Bab 74: Chapter 74: The Death of Lanevus
Chapter 74: The Death of Lanevus
The description might seem strange. To put it more accurately, at that moment, Alice saw countless possible versions of the Hellhound, like the many tributaries of a river.
Some versions jumped smoothly, some tripped, some killed Evelyn, and some accidentally bit their own paws...
Some scenarios were logical, some coincidental, but overall still reasonable. Of course, there were also a few extremely absurd scenarios.
Just like now.
Alice saw countless possible versions of Lanevus.
Alice realized that the distant voice from before had probably turned one of those absurd possibilities into an inevitability.
Unfortunately, Alice herself did not have the ability to influence these possibilities at the moment.
But she had another way to influence them.
Alice drew her revolver and, based on her intuition, quickly fired at Lanevus's possible evasion paths, from the most likely to the least.
Alice managed to fire five bullets in total.
Lanevus was hit in the eye socket by one bullet, in the temple by another, in the chest by a Tarot card, and in the ankle by another Tarot card, causing him to fall and temporarily lose his ability to move.
Seeing a version of Lanevus with disgusting flesh sprouts all over his body, Alice did not hesitate to empty her revolver into his head.
Klein looked in astonishment at Alice, who had put away her gun and stepped out from her hiding place.
Alice glanced at Klein, who had many questions, and shook her head, saying, "If you don't want to spend the night under the church, you should search him first."
Klein felt relieved. Although Alice had changed a bit, she was still the Alice he knew.
Klein walked up and began searching Lanevus's body with his gloved hands. He didn't notice Alice slowly following behind him and stopping quickly when he crouched down.
In fact, seeing Klein search the body, Alice also breathed a sigh of relief...
Seeing Klein stand up with almost nothing, Alice knew that Lanevus must have fled in a hurry. She spoke before Klein could, "You take the items first. We need to leave quickly."
Klein nodded. Alice then walked to Lanevus's body, drew the "Wheel of Fortune" and "The Fool" cards, glanced at Lanevus's shattered head, covered her mouth with one hand, and threw the two cards onto Lanevus's chest with the other.
Klein looked at Alice's actions and suddenly suspected that she had asked him to take the items just because she didn't want to touch the things from the corpse.
...That couldn't be, right?
Not knowing when the Night Watchers and Red Gloves would arrive, Klein temporarily put aside this near-truth guess and, following Alice's request, scattered the remaining Tarot cards over Lanevus's body.
When Crestai Cesima, wielding a pure white bone sword, led the Night Watchers and Red Gloves to the area, they saw a bizarre scene.
Lanevus's head was shattered by multiple bullets, and on his body, at the center of his chest, lay a "Wheel of Fortune" card and a "The Fool" card, with scattered Tarot cards all around, making it look like the site of some ritual.
...
After a night's rest, a refreshed Alice was dragged above the gray fog by a similarly refreshed Klein. A badge was placed in front of them.
The badge was only the size of an eyeball, with symbols of fate and concealment engraved on the front, and a circle of compact, tiny ancient Hermes script on the back: "Possess this item to join."
—Worried about being discovered by the Night Watchers, they had left before Lanevus's extraordinary characteristics could be extracted. This badge was their only gain.
"It looks like a token for some gathering," Alice concluded.
Klein gave Alice a look that said, "I already knew that."
Alice shrugged and asked Klein, "I thought you would have many questions for me."
"Did you..." Klein hesitated, "Did you see something on Lanevus?"
—Yesterday, after much pondering, Klein still found Alice's final actions very strange.
"...Why do you have to ask?" Alice looked at Klein with pity.
Klein had a bad feeling.
"Come, let me show you what I saw." Alice suddenly became enthusiastic.
Klein's bad feeling intensified. After helping Alice display what she saw, he instantly understood everything.
...What was that creature with flesh sprouts all over its body!
Alice observed Klein's expression, retracted the image, and spread her hands, "I'll tell you the rest when I figure it out."
Klein looked confused.
"Remember what I said at the beginning?" Alice looked around the grand palace and smiled, "Maybe I have something similar to this place in me."
Klein's breath caught. He looked at Alice, opening his mouth several times but unable to speak.
"I mean something like a cheat from transmigration..." Alice explained.
Klein was taken aback, realizing he had misunderstood Alice. He replied in her style, "So, what's your cheat? What does it do?"
"I haven't fully figured it out yet," Alice shrugged, "but... can you do me a favor?"
"What?" Klein asked.
"Remember when I asked 'The Hanged Man' if he would help me hunt Charlie King?" Alice's eyes darkened, "I was joking then, but now I really want to kill him."
"...What did he do?" Klein frowned at Alice.
"He threatened me." Alice lowered her eyes.
Seeing Alice's expression, Klein realized she didn't want to say more, so he changed the question, "But didn't 'The Hanged Man' agree to help you?"
"Yes," Alice replied expressionlessly, "but Charlie King is now Sequence 5."
"?" The Fool, Sequence 8, had a question mark slowly appear above his head, "Are you sure we can kill a Sequence 5?"
"I never said now," Alice looked at Klein, "When I reach Sequence 6, I want him as my main material for Sequence 5's potion."
"How do you know he won't reach Sequence 4 by then..." Klein tried to argue.
"Probably because I don't have the main material for Sequence 6's potion yet?" Alice said ambiguously, "You know, he almost became my main material for Sequence 6."
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