OBS Chapter 114 Mr. Z's Excitement
Chapter 114 Mr. Z's Excitement
Chapter 114 Mr. Z's Excitement
Lanius, who had just regained consciousness from the news of Megos's pregnancy, suddenly realized something and hurriedly took off his clothes. To his surprise, he found that the muscles in his abdomen were faintly forming an inverted cross, which made him, who already knew a lot about the Aurora Society, tremble.
Just then, he heard Megas leading the butler upstairs. He quickly fastened his shirt and, using his "con artist" abilities, precisely controlled his expression to prevent himself from giving away any clues.
"Welcome, Mr. Buck. How may I help you?"
Upon meeting, Lanius showered Butler Buck with excessive flattery, for without Butler Buck's investment, he would not have been able to gain fame so quickly.
"I heard that gentlemen have been enthusiastically subscribing these past two days. I wonder how much investment you've secured."
"Everyone is very enthusiastic, and gentlemen keep bidding up the price. Now, including your investment, a total of 30 gold pounds has been raised this time, and the money will be credited to your account in the next two days."
Because of the overwhelming demand, the confidence of those who were still observing was constantly strengthened, and Lanius raised more and more funds. Correspondingly, the shares held by those who bought in advance also appreciated in value. To some extent, Lanius has already achieved its goal of increasing the value of investors' shares by 43%.
This made Lanius understand why the large companies in Backlund often had suffocating practices, and he subconsciously thought that Butler Buck wanted to sell his shares in advance, and had already begun to prepare persuasive arguments.
To his surprise, the butler, Barker, did not intend to sell his shares. Instead, he suggested that Lanius deposit the proceeds of his investment into Backlund Bank, which would offer him relatively high interest rates.
The proposal tempted Lanius. He hadn't anticipated being able to swindle so much money, so he hadn't prepared a hidden channel for the flow of funds beforehand.
He had already decided in his heart that he would run away in the next two days. It was not easy to carry so much cash with him. It would be much more convenient to open an account at Backlund Bank.
Lanius knew that once his scam was exposed, all his accounts would be frozen immediately, and the victims would do everything in their power to recover the money they had been swindled out of.
But Lanius didn't care about any of that, because he wasn't going to wait until the deception was about to be exposed before leaving.
He's preparing to leave in the next couple of days.
It wouldn't take more than a few hours to travel from Tingen to Backlund by steam train. He could easily take advantage of the time difference and withdraw all the money in Backlund before anyone could react.
For some reason, Lanluus felt a little uneasy, so he asked why he wasn't allowed to deposit his money in the Ahova Bank owned by the Horn family.
Barker explained that the economy was not doing well, and Akhova Bank, being a small bank, was not prepared to take in large amounts of deposits at the moment. This was because deposits required interest payments, and for banks, deposits were equivalent to liabilities. Given the current poor economic situation, small banks were not well-suited for lending.
Moreover, Ahova Bank is the Horn family's family bank, which mainly adheres to conservative financial policies, which is why they ultimately gave up this considerable amount of deposit.
However, the profits couldn't go to outsiders, so the butler, Barker, introduced Lanius to place the investment funds in Backlund Bank, which had a nationwide presence. This was because a large amount of deposits would make Backlund Bank's financial statements look better this year. After all, Backlund Bank was a publicly traded company, and they couldn't let the stock price fall and affect the bankers' interests. The Horn family happened to be the sixth largest shareholder of Backlund Bank.
After thinking it over, Lanius felt that there were no loopholes in the butler's explanation, so he agreed to the butler's suggestion and had someone open an account at the Steward Bank's branch in Tingen to deposit the investment funds received in the past two days.
What Lanius didn't know was that as soon as his money was deposited into the bank, it was transferred to an account at a little-known small bank in Backlund, leaving only numbers in his account.
Meanwhile, Mr. Z, who had tracked down the clues left behind in Sirius Arepis's home, watched from the opposite office building as Megas, who was in a room constantly stroking her belly and showing a heartwarming smile, shed tears of happiness.
This greatly intrigued him because Sirius Arepis refused Mr. Z's request to leave Tingen and revealed his intention to develop a "Thief" extraordinary individual and to prepare for the rites of the Creator's offspring's arrival.
After Mr. Z arranged for Triss's departure, he disregarded the risks and re-entered the city of Tingen, intending only to contact Sirius Arepis, only to find that the Night Watchers had come to his door.
Mr. Z could only take Sirius Arepius's diary with him, and after performing anti-divination measures at his residence to cover up the relevant traces, he hurriedly fled.
Because of the meticulous search by the three extraordinary teams in Tingen, Mr. Z only confirmed that Lanluus was the believer that Sirius Arepis wanted to develop for the Lord after seeing today's newspaper report about Lanluus.
Mr. Zhi was preparing to make some observations today and was looking for Lanluus, but he did not expect to see Megous instead.
The man was deeply moved, repeatedly making the sign of the cross backwards on his chest, praising the Almighty Lord, and praying for the sacrificed Sirius Arepius.
Finally, Mr. Z stopped praying. He was determined to protect God's offspring with his own life, and his gaze toward Lanius turned unusually cold.
Because of Lanius's deception, his place has become the most conspicuous location in Tingen, making it extremely unsafe for Megaus and the Divine Child to act under such circumstances.
With an outsider's perspective and knowing that Lanluus is a "fraudster," Mr. Z saw through his deception at a glance. So he decided to expose Lanluus's trickery, let him escape to attract the attention of others, and he himself would take Megaus to hide and find a more suitable "breeding ground" to wait for the arrival of the divine child.
Thinking this, Mr. Z no longer hesitated. He looked deeply through the glass at Megas, whose face was full of happiness and maternal glow, and then transformed into a blood-red, irregular body, flowing into the mouth of a man next to him who was filled with fear, and commanded him to leave.
Meanwhile, Klein returned to Hoy University. Evan asked him to find more information about Mount Hornach, and he readily agreed. He had written to his advisor last week to arrange a visit, and today he came to keep the appointment.
Klein walked along the Tasok River for a while, found the road leading to the history department, found the old-fashioned history department building, and found his advisor's office.
He knocked and entered the office, only to find that his mentor was not there, only Instructor Azik was working inside.
"Hello, Mr. Azik, I need to speak with my tutor. We had an appointment."
Azik, of medium build, with brown hair, black eyes, and bronze skin, put down his pen, glanced at Klein, frowned slightly, carefully examined Klein for a few moments, and then smiled and said:
"Cohen received a last-minute notice to attend a meeting at the University of Tingen. He gave you instructions regarding your arrival, so he left some things for me to give you."
As he spoke, Azik took out a book, "Studies on the Ancient Remains of Mount Hornachis," from the drawer in front of him and handed it to Klein.
Klein naturally noticed Mr. Azik's scrutiny of him, and after taking the book, he looked at himself and asked:
"Have I done anything rude?"
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Mr. Azik shook his head and said somewhat uncertainly:
"You've become different from ordinary people, just like the police officers who come to the school to investigate the Welch case. We'll talk about that later. You should read this book first."
Klein was startled and quickly activated his spiritual vision to observe Mr. Azik. Azik's aura was reflected in his eyes, but everything seemed normal.
Klein could only put aside his doubts for now and find a seat to read the book in front of him, since he was no longer a student at the school.
I can't borrow the book anymore, so I need to read it as soon as possible.
Klein discovered many problems in the book, such as the description of the Heavenly Mother, and found that the description of the Heavenly Mother overlapped greatly with that of the Goddess of Night, leading him to believe that this was the reason why the Church of Night destroyed the Kingdom of Night.
Meanwhile, the illustrations inside caught Klein's attention. The style of the ruins in the photograph was consistent with the style of the palace Klein saw when he first divined a client's dream.
In his dream, he saw a huge, magnificent palace atop the mountain, containing a giant chair that did not belong to a human.
Countless transparent maggots were slowly wriggling on it.
This confirmed to Klein that his dream, the gray mist around him, and the secret of his time travel were all related to the treasure of the Antigonus family on the main peak of Hornachis. This was the key to his future exploration of the secret of time travel, and he would never go there before his strength reached a certain level.
After putting down his book, Klein looked at Mr. Azik, hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to get straight to the point and ask:
"Mr. Azik, why do you say I'm like the police investigating the Welch case? What exactly have you figured out?"
Klein had previously thought that Evan had sent him to the university to find information about the Hornach Mountains just to help him answer his questions about how to take over a territory.
Mr. Azik's reaction just now made Klein realize that Mr. Azik was not simple, and at the same time he realized that Evan's purpose in leading him to the school was not pure, but contained a deeper meaning.
At the same time, he believed that Evan would not harm him, so he decided to cut to the chase and ask Mr. Azik questions directly.
Clearly, Mr. Azik hadn't expected Klein to be so direct, and was caught off guard. He took a deep drag on his pipe, exhaled a thick cloud of white smoke, and said with a wry smile:
"You're no longer an ordinary person, is it because of Welch and Naya's case?"
"Yes! Or rather, I was supposed to have an accident too, and die inexplicably like them, but I was just a little luckier than them."
Klein didn't hide anything and admitted it directly.
Have you recently encountered a lot of coincidences, or things you think aren't coincidences but are actually connected?
Azik nodded, not pressing the matter further, but instead continued to ask questions.
Upon hearing this, Klein tensed up, because he had been dealing with coincidences lately, and he already knew that it was the power of high sequence at work.
Of all the people in Tingen, only Evan, Leonard, and himself were aware of it, because each of them had a special reason.
Klein never expected that a teacher who looked like an ordinary person could spot the mastermind at a glance, which made him nervous.