Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 280 Klein: Why is this dog so enthusiastic?
The financier who commissioned the adultery was really generous...

On Tuesday morning, in front of the Krag Club, Klein watched the butler and maid verify the authenticity of the banknotes and confirm the specific amount while praising Madam Mary's generosity.

Thinking of the shares worth nearly 20,000 gold pounds, he felt that this was more reasonable - it was about the division of five-digit gold pounds, and Lady Mary would not be stingy in this regard.

But Klein suddenly thought:

"It seems that, with Star's help, I once had a five-digit fortune?"

"Twice!"

But in the end, the banknotes with the king's portrait on them all disappeared... Klein's mouth twitched as he thought of this. He could only comfort himself:
"It's okay. They just stay by my side in a different form, like the 'world' represented by the 'All Black Eye'..."

At this time, he saw the red-vest manservant and the good-looking maid bowing to him:
"Mr. Moriarty, welcome to the Krag Club."

Klein nodded and familiarized himself with the situation and environment of the Krag Club under the guidance of the attendant beside him. He sighed:
It is indeed a high-end club, with food and accommodation provided.

His current financial resources were only 437 pounds, and he had to set aside a portion to help purchase the supplies needed by Silver City.

Although this would help him save some extraordinary materials, Klein felt:

Overall, it is better to save as much as possible.

He took a look at the layout here and thought:
After completing this order, he can go back and collect the gold pounds.

I have to think about how to get the evidence of Doragu's extramarital affair this morning. The flash of the camera is simply impossible to hide...

Using the “magician’s” “illusion”?
But it does this by influencing the surrounding environment, creating an illusion of colour, sound and smell.

Strictly speaking, this cannot cover up the flash of the camera, unless Klein wants to fill the surroundings with flashes - wouldn't that be blatantly telling everyone that someone is catching someone cheating here - wouldn't he be kicked out of the club?

As Klein was thinking, he moved to the buffet restaurant on the first floor. He had already grown a little tired of eating the simple breakfasts of the Kingdom of Loen all day long.

Not to mention comparing it to the food that Star makes, even if he buys the ingredients himself it would be better than this, right?

Klein took out his gold pocket watch, opened it and took a look, then walked out of the bathroom, picked up his suitcase, and went to the cafeteria on the first floor.

It was just past 9 o'clock, and it was still breakfast time. Klein took a half-cooked egg, a piece of white bread, a piece of butter, a Dixie pie, a portion of bacon, and a cup of Marquis black tea with lemon slices floating in it.

While looking for a seat, he suddenly saw an acquaintance with black hair and black eyes. It was "Mr. Doyle" who rented a house to him for the second time, also Star.

This handsome man was sitting alone in the corner. He had finished his breakfast and was reading a newspaper while drinking coffee.

"Mr. Doyle, why are you here?"

"Sherlock Moriarty" greeted "Mr. Doyle".

They knew each other, so greeting each other like this wouldn't arouse suspicion.

At this moment, "Mr. Doyle" smiled mysteriously:
"I saw that you had some difficulties in solving the case, so I came here to assist you personally."

"Ok?"

"Sherlock Moriarty" was a little confused - how did "Mr. Doyle" know?
He had done a good job of hiding his expression.

Haha, I watched the "narration"...

"Mr. Doyle" took a sip of coffee and said slowly:
"You think I have a 'God's perspective', or can see through Sherlock Moriarty's mind, right?"

"After all, isn't it normal for 'Mr. Doyle' to know what 'Sherlock Moriarty' is thinking?"

Seeing this, Klein had no choice but to accept this statement - it is said that the "audience" can see into other people's inner thoughts. When Star was tracking down the "Twilight Hermit Society", he should have fought with the "audience". It is not surprising that he has such ability?
He pulled up the chair next to Star and sat down:
"Well, I did run into trouble."

Klein hesitated about how to talk to Star about the difficulties he encountered.

Then he "felt" a special sound echoing in his "ears":
"Why, just tell me what you have to say?"

Is that Star's voice?

Klein's eyes widened, but he clearly didn't hear Star's mouth moving.

Star took a sip of coffee:
"Don't make such a fuss. Wouldn't it be more reasonable if you understood it as the 'transmission of sound' in martial arts?"

"Reasonable?"

“Is that a reasonable question?”

Klein complained.

Senior Star can really come up with something that is refreshing to him...

However, even a "phonograph"-like spell was created before. From this point of view, it is much more reasonable to put such a small thing on Star.

Klein was speechless for a moment, then took a bite of the Dixie pie and the bread with a soft-boiled egg, bacon, and butter.

He nibbled on these things, taking a sip of Marquis black tea from time to time to help swallow them, and then accepted this setting and asked Star:

"It's not a big problem... I accepted a commission to catch my employer cheating. I need to take photos of him to prove his infidelity, but the flash of the camera is hard to cover up."

After a pause, Klein felt a little choked and took a sip of Marquis black tea.

Before he could even wonder how people could communicate while choking, he continued:

"What can you do?"

"Ah, this is easy."

Star didn't care and picked up another cup of coffee and took a sip slowly.

"Just leave it to me later."

"Since you said so, I'll leave it to you."

Klein relaxed now, feeling as if he had an "external brain" and that he didn't have to worry anymore.

"By the way, Star, why did you suddenly come to this club today?"

"Ah, I'm waiting for someone."

"Waiting for someone?"

"Yes, but the meeting place is not here. I just remembered that I could have breakfast here, so I came here now."

"But why don't you just finish your breakfast at home? I remember you cook much better than this?"

"No, it's not that I don't want to."

Star showed a complicated look.

"Let me tell you this, breakfast is mushrooms made by the Rose Bishop himself."

"Is there anything wrong with this?"

"The problem is: those mushrooms are the same mushrooms that I described in the information I submitted to the City of Silver."

“That’s a big problem.”

Klein couldn't help but frown when he remembered that this mushroom was said to have a tendency to self-reproduce after coming into contact with a large amount of flesh and blood.

"That's right."

Star finished explaining to Klein, and then felt a little guilty:
Mr. A once again wasted a pot of delicious food.

After a moment of silence, he explained to Klein:
"Let's stop talking and talk about something happy."

"What happy thing?"

"For example, I recently acquired a new messenger, so I don't have to catch 'Miss Sharon's teacher', that is, Miss Renette, to use... This is also a good thing."

Klein's first reaction was congratulations, and his second reaction was Miss Renette:

When did Star and the Courier get along so well? Yeah, that's right... Klein felt that he had never paid the Courier a single gold coin in person, so it was not surprising that the Courier had gone to Star to take advantage of him and make some extra money.

Maybe one day the messenger lady might "rebel" and become Star's "person"... well, maybe not a "person".

Klein gave the order in his mind, and then did not make a joke about "Why do I feel like I'm being ntr" and said to Star:

“This is really good for you…”

After a pause, Klein thought of his previous experience as a messenger and shook his head helplessly:

"For example, you don't need me if you want to contact the members of the Tarot Club."

"Why do I feel that your words sound a bit feminine and resentful?"

Star replied casually.

"Where is it?"

Klein almost choked while drinking his Marquis black tea.

He was a little fuzzy:
"If you say so, I'm really going to complain."

"You want Miss Renette's student, 'Miss Sharon', to meet Miss Renette."

"Why in such a tactful way?"

"I was almost mistaken for a spy and caught by Miss Sharon."

Star then put down his coffee:

"Well, you were alerted by them?"

"Correct."

Klein glanced at Star and wordlessly took a bite of the Dixie pie in his hand.

"Okay, it's my fault. I did miss it. But you did what I told you to do, so you didn't have to suffer any hardship in the end, did you?"

Klein gave Star a look that said "what do you think" and continued eating his breakfast.

"Okay, I understand. If there are any problems later, I think you can ask Miss Messenger to coordinate."

"I hope that's OK."

It seemed that Klein didn't want to continue to get entangled with Maric and the others.

Seeing this, Star also changed the subject:
"Want to see my big dog?"

Klein was stunned for a moment.

"what?"

This is a conversation in Chinese, right? Did he mishear something?
"Star, watch your words. Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

No, this doesn't mean it's an ability similar to telepathy, but dirty words are dirty words, right?
"Boring, I thought you were going to say 'look at yours'."

Star finally finished his coffee without explaining anything.

All of this is for the purpose of playing the role of a "weirdo" - bearing the name of a "weirdo", "not playing by the rules" is his greatest weapon to digest the potion.

Not to mention Klein, even "Bai Zao" was often "counter-tricked" by him, so that he could follow the role-playing rules to complete the digestion of the "Weird Guest" potion.

So, he was just acting in his daily life...

As for what Klein had misunderstood, it was obvious that he had misunderstood!
Yes, he was thinking wrongly... Feeling that the progress of the potion in his body had advanced a little, Star glanced around, dispelling the attention of ordinary people in this secluded corner, and then pretended to take out the bell in his pocket - which solidified the ritual of summoning the messenger in his "backpack".

There was a ding sound, and just when Klein wanted to complain that he could only reply with "Against Heaven", a slender figure suddenly emerged from the place where the red, black, white, and blue colors overlapped.

It looks like a hound, with short black hair covering its entire body. There are two burning, dark red flames in the eye sockets, and the corners of its mouth extend all the way to the back of its head. It is clearly there as a physical entity, but it gives people a feeling of unreality.

“It’s really a big dog, huh?”

Klein felt a little dazed and turned to face that direction.

Before Klein could react from his daze, the dog-like creature covered in black fur, with fire burning in its eye sockets and a mouth cracked to the back of its head, turned two balls of dark red flames, looked at Klein, and lay down in front of Klein.

It wagged its tail.

Wagging your tail?
Klein suddenly didn't know what to say in his heart - had he and Star's messenger been swapped? Why did Star's messenger seem so enthusiastic towards him?

Of course, correspondingly, Miss Messenger and Star also had a lot of interactions.

Klein looked at this monster, which was not too deformed but definitely terrifying, and wagged its tail as if to show his friendliness. He raised his hand and said hello:
"Hi?"

Unexpectedly, the spiritual creature that looked like a hound became even more excited, and its tail was wagging happily, which made Klein feel like it was about to pounce on him.

Star was watching the interaction between the man and the dog with a smirk on his face, and took another sip of coffee with interest.

To be honest, Fulgrim's Hound is an excellent choice not only as a courier, but also as a substitute.

As for how Star signed the contract, he used his influence in Sefirah Castle to attract the group of "Guardians" surrounding Sefirah Castle.

For some reason, when the group of Fulgrim's dogs saw him, they seemed to have lost their intelligence and neither ran nor moved forward.

It was not until Star took out the contract as a messenger - notarized by "forged in vain" and "tampered" with his own ability, that they rushed over again like they are now.

But Star still treated the messenger very well. For example, now he called Fulgrim's dog out for a walk. If Klein was interested in helping walk the dog, Star could also give him the contact information of Fulgrim's dog...

Well, Fulgrim's Dog will have to pay for playing on your behalf afterwards...

Seeing the man and the dog communicating as if they were in two different worlds, and Klein having no intention of reaching out to touch the dog, Sta let Fulgrim's dog retreat first.

Then, several figures appeared vaguely, sometimes overlapping with the "grey fog" and sometimes separating. They were all Fulgrim dogs with dark red flames burning in their eyes and short black hair covering their bodies.

And so the dog of Fulgrim returned to its companions, blending into the darker patches of gray fog.

All the strange visions disappeared, and the figure became increasingly illusory, disappearing in an instant, as if it was just a projection from history.

It was as if what Klein saw just now was just an illusion.

If Klein hadn't confirmed that Star had finished a cup of coffee and there was no possibility that he was lying to him, he might have thought that what happened just now was an illusion.

Why did Star's messenger show such kindness to him? Oh, did gray fog appear just now?
Klein began to ponder in his mind. Just as he was about to ask for information about the Dog of Fulgrim, he saw a beautiful blonde girl with delicate makeup taking a cup of coffee from the breakfast buffet. She was about to return to the lounge, as if she was waiting for someone - it was none other than Lady Mary's husband's mistress.

We can ask about it later, maybe he can't afford the offer.

But catching the adulterer needs to happen immediately!

Klein asked Star:

"People are coming, Star, can you hide the camera flashes?"

Star put down the newspaper and coffee. Knowing that Klein wanted to watch the "pornographic film", he did not delay Klein.

He took Klein's box, knocked on it, and then handed it to Klein.

"Is this good?"

"What else? Do you want me to take out the camera and take some more pictures?"

"Are you kidding me? This ancient device can achieve the desired effect with just one tap? Besides, this isn't a malfunction."

Klein took the box and asked casually, somewhat suspiciously.

Seeing this, Star just smiled:
"I think this will work."

(End of this chapter)