The moment he finished speaking, a rift tore open in the air, and Phoenix flew out. It dropped a letter and was about to return to the Spirit World when it suddenly paused, looking at the book in the indescribable thing's hands.
"I... think I've found that person."
Edward stirred and hurriedly asked, "Klein Moretti?"
"That's right."
"Can you find him now and bring him out?"
It thought for a moment, then shook its head. "That place is too special. I might not even be able to get in myself, let alone bring someone else out."
"Then try to find Klein first. If you succeed..."
Edward took out a notebook, quickly wrote a few sentences, tore out the page, folded it, and handed it over. "Give him this letter, then stay there and help as needed."
"All right."
It grabbed the letter and turned into a blur, darting into the rift.
Only then did Edward open the letter it had just delivered-it was from Captain Dunn: "People from MI9 are heading toward the outskirts of Backlund. They seem to have made a major discovery! A powerful High Sequence Beyonder is leading them. I can't keep following them."
"MI9 is coming!"
He looked up at Anthony. "When you said someone didn't want the people in the book to come out alive, did you mean them?"
"..."
Anthony fell silent for a few seconds without answering.
But that was already an answer.
"Do we still have a chance to save the people in the book?"
"Yes, but whether they can get out isn't something we on the outside can decide. The key is whether the people inside can find a way out."
"Is there nothing we can do?"
Anthony shook his head. "What you can do is make sure that book isn't