Mystery: emerging from the wilderness of knowledge

Backlund, Dr. Chris's house.

Klein came to visit early in the morning as Detective Sherlock Moriarty. This time, he did not do any divination in advance as to whether it would be appropriate to visit.

Since we are visiting a "mercury snake", there is no need to do any extra divination. Whether it is suitable to visit or not depends entirely on the mood of the little baby.

Thoughts passed through his mind one by one. Klein had already walked to the door of Dr. Allen's house, straightened his collar a little, and then raised his hand and knocked on the door.

Boom!Boom!

The door was opened by a servant of Dr. Allen's house. It happened that Dr. Allen was also in the living room at this time. He happened to see Klein standing outside the door, with an expression of surprise on his face, and he quickly walked up to him:

"Long time no see, Sherlock. You finally returned to Backlund. I haven't seen you back yet. We are all wondering if you plan to stay in Disi Bay."

"This is a good idea. Compared to the smog in Backlund, the air over there is much better."

Klein followed the other person's words, then took off the half-high silk hat on his head, handed it to the servant beside him, and followed Allen into the living room.

After sitting down on the sofa, Klein talked about the previous topic again, hinting that he indeed planned to stay in Disi Bay in the future. He came back this time just to deal with the investments that he had not yet had time to arrange, and to say goodbye to his previous friends. .

The two talked for a while, and Klein naturally brought the topic to Dr. Allen's child.

Speaking of his children, Dr. Allen showed a happy and kind smile:

"Yes, you haven't met Will yet. He is a very cute boy, but he is still sleeping now. If you come a little later, you can see him just in time."

If you come a little later, maybe you guys went out because of some things. Just as your thoughts floated, the sound of a baby crying suddenly sounded upstairs.

Dr. Allen looked in the direction of the stairwell in surprise, then looked at Klein and said:

"Will is awake. I'll go check on him. Sherlock, wait a moment. I'll bring Will to see you later. Originally, I planned to let you be his godfather. Unfortunately, you didn't plan to stay. Backlund."

Klein smiled and nodded at Dr. Allen. Perhaps sensing your thoughts, Will was awakened from his dream. He just slept for a while and almost had a godfather who was not even a fraction of his age. .

Klein sighed in his heart, then followed Dr. Allen towards the stairwell and went up to the second floor.

No one thought anything was wrong during this process. They were all immersed in the illusion created by Klein, thinking that he was still sitting on the sofa sipping black tea.

On the second floor, Klein saw a maid pushing a crib out of the bedroom. Inside the stroller lay a child wrapped in silver silk. His skin was very white, he looked plump, and his hands were fleshy. There are a lot of them, and they actually feel like they are in pieces.

The little baby tugged at the silk wrapped around his body, and his dark eyes looked at Klein, revealing human disgust.

After a brief silence, Klein pressed his hand on his chest, bowed slightly in the direction of the stroller and said:

"Good morning, what should I call you now?"

The baby in the stroller put a finger in his mouth and looked at Klein blankly. Just when Klein thought the other person didn't want to pay attention to him, he heard the other person's voice again:

"Well I haven't decided which name to use yet, so please call me Will first."

"Okay, Will, I wonder if you know anything about the 'Ghost Empire'?"

After the words fell, Klein looked at Will calmly, waiting for the other party's answer.

"Of course I know. You are not the first person to have the idea, and you will not be the last."

While speaking, Will didn't forget to bite his own finger, acting no different from a newborn child, which made Klein somewhat suspicious of the "Snake of Mercury"'s condition.

It’s really immersive to play a baby. Klein sighed in his heart, and then saw Will wrapped in silver silk glare at him and said angrily:

"You're so rude."

"Babies need to look like babies. This helps me maintain a good mental state. Otherwise, I will be like that silly snake of Ouroboros and become crazy from time to time."

"Why?" Klein asked curiously.

Will's dark eyes rolled in his sockets, and he said without much fluctuation in his tone:

"Every time he restarts, he grows up next to the 'True Creator' and lacks a proper childhood. This will make his 'restart' less perfect and leave some hidden dangers."

Klein nodded clearly, then brought the topic back to the "Ghost Empire" and asked thoughtfully:

"Is the 'Ghost Empire' a real treasure?"

"Otherwise? It can't be just the boring imagination of a group of pirates, right?" Will rolled his eyes at Klein angrily, and then continued:

"You want to take advantage of it? I advise you to give up."

"Even the Church of Storms, which is the most active on the sea, and the Augustus and Castile families, who are most familiar with the 'Judge' path, have not been able to get the treasures on it."

"Is it because I didn't get it, rather than not finding it?" Klein keenly noticed Will's words.

"That ship is contaminated and activated. It's better not to get on it, but once you get on that ship"

Klein asked curiously: "What would happen if we boarded that ship?"

Will waved his fleshy hand and said with a smile:

"Of course, I became a part of that ship. I happened to encounter the 'Ghost Empire' once before because I was avoiding the pursuit of that silly snake of Ouroboros. I saw some things on it, and there happened to be a person on it. The person I know is a saint who has mastered a level 0 sealed item."

"This is exclusive information. Even the Church of Storms and the two angel families who have mastered the 'Judge' pathway don't know about it. No one has ever been able to leave that ship, let alone pass on the news."

"However, if it were you, it would be possible to succeed. What are you going to use to buy information from me and get my help?"

Will actually knows some information. Isn't this such good luck, because he is the "Snake of Mercury" that can represent part of destiny? Klein lowered his eyes and looked at Will in the stroller. After thinking briefly for a while, he asked in a deep voice:

"What do you want to gain?"

Will said without hesitation: "Hey, of course it is a way to restore a certain amount of strength when you are weak. I know you can do it. If you don't know what to do, go find the guy who has the knowledge."

"It feels like you've already planned it, just waiting for me to come find you." Klein muttered quietly, just enough for Will to hear.

"Isn't this normal? I just grabbed a little chance from fate. This is what the 'Destiny' pathway is best at."

In response to Klein, Will tugged at the silk on his body, as if he didn't want to talk anymore.

Klein seized the moment and stated his main purpose of coming here today: "I want a method or item that can temporarily improve luck."

"Oh~~"

The baby's cry suddenly echoed in the room on the second floor. Dr. Allen and his wife coaxed Will in a panic and took him back to the bedroom.

Klein was stunned for a second, looked helplessly at Will who was carried back to the bedroom, sighed, and returned to the living room on the first floor.

The style of this "Mercury Snake" is so real. I don't know if he is acting, or if he has really transformed into a baby from body to mentality with the "restart".

After a while, Dr. Allen came down from the second floor and smiled apologetically at Klein:

"I'm sorry, Sherlock, for keeping you waiting. Originally, I wanted to bring Will down to see you, but he didn't seem to wake up and was carried back to the bedroom crying again."

"It doesn't matter. I didn't choose the right time to visit today."

Klein nodded slightly in response, and then chatted with Dr. Allen about the recent situation of Dixi Bay and Backlund. Until near noon, Klein declined Dr. Allen's invitation to have lunch and left. .

In the Southern Continent, at the edge of the ancient forest in the northernmost part of East Balam, the figures of Renekton and Bugs Bunny quietly emerged.

"Boss, what are we doing here?"

At Renekton's feet, Bugs Bunny looked at the grass that completely submerged him, and scratched his head in discomfort.

"Let me help you learn about biological diversity. Don't always focus on the fruits. That way your 'biologist's' potion will be difficult to digest."

"Even Frank knew how to expand his experiments to include wheat, milk, fish, sheep, mushrooms and rose bishops."

While speaking, Renekton stretched out his right hand forward, and the illusory "light" that was difficult to detect with the naked eye gathered from all directions in the west, condensing into an illusory ball of light in his hand, a ball of light condensed from the surrounding information. .

With a slight squeeze of his right hand, the illusory ball of light shattered instantly, turning into pieces of tiny light spots scattered around. They quickly evolved into insects with wings or carapace, and birds with flapping wings, flying in the grass. rodents that shuttle between.

Bugs Bunny looked at the various creatures evolved from the information scattered around him, lowered his head, and said reluctantly:

"Boss, you can put knowledge directly into my head and run around in the forest. That's what only wild rabbits do."

"Learning is a process, and this just provides you with the missing knowledge of wilderness survival."

Renekton retorted to Bugs Bunny casually, and then kicked him out. Bugs Bunny's gray figure disappeared among the grass in an instant.

As soon as he retracted his feet, a thick gray mist suddenly emerged in front of Renekton's eyes. Klein's figure sitting on the high-backed chair was looming in the gray mist.