Chapter 223 The Tortoise and the Hare

Backlund on the morning of September 9th.

Klein got up early and practiced poetry recitation for a while. After breakfast, he dressed in decent clothes with some excitement and anticipation, and prepared to go to the steam station to pick up his brother and sister.

Last night, when he was about to go to sleep, he received a letter from Old Blue, saying that he had brought the gifts prepared by Klein to Benson and Melissa, and explained the matter of hiring Benson and suggesting that the two siblings come to Backlund for a visit.

Klein was not optimistic about the prospect of the company founded by Old Blue to research the "perpetual motion machine". After all... a perpetual motion machine! How many great scientists had failed with this thing!

Whether it is on Earth or in another world, the "law of conservation of energy" can't be wrong, right? This "conservation" will have consumption... Never mind, the "keyboard physicist" can only deduce this much...

Although the "perpetual motion machine" is impossible, "infinite energy" can still be saved! Klein still remembers the ball of oil in the pile of debris above the gray fog... If Old Blue can draw out the oil in the "illusory seawater"... Hiss! Big money!
So Klein fully agreed with his becoming a shareholder and Benson joining the company! "Oil Tycoon"!
However, Old Blue knew nothing about the fact that his own seawater could be turned into oil.

Klein was about to open the door with anticipation for his future life, but suddenly he felt the surrounding environment become gloomy! It seemed... there was something new in the room! He was about to open his spiritual vision, but he was shocked to find that he could actually see a floating spirit next to him!

The spirit was in human form and spoke human language:

"Klein, I'm Anthony. There's a meeting that needs you, the 'God's Blessed One', to attend. The location is in the church conference room, and the time is 9 o'clock."

After saying this, the spirit quickly became transparent and then disappeared into the room.

"Saint Anthony... Meeting?" Klein suddenly realized that this was the unique "telephone" of the Church of Night! Because the inspiration of the "corpse collectors" and "sleepless people" in the church has been improved, they can see "spirits" with their naked eyes!
“But 9 o’clock…” Klein looked at his silver pocket watch and saw that the time was almost 8 o’clock. He felt a little embarrassed. Old Blue’s letter said that Benson and Melissa would take the earliest steam train today, which was the 6 o’clock train. Even if it was a little late, they would arrive around 10 o’clock, or 11 o’clock…

It takes at least 2 hours to take the subway to the steam station! This is very normal in a big city!
Then, I won't be able to catch up with the train after the meeting! And Benson and Melissa are in Backlund for the first time! And there's also the possibility of a thief stealing bags!

Of course, Klein himself had no one to pick him up at the station, but he had no choice at that time! Old Blue didn't even know he was coming! And he was heading straight to the church headquarters, so the route was clear...

Klein's eyes became firm. He absolutely couldn't let Benson and Melissa feel malicious intent when they first arrived in Bay City!
Even if you can't get away, you can always ask someone you trust for help!
Old Blue! Uh, he's back in Tingen...

Fors! Uh... plus Hugh? Reliable!
Klein immediately took out the bell that could summon the old Blue messenger. It was the bell that Old Blue had sent with the letter! He shook it twice gently. Woo! The bell made no sound, but a cold wind blew over, and a pile of bones piled up to form a half-human-high "safe" messenger. The messenger shook his body, then opened the door and indicated that he could put the letter in.

Klein was stunned, and he subconsciously summoned the "messenger"... But this "messenger" was not his! Would it help him deliver the letter?
Uh, why didn't I subconsciously summon Mr. Azik's "Bone Giant Messenger"?

I remember! Because the "Safe" courier is a role model in the industry, and his service is thoughtful! And the skeleton giant might slap me when he hears the request...

"Can you help me deliver the letter? Not to Old Blue, but to Fors, uh..." Klein couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand. How could a messenger know a specific person in real life?
The door of the messenger box slammed shut, and the bones on the door changed rapidly, forming a sentence in Hermetic text:
"Yes, I am happy to serve you. Are you referring to the woman who was with you yesterday? She has a 'token' that can summon me. I can get there quickly."

It really works! Klein looked at the words that were almost covering the door of the box and realized that Fors also had a summoning bell!
“Okay, then… uh, can you wait for me for a moment? I’ll write a letter and you can take it to me.” Klein’s face was burning. This time, even he felt that he was too difficult to please! What kind of “master” treatment was this!
"Okay." The door of the box spelled out a big word.

“Okay…” Klein hurriedly found a pen and paper and quickly wrote a letter, sincerely asking the two ladies for help. He handed the letter to the messenger and watched him leave. The messenger didn’t complain at all. He couldn’t help but sigh:
"As expected, he is the benchmark of the messenger world..."

……

Somewhere in the spiritual world with rich colors, there is a castle that is completely black, with towering pointed roofs and covered with vines. It is in a very Gothic style. On the top of the castle stands a translucent woman. She has no head, or rather, her heads are held in her drooping hands, and there are four of them. The head has blonde hair and red eyes, and her appearance is bright.

Suddenly, the thin mist above the castle was dispersed, and it seemed that something was speeding towards them!

The headless woman, who was almost as tall as the castle, used the head in her hand to look, only to see that it was the "safe" that usually crawled at a snail's pace!
The "Safe" messenger slowly pointed the skeleton box door at the headless woman, and Hermetic characters suddenly appeared on it, and the characters even imitated the other person's tone of voice:
"Ha ha ha ha.

"Turtle, Renette, come and chase me."

Swoosh! Renette Tinicole's eight eyes glowed with anger, and her four tightly closed mouths opened, but no sound came out.

"Transformation Curse" is activated!
Whoosh! The "Safe" courier disappeared immediately, and it disappeared at a speed that even Reinette couldn't catch!
And Renette only saw that the gray fog, which was always high and mighty and mysterious...actually gave the "turtle shell" an advantage!
——"Turtle Shell" is the nickname that Ms. Renette gave to the "safe", which originated from a...encounter. Well, Ms. Renette was very curious and wanted to see what was inside the safe... In the end, she found that the door of the box was harder to pry open than a turtle shell!

"#￥@%" Renette cursed out the unique swear words of the southern continent, and flew into the air, following the direction of the "turtle shell".

……

Fors had just finished washing up and was half asleep as she ate the sandwich that Xio had brought back. She had been studying extraordinary materials until very late last night. How late was it? Well, she only slept for two hours...

“Fors, you’re too…” Xio suddenly felt that marrying Fors off early wouldn’t be a bad thing. At least it would allow her to have a more regular life…

Suddenly, a cold wind blew, but the two were already somewhat used to it. It should be the messenger of Old Blue, right? They turned their heads and looked, but they did not see the familiar white bone cabinet door... but...

"Squeak..."

A fat white rabbit with red and tearful eyes jumped out from the spirit world. It took out a letter with the Holy Emblem of Night printed on it from its mouth, threw it on the table and wanted to leave, but it remembered the "New Regulations of the Messenger World" and sat down on the table with its head down. What the hell is the point of showing off! Even if you run fast, you can't run faster than the "curse"!

(End of this chapter)