"Another leisurely day." After Mr. Devil's noon prayer, Klein ate a simple lunch and quietly waited for the appointed time to arrive.
Ever since the Desire Apostle incident, he had suddenly entered a brief period of peace, which left him, who had always been busy, somewhat unaccustomed to it.
As he quietly flipped through the newspaper in his hands, his gaze settled on a news article—
"The Aurora Society branch has been wiped out?"
Klein took a closer look and found that, as always, it concealed the existence of Beyonders. It used the vague term "relevant departments" to refer to organizations dealing with Beyonders, such as the churches and MI9, and described how they had launched a nighttime raid on the Aurora Society's headquarters in the dock district, emphasizing the warriors' heroic battle and the Aurora Society's brutal methods.
But...
"Isn't the Backlund Aurora Society's command center Mr. Devil's home? Mr. Devil was still calmly praying with me just now! And that Enthusiasm cart business is still running today!"
Klein deeply doubted the newspaper's account. According to his investigation, the dock district was not actually the Aurora Society's main preaching area. There was only a group of...
"Uh, could it be that they only wiped out the 'Fatty Meat Slice Cult'?" Klein suddenly came to a realization. After flipping through the other newspapers and finding nothing important, he picked up the Tussock Newspaper again, turned to the serialized fiction section, and began reading Stardust Fighter.
Battle Trend had ended its serialization a week ago. Now Stardust Fighter had changed protagonists again and introduced Stand abilities.
Ordinary people might think those Stands were merely imaginary powers, while Beyonders would regard them as a story modeled after Roselle's secret treasure that had recently appeared at sea—the Decoy Earring.
But only Klein understood