Mystery: A Spark

This was to thank him for the help he provided to the Steam Church in the process of investigating the Apostles of Desire.

Furthermore, Carlson, a member of "Mechanical Heart," attempted to take the opportunity to recruit Klein as an informant.

Because of Arthur and Huang Tao, Klein still had a certain degree of goodwill towards the Steam Church.

Furthermore, given his current identity as a follower of the God of Steam, he agreed to Carlson's proposal.

But do they have some misunderstanding about the word "secret"? What if it gets stolen if they just leave it in the mailbox like that? Klein couldn't help but complain to himself amidst his delight.

After accepting the bounty, Klein ate a simple breakfast.

Then he put on his coat, hat, and cane, grabbed a newspaper, and went out.

Klein is going to the Harvest Church to ask the vampire named Emlyn if the vampires have any useful magical items.

After all, the vampire clan has a long history, so they should have quite a lot of good stuff, just like the Dragon King of the East Sea in Journey to the West.

Unfortunately, I'm not Sun Wukong who can wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace. I can't borrow, I can only buy. And I don't even know if I have enough money on me... Klein muttered regretfully to himself.

He currently has five or six thousand pounds on him, roughly equivalent to two-thirds of Ambassador Beckeron's wealth, which is considered modest.

However, this amount of money still seemed insufficient compared to the price of the magical items.

Hopefully, he'll get lucky and find a useful and not-too-expensive magical item... Klein watched the public carriage getting closer and closer, and boarded it after it stopped.

……

South Bridge District, Rose Street, Harvest Church.

Emlyn White smiled as soon as he saw Sherlock Moriarty, the detective in a black wool coat, enter. He was carefully wiping the candlesticks.

He straightened his hair, walked over with his head held high, and said in a low voice:

"There is information about Jason Belial; a vampire knows him."

Klein had previously asked him to find clues about Jason Beria.

“I also have intelligence on him.” Klein smiled and handed over the newspaper he was holding; the headline on the front page was:

"Yesterday, the esteemed Duke Negan was assassinated, and true demons ravaged the land."

Below the headline is a detailed description of yesterday's assassination, indicating that the killer was a banker named Patrick Jason who was shot dead on the spot, and that the terrorist organization Aurora Society claimed responsibility for the incident.

When Klein saw these news reports, he almost choked on his milk while having breakfast.

However, he quickly realized that this must be an official cover-up.

"So... does that mean the information I got is useless?" Emlyn looked somewhat bewildered.

"Don't you usually read the newspaper?" Klein asked, somewhat amused.

"Why are you reading the newspaper? I'm very busy." Emlyn gave him a strange look.

Busy cleaning the church? And going home to keep the dolls company and trick them into drinking blood? Klein almost burst out laughing.

He stopped joking and started asking serious questions:

"I've heard that your vampire clan has a long history, and you must have left behind many magical artifacts, right?"

"What do you want to do?" Emlyn suddenly became alert.

"Don't worry, do you vampires have that many powerful members? Even if I wanted to do something to you, I wouldn't have the strength. I just want to buy a good weapon from you," Klein said, shrugging.

“That’s true, but do you have money?” Emlyn looked Klein up and down.

"Name your price first." Klein naturally understood the principle of not flaunting one's wealth.

"Hey, you probably want a magical item that doesn't have too many negative effects, but is still powerful enough to cause damage, right?" Emlyn asked with a laugh.

Klein nodded.

“Our vampire clan does have something that meets your requirements, but even the cheapest one costs eight thousand pounds. I don’t think you’re someone who has that much money.” Emlyn raised his chin slightly, seemingly with some pride.

"What are you so proud of?" Klein muttered to himself, "What are you so proud of?"

"Isn't there anything cheaper?"

"Yes, but I don't think you'd be satisfied. For example, there's a magical item called 'Thirsty Fang,' which can grant people super speed and agility, but the downside is that it can cause blood thirst syndrome."

“It only costs four or five thousand pounds, do you want it?” Emlyn replied.

Klein shook his head; what he wanted was a magical item with sufficient destructive power, and this did not meet his requirements.

"Never mind, I'll think about it some more." He planned to ask through other channels.

At this moment, Emlyn hesitated for a moment and asked:

"Moriarty, do you know the Fool?"

Klein: !!!

Chapter 213 Unbelievable Astrological Results

Inside the Harvest Church.

Klein looked at Emlyn in front of him, and a thousand thoughts raced through his mind.

Why would he know the Fool? Was he asking about me, the "Fool," or the "Fool" at the top of the fortune-telling hierarchy?

He asked me if I knew what the "Fool's" purpose was, and what he really wanted to do.

For a moment, Klein became somewhat confused.

"Moriarty, Moriarty!"

"Huh?" Klein snapped out of his daze.

"What's wrong with you?" Emlyn asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Oh, I was thinking about something else. What did you ask?" Klein pretended to have been distracted and hadn't heard Emlyn's question.

“I ask you if you know the Fool,” Emlyn repeated.

"The Fool? I know, it's the first card in the Tarot. Why are you asking about that?" Klein countered.

“That’s not what I meant. You know, I’ve been looking for a way to break free from my self-suggestion, and I even asked you for help with that,” Emlyn said in a low voice as he sat down beside her.

"Yes, I know." Klein's face showed the same suppressed laughter as Sa Beining.

He found the story amusing. Emlyn had learned that Arthur and Father Utravsky were acquainted and that Emlyn knew Arthur, so he wanted Emlyn to introduce them and persuade Father Utravsky through Arthur to achieve his goal indirectly.

Although Klein felt that this guy was going to get ripped off, he still took Emlyn to find Arthur.

At first, Arthur treated them with great hospitality.

After Emlyn shared his thoughts, Arthur readily agreed, promising to help him break free from the psychological suggestion.

He confidently claimed that he had a plan that would surely make Father Nautravsky surrender.

Furthermore, Arthur stated that Father Utravsky's use of psychological suggestion to control others was incorrect, immoral, inhumane, and strongly condemnable.

If he were in the same position, he would never resort to such excessive methods; instead, he would persuade people with reason.

Good heavens, these words really struck a chord with Emlyn, bringing him to tears. He exclaimed that he had wasted the previous few centuries, only to find a kindred spirit today.

The two hit it off immediately, feeling as if they had known each other for a long time and wishing they could become sworn brothers on the spot.

When Emlyn started asking Arthur about the specifics of his plan, Arthur proudly recounted his method.

His method was as follows:

Emlyn wanted Father Utravsky to help him break free from the psychological suggestion, but failed because he couldn't reason with him.

Since reasoning won't work, let's try another approach: use power to force Bishop Utravsky to submit.

Utravsky is a member of the Church of Mother Earth.

If Emlin could find a way to climb to the top of the Church of the Earth Mother, or simply find a way to gain the favor of the Earth Mother, wouldn't he be able to easily give orders to Bishop Utravsky?

Wouldn't it be effortless to have Bishop Utravsky help him break free from the psychological suggestion?

Emlyn was completely dumbfounded.

Klein almost burst out laughing too.

Good heavens, the reason Emlyn wanted to break free from the psychological suggestion was because he didn't want to believe in Mother Earth.

Now that Arthur has come up with such an idea, Emlyn is momentarily unsure whether the man is genuinely stupid or just pretending.

Seeing Arthur's sincere expression, Emlyn ultimately refrained from uttering any vulgar words.

He had originally intended to try explaining to Arthur that he wanted to break free from psychological suggestion precisely because he no longer wanted to believe in Mother Earth.

But to his surprise, Arthur suddenly seemed not to understand and insisted on pulling Emlyn along, wanting him to perform a ritual to pray to the Earth Mother Goddess in order to gain the favor of this great goddess.

This scared Emlyn away on the spot.

Seeing the suppressed laughter on Klein's face, Emlyn naturally recalled what had happened back then.

He couldn't help but complain:

"To be honest, there seems to be something wrong with your friend's place here."

Emlyn pointed to his head.

"Yeah."

What could Klein do? Of course, he had to agree with him.

He didn't tell Emlyn that when it came to playing mind games, even the two of them couldn't outsmart Arthur.

How did Emlyn, a vampire whom even Emlyn himself considered foolish, get the confidence to think that Arthur had something wrong with his head?

They were clearly just teasing you.

"Uh, well, please continue." Klein finally managed to control his expression.

"Yes, that's right. Some time ago, after I reunited with my parents, they were very angry about me being imprisoned by that old man."

“So they brought me along to find that old man… um… to reason with him.” Emlyn hesitated for a moment before finally using a more tactful way of putting it.

Klein understood immediately and asked:

"And what's the result of reasoning with them?"

“I didn’t win the argument.” Emlyn’s lips twitched slightly as he succinctly stated.