Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 348 The Promotion Ceremony of a Battlefield Magician
Backlund, a steam train enters the platform.

Klein, holding a second-class ticket worth 18 soles and his identification documents in one hand, and a black leather suitcase in the other, walked out of the train with an upright posture and onto the platform.

Klein did not use an anchor point for teleportation because he wanted to create a legitimate entry point for his new identity.

Now, he appears to be a middle-aged man nearing forty, over 180 cm tall, with black hair streaked with silver, and deep blue eyes like a lake at night. His features are quite pleasing to the eye, exuding a mature charm and refined elegance.

Unlike "German Sparrow", Patto is not standing on his shoulder now, but is placed in a portable pet carrier.

This is a new identity he created for himself.

Dawn Dantes.

Since he created two alternate identities, Gehrman and Merlin, Klein seems to have had an epiphany and suddenly realized that creating alternate identities is really fun.

So after returning to Backlund, he decisively created a new identity for himself.

The only one who's unhappy is Padma.

She scratched at the transparent film that served as a window inside the pet carrier.

"Alright, alright." Klein smiled, opened the suitcase, and took out Padmon.

The new character is completely different from Gehrman, so naturally, he can't let his pet ride the steam train without any restrictions.

Smiling, I started walking towards the city.

Klein completed the "Battlefield Magician" ceremony yesterday morning, which took a week.

One week ago, at sea.

Chunziran Island and Dalon Island are two small islands colonized by the Rune Kingdom. They are located about thirty nautical miles east of Oravi Island and fall under the jurisdiction of Admiral Emilius.

Since being colonized more than two hundred years ago, relations between the two islands have remained strained.

More than two hundred years ago, Rune's soldiers landed on two islands almost simultaneously and issued a proclamation: "You are insects."

The residents of Chunziran Island completed the entire surrender process in less than 30 minutes, indicating their willingness to accept colonization.

But the leaders of Darrow Island at the time were quite principled. Leader Arno Gris firmly stated, "We might be willing to surrender, but it is unlikely that we will surrender."

Arno Griss reached near-perfect physical and intellectual prowess without consuming any potions. Known for his pointed head and unfathomable thoughts, he was the most intelligent man on Darrow Island and the island's last "Wallfacer."

His profound thinking and far-sighted perspectives are beyond the imagination of ordinary people; even his right brain cannot know the true thoughts of his left brain. And vice versa.

But the islanders don't thank Arnold.

Arnold Gris's rebellion failed to gain the support of the islanders, and his attempt to rebel ultimately failed. On that day, not a single person on the island was willing to follow Arnold.

However, the plan's exposure greatly angered the officers at the time, who decided to grant the residents of Chunziran Island the right to govern Dalong Island, thus ensuring that the people of Dalong Island remained inferior to the people of Chunziran Island.

As time has passed, the conflict between Chunziran Island and Dalong Island has accumulated over generations, and it shows a trend of gradually escalating.

Coincidentally, Kawati of Chunziran Island and Gris of Dalong Island have a considerable personal feud.

Kavati believed that although they were both colonized, they, as "half-Ruen" who were given power, were naturally superior to the Darrow Islanders who had no power at all.

Gris, upholding the will of the first Arno, believed that the people of Pure Purple Island might be more noble than himself, but it was unlikely that they were.

The leaders on both sides have known each other since childhood, and they have been fighting each other since they were young. As they grew up, they became even closer.

For their own benefit, and for the benefit of everyone else on the island, the two men didn't mind waging war with their men, even if it meant necessary sacrifices.

They resorted to all sorts of extreme measures, including spreading rumors, fighting, ambushes, and assassinations.

In his dream, Kavati received guidance from a great being who called himself "Lone Wolf Star God" Scott. His tactics became increasingly sophisticated and his methods increasingly skillful, but he also gradually lowered his standards.

Meanwhile, Darrow Island has been building up its strength recently. In particular, with the help of an adventurer, they imported a large quantity of gunpowder and bombs from the mainland of Rune, preparing for a big heist.

Both sides are ready; war is imminent, requiring only a small trigger.

But just as a small war was about to break out, something strange happened.

Gris, the current leader of Dalon Island, woke up to find himself in the bed of Kavati, the leader of the neighboring Pure Purple Island. He almost thought he'd been slept with by Kavati in the middle of the night, giving him a feeling of having been cheated on.

But he will not be defeated by such a small thing; he will make the people of Darrow Island great again!
And now is a perfect opportunity.

He was certain that with himself as the "supreme leader" as an inside man, he would be able to help the Dalong people defeat the Chunziran people.

But soon he realized that his plan had failed.

Upon seeing the recent series of decisions made by the leaders of Darrow Island that could only be described as "unwise," Gris immediately understood.

I didn't replace Kawati; I simply swapped bodies with him!
Now, even the highest-ranking leader on their side is an undercover agent.

In this way, his greatest advantage no longer exists.

Then he thought of a novel he had been reading recently, a book recently published by the Church of Pleasure called "I Was Turned into a Banana After Swapping Bodies with a Succubus".

Unfortunately, Kavati was not a succubus, nor was he turned into a succubus.

Although it was a pity, he did not give up.

For the next period of time, the leaders of the two islands seemed to have suddenly gone mad, sometimes acting clever and sometimes foolish.

When they are clever, they can easily predict the movement of the other island, but when they are foolish, they desperately try to hand victory over to the other side.

However, they are all intelligent people and wouldn't risk exposing their identities and losing the possibility of infiltrating and gathering intelligence from within. Even if they were to act as "insiders," they wouldn't let ordinary people see through it.

Gradually, they started switching bodies from time to time. This was unpredictable and irregular. Sometimes they were in a meeting, sometimes they were eating. There was absolutely no pattern to it.

Both sides have also revived the essence of Arnold Grissom from two hundred years ago, and started a self-confrontation between the left and right hemispheres.

However, the game between the two sides soon came to an end.

On the fourth day, their memories began to merge. They found themselves unable to distinguish their own identities.

They sometimes make arrangements from the other party's perspective, but after issuing the order, they remember that they should have harmed the other party's subordinates.

Sometimes they will inexplicably issue strange orders to prevent their subordinates from making further progress.

The thoughts of ordinary people are actually very easy to control; a little guidance from those in power can completely change the direction of public opinion.

The relationship between the two leaders became increasingly ambiguous, and the relationship between the two islands inexplicably improved.

However, minor frictions are still unavoidable, and small conflicts occasionally occur.

But it would resolve itself quickly and inexplicably. The soldiers often felt they were experiencing strange hallucinations.

For example, it feels like a long battle has taken place, but when you return, there are no casualties. You're clearly on the right path to the battlefield, but inexplicably you're lost...

I dreamt of war, I dreamt of scorched earth.

In that dream world, they began to play different roles.

Sometimes they are commanders; sometimes they are soldiers. Sometimes they are medics; sometimes they are family members of soldiers.

With each repetition of war, they began to feel weary and even disgusted. Until they woke up at night...

On the night of the seventh day.

The war was abruptly halted before it even began.

The reason was simply that the commanders on both sides had a few dreams.

How ridiculous, how childish.

But not many people objected, because not many people wanted to fight.

Klein stood on the dock of Darrow Island, looking at the port city that had settled down again in the distance, picked up a small bottle, and drank it all in one gulp.

Thus, the promotion ceremony for "Battlefield Magician" was completed.

(End of this chapter)