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In the Harvest Church in the South of the Bridge, Leyton and Klein's figures quickly materialized.
Emlyn, who was wiping a candelabra, instinctively stepped back. After seeing who it was, he grumbled discontentedly:
"This is a church. Do you just brazenly use Spirit World Travel to come and go here?"
"I'm sorry, we'll be more careful next time," Klein apologized with a gentlemanly bow.
Leyton glanced at Emlyn, who was wearing a gray and white priest's robe, and clicked his tongue: Every Sanguine, after experiencing inner resistance, can quickly integrate into the Church of the Earth Mother!
He scanned the church, which, including himself and Klein, only had four people in total, and said in a neutral tone:
"You come to the Harvest Church every day. How many people have you seen come here to pray?"
Emlyn was startled for a moment, frowning slightly.
Indeed, unless it was a special day, it would be good if a few people came to the church to pray in a day, and among them, truly devout believers were even fewer.
Wait, why am I worrying about the Church of the Earth Mother's faith propagation? I'm not a believer in the Mother Goddess.
Father Utravsky, who had been sitting in front of the Holy Emblem of Life with his eyes closed in prayer, opened his eyes and said in a very calm tone:
"Due to the Church of the Evernight Goddess and the Church of the Lord of Storms, I do not have the qualifications to preach in Backlund; I can only wait for believers to come on their own."
Emlyn curled his lips in disdain:
"Waiting for believers to come to the church by themselves, what's the difference between that and opening your wallet and waiting for Gold Pounds to jump in?"
"The common people here either believe in the Evernight Goddess or the Lord of Storms."
Leyton scrutinized Emlyn from head to toe, unable to detect any trace of psychological cue being planted.
Emlyn couldn't stand being stared at so directly. He took two steps back and looked at Leyton warily:
"What do you want?"
"Nothing, just a little curious, how did you adapt so quickly?"
Leyton withdrew his gaze and said in a calm tone.
"Adapted so quickly to what?" Emlyn looked bewildered.
"He's that unlucky Sanguine, the previous owner of the Master Key. You can ask him."
Leyton pointed at the bewildered Emlyn opposite him and introduced him to Klein.
"Damn it, it's a Sanguine!"
"I admit I'm unlucky, otherwise I wouldn't be like this now, forced to volunteer at the church every day."
Emlyn corrected Leyton's choice of words, then sighed about his tragic current situation.
Klein also looked at this unlucky Sanguine with curiosity, and as Emlyn's expression gradually grew uneasy, he averted his gaze and spoke:
"My condolences. I wanted to ask you about the origin of the Master Key."
Emlyn tilted his head back disdainfully and said, "Why should I tell you?"
"Tsk! Looks like you prefer Nightmare Candles."
Leyton said with a sigh-like tone, then walked towards Father Utravsky, who was sitting in front of the Holy Emblem of Life.
Emlyn's expression froze slightly, then he casually said:
"A little over a month ago, I went to a Hospital in the South District to steal blood vials to drink, and I ran into a thief."
"He originally wanted to enter the Hospital's finance office, but who knew he got lost and opened the Door to the blood bank, and I caught him red-handed..."
Klein looked at the eloquent Sanguine in front of him, and only after he finished recounting how he obtained the Master Key, he couldn't help but interject:
"Did you ever consider at the time that the thief got lost because of this Master Key?"
Emlyn's expression froze, then immediately fell.
At the time, he was only focused on stealing blood vials and didn't think carefully about this problem at all. Later, he also didn't take this problem to heart, which led to his unlucky blunder into the church and being caught on the spot.
Klein sighed inwardly. After knowing the fate of the previous two owners of the Master Key, he somewhat believed what Leyton said earlier, that he would only need to use the Master Key twice more to stumble into a demon's murder scene.
"Did that thief say where he stole it?"
Emlyn pouted, "He said it was at 32 Verdi Street in the South of the Bridge. I originally planned to investigate it when I had time, but then..."
After learning everything from Emlyn, Klein nodded, then untied the citrine pendant on his wrist and directly performed a divination.
There is danger at 32 Verdi Street, South of the Bridge.
After silently repeating it three times, the citrine pendant rotated clockwise in small movements.
"There's some danger?" Klein analyzed the possible sources of danger in his mind.
Emlyn stared intently at the scene, and only after Klein's divination ended, he couldn't help but say:
"You can even divine! If only I could divine, I wouldn't have gotten lost to this damn place."
No one present paid attention to Emlyn. The unlucky Sanguine had no choice but to hold his breath and pick up another candelabra, wiping it vigorously, as if that candelabra in his eyes was the image of Father Utravsky.
After finishing the divination, Klein turned his gaze to Leyton, who was sitting with Father Utravsky in front of the Holy Emblem of Life, and said:
"I plan to go there tonight to take a look. Do you want to come?"
"Sure." After thinking for a moment and realizing he had nothing else to do, Leyton nodded, agreeing to Klein's invitation.
Klein habitually took out the citrine pendant and performed another divination. This time, the citrine pendant in Klein's hand strangely began to rotate counter-clockwise, faster and with greater amplitude.
Klein looked at the citrine pendant in his hand, then at Leyton sitting in front of the Holy Emblem of Life, and for a moment, he didn't know what went wrong.
"What does it mean? Am I the greatest danger? Or will I create danger even if there's no danger?"
Leyton also saw the citrine pendant rotating counter-clockwise in Klein's hand, and his brows furrowed slightly.
Klein looked at Leyton's puzzled expression, which didn't seem feigned, and after this period of interaction, a good level of trust had been established between them.
"Are you still going?" Klein pinched the citrine pendant, which was still rotating counter-clockwise, and put it back on his wrist. He decided to find an opportunity to perform another divination above the Gray Fog.
"Yes, absolutely. If there's no accident, I'll smash your citrine pendant!"
Leyton, who originally had little interest in this matter, was now curious about the death of that Abraham Family member.
It's clearly only a little dangerous if Klein goes, but it becomes very dangerous if I go.
Leyton couldn't figure out what kind of unexpected event he would trigger if he went. He wasn't a Beyonder of the Door pathway, after all.
To deal with the unexpected events and dangers that might arise tonight, Leyton and Klein, after bidding farewell to Father Utravsky, pulled Klein through Spirit World Travel back to 15 Minsk Street.
"You make some preparations first. I'll go make some scrolls and charms to protect your life."
As soon as he finished speaking, Leyton's figure stepped into the Spirit World again and disappeared.
Klein looked at the spot where the other party's figure disappeared, suppressing the slight twitch at the corner of his mouth:
"I always feel that tonight's operation won't be too smooth. I hope it's just my imagination."
Though he said that, Klein still cautiously made full preparations for himself and went above the Gray Fog to perform another divination.
The result of the divination didn't change, but Klein performed a divination on the source of the danger, and the result was that the danger was related to Leyton, but not from him personally.
"His enemy?" Klein muttered to himself, unable to figure out the crux of the problem.
Mainly, he felt that with Leyton's personality, if it were an enemy, he would probably have their ashes scattered on the spot.
It was quickly past eleven o'clock at night. Leyton arrived at Klein's house with Crow Anu.
He handed a pile of Sun domain charms and a few scrolls to Klein:
"You can make do with these for now. I rarely make charms and scrolls these days, so I can't produce too many at once."
Looking at the dozen or so charms and three scrolls in his hand, Klein felt like he had found a strong backer.
"It feels so good to have a big shot covering you!" Klein sighed inwardly.
His shoulder sank, and Klein saw the crow that had been with Leyton land on his shoulder:
"Why didn't you bring Bugs Bunny?"
"The rabbit is too cowardly, and the Crow can fly. If something happens, you don't need to worry about it; it can take care of itself."
Leyton explained.
Then he walked to Klein's side and placed his left hand on Klein's other shoulder.
The surrounding scenery quickly transformed into layered blocks of color, then rapidly receded like an oil painting. Soon after, they arrived at the Spirit World area corresponding to Verdi Street in the South of the Bridge.
Out of caution for Klein's divination results, Leyton chose not to directly enter the house at number 32, but instead appeared on Verdi Street.
In a shadowy area where the gas streetlamp's light couldn't reach, Leyton and Klein, along with the crow standing on his shoulder, quickly materialized.
Stepping out of the shadows, the street was deserted in the late night, with almost no pedestrians, only carriages passing by in the distance at intervals.
A faint, almost imperceptible purple glow flashed in Leyton's eyes, hidden by his glasses, as he continuously scanned his surroundings.
Aside from their target, the house at number 32, Leyton observed no other abnormalities.
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