An abnormal reaction? It really is the " Card of Blasphemy "! Upon receiving the reply, Klein, who had entered the Gray Fog, was initially delighted, then inexplicably astonished:
"Miss Justice is incredibly efficient!"
"I only assigned the task this afternoon, and she finished verifying it this evening..."
"Moreover, this is clearly past the closing time of the Kingdom Museum!"
"A ' Mind Reader ' certainly doesn't possess any extraordinary abilities like infiltration!"
"Wow, her family's power is probably greater than I imagined..."
"Luckily, the verification didn't reveal anything strange, otherwise Miss ' Justice ' would have had to feign innocence and hand over the cards, which would have meant I was destined to be without the treasure... Nothing is ever 100% certain..."
As his thoughts raced, Klein heard Miss " Justice's " follow-up question:
"Mr. The Fool, what secret does that bookmark hold?"
"Well, if your Blessed is unwilling to provide an answer, then just pretend I didn't ask."
"Of course it hides the secret of a ' Card of Blasphemy '!" Klein murmured with delight.
After careful consideration, he decided to wait until he obtained the " Card of Blasphemy " before responding to Miss " Justice," lest she be too shocked and react abnormally, negatively impacting his actions.
Klein didn't rush back to the real world. Instead, he sat in the quiet, empty ancient palace, pondering when and how to act.
Miss Justice caused a little damage to the bookmark, and he wondered if it would be discovered later... or perhaps the bookmark would gradually reveal something unusual and attract attention... So, he couldn't delay, he couldn't wait, he should do it tonight! After a flurry of thoughts, Klein gradually made his decision.
Following that, based on his observations from the morning, he visualized the layout of the first floor of the Kingdom Museum and its general surrounding environment.
Looking at the blueprint, Klein deduced different action plans and quickly established a relatively safe one.
Finally, he performed another Divination to confirm the level of danger.
Seeing that nothing had changed, he returned to the real world and began making various preparations.
Klein originally planned to respond to himself by "drawing" the pattern in his memory, forging a similar bookmark, and then replacing it after infiltrating the area. This would ensure that no one would notice or know about the matter for a long time, and that once it came to light, there would be no way to trace it back to him.
However, after careful consideration, he felt that this was actually a bad idea. If the counterfeit bookmark was discovered, the most suspicious person would be "Miss Justice," who had touched the original bookmark that day.
I can't put Miss Justice at such a high risk for the sake of the treasure; she did this to help me! Klein finally figured out a way to avoid arousing suspicion about Miss Justice.
That is, not only Stealing the bookmark they need, but also taking the surrounding parts, including some lighter books!
Whew... Klein, who was ready, took out his gold-cased pocket watch, turned it on and glanced at it, patiently waiting for the time between 9 o'clock and midnight.
Too early, and the surrounding people wouldn't be asleep yet, which wouldn't meet the needs of his operation plan; too late, and there would be almost no pedestrians on the streets, making him a suspect just by walking around. Meanwhile, due to the serial murders, the entire Backlund was under a state of high alert and martial law.
This is both advantageous and disadvantageous to Klein's actions!
Tick-tock, tick-tock, the hands kept moving, and as the night deepened and the red moon rose, they finally passed 9 o'clock.
Klein carefully packed his " Master Key " and other items, picked up his cane, and first went to the East Borough to change his clothes. Then, he took several taxis to a place that was quite a distance from King's Avenue in the West Borough.
At this point, one hour and three-quarters of an hour had passed.
His the Original plan was not like this. He wanted to use the method of summoning himself and responding to himself to become a spirit, rely on extremely fast speed to fly across the journey from the Cherwood Borough to the West Borough, and then sneak into the Kingdom Museum to succeed without being noticed.
However, he ultimately abandoned the plan because of the potentially high risks involved.
There are High-Sequence powerful beings in Backlund, and more than one!
With the serial murder case causing widespread panic and remaining unsolved for so long, it's possible that High-Sequence powerful individuals are consciously using their extraordinary abilities or corresponding Sealed Artifact to monitor certain areas. The journey from the Cherwood Borough to the West Borough is neither long nor short, and the probability of a special spirit flying there being discovered is not low.
This shouldn't be completely ignored just because the Divination result "says there is some danger but not very high," because Divination doesn't provide intuitive answers, but rather insights that require interpretation.
In other words, the outcome of "somewhat dangerous but not very dangerous" requires a prerequisite: that one has made a relatively good choice.
Therefore, Klein, prioritizing caution, modified the Original plan but retained the core message.
2 King's Avenue, Kingdom Museum.
On the polygonal, four-sloped roof stood four security guards in woolen overcoats, enduring the chill of the late autumn night as they carefully surveyed their respective directions. Even with the cover of trees and the shadows of buildings, it would be difficult to hide anyone approaching the museum.
Just from this setup, it's clear that the security company that took on this task is highly professional.
"There's still half an hour before our shift..." A security guard looked down at his colleagues patrolling the houses below and shook himself.
Inside the museum, the remaining security personnel were divided into four groups, patrolling the various exhibition halls at intervals along different routes.
In the exhibition hall where Roselle's Diary is kept, Max Livermore, the leader of the " Machinery Hivemind " squad, wearing a monocle that allows him to see Wraith Specter other spirit-like Monster, carries a lantern and checks back and forth, occasionally going out to check on other places.
His two subordinates remained in the small hall, beside Roselle's Diary.
But there was one more item on that glass display case.
It was a pile of colorful building blocks, which together formed a miniature scene on the first floor of the museum.
This is also a Sealed Artifact. As long as the deformable building blocks are assembled into the corresponding building, they can establish a connection with real objects. Once someone breaks in, it will immediately shrink.
Of course, this correspondence has many limitations; it won't work if the distance is too far, or it won't work if it doesn't have enough blocks to assemble the whole thing.
Those inside, including people and objects, are almost unable to leave without external assistance.
"Captain, do you really think someone will try to steal this notebook? I can't understand it at all!" A team member asked idly as Max returned carrying a lantern.
Max smiled and said:
"Some people's adoration for Roselle is so fanatical that it's beyond your comprehension."
Some believed they could decipher it but needed more references, while others believed the symbols themselves contained mysterious power, and that by finding the correct combination, they would gain extraordinary abilities.
"In previous exhibitions, Criminal like this would be caught from time to time."
"So, that's why we didn't take the diary away and put it in the sealed place. We're waiting for someone to 'confess'?" another team member asked, seemingly enlightened.
Max nodded and said:
"Who wouldn't want merit delivered right to their doorstep?"
Outside the building at 18 King's Avenue, near the intersection.
Klein followed the shadows and sheltered areas, occasionally using the " Master Key " to walk in a straight line, and finally arrived here.
He took out the old-fashioned brass key again, aimed it at the kitchen door, and silently turned it.
With barely perceptible ripples in the water, Klein entered, passing through doors and walls without alerting anyone, until he found a storage room.
"This ' Master Key ' is really useful! It's just that the two previous owners got lost and ended up in dangerous places, so I don't dare to carry it with me all the time..." Klein sighed, put away the brass-colored key, and with the servants' bedroom right next door, he took out the Holy Night Powder, released its Spirituality, and sealed the entire storage room, preventing any movement from coming out.
Then he took out a candle and placed it on the box directly in front of him.
Snap! He snapped his fingers, causing pale blue Spirituality flames to emerge from his fingertips.
After the candle wick was lit, he summoned himself according to the Ritualistic Magic procedure and responded to himself above the Gray Fog.
Less than a minute later, Klein Levitation in the room, facing his lifeless body.
After getting used to the feeling, he enveloped the ancient and exquisite Azik Copper Whistle, making his spirit body stable and powerful, causing a cold wind to begin to linger and swirl in the room.
At the same time, he also used this power to slightly alter the appearance of the illusory spirit, making it seem as if a layer of paint was applied to its face.
After doing all this, Klein took a box of common matches he bought casually on the street, cut a transparent door in the Wall of Spirituality, and walked out through it.
"Action!"
He silently encouraged himself, and like a real ghost, he passed through one residential house after another, successfully arriving at the outer perimeter of the Kingdom Museum.
Without needing to activate his Spirit Vision, he could clearly see every security personnel in this state; their aura and emotional state betrayed them without reservation.
Finding the withered lawn and the iron-black lamppost facing the exhibition hall window, Klein didn't take advantage of being invisible to ordinary people and swagger over. Instead, he followed the shadows, taking a route that was difficult to spot, passing through tree sculptures and obstacles, and carefully arrived at his destination. He pressed himself against the wall, not daring to be sure that there wasn't a member of the " Machinery Hivemind " team among the security personnel.
At that moment, the four security personnel on the rooftop, who were carefully examining their respective areas, were like truly blind people, unable to find anything.
Klein did not go directly into the exhibition hall, partly because his Spirit Intuition and intuition told him that the first floor of the museum was shrouded in mysterious power, and partly because he could not confirm whether there were any Beyonder inside.
As planned, he went around to the other side, to a restroom outside the exhibition hall where Roselle's Diary was located, and threw the box of matches he was carrying into the ventilation vent.
Immediately afterwards, he took flight and flew into the second floor!