Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 355, Section 354: "Confession"

Klein stared unblinkingly out the window.

Outside the window, under the bright, dazzling sunlight, everything had become ruins. On the devastated land, one familiar and unfamiliar building after another kept moving from illusion to reality.

The giant clock in the sky, like a deity manipulating the world's time, struck twelve times with a distant chime, and everything returned to its starting point, back to the state before it was destroyed.

The city of Tingen, utterly destroyed and polluted by the Sunwell Ore, has reappeared on the earth.

All of this is a miracle.

Klein stared in disbelief. He slowly moved his eyes and looked at Mr. "Mistake," who was now looking at him again after doing all this.

"you……"

"Didn't you already guess? The moment I appeared here, the moment I stood before you."

Nikolai calmly countered with a question.

The controller of Miskatonic, the protector of Tingen, a time traveler from a thousand years ago, a true angel, and already aware of his special nature.

To be brought back to life, to have the past restored—that is a miracle...

Clearly, Nicolas Flamel noticed the truth hidden in his miraculous survival from a seemingly insurmountable obstacle.

Furthermore, it's likely that the original Klein Moretti, guided by the Antigonus family notes, has also learned of his despairing suicide by shooting himself.

Some things cannot be investigated. What Dunn and his colleagues cannot see, those in higher positions may not be unable to see.

Especially when the investigation is targeted...

Klein instinctively clutched his heart.

“Klein Moretti is dead,” Nicola said. “The miracle of resurrection only occurred after you took over Klein Moretti’s body.”

"Of course, this is a very normal phenomenon. After we transmigrate, the bodies we occupy are all empty shells of the dead. This miracle has happened to all of us."

This was not an isolated case, and Klein understood this from Nikola's words.

But he also realized another problem.

"This is the second time I've come back from the dead..."

“Yes.” Nikolai nodded, looking thoughtful. “What I can tell you is that the Sequence 2 of the Diviner’s Path is called the Miracle Worker.”

As the most outstanding magicians, everything the miracle master brings to the earth is part of the miracle itself.

This naturally includes miracles of the dead coming back to life, miracles of the past returning to normalcy.

The entire city was restored after its destruction; this is the miracle of the past being restored.

As the Thief path's Sequence 1, Mr. "Mistake" is adjacent to the Diviner path. Klein had already learned from Emperor Roselle's diary that these three paths could be interchanged at higher sequences. Perhaps Mr. "Mistake" borrowed the extraordinary characteristics of the Miracle Master when he advanced to Sequence 2.
Or perhaps He was originally a diviner, but eventually turned to the thief's path.

Or perhaps, this is just Mr. "Mistake" stealing some miracle from a miracle master?
Klein remained silent for a while before looking at Nikolai, who seemed very gentle and unpretentious, and said with a wry smile, "I just didn't expect that we would meet in this way."

"It's all fate's arrangement," Nikolai said noncommittally.

Klein tentatively asked, "You had already noticed me before this?"

“No, not at all,” Nikolai said. “I’m not often in Tingen. With my focus on other things, it’s difficult to notice you, who are clearly avoiding direct contact with Miskatonic, and to discover a ghost that has come back to life without actually exposing yourself to me.”

This was a lie, but Klein was unaware of it.

As a top-tier con artist, he speaks a mix of truth and lies. Even if Klein tries to think about what Nikolai says, he will be deceived by the extraordinary power that the con artist himself possesses.

“Furthermore,” Nikolai said, lowering his eyes, “you may have already noticed that Rosell is also a time traveler, right?”

"I confirmed it after seeing the diaries written by Emperor Roselle," Klein said.

Of course, if you were to read the novels and stories written by Emperor Roselle, he could probably confirm it as well.

After all, there weren't that many melodramatic novel stories in the world's ancient literary history.

A large number of literary works suddenly emerged in an era and are still in use today. In his early years, Emperor Roselle did not hide his identity at all, so it was only a matter of time before his identity was guessed by other time travelers.

“Yes, indeed,” Nikolai said. “Those diaries were written in Chinese. Even if you weren’t familiar with Chinese before you time-traveled, you would still have some impression of it.”

"Roselle did not pay attention to the safekeeping of these diaries. After he was assassinated in the White Maple Palace, these diaries were circulated. Even if the Craftsmen's Church and the Eternal Sun Church wanted to retrieve these diaries, they could not prevent them from leaving."

It might be possible to recover the original, but it's impossible for the two churches to do so unless the god of craftsmen personally comes and pulverizes the inscriptions.

Even if the time traveler is a foreigner unfamiliar with Chinese, and it is clear that there are significant differences between Chinese and the languages ​​of this world that possess supernatural powers, or the languages ​​of Loen and Fusak, as long as this foreigner was not the kind of person who lived in seclusion in the deep mountains and forests and did not care about the affairs of the world before the time travel, then it can be basically confirmed that Emperor Roselle is a time traveler.

The only difference in the outcome is whether or not one can understand the contents of the diary.

Upon hearing Nikolai mention Rosell and hear him talk about Chinese and his diary, Klein felt a little more at ease.

It was as if the sword of Damocles that had been hanging for so long had finally fallen. The "mistake" Nicolas Flamel was indeed a time traveler, and the current attitude towards him might indicate that he was not a bad person.

"After all, Mr. 'Error' may have already noticed that mysterious space above the gray fog."

Klein believed that the miracle of his resurrection must have come from the mysterious space above the gray fog.

Given the other party's capabilities, Klein had no doubt that if He wanted to take away his control over the gray fog, He could do so at any time.

Although Klein didn't know the name of the potion in Mr. "Error's" sequence, he could roughly understand Mr. "Error's" abilities just by looking at Amon next door.

However, the sequence he followed was the Diviner's Path, and the mysterious space above the gray fog corresponded to—

The extraordinary abilities of the Miracle Master in Sequence 2 of the Diviner's Path?

The combination of extraordinary characteristics was the first thing Klein thought of.

The mysterious space above the gray fog corresponds to the three paths of apprentice, thief, and diviner, and is closely related to these three paths.

"Extraordinary characteristics converge... So that's why I chose the path of a diviner? Because of this inexplicable, fateful pull? Hmm, thinking about it this way is really a bit terrifying."

Klein pondered to himself.

“You’re a bit special,” Nikolai suddenly said. “Although I don’t know the source of this specialness, every time traveler has something special about them, more or less. Well, to use Huang Tao’s words, we are all the protagonists of our time?”

Klein had seen such words in Emperor Roselle's diary. He paused for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "Perhaps."

But speaking of this… “Mr. Error”…

"Call me Nicola, or Flamel, Mr. Moretti."

Nicholas said.

“…Alright, Mr. Flamel.”

Even if they are from the same hometown, one should still show respect to those in higher positions, even if the other party doesn't seem to care.

"The special thing about me should be related to thieves, fortune tellers, and apprentices. I learned about this from Russell... Huang Tao's diary. The reason I chose the fortune teller path may be due to the law of convergence of extraordinary characteristics."

“Yes, I know.” Nikolai nodded.

really.

Klein thought.

“However, I’m not particularly interested in that thing right now,” Nikolai continued. “But you must understand, Klein, this secret cannot be told to anyone, whether it’s about that thing you have or the fact that we are all time travelers.”

How can I quickly build a closer relationship between two people?

That is, they are jointly guarding a secret.

In another world, a world extremely far from their homeland, two people from the same world can naturally band together for warmth more quickly, because they share commonalities.

Nikola's words clearly relieved Klein.

"That mysterious space above the gray fog, Mr. Flamel obviously knows what it is, and... might be needed in the future? What exactly is it?"

Amidst his flurry of thoughts, Klein then asked another question.

This is his biggest concern right now.

"Mr. Flamel, I want to know, what caused our time travel? Can we ever go back?"

He has been in this world for two months and is currently adapting well. But in that world, he has his parents, his friends, his family, the games he wants to play, and familiar places. If he has the chance to go back, he will definitely go back.

"Go back again...?"

Nikola paused for a moment and said to Klein, "Some things here involve very high-level matters, but I can tell you one thing now: we cannot return to that world at present. It would only be possible if a higher level of power were involved."

"In this world, besides you, me, and Huang Tao, there are other transmigrators. We are all working hard for this. However, no matter who it is, whether it is me, Huang Tao, or other transmigrators, we have not yet reached that level."

"Of course, this is equally far away for you."

"Other transmigrators?"

Are there other time travelers in this world? Are these things sold wholesale? One after another…

Klein couldn't hide his surprise, but seeing that Nikolai didn't intend to continue, he quickly realized that this part might be related to the essence of time travel, and also involved high-level matters, which he couldn't explain to him for the time being.

"Okay, that's enough for today."

Nikolai said, "You should rest well first. We can talk about other things later when you're feeling better."

“Well… Mr. Flamel, I have one last question.”

"what?"

Klein almost forgot the question he had originally intended to ask. He hesitated for a moment, then looked at Nikolai, who had heard his words and was now standing still, waiting for his question. He then asked the question that was currently on his mind most, aside from the issues related to being a transmigrator:
"Captain... and Old Neil and the others, how are they now?"

At this point, Klein looked at Nikola with some hope.

The nature of this "mistake" reveals that His power far exceeds what Klein's usual mystical knowledge can encompass.

To be brought back to life is a miracle. Even if Captain America and Neil died, could they be resurrected like him due to his extraordinary "mistaken" abilities?

Perhaps Mr. "Mistake" had already noticed those guys' secret actions, and it was all just a smokescreen by Mr. "Mistake." Everyone was fine, just like the miracle He had shown Klein at the beginning.

To die and be reborn, to see the past return.

Nikola paused slightly, his light brown eyes looking into Klein's eyes. His tone remained unchanged, but Klein heard a hint of shame and helplessness in his voice.

"I'm very sorry……"

Even a miracle worker can only perform the miracle of bringing the dead back to life four times; he cannot resurrect the dead on a large scale.

"I can repair the damaged buildings in Tingen, but I cannot extract such a large number of people from the Sunwell Ore."

The people who dissolved in the Sunwell magma had their souls and bodies completely absorbed into the Sunwell ore, which, after cooling, became new Sunwell ore.

Contaminated by the baby inside Megas, by Old Neil corrupted by the Hidden Sage, and by Dunn who fought valiantly against the enemy, none of them could be resurrected.

The miracle of being brought back from the dead is only a miracle for oneself, not a miracle for everyone.

"take a good rest."

Having said that, Nikolai sighed silently, and his figure disappeared from the spot.

Klein sat on the hospital bed, somewhat dazed, staring out the window at the bustling city streets that had returned to normal, his mind replaying a sentence that Nikolai had said.

So, the result is still the same...

So, it turns out, everyone really is...

Everyone...

He heard the sound of something illusory shattering.

The "clown's" potion has been digested.

A few days later, Klein was discharged from the hospital.

Another person was discharged from the hospital with him.

Leonard Mitchell, who had been parasitized by Amon and spent some time at St. Peter's Hospital, walked out of the hospital in silence with Klein.

(End of this chapter)