Lord of Mysteries: The Outer God is Me

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September 23rd, night, Backlund.

Today is the third day that Lin Ruo contacted Ian and borrowed his identity.

As a person with good credibility, Lin Ruo naturally kept his promise after reaching a deal with Ian and sent him to the Intermediary Sea County—as Ian requested.

Now Ian has taken on a new identity and started a new life in the Intermediary Sea County.

Lin Ruo, wearing Ian's persona, also sent a telegram to Zreal the Detective's superior, and finally arranged to meet him next Thursday, September 27th.

As for the "Helmosuin Manuscript," Lin Ruo naturally got his hands on it.

Although this thing is not of much use to him, after all, Lin Ruo doesn't have any research on these things. Looking at the manuscript is no different from looking at a heavenly book. But it's good to trick MI9, as for whether it will hinder the development of technology—he'll just hand it over after George III dies, anyway, it's only a year or two.

It is worth mentioning that the day after Lin Ruo, disguised as Ian, sent a telegram to Detective Zreal's superior, someone approached Klein to inquire about Ian's whereabouts—it was Mersault, the hunter who did dirty work for the Intis ambassador in the original book.

Because he wanted to entrap him, Klein naturally chose to refuse to answer Mersault's question, and unsurprisingly encountered Mersault's assassination attempt that night.

If, in the original book, Klein, who had just arrived in Backlund and only had Sequence 8, could be said to have faced Mersault's attack with constant danger, then now, after the special training on the Five Seas, and already at Sequence 7, not to mention the experience of hunting pirates is already full, Klein can almost be said to be able to easily suppress Mersault.

However, even so, Klein, at Lin Ruo's instruction, first deliberately pretended to be weak, creating traces of a fierce fight at the scene, and finally seemingly unexpectedly killed the opponent, and chose to call the police.

This was naturally also instructed by Lin Ruo. He wanted to use Klein's hand to expose the matter of the "Helmosuin Manuscript" to MI9. This was the most natural, the least deliberate, and it would also allow Klein to continue to participate in this matter on the surface, causing the Intis ambassador to increase the intensity of the assassination.

At the same time, taking advantage of this preconceived condition, coupled with the advancement of Truth, Lin Ruo logically allowed the character of [Sherlock Moriarty] to leave an insignificant impression on MI9, just an unlucky person who was accidentally involved, allowing him to fade away from MI9's perspective in this matter.

This can still be said to be following the plot, but on that night, after Klein, at Lin Ruo's instruction, deceived the official Beyonder of MI9 and exposed Ian's matter to MI9, Lin Ruo, as the person manipulating everything behind the scenes, began to feel that his Conspirer potion showed signs of digestion.

Of course, not much. This is probably because he has only just begun to promote the development of this whole matter. Although a lot of arrangements have been made, most of them have not been realized, so the entire conspiracy has not been completely woven.

Lin Ruo had a premonition that when this matter was over, his Conspirer potion should be able to digest a lot because of this.

But at this moment, what Lin Ruo was worried about was not the "Helmosuin Manuscript" incident, but he raised his head and looked at the scarlet full moon in the sky through the window glass, then turned his head to look at Klein, and said with a smile:

"Miss Fors should be praying to you soon, pay attention, don't miss it, this is a matter of life and death."

Because he knew that tonight was the night of the full moon, Lin Ruo simply didn't go back after completing the teaching here at Klein's, but planned to wait for Fors to finish praying before leaving.

"How could I possibly miss this kind of thing."

Klein glanced at Lin Ruo helplessly, but still perked up a bit, after all, as Lin Ruo said, this was a matter of life and death.

The two of them waited like this, and after a while, Lin Ruo suddenly thought of something and said, "Why do I feel like we're staring at the moon and waiting for someone to pray? What if Fors doesn't pray tonight, wouldn't it make us look stupid."

"Who was it who said just now that they wanted a sense of ritual and insisted on dragging me to watch the moon?"

Klein said unhappily.

"I don't know, I have amnesia."

Lin Ruo blinked his eyes and said with confidence, and then added, "It's okay, if she really doesn't pray, I'll go to her door tomorrow to urge her to write, and let her feel the care from the readers."

Klein: … …

Spare the young lady!

Fors doesn't deserve this!

Just as the two were chatting and joking, the illusory prayer sound echoing in layers finally sounded in their ears.

… …

Hillston Borough, inside a house.

Fors, who was worried that she would lose control due to the whispers of the full moon, and also afraid that praying to The Fool would cause bad results and implicate others, specially separated from Xio and slept alone. She was sitting on the bed, covering her head with her hands, her beautiful features buried in the skirt on her knees.

If a close-up of her face were given at this moment, it would inevitably be discovered that Fors's face was distorted to the extreme at this moment, As ferocious as a demon.

"No, don't! Save me! Save me!"

She finally couldn't bear it anymore, rolling painfully on the bed, instinctively covering her ears with her hands, but unable to block the illusory whispers that kept ringing.

The sweat flowing out of her due to pain almost soaked her whole body. Fors could actually continue to hold on. The pain caused by the whispers had not yet reached the limit she could bear.

But even if she continued to persevere, how long could she last? The situation was getting more serious each time. Even if she endured it this time, what about next time?

Sure enough… …still… …need to chant that Honorific name… …

Originally holding a fluke mentality, and after enduring the whispers of the full moon, Fors, who did not chant The Fool's Honorific name in the first time, struggled to get up and whispered:

"The Fool… …who does not belong… …to this era… …"

"The Mysterious Ruler… …above the gray fog… …"

"The King… of yellow and black… who wields good luck… …"

"Save me… …save me… …"

The pain continued, and Fors, who had just managed to concentrate her mind and finish chanting The Fool's Honorific name, once again rolled on the ground in pain. However, before she could roll a full circle this time, she felt that her ears suddenly became quiet.

Along with the illusory whispers, the madness and pain that had tortured her to death also disappeared.

Fors's mind suddenly regained clarity. She realized something and opened her eyes, only to see the boundless gray-white mist beneath her, and the ancient and mottled bronze table in front of her.

And at the highest position of the bronze table, a great being wrapped in thick mist, mysterious and majestic, as if overlooking everything, was sitting there quietly.

This is… …

Fors's pupils shrank, and she immediately realized the other party's identity.

—The Fool!

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