Mysteries: Arcana Wars

Emlyn held his antique doll, and Leonard held his document bag. The two sat on the sofa in the apartment, smiling at each other.

"Wow, is this the famous young detective in Backlund, Mr. Leonard Mitchell? I have heard of your name for a long time."

"Thank you for the compliment. I've heard that the genius doctor Mr. Emlyn White has superb skills. Today I saw that he is really a talented person."

"The cold-faced detective is just like what the newspapers say, Mr. Iceberg."

"Hey, Dr. White, I still remember a few famous quotes, 'There are no miracles in this world'. Do you remember which vampire prince said this?"

"Leonard! Shut up!"

Emlyn stood up and was the first to stop.

"It's the blood prince!"

“Haha, ‘I’m not a savior’, ‘I save…’ Woohoo!”

"Watch your words, Leonard!"

Emlyn threw a pillow to interrupt Leonard's spell, then closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Pay attention to etiquette, Emlyn. You are already a big shot in the blood clan. You can't be on the same level as this guy...

"Klein! You must have told Leonard!"

"That can't be helped. We were acting together at the time. How can we analyze the situation together if we don't tell you everything?"

Klein placed three cups of rich coffee on the coffee table without feeling guilty, and then sat down on the sofa.

"That's enough. Let's stop being awkward and talk about some serious business."

"Why, are we talking here?" Emlyn said doubtfully, "You're awake, but Mr. Fool isn't awake yet?"

Klein raised his eyebrows, keenly capturing the key information.

Over the past thousand years, he and Emlyn had a good relationship, but it was far from the point of giving up his identity as The Fool. In Emlyn's eyes, he should be the Favored One Klein.

From this perspective, Leonard may be the only one in the Tarot Club who knows that "The Fool" is himself.

Is it because of Pales?

"Mr. Fool has not yet awakened. We have tried to pray to Mr. Fool before so that we could log into Sefirah Castle for a meeting, but we also failed. We seem to have lost all contact with Mr. Fool."

Leonard took over the conversation, trying not to let Klein explain the problem.

"So we chose Klein's apartment as a temporary venue. You just experienced it. There are Beyonder abilities of a high level suppressing this place, as well as the properties of anti-prophecy and anti-divination. I think this is the safe house that Mr. Fool left for us, especially Klein."

"Okay, I understand."

Emlyn didn't want to talk about the embarrassment just now. He originally wanted to transform into a bat and sneak in through the window in the dark, but after entering the house, he found that he couldn't transform from a bat into a human form, so he had to fly out again amid Leonard's laughter, cling to the wall to reshape into a human form and then climb in through the window.

This is not elegant at all!

"But there's one thing you might want to be careful of. I don't think this apartment is immune to physical damage." Klein said, "If you encounter a barrage of attacks, don't hide here. This building is full of people."

The two nodded in agreement.

"Since Mr. Fool is not here, why don't you be the host, Klein?" Leonard raised his hand and suggested.

"no problem."

Klein rolled up a piece of paper and tapped it lightly on the coffee table.

“Praise Mr. Fool! Then I declare that the temporary meeting of the Tarot Club Tim version begins now!”

"What is the Tim version?" Emlyn was stunned.

"Uh... then it's the minimalist version. Anyway, if we have any trading needs, we can start now."

Klein used the paper to make a soldier, made the paper in his hand into a sturdy paper stick, and handed it to Emlyn.

"Please allow Mr. Moon, who has just returned, to speak first, and everyone, please be careful with your voice."

After Emlyn took it, he was a little confused.

What is this? Is it a speaking microphone? Never mind...

The three of them subconsciously straightened their sitting postures and got into the mood; the atmosphere suddenly became serious.

Emlyn took a few bottles of disinfectant from his belt and placed them on the coffee table, then pushed a few bottles to Klein.

"Mr. World, these spray cans are for you as a token of gratitude for helping us defeat the 'bloody killer' Nelson Korodeko during the bombing."

"These are disinfectants specially made by the Church of Mother Earth. They have a good purification effect on cursed power, filthy power, and a certain degree of extraordinary pollution. But I need to remind you that it has little effect on pollution above angels. In fact, these disinfectants are not very effective when encountering pollution forces above demigods. If you really encounter it, increase the dosage."

It turns out that the pungent smell that I always smelled in that hospital was this disinfectant...

"That's probably why Nelson failed when he tried to control passersby in the hospital by using happiness," Klein asked after thinking for a moment.

"Yes." Emlyn nodded, "So in this explosion, the number of people in our hospital that were contaminated was relatively small, but it did happen."

"That red light?" Leonard pondered for a moment. "I also think that red glow is very familiar. I have several guesses, but I'm not sure which one it is. Right now we have too little information."

“We are still too far away from the core of the Extraordinary Organization.” Klein sighed. “Now our original identities no longer exist, and even the protection brought by the Tarot Club and Mr. Fool no longer exists. Of course, the transactions and cooperation between other Orthodox Churches and Mr. Fool are no longer there. It is dangerous for us to rashly contact other Extraordinary Organizations or establish connections with any other gods.”

"It's not the first time to start from scratch." Leonard smiled awkwardly, "But I think any force would have a big stress reaction when seeing one or more angels who suddenly appeared and knew their background well..."

“In short, everyone, be careful. Before you have a reliable means of communication, do not use the Internet or phone to transmit topics related to our Tarot Club and Mr. Fool. Especially you, Klein. You are a programmer. The online world is the territory of the Church of Steam and Mechanics. We know relatively little about this aspect.” Emlyn reminded.

Emlyn then pushed two spray cans of disinfectant toward Leonard.

"Mr. 'Star', I would like you to help me track down a case and help me recover an extraordinary item."

Emlyn picked up his phone and showed it.

"I would like you to help me track the follow-up of Ishdar's kidnapping case."

"This kidnapping case should have been almost over. At that time, there were four injured people sent to our hospital due to the Ishdar kidnapping case: Police Officer Mavis Ruth, who was slightly injured, Police Officer Marek Brennan, who was seriously injured, the kidnapper David Axus, and the Moon reporter Geraldine Lightning."

Geraldine...what a name...

After taking a sip of coffee to cover up the complaints in his heart, Emlyn continued his speech.

"On the day of the bombing, Ms. Ruth, who was slightly injured, had already been discharged from the hospital, and Mr. Brennan, who was seriously injured, had just finished orthopedic surgery. Ms. Lightning, who had been mentally stable, suddenly became ill on the spot, and David, who was in a serious coma, suddenly woke up and escaped from the hospital. The latter two were directly visited by Nelson."

"I want to know why Nelson picked you, a person related to the Ishdar kidnapping case, to trick our Harvest Church? Is it to stir up conflicts between our Earth Mother Church and the various forces in Backlund, so as to drive us out of Loen?"

"Especially this David Axus. I want to know everything that happened to him afterwards."

"In fact, this is not just his first time in our hospital. According to the records of my teacher, Dean Sinedu, he caused a riot in our hospital before the bombing and even before the kidnapping. In the end, he left without entering the hospital."

"According to the notes of other doctors on duty in the emergency room that day, David Axus already had severe filthy powers at that time, had very extreme mood swings, and showed some symptoms of schizophrenia."

"So, that's when the pollution and manipulation started..." Leonard suddenly realized, "He brought someone with him... Now it all makes sense! Mr. Moon, could you show me the records from that time later? I'll visit you as an official police officer."

"no problem."

Emlyn nodded.

"The escaped David Axus took away an extraordinary item from our hospital. It's called [Eternal Wick], and it's an emerald green bracelet... Well, actually it's a wick candy, but we looped it together to make a bracelet."

"We put this bracelet on David at the time, but he may not have taken it seriously after he woke up and ran away with the [Eternal Wick]."

"Its effect is to 'maintain life'. We have several [Eternal Wicks], and we usually put them on patients who we think may be saved but are currently in critical condition, to buy them some time. If you get this extraordinary item during a hunt, you can wear it urgently as a temporary treatment."

"But its effect is only to 'maintain life', and it cannot heal the body. If worn on the hands of those dying patients, it may make them live a life worse than death..." At the same time, because its effect is very strong, we only use it at the level of 'contact'.

"Don't ever eat it, don't even lick it, even if it's candy, even if you're seriously injured and dying."

"The existing records don't record the consequences of accidentally ingesting it, but they emphasize this taboo. I don't know what will happen if I ingest it."

"Okay, I took note of it."

Leonard nodded.

"As for the follow-up to the Ishdar kidnapping case and the tracking of David Axus, I will not accept your things."

"These are all cases I've handled. I'll need the assistance of your Earth Church Hospital in the future. I'm happy to share information with you."