Another coincidence?

Klein also followed Lynch, raising his gun to watch the opposite side. Those eyes across the way exuded a strange sensation, as if being stared at by a wild beast—scarlet and terrifying.

The room door remained motionless, just as it had been.

The eyes were still there, unchanged.

Lynch finally sensed that something was wrong; he walked over and kicked the door open.

The eyes fell to the floor.

They were a pair of dislodged eyes, still carrying the stench of rot, hung on the door just like that, staring at those coming and going.

"They are the eyes of the corpse inside the house."

Frye stood behind Lynch, holding a small bottle in his hand. The scent of tobacco, mint, and disinfectant wafted from it, which reduced Lynch's nausea.

"Thank you."

Lynch took the bottle and watched as Frye used his gloved hand to pick up the eyes from the floor, then began to examine the situation inside the room.

"It's unbearable. I'm getting on in years, Dunn, can't you stop calling me out at night? I must apply for a subsidy this month!"

Old Neil complained while pinching his nose.

He was already sleepy, and now he had to look at these scenes that made him want to vomit.

Dunn ignored him and instead called Lynch and Klein over.

"Does this look familiar?"

He pointed to the images on the wall.

Klein immediately thought of the scene he had seen after consuming his potion, "Hornacis..."

It was the Hornacis Mountain Range.

"Take a look at this notebook. Is it the one you and Mr. Welch were researching?"

Dunn asked again, handing the Antigonus Notebook to Klein.

Klein took the notebook with some disgust, as it was still stained with some putrid slime from the corpse.

He opened it, took a look, and nodded quickly.

"It should be this one. This one is real."

In reality, he felt this one was the same as the one Lynch had handed over previously, but the contents inside were different.

He didn't dare to look closely; his spirituality warned him that if he continued to look, he might lose control.

Dunn nodded and turned to look at Lynch again.

"It seems the person behind the scenes wants you to bring the real Antigonus Notebook to us."

Lynch didn't speak; he frowned and stared at the notebook, as if he didn't quite understand why this was happening.

Dunn didn't say much more either. He rummaged around the room until Frye walked over, at which point he finally looked up.

"How is it?"

"The time of death was over five days ago. The eyes were hung on the opposite side by someone. Based on the time Elliott was kidnapped yesterday, those eyes were hung up after yesterday afternoon, but the footprints are not Lynch's."

Frye took off his gloves and took back the bottle Lynch handed him.

He capped the bottle, put it back into his pocket, and then looked at Lynch, asking softly: "You don't seem well. Do you need to go back and rest?"

Lynch shook his head.

"Not for now. I also want to know what's going on, why I appeared here, and even left the Antigonus Notebook here. If it weren't for the things on it, I would have thought it was the fake one I handed in last time."

He pointed to the notebook Dunn had already picked up.

Dunn stared at the notebook in front of him and frowned, saying: "It looks a bit like that one, but this requires further examination. I just don't understand why someone would use you to leave the real notebook here?"

"Could it be that this person knew we were looking for the real Antigonus Notebook, so they sent the real one over?"

Leonard looked over curiously, taking the opportunity to glance at Klein as well.

Truth be told, the person with the opportunity to control Lynch was none other than this guy, Klein.

It stood to reason that whoever could control Lynch could also kill him, but Lynch had arrived at the Nighthawks squad unscathed and had even left the real Antigonus Notebook here. If anyone were that kind-hearted, it seemed it could only be Klein.

Perhaps the real Antigonus Notebook had been in Klein's hands from the very beginning; otherwise, Lynch wouldn't have kept insisting that he could see the contents inside.

Back then, they had thought Lynch had been hit in the head and wasn't thinking clearly, which was why he felt there was something on it.

Now that he thought about it, what Lynch had held at the time must have been the real one, and then it was swapped by Klein.

Klein gave them the fake one and kept the real one.

Antigonus Notebook, Hermit Order, Seer.

This made perfect sense.

The only question was why this guy would want to return the real one now?

Perhaps Klein no longer needed the Antigonus Notebook, had studied it thoroughly, and felt that keeping it in his hands would lead to being caught by the Hermit Order, so he simply took this opportunity to hand the notebook over to them, the Nighthawks.

As for how he controlled Lynch, who knows?

Everyone has their own fortuitous encounters, and it is understandable that he has an old man inside him.

Of course, the protagonist is definitely still him.

His abilities are simply incomparable to Klein's, and he has already seen through Klein's methods.

Even the old man falls short in this regard; the old man always says he feels there is something wrong with Lynch, yet he hasn't noticed anything at all. Compared to the mysterious and devious Klein, Lynch, who was willing to take a blade for the captain, seems like a kind, righteous, enthusiastic, and generous young man.

The old man is just refusing to admit he misjudged someone!

Leonard understands that feeling, because if the old man were to insist on telling him right now that Klein is fine, he would also be unhappy and stick to his own opinion.

Of course, he would only stick to his opinion and wouldn't say too much.

With a guy like the old man around, he doesn't feel confident or justified in the Nighthawks squad, so he can only tell himself that as long as someone doesn't harm the members of the Nighthawks, they are a good teammate.

But that is exactly the problem; he could leave Klein alone before, but this time Klein has used his methods on their own teammate, so he naturally cannot let it slide so easily.

Thinking of this.

Leonard raised his voice and asked, "Klein, do you really know nothing about the Antigonus Notebook?"

Klein frowned.

"I think I have already told you all; I was just a student before. If my classmate Mr. Welch hadn't bought that notebook, I would never have had any contact with it."

Leonard laughed, and he asked as if he didn't care, "I heard that the Antigonus Notebook leaked out from the Hermit Order, and the members of the Hermit Order are all Seers. Your choice of Seer is just a coincidence, right?"

Leonard remembers the old man saying that there is a sequence after Seer called Marionettist, which can control a person's spirit body threads to make them do things for you.

Lynch's current state really looks like he has been controlled in such a way.

Klein opened his mouth to refute, but soon he felt a shock in his heart.

A coincidence?

When he transmigrated, someone performed a Tarot reading for him, selecting the Fool Card, and his identity in Sefirah Castle just happens to be The Fool.

Later, he saw the Roselle Notebook at Old Neil's place, where Roselle expressed regret for not choosing the Seer, Traveler, or Marauder pathways.

It was precisely because of this that he chose Seer.

Are these all coincidences?

Klein forcibly suppressed his shock, looked at Leonard's suspicious gaze, and immediately explained, "I don't know if it's a coincidence, but at the time, I just thought Seer was very interesting."

"That might explain it, but I don't quite understand; when your roommate was controlled, did you really not notice anything at all?"

Leonard looked at Klein with a forced smile.

Klein gave a wry smile; come to think of it, he feels suspicious himself.

But he really didn't notice a thing.

There were no abnormalities whatsoever; he was only woken up because of the captain. He truly didn't notice anything wrong with Lynch, and his spirituality didn't even give him a warning.

This is truly incredible.

Unless Lynch wasn't controlled, and Lynch planned all of this himself.

It's just that...

Klein glanced at Lynch, who was still in a daze, and shook his head.

Impossible.

Lynch was dragged into this whole affair by him; Lynch has no reason to do such a thing, and it's not like the guy has nothing better to do.

So, is all of this just another coincidence?