Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 154 Cash or...

At ten o'clock in the morning, in a small cubicle of a cafe at the junction of Hillston and Cherwood.

Yu Jin pushed open the door of the compartment, and there was a young man inside. He looked to be in his 20s, with a pair of eyes similar to those of an old lady. In the increasingly cold weather, he was wearing a black double-breasted long frock coat popular among the gentlemen of Backlund, a half-high silk hat, and a bow tie like he was wearing at a banquet. It seemed that he would never relax his requirements for himself at any time or in any situation.

"I ordered you a cup of coffee."

Klein smiled and said, "I don't know if it suits your taste."

Yu Jin glanced at the coffee and recognized it as the cheapest Southville coffee. It wasn't bad quality, but it was just below average. However, he wasn't here to satisfy his appetite, so he didn't say anything. He turned around and sat down opposite Klein, and asked casually:
"Is this the only set of clothes you have?"

"..."

Klein was stunned for a moment, then answered seriously:
"No, I have two, but they are exactly the same style."

"That makes sense." Yu Jin nodded slightly in agreement.

Klein felt that the embers seemed to be hinting at something, and he felt uncomfortable. He immediately changed the subject and said,
"What is the situation at Amon's Tomb?"

Yu Jin hesitated for two seconds and said concisely:
"I met Amon there."

"Amon?"

Klein felt a chill down his spine and blurted out, "The Amon from the God-Forsaken Land?"

"There has always been only one Amon."

Hearing Yu Jin's 'answer', Klein took a deep breath and couldn't help but ask:
"What do you mean? The entire Amon family in the Fourth Epoch is fake. There was only Amon from the beginning to the end? All the others are his clones?"

"Ah."

Yu Jin nodded slightly, and the answer was concise and clear. Although Klein had been mentally prepared, his spirit was tense and he felt a chill all over his body. At the same time, Klein was somewhat fortunate that he did not rashly explore Amon's mausoleum, but instead notified Yu Jin to dig the grave. Otherwise, Mr. Fool might have been replaced.

Klein thought for a moment and asked hopefully:
"You killed Amon?"

Yu Jin shook his head and said, "His real body will not easily come to the Northern Continent, only some clones."

"I can't even deal with the clone."

Klein laughed at himself in his heart, then asked calmly, "What is the strength of Amon's clone?"

If it was Sequence 5, he might have a chance to fight a single clone.

Yu Jin glanced at Klein, as if he saw through his thoughts, and said directly:

"The weakest clone of Amon is at Sequence 4, and each clone has the ability to continue to differentiate. They can even parasitize tiny organisms in the air that are invisible to the naked eye. So..."

Ember paused, then continued, "If you accidentally run into Amon, my advice is to avoid him."

Klein immediately dispelled the glimmer of hope in his heart and nodded solemnly without hesitation. He felt a little heavy. Even the weakest clone had Sequence 4 and could continue to differentiate. If he encountered it, he would definitely die. He wouldn't even know when he was parasitized.

Once he was parasitized and didn't know it, and returned to the gray fog in ignorance, the Fool would definitely change people immediately.

Besides, I've been a little arrogant recently! I'm only Sequence 6, but I dare to think about colliding with Amon's clone. Are you going to kill yourself?! Klein thought about it and felt that this kind of emotion was really unacceptable. He must be cautious in the future!
In short, it’s just one word: follow your heart!
Yu Jin gave Klein some time to digest the situation, and then continued:

"The total value of this exploration is about 60,000 gold pounds. According to the agreement, you can get one-tenth, which is 6,000 pounds. Cash or equivalent Beyonder materials? Or Beyonder characteristics?"

Klein thought for a moment and asked, "Does it have the extraordinary characteristics of the Puppet Master? Or the dust of the ancient vengeful spirit + the core crystal of the six-winged gargoyle?"

"No."

Klein said directly: "Then let's use cash."

If he was still a 'magician', he might still need the characteristics of the human skin shadow, but now he has become a faceless man. Without the extraordinary materials needed to advance to the master of the secret puppet, other things are useless to him, so it is better to ask for cash directly.

Yu Jin nodded slightly, and as he waved his hand, a large amount of extraordinary materials and extraordinary properties appeared on the table with flickering light. He said:

"You can offer these to Mr. Fool, who will then give them to Mr. The Hanged Man. When Mr. The Hanged Man sells them for cash, you can get your share."

Hearing Yu Jin's words, Klein's eyes twitched. It was a good idea, and the thinking was not wrong. After all, Mr. Hanged Man was the only one in the entire Tarot Club who had the most extensive "stolen goods distribution channels", so it would be best to hand these things over to him.

But the only problem was that he couldn't offer a sacrifice!
Sacrifice must be a two-way process. Someone must perform the sacrifice ceremony in reality, and someone must respond to the prayers above the gray fog. In reality, the sacrifice operation can be performed by anyone, except Klein!
Because he was only one person, he couldn't split himself up into two, so he couldn't offer sacrifices in reality and answer prayers above the gray fog! Of course, in theory he could hold the sacrifice ceremony first, and then go above the gray fog to answer prayers.

But sacrifice is different from responding to prayers, which can delay the response. The stable channel created by the sacrifice ceremony can only exist for a short period of time. This means that he has to wait above the gray fog in advance and stay above the gray fog to use spirituality to stabilize the channel. In that case, he will not be able to complete the sacrifice in reality.

Of course, he also has another way to do the same thing, which is to summon himself.

But this brings us to the second problem—it’s impossible for him to complete this operation in front of the embers.

Klein's eyes twitched slightly, and he wanted to slap himself. If I had known this would happen, I would have met Yu Jin above the gray fog as the 'world'. 'Online dating' is so much safer and more convenient! Why do you have to meet in person when you have nothing to do? Are you sick?
But in this situation, it was clear that the arrow had already been put on the string and had to be shot. Facing Yu Jin's reasonable request, he simply couldn't refuse!

Klein took a deep breath, his thoughts racing, and he began to think of a strategy in his mind. After a moment of silence, he said:

"No problem, but it's not very safe to hold the sacrificial ceremony here. Can you go outside and help me watch? I'll call you after it's over."

Klein did not choose to use the method of subtle hints, because he knew that Yu Jin had the ability to "summon". What if he was more tactful and Yu Jin directly sent the summoned creature out to guard the door? Wouldn't that be in vain?

Of course, there would still be risks even if he said it openly, but Klein obviously had no better choice at the moment.

"can."

Facing Klein's request, Yu Jin just nodded slightly, stood up and walked out the door.

Klein finally put his heart at ease. He took two steps at a time and locked the door like a guilty thief. At the same time, he quickly took out a candle mixed with sandalwood from his pocket - this was originally used just in case, and now it came in handy.

Klein lit it with his spiritual power and set up the altar.

"I--"

"I call in my name:"

"The Fool who does not belong to this era, the mysterious master above the gray fog, the King of Yellow and Black who controls good luck."

The sound of the spell echoed in the small private room. Klein's spirituality surged out and blended with the candlelight to form a gray, palm-sized light curtain. Then, he took four steps in the opposite direction, penetrated the roar, and entered the gray fog.

Klein did not dare to waste time and immediately responded to his own "call" and pushed open the mysterious door. After the confusion and dizziness, he saw the small but well-soundproofed private room, and also saw himself.

Klein half-floated and half-flying to the table, quickly wrapped the extraordinary materials and extraordinary characteristics on the table with his spirit, and ended the summoning at the same time, and went directly back to the gray fog. As soon as he returned to the gray fog, Klein also quickly wrapped himself with his spirit, falling into the boundless gray fog, falling into the material world. Klein came back to his senses and let out a long breath.

There was no hurry to put out the candle, or to call in the embers.

Instead, he waited for a moment, and when he thought the time was about right, he stood up and walked to the door. He grasped the door handle and pulled gently, but the door didn't move at all.

Klein was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had just locked the door.

Embarrassed, Klein unlocked the door and gently pulled it open.

Then he saw that Yu Jin was not facing the door, but facing the door of the private room with deep eyes.

At this moment, Klein even had the illusion that he was completely seen through, but both the Faceless Man and the Clown were able to perfectly help him conceal his emotions. So he did not reveal any flaws, but just nodded slightly:

"okay."

As he spoke, he made way for Ember to come in.

As Yu Jin walked towards the private room, he suddenly spoke:

"I remember you still owe me two things, right?"

Klein's face suddenly froze, and he said helplessly, "That's right."

Although ten thousand gold pounds was not an amount he could not repay now, he did not regret owing Yu Jin these two things. After all, the value of the sacrifice ring must be far more than ten thousand gold pounds, it was a real resurrection!

But now that Yu Jin mentioned it, he still couldn't avoid embarrassment. After all, owing debts was not a glorious thing - just like the goods from the ancient tomb this time, even if he took the money, he would have to go and pay back Miss Justice right away.

However, Yu Jin suddenly mentioned this. Could it be that he needed help with something?
Klein was thinking this when he suddenly saw Yu Jin nodded slightly. He thought he would make a request, but he didn't say anything else. The two of them drank coffee quietly, and when they finished, they said goodbye to each other quietly and left in opposite directions.

"This……"

Klein was walking down the street, still somewhat doubting his life. "Could he have really seen something?"

The more Klein thought about it, the more he felt something was not right, and the more uneasy he became.

Because he was too nervous just now, he overlooked some details - for example, how did Yu Jin discover Amon who was parasitic in the bodies of tiny organisms that were invisible to the naked eye?
Klein actually had a guess about this, and that was "locking".

But if it was really locked, then when Yu Jin was facing the door of the private room just now, could he have also "seen" the "God's Descent" of the "Fool"?
Moreover, he could have completely rejected Yu Jin's request to pray on the spot.

Using the excuse of not having the materials to set up the ceremony!

But he forgot, he only thought about praying to himself, the ceremony can be as simple as possible, just a candle will do, no need for too complicated ceremony. But in the eyes of the ember, it is very likely that all of this is full of doubts.

If he connected all this together, would he guess something?
The more Klein thought about it, the more he suspected that Yu Jin had seen something, but he couldn't go to Yu Jin to ask him in person, which made him a little upset.

Klein took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down and not think about these things. Who cares? Just let him see it. He started to move when he was seen through. And didn't Yu Jin say anything?

If he didn't see anything, that would be best. But if he saw something but still didn't say anything, wouldn't that be even better?
Well, yes, nothing to worry about!
After a wave of self-comfort, Klein's mood calmed down a lot, and he subconsciously ignored the idea of ​​divination.

Instead, I quickly started thinking about another question:
“Although Ember has explored the mausoleum, others obviously don’t know this. Should I sell this information to the Mechanical Heart and get a reward from them? Although the Beyonder characteristics have been taken away, there should still be some murals and books. These are also very valuable. The Mechanical Heart will definitely not refuse.”

"Although these things can only bring in less than a hundred pounds, but even a small amount is still meat. And we can also ask the people of Mechanical Heart to help with the final work. Hmm, perfect."

He took a deep breath, boarded a carriage at the street corner, and headed straight to the Brave Bar in the Backlund Bridge area.

Mixing with the workers who were leaving work at noon, Klein ordered a glass of Southwell beer and lunch at the bar. He finished his lunch slowly and insisted on finishing the glass of Southwell beer he had ordered. Then he slowly walked through the waves of cheers from the boxers, left the bar, and got into a rented carriage.

Feeling the wheels rolling, he deliberately closed his eyes, and suddenly he heard a tapping on the window.

Klein's facial muscles twitched slightly, and he opened his eyes and looked forward. He saw the pale and delicate Miss Sharon sitting quietly opposite him.

Without waiting for the other party to ask, Klein smiled and said:

"I sold the information you provided last time for a good price, the one about the Amon family tomb."

Sharon said nothing, just stared at him quietly.

Klein paused, then continued:
"The total value is about 6,000 pounds, 3,000 pounds for each of us. But those things still need to be liquidated, so you may have to wait for a while."

She raised her head, said "hmm", and asked briefly:
"What's in the tomb?"

"Amon!"

Klein's face turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "That is Amon's mausoleum. Amon is inside it!"

Considering that Miss Sharon was also an ally and had helped him a lot, Klein did not hide too much. He only hid some key information and told him everything about Amon.

Miss Sharon did not say anything, but just listened attentively with her chin on one hand as usual.

Klein was not surprised by this, because he knew that this Miss Wrathful Spirit seemed to have a hobby of watching dramas and listening to various rumors.

Klein finally reminded:

"If you accidentally encounter it, you must go around it."

Sharon's expression did not change. She was silent for a few seconds and said:
"Someone is digging a passage to the underground ruins."

"what"

Klein was unable to react for a moment to what the other party was talking about.

But he soon understood what the underground ruins Sharon was referring to.

There is only one underground relic that both of them know about, and that is the ruins of the Tudor Dynasty of the Fourth Age, where there is a terrifying evil spirit.

Someone is digging a tunnel to enter the underground building? Klein pondered for a few seconds, and suddenly an inspiration came to him:
"The baronet?"

"Yeah." Sharon replied in the affirmative.

Suddenly, Klein had the urge to call on Ember to dig the grave.

(End of this chapter)