Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Minsk Street.

Around noon, Klein bought some lunch nearby. On his way home, a ragged newsboy suddenly approached and asked, "Sir, would you like to buy a newspaper?"

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Seeing that it was already noon, but the newsboy still hadn't sold all of his morning papers, Klein took out a one-penny coin from his wallet. "Give me one."

"Thank you, kind sir," the newsboy immediately said. "You're sure to have good luck."

Klein smiled, took the newspaper, and returned home, intending to read it while eating lunch.

Suddenly, a voice sounded behind him: "Sir, would you like a newspaper?"

Klein jumped up abruptly, extending his index finger as he turned, ready to 'shoot'.

There was no one behind him!

Klein lightly touched his teeth together, activating his Spirit Vision, but there were no ghosts or anything of the sort.

"Sir, would you like a newspaper?"

That voice appeared behind him again.

Klein forced himself to calm down. The 'Clown's' warning ability hadn't sensed any danger, meaning that although the current situation was strange, it wasn't very dangerous.

Or rather, there wouldn't be much danger until the other party was stimulated by certain factors.

Klein thought for a moment, then suddenly bent down and looked behind him from between his legs. The ragged newsboy from before was now standing on his dining table, looking at Klein expectantly, as if hoping he would buy a newspaper.

Klein tried asking, "Who are you?"

"Kind sir, you're sure to have good luck," the newsboy said with a smile.

Klein stood up again. It seemed the other party only knew those two sentences.

He pondered for a moment, then prayed to himself and came to the 'gray fog above', checking the newsboy through his own star.

It was just a newsboy!

However, under 'True Vision', this newsboy seemed somewhat illusory.

So Klein tried using the 'Black Emperor' card plus the 'Paper Substitute' ability, and leveraged the power of the 'gray fog above' to transform an angel and throw it into his star.

That 'angel' crashed into the newsboy, passing right through him and disappearing into the dining room.

Sitting at the head of the long bronze table, Klein frowned. This was the first time he had encountered something that even 'The Fool' was helpless against.

His first thought was to seek help from 'Mechanical Heart'.

After all, he was now also an informant for 'Mechanical Heart', and 'Mechanical Heart' would definitely help.

But he was also somewhat apprehensive, afraid that his encounter was too bizarre and that 'Mechanical Heart' would capture him for research.

At this time, he thought of 'Mr. Xiel', who was very familiar with 'Mechanical Heart', and could ask him to vouch for him.

Before that, however, Klein decided to first divine what was going on with the newsboy.

So he divined above the 'gray fog': "Where does this newsboy come from?"

"Where does this newsboy come from?"

"…"

After chanting seven times, Klein used meditation to enter a state between sleep and wakefulness.

He only saw a very blurry picture. The surrounding environment was unclear, but he seemed to see two strangely shaped windows.

A middle-aged man with a pale face and illusory light flashing in his eyes was kneeling piously in front of an altar, chanting some incantations.

That altar was different from the usual altars. It was divided into three layers, each with many complex extraordinary symbols drawn on it.

At this moment, the symbols in the middle of the altar suddenly lit up, and Klein immediately heard a sharp murmur in his ears. He woke up abruptly from his dream, with blood flowing from both ears even with the protection of the 'gray fog above'.

Klein judged: The damage was not great, far less than the time with the 'Eternal Blazing Sun'.

Of course, it was also possible that the being represented by this symbol had not yet descended with too much power.

Returning to the real world, he heard that sentence again, "Sir, would you like a newspaper?"

At this time, Klein had completely calmed down. After thinking for a moment, he immediately took a taxi carriage to 'Nanshan Dance Hall'.

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66 Rose Street.

Audis had just returned from Backlund University and was about to have a cup of tea to rest before considering the problem of lunch.

At this time, his pocket watch lit up, which was a signal from Manti.

Could it be that Manti's intelligence network had obtained some important information?

While thinking, Audis came to the basement again, changed out of the 'Wizard' Gandalf's clothes, and transformed back into the herbal shop owner Audis.

After re-disguising and teleporting, Audis appeared at the 'Nanshan Dance Hall' as 'Mr. Xiel'.

Ms. Manti was on the third floor. Seeing Mr. Xiel coming out of the room, she immediately greeted him: "Detective Sherlock has arrived."

"He said he has something very urgent to ask you and asked you to come as soon as possible."

Audis nodded: "Where is he?"

"He said he must be alone in a room," Manti replied. "So I arranged him in a private room."

While speaking, Manti led the way.

Arriving on the second floor, Audis saw Klein with a beard in a spacious private room: "Welcome, Detective Sherlock…"

"Sir, would you like a newspaper?"

An eager but mechanical voice interrupted Audis's words.

Only then did Audis notice that behind Klein was a seven or eight-year-old, ragged newsboy, looking at Klein expectantly.

"Buying a newspaper every hour or so is not dangerous," Klein explained.

On the way here, his spirituality suddenly sensed a sense of crisis. Just as he was preparing to fight, he suddenly had an inspiration and bought another newspaper from the newsboy, and the sense of crisis disappeared.

"Of course, as time goes by, this time may be shortened," Klein took out his wallet and said with a wry smile: "I don't have many coins left."

Audis said to Manti behind him: "Go get some one-penny coins, and don't let anyone approach this room."

Manti couldn't see the newsboy or hear his voice, but hearing Detective Sherlock's words and seeing Mr. Xiel's reaction, she guessed that something important had happened.

After the door was closed, Audis sat opposite Klein and smiled at the newsboy: "Child, come here, let me see what news is on your newspaper?"

But the newsboy didn't seem to hear Audis's words, and still stood behind Klein, saying expectantly: "Sir, would you like a newspaper?"

At this time, Manti sent the coins, and Audis put the coins in his pocket: "He seems to only want to sell you newspapers? When did you meet this newsboy?"

Klein said with a wry smile: "About two hours ago, I bought a newspaper because I felt sorry for him.

"He also said that I would have good luck, and the result is this kind of good luck."

Audis smiled: "He doesn't seem to have a physical body?"

"Yes," Klein replied: "He is like a ghost, able to pass through any object."

The great detective paused and said: "There is indeed such a newsboy on Minsk Street. I occasionally see him.

"When I came here, I specially looked for him, and he was still selling newspapers on the street."

Audis thought: This is like a "projection".

Then he asked: "Can I take a look at the newspaper you bought from him?"

Klein said: "I've read it. It's not news, it's the way to create and control living corpses by relying on one's own spirituality."

"This can also be considered good luck," Audis said while taking the newspaper: "After all, such knowledge is difficult to master except for extraordinary people of a specific pathway."

Extraordinary people below demigod level, only the "Death" and "Prisoner" pathways have the ability to create and control living corpses.

Without error, one head, one hair, one content, one appearance, one look!

Extraordinary people of other pathways can only obtain corresponding abilities by praying for power from high-sequence extraordinary people of these two pathways.

Otherwise, even if extraordinary people of the "Death" or "Prisoner" pathways teach the method of creating and controlling living corpses to extraordinary people of other pathways very seriously, extraordinary people of other pathways can only learn the method of creating living corpses at most, and it is difficult to learn the method of controlling living corpses.

As for demigods and above, they can also temporarily use this type of ability through some ingenious methods, but they are ultimately not as professional as extraordinary people of the "Death" and "Prisoner" pathways.

Audis took the newspaper, and as soon as he opened it, the newspaper immediately became illusory and turned into a string of information flow composed of numbers and symbols, flowing into Audis's eyes.

This change happened too quickly, and Audis didn't have time to avoid it. By the time he reacted, the information had already entered his eyes, and Audis instantly understood the method of creating and controlling living corpses without praying for power.

Only three can be made, and the service life does not exceed one month.

More than three will put a burden on Audis's spirituality, and he will not be able to control the extra living corpses.

Seeing this, Klein got up and asked: "Are you okay?"

Audis touched the blood from the corner of his eye: "It seems to be okay for now."

To be on the safe side, he will have to enter the 'Knowledge Wilderness' later to disinfect.

He looked at the newsboy again: "I probably know why he appeared, and I also have a solution to the problem."

Klein was slightly taken aback: "Are you sure?"

Audis smiled: "I can be sure that 'Mechanical Heart' is not as sure as I am, because I just happen to have mastered a magic formation to deal with this kind of situation."

Klein nodded: "What reward do I need to pay?"

“300 pounds,” Audys said. “I originally planned to ask for 600 pounds, but I gained knowledge just now, which counts as deducting 300 pounds for you.”

“Alright.” Although Klein felt a bit of heartache, he also knew that solving such a problem for 300 pounds was indeed not expensive.

Audys went to the empty area in the private room and began to draw the magic circle.

Seeing that Mr. Gard's movements were very skilled, and seemingly not needing to worry about being disturbed, Klein asked, "Is this a magic circle that even the 'Heart of the Machinery' hasn't mastered?"

“Yes.” Audys said while drawing, “To be precise, the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery disdains using magic circles to solve problems.”

Klein recalled that Mr. Gard had used a magic circle before to allow the two of them, Sequence 7s not known for their strength, to rotate a row of townhouses.

He didn't quite understand: "Even if it's useful, they still don't use it?"

Audys smiled: "If you meet a fortune teller on the roadside when you go out, and he says his fortune-telling is very accurate, would you believe him if you were sure he wasn't a Beyonder?"

Klein roughly understood what Mr. Gard meant: "In my impression, I feel that the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery is a church that pursues truth."

“Perhaps it is that kind of church.” Audys began to finish up: “But people's prejudices are like a mountain. Even if those scholars are fair, the first thing they think of when they see my research is to find fault.

“Because they are professional, and I am an amateur. They won’t waste too much time and energy on amateurs.”

Klein nodded and said nothing more.

“The magic circle is drawn.” Audys got up, took out a few coins from his pocket and handed them to Klein: “I'll go get a piece of crystal. If there's any danger, buy another newspaper.”

Klein took the coins and watched Mr. Gard leave.

Two or three minutes later, Mr. Gard returned again, holding a crystal rich in spirituality in his hand.

After placing the crystal on the magic circle, Audys said: "Jump over this magic circle."

Klein did as he was told. The newsboy indeed followed him forward and came into the center of the magic circle.

Under Audys's command, Klein adjusted his position, allowing the newsboy to stand in the very center of the magic circle.

At this time, the newsboy seemed to sense danger. He was no longer just staring at Klein, but looked at Audys and examined the magic circle under his feet.

But the other party's wisdom was still limited. Taking advantage of his lack of reaction, Audys injected spirituality into the magic circle.

The symbols and patterns on the ground lit up one after another. The newsboy seemed to jump up instinctively, but a white罩罩 with illusory light had already formed above him.

The newsboy crashed into the罩罩, immediately hitting his head and bleeding, and his head seemed to be flattened a bit.

This magic circle was based on the sealing magic circle obtained by Audys from the ruins of the Trunsoest Empire, but what he is facing now is not an evil god, but just some power overflowing from the ritual of summoning an evil god.

Therefore, Audys simplified the magic circle, which was enough to carry out the seal.

The original magic circle's source of power was a sealed item or Beyonder characteristic at the demigod level, but the simplified magic circle didn't need to have such strong power, it only needed to use a spiritual material.

Audys continued to inject spirituality into the magic circle, and the illusory罩罩 gradually became solid, sealing the newsboy who was trying to escape by jumping inside the magic circle.

At this time, the newsboy suddenly became illusory, turning into a string of rolling information streams, drilling into the mystical symbols of the magic circle.

Audys encountered such a situation for the first time. The target actually wanted to invade the magic circle to escape!

Fortunately, with the obstruction of that crystal, the "newsboy" was trapped when he drilled into the crystal.

Audys quickly picked up the crystal, covered it with a "Wall of Spirituality", and quickly wrote a series of symbols on it, finally completing the seal.

Holding the crystal, Audys belatedly said: "At that moment, the newsboy seemed to be the embodiment of knowledge!"

Klein was slightly stunned: "Is he from the 'Hidden Sage' or the 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom'?"

These two gods seemed to be related to the "embodiment of knowledge", but the "Hidden Sage" seemed to be closer.

Considering that someone was performing a ritual to summon an evil god, it was very likely related to the "Hidden Sage", after all, the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" is one of the seven orthodox gods, and it is unlikely that he would allow his believers to perform such a ritual.