Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 239 The Meeting Agreement with Alger

Alice's neat conjoined Rune handwriting quickly caught Roger's eye.

"teacher:

"It's like seeing you in person after reading this letter. I hope you have a good journey at sea."

"I'm contacting you today because I have three important things to report to you, especially the third one, which Sam and Cecilia would like to hear your opinion on."

"The first thing is that, because your two new phonographs have greatly influenced the development of the kingdom's cultural undertakings and the spread of popular music, Mr. Edmund wants to establish a dedicated artist management company, with me as the director, and asks if you are interested in investing... 15000 gold pounds, which can give you 30% of the shares, and it is expected that you can break even within two years."

"Because I have fully digested the 'Master of Tricks' potion, I no longer need to work in front of the camera for long periods of time like before. I can now focus on artist management and album creation and distribution... Yes, albums, which is the concept you mentioned in your development plan for pop music, of recording the music of the same singer on one to three records in succession."

"So I would like to ask if you could compose some more pop music songs in your spare time? After all, you have a pioneering status in pop music. Taking this opportunity to compose more songs would be of great benefit to expanding your artistic influence and the development of your management company."

Roger suddenly realized that he had been so engrossed in his sea adventures that he had neglected his music career for some time.

If Roger's classical music opened up the market for him, then his pop music truly spread his fame to the common people of the Kingdom of Rune and even the entire Northern Continent, gaining him a large number of fans, especially female followers.

This provided Roger with many anchors, which not only amplified his extraordinary abilities but also played a coordinating role in the "Leaksman" promotion ceremony, helping to stabilize Roger's consciousness from being disrupted.

On the other hand, considering that the ascension process in the same sequence path, especially the ascension rites from Sequence 5 to higher sequences, often requires the use of the extraordinary abilities of the preceding sequence, such as the "Mystic Servant" ascension rite of Sequence 1 in the "Fool" path, which requires the use of the "Mystic Master" ability of Sequence 5 to create a Mystic Town.

There are many similar examples. For instance, the ascension ritual for the Sequence 4 "Witch of Despair" requires infecting at least 3 people using the "Mystical Pathogen" ability obtained from Sequence 5. The more people die in the plague, the better the ascension effect.

For example, the "War Bishop" promotion ceremony in the "Red Priest" sequence 3 requires using the "Iron Knight" ability to unite a legion of your own, and then leading this legion to defeat a powerful enemy force in a war. The stronger the enemy force, the better the effect of the ceremony.

Therefore, Roger strongly suspects that he may need to use the rules of music and the corresponding anchor as an aid in the high-sequence ascension ceremony after the "Living Star Chart". Not to mention, considering the resounding name of "Judgment Star" Geherus as the "Celestial Voice", this guess is very likely to be true.

Therefore, Alice's suggestion was indeed necessary to implement. After realizing this, Roger moved on to the second matter.

"The second thing is that Sam has recently been assisting the Ministry of the Interior in investigating a case of missing national treasury gold. This case is very tricky, so Sam wants to purchase one or two suitable extraordinary items as an aid. However, we can't find a suitable gathering of extraordinary individuals in Backlund right now. Some require introductions from senior members... So I would like to ask if you have any resources to recommend in this regard?"

Roger understood Sam's thoughts quite well. The reason he didn't ask Roger to help with the purchases but instead inquired about the Extraordinary Gathering was twofold: firstly, he had recently earned some money, and secondly, he didn't want his older brother Roger to worry all the time and wanted to be able to handle things on his own.

Because of the previous "Backlund Great Smog" incident, Mr. A, who originally organized the underground gathering of extraordinary individuals, and his superior "Dark Saint" Kesma were killed by the sealed artifact 0-17 "Hidden Angel" and Roger himself, respectively. Therefore, the underground extraordinary individual circle in Backlund was basically in a state of leaderlessness.

The conditions required to support a large-scale underground gathering of extraordinary individuals in a megacity like Backlund are extremely demanding. At the very least, the organizers of the gathering must possess strength of at least Sequence 6 and have extraordinary abilities that can be used to identify extraordinary items and potion recipes.

In this regard, Roger actually had a fairly suitable candidate.

That's Mr. C!

This is not only because he was deeply indebted to Roger, but also because this Sequence 5 "Shepherd," who is currently isolated within the Aurora Society because of Roger, not only possesses sufficient strength and rich experience, but also has fallen into suspicion of his colleagues due to having been assassinated by other divine messengers, while becoming increasingly loyal to Roger.

The only problem is that Mr. C has already established a certain level of control in Ahowa County, so Roger has to find a way to appoint another divine messenger in order to balance both sides.

At this stage, due to Kaspass's death, the Extraordinary Gathering that was originally located at the Backlund Bridge no longer has a reliable introducer. Unless Roger personally goes back to Backlund, it will not be easy for Sam and the others to join.

So Roger had to write a letter to Marich, asking him to help him think of a solution.

"It seems I need to advance to Sequence 4 as soon as possible... otherwise it won't be easy to make any arrangements within the Aurora Society."

Optimistically, three meteorites have already been located. Roger only needs to collect them one by one, and then find the remaining two to prepare for his advancement to Sequence 4 demigod and become a "living star chart".

Of course, before advancing, Roger must first devour the extraordinary characteristics of the "Black Knight" left behind by Kexma to gain a certain degree of divinity, which will provide more assurance for completing the "Living Star Chart" ritual in the starry sky later.

He then looked at the third point, the one Alice mentioned, which Sam and Cecilia both wanted Roger's opinion on.

"Thirdly, Jürgen's lawyer came back a while ago. He visited Allist and Perseus and said something."

"That is, at the beginning of next year, Backlund will build a new three-year grammar school, enrolling students aged 12 to 15, and Jürgen's law firm is one of the sponsors..."

"Because that school has recommendation slots from both the Backlund School of Political Science and Economics and the University of Backlund, he said he wanted to invite Allister and Perseus to that school. Once they have earned enough credits at the grammar school, they can enroll through the recommendation slots and an interview."

"Especially Alliste, Jürgen seems to have high hopes for him... You know, this kid wants to study law and become a lawyer."

"So we wanted to ask you what you think about this. In addition, Attorney Jürgen asked if you were interested in investing in a library for this newly built grammar school. He would be very grateful if you could."

"The library will be named after you, and you will become one of the co-founders of the school. Alister and Perseus will not only have their tuition and fees waived, but you will also enjoy a certain amount of dividends each year."

Roger, having read this far, basically understood what Jürgen's lawyer meant.

During his previous meeting with Allister, the senior partner lawyer took a great liking to this real "lawyer" who had little legal knowledge, and now wanted to take the opportunity of arranging school places for Allister and Perseus to inquire about Roger's fundraising intentions.

It must be said that this lawyer was indeed very experienced. He did not make fundraising a condition for helping Alister and Perseus get into school, but instead mentioned the latter matter first and then the former.

The advantages of doing this are very obvious: it avoids Roger feeling like his two brothers are being used as bargaining chips or threatened, and because Jürgen's lawyer did not link the enrollment with the donation, he would help the twins with their education regardless of whether Roger donated or not.

This was undoubtedly a way to maximize emotional value, and Roger couldn't help but admire Jürgen's experience. It was no accident that this gentleman had achieved success in his legal career.

In fact, Roger had thought a lot about Alister and Perseus's education. He was worried that the two children were not mature enough and would cause a lot of trouble if they went to ordinary schools after they had extraordinary abilities, so he hired tutors for them.

However, it seems that although the two little boys are naughty, they are very clever and have never shown any extraordinary abilities in front of outsiders. It can be said that they have learned the essence of the "survival" strategy of the Abraham family since the fifth century.

In addition, these two guys learn things too fast. If nothing unexpected happens, Roger will have to change their teachers in two months. Rather than letting them continue to practice with their private tutors, it would be better to let them go to the newly built grammar school to study. This would be more helpful for their future lives.

Furthermore, Cecilia and Sam now possess a certain social standing and influence, so keeping them under control shouldn't be a problem.

Having figured this out, Roger began writing back to Alice.

He agreed to Alice's suggestion to invest in the music company and attached a check, instructing Cecilia to withdraw it when she had time and then transfer the money directly to the investment account designated by Mr. Edmund. The extra money was essentially for his brothers' education expenses.

He also promised to compose more popular and classical music as soon as possible, as well as the two movements "Spring" and "Summer" that he had previously promised the Royal Orchestra, to complete a large concerto with four full movements and finish the "Four Seasons" series.

Regarding the gathering of extraordinary individuals, Roger also mentioned his plans to Alice and drafted a letter to Marich, asking the "living corpse" to help Sam make contact about the gathering of extraordinary individuals when he had time. He also gave special instructions on how to take care of Sam.

As for the third point, Roger agreed. He asked Alice to confirm the specific amount needed and the details of the partnership with Mr. Jürgen. He even proposed to set aside a portion of the proceeds from the auction of his phonograph to help the grammar school nurture musically talented children.

This aligns with the original purpose of establishing that fund. Now that Roger has his own school, he naturally wants to put his grand plan into practice.

After writing the two letters, Roger put them into the letters, paid the "De La Hoya Rat" 15 nuts as a sign of respect, and then let it go.

After doing all that, Roger took out the vial of blood that Alger had given him and began to analyze its owner's information using "Secret Insight".

Roger soon learned that the owner of the blood was still in Bayam and had not left, and he also learned the owner's identity and approximate location.

However, he wasn't in a hurry to deal with the other party. This wasn't just because Roger already knew the other party's whereabouts and he couldn't escape even if he wanted to, but also because there was something more important at the moment: his appointment with Emily Davenport that evening. Compared to dealing with "Twilight Admiral" Bratov, this was the most important thing right now, because it not only concerned the "Crimson Scholar's" potion formula, but also determined whether Roger could successfully obtain the star core he needed from the vampire collector, as well as the potions his future fleet would require.

Roger first inspected the "Star Lord" and then checked the work arrangements on the "Mars" and "Fear". He found that the newly recruited pirates had basically accepted their fate and were carrying out their work in an orderly manner under the arrangement of Zeus and Matteo.

Of course, aside from the stubborn Deleuze Johnson who still refused to give in, Roger wasn't in a hurry.

Because he saw the essence of the matter very clearly.

Unlike the ordinary crew members who were just drifting along, barely scraping by and trying to survive, Captain Dele Johnson was a cadre personally promoted by Dionysius James, and his status and position were incomparable to those of the others.

While Roger could easily kill Mitrom Gadirs and Beron Schulz, it didn't mean he could take down "Twilight Admiral" Bratov with equal ease.

In other words, Roger had repeatedly provoked "Twilight Admiral," so it was unlikely that Bratov would be able to refrain from causing trouble for Roger under these circumstances.

Therefore, as long as Bratov can kill Roger, Deler can still make a strong impression on Dionysius and the "Twilight Admiral" with his "unyielding" image.

For pirates, strength is one aspect, manpower is another, and loyalty is also a very important aspect.

As far as he knew, "Twilight General" Ivan Blatov valued loyalty highly.

There's a high chance that Deleuze will be given a more important role and will definitely be better off than he is now. He might even become the captain or first mate of a ship in the "Twilight Fleet." Wouldn't that be much better than being sidelined and bullied by those two bastards, Mitron Gadils and Belon Schultz, all the time while their boss, Dionysius James, was away?

This is the extraordinary path of an excellent "lawyer," because discerning loopholes in the rules often means that a "lawyer" cannot only look at immediate interests, but must take into account all future possibilities and fully balance interests and risks before making an effective decision.

Whether it was truly "loyal" is not important. After all, Deleuze acted out of loyalty under the pressure of death, which is enough to surpass many untested, even seemingly pure, acts of "loyalty."

Essentially, it's difficult for a person to know their true thoughts unless they make a choice under pressure!

From this perspective, Deleuze Johnson is a very shrewd speculator, rather than the simple man he appears to be.

However, on the other hand, he was only a Sequence 8 Extraordinary, lacking the ability to see through the essence of things, and even less able to accurately estimate the difference in strength between Roger and Bratov.

He could only make judgments based on some intuitive references, such as reputation, the size of the fleet he commanded, and so on.

From any perspective, Roger is incomparable to Bratov!
In fact, Roger was well aware of Deleuze's thoughts.

There was no need to use "secret insight" at all. From the moment Deller took the first bite of food his men brought him, Roger already knew his true thoughts perfectly.

A fleet always needs all sorts of people. Putting aside his own prestige among the original junior sailors in the Mitron fleet, someone as quick-witted as Deller would be useful to Roger, but managing him would require a combination of kindness and strictness, and would take some time.

Even if Roger ultimately fails to truly convince Deleuze, he still has his uses.

After all, Alistair will eventually be promoted to Sequence 8!
On the other hand, there are two "sailors" left behind by Roger who originally belonged to the Mitron fleet and can cooperate in the operation of the ship. Therefore, at this stage, Roger temporarily left Linssaya, who cannot drive the ship but can fight, on the "Mars" to suppress any possible disturbances on the ship when necessary and to cooperate with her integration into the "Star Lord" fleet.

After confirming that all three ships were in good condition, Roger returned to his captain's cabin and began performing ritual magic on Mr. Fool.

When the gray fog reappeared, Roger made a praying gesture and spoke:
“Dear Mr. Fool, please tell Mr. Hanged Man that the blood sample he gave me has been analyzed and I am very grateful for his assistance.”

"Also, I'm free between 2 pm and 4 pm tomorrow. If he wants to meet, we can specify a safe meeting place."

"Praise be to you, Mr. Fool."

After saying that, Roger withdrew from the ritual magic and returned to his captain's cabin.

In what appears to be a bedroom in Bayam, the "City of Generosity," Alger, the "Hanged Man," who was dozing off, suddenly heard layers of illusory voices coming from Mr. "The Fool."

This made him sit up abruptly; in fact, he had been waiting for this sound.

Because, judging from the timing, this is very likely a contact from Mr. "Wheel of Fortune"!

Sure enough, just as Alger began receiving the images transmitted by Mr. Fool, he heard Mr. Wheel of Fortune first express his gratitude for his help in collecting the bloodstains, and then indicate that he wanted to meet him.

This greatly excited Alger, because he had been looking forward to meeting this saint for a very, very long time!

Although Alger had seen saints before—he had met Lord Ace Snake, the "Singer of God," and Lord Arne Coltman, the true ruler of the Rosed Islands, on several occasions—those people were his superiors within the Church of Storms, and their statuses were vastly different.

But Mr. Wheel of Fortune is different. He is not only a powerful saint, but also a friend of his in the same gathering of extraordinary people. Moreover, the two have cooperated many times and have a close relationship!
More importantly, that gentleman was not only very generous and humble, but also had the backing of the true deity, Mr. Fool!

So Alger, without a second thought, indicated that he was free the next day, and as for the meeting place, he chose "Pamela's Fortune Telling Hut" on Olive Avenue.

After sending the message, Alger quickly received a reply from Mr. Wheel of Fortune, indicating that there was no problem.

This excited Alger again. He stood up and began pacing around the room, thinking about what he needed to talk to the other person about when they met the next day.

After settling things with Alger, Roger ate a simple meal, then put on a set of clothes he had never worn before, a wide-brimmed hat that covered his face, and temporarily left the "Star Lord." After walking for nearly half an hour, he arrived at the Fragrant Leaf Bar.

Roger glanced at the sign and then pushed open the door to enter.

"A brown cloak..."

Roger feigned curiosity and glanced around the bar at the various people who were talking loudly or whispering secrets.

Many of these people immediately looked up and sized up Roger, then looked away.

Roger remained calm. After his unfocused gaze quickly swept over a figure in a brown cloak in the corner, he turned around, ordered a draft beer, and then sat down at the table next to the figure in the brown cloak and began to drink.

On the other hand, he subtly nudged the man's heel with his foot under the table, signaling his arrival.

The figure in the brown cloak paused, nodded slightly, and made no further comment.

About ten minutes later, after Roger had finished drinking, the figure in the brown cloak got up and walked outside.

Roger stared out the window with an indifferent expression, finished his beer, and then followed the figure out of the "Fragrant Leaf Bar".

After following the figure for several blocks, the figure suddenly turned into a small alley, and Roger followed closely behind.

In a dark corner, Roger finally saw the other person standing with two other people wearing cloaks, using the dim light from the streetlights outside.

"Nice to meet you, please allow me to introduce myself."

One of the shorter women removed her cloak, revealing Emily Davenport's beautiful and delicate face.

(End of this chapter)