Behind the Scenes

"Mr. Moretti, you don't have to be so guarded. We saw each other at the Nighthawks' headquarters this afternoon, didn't we?" Daly continued, then teased him in her ethereal voice, "Hehe, are you really not going to the sealed room? Personally, I wouldn't mind being misunderstood by your brother and sister."

Klein nodded at her words, but he didn't approach the desk. Instead, he took a small silver ritual knife from the cabinet beside the bed.

After quickly constructing a Wall of Spirituality, he didn't avoid the woman before him. He held the revolver in his right hand, while his left deftly untied the pendulum inside his cuff. Holding it in one hand, he silently recited the divination statement:

"The person before me is the Nighthawk Daly Simone herself."

After seven repetitions, he saw the Yellow Crystal Pendant rotate clockwise.

This meant affirmation!

Only then did Klein lower his raised gun. After considering it for a moment, he repeated his earlier question: "Miss, why did you come looking for me in the middle of the night?"

"...You really are a professional Seer." Daly sighed first, then sat down on the chair before the desk without ceremony and asked in return, "Do you remember those things you didn't finish saying in Dunn's office?"

"What I said to the captain... Miss, are you referring to the 'Seer's Code' I summarized by imitating the Mystery Pryer pathway's maxim of 'do as you please, but do no harm'?" Klein's thoughts stirred at her words, and he asked tentatively.

"Yes. I heard you also claimed that 'this effectively helped you master the Potion, preventing you from hearing sounds you shouldn't hear or seeing scenes you shouldn't see'..." Miss Daly glanced at him with a half-smile, then said with absolute certainty:

"Those words of yours could