Global Abyss: My Skills Can Enhance Infinitely

"You've advanced to Sequence 7?"

Seeing Klein reappear, Tao Yu noticed an uncontrollable spirituality emanating from him and deduced that he must have taken a Magic Potion.

"Yes, The Fool had already digested it earlier, and I acquired the following ingredient."

Klein responded vaguely, but Tao Yu understood; one of the ingredients had been procured by 'The Sun,' and with the one he purchased himself, it was normal for Klein to have completed his advancement.

"I did a divination earlier, which indicated there would be clues at the crime scene. I'm not sure if it's a misleading prophecy, but I think if he's being so ostentatious, maybe he wants to draw attention."

"You're right, it's very likely he got into some trouble with the previous Evil God's offspring incident."

Klein said seriously.

"Speaking of the Evil God's offspring, this evil spirit tried to coax me into praying to the True Creator. I suspect he might originally have been an Angel under the True Creator's command. I've consulted that gentleman, and He seemed quite interested. It's possible that Becland could spark a divine war."

Tao Yu said with some excitement in his eyes.

It forced Klein beside him to clamp down on his urge to cry with the façade of The Fool.

When he went above the gray fog to get materials, he saw a message from this fellow countryman mentioning things like Medici and War Angel, prompting some inquiries, which he supposed must have come from that evil spirit.

But Klein himself had no knowledge of these matters, leaving him no choice but to stiffly reply with "interesting"...

Yet what exactly was interesting, he himself had no idea.

Now it seemed, his countryman had imagined something on his own.

The True Creator!

The impact of the divination on the contaminated ear had been even greater than that of the Eternal Blazing Sun!

What I said was just "interesting," not that I was interested in the True Creator...

Could it be possible that I was simply interested in the information...

Klein was somewhat vexed, even feeling an impulsive desire to grab Tao Yu and come clean.

He managed to say stiffly,

"Well, I'm thinking that maybe that gentleman hasn't recovered yet. Could it be you misunderstood?"

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Tao Yu waved his hand dismissively, causing Klein's mouth to twitch. He then sighed and had no choice but to head to the East Borough with him.

Fors had discovered several clues, and she went to investigate a relatively simpler place with Fors. Tao Yu and Klein, being mid-sequence, headed to a more complicated location...

...

The dockworker dormitories were where Tao Yu and Klein had found themselves, following a lead provided by Fors and constant divination.

"What do you think? Bet you didn't expect Becland to have such poor conditions," said Tao Yu.

Klein sighed as he took in their surroundings.

Although the family he had come from was not affluent, at least his brother had a relatively stable job, and he himself had completed college.

Even if they had to be frugal, they were not at the very bottom socioeconomically.

But here, many people lived day-to-day, with any small disturbance capable of plunging them into danger.

For Klein, who never wanted for necessities in his previous life, the shock was tremendous.

Without experiencing it firsthand, one could truly not understand what this life was like.

He didn't know Tao Yu's situation, but with sufficient Gold Pounds, his countryman might find it hard to comprehend.

"Hmm, the environment is indeed terrible, and that swindler seems down-to-earth, too."

Tao Yu, though also somewhat emotional, wasn't as sentimental as Klein.

The time he had spent living in the outer city had been even worse than this.

The only saving grace was that his parents both had stable jobs; they didn't have to worry about starving, at worst suffering from some malnutrition...

A Diviner and a 'Witch' who understood divination techniques followed mystical methods, tracking down clues left behind, ultimately locating this place through deliberately left messages, narrowing down to a small area.

"Lanerus is proud, and even provokes on purpose, but the clues he intentionally left this time don't match his style. It seems deliberate, as if he's looking for a breakthrough."

Having narrowed down the area, Klein maintained his composure.

Despite the excitement he felt, partly believing he could exact some revenge, he refrained from rushing in.

Both their divinations had identified the presence of a 'minor calamity' risk in this mission.

"I think you can use your identity as a Church of the Night informant to tip them off."

Although Klein was eager for personal revenge, and now that he had become a Sequence 7 Magician his abilities were not weak, he chose to play it safe at this juncture.

Charging in blindly would be like delivering his head on a platter, not seeking vengeance.

"What level of force do you think the Church of the Night would mobilize if we reported it to them, even hinting that the case may involve issues with an Evil God?"

Tao Yu contemplated for a moment then posed the question in return.

Hearing this, Klein furrowed his brows—it would likely be a top mid-sequence member or someone with high-level Sealing Techniques?

"So maybe I should take direct action and try," said Tao Yu.

"Eh, you want to use that again?"

Klein remembered Tao Yu's ominous aura from before and couldn't say who was more corrupted.

"Don't worry, my strength has improved, so the side effects have lessened."

"But you still have an evil spirit within you."

"No matter, there's no connection between them."

After the Rosago incident, with the necessary preparations, and dealing with a target that shunned the light, Tao Yu had no intention of being overconfident.