Infinite Terror: I Have a Chat Group

Chapter 250 Preparing to Save Old Neil!

The next day, Klein stepped into Blackthorn Security Company with a heavy heart. Only the horse charm in his pocket could give him some peace of mind.

"Good morning... What's wrong?"

Upon seeing Klein enter, Rosanne immediately greeted him, then noticed that Klein looked unwell and asked him with concern.

"It's nothing, I'm just feeling a little unwell."

Klein could only pretend to be unwell.

"If you're not feeling well, you should ask the captain for leave right away. But what's going on today? Old Neil is sick, and you're not feeling well either..."

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"Is Old Neil sick?"

Before, Klein might have thought that Old Neil had made a mistake in performing some ritual, but now, Klein understood that Old Neil was in such a bad state that he could not face anyone else.

"Yes, he sent someone to ask the captain for leave."

Rosanne nodded.

"I heard that Old Neil and his wife have a very good relationship. Do you know anything about them?"

Klein suddenly asked.

"Wife? When did old Neil ever get married?"

Rosanne asked in surprise.

"When I visited Old Neil's house last month, I noticed a piano in the living room. He told me that his late wife loved music —"

"But in the first half of the year, Mrs. Oriana and I often visited Old Neil's house. At that time, there was no piano in the living room. I clearly remember asking him why he remained single, and his answer was that he hadn't met the woman he wanted to marry."

Rosanne was quite puzzled.

Klein immediately took his place, looking tense.

Seeing Klein's expression, Rosanne knew something was terribly wrong. Fearful and apprehensive, she asked, "Old Neil isn't going to lose control, is he? No, although he's stingy and miserly, always wanting to reimburse everything, he's actually a good person and rarely gets truly angry. He won't, he won't lose control—"

Klein quickly reassured Rosanne a few words, then swiftly passed through the partition and pushed open the door to the captain's office.

Dunn Smith was drinking coffee when he was startled by the sudden intruder and almost choked on it.

"What happened?"

Dunn looked serious and didn't blame Klein, because he knew very well that Klein's anxiety must mean something serious had happened.

"Captain, I've divined that something's wrong with Old Neil."

"Last month, old Neil told me that his late wife loved music, but today Rosanne said he has remained single."

"Moreover, on the very day I became an Extraordinary, I saw a pair of illusory and eerie eyes watching everything from behind Old Neil, and there was also an almost transparent figure peeking through the doorway. He told me that these were signs of residual ritual magic."

"I felt something was off, so I tried a divination."

Klein briefly and quickly recounted the whole story.

Dunn's expression turned serious after hearing this. He stood up abruptly and, walking towards the coat rack, asked疑惑地问道, "Why don't you just divine whether Old Neil has lost control?"

"Before yesterday, Old Neil was no different from a normal extraordinary person. It was only today that I noticed the abnormality. Old Neil's condition should not be too bad. Perhaps it is just a sign that there is still room for recovery."

Klein offered an explanation.

If there were no chat group, he might have guessed that way, after all, who would have thought that Old Neil, who seemed fine yesterday, would suddenly lose control today?

Dunn nodded after changing his clothes.

"A very reasonable guess—we're going to visit old Neil now, well, try to avoid upsetting him."

"Then, try to control him, use ritual magic to stabilize his condition and stop his deterioration."

Klein nodded, but understood that ritual magic would be useless; he could only hope for the horse charm.

The two quickly left the company, only taking the driver Caesar with them, and then the three of them set off together for Old Neil's house.

"Captain, Old Neil's wife..."

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Inside the carriage, perhaps unable to bear the silence, Klein asked about Old Neil's condition.

"When Old Neil was young, he had a girlfriend he was about to get engaged to, but she suddenly fell seriously ill and was difficult to cure. Old Neil risked revealing the secrets of the extraordinary to try to save her with ritual magic, but he still failed. At that time, Old Neil was just a beginner in the field of mysticism."

"According to records, the night watchmen at the time were wary that Old Neil might lose control because of this. Fortunately, he eventually regained his senses and did not show any abnormalities."

After a moment of silence, Dunn sighed before speaking.

May the goddess protect him.

Klein could only pray that the horse charm would work.

The sky gradually brightened, the dark clouds completely dissipated, and the Night Watch squad's carriage stopped in front of Old Neil's detached house.

After having Caesar drive the carriage away to a safe distance, Dunn composed himself and walked towards the door with Klein.

Upon reaching the doorway, Klein stepped forward and pulled the rope connecting to the bell inside the house.

Ding ding ding!

A crisp, melodious bell rang in the room, breaking the quiet atmosphere.

Several seconds after the bell rang, there was still no movement inside the house.

Jingle bells! Jingle bells!

Klein continued trying, pulling several more times in succession.

But after waiting for several minutes, no one came to open the door.

Just as Klein was about to burst in, a melodious tune suddenly drifted from inside the house. It was a beautiful piece of music played on a piano, but this beautiful music made the two of them feel heavy-hearted.

As the music began, water began to gush out from the gap below the main gate. The water was initially clear and pure, but then it turned crimson, a blood-red color, an extremely rich crimson.

Just then, a soft cough came from inside the room, followed by Old Neil's questioning voice: "Dunne, what are you doing here?"

We heard you were sick, so we came to visit you.

Dunn responded calmly.

The room fell silent. After a few seconds, old Neil screamed in a mixture of anger and terror, "No! You're lying!"

Before Klein and the others could speak, his tone suddenly softened: "Yes, I know something's wrong with me."

Then, Old Neil raised his voice and said, "But all along, I have never hurt anyone, nor have I ever intended to hurt anyone! I haven't, I haven't betrayed any of the Night Watch's important secrets. At most, I've only reimbursed some expenses that shouldn't have been reimbursed. I really haven't done anything wrong!"

"Klein."

He suddenly called out as usual.

"I told you the maxim of a spy: do as you please, but do not harm." I have always adhered to this saying, preferring to endure and wait rather than do anything to hurt others.

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