One pocket, two pockets, three pockets... Klein quickly found a blood-stained wallet, a Devereux Library borrowing card, two yellowish copper-colored keys hung together, a pipe without anything inside, a dagger with a sheath, and several neatly folded pieces of paper.
After placing all the items except the papers aside on the ground, he stood upright and casually glanced at the two eyelids, confirming that there were only a few dozen schulers' banknotes and a small amount of copper pennies inside.
"This wallet is quite well-made, but it's a pity... " Klein silently sighed, his thoughts somewhat scattered.
If he hadn't spent too much of his private funds today on buying this wallet, it would have been on his schedule.
Shaking his head, Klein unfolded the papers and quickly read them in a browsing manner:
"Dear Mr. Z:"
"I would like to defend myself. Hansa and I sold the Antigonus family's notes to a third party not out of stupidity or betrayal. When we had them, they showed no special characteristics at all."
"I suspect it's alive, suspecting it's an evil item with certain life and intelligence, something that must be sealed."
"It presents different contents at different stages and in front of different people!"
"This point I confirmed from the lamb inside the police station."
"Although the notes presented each time were sufficiently true and had many supporting evidence, I believe that only in the hands of the descendants of the Antigonus family will it reveal its complete appearance."
"When we got it, we could only see some matters of the Antigonus family, an approximate situation of the Night Kingdom on the Hornachis mountain, and the three sequence magic potion formulas submitted to you before."
"You know, the Secret Society has the 'Diviner' access and has a strong tracking ability, so we both thought it was very risky to continue keeping that notebook. And the value it showed at that time wasn't enough for us to take on this risk."
"In a situation where we couldn't wait for your reply, we discussed and sold the notebook to Welch, who likes collecting artifacts and ancient books and can afford a high price. That's what happened as you know."
"This is the first thing I want to explain. While I was writing this, Hansa died. The cause was a sudden heart attack in his sleep. This must be the Lord's blessing for him, preventing him from ending up in the hands of heretics."
"I had to move to a safe and secluded place. I even dared not go out. Fortunately, the lamb told me that Hansa was targeted by the heretics not because of the Antigonus family's notes, nor because he exposed his identity, but because he foolishly took in a female apprentice, wanting to slowly turn her into one of us."
"The apprentice of his stole his secret incantations and tried the magic mirror divination while being watched by the night guard heretics. The development you can guess from here, I don't need to describe it anymore."
"Unfortunately, the lamb's status was not high enough to clarify the specific details."
"From various feedbacks, the heretics didn't suspect me. Their investigation was interrupted by Hansa's timely death."
"So, I went back to the street, planning to go to Devereux Library to borrow some periodicals first, to look for more clues."
"As a force that also has the 'Diviner' access, the Antigonus family must have some anticipation of its own downfall. They surely left a secret treasure for its revival!"
"There are sufficient reasons to believe that the treasure is in the main peak of the Hornachis Mountains, somewhere in the ruins of the Night Kingdom!"
Seeing this, Klein's pupils contracted sharply, almost causing the paper to fall from his hand. "Was the sequence held by the Antigonus family obtained through the 'diviner' method?"
"That's quite a coincidence!" ...
One after another, thunderclaps exploded in Klein's mind, causing his mind to be in a state of chaos and giving him a sense of destiny:
"Let the original owner die, and the notes that indirectly helped me cross over originated from the Antigonus family who mastered the 'Diviner' method. The one who ultimately chose the 'Diviner' potion was Emperor Rosel, and Emperor Rosel's preference for the 'Diviner' sequence was due to the mysterious Chaaratou Mr., who also mastered the 'Diviner' method and was the leader of the secret order!" "... "It's as if fate has woven a suffocating net for us."
"What exactly lies behind all this?"
Klein held the letter paper and paced back and forth a few times, trying to find additional evidence to support the content just mentioned.
"Well, the Chaarat family's secret society is chasing and searching for the remnants of the Antigonus family... If we consider both sides to be on the same extraordinary path, the reasons and motives are all sufficient: perhaps to complete the sequence, perhaps to obtain rare materials for a high-sequence promotion, perhaps to covet the accumulated experience of avoiding control from the other side... "
"Thinking this way, it's quite reasonable that the Antigonus family at least holds part of the sequence chain of the 'Diviner' path."
"By the way, when I was searching for the clue of the 'Jester' potion, the images that appeared were almost all related to the Antigonus family. The only exception was the tailcoat jester of the secret society... So, the true meaning of those symbols is that each image represents a possibility of obtaining the 'Jester' potion, and each hides a clue, but I don't understand the key point, and I regret missing it."
With these two pieces of supporting evidence, Klein almost believed what Sirius mentioned in the letter, and also understood why he always heard the word "Horancius" when he shouldn't have.
"The last time a similar situation occurred was when I just took the 'Diviner' potion!" He said to himself seriously in his heart.
At the same time, he guessed that "having come into contact with the remnants of the Antigonus family and still being alive" and "becoming an extraordinary person on the path of the diviner" were the two necessary conditions for hearing the "Horancius" related whispers.
Was there really a secret treasure left by the Antigonus family hidden in the ancient ruins of Horancius Peak? No, don't think about this! Just that notebook alone killed a lot of people, and the complete treasure would be even more terrifying! Klein shook his head subconsciously and turned his gaze to the third and last piece of paper, which was the end of the letter:
"Dear Mr. Z, I hope to get your help. I think you should also have enough interest in that treasure."
"Before that, I will try to act like a normal person, a normal history enthusiast."
"Finally, when the Day of Doom arrives, I will offer all the lambs of Tingen City to the Lord."
"The humble Sirius Arippis, Lord."
After reading Sirius's letter, Klein suddenly felt like laughing:
"Hey, how does it feel like I saved Tingen City? What on earth is this guy trying to do? The cultists are really unreasonable..." "... Who is that Mr. Z? He seems to be of high rank... At least he belongs to the same rank as the captain."
"Where should this letter from Sirius be sent? He didn't write an address... It seems that this is the cautionary measure of the cultists. They won't leave an address until the very last moment before sending it out..."
"Right. Since the Antigonus family has access to some of the 'Divinationists' methods, then the three formulas submitted by Sirius, obtained from the Antigonus family's notes, do they contain the 'Clown' potion?"
"Very likely!"
At this moment, Klein seemed to have found the clue to the 'Clown' potion.
Although Sirius didn't carry the formula with him, perhaps there were corresponding records in his home, where he hid, and in his mind, in his memory, there must be something!
Klein turned his gaze towards the corpse in front of him, thinking of how to make the dead speak.
Without much consideration, an idea popped up directly in his mind:
"Divination!"
A 'Divinationist' can directly communicate with the remaining spirits. The 'Divinationists' and 'Secret Seekers' and other professions can also manage to do it with the help of ritual magic.
The last time when Klein faced the corpse of the tailcoat clown, he did so because he was in a hurry to save someone, didn't bring the materials, and lacked confidence. That's why he didn't consider 'Divination' and missed the best opportunity. When he returned to the Black Thorn Security Company, the spirits had already dissipated by most, even if the 'Divinationist' came, they could only obtain some rough information.
Now, Klein has everything ready for the materials and has the experience of communicating with the residual resentment using the 'Dream Divination' technique.
"However, the spirits of the cultists might, like Captain Ineanas' dream, see terrifying beings... But Captain only became dispirited for two days and wasn't seriously injured. Not seriously injured, um, let's give it a try!" After only a few seconds of hesitation, Klein made a decision and didn't want to miss this opportunity.
He raised his head, turned around, and directed his gaze towards the place where the glass was broken, towards the onlookers who were looking this way.
Taking out his ID and badge, Klein returned there through the jagged convex window of the glass and told the onlookers:
"I'm a trainee inspector of the Special Operations Department of the Police Department of Ahova County. I have killed that criminal. Please find someone to take this badge to the nearby police station and ask them to send someone to handle the aftermath."
"The remaining few, help me seal this place and don't let others approach. Don't destroy the traces of the scene."
"Yes, Officer!" The administrator who had tricked Klein immediately took the badge.
When the scene was sealed, no one entered this lawn anymore. Klein returned to the position close to the corner and stood beside the corpse.
He was relieved that the innocent people couldn't see the corpse that looked more like a monster, and he placed his cane and revolver, reached into the row of pockets on the inside of his black thin windbreaker and took out a small metal bottle.
He would use the 'Divination' ritual and the 'Dream Divination' technique to make the dead speak!