paranoianovel Chapter 42 Daisy
Chapter 42 Daisy
After catching his breath, Klein, relying on his familiarity with the area, quickly found a hidden route and turned onto another street after walking only a short distance.
On another street, Klein once again flagged down a night carriage, and this time, unusually, he didn't haggle over the price, directly telling the driver:
"Get to Zotland Street as fast as you can. If you can get there in 20 minutes, this 1 sule is yours."
As he spoke, Klein held up a banknote and waved it in front of the coachman.
Clearly, after Leonard's demonstration, Klein realized that there were other things in this world that could be reimbursed, just like on Earth, and he was unusually generous for once.
The driver rarely gets to pick up passengers who are so close yet offer such a hefty fare. Seeing the banknotes fluttering in front of him, the driver's eyes practically turned green with envy. After Klein was seated, he immediately whipped the horn and sped off down the road.
Klein nearly fell flat on his face in the carriage due to a moment of carelessness, but he did not scold the coachman.
After a frantic drive, and thanks to the quieter streets at night, the coachman delivered Klein to Zotland Street in less than 30 minutes. Klein kept his word and gave the coachman 1 Sule, then ran towards Blackthorn Security Company.
Despite not being in a good mental state, Dunn heard the news from Klein and entered a dream without hesitation to notify Daly, the "psychic" in the suburban cemetery, to come and lead the other Night Watchers in a large-scale search of the area where Riel Bieber had appeared.
Captain Dunn Smith, as a Nightmare, can enter the dreams of everyone in the entire city without moving an inch from Blackthorn Security. However, there are distance limitations when forcibly pulling people into dreams.
The main reason he notified Ms. Daisy to come and lead the team was because he had been injured and was in poor mental condition during his dream journey with Hainason Vancent.
"Don't worry, even if we don't catch Riel Bieber tonight, our large-scale search of him will keep him away from that area and protect your family."
Moreover, I sent a telegram to the sanctuary earlier, and the reinforcements are arriving soon. They will bring the Antigonus family's relics. As long as Riel Bieber doesn't leave the city, we will catch him sooner or later.
Just in case, I'll have Leonard rent a house near your home temporarily to secretly protect your family for a few days.
Seeing the worried look on Klein's face, Dunn Smith offered him words of comfort.
"Thank you, Captain!"
Klein thanked the captain with gratitude, as this was the issue he had been most worried about.
When he met Riel Bieber, he was carrying freshly bought white bread and salmon, making it easy to tell that he lived nearby.
Therefore, Klein was very worried that if they failed to find Riel Bieber's whereabouts and he went unpunished, Benson and Melissa would be threatened by him.
Klein had just been thinking of reasons in his mind on how to persuade Benson and Melissa to move to another place for a while, but he didn't expect that the captain had already thought of it for him in advance. How could Klein not be moved?
"Your encounter with Riel Bieber today proves that you do indeed have a deep and mysterious connection with that Antigonus family notebook."
Furthermore, the case involving you and your classmates has become clearer. You read through that notebook, awakening its power, which ultimately led to the deaths of your two classmates. You were also influenced to deliver the notebook to Riel Bieber, but you were fortunate enough to escape the notebook's influence and survive.
You just said that Riel Bieber was also surprised to see you, which means that the notebook was indeed given to him by you, and that in his mind you should be considered dead.
Klein nodded in agreement, feeling that the reasoning was probably correct, but still asked with doubt:
"So what's so special about Riel Bieber that made me send him that notebook?"
Dunn thought for a moment and said, "It's possible that Riel Bieber is a descendant of the Antigonus family, or it's possible that Riel Bieber's birth number matches the notes. There are too many possibilities. We can only know the answer once we find him."
Soon, the "psychic" Ms. Daly arrived at the scene and directed the other night watchmen and regular police officers who arrived one after another to search the area, making quite a commotion.
Klein, who was assisting with the investigation, knew that this must have been a special instruction given to Ms. Daly by the captain.
This moved Klein even more.
At this moment, Klein thought of the public performance method that Evan had been emphasizing, highlighting that Ms. Daly was about to leave Tingen for Backlund, and that Ms. Daly had long been dealing with "spirits" and was a true "psychic". He also thought of Ms. Daly's relatively young age.
Klein had a bold guess: Could Ms. Daly be someone who truly understands the "playing method," which is why she has progressed so quickly on the extraordinary path, and why Evan emphasized that she was about to leave Tingen, urging him to hurry up and reveal the playing method?
Klein couldn't help but curse himself for being such a blockhead, only now understanding the deeper meaning of Evan's words.
After Ms. Daly assigned tasks to the others, Klein approached her to ask about the secrets to continuing on the extraordinary path, and once again brought up the Seer's maxim, "Do as you please, but do not harm," asking her if he should summarize his own "diviner's maxim."
Daly had been struggling with how to teach Dunn the "acting method" because the church had noticed her while she was digesting the potion and summarizing the acting method, and she had made a vow to the goddess not to reveal it. In addition, she had basically digested the psychic potion and had to submit a special application for promotion again, so she was a little anxious to deal with the clueless Dunn.
Klein, the "diviner" who had only been an extraordinary being for a few days and had vaguely grasped the role-playing method from the words of the secret people and his own role model, showed Daly a new possibility, a possibility of bypassing the oath.
Therefore, when Klein asked for advice, Daly showed an extremely friendly attitude and answered his questions actively, which made Klein secretly happy.
These two people, each with their own thoughts, actually walked towards each other and talked very enthusiastically, which amazed the other night watchmen.
After the search operation, Daly even gave Klein her home address and invited him to visit often, leaving the other night watchmen speechless.
Only Leonard, who had formed an alliance with Klein, vaguely guessed his plan. However, he did not understand why Klein was so radical, because it would expose him to the eyes of the church's higher-ups early on. Klein was a man with secrets. Was he really not afraid of being exposed?
So he stepped forward and asked Klein a cryptic question:
"Isn't it too early for you to do this?"
Klein immediately realized that Leonard might have sensed something was amiss behind Tingen through his own special abilities, but he didn't know the specifics.
Klein couldn't be honest about this, since the mastermind had the characteristic of "if you know me, I'll know you too." The fewer people who knew, the less risk there was. So Klein didn't explain anything in the end, but just shook his head and left the search site without saying a word.
Leonard watched Klein's departing figure intently, but instead of being angry, he fell into deep thought.
After a night of searching, the night watchman only found Riel Bieber's hiding place nearby, but left no clues. He even thoroughly cleaned the hiding place inside and out, leaving it spotless.
This scene was seen as a provocation by the night watchmen. Not only had the criminal escaped, but he also had the energy to clean the house. This was a mockery of the night watchmen, so everyone's faces were grim.
Everyone seemed to see Riel Bieber's arrogant laughter and provocative gesture.
As dawn broke and people in the surrounding area went to work, the area could not remain under lockdown indefinitely, so Daly finally ordered the lockdown to be lifted.
Meanwhile, Evan, unaware that Klein had once again spent a sleepless night, woke up from the enormous bed that wouldn't feel cramped even with three people sleeping together—not naturally, but rather when disturbed.
Evan looked in the direction of the sound and found that it was the sound of raindrops hitting the window, mixed with hail.
Looking at the weather outside, Evan, still half asleep, realized that it was raining outside!
Evan had only been in Backlund for a few days and had already encountered several rain showers, but today's rain was clearly different from the previous two days, appearing and disappearing without a trace.
Evan changed into some casual clothes and went to the first-floor dining room, where he was not surprised to find Robert reading a newspaper while eating a piece of bread with jam on it.
Robert saw Irwin come down, put down his newspaper, and asked:
"How are you? Are you adapting to the climate of Backlund?"
Evan sat down at the table, where servants set out the cutlery for him. He then used a knife to scoop some jam from a glass jar and spread it on his bread, saying as he did so:
"I can't adapt! Back in Tingen, I heard that the weather in Backlund was strange, unpredictable, and rainy most of the time. Now that I see it, it's true."
"By the way, Robert, aren't you going to work at Parliament today?"
Robert took the napkin Hope offered him, wiped his mouth, and said:
"Of course I have to go to work, but today is a special day, and it's raining, so it's understandable that I'm a little late."
Evan, munching on his bread, looked at Robert, who seemed eager to try, but didn't understand what he meant.
Robert simply smiled, offering no further explanation. He took his coat and cane, put on his top hat, and left home with Hope.