Even I, who have only been a Nighthawk for more than two months, know the information that the Gnosis Society may be involved with the Witch Sect and the Witch. It makes no sense that Emperor Russell doesn't know the connection between the two, right?

After appreciating this simple and easy-to-understand truth, Klein's thinking suddenly became active, and the strangeness he had vaguely felt before gradually surfaced in his subconscious, and presented itself as an orderly logical analysis.

They will come to this palace in a dreamland and meet the doll-like "Emperor Russell" - well, I don't know if this is the "dreamland" he knows, or some other mysterious product that is plausible.

Anyway, let’s think about it this way for now - what is the source of all this?

Yes, the reason is clear and easy to understand, it is precisely because of the "blasphemous card", and it is also the card corresponding to the "Witch".

But that would be weird, wouldn't it?

The Emperor Russell doll seems to have a preconceived default position for him and Alice when they enter the dreamland.

He might have mistaken them for people from the Witch Sect... No, even if they are not from the Witch Sect, the Emperor's Doll seems to be very sure that they are all "assassins", or extraordinary people of the "Witch" path, and he also made up outrageous ideas.

The mentor-disciple relationship.

However, look at the theme of the game given by the Emperor Doll, and look at this dangerous name, "Night of the Witch Hunt"?

What kind of weird bad taste is this? Let the Extraordinary who is originally the "Witch" path deal with the mid-to-high-sequence powerhouses of the same path?

Want to nickname the game "The Rebel Gnostic Society"?

Moreover, in order to attract visitors to participate in the game, the Emperor Doll even used the tempting words of "As long as you explore, you may get precious rewards even without clearing the level" to sway the curiosity of Dreamland visitors.

Presumably the predecessors who entered this dream palace before them, including the witch who persisted for seven years before regretting giving up the qualification to play the game, must have heard the same remarks and actually obtained some benefits from them, so they were so enthusiastic.

, and continued to bite the delicious bait provided by the Emperor's doll with full motivation.

If the theme of the game changes every time you enter here, or if the Emperor Doll just randomly selects one of many themes and accidentally assigns him and Alice the game "Night of the Witch Hunt", then the problem is

This is another matter, but as far as Klein's current personal feelings are concerned, he is more inclined to the last possibility - "Night of Witch Hunting" is the only challenge theme here.

However, the information available at hand is too little to support a more thorough and rigorous reasoning structure...

Klein sighed softly, tapped the surface of the metal shell of the "Hunter Medal" a few times with his fingers, tried hard to find a name from his mind, and filled in the empty column on the character panel.

Jarno Victor Dorian.

The professional assassin was inspired by a certain series of game masterpieces that happened to take place in China...

Well, very appropriate and perfect.

After all, in the original plot of the game, Arno had a childhood sweetheart girlfriend who was also the leader of the Knights Templar, whose name happened to be "élise".

Well, although Alice beside him has now decided on the vest name of "Claire".

...and after all, Alice is just a pseudonym she uses.

Thinking about some things in his mind, Klein swept his eyes across the light screen panel marked with text, and paused at a few key columns that caught his attention.

Status: Guest.

Sanity value:95/100.

General skills: Disguise Lv4, Lockpicking Lv3, Occultism (not fully acquired).

Versailles Points:-(not earned).

"In addition to not setting the health bar, and not displaying character attributes in digital form, it is still different from the kind of tabletop game running group. It seems that there is no need for dice to determine the direction of the event. It all depends on the player's personal performance...

…”

After pondering and pinching his eyebrows, an impulse to try suddenly arose in his heart, so he followed this idea and tapped his teeth to try to open up his own spiritual vision of the "divineer" path.

The moment I switched the vision switch with the suggestion switch, a dark and gloomy picture seemed to flash before my eyes, but all the colors and lines were like corpses that had been soaked in specimen bottles for a long time, with a vague sense of paleness floating around them.

, just looking at it can give people a certain nauseating feeling.

The abnormality was fleeting, as fast as an optical illusion caused by tension.

Klein observed the entire magnificent lounge and did not see any abnormal phenomena; so he turned to look at Alice who was studying the "Hunter Medal" and observed that her mood was still calm and thoughtful.

The blue is dominant, although it lacks the enthusiasm of warm colors, but there is positive and bright white to make up for the remaining emotional white.

However, he did not think that the flashing scene before was purely an illusion.

Using spiritual vision in this fantasy world full of mysteries...may not be a convenient eye to overcome obstacles, but more likely a one-way ticket to crazy hell.

Klein has not forgotten the tip of the iceberg revealed in one of the rules - if the character he is currently using falls into a state of being unable to move... that is, falling into a bad situation such as death, permanent madness, or severe physical disability, he will have to

It's time to "restart the game".

Considering this character's status as a Beyonder, once his sanity falls below the critical value and he falls into madness, he is likely to lose control and turn into a monster, entering a state of beating up his teammates and enemies...

Speaking of which, why did my sanity not reach 100 points at the beginning? Did I lose 5 points somewhere before?

...Is it just because I couldn't accept that I became a woman before that I suffered a mental shock? It can't be calculated that way. Now that I have calmed down the shock at that time, can't you help me regain my strength?

After clarifying the general idea, he silently cursed the designer's stinginess and turned off his spiritual vision. Klein stood up bravely, picked up the two thick cushions from the coffee table that he could not face calmly, and fell into deep thought:

How do I put them back?

"What's wrong? I don't know what to do? Do you need my help?" Alice's voice came from behind at the right time but not at the right time, bringing a fragrant and soft warm touch to her back.

Something that was more intense than shame and could burn him more climbed up his chest and reached his brain, causing Klein to stiffen in embarrassment:

"you……"

His mind went blank for a few moments, as if a computer had shut down. When he came back to his senses, he heard his own voice automatically answer:

"...Then you, don't take the opportunity to tease me."

The girl laughed softly as if she had heard some lame joke.

She generously loosened her arms around his waist, came to the front and took the two breast pads, her green eyes curved in a playful and playful arc:

"Well, it's unnatural to leave a piece of space in the front of your dress, isn't it?"

"Don't even look at who caused it?" There was no need to repeat her seemingly well-intentioned reminder. Klein resisted the urge to roll his eyes and accuse someone of the crime he had committed.

"Okay, okay, please cooperate," Alice blinked, without any awareness or guilt of being the culprit, and changed her tone in a matter-of-fact manner, "While we are helping you organize your dress, we can just

Let’s exchange information about the characters...and decide on the course of action later.”

"The course of action...you mean, choose whether the two of you should act together or explore separately?" Klein reacted almost immediately.

"Yes, so we need to confirm our 'novice preferential status' and confirm each other's carrying skills. Although the following is just my personal guess... I think that the character we draw next time may not have the advantages of the current character.

You should take advantage of the 'newbie period' now, collect the points Russell mentioned, and unlock the redemption function."

Her thoughts coincided with his considerations.

So in the next five minutes, Klein suppressed his embarrassment and allowed the girl to help take care of his clothes. At the same time, he exchanged information with her and got some obscure hints from their character panels.

The "apprentice" that Alice plays at this time is an Extraordinary person. She is a guest like him. Her sanity is at full 100 and her general skills are relatively rich. This is in sharp contrast to the pitiful one who only has two extraordinary abilities.

On the light screen that displayed the name "Claire Sibley", there was written the following text:

General skills: Occult Lv5, Reconnaissance Lv4, Talking Lv4, Medicine Lv4, Stealth Lv3, Disguise Lv3...

In addition to having no combat ability, this character is a perfect supporting character with the ability to explore, first aid, and escape.

And in this way, the strategy will be decided.

"Yano", who possesses combat capabilities, and "Cléa", who is purely on the auxiliary route, should obviously explore together as a combination. To act separately is to seek death.

After returning to his dignified manner, Klein adjusted his mentality, put away the invitation and the "Hunter Medal", opened the door of the lounge without hesitation, and walked into the long and winding room with Alice.

In the corridor, I walked slowly along the various landscape oil paintings hanging on the wall.

"According to the statement given by the doll that looks like Emperor Russell..." After briefly recalling, Klein suppressed the idea of ​​using divination to confirm the safe route, lowered his voice and made a speech based on rational thinking, "In the palace, there are

There are dances and dinners, so if we plan to implement the role of guest identity, we should go to the dinner hall and ballroom. Maybe we can get clues from the communication with others... Of course, we can also ignore the dance and dinner and explore directly.

Go through each room in the palace and look for the collectibles mentioned by the Emperor."

"At this stage, the main purpose is to collect collectibles, and don't forget that the conversation partners in the palace are not only the guests who are keen on pleasure," Alice waved her index finger and pointed forward.

He glanced around the corner and said, "Isn't there a good candidate who has the clearest understanding of the structure and layout of the palace?"

Klein followed her line of sight and unexpectedly saw a maid with her back to them.

Similar to the female attendant who had previously received and guided them, this maid holding a white cloth to wipe the corners of the oil painting frame was dressed in simple black and white clothing. She seemed to be accustomed to her positioning, and her chosen foothold was in the lighting gap between lamps.

It is quite inconspicuous and can easily be ignored by passing guests.

Considering that both of them had negotiation abilities, Klein only hesitated for a moment before taking the initiative to accept the task of communicating with the maid, hoping to become familiar with the persuasion ability of the "Instigator" as soon as possible.

"Ah...guest, you want to visit the palace master's study?" The summoned maid stopped her cleaning work with a troubled look on her face, "It's not impossible. After all, Emperor Russell said that

All rooms in the palace will be open to guests, but..."

"Is there any difficulty?" While mobilizing the instinct that the potion brought to this body, driving the extraordinary ability to enhance persuasion and convincingness, Klein smiled, making this pretty face look friendly and approachable.

.

"In fact... it's like this. Your guest is now in the central building of the palace, and Emperor Russell's study is distributed in the east and west annexes. If two guests want to visit the study, I can only

Being able to lead the two guests to the halfway point, that is, in front of the long corridor leading to the East and West Buildings..."

The maid with a heart mark printed on the pocket of her white apron said this.

Hearing this, Klein was about to strike while the iron was hot and persuade the other party to take them to the so-called annex, but suddenly he felt the girl behind him quietly take a half-step forward and gently pull the hem of his skirt under the cover of the wide skirt.
To be continued...