Lord of Mysteries: The Color of the Stars

"It depends on what you want to borrow."

Upon hearing this, Dunn's smile vanished:

"Your Excellency once served the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, so you should be aware of the existence of sealed artifacts and various taboos."

"Therefore I can say definitively that sealed artifacts are definitely out of the question, and other things will depend on the situation."

"I see."

Julian nodded:

"Don't worry, it's not a sealed item, but it's not an everyday item either."

"May I borrow a handgun and some demon hunter bullets?"

"this……"

Dunn was stunned when he heard this; he never expected Julian to make such a request.

Although pistols and demon hunter bullets are not classified as sealed artifacts, they are still considered lethal weapons.

Even the most basic six-cylinder revolver can cause a large number of civilian casualties when left unsupervised.

Moreover, Julian is a foreigner and does not have a gun license from the Kingdom of Rune—this is different from the official members of the "Night Watch," because the "Night Watch" are equivalent to police officers in the secular world, and they naturally have the right to carry guns.

"rest assured."

Julian smiled and shook his head:

"If I really wanted to endanger civilian lives, I would have plenty of ways to do so, and I wouldn't need to borrow guns from you."

"I'm not doing this for personal purposes, but for the sake of the consultants' work."

"If you're worried, I can write a detailed report after I've used the gun."

After a moment's thought, Dunn replied:

"That being said, I still need to send a telegram to the Holy See. If they agree, I have no problem with that."

"Then I'll have to trouble you."

Julian blinked:

"This matter has a time limit; it would be best to resolve it within two or three days."

I tried my best.

Dunn nodded.

"There's one more thing."

Julian hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"I need to check the household registration records at the Ahowa County Police Department."

"It's a small matter."

Dunn breathed a slight sigh of relief when he heard Julian say that. He had thought that Julian was going to make some other troublesome request, but checking the household registration was not too much of a hassle.

However, just to be on the safe side, he still instructed Leonard to accompany Julian to retrieve the files, so that the Night Watchers could have a general idea of ​​which files Julian had looked at.

By around 4 p.m., Julian had basically finished reviewing the documents he wanted to see at the Ahowa County Police Station.

In an attempt to mislead Leonard, he deliberately looked at a lot of people's information, and then casually jotted down the key information he was interested in when the other person yawned and lost focus.

"Professor Albrecht, the captain requests your presence."

Just as Julian had achieved his goal and was packing up to go home, Cohenley White approached him first.

"Oh? So fast?"

Julian was somewhat surprised. He looked at the short, insomniac, then nodded.

"Please take me there."

"please."

Guided by Cohen, Julian arrived at the nearby Blackthorn Security Company, located at 36 Zotland Street.

Looking at the building with its base plastered with stucco, and each floor above having two windows enclosed by a closed archway forming a whole, he was momentarily dazed.

This was Julian's first time visiting the Night Watchers' headquarters in Tingen; he had only seen descriptions of them in novels before.

After a brief pause, Julian caught up with Cohen and went upstairs.

"The lighting is indeed not very good... Even with my visual perception of light, it still feels too dark."

Julian.

Just as Julian was looking around, Dunn's voice suddenly rang out.

Julian turned his head and saw Dunn standing at the entrance of the corridor at the end of the reception hall, holding a thick teacup in his hand.

Good afternoon, Dunn.

"Good afternoon. What would you like to drink, coffee or tea?"

Dunn shook hands with Julian, who was walking up quickly, and then asked in a friendly tone.

"No need to trouble yourself."

Julian laughed:

"So, you asked me to come here, there must be good news, right?"

"That's right."

Dunn nodded:

"The church has approved your application for the use of weapons. You can obtain a temporary gun license, but you only have 2 days and can only be equipped with 6 rounds of ammunition."

"If you fired any bullet during this period, you must provide a full report afterward."

"Furthermore, you cannot use this gun to attack anyone, especially civilians and members of the Church of Knowledge who do not possess supernatural powers, unless they initiate the attack on you."

"no problem."

Julian breathed a sigh of relief; he had to admit that the Holy Temple's swiftness far exceeded his expectations.

Although there were strict limitations in terms of time and conditions, it was enough.

Julian couldn't help but suspect that the Church might have already established a general range of tolerance for its own behavior, such as what it could and could not do.

This is certainly good, but on the other hand, it also illustrates one thing—that the "Hidden Servant" or another demigod of the Church of the Night has never relaxed his surveillance of him.

Any transgression by Julian would be immediately intervened upon.

Fortunately, he didn't want to do anything outrageous with the gun. Instead, he wanted to do some things for the "Night Watchers" and, incidentally, gain some benefits for himself.

That is to first find Riel Bieber, a descendant of the Antigonus family, and then obtain from him the notebook that records various potion recipes and even information about the Antigonus family's treasure.

The previous act of going through the household registration information was precisely to confirm Riel Bieber's address—although this method was somewhat troublesome, considering that the notebook and the people involved might have made anti-divination arrangements in advance, it actually became a shortcut.

If he's lucky, he might also be able to find out about the activities of the "Secret Order" in Tingen, which would be a great help to Dunn and his group.

After all, the "Night Watchman" pays him such a high salary, so he has to do something to justify it.

During their conversation, Julian and Dunn arrived at the captain's office.

"Old Neil, this is Professor Albrecht."

As the door was pushed open, the figure of an elderly man who was busy at work appeared before Julian.

He wore his signature classic black soft hat, his dark red eyes were slightly cloudy, his hair was gray, and his wrinkles were deep.

"Hello, Mr. Neil."

Julian extended his hand to Old Neil while using the vision of the "Four-Colored Awakener" to look at the faint purple light behind him.

This light was very special and pure, fundamentally different from the aura he had seen in ordinary people and even extraordinary beings before.

Based on this, Julian concluded that it was very likely a special aura possessed by the "Secret Seeker".

"Hello, Professor Albrecht."

Old Neil was very kind, and he also smiled and extended his loose-skinned right hand.

However, the situation changed the moment their hands met.

Julian suddenly felt that the blurry light and shadow surrounding him had become concrete and bright, and the originally thin colors had suddenly deepened and spread, as if neon had descended upon his surroundings.

Even more unusually, at the same time this near-neon-colored light appeared, the pale purple aura behind Old Neil was also tinged with the same color.

Immediately afterwards, all the light seemed to boil in Julian's eyes.

As the light grew brighter, an illusory eyeball appeared behind Old Neil, spinning wildly as if it had been subjected to some intense stimulus!