Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 284 Emperor Roselle's Exhibition
Queens, in the luxurious villa of Earl Hall's family.

Audrey wore a light-colored long dress with bold use of lace and a snow-white fur coat, waiting for her personal maid Anne to help her put on a soft hat inlaid with pearls and with fine lattice tulle hanging down.

Beside her, Susie was squatting there with a satin bow tied around her neck.

"My beautiful little princess, where are you going?" Earl Hall came down the stairs and asked, stroking his beautiful mustache.

Audrey replied with bright eyes:
"Dad, I'm going to go see the Roselle Memorial Exhibition."

"Is that all?"

Earl Hall thought for a while, then mentioned unintentionally:

"Aren't you going to check out the investment in that bicycle company today?"

At Audrey's suggestion, the Hall family conducted an in-depth investigation into Wayne Company, which was run by the Aurora Club, and asked Audrey to obtain a short-term loan with reasonable interest for the bicycle project.

By assisting in matters such as channel communication and factory establishment, we obtained 18% of the company's shares in this project, and in total we held 28% of the shares on the grounds of investment.

However, as the largest shareholder of Bavat Bank and the fourth largest shareholder of Backlund Bank, he felt that the Hall family had enough ability to completely swallow up most of the shares.

However, considering the possible background of the company in the Church of Evernight and the patents held by Star, Earl Hall did not use some shady means to expand his investment until he could take it all over and monopolize the profits from the bicycles.

I just temporarily followed Audrey's advice and let her make a preliminary investment.

Fortunately, he did so, otherwise, if he ran into Wayne Company, where the Aurora Society was located, even if Star did nothing, he would be overwhelmed by all these people - after all, after "Bai Zao" changed the doctrine, the extremists within the Aurora Society did not die, but turned to another extreme direction.

Currently, Audrey has pledged the shares of a company under her name to the bank for a short period of time. Combined with her own savings, she has obtained enough cash to allow her to sign the agreement with Wayne Company.

However, under the guidance of his daughter, Earl Hall had originally promised Audrey to go to Wayne Company to sign the confirmation letter. But now, seeing his daughter dressed up carefully to visit the Roselle exhibition, he felt a little confused.

"Well~ I plan to go there after I visit the Roselle exhibition."

After all, Mr. "Wheel of Fortune" explained in the "Channel" that he could reunite with him quietly at the Roselle Exhibition...

Audrey blinked and looked at Earl Hall.

He pondered for a moment and said with a smile:
"Why do we have to go today? There will be a lot of people and it will be chaotic."

"Well, I'll ask someone to coordinate with the Steam Church to open the exhibition for half a day after the official exhibition ends, just for you and your friends. That way, you can visit quietly without being disturbed."

"If there's something you want to see up close, you can talk to them about it."

"Of course, I can also help you turn down the social engagements at Wayne Company."

"Don't bother with that, Dad." Audrey pursed her lips inwardly. She didn't go there just for the Roselle Memorial Exhibition.

"I also want to hear other people's opinions on Russell."

Mainly Mr. Wheel of Fortune... she added in her heart.

"Then I'll send someone to provide you with security."

I see. But Mr. "Wheel of Fortune" shouldn't be stopped, just like how Annie didn't even notice she had walked out before...

Audrey lifted her skirt, smiled, and accepted her father's arrangement.

"Thank you, my dear Count."

Seeing that her daughter was very satisfied with her arrangement, she lifted her skirt and bowed, and Earl Hall also nodded.

……

Kingdom Museum, 2 King's Road, West End.

Although it was not the weekend and there was less publicity than the previous Roselle exhibition, Star could still see that the Emperor Roselle Memorial Exhibition was bustling with people on the first day of its "opening".

At the same time, he tossed a coin, and after making sure that the human face was facing up, he couldn't help but frown.

Star didn't frown because of the flow of people - on the contrary, being in such a crowd would help conceal the actions he would take later.

On the contrary, in the corners that are not noticed by people, some existences appear to be more terrifying.

"I didn't expect that besides Bernadette, there are other people eyeing this exhibition..."

Star murmured to himself, feeling a little speechless about this exhibition with so many variables.

In fact, the "Black Emperor" card was no longer of much value to him after he accidentally collected the "Fallen Mother Goddess" card and the "Son of Chaos" card that day.

This is also because plans cannot keep up with changes. Who would have thought that a "transformation" ability could derive so many gameplay methods under the blessing of "between virtual and real"? After having these "cards", Star is no longer short of reserves of high-level power.

This time I came here because I couldn't think of a reason to break my appointment with Bernadette, so everything went on as usual.

As for what Klein said about "using the [Black Emperor Plus Edition]", it was just a modification of the previous idea.

Normally, Xiao Ke has to completely digest the "Ancient Scholar" potion before he can use "Angel's Embrace" - or a high-level version of "Paper Man Substitute" to solve the curse of the Abraham family without having to evade Mr. "Door"'s mumbling by pulling people into the gray fog.

At present, it seems that he can only solve the problem by directly sending the people of Abraham's family into the gray fog space.

But if the number of people in the Abraham family increases, even if we consider that Lawrence will not spread the belief in the Fool so quickly - unless some members are on the verge of losing control and can no longer resist the next full moon curse - even if we make a conservative estimate, Klein will not be busy or spiritual enough by then.

What's more, they also have to guard against the possibility of Amon and others sneaking in - as an "old enemy" who has been against Mr. "Door" for so long, Amon is likely to leave one or more clones in the Abraham family to act as "vision".

Therefore, Stad asked Klein to use another method to solve the Abraham family's full moon whispering - so that he could better cooperate with the Abraham family, a family of extraordinary people related to the "Gate" path.

Klein had obviously thought about this problem before. With his knowledge of the mystic, he had not figured out how to leverage the power of the gray fog space so that he could protect the Abraham family members during the full moon without having to bring them along.

And for his problem, Star has given a solution:
Star plans to use the "Black Emperor Card", or a knock-off "Black Emperor Card", and use the authority in the gray fog space to leave a "transfer interface"

——Just as he had shown before in the Tarot Club, inside the gray fog space, Star possessed the ability of "grafting". In addition, he had the means of "tampering" (also known as "rolling the dice" or "idealism"), which allowed him to "transfer" the cost of this shelter to specific things and let them bear it.

As for the final undertaking, Star of course wanted to undertake the needs of the ceremony from the "real and the virtual". Before, by having Audrey recite the honorific name he made up and performing the ceremony, Star had established a certain mystical connection with Audrey, and through this, Audrey and Star also received a certain degree of protection.

In other words, this method can also be used on the Abraham family, but Star does not intend to spread his honorable name, but instead has "Mr. Fool" or "Source Castle" act as a middleman.

Anyway, he has the ability to influence both sides, so it’s not a big problem to add a little more trouble and “transfer” step.

Star did not explain these parts to Klein, but just told Xiao Ke in the shell of a "Black Emperor Card", and said that he would manually add some ingredients to this "Black Emperor Card Plus Card" when the time comes.

What surprised Klein the most at the time was that Star could actually make a fuss about the "Blasphemy Card" that contained the secrets of the gods!
This was nothing to Star, after all, he had even collected cards contaminated by the "Fallen Mother Goddess".

Rather than dwell on this factual compliment, imagine how you can pull off the blasphemy card in plain sight and get away with it.

He had already told Klein that he would help Xiao Ke get a "blasphemy card" to deal with the problems of the Abraham family. He couldn't just skip the process of pretending to do so, right?

——This also needs to take Bernadette’s request into consideration: as the eldest daughter of Emperor Roselle who advocated holding this Roselle exhibition, if exhibits were stolen from the memorial exhibition, it would inevitably make people suspect that she was embezzling.

Even if Star would tell her more "secrets" about Roselle as compensation later, he still had to avoid suspicion and try not to let the act of taking away the "blasphemy card" be discovered in front of so many people.

Star touched the ticket in his hand, which was of fairly fine workmanship, and wondered how he would be able to complete the "difficult" level of the "Phantom Thief" role under such external interference factors.

However, it should be said that the "Archbishop" of "Mechanical Heart" did not arrive. Is this a good thing?

Looking at the flow of people in front of him and thinking about the duration of the Roselle exhibition, Star was not so anxious.

After all, we can prepare for the follow-up actions today, and it will not be too late to take action after the investigation is thorough - under the butterfly effect, this exhibition may be much more complicated than if it had developed originally.

What's more, he will see more than one familiar face at the exhibition.

Star followed the crowd in front of him and entered the museum step by step. In the exhibition hall, he met the blonde girl who had been waiting there.

"You just came here?"

"No, I've been waiting for a few minutes."

Audrey was smiling, and the light-colored lace dress made her look elegant and full of the pure vitality of a girl.

Before Star could apologize, Audrey continued:

"Mr. Wheel of Fortune, the spell you gave me was so effective that no one noticed anything unusual when I used an excuse to get away."

"You know, I looked at Annie from a distance at that time. I bet that if it weren't for the effect of the spell, she would have come to me at that time according to normal logic."

"..."

Audrey talked a lot, as if she had finally seen Star again. The joy she couldn't help but express made her, who was already lively, burst into words.

Star looked at Audrey who was talking non-stop in front of him, listened quietly, and said softly:
"Don't run out alone next time. I'll go find you. What if the spell isn't that effective?"

"However, I must apologize to the young lady who has taken such a brave risk. I made you wait a little longer."

"Hmm~" Audrey smiled and shook her head. "Mr. 'Wheel of Fortune', you don't have to apologize. I believe in your spell and I know you will arrive as scheduled."

Is that so... Star's heart warmed, and as he looked at the charming girl in front of him, they smiled at each other.

People were coming and going nearby, but no one noticed this pair of handsome men and women, and the sparks between their eyes. After a pause, Star suddenly said:
"It seems that I haven't formally introduced myself to you before... Actually, my name is Star, Star Sator."

"Well, good afternoon, Mr. Star?" Audrey blinked, raised the corners of her mouth, and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Good afternoon, Miss Audrey."

After receiving Star's reply, Audrey's eyes flashed with a mischievous light. She leaned close to Star and whispered:

"Mr. Star, can you grant me a trivial request?"

"What request?"

Star looked into Audrey's bright eyes and responded to Audrey's words.

Audrey smiled slightly, her eyes revealing a hint of mischief and anticipation: "Mr. Star, I hope you can accompany me to visit this exhibition."

She blinked, letting her beautiful gem-like eyes reveal her sincere emotions.

"Of course, Miss Audrey."

Star nodded gently and her eyes met Audrey's. In the sunlight, her light-colored lace dress looked even more beautiful.

"Then the first question, I'm curious: How did Mr. Star manage to hide the two of us without being discovered by others?"

"You can think of it as a kind of 'psychological invisibility'. As I told you before, people around us will ignore us like ghosts and apparitions."

It's like entering another world...

Star explained patiently, then stepped aside and added:

"However, I set the distance to be within five meters of me, so Miss Audrey, please be careful not to lose me, otherwise you will have to use up another talisman..."

"Um~ Mr. Star?"

"what happened?"

"Can we have Susie come in too?"

"Susie, is she here too... Where is she? Ah, here."

Star glanced back at the corner of the exhibition hall and saw the big golden retriever looking at him and Audrey with human eyes and resentment, as if to say:
Wang, ignore me, just continue...

(End of this chapter)