Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 385 384 Open and aboveboard
Inside the Kingdom Museum.

Tang, who entered the former study of Emperor Rosell at a different time than Klein, scanned the items in the room after entering and then looked at a collection of Rosell's poems in the exhibition.

"This gentleman..."

After snapping his fingers, Tang ignored the guide and walked to a display case. With a slight movement of his finger, a bookmark tucked between the manuscripts inside the glass case flew up and landed in his hand.

"Uncle Eggers, this is..."

“There’s something wrong.” Tang took a monocle from the mists of history and put it in his right eye socket.

He squeezed the monocle, and the crystal-carved monocle immediately lit up.

With the help of top decryption experts, the seemingly ordinary bookmark surface melts like butter meeting fire, revealing its true nature.

It was a playing card, a playing card made by Russell Gustave.

"Black Emperor" card.

Don and Bernard stared at the card for a while, then Don put it away.

He pondered for a moment, then looked at Bernardet, who seemed somewhat dazed. "You should know that your father made some playing cards, right?"

Bernardai snapped out of his daze upon hearing this, his somewhat stunned expression returning to calm and solemnity. He nodded, "Yes, Father and I have seen these before, but until now, I have never truly come into contact with those blasphemous tablets that contain the secrets of the gods."

"Hmm." Tang nodded almost imperceptibly. "The cards Rosell left behind do have some issues... I'll tell you after I've analyzed them."

"Is there something wrong with the playing cards?"

Bernard found it somewhat unbelievable.

She frowned, carefully choosing her words as she asked Tang, "Uncle Eggers, what exactly do you mean by 'the playing cards are problematic'? Are they contaminated? Is there something amiss with the knowledge contained within them?"

Is this related to the father's unusual behavior?

"I'd say both are somewhat true."

Tang adjusted his monocle. The people around them ignored the two of them, and even the extraordinary individuals responsible for protecting Roselle's items didn't notice anyone openly taking the items.

Faced with the clash between a Sequence 1 and a Sequence 3, the extraordinary beings here might be in danger if they noticed.

High-sequence extraordinary individuals wouldn't go around attacking ordinary people for no reason.

"The specific situation still needs to be analyzed. I will take it to the researchers in Miskatonic for reverse engineering."

After putting the cards away, Tang twitched his fingers slightly, bringing his index and middle fingers together to pull out a new "Black Emperor" card from thin air.

The "Black Emperor" card returned to its unopened state. Tang casually tossed it away, and the paper passed through the glass case, returning to its original location.

He snapped his fingers again, canceling the extraordinary ability to fool, and the two followed the crowd out of the Kingdom Museum.

"I'll let you know when the results are in, Bernardet." Tang paused slightly, looked at Bernardet, and suddenly said:
“There have been some unusual developments in Backlund recently, so you may stay here for a while.”

Bernard looked at Tang with some surprise, then nodded to indicate that there was no problem.

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After parting ways with Bernardet, Don magically pulled the "Black Emperor" card out of his pocket once more, looked at the crowned Emperor Roselle, and silently placed it on the gray fog.

“Nikolai, have Justice find a time to examine the blasphemous card I forged. Klein should be able to get Justice to check on the selfie issue soon.”

“Okay.” Mr. “Error”’s voice rang in his ears. The boundless gray-white mist dissipated from Tang’s side, but quickly gathered again and returned to his body.

After glancing at the Kingdom Museum, Tang turned and left, rushing back to the detective agency before Klein could.

As expected, after returning from the Kingdom Museum, Klein took the opportunity to come to the Gray Fog and, in the name of "the World," requested help from "Justice."

After a brief intermediary, Mr. "Mistake" gave instructions in a nonchalant tone to Audrey "Justice" in Queens.

"Confirm the issue of a bookmark in Roselle's study at the Kingdom Museum."

Upon hearing Mr. "Mistake's" voice, Audrey quickly found a place to pray to him and received a more accurate answer.

"This can help you get promoted to a psychologist and accumulate merits."

Mr. "Mistake" spoke calmly, sitting leisurely in his high-backed chair.

"Why doesn't Mr. Error do such a simple task?" This question flashed through Miss Audrey's mind for only a second before she quickly came up with a reason.

“Mr. ‘Mistake’ must have his reasons for doing this, um, a bookmark by Emperor Roselle…”

After thinking for a moment, Audrey decided to use her noble status to accomplish this task.

Miss Justice was very efficient; by evening, Mr. World had received the information and confirmed that there was a problem with the bookmark.

He promptly reported the intelligence to "Mistake" Nicola Flamel through his honorific name. Nicola arrived quickly, and that night he took Klein and traversed the spirit world to the Kingdom Museum, which was already closed.

"Mr. Flamel, shall we just walk in?"

Looking at the dark Kingdom Museum, Klein turned to Nikolai.

"Yes, Klein."

Nicola straightened his black silk hat, took a few steps forward, and gestured for Klein, who had been completely transformed and was unrecognizable as the great detective Sherlock Moriarty, to follow.

"After all, we're not just ordinary extraordinary individuals, are we?"

The two approached the Kingdom Museum, showing no intention of revealing their whereabouts.

Soon, the members of the Mechanical Heart, who were in charge of guarding Emperor Roselle's belongings, discovered the arrival of the uninvited guests.

"Mr. Error"

Upon seeing that it was Nicolas Flamel, the members of Mechanical Heart did not dare to stop him at all, and could only ask in hushed tones why Mr. "Error" had come.

"Something related to Miskatonic."

Mr. Error said with a smile. He did not show any attitude of superiority towards the members of the Mechanical Heart who were clearly unpopular, but his very existence made the members of the Mechanical Heart break out in a cold sweat.

Of course, Nikolai had no need to make things difficult for the extraordinary individuals at the bottom, as it would be very undignified.

The members of the Mechanical Heart team quickly notified the demigod stationed in Backlund by the Craftsmen's Church. However, before the demigod arrived, Nikolai had already led Klein openly through the main entrance and arrived at the location of Roselle's study, where he saw the bookmark.

It feels so good to have a powerful backer... Klein thought to himself.

As Nikolai stroked the surface of the bookmark, he didn't show it on the surface, but inwardly he really complained.

If you're going to take it, then take it. Why leave a fake item here?
(End of this chapter)