Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 148: First Meeting with Bernadette (Two in One)

It was the first time for both Roger and Klein to see Emperor Roselle's manuscript.

It's full of the Emperor's complaints and abstract inner thoughts, including but not limited to some content not suitable for children, and the ambition to transform the "Church of the God of Craftsmen" into the Church of Mekhan.

In addition, there is a lot of evidence that the emperor was a plagiarist, including but not limited to poetry, novels, philosophical theories, and argumentative essays.

As for those "inventions" that could be found in their past life memories, Roger and Klein both tacitly and subconsciously ignored them.

After all, compared to all the other explosive content, inventions and creations full of pragmatism are already the most normal things...

"If the Emperor knew that two of our fellow villagers had seen these things of his, would he be so eager to jump out of his mausoleum and kill us?"

Roger walked forward while complaining in his heart.

Soon, the two came to an exhibition area that displayed parenting textbooks and toys invented by the emperor for his children.

There, there was a woman who had separated from the main group, standing there quietly looking at the things in the display case.

The woman has long chestnut hair and is over 1.7 meters tall. She has a very well-proportioned body. The girlish yellow cake skirt and the old-fashioned black soft hat form a sharp contrast.

She was so absorbed in watching that she seemed completely unaware of the large group of tourists behind her.

"Wait a moment……"

An idea suddenly flashed through Roger's mind.

He nodded to Klein, signaling him to continue walking with the main group, while he walked towards the woman in the yellow skirt and black hat.

"Is Roger going to pick up girls again?..."

Klein was completely unaware of Roger's true intentions. He sighed slightly and continued forward with the main force.

“The Emperor is truly a man full of fatherly love, isn’t he?

"I wonder how his descendants will feel when they see these things when they grow up."

The woman who was quietly gazing at the display case suddenly heard a male voice with a slight smile coming from beside her.

She raised her head calmly and looked at the man in front of her with her deep blue eyes. He was about 1.85 meters tall and wearing a brown wide-brimmed hat.

There seemed to be an infinite amount of information flashing in those eyes, enough to devour the minds of ordinary people.

"This is……"

Even with Roger's special ability, he felt dazed for a moment.

This is none other than Emperor Roselle’s daughter, Bernadette Gustav.

This "mysterious queen" of the sea somehow learned of the exhibition held by Emperor Roselle and came here alone, seemingly reminiscing about her childhood and every bit of the emperor's life.

"who are you?"

Seeing that her gaze had almost no effect on Roger, Bernadette spoke with some doubt.

“My name is Roger Abraham.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Her Excellency the 'Mysterious Queen'."

Roger took off his hat and bowed slightly to Bernadette.

At this moment, the exhibition hall, which was originally bustling with people, had become extremely quiet without anyone noticing.

It seemed that all the tourists were subconsciously avoiding this place, leaving only Bernadette and Roger here.

"I've never heard that there are any living demigods in the Abraham family..."

Bernadette hesitated to speak, her heart full of doubts.

In fact, in the situation just now, ordinary people could notice her, but no one would think of coming forward to talk to her.

Roger not only successfully broke through this obstacle, but even took the initiative to speak, and his first sentence pointed out Bernadette's identity.

What's even more bizarre is that if others only knew the identity of the "Mysterious Queen", it would be fine, but this young man actually seemed to know the relationship between the "Mysterious Queen" and "Bernardelle Gustave"!

So Bernadette immediately used her own power to test Roger, but did not get the expected effect.

This shows that the young man in front of us is divine!
In fact, Roger does not possess divinity, but rather possesses both the essence of Ghroth and the power of Yog-Sothoth.

These things formed god-like properties that provided protection for Roger when he faced mythical creatures.

So it's no wonder that Bernadette suspected that Roger was a demigod.

"I'm a little different from the rest of my people."

Roger didn't explain much, he just said it softly.

"What do you want to do?" Bernadette asked again.

"Ma'am, I mean no harm."

Roger nodded slightly and continued:
“I am an admirer of the Great Emperor and have the same interests as you.

"I just came to say hello to you today. We will definitely have opportunities to cooperate in the future."

After saying this, Roger bowed slightly again, turned around and left the exhibition hall.

He did not leave a messenger message for Bernadette.

Roger knew that for a high-ranking person on the path of "Secret Peeper", as long as "He" wanted to find him, there would definitely be a way.

"Roger Abraham..."

Bernadette recited it silently, and then suddenly uttered:
"interesting."

She took another long look at her childhood toys.

The next moment, her figure shattered, gradually becoming illusory, and in the blink of an eye, she disappeared from the exhibition hall...

Soon, Roger followed the path that Emperor Roselle had failed to invent, which was clearly of the 21st century style, and found Klein standing in front of a bookshelf.

At this moment, he was looking up at the top stack of manuscripts.

That manuscript was an Earth item that Emperor Roselle wanted to invent but hadn't had time to invent yet.

Klein once read in Emperor Roselle's diary that the emperor had placed the "Blasphemy Card" containing the path to the "Black Emperor" in the book he considered most valuable.

To Him, that manuscript is the most valuable book!

Sure enough, there was a bookmark inside, on which you could vaguely see a picture of Emperor Roselle wearing imperial clothing.

"This should be it!"

Klein was already pretty sure it was the Card of Blasphemy.

He lowered his head and saw Roger who had appeared in front of him.

Klein was startled and asked:
"Did you finish chatting up that lady? How was it?"

Roger naturally knew what Klein was thinking about. He shook his head regretfully.

"She's a little standoffish."

"Of course. You don't even know them, and if you just walk up to them so rashly, it's unlikely they'll be welcoming."

Klein rolled his eyes.

"Well, the team is leaving, let's follow."

Roger patted Klein's shoulder.

The latter nodded and continued to follow the tour guide to visit the exhibits on site.

However, at this moment, Klein had completely lost the desire to continue viewing the exhibition. His mind was completely focused on how to steal the "Card of Blasphemy."

After the tour just now, Klein was basically certain that the security level here was not very high.

It is likely because the Cult of Steam and Machinery does not know that there is a "blasphemous card" here. In other words, he is the only one in the world who knows this.

"I have to find a way to return here when no one is around and verify whether that's the 'Blasphemy Card'..."

As for why he didn't confirm it directly through divination, because Klein knew that the "Blasphemy Card" had the effect of countering divination and prophecy, he had to have someone confirm it in person...

Klein fell into deep thought as to who should verify the information.

He first ruled out Fors and Xio. One of them was too weak, and the other was not suitable for taking action.

Although Sharon had the ability to obtain it, Klein had only known her briefly, and he couldn't fully trust her to hand over such a valuable item. As for Mr. "The Hanged Man," he was even less reliable, as Beyonders of the "Sailor" Path weren't suited to such a task. Furthermore, he was likely still at sea, and returning to Backlund wouldn't be easy.

"So the remaining candidates are Roger and Miss Justice...

"Hmm...right, Bandit seems like it could be okay too?"

Klein was in a dilemma for a moment. Each of these three options had its own advantages and disadvantages.

If it is Miss Justice, her advantage is that her noble status allows her to do many things, and because she is a cute girl, people will not be particularly suspicious of her motives.

But her disadvantage is that Klein cannot fully guarantee that he can achieve his goal with his current Sequence 8 strength.

And if she paid special attention to the bookmark and then lost it, it would arouse the suspicion of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery.

As for Roger, there is no such problem. He has powerful strength and a series of seals of the Abraham family. He can get the bookmark without a trace.

On the other hand, Klein also hoped that Roger could handle and learn the complete sequence information on the "Blasphemy Card" because the other party had helped him a lot and told him a lot of mystical knowledge, so Klein also hoped to give something in return.

The only problem was that, because he had read many of Emperor Roselle's diaries before, this might cause Roger to doubt his identity as "The Fool".

Bandit is the worst option. This cat has a strong species advantage and is more suitable to join forces with him to carry out the final theft operation, but lacks the means to eliminate the remaining clues and is not familiar with the various methods of human extraordinary people, so it is not suitable for conducting the exploration work alone.

"Anyway, ask Roger first and see if he's willing."

Klein thought for a moment. After the tour of the Roselle Memorial Exhibition ended and the two returned to 15 Minsk Street, Klein asked Ms. Sharon to help check his underground storage room for any cursed elements or wandering spirits.

The experienced Sharon immediately understood that this was Klein's euphemism for wanting to get her out of the way so he could have a private conversation with Roger.

She nodded slightly, her figure quickly sinking into the ground, and went to Klein's underground storage room.

"what happened?"

Roger also saw Klein's motive and asked.

"Roger, there's something I need to tell you."

Klein paused and told the latter that the manuscripts in the Roselle Memorial Exhibition might contain relics of Emperor Roselle.

Of course, to be on the safe side, he only said that he had obtained the information while investigating other cases, and he was not sure what that thing was, so he needed Roger to verify it.

Roger thought about it and nodded in agreement.

In fact, considering that the original book did not mention the complete details of the "Black Emperor" path, Roger also wanted to see the specific content of the "Blasphemy Card".

Although the Emperor Roselle Memorial Exhibition has defensive forces, Roger is confident that he can touch the blasphemous card without using the power of "The One Who Returns All Things".

Unlike Klein, Roger was now very certain that the bookmark he mentioned was the "Black Emperor" card, so he not only intended to verify it, but also to directly steal the "Card of Blasphemy".

"Oh, and I can also bring Bandit along... I can have him use a trick to help me steal a high-ranking Card of Blasphemy. This will definitely help the Master of Magic digest the potion significantly."

Roger thought to himself.

Seeing that he agreed, Klein breathed a sigh of relief.

"When do you plan to go?" Klein asked.

"There is no time to lose, go early and come back early."

Roger smiled, called Bandit, let it jump onto his shoulder, and then the man and the cat went out.

About half an hour later, the man and the cat returned to No. 2 King's Avenue.

At this moment, it was not dark yet. Roger took a look at the Kingdom Museum, which was organizing the closing of the museum, and first found a restaurant that did not seem to have strict management to eat.

The restaurant was just across from the Kingdom Museum. Roger ordered a cup of decaffeinated Dexter coffee, a serving of fried cod and chips for himself, and half a rainbow trout for Bandit. Then the man and the cat started eating.

From time to time he would glance over to see what was going on in the museum.

As night fell, the museum's doors closed.

Before this, Roger could clearly see through his clairvoyance that several people with celestial bodies showing obvious characteristics of extraordinary beings were entering the museum one after another.

Needless to say, these are naturally members of the security team in the "Mechanical Heart".

Roger wiped his mouth, drank the last half cup of coffee, and went to the bathroom in the restaurant.

He put on a pre-prepared "wanderer mask", changed his body shape and appearance, and used the "troublemaker"'s group thinking control before leaving, causing more than a dozen people in the restaurant to fall into a brief state of stupidity.

Then Roger took Bandit with him and left the restaurant in full view of everyone, with a face that even he himself felt was unfamiliar.

At this moment, four security guards in woolen coats were standing on the quadrilateral sloping roof of the Kingdom Museum.

They monitored the four corners of the Kingdom Museum in all directions and without blind spots, preventing anyone from approaching the Emperor Roselle Memorial Hall under the cover of trees and shadows.

In fact, this was because when the Church of Steam and Mechanics previously held an exhibition on the theme of Emperor Roselle, it would occasionally encounter fanatical Beyonders and even ordinary people who came to steal.

Many of them fantasized about being able to decipher the strange, self-created symbols in Emperor Roselle's manuscripts, and gaining powerful strength or great treasures from them.

But Roger knew very well that these peripheral security personnel were almost all from security companies hired by the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery from outside, while the real "Mechanical Heart" team held extraordinary items and was stationed in the innermost Roselle exhibition hall.

For him who possesses the stealth ability of a "hermit", this first level of surveillance can be almost ignored.

Roger only needs to hide in the shadows to avoid the first line of detection from the outside.

He broke into the kitchen of the public restaurant, which was separated from the museum by a wall, through "Benjamin's Glove", then he tore off one of his fingers, handed it to Bandit, and nodded to it.

Bandit picked up the finger with a look of disgust, used his "apprentice" ability to pass through the wall and came to the outside of a bathroom.

After observing carefully for a moment, it threw the finger into the bathroom window and, using its feline agility, climbed up to the second floor.

At this moment, on the second floor of the museum, in the exhibition hall where Russell's diary was stored, two members of the "Mechanical Heart" team were staring intently at a group of colorful building block-like objects.

If you look closely, you can see that the shape of the building blocks is exactly a scaled-down version of the first floor of the museum.

This building block is obviously some kind of "mini-map" that can help the "Mechanical Heart" team get an overview of the overall situation.

Not only that, if any living thing enters the mapping range of the building blocks, that part of the building blocks will instantly shrink and trap the invader inside.

Suddenly, a member of the Mechanical Heart discovered that a yellowish object had entered a bathroom on the first floor.

This represents a creature with very weak vitality, clearly not a human or a Beyonder.

"team leader."

The member of the Mechanical Heart team looked at the captain Max Livermore and spoke.

The latter was a very sophisticated-looking man wearing a trench coat.

He wore a monocle that allowed him to see ghosts and shadows—it was also a sealed artifact that aided in security.

"What's wrong?" Max Livermore asked puzzledly.

"An object in a low-life state entered the bathroom closest to us on the first floor."

"Is it a bug? Or a bird that flew in from outside?"

Max Livermore frowned slightly. This kind of thing was not uncommon.

But to be on the safe side, he decided to go down and take a look.

"You two stay here and guard Emperor Roselle's notes. I'll go check and make sure they're safe."

Then he carried the lantern and went downstairs to the first floor.

Max called out to two members of the "Mechanical Heart" team who happened to be patrolling nearby:
"You two, come with me. There's something unusual in the bathroom."

"Yes, Captain."

The two team members looked at each other, and then followed their captain to the bathroom door.

"1, 2, 3..."

Max mouthed the number "3" and quickly pushed the door open.

There was nothing in there but a pale finger.

"This is?"

Max was slightly stunned, then he realized something!
However, it was already too late.

Because the end of the finger instantly split into eight short legs made of flesh, blood and tendons, and in an instant ran out of the bathroom and into the dark exhibition hall on the first floor!
　The first update, more to come.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)