this period, there should be two or three parties. If you," Eye of Wisdom said, looking at Angel, "You are interested in providing help and participating in the distribution of high rewards, you can tell me at any time."
"A reward? But haven't they reported the crime yet?"
Angel raised his eyebrows and asked.
"I will let them do this, which will inevitably result in a higher reward than the serial murder case, but in any case, the official Beyonder cannot provide long-term protection, and the most important thing for 'Devil' is the patience to wait. As long as the protection is flawless, they will still be retaliated against."
"Using the exact time he predicted, there is a chance to set up an ambush and kill the person behind the scenes?"
Taking over the other party's words, Angel said.
"Yes, with your participation, the success rate will be much higher."
The old gentleman still did not give up his persuasion and added at the end.
"So, you did not receive the threatening letter mentioned by 'Eye of Wisdom'?"
After walking out of the small building where the party was held, Klein soon saw Angel waiting at the corner of the alley. The latter had taken off his iron mask and was looking at the street lights outside the alley with a melancholy look.
If you don't look at the disguised round face and the black hair hanging behind the shoulders, just looking at the side silhouette under the dim light, it is exactly the same as the Nighthawks Angel Granger in Klein's memory, which makes him involuntarily recall every bit of the time when the two of them got along with Tingen City.
"Of course not, otherwise I would not refuse this even if it was to protect myself."
He answered in a relaxed tone, and walked out of the alley side by side with Angel. The other party would first go to a safe house in East Borough, and then return home, so Klein took the lead and walked towards the nearest Steam Subway station.
Klein did not lie about this matter. He did not receive the so-called threatening letter.
Although when Eye of Wisdom first mentioned this matter, he was indeed worried about his identity being exposed, but if he rashly agreed to the other party's commission when he was not threatened, he might end up in the embarrassing situation of "having to accept protection as the threatened person and participating in the action as the protector", so he refused Eye of Wisdom's Request first.
You must be careful and don't let another incident happen where you accidentally exposed your identity when you first came to Backlund, and ended up having to spend a lot of money to hire someone to assassinate Ambassador Intis...
Thinking of the international farce in which Loen and Intis accused each other in the newspapers for a whole month because of the five-pound commission, which eventually led to the assassination of the ambassador, Klein felt frightened.
Enjoying the tranquility of the street at night, he and Angel walked through the entire street, said good night to each other next to the subway station and said goodbye. Watching each other's back disappear at the corner of the stairs, Klein reluctantly left Backlund Bridge Borough and returned to his home in Cherwood Borough.
"Recalling what happened at the party just now, I always feel that she is about to agree to the commission of 'Eye of Wisdom'. Is it because she is worried about my identity being exposed, or is she interested in the bounty... Oh, it should be the latter, Klein, you must not fall into the three major illusions. Now you are Sherlock Moriarty, not the Klein Moretti she is familiar with..."
He was thinking wildly, took out his key and dialed Door Opening.
The moment he pushed Door Opening, the smile on Klein's face froze. He felt that his Spirituality intuition was touched, and he suddenly stopped and stood by the door, observing the situation at home with the crimson Crimson Moon light shining into the living room through the door and window.
The coat rack, coffee table, sofa, dimly visible bookshelf and stairs in the distance... are all normal.
But he knew that strangers had entered his home.
Nerves were tense, and his legs were strong, ready to dodge at any time. Klein gently turned on the gas lamp on Door Opening, and the warm light illuminated the whole room. Everything was just as it was when he left in the evening, without any change.
No, there is an extra letter on the coffee table.
He picked up the cane by the door that he would take with him when he went out as a decent person, and slowly walked to the coffee table. He was fully on guard, picked up the letter without any words or marks on the surface, and opened it with one hand.
A faint smell of blood floated into his nostrils, and two lines of solidified blood characters on the thin letter paper caught Klein's eyes.
"November 30th is the day you and they die."
"No one can escape!"
The last stroke of the letters at the end of the sentence stretched out to the edge of the letter, and the bloody traces seemed to tell the other party's determination.
Threat letter!
The threatening letter mentioned by "Eye of Wisdom"!
At five o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday, Angel applied the bottle of Communication Potion provided by Trissy on the Ice Mirror made by himself.
Ice Mirror can follow her will and break into shapeless fragments at any time. Compared with ordinary mirrors, it is more suitable for communicating with objects of unknown purpose like Trissy.
Unlike the direct connection last time, after applying the potion and waiting for a minute, the mirror turned dark, and then the picture on the other side appeared.
Trissy was wearing a robe that covered every inch of her skin. Her round face under her black hair was full of sorrow. When she saw Angel, a glimmer of hope appeared in her eyes.
"As expected, you contacted me on time. I knew that I would successfully make my request that day."
These words made Angel confused, but thinking of all the strange behaviors on Trissy, she came to a conclusion instantly.
"You don't remember what happened that night?"
Hearing Angel's rhetorical question, Trissy's beautiful face gradually showed a mixture of fear, worry and helplessness.
"No, I remember most of it. I met you. You said you knew me in Tingen City, and I also said... about my current situation. But I forgot about it later. After I woke up, I was naked again, lying on that guy's bed. He, he..."
"Prince Edessak Augustus?"
Angel carefully interrupted Trissy.
"Yes, it's him!"
Trissy shouted through gritted teeth.