Klein pulled the trigger, and the bullet pierced the young man's brain with a dull sound, and his body fell onto the table.
The next moment, gray mist suddenly surged out of Klein's body, occupying most of the room. The outline of a door vaguely appeared behind him, with dense spots of light on it.
One of the light spots broke away and entered Klein's body. Then, the outline of the door disappeared, and the gray mist slowly shrank back into his body.
The wound on his temple was still moving and healing. Klein, lying on the table, frowned, then slowly opened his eyes and sat up.
It turned out that he was already dead at that time.... Leonard stared at the screen.
Had The Fool been in contact with him that long ago? What was that door? What did those dots of light represent?
Moreover, this time, The Fool has resurrected Klein for the second time. What is His reason?
Benson and Melissa clenched their hands quietly, and the bad feeling they had was getting stronger.
My head hurts... Where is this place...
Klein covered his head and looked around, his eyes gradually widening.
...European classical decoration...red moon?
"I traveled through time? Hiss!"
Klein muttered a sentence in a low voice before bending over in pain and holding his head. It took him a long time to recover, and his eyes fell on the mirror that reflected his figure..
"Klein Moretti..."]
It was the second time those present heard the word "time travel. With Russell's diary before them, they could all understand the general situation. This was another person who had come here from another world and occupied Klein's body. And judging by the wording and his behavior, he and Russell were likely from the same world... and seemed very familiar with this situation?
Bernadette took a deep breath and stayed calm, feeling that many questions had been explained.
Since Klein traveled through time because of the gray fog, or The Fool, then Russell likely came to this world because of The Fool as well. He was once one of the countless points of light on that door! And perhaps there are many similar points of light that have landed in unknown places, replacing other people!
The others marveled at the Fool's abilities, not really caring much about who Klein was inside. After all, the person inside him had already been replaced by someone else when they first met. Benson and Melissa, however, found it difficult to accept the situation. They had just been overjoyed at their family's resurrection, only to be told that Klein had long been dead? The resurrected person was just a stranger who had taken over his body?
Klein put his hand on his temple, completely unaware of the horrific wound there.
What's going on with me now? Zhou Mingrui, who has merged Klein's memories and emotions and taken over his body? I'm not schizophrenic, am I?... Why is my head still hurting so much…
Klein stood up and approached the mirror. He took several steps back in shock when he saw the wound on his temple.
He raised his hand to cover his chest, felt it for a moment before he breathed a sigh of relief and looked at himself in the mirror again.
It has a heartbeat, it's alive. And it looks like it will heal quickly. Maybe this is the benefit of time travel?
After confirming his situation, he seemed to relax a lot and began to clean up the scene.
Melissa has to get up early tomorrow, so I can't let this scene scare her... As expected, I've been influenced by Klein and completely treat Melissa as my own sister... Even though I don't have a sister…
Klein smiled helplessly, looking very gentle.
Melissa felt her mind was in a mess. On the one hand, she found it hard to accept that her brother had become another person, but on the other hand, she felt the familiar family affection from him, which was no different from before.
Benson patted his sister's clenched hands and said to her confused eyes, "He is also Klein. He is our family."
They never noticed that Klein had changed. Whatever the reason, that person had worked very hard to be Klein, and was very dedicated to being. their family, never doing anything to hurt them. Furthermore, he possessed Klein's memories and emotions, so it wasn't wrong to say that he was Klein.
Seeing that Benson and Melissa seemed to have accepted this fact, Klein breathed a sigh of relief.
What he feared most was that they couldn't accept the fact that the original Klein had long been dead and replaced by someone else. He always felt a little guilty about this. Now that his identity was truly recognized, he felt like the last gap had been filled.
Zhou Mingrui... Bernadette repeated this strange and difficult word in her mind, which reminded her of the "hometown" her father taught her.
Audrey recalled a psychotherapy session where "The World" had said it had been asleep for too long, so long that it had lost its family and everything it once had. Combined with what she had seen, she suddenly understood the pain and despair.
Mentally encouraging herself, Audrey looked around the dark space and said, "Excuse me, could you please display the name "Zhou Mingrui'?"
She tried very hard to repeat the word. As the patient's psychiatrist, she couldn't even know her patient's real name! Even if no one in this world understood that kind of writing and language, she wanted to make Mr. "World" feel less lonely.
The voice did not respond for a while. Just when everyone thought that He was expressing His opinion through silence, the image on the screen suddenly disappeared, and three square characters "Zhou Mingrui" appeared.
*Zhou is his last name. As the voice read out, the first square font lit up.
"Ming, Rui, this is the name." The next two words also lit up.
Before Audrey could express her gratitude, the words on the screen changed to two others, and it could be seen that they were "Huang Tao" in Russell's diary.
"Huang, his last name. Tao, his first name."
Looking at the two words that lit up one by one, Bernadette and Audrey both lowered their heads slightly and said, "Thank you for your answer."
Klein looked at the screen, which no longer had Chinese characters, and blinked slowly.
[Above the vast grey fog, a boiling madness suddenly surged.
The surging gray fog gathered together and gradually formed the shape of a person. As more and more gray fog gathered, the human figure became more and more solid.
Finally, the figure formed from the gray fog pressed down with one hand, and the boiling gray fog obediently calmed down. The figure lowered his head slightly, as if he had seen something, and sighed.
Is this how The Fool revived? Did He resurrect after Klein's suicide? Or was He resurrected because of it? What is the relationship between Klein and The Fool?
Although he knew the real name, Leonard still used the name he was used to, and became even more confused about the truth.
"I have some guesses about the identity of The Fool, but I'm not sure about his relationship with your former colleague."
Leonard wanted to ask more questions after hearing Pales' voice, but when he saw the image begin to change, he gave up for the time being.
Many clowns were handing out flyers in the square. A woman stopped Klein and said, "Would you like a fortune-teller? My tarot readings are very accurate."
"Tarot?" Klein was stunned.
This seems to have been invented by Emperor Roselle, who also invented many other things... and even calls himself Caesar... Could he be a senior time traveler?]
So you know the other person is also a time traveler? Your way of confirming your identity is so strange! Everyone was a little confused.
Furthermore, both Klein and Russell acted as if they were familiar with the concept of time travel. Could it be that this kind of thing happened frequently in their world? What kind of world was that?
Alger analyzed the information about time travel: Zhou Mingrui first confirmed that he had traveled through time after seeing the red moon, which meant that there was a moon in his original world, but it was not red.
Later, he confirmed that he was also a time traveler through the things Russell invented. This must be because Russell brought things from their world here...
But Russell invented so many things and was also accomplished in many other areas such as poetry writing. Could it be that he copied all of them from their world?
Alger discovered that the image of Russell in his mind had collapsed significantly.
[ "You shuffle and cut the cards." The circus fortune teller said in a low voice.
*Shall I wash it?"
"Then please shuffle the cards again and understand what you want to ask. Only then can you shuffle the cards that truly hold symbolic meaning."
Were you kidding me just now... Why are you so stingy? Didn't I always emphasize that it's free?
Klein took the cards back and shuffled them again.]
He really cares about money. Audrey pursed her lips, unable to suppress the smile that appeared on her lips.
Leonard relaxed a little. This stingy behavior made him feel more at ease.
At least Klein was still the familiar face he was familiar with.
Melissa felt a little more identified with Klein. She still remembered that he often spent money on her in various ways, trying to make her life better. As Klein, he had done well enough…
Is he really short of money? Why is he so fussy... Emlyn wondered if Sherlock had behaved that way.
He couldn't figure out the connection between the so-called time travel and the "Fool", but he didn't care much. After all, it wouldn't affect his becoming the savior of the vampires, and it didn't seem to have any bad effects.
It seemed like Mr. World also had money worries. Derrick, who was worried about his new life in Silver City, felt the same way.
"Let's look at 'now' first."
Klein turned over the card in front of him. It was "The Fool."
Before the other party could interpret it, a woman rushed in: "Why are you pretending to be me again? You're just a beast trainer!"
The animal trainer, who claimed to be a fortune teller, stood up awkwardly. "But sometimes, my divinations and interpretations are very accurate..."
Klein pulled away from the farce, still pondering this matter: Even if it was accurate, what did the card represent? A new beginning? Anyway, I can't go back for now. From now on, I'm Klein... But I feel like I've forgotten. something. I have no idea how I got here…
Klein folded his hands and watched with interest how this space would help him cover up his lie.
The Fool was revived by my rebirth, but I also lost some of my memories... Could it be that those memories are with the Fool? What kind of being is the Fool? What does "the Fool" want with my memories?
But what I want to know more now is what to do about the Qilingos incident. Klein hadn't joined the Tarot Club at that time, but he was able to notify Azik in time to go to the scene…
Although it was clearly about himself, Klein felt like he was watching a new suspense drama and had no idea how it would develop next.Gray fog rolled in, and a magnificent palace appeared. The three of them took their seats.
Is this the founding of the Tarot Club? A trial by the Fool? What did He hope to gain from this?
Some people started brainstorming.
Alger had already thought about this matter, and now he was more concerned about Klein's condition.
Why didn't he participate in this attempt, which was the catalyst for The Fool's revival? And why did it take so long for The World to join us after we formed the Tarot Club? What was the relationship between Klein and The Fool before then?
And the magician who calls himself Merlin, did he awaken with the Fool, or was he always active? Was he already connected to the Fool at that time?
Alger glanced at the other person and found that the magician was watching the video with great interest. He could not read any further information from his expression.
A brown-haired girl said as she led Klein down the stairs, "Even though I walk here often, I'm still afraid of falling. You don't know, Leonard did something stupid like this. On his first day as an 'sleepless', he tried to sprint down the stairs, and then he turned into a cartwheel. Haha..."
Leonard tried hard to maintain his demeanor as a demigod, but the way others looked at him was less respectful.
Roxanne hadn't told everyone about this, had she? Given her personality, she'd definitely done it... But shouldn't we be focusing on Klein right now? Why was she indirectly exposing my dark past? Leonard felt his image was in jeopardy.
Klein grinned rudely.
When he first joined, he was embarrassed to laugh at his seniors, but now he has fewer concerns. After all, Leonard doesn't know who he is, and he can't beat him.
Hugh restrained himself and glanced at Leonard. He felt that compared to Leonard, the images of himself were gentle and amiable.
Cattleya pushed her glasses, feeling that there seemed to be a lot of unreliable people in the Tarot Club. It even gave her a vague illusion of being on Back to the Future, and she couldn't help but worry.
Old Neil handed a few copies of Russell's diary to Klein. "Take a look. Starting tomorrow, you'll also be doing this kind of work."
Klein took it and took a look. His expression remained unchanged, but he was already roaring inwardly:
This is Chinese! And it's simplified Chinese! Russell is really my fellow countryman from the Great Foodie Empire!
The scene shifts to the paper, and the text blurs and changes:
"By chance, I discovered a poor trapped fellow who could only approach the real world during every full moon. But he was lucky enough to meet me, the protagonist of this era!"
"Why are my children so stupid? I've told you so many times, the key to potions is digestion! It's acting!"]
Mr. World and Emperor Roselle really were from the same world, the same country! But why was their country's name so strange? Big Foodie? Who would give their country such a name? Audrey was filled with confusion.
Leonard understood why Klein had chosen a fortuneteller without a recipe for a subsequent potion. It was clearly influenced by this diary entry. However, he didn't think these three paths were truly that effective. Amon alone was enough to deal with. Unfortunately, Klein was still clueless at the time.
Every full moon... the poor man trapped... Could it be Mr. Door? Forsey thought of the full moon mumbling that had troubled him for a long time.
Stupid? Is that what he thinks of us? Bernadette narrowed her eyes, feeling a fire burning in her heart.
Not only does he neglect his family all day long, but he also looks down on us!
Klein ran into Leonard coming down the stairs. Leonard politely extended his right hand: "I'm impressed by you. Leonard Mitchell, Sequence 8 Midnight Poet."
He's truly a poet...
Klein shook his hand lightly and asked with a smile, "Impressive?"
"You have a special aura."
The gay one among the gays...
Klein's smile was stiff: "I don't think so."
The subtitles below explain: It means looking like a homosexual.]
Leonard looked at the explanation in astonishment. He didn't expect that this was the image of him in Klein's mind.
Benson and Melissa subconsciously looked at Leonard with caution. Thinking of his understanding and closeness to Klein, alarm bells went off in their hearts.
Anderson looked at Leonard's image carefully. He didn't feel anything before, but after hearing this sentence, he felt that it really had that meaning.
Azik recalled how Leonard had mentioned Klein every few sentences during their casual conversation. He carefully advised him, "You could, um, keep some distance from Klein."
Leonard looked at the Death Archon in disbelief, "Mr. Azik, did you misunderstand something?"
Xio, who was sitting on Leonard's other side, spoke up for him: "We all know that this is Mr. World's one-sided opinion, and the facts are not necessarily so."
"What do you mean 'not necessarily'? It's not like that!" Leonard was a little exasperated. "Why do you just believe whatever that guy said? Do I really look like a homosexual?"
The space fell into silence, and Klein almost laughed out loud.
Mr. Star is just very good-looking and has a unique aura... They're not really that similar. It just seems like he's paying too much attention to Mr. World... No, their friendship is just pure!
Audrey quickly tried to sober herself up.
Attracted by his unique aura at first sight, and then entangled by fate.... What kind of plot is this from a romance novel... Fors found herself a little excited.
After buying the cane, Klein took the change and unfolded the four banknotes one by one in front of the light.
It's all true... I can use the remaining money to take Melissa out for a nice meal...
He then put the banknotes and coins away and took the stagecoach home.
When he got home, he counted the money three times before putting it in his desk drawer.
Why play this? To let everyone know I'm a money-grubber? No, maybe this isn't so bad. If they want my help again, they can just give me the money... Klein silently admitted that he did love money.
Look at those gold coins and pounds, aren't they lovely?
Danitz suddenly felt that it was a miracle that he was still alive. Gehrman was so greedy, but he could actually resist attacking a ten thousand pound pirate like him and didn't exchange him for a bounty!
Perhaps because he saw that I was doing a good job and had diligently completed his and Mr. Fool's mission, he had no reason to attack me... Danitz suddenly felt a sense of urgency and felt he had to take the initiative.
Otherwise, if the "Fool" ever decides that he is no longer useful, Hermann, a money-loving guy, will be happy to cash him out!
It seems Mr. World's love of money stems from his family, and he's very willing to spend it on his family... He probably wasn't so short of money later on, but he still acted very concerned about it... And back then, Mr. World was able to disguise himself so well that even his family didn't notice. No, it wasn't necessarily all a facade. Perhaps Zhou Mingrui and Klein were just very similar…
Audrey analyzed it from a psychological perspective.
[Old Neil prepared the potion and handed it to Klein. After he drank the potion, the colors on the screen suddenly became blurred and overlapping, and a layer of gray mist was shrouded it
The scene suddenly zoomed up, revealing a palace above the gray fog. The Fool looked down as if sensing something, then tapped the table.
All the strange scenes in Klein's room suddenly disappeared. He shook his head with a painful expression, and there seemed to be confusion in his eyes.
I seemed to have passively escaped from that state just now?]
Klein and The Fool indeed have a deep connection. Just drinking the potion can arouse The Fool's awareness!
However, it's unclear whether he himself is aware of this situation. I just feel that "The Fool" doesn't want to deepen this connection... and even forced him to interrupt the induction...
Everyone silently analyzed the information revealed by this picture.
It seems it wasn't the old man's intuition that was flawed, but rather that The Fool personally interfered. No wonder he didn't notice anything at the time... Leonard, who had originally doubted Pallez's ability due to his frequent mistakes in Klein-related incidents, suddenly realized that it wasn't the old man who was too weak, but The Fool who was too strong.
Alger felt that The Fool's behavior was completely inconsistent. If he valued Klein's uniqueness, why did he deliberately distance himself from him? If he had already distanced himself from him, why did he later allow him to become his favored one, and even a vessel for the divine descent?
Wait, I seem to have overlooked a question: why did Klein commit suicide, and how did he join the Nighthawks? There was no relevant footage just now!
Also, Klein died again after trying to stop the evil god's offspring from coming. That incident seemed to involve the demigod Ins and a Level O seal that even Adam wanted!
It seems that Klein was involved in a very dangerous matter at the time, and The Fool had just recovered and had no energy to get involved. So, it was not until Klein died again and was free from this matter, and "He" himself became more powerful, that he established a closer connection with the other party?