Chapter 799 - The Fad Detective Rises to Prominence Again
What should I call myself? There are too many nas; even my fellow countryman, Liu Bo, doesn't know all my aliases...
Klein maintained his posture and replied in a low voice:
"Gehrman Sparrow."
"Gehrman Sparrow..." "Pale Admiral" Maria pondered for a mont, then looked into Klein's eyes and said seriously: "The Celestial Sect is looking for you!"
Celestial Sect? Isn't that the organization Mr. Tower asked "The Hanged Man" to report? Why are they looking for ?
Wait... Could it be that the Governor of Bayam inviting
to the ball is also related to this organization?
"The Governor of Bayam?" Klein asked calmly on the surface, but cautiously inside.
Maria nodded seriously and replied: "According to my intelligence, it's highly probable that the Governor is being used by the Celestial Sect."
At this point, she paused, then added: "The Celestial Sect is backed by the Rose School, and they are ultimately the enemy I must face."
"Pale Admiral" has a grudge against the Rose School? No wonder she also wants to deal with "Admiral of Blood."
Klein thought for a mont and tentatively said: "I also plan to hunt 'Admiral of Blood'... Do you have any clues about him?"
Maria first shook her head, then stated directly: "You likely have sothing the Rose School needs, and so do I... He will eventually co looking for either you or ."
What does that an? To use
as bait? Or for her to be the bait herself?
However, after considering "Pale Admiral's" consistent behavior, Klein dismissed this guess and asked calmly: "So, how do you want to cooperate?"
Maria didn't answer imdiately but looked at "Vice Admiral Iceberg," who stood nearby. Clearly, after eting Gehrman, her target for cooperation had changed.
Edwina imdiately understood. She calmly nodded at the two, then exited the cabin, leaving them space for a private conversation.
If it had been anyone else, they might have been angered by this, but Edwina was quite familiar with Maria's personality. She knew Maria simply didn't understand such things and always handled interpersonal relationships poorly. Without the assistance of Kent, the first mate on the "Pale Saintess," she would actually find it difficult to gather that ship full of followers.
It's just that Kent's origin is sowhat questionable...
Maria didn't pay attention to what Edwina was thinking. After the latter left, she looked into Klein's eyes again and said sincerely:
"I can secretly follow and protect you for a while... until the Rose School appears."
As she spoke, as if to demonstrate her hidden ability, her figure quickly faded and disappeared within the cabin.
However, her voice still echoed around: "Because I am sowhat special, ordinary Rose School demigods would find it difficult to detect ."
"Wraith?" Klein remained outwardly calm, but his heart was filled with surprise.
He was all too familiar with this thod of disappearance, but he hadn't expected that "Pale Admiral," renowned for her swordsmanship yet never revealing her Sequence abilities, would actually be a Wraith.
What surprised him even more was that she would reveal this long-hidden secret to him, soone she was eting for the first ti...
As if sensing Klein's surprise and doubt, Maria reappeared and explained: "Since 'Pale Justice' trusts you, there's no need for
to hide anything from you."
Those words could easily lead to misunderstandings... And even if you trust , I don't trust you! Especially since I have many secrets. Even if "Pale Admiral" has a good reputation, it's impossible for
to let you follow
around all the ti... You're not Miss Sharon!
Klein refused bluntly without much hesitation: "I still can't trust you, so I will only provide the summoning thod for my ssenger."
Upon hearing this, a hint of disappointnt seed to flicker in Maria's brown eyes, but she nodded understandingly: "Understood."
Klein pondered for a mont, then took out paper and pen from his pocket, quickly wrote down the summoning thod for his ssenger, and handed it to her.
"I will summon your ssenger once I return, so it can rember my aura... That way, if you encounter soone from the Rose School, you can find
imdiately."
Actually, I think Mr. Tower, "Vice Admiral Iceberg," or even Madam Yalolan would be more reliable... Though he thought this, Klein simply nodded slightly on the surface: "Good."
"Then I'll take my leave!" Seeing that the matter was settled, Maria exchanged no further pleasantries and directly left the "Golden Dream," returning to her flagship.
This left Klein dumbfounded, feeling that this lady's personality was even more awkward than the "Gehrman" persona he adopted.
"She's always been like this. Although she ans no harm, she always offends people in subtle ways... Please don't mind her." At this mont, "Vice Admiral Iceberg" walked over and explained for Maria.
"Are you two very familiar?" Klein asked curiously.
He wouldn't "act" too much in front of Edwina now, as his true identity had already been exposed in the "Hall of Truth."
Edwina nodded and said: "She once studied in Lenburg... We were in the sa class."
No wonder! Klein realized. He then took out Ebner's bell and handed it to the pirate admiral, and asked her to have the "Golden Dream" sail towards the island where the fishern had salvaged "Vice Admiral Disease." Only then did he return to his cabin.
Sitting on the bed, he was about to rest when his spiritual perception suddenly stirred.
Guessing that "Pale Admiral" had made a move, Klein quickly activated his Spirit Vision, seeing his headless ssenger, Reinette Tinekerr, floating beside him at so unknown ti, the four heads she carried still brightly vivid.
Unlike the Bone ssenger, whom I can detect as soon as he appears, she has completely entered the real world, and only then was my spiritual perception triggered... Klein thoughtfully took the letter that one of Reinette Tinekerr's heads was biting.
The letter contained little content, only pages of Maria's own diary entries.
Klein casually flipped through it, finding that the diary was written in a stiff tone, much like her own speech, with wording resembling an accounting ledger.
What does this an? I said I didn't trust her, so she sent her diary for
to understand her, to gain my trust?
Is this pirate admiral so naive?
Just as Klein's thoughts ran wild, the four heads in Reinette Tinekerr's hands simultaneously turned, their crimson eyes staring at Klein for a second.
Then, the mouths of each of her heads opened in an orderly fashion, one after another:
"Outwardly..." "Wraith..." "Actually..." "Devil..."
"Her..." "justice..." "is from..." "malice..." "twisted..." "away..."
"Not..." "agreeing..." "to her suggestion..." "was the correct..." "decision..."
Having already received confirmation from Sharon that his ssenger was once a high-ranking figure from the Temperance faction of the Rose School, Klein did not doubt her words. He continued to read "Pale Admiral's" dry diary entries while pondering:
"Justice" twisted from "malice"? In her view, is the "justice" she upholds "malice" towards others?
Looking at what she's done since becoming a pirate admiral... this lady is essentially from the "Indulgence" faction, right?
No wonder Sharon's teacher doesn't seem to like her very much...
...
On Monday morning, on the railway leading to Trier, a steam train sped by, leaving behind rows of Intis plane trees on either side of the tracks.
Inside the train's first-class carriage, many railway police and travelers gathered, watching a young man with brown hair and gold-rimd glasses eloquently lecturing about a seemingly recently deceased body.
The young man was naturally Ebner, who was currently performing a reverse "deduction" after "Blight" on a murder case that occurred on the train.
The case was not complicated, but the culprit's thods were quite clever, successfully misleading others and exonerating himself.
Ebner originally didn't want to ddle, after all, the deceased wasn't a good person either; he had even verbally insulted Fanny and Fors earlier. But the criminal was too arrogant, even daring to target people close to him. Naturally, this would make the perpetrator understand the prestige of the "Hero Detective."
Just as his deduction was nearing its end, about to reveal the true identity of the murderer, a bystander from the crew suddenly beca agitated. He pushed through the crowd, smashed the glass, and was about to jump out the window to escape.
However, at this crucial mont, a remarkably well-built lady suddenly grabbed the other person's arm, then with a strong pull, twisted his hands behind his back and brought him to the ground.
This lady was naturally Fanny, who was accompanying Ebner to Trier. At this mont, she felt greatly relieved, as she had been the primary suspect in this murder case!
Recalling how she had been unable to defend herself earlier, even with her "Lawyer" ability, and the stifling feeling of not being able to convince others of her innocence, she now felt exceptionally unburdened.
At this mont, amidst the enthusiastic applause from the surrounding travelers for the brilliant deduction, Fanny felt her "Barbarian" potion completely digested.
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