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After leaving Harvest Church with Bugs Bunny, Leyton found a taxi carriage and returned to Minsk Street.
Upon returning to his room, Leyton immersed himself in the development of Mystical Reenactment. The Mysticism Magister potion was being digested slower than Leyton had anticipated.
Perhaps repeatedly developing similar Mystical Reenactments reduced the acting effect. Aside from the first Plague Doctor figurine, which directly digested a large portion of his potion, the subsequent Unicorn and Flame Demon figurines did not provide as much feedback as the first.
To accelerate the digestion of the Mysticism Magister potion, Leyton intended to try analyzing the Mystical Reenactment he had mastered to develop new Mystical Reenactments.
It wasn't until evening that Leyton, mentally exhausted, left with Crow Anu to search for and bury the bodies of vagrants in the East Borough.
Under the cover of night, Leyton easily took away about a dozen bodies.
The bodies were, as usual, taken to the Oston graveyard in the southern suburbs. Crow Anu skillfully set up the ritual, appeased the souls of the bodies, pushed them into the dug graves, and buried them.
After completing a Gravedigger acting, Crow Anu excitedly flapped his wings and circled in the air a few times.
"Boss, I feel like the potion is about to be digested!"
"That fast?"
Leyton was surprised. Crow Anu's potion digestion progress was faster than he had expected, indicating that he had also been finding opportunities to act on his own.
"Next time, we'll have to switch graveyards. Too many new graves here in a short period will raise suspicion," Leyton muttered softly after making some adjustments to the surroundings, then stepped into the Spirit World with Crow Anu, disappearing from the graveyard.
Not long after, Leyton emerged from a small alley in the Cherwood Borough. A pitch-black crow then flew out from above the alley, disappearing into the night.
In Backlund, it wasn't strange to keep a crow as a pet, but not keeping it in a cage was a bit odd, so Leyton had Crow Anu fly back first.
Leyton quickly found a restaurant, packed some food, and then took a carriage back to Minsk Street.
As soon as he got out of the carriage, Leyton saw Klein being questioned by police officers on the dimly lit street.
Leyton, who had curiously approached, hadn't even had a chance to ask what happened when a police officer turned his gaze to Leyton, who was approaching, and said with a serious expression:
"Routine inspection!"
The smile on Leyton's face froze. He had always used the identity of Al Tines when outside. If he handed over his identification documents, he would be greeted by the Church of the Lord of Storms's pursuit.
"I knew I shouldn't have come to watch the show," Leyton mumbled softly.
Klein, who was not far away, heard this and gave Leyton a speechless look. He had thought the other person was coming to help him, but it turned out he just wanted to watch the show. With a complicated feeling, he sighed inwardly:
"This style is very Al!"
The next moment, an invisible mental fluctuation resonated around them. Klein saw the two police officers in front of him and the police dog beside them freeze in place.
"Aren't you going to take your gun and bullets back?" Leyton reminded Klein, who was staring at him.
Upon hearing this, Klein took back his gun holster and bullets, which he had just handed over, and didn't forget to ask:
"What did you do to them?"
"Hypnotized them. I didn't make a new identity disguise when I came to Backlund, and this identity is still a wanted pirate, so I can't expose it," Leyton explained, then placed his hand on Klein's shoulder, stepped into the Spirit World, and returned directly to his rented house from within the Spirit World.
"Those two police officers will wake up in a while and forget that they met us," Leyton explained.
Carrying the packed dinner, he walked to the dining room, greeted Klein, and then began to eat his dinner.
Klein did not leave immediately. Instead, he pulled up a chair and sat down opposite the dining table, looking at Leyton with a curious, probing gaze and asking:
"When you said you didn't make a new identity disguise in Backlund, did you mean your identity at sea was fake?"
"Of course. After all, I still carry the identity of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom. Being a pirate is something I can't do under my own identity," Leyton nodded slightly and explained.
Klein then asked:
"So, Al Tines, whom you mentioned to me before, was just a fake identity?"
Leyton first nodded, then shook his head and said:
"It's another identity, but it can't be considered a fake identity. For me, it's not an identity to be discarded after use. I will use the abilities of the Reader Pathway to separate these two identities in the future."
Without waiting for Klein to ask, Leyton continued:
"I have Beyonder characteristic from two different pathways on me, namely Reader and Mystery Pryer."
"You want to ask why I haven't lost control? Because I didn't directly consume two potions, and there's also the suppression of a high-level presence on me."
"After I advance to demigod, I will find a way to strip away the characteristics of one of the pathways, and another identity will inherit it."
"That's possible?"
Klein found it incredible. Whether it was the other person having Beyonder characteristic from two different pathways simultaneously, or the matter of separating identities and stripping characteristics.
Leyton nodded slightly. Telling Klein these things was part of the plan. He would need the other party's help to strip the Reader Pathway Beyonder characteristic from his body later.
Old Man Pallez was just an alternative. Compared to him, Leyton still trusted Klein more.
"Of course it's possible. Do you know The Marauder pathway?"
"As they advance in sequence, they will evolve from stealing objects to stealing Beyonder abilities, stealing others' thoughts, and eventually stealing others' time and Destiny."
Klein quickly understood the other party's idea:
"You want to use the Marauder's ability to steal the Beyonder characteristic of one of the pathways, and then transfer it to another separated clone?"
"Will such a clone not inherit the main body's Beyonder characteristic? If the clone dies, will the characteristics return to the main body?"
"No, a clone separated by the Reader Pathway's ability is a completely new individual. Whether in a mystical sense or in a real ritual, it is an independent individual. The clone will have its own fate," Leyton explained the difference in avatars created by Reader Pathway Beyonders.
Klein's eyes widened when he heard this, finding it very incredible:
"In that case, wouldn't a Reader Pathway Beyonder be very difficult to kill?"
"Why did you first think about how to kill a Reader? High-sequence Readers are indeed very difficult to kill, but low-sequence Readers are still very fragile."
Leyton was somewhat curious why Klein's first thought was about how difficult it would be to kill a Reader Pathway Beyonder.
Klein was about to explain, but the next moment, illusory, layered prayers echoed in his ears. He could vaguely distinguish that the voice belonged to a woman.
Thinking that the task he had entrusted under the guise of a test might have yielded results, Klein found an excuse to leave, returning to his house across the street.
"Leaving so quickly? The Fool is truly busy!" Leyton sighed softly, then lowered his head and continued eating his dinner.
Whether Klein forgot or didn't care, he didn't come to Leyton again afterward to continue their previous conversation.
However, Destiny would occasionally come to visit. Leyton would always ask him if he had any clues about the opportunity for advancement.
Destiny, like a charlatan, always spoke of how fate had already decided everything, and one only needed to steadily move forward. Leyton always felt that Destiny had a special reverence for fate, like a giant baby cared for by fate, rather than a Beyonder.
In the evening, Klein knocked on Leyton's door again.
With the rabbit and crow both out, Leyton had to open the door himself.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Klein's extremely serious face. Leyton was slightly surprised, as a serious Klein was rare. He then stepped aside to let Klein in, asking:
"What happened? You look so serious."
Klein didn't enter; he stood at the doorway, took a deep breath, and said:
"I've found Lanevus's whereabouts. I need your help!"
"Lanevus?" Leyton thought about the relevant information for a moment, then nodded in agreement:
"No problem, when?"
"Tonight!"
"I've already found a way to inform the Church of the Evernight Goddess, but I still want to go and see for myself. It would be best if I could kill him myself!" Klein's voice carried an almost imperceptible sadness as he spoke.
Leyton was slightly surprised that Klein had not only sought his help but also notified the Church of the Evernight Goddess. However, he didn't pay too much attention to it. Asking the Church of the Evernight Goddess for help didn't cost money, but asking him might incur a fee.
"Lanevus most likely has the support of the Aurora Order. The Church of the Evernight Goddess might not succeed, so you might still have a chance to deal with him yourself."
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