Mystery: The Stars Returner

The night was still silent, only a black cloud enveloped it. When he saw a figure that did not belong to Backlund sneaking out of the Queens District, a furious thunder fell, splitting the remaining clone of Amon into pieces. The slag left only four translucent insects of time in place.

Rumble!

Several more thunderbolts came, burning the four insects of time into powder and scattering them in the wind.

The dark clouds dispersed again, and the starry sky returned to its former calm and brilliance.

In the study room, faced with 008's flattery, Hastur admitted that he felt comfortable listening to it, but it was a trouble after all.

You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no way to prevent a thief for a thousand days.

Both Adam and Amon already know what 008 is doing in their hands, and they will definitely come to snatch him in the future. Although it is not too difficult to protect 008, Amon's temperament is too changeable.

The lack of security will one day implicate innocent people, such as the housekeeper and maid at home, and friends like Sharon and Audrey, Greg, and Maric who care.

With Amon's ability, it is easy to investigate his interpersonal relationships, and it is also easy to deal with them.

For a born mythical creature like Amon, these emotions that he cares about are all places that he can make use of.

When he fails once, Amon may still regard it as a difficult game challenge.

But if he keeps failing, sooner or later he will take actions that affect other people, because in his eyes, there is no concept of innocence in the life and death of these people.

In comparison, Adam was easier to deal with.

He knows human nature well and will not push this matter to extremes unless forced to do so, but Amon is different.

I'm afraid this is Adam's real intention in asking Amon to help him visit Backlund.

He is telling himself that when you have concerns in your heart, don't hold on to 008, otherwise there is no guarantee of what will happen next time.

Admittedly, this is a threat, but I have to admit that it is very effective.

After all, I still can't protect Sharon, Audrey and others at the same time, even if I have the stars to rely on.

"Master, are you considering handing me over?"

008 is very smart. When it saw Hastur's silence, it roughly guessed what Hastur was thinking.

Use it to conduct a suitable transaction, which is the most reasonable choice.

"What do you think?"

"I, I want to get rid of this fate. Maybe the master can separate me from this extraordinary characteristic of a writer and let me become the new 008."

008 felt frustrated and slowly wrote his answer on the blank paper.

"It's indeed a good idea." Hastur nodded, "But it's not that time yet."

He also has something that makes Adam afraid. If he really wants to mess up, he will directly send 008 to the stars so that Adam will never become a god!

But as the end approaches, this deterrent will become smaller and smaller.

008's suggestion is actually the best solution. All Adam needs is the writer's extraordinary characteristics. It is not difficult to separate the extraordinary characteristics and retain 008's complete consciousness.

But if he wants to compromise, Adam must show enough sincerity.

Perhaps because he had predicted his final outcome, 008's interest was always low, and he randomly drew undulating and twisted lines on the blank paper.

"How about combining you with that Yellow Document?"

008's brush strokes suddenly stopped, and after a while, it scrawled and wrote in the blank space: "Everything depends on the owner."

This scene gave Hastur a sense of déjà vu as if he had dreamed that the landowner rewarded his servant to the girl he liked.

……

Outside Berklund Street, Leonard had arrived at a safe area and felt that Amon's aura had disappeared, and the abnormalities in Berklund Street had completely returned to normal.

Pales asked Leonard to contact Klein and Hastur.

In the dream, the three of them reunited again.

"Are you all okay?" Leonard asked worriedly.

"It's okay." Klein responded, looking at Hastur, "Amon didn't come to see me."

"Well, He came to see me. Fortunately, I made some preparations in advance." Hastur did not hide this matter.

Leonard exclaimed: "Isn't that dangerous?"

"It's just a clone, not the main body. It's still within the processing range."

Hastur's calm words shocked both Leonard and Klein.

No matter how weak Amon's clone is, it should still be in Sequence 3, right?

Judging from what happened tonight, the battle on Berklund Street may have been a decoy, and what Amon really wanted to do was pinned on another clone.

Then the strength of this clone cannot be too low, and there is a high probability that it is also a Sequence 2.

And Hastur can survive in the hands of an angel and even gain an advantage. There are too many things worth studying in this.

But they were all smart people, and Hastur didn't go into details, so they didn't ask further questions.

After a brief chat, Hastur began to distribute tonight's spoils.

"A total of thirteen Worms of Time were obtained in the battle on Berklund Street. One of them is relatively large, and the other twelve are about the same size. I only want the largest one, and the other twelve will be divided equally between the two of you."

"As for the one who came to me... that Amon, all the Time Worms on him belong to me."

"What do you think?"

Leonard and Klein looked at each other, both feeling that they were taking too much advantage.

In tonight's battle, the two of them basically didn't contribute much. The one who made the plan was Palles, and the one who contributed a little was Will. They basically just watched.

Of the thirteen left in Berklund Street, most of them should belong to Hastur. It would be a very good reward for the two of them to have three Worms of Time each.

"You have no objections, it's settled."

Hastur sent the twelve Worms of Time directly to Leonard and Klein through Will's dream.

"Amon, as the mischievous king of angels, even if he cannot know what happened to Backlund from the secret tonight, he will definitely pay special attention to Backlund afterwards. You should be careful."

After giving a reminder, Hastur left the dreamland created by Will.

Leonard and Klein have a close relationship. The blasphemer Amon, a king of angels, may be guarding outside Backlund. Just thinking about it makes people feel scared.

Especially Leonard, since he learned about the food chain relationship between the old man and Amon, he was afraid that Amon would look at him among the crowd when he walked on the street.

After the dream ended, Hastur checked the time. It was after eleven o'clock. He took a bath first, and then took a carriage to the new stronghold of the Temperance Sect, preparing to pick up Sharon and Azshara.

In order to avoid accidents tonight, he had already asked Sharon and Azshara to leave the house first, so as not to run into Amon who appeared from nowhere.

Hastur, who closed his eyes for a while in the carriage, was soon pulled into Will's dream.

In this dream, there was only Will and himself.

"Where's my share of the loot?" Will pouted slightly, as if he was angry that Hastur didn't give him the Worm of Time.

"Oh, do you need the Worm of Time too?"

"Of course, I am growing and need to absorb a lot of nutrients." Will said very rationally: "And that is the Worm of Time on Amon, which can be used for many things."

"For the sake of the dream you provided tonight, there can't be more than two Worms of Time."

It was a big harvest tonight. Hastur generously gave away two small Worms of Time.

Will blinked, not too little, waved his hand, and left the dreamland.

Then, Will used the same reason to ask for three Worms of Time from Klein, and Leonard asked for two Worms of Time as a reward for providing tonight's dream communication.

The harvest of seven Worms of Time made Will the biggest winner tonight besides Hastur.

On Leonard's side, Pales was still feeling distressed about the two Worms of Time he had sent out. To him, these were the real nourishing food and life-saving medicine.

It's a pity that his role tonight is limited, otherwise he could shamelessly ask for a few more Worms of Time to restore his condition.

……

In Pulitzer Harbor, a young man with black hair, dark eyes, a thin face, and a monocle rode a bicycle and returned to his home leisurely, humming a little tune.

With an obvious smile, he took out newspapers and letters from the mail box. After entering the house, the young man opened the unsigned letter as he walked.

"If we all lose contact in Backlund, this means that this game is getting more and more interesting. Hasta Campbell, what is his true identity?"

"If he is just a pure believer in the stars, he will not be able to solve all of us. What horrifying truth is hidden behind his powerful power and rapid rise."

"I believe you will also be very interested in this issue. After all, we also like to take risks and explore the truth. As for the deal with that paranoid, keeping one's word is not our traditional good character."

"Oh, there is also a favored person of the night participating in it. He is also very interesting. It should be said that everything here is very interesting. If you have time, you can come here in person. You will definitely gain a lot."

The young man slowly burned the letter to ashes, came to the window, tapped the edge of the window with his fingers, hummed a tune, and looked in the direction of Backlund.

After a while, the young man frowned slightly and left the spot instantly, leaving only one sentence, "It's really annoying."