Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 7 Offline Box Opening

As soon as the doubt arose, Star dismissed the idea. After all, Miss Justice claimed that she was confident in her memory, and Star read it several times without Audrey's request.

However, I still have to remind my dear “Fool” to quickly develop a way to transmit text messages in Sefirah Castle. The current transaction method is still too crude.

This thought flashed through his mind, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

After dealing with the mirror fragments, we rushed to today's destinations without stopping.

Star had already made an appointment with several people last night to discuss the situation that he no longer planned to trade back and forth between the two continents. He believed that with his extraordinary eloquence, it would not be difficult to convince them.

Of course, the most important thing is the destination.

To this end, Star consumed some of his spiritual energy, asked the Real and the Illusory to shield him a little, used the "dice roll" several times, and asked the Real and the Illusory to treat him as a human-shaped dice to interfere with possible peeping and divination during the journey.

[Dark Dice]

[Disguise: 36/51 (Successful)]

[Luck: 12/30 (difficult success)]

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On the other side, Klein couldn't bear the excessive consumption of spiritual energy and slept soundly in bed. Only after he wolfed down the potato soup and black bread did he spare the time to think about why Klein committed suicide.

By consulting the diary, he gradually reconstructed the process of the original owner coming into contact with the notebook of the Fourth Age.

"That is to say, the notes on June 6 actually contain that sentence... 'Everyone will die, including me'..." Klein turned to the page he saw first and made a slightly creepy judgment.

He felt that in order to solve the mystery of the original owner's suicide, he should go to Welch and take another look at the contents of the ancient notebook, but he felt that if there was really something wrong with the notebook, wouldn't he be walking into a trap?

But I can't not go. Escaping will never solve the problem. It will only make things bigger and bigger until it bursts and completely submerges myself!
Call the police? I can't say I committed suicide;

Who would listen to me if I asked for help? What's more, I was hiding a secret of traveling through time...

Boom!
dong dong!

Suddenly there was a rapid and powerful knock on the door.

Klein sat up straight and listened attentively.

The sound of knocking on the door echoed in the empty and lonely corridor.

"Who?"

Klein was thinking about the original owner's mysterious suicide and the unknown dangers he might encounter when he heard a sudden knock on the door.

Subconsciously, he opened the drawer, took out the revolver, and asked with caution.

There was silence outside the door for two seconds, and then a magnetic voice introduced:
"It's me, Star Sator."

Star paused, then added with lawyerly eloquence:

"Benson's friend."

Sta. Sator… As this name entered his ears, Klein immediately thought of its owner.

That was an important partner of the import and export company where my brother Benson worked, and I had heard the name several times at the dinner table.

I heard that this man was born in poverty, but he managed to get a share of the trade between the north and south continents by relying on his abilities, although this was also due to his outstanding appearance.

My brother Benson usually mentioned this name with respect, so why did he come to visit today?

Moreover, why does this voice sound familiar?

Putting aside his doubts for the moment, Klein threw the revolver back into the drawer and responded loudly, "Okay, I'll be right there!"

After tidying up his clothes, he opened the door and saw a figure similar to the one he saw in the morning.

It's you! The learned Mr. Wheel of Fortune!
At this moment, the cautious Klein's hair stood on end, and he just wanted to quickly go back to his drawer and grab the revolver for self-defense.

What is this? Have I been “opened” offline?
Wait. Calm down!

Be calm!
Mr. Star had some business connections with his brother Benson. Maybe he just came to visit for something?

Klein warned himself not to be so confrontational, lest he lose his composure.

Star, who was standing opposite him, looked at the nervous Klein with some amusement and took the initiative to break the awkwardness by asking, "Is your brother home?"

"No, he's on a business trip. He might not be back until Sunday." Klein said, feeling a brief sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he didn’t recognize me. After all, who would have connected the high and mighty Mr. Fool with this ordinary young man in front of him?

Am I really thinking too much?
"Is that so?" Star was not surprised by this answer, but he still replied in surprise.

In fact, the purpose of his going out today has been achieved. After his door-to-door visits, some of the previous merchants have already realized that he will no longer do business in the North and South Continents in the future.

With his extraordinary eloquence, he encountered no difficulties.

Now that I'm at Klein's house, I just think about how, according to the original development, Klein must have experienced a period of painful emotions of being a stranger in a foreign land, right?
If Star puts himself in the situation, if he didn’t know there were other “Earthlings”, would he still feel a little bit of pain when adapting to this new environment?

Probably so?

So he came anyway.

After all, Klein is not like some of the protagonists. He is grateful, loyal, and flesh and blood. He can be said to be a typical representative of the good camp.

Her personality is very much to his liking and she is quite reliable as a friend.

That's right, Star wanted to reveal his identity as a "traveler" to him. If certain interferences were eliminated, the benefits would far outweigh the disadvantages for him.

At least it made Xiao Ke realize that there is still one person from that civilization.

So, facing Xiao Ke's slightly relaxed gaze, he calculated the time and hurriedly said, "There is a special aura about you. Maybe we have met you somewhere before?"

Klein had just relaxed, but Sta's words immediately made him explode. He quickly said, "No, I've never met you in real life before."

The one with the gray fog doesn't count.

He cursed secretly, praying that he was not recognized, and at the same time moved his body closer to where the revolver was kept, ready to pull it out for self-defense if anything went wrong.

In a place with seven major churches, under the premise that the suspected "predecessor" Emperor Roselle was assassinated, if something like "time travel" was discovered, the person would most likely be taken to the Inquisition or the Arbitration Court!

Star noticed Klein's nervousness and adjusted his words in order to control the development of the situation.

It’s better to be straightforward. If this continues, I don’t know what Xiao Ke will imagine.

"I mean, my golden finger told me that I have met you."

He spoke directly in Chinese, which made Klein feel very familiar.

What? Goldfinger?
My identity has been discovered?

Also, he was speaking - Chinese!?

This time, Klein was completely at a loss.

Is this a fellow villager? Or is there another senior time traveler?
Star looked at Klein's expression with a smug look on his face, and continued with a smile, "It seems that you know this language, Mr. Fool."

This book follows the path of knowing and recognizing each other and achieving mutual success with Xiao Ke from the very beginning.

For this reason, the setting of "Between Reality and Virtuality" is very large.

Tomorrow I will also add more details about Star's motivations

There is also reason to believe that the goddess only used the uniqueness to buff the people coming down from Sefirah Castle, and did not discover Xiao Ke at the beginning. The Seven Gods are far away in the Star Realm to resist the Outer Gods, and it is difficult to withdraw. That is, gods descend during events such as heavy smog.

Or maybe he wouldn't be watching Xiao Ke all the time. Plus, Star successfully rolled the dice between reality and illusion, and his own Sequence 8 promotion required some arrangements, so he did it this way.

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(End of this chapter)