Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 76 Xiao Ke's dissatisfaction with Amon reaches its peak
"This isn't a question of conditions, it's simply a matter of principle." Luo Lin paused, then changed the subject, "But I can help you summon the person you want one more time, as a reward for taking care of Jack during this time."

Azik's originally dull eyes suddenly brightened, and then he said, "Thank you, Mr. Lucifer."

Although it was just one chance, it was already extremely precious to Azik.

And...what Azk fears most is that the other party is not willing to make any concessions. Since the other party is willing to make concessions for Jack now, it means that Lucifer's attitude on this matter is not stubborn. In this way, he may be able to seize other opportunities in the future.

Luo Lin naturally knew what Azik was thinking. This was the result of his intentional guidance. Although he did not intend to sell the Shadow of Time to Azik, he did not really intend to not help the other party at all. After all, he just wanted to slow down the other party's progress in recovering his memory, so it was necessary to give him hope appropriately.

Luo Lin just smiled, and then seemed to have thought of something, and said: "Of course, I still need your help, Azik."

"What help?" Azik asked quickly.

"Please tell Klein Moretti a message for me." Rowling's smile brightened as he spoke, and with a hint of joking, he said in a leisurely tone, "Batman is watching you."

Azik was obviously stunned, because he had never heard the language that Luo Lin spoke. But fortunately, even if he didn't understand, memorizing and repeating it was not a problem for him. After repeating it several times, he nodded and said, "I remember it."

Then, Azik hesitated for a second, then looked at Luo Lin and said, "Klein is a good boy, Mr. Lucifer, you may have some misunderstandings about him."

Azik had heard Jack mention in their daily correspondence that his teacher seemed to have some prejudice against Klein, so he couldn't help but feel a little worried at this moment.

"I know he's a good kid, but that doesn't stop him from being a little liar." Luo Lin could see Azik's worry, which made him smile. There was a hint of trance and reminiscence in his eyes, and his voice seemed a little ethereal at this moment. He said:
"But don't worry, I have no ill will towards him. Even though I don't like him, I won't hurt my own kind, ever."

Azik seemed to understand what he heard. He didn't quite understand why Lucifer called Klein a fellow, but when he thought of Klein's messy fate, he felt relieved.

Azik knew that Klein must have many secrets, but so what?
To Azik, Klein was his student, his junior, and his friend, nothing more.

As for other things, to be honest, Azik doesn't care.

So after confirming that the man in front of him did not have any serious ill intentions towards Klein, Azik breathed a sigh of relief.

"By the way, please tell him exactly what happened tonight," Luo Lin added, hinting, "especially the part about the tarot cards."

...Unlike in the original novel, where the outcome wasn't known until the next day, this time, Klein waited for Mr. Azik to visit that night and heard the outcome of the whole incident from him, which naturally included the conversation between Azik and Lucifer, and the words that the latter asked Azik to convey.

"Batman is watching you... Batman is watching you?" As a college graduate, Klein naturally understood this English sentence. His first reaction was, could there be another time traveler in this world who is cosplaying as Batman? But the next second, Klein realized that this person was warning him.

"Batman is watching you" is essentially a meme, which roughly means that no matter what you are doing, Batman knows and is watching you.

Comparing this to Klein, it was clearly a blatant warning—I know everything you've done, your pseudonyms, and your little thoughts. Take it easy, and don't force me to slap you.

Klein understood that Lucifer warned him because he knew he was using Jack to seek his help. Although he took his student's feelings into consideration, Lucifer still took action, but his dissatisfaction was obviously directed at him.

Klein felt a little guilty about this, but despite feeling guilty, he couldn't help but analyze other details.

First of all, it is now certain that Lucifer is indeed a time traveler, so there is a high possibility that he is the owner of Zoroaster's diary. Moreover, given Lucifer's personality, it does not seem surprising that he would compile his life experiences into a diary and reveal it.

Secondly, judging from Mr. Azik's repetition of "I will never hurt my own kind", although Lucifer has a lot of opinions about him, it is obvious that the identity of a time traveler has a special meaning to Lucifer, so he may really not have to worry about the other party's malice.

Finally… "Lucifer clearly has a close relationship with the official church, perhaps even with the true God. He used tarot cards as a clue in front of the official church. On the one hand, he was probably warning me, but on the other hand, from the official's perspective, he was also supporting the Tarot Club. This way, even if a Tarot Club member is arrested in the future, the church might turn a blind eye for Lucifer's sake."

Klein thought about this, let out a breath, and muttered to himself, "Is this a favor to a fellow villager like me? Even though he hates me, he still helps me out because we're a kindred spirit... Of course, it could just be for Jack's sake."

But no matter what, this kind of help still made Klein feel a little complicated. This was the second time he had received help from a senior time traveler. The first one was naturally Russell's diary. These senior time travelers always seemed to be both awesome and miserable.

——As for Jack Jones, he is not considered a senior time traveler here in Klein, but a fellow time traveler.

"If Lucifer is really the Zoroaster in the diary, how did he change from the young man who liked to lie down and complain to what he is now..." Klein closed his eyes when he thought of this. He could actually guess why, after all, it was clearly written in the diary.

There is only one answer, and that is Amon!
Although the Zoroaster in the diary who is now full of desire for revenge against Amon is still far from the image of Lucifer, who knows whether Amon did something to Zoroaster in the days that followed, and finally shaped him into what he is now.

At this moment, although he had not yet met Amon, Klein's dissatisfaction with a certain Time Angel had reached its peak.

(End of this chapter)