Inside Blackthorn Security Company.
Klein was alone behind Chanis Gate.
Old Neil had been taken away by the Church's people this morning for investigation.
Honestly, when the Church's people arrived, he was startled, but thankfully, they only took Old Neil and didn't care about him, an "unrelated person."
All his companions, including Old Neil, tacitly avoided mentioning anything about him.
"Klein, you've worked hard, from today onwards, you'll be guarding Chanis Gate." Frey's words echoed in his ears, and Klein couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Sigh!"
He knew this was a form of detention, but he also understood that it was a display of trust from his companions.
His companions didn't want him to be directly noticed by the higher-ups.
In fact, he had considered the option of escaping; his situation was too special, and if he were truly found out, indefinite detention might be the best outcome.
Thinking this way, directly escaping didn't seem entirely unacceptable.
But reason prevented him from doing so, regardless of whether he could successfully escape.
At least now, his companions still believed in him, and his matter hadn't been reported yet, but if he were to escape, it would be tantamount to directly confirming that he was indeed a cultist.
This would not only cause trouble for the Nighthawks team members.
Even Benson and Melissa might be implicated.
In fact, Klein guarding Chanis Gate was a result of his companions discussing it together.
After that night, Frey and Leonard discussed it and finally decided to talk about Klein's situation with their companions.
They privately found all the official members, except for Ke Enli, who was still bedridden, and the clerical staff, to discuss it.
Because Klein had a very good relationship with everyone, they were all surprised by this matter at first.
But even if they didn't believe it, the anonymous report certainly existed objectively.
Some said this was due to the influence of the Antigonus notebook incident Klein had encountered earlier.
Others said it was merely a misunderstanding.
...
Ultimately, Acting Captain Frey made the decision, announcing the current solution—wait until the Captain returns.
Due to receiving a telegram, Captain Dunn Smith would soon return from Backlund.
Klein and the Captain had such a good relationship, and it was the Captain who had recruited him in the first place.
If Klein truly had any problems, the Captain would surely be able to tell.
Frey planned to temporarily put Klein's matter on hold until the Captain returned before dealing with it openly.
Out of trust in the Captain and Klein, everyone agreed, so during the period before the Captain's return, Klein was happily assigned continuous unpaid overtime.
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Now the most crucial thing was that anonymous report!
I must quickly think of a way to prove my innocence… Thinking of that anonymous report, Klein felt a hint of bitterness.
In fact, falling into a self-proving trap is a very foolish act; there was no substantial evidence in the anonymous report, so he didn't need to panic so much.
But a clear conscience fears no false accusation, that's for people with no problems, but he really did have problems!
He truly was the Fool, and he was genuinely afraid of being found out.
"There shouldn't be anyone, right...?"
Previously, because he was confined with Old Neil, he didn't dare to directly enter Grey Mist, fearing that the other party might notice something.
Now that he was alone behind Chanis Gate, he became bolder.
Although that space still held many secrets for him, it was at least safe for him.
After confirming there was no surveillance, he took a deep breath, walked four steps counter-clockwise, and once again arrived at that space.
Above Grey Mist.
Mr. Fool, wearing sunglasses, leaned back in his chair, his hand clenched into a fist against his mouth, recalling and scrutinizing the process of the anonymous report incident.
"I shouldn't have offended anyone, so malicious reporting can be ruled out."
"The key to the problem is that the content of the report about Old Neil is true, which makes the report about me seem very credible as well.
"Alas, there's no way to pass it off as a prank."
Now, the best way seemed to be to find the person who wrote the anonymous report.
Who could it be?
Klein pondered briefly, his elbow resting on the edge of the table, and a figure appeared in his mind a moment later.
Lorne Disonke.
Yes, he's very suspicious.
"Why didn't I think of him before?"
Logically, he should have suspected this suspicious person at the first moment.
But he had suspected everyone in the Tarot Club yet somehow failed to suspect him.
Only now, while he was above Grey Mist, did he suddenly think of the other party.
This extremely abnormal event quickly alerted Klein.
"And there's the matter of him looking at my house with binoculars before; that time I happened to be doing a divination above Grey Mist, and if he saw something when I went to Grey Mist, it's not impossible."
Klein recalled Lorne peeking at his house with binoculars not long ago; he had mistakenly thought at the time that he was peeking at Melissa.
Now that he thought about it, the other party's target should have been himself.
But why didn't I think of this aspect before... Klein was very confused about this; it didn't conform to common sense.
Strange, strange... Klein's words echoed above Grey Mist.
"If it really was the other party, how did he know about Old Neil's matter?"
After pondering for a while and still not finding an answer, he decided to use the Seer's method to get the answer.
He picked up the pendulum and materialized a piece of parchment in front of him.
As for why he didn't use those divination methods that could directly show images?
Just look at the sunglasses he was wearing.
"The report about me is intentional."
"The report about me is intentional."
...
A moment later, the pendulum rotated slightly clockwise.
Sure enough, a named report is definitely intentional... The result of the divination was within Klein's expectations.
"Old Neil was implicated."
"Old Neil was implicated."
...
As before, the pendulum rotated slightly clockwise.
"Indeed... An intentional report against me shouldn't necessarily include Old Neil; the report about Old Neil should just be to increase credibility."
"The person who wrote the report probably doesn't have evidence of me believing in a cult either, otherwise they wouldn't have done something like this."
Klein hesitated about the next question, his lips moving slightly, unsure whether to speak.
After a struggle, he made up his mind and asked the last question.
"The person who reported me is Lorne Disonke."
"The person who reported me is Lorne Disonke."
...
After asking this question in his mind more than ten times, he slowly opened his eyes.
The citrine pendulum did not rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise, but swung irregularly from side to side.
Klein knew this meant the divination had failed.