Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 184 The Weird Newsboy

Minsk Street.

Around noon, Klein bought some lunch nearby. On his way home, a ragged newsboy suddenly approached him and asked, "Sir, would you like to buy a newspaper?"

Seeing that it was already noon and the other party hadn't sold out of the morning paper yet, Klein took out a penny from his wallet and said, "Give me one."

"Thank you, kind sir," the newsboy said immediately, "you will definitely have good luck."

Klein took the newspaper with a smile and returned home, about to read it while eating lunch.

Suddenly, a voice sounded behind him: "Sir, do you want a newspaper?"

Klein suddenly jumped up and turned around with his index finger extended, ready to "shoot" at any time.

There is no one behind him!
Klein clinked his teeth together and activated his clairvoyance, but there was no ghost or anything like that.

"Sir, would you like a newspaper?"

The voice appeared behind him again.

Klein forced himself to calm down. The Joker's early warning ability hadn't sensed any danger. This meant that although what he was encountering was strange, it wasn't very dangerous.

In other words, there won't be much danger until the other party is stimulated by certain factors.

Klein thought for a moment, then suddenly bent down and looked behind him from his crotch. The ragged newspaper boy was now standing on his dining table, looking at Klein eagerly, as if expecting him to sell him a newspaper.

Klein tried to ask, "Who are you?"

"Good luck to you, kind sir," said the newsboy with a smile.

Klein stood up again. It seemed like the other party only knew those two sentences.

He pondered for a moment, then prayed to himself, came to "above the gray fog", and checked the newsboy through his own stars.

That's a newsboy!
However, in the "real vision", this newsboy seems somewhat unreal.

So Klein tried to use the "Black Emperor" card and the power of "Paper Man Substitute", and leverage the power of "Above the Gray Mist" to transform into an angel and throw it into his own star.

The "angel" bumped into the newsboy, passed through him, and disappeared into the restaurant.

Klein, who was sitting at the head of the long bronze table, frowned. This was the first time he encountered something that even the Fool was helpless to deal with.

His first thought was to ask the Mechanical Heart for help.

After all, he is now an informant of the "Mechanical Heart", and the "Mechanical Heart" will definitely help.

But he also had some doubts, fearing that his experience was too bizarre and that the "Mechanical Mind" would capture him for research.

At this time, he thought of "Mr. Gal". Mr. Gal was very familiar with the "Mechanical Heart" and could be asked to act as a guarantor.

But before that, Klein decided to do some divination. What was going on with that newsboy?

So he divined above the "gray fog": "Where does this newsboy come from?
“Where is this newsboy from?
"..."

After silently reciting it seven times, Klein used meditation to enter a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness.

He only saw a very blurry picture, and could not see the surrounding environment clearly. He just seemed to see two strangely shaped windows.

A middle-aged man with a pale face and illusory light in his eyes was kneeling devoutly in front of an altar, chanting some spells.

That altar was different from the usual altars. It was divided into three layers, and each layer was painted with many complex and extraordinary symbols.

At this moment, the symbol in the center of the altar suddenly lit up, and Klein immediately heard a sharp whisper. He suddenly woke up from his dream. Even with the protection of "Above the Gray Mist", blood flowed from his ears.

Klein judged that the damage caused was not great, far less than that caused by the "Eternal Blazing Sun".

Of course, it is also possible that the existence represented by this symbol has not yet possessed too much power.

Back in the real world, I heard the words "Sir, would you like a newspaper?" again.

By this time, Klein had completely calmed down. After a brief thought, he immediately took a rented carriage to the Nanmu Ballroom.

……

No. 66, Qiangwei Changjie.

Odysseus had just returned from Backlund University and was about to have a cup of tea and rest before thinking about lunch.

At this time, his pocket watch lit up, which was a signal from Mandy.

Could it be that Mandy's intelligence network obtained some important information?

As Odysseus was thinking, he went to the basement again, changed out of the clothes of the "wizard" Gandalf, and turned back into the herbalist shop owner Odysseus.

After changing his clothes and teleporting again, Odysseus appeared in the "Nanmu Ballroom" as "Mr. Gar".

Ms. Mandy was on the third floor. When she saw Mr. Gall coming out of the room, she immediately came up to him and said, “Detective Sherlock is here.

"He said he has something urgent to discuss with you, so please come as soon as possible."

Odysseus nodded: "Where is he?"

"He said he had to be in a room by himself," Mandy replied. "So I put him in a private room."

As she spoke, Mandy led the way.

Arriving on the second floor, Odysseus saw the bearded Klein in a spacious private room. "Welcome, Detective Sherlock..."

"Sir, would you like a newspaper?"

An eager yet mechanical voice interrupted Odysseus.

Only then did Odysseus notice that behind Klein was a ragged newsboy, about seven or eight years old, who was looking at Klein eagerly.

"Buy a newspaper every hour or so, and there's no danger," Klein explained.

On the way here, his spirit suddenly felt a sense of crisis. When he was preparing to fight, he suddenly had an idea and bought another newspaper from the newsboy, and the sense of crisis was eliminated.

"Of course, this time may shorten over time." Klein took out his wallet and said with a wry smile, "I don't have many coins left."

Odysseus said to Mandy behind him, "Go get some pennies and don't let anyone get close to this room."

Mandy couldn't see the newsboy or hear his voice, but after hearing Detective Sherlock's words and seeing Mr. Gall's reaction, she guessed that something important had happened.

After the door closed, Odysseus sat across from Klein and said to the newsboy with a smile, "Come over here, kid. Let me see what's in your newspaper."

But the newsboy didn't seem to hear what Odysseus said. He still stood behind Klein and asked eagerly, "Sir, would you like a newspaper?"

At this time, Mandy brought the coin, and Odysseus put the coin in his pocket: "He seems to be only willing to sell you newspapers? When did you meet this newspaper boy?"

Klein smiled wryly. "About two hours ago, I felt sorry for him and bought him a newspaper." He also said I would have good luck, and this is how good luck turned out to be.

Odysseus smiled and said, "He seems to have no physical body?"

"Yes," Klein replied, "He's like a ghost, able to pass through anything."

The great detective paused and continued, "There is indeed such a newsboy on Minsk Street. I occasionally see him.

"I looked for him when I came here, and he was still selling newspapers on the street."

Odysseus thought to himself: This seems like a "projection".

Then he asked, "Can I see the newspaper you bought from him?"

Klein said, "I've read it. It's not news. It's a method of creating and controlling zombies by relying on one's own spiritual power."

"This can be considered good luck," Odysseus said as he took the newspaper. "After all, this kind of knowledge is difficult to master except for Beyonders with specific paths."

For Extraordinary beings below the level of Demigod, only the "Death God" and "Prisoner" paths have the ability to create and control zombies.

Beyonders from other paths can only obtain corresponding abilities by praying for power from high-sequence Beyonders from these two paths.

Otherwise, even if the extraordinary people from the "Death God" or "Prisoner" paths earnestly teach their methods of creating and controlling zombies to the extraordinary people from other paths, the extraordinary people from other paths can only learn how to create zombies at most, and it is difficult to learn how to control zombies.

As for Demigods and above, they can indeed use this kind of ability briefly through some tricks, but after all, they are not as professional as the Beyonders of the "Death God" and "Prisoner" paths.

Odysseus took the newspaper and as soon as he opened it, the newspaper immediately became illusory and turned into a stream of information composed of numbers and symbols, flowing into Odysseus' eyes.

This incident happened too quickly, and Odysseus had no time to dodge. By the time he reacted, the string of information had already entered his eyes. Odysseus instantly understood how to create and control zombies without praying for power.

Only three can be made, and their lifespan is no more than one month.

If there are more than three zombies, it will be a burden on Odysseus's spirit and he will not be able to control the extra zombies.

Seeing this, Klein stood up and asked, "Are you okay?"

Odysseus touched the blood from the corner of his eye and said, "Everything seems to be fine at the moment."

To be on the safe side, we will have to go into the "wilderness of knowledge" for disinfection.

He looked at the newsboy again: "I think I know why he showed up, and I also have a way to solve the problem."

Klein was slightly stunned: "Are you sure?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "I'm sure that even the Mechanical Heart isn't as confident as I am, because I just happen to have mastered a magic circle that can handle situations like this."

Klein nodded: "What compensation do I need to pay?"

"300 pounds," Odysseus said. "I was originally going to ask for 600 pounds, but I just gained some knowledge, so I'll help you with the 300 pounds."

"Okay." Although Klein felt a little distressed, he also knew that 300 pounds was not expensive to solve such a problem.

Odysseus came to the empty area in the private room and began to draw a magic circle.

Seeing Mr. Gar's skillful movements, seemingly without worrying about being interrupted, Klein asked, "Is this a magic array that even the Mechanical Heart hasn't mastered?"

"Yes," Odysseus said as he drew. "To be precise, it was the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery who disdained to use magic circles to solve the problem."

Klein recalled how Mr. Gar had used a magic circle to allow the two Sequence 7s, who weren't known for their strength, to rotate a townhouse.

He was a little confused: "Even if it is useful, why not use it?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "If you were out and about and met a fortune teller on the side of the road, and he claimed his predictions were accurate, would you believe him if you were certain he wasn't a Beyonder?"

Klein roughly understood what Mr. Gar meant. "In my impression, the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery is a church that pursues truth."

"Perhaps it is such a church." Odysseus began to finish: "But human prejudice is like a mountain. No matter how fair those scholars are, when they see my research, the first thing they think of is to find fault.

"Because they are professionals and I am an amateur, they won't waste too much time and energy on amateurs."

Klein nodded and said nothing more.

"The magic circle is done." Odysseus stood up and took out a few coins from his pocket and handed them to Klein. "I'll go get a crystal. If it's dangerous, buy a newspaper."

Klein took the coin and watched Mr. Gall leave.

Two or three minutes later, Mr. Gal came back again with a piece of spiritual crystal in his hand.

After placing the crystal on the magic circle, Odysseus said, "You jump over this magic circle."

Klein did as he was told, and the newsboy followed him forward into the magic circle.

Under Odysseus's command, Klein adjusted the position and let the newsboy stand in the center of the magic circle.

At this moment, the newsboy seemed to sense the danger. He no longer just stared at Klein, but looked at Odysseus, and then examined the magic circle under his feet.

But the opponent's wisdom was still limited. While he was still unable to react, Odysseus injected spirituality into the magic circle.

The symbols and patterns on the ground lit up one after another. The newsboy jumped up suddenly as if out of instinct, but a white light shield flashing with illusory light had formed above him.

The newsboy bumped into the light shield, and his head was bleeding and seemed to be flattened.

This magic circle was modified based on the sealing magic circle that Odysseus obtained from the ruins of the Trunsost Empire. However, what he is facing now is not the evil god, but some power emitted from the ritual of summoning the evil god.

So Odysseus simplified the magic circle, which was enough to seal it.

The original magic circle's power came from a demigod-level seal or extraordinary characteristics, but the simplified magic circle did not need to have such strong power and only needed a spiritual material.

Odysseus continued to inject spirituality into the magic circle, and the illusory light shield gradually became solid, and the newsboy who tried to escape by jumping was sealed inside the magic circle.

At this moment, the newsboy suddenly became illusory, transformed into a series of rolling information streams, and penetrated into the mystical symbols of the magic circle.

This was the first time Odysseus encountered such a situation. The target actually wanted to invade the magic circle and escape!

Fortunately, there was a barrier of crystal, and the "newsboy" was trapped when he drilled into the crystal.

Odysseus quickly picked up the crystal, covered it with the "Spiritual Wall", and quickly wrote a series of symbols on it, finally completing the seal.

Holding the crystal, Odysseus said belatedly, "At that moment, the newsboy seemed to be the embodiment of knowledge!"

Klein was slightly stunned: "Is he from the 'Hidden Sage' or the 'God of Knowledge and Wisdom'?"

Both of these gods seem to be related to the "embodiment of knowledge", but the "Hidden Sage" seems to be closer.

Considering that someone is performing a ritual to commemorate the advent of the evil god, it is very likely related to the "Hidden Sage". After all, the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" is one of the seven righteous gods, and it is unlikely that he would allow his believers to perform such a ritual.

(End of this chapter)