Digging a Grave

In the hotel room, after using words to scare the teacher named Kapusky, Klein used the mysticism materials he had on him to concoct Holy Night Powder, creating a wall of spirituality.

Then, he began interrogating the ancient Feysac language teacher from Backlund.

Kapusky was actually quite frightened by what had happened tonight. His few attempts in Backlund had failed to awaken the corpse, so how could he have known that it would be so dangerous…

As for the cloaked man in front of him, he looked like a legendary professional who dealt with such Beyonder matters. Therefore, he didn't dare to hide his background and the Spirit Dance ritual he learned from Klein.

"In other words, it was taught to you by a tramp you saved… No, by the old gentleman? He even performed the act of swatting a mosquito to wake it up?" Klein asked thoughtfully.

"Yes… If it wasn't because I didn't have enough time, I even wanted to become his student.

"In those few days, he taught me the Dance of Death and a lot of knowledge. Unfortunately, this period of time was too short. Just as I entered the zone, he died…" Kapusky said with some regret.

To that old gentleman, death might not be the end… Klein thought of the wonders of Mr. Azik and couldn't help but ask, "Where did you bury him?"

"Buried in the back garden of my Backlund house… Well, the address is 4 Alka Street in North Borough," Kapusky answered honestly.

I should report this to the Captain and get him to contact the Backlund Nighthawks to check…

Just as he thought of this, Klein realized that he was no longer a Nighthawk after his resurrection. It was even more impossible for the Captain to hear his report…

His mood instantly fell, and it took him quite a while to compose himself. He then asked, "Apart from the Spirit Dance and that so-called resurrection ritual, what else did you learn?"

Kapusky looked strangely at the man in front of him, who had hidden his face in his hood, and he felt that there was a hint of flagging interest in his tone. However, he didn't think too much about it. He took out an exquisite, unadorned copper whistle from his pocket and replied,

"There's also this copper whistle. I think it's key to communicating with the world beyond the senses."

As he spoke, Kapusky raised his hand to blow at it and said wistfully, "Every time I finish blowing it, I can feel the surroundings turn cold. I feel like someone is watching me and tugging at me…"

As he spoke, Klein, who had his Spirit Vision activated, saw a skull with three dead fish eyes emerge from the ground.

Around the skull were black appendage-like tentacles.

A tentacle reached out, occasionally touching Kapusky's leg and tugged at his clothes, looking rather impatient. However, Kapusky didn't respond at all, as though he hadn't noticed it at all.

This is a messenger, right? The copper whistle summons the corresponding messenger… Why did you summon it without giving it a letter? Klein was stunned.

At this moment, Kapusky looked at him excitedly.

"Do you feel it? The surroundings have turned cold! Even the gas lamps have turned dark!

"It's real. Someone is watching me and tugging at me!"

The corners of Klein's mouth twitched as he watched, and he muttered to himself,

"I take back what I said before. He's not a rookie, but a noob!

He's not a Beyonder! Nor is he a member of the Numinous Episcopate!

I thought he was someone who had just stepped through the door of mysticism. From the looks of it, he hasn't even found the door…

After Klein secretly lampooned, he felt that his sorrow had been greatly alleviated. Hence, his heart stirred as a strange smile that looked like both crying and laughing appeared on his face under the hood. He said in an exaggerated tone, "That's because you can't see it. Now, there really is a hideous monster licking you!" As he spoke, he even described the monster's appearance.

"What?" Kapusky's hand trembled, and the whistle fell to the ground, while the skull monster burrowed back underground.

Klein bent down to pick up the whistle, took a simple look, and kindly mentioned,

"Stop blowing that copper whistle." Spirit world creatures were of no benefit to ordinary people.

"Are you saying that the copper whistle can summon monsters I can't see?" Kapusky asked in horror. He didn't doubt Klein's words, because there was no need for him to lie to him.

Without waiting for Klein's reply, he continued asking,

"C-can you help me throw this copper whistle into the Tussock River or the Khoy River?"

From the looks of it, this teacher must've been frightened by the resurrected corpse tonight… This is the kind of person that Mr. Ye is talking about!

Klein silently lampooned and agreed to the man's request. At the same time, he thought that he could divine the copper whistle after divining his murderer above the gray fog.

Following that, he scared the man again. After the man promised to leave Tingen for the time being, Klein removed the wall of spirituality and walked out of the room.

But at that moment, his spiritual perception was triggered. He felt as though someone was spying on him.

Klein didn't stop walking, but he was extremely wary. All sorts of guesses surfaced in his mind, but he had no clue. In his hand was the only Slumber Charm he had left.

Thankfully, nothing happened until he left the hotel, and the feeling of being spied on had vanished.

Which unaffiliated Beyonder discovered my act of setting up a wall of spirituality, so they want to know exactly what happened? Although he was inclined towards this guess, Klein didn't let his guard down. He quickly walked to another hotel two streets away from Iron Cross Street and spent a full ten pence to get a single bathroom. Then, he used a coin flick to confirm if anyone was watching his every move.

After receiving a negative answer, he quickly took four steps counterclockwise, recited the incantation, and went above the gray fog.

Inside the ancient and towering palace, Klein didn't bother examining his surroundings as he repeated his divination.

Seeing that the negative answer had not changed, he let out a long breath.

"My revival was already so exciting… Captain, look, my luck is as bad as ever!"

He first gave a self-deprecating laugh before he laughed in an exaggerated manner, as if he had encountered something that could amuse him for the rest of his life.

Nearly a minute later, Klein wiped the smile from his face as he divined the culprit who killed him and everything with a solemn expression… The final result was Ince Zangwill!

So it's him! After a moment's thought, Klein guessed the purpose of his actions, as well as the general powers of Sealed Artifact 0-08.

"In the Sauron family's library, I read a story about the son of the Dragon King. It was written as if it was real, saying that it could weave a true nightmare in reality, allowing many living beings to unknowingly join in. Then, it gave the cruelest and most harrowing ending…"

Thinking back to the page of Roselle's diary that he had once seen, Klein came to a realization. 0-08's powers shouldn't be used in direct combat, but rather similar to the son of the Dragon King!

I should've made the connection long ago… Perhaps 0-08 interfered with my thoughts?

With this in mind, Klein closed his eyes and then divined Ince Zangwill's location, Lanevus's location, and the hope of him becoming stronger.

The final outcome was—

The Land of Hope, the Capital of Capitals, Backlund!

Hence, Klein made a decision.

…

In the inn at Iron Cross Street, watching Klein leave in a panic despite appearing calm on the surface, Ebner removed his invisibility and returned to his room.

He was actually more flustered than Klein. He had deliberately avoided Klein, but he never expected to nearly bump into him in this tiny hotel.

As for how he could recognize that it was Klein? The aura of Sefirah Castle on him was so obvious under the White Eye that even the curly-haired baboon could recognize him.

Thankfully, Klein's means were still far from adequate. If it were the future Gehrman, he would've taken the initiative to strike when he realized that he was being watched.

Ebner sighed a few times. He wasn't actually afraid of meeting Klein in the real world, but this wasn't the right time. If he had met him in Backlund, he might've pulled him back and gotten Judgment to hold an offline gathering…

However, why would Klein be here after his resurrection? Who was living in the room beside me?

With these questions in mind, Ebner simulated the powers of a Nightmare and silently intruded into Kapusky's dream from next door and questioned him in the dream.

As for why Kapusky fell asleep so quickly? When a Nightmare enters a dream, who cares if you sleep or not?

After becoming a true Polymath, the effects of the ability to simulate Sequence 7 were nearly twenty percent better.

So that's how it is. It's actually Kapusky! This is also the butterfly effect I brought, right…

Thankfully, because of Klein's timely intervention, this guy didn't cause too much trouble, and those students probably wouldn't choose to call the police… Otherwise, the cemetery would definitely be monitored by the official teams, increasing the difficulty of digging my grave…

Ebner nodded in relief and no longer had any doubts. Seeing that it wasn't early, he forced himself to sleep through Cogitation.

…

On Sunday, Ebner secretly followed the Kapusky teacher around. He was relieved to see that he hadn't been arrested by the officials and had only been beaten up by the student's parents.

At night, the September breeze was tainted with a hint of coldness. After penetrating the cemetery, it became even colder.

Using his powers of invisibility, he silently arrived in front of Dunn Smith's grave. He looked at the photo on the tombstone with a receding hairline. After confirming that he hadn't found the wrong grave, he simulated his Nightmare powers and covered a ten-meter radius to prevent anyone from passing by.

Then, he picked up the shovel he had prepared and began digging.

The two piles of soil gradually increased in height as the tomb was exposed bit by bit.

Finally, the coffin fully presented itself before Ebner's eyes. He activated the Heart of Omnipotence and simulated the power of a Zombie for a brief moment before lifting the heavy wooden lid that had been nailed shut.

The undertaker that the Nighthawks hired was obviously of good quality. Dunn's "corpse" lay in the coffin peacefully. He didn't look like someone who had been dead for a week.

Ebner didn't immediately take action. Instead, he used the White Eye to analyze Dunn carefully. Then, combined with the special Stone of Life that Earth Mother had given him, he had a rough idea.

Then, he bent down and moved the corpse out of the coffin. Then, he closed the lid and filled it with soil. Only then did he put Dunn into a gunny sack that he had prepared. He carried him over his shoulder and left the cemetery.

He didn't dare to openly place the Stone of Life on Dunn. If he created a huge commotion and attracted the official team, it would be hard to explain.

In fact, if it wasn't for the fact that Earth Mother seemed to deliberately hide the news that Dunn wasn't completely dead, he would've "sacrificed" the sack containing Dunn to the gray fog. He could wait until he arrived at Enmat Harbor by steam locomotive before requesting Klein to "bestow" it back…