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"Cough… cough…"
Klein coughed, truly choked, as Lin Ruo's words had quite an impact on him.
Lin Ruo, seeing his state, shook his head in disappointment, a look of heartbroken exasperation on his face: "Klein, your awareness is lacking! You're already like this just from developing two new followers? If I were to develop followers from two entire cities for you one day, wouldn't you just pass out?"
"If you really developed followers from two entire cities for me all at once, I'd be hunted down by the orthodox churches, wouldn't I…" Klein finally recovered and said grumpily.
"That's hard to say. Maybe They would be happy to see it happen…" Lin Ruo said meaningfully, then, without waiting for Klein to ponder, changed the subject: "Besides, I don't just develop followers for you randomly. The two followers I developed for you this time are both in rather special situations."
"Special?" Klein became interested.
"Yes, one of them has some connection to the Abraham family, and the other… her family has been caught up in a conspiracy related to the Loen royal family." Lin Ruo nodded and then briefly introduced Fors and Xio's situations to Klein.
Of course, he kept many details vague, as Klein wasn't ready to know about Mr. Door's corruption or the Loen royal family's apotheosis plot.
After introducing the two's situations, Lin Ruo said with a clear conscience: "Fors is, in any case, my favorite author. I can't just stand by and watch her die, so I had to have her believe in you… and through her, we might be able to find clues related to Abraham. It's a win-win situation."
"But the key issue is that I don't know how to solve the Full Moon Whispers… Doesn't that make this a trap?" Klein said, somewhat amused and helpless.
After hearing Lin Ruo's words, he didn't actually have any objections to Lin Ruo developing two more followers for him. After all, saving people isn't shameful, but he really didn't know how to solve the problem of the Full Moon Whispers, which was the key issue.
"This… I actually have some ideas." Lin Ruo stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face, and said: "I've actually researched the Abraham family's Full Moon Whispers problem and basically determined that it's caused by Mr. Door… so, to completely solve the Abraham family's problem, the most straightforward method would definitely be to kill Mr. Door."
"Of course, that method is a no-go for us. After all, Mr. Door is an King of Angels closest to godhood. The old me might have been able to, but I shouldn't even think about it now, and I don't really want to kill Mr. Door…"
"Wait, the old you could kill Mr. Door?" Klein, who had been listening quietly to Lin Ruo's words, suddenly caught a key phrase and looked at him in disbelief.
Klein, who had been given extra lessons by Lin Ruo, naturally had some understanding of Mr. Door. He was a powerful figure just one step away from becoming a god, and Lin Ruo was now saying that he might have been able to kill Mr. Door in the past?
Although Klein had already recognized Lin Ruo as an angel powerhouse, he hadn't really thought that Lin Ruo was so powerful in the past.
"I guess so. Although I don't remember, according to reliable sources, I seemed to have severely injured the Blood Emperor in the past… Being able to severely injure a True God, if I prepared in advance, I should be able to go head-to-head with Mr. Door?" Lin Ruo said uncertainly, not intending to hide this part of the matter from Klein.
After all, with Klein's accident-prone constitution, the possibility of him encountering big shots in the future was even greater than his. Maybe Lin Ruo would have to rely on him to find clues related to the past in the future, so naturally, there was nothing to hide.
The Blood Emperor… that was a true god!
Lin Ruo had once severely injured a god? Could it be that Lin Ruo was also a powerful figure like Mr. Door, just half a step away from becoming a god?
Klein felt deeply shocked, but he quickly thought of something and asked:
"Wait, but the Blood Emperor is of the Hunter pathway, and aren't you also of the Hunter pathway? According to the rule that there can only be one Sequence 0 and no Sequence 1, when the Blood Emperor was around, you were at most Sequence 2… How did you severely injure Him?"
"You remember quite clearly. It seems you didn't slack off during class…" Lin Ruo glanced at him, then shook his head and said: "Actually, I'm not sure how I did it…"
Klein: ?
Lin Ruo shrugged, revealing a helpless and bitter smile, and said: "I don't have any memories of that part… The only thing I'm currently sure of is that I might not have been of the Hunter pathway back then."
"Uh?" Klein was stunned. He almost subconsciously began to think about what the Hunter's adjacent pathway was, then his face changed drastically, but before he could say that word, Lin Ruo glared at him and said:
"What are you thinking about? How could I be of the Demoness pathway?"
Klein touched his nose guiltily, but he became even more puzzled in his heart.
After all, the Hunter's adjacent pathway was only the Demoness. If Lin Ruo hadn't been a Hunter before, then unless he had forcefully switched pathways, otherwise…
Wait, forcefully switched pathways.
Klein thought of a possibility and asked cautiously: "Lin Ruo, what pathway were you on before?"
"It's said to be the Spectator, but I don't actually know which one it was. Don't ask me why I haven't gone crazy now. I don't know why I didn't go crazy even after forcefully switching pathways…" Lin Ruo shook his head, not intending to hide anything, but looked at Klein and smiled, saying:
"Anyway, no matter what, that's all in the past, a past that I don't remember at all. It's ironic to say that before meeting Azik, I wasn't even sure if I had forgotten anything at all. But now I've discovered that I've forgotten too much, too many things… It's just that because I've forgotten too much, I don't even remember what I've forgotten." At the end, Lin Ruo showed a self-deprecating smile.
Hearing these words, Klein pursed his lips and said: "You'll find it… Lin Ruo, you'll find your memories, and I'll help you too."
He originally thought that Lin Ruo had only lost some memories, but now Klein realized that the memories Lin Ruo had lost might be much more than he imagined.
And if there wasn't a reason, who would give up their original pathway and forcefully switch to a non-adjacent pathway…
"I hope I can find it…" Lin Ruo's smile returned to normal, and he said:
"Let's continue talking about saving the salted fish. We can't really let the salted fish suddenly die during the full moon…"
"Wait, salted fish refers to… Miss Fors?" Klein was stunned.
"Yes." Lin Ruo, who had completely blurted out the nickname in his heart, wasn't embarrassed at all, and said: "If you've met her, you'd know why I call her a salted fish… And she's clearly an author, but she's always late with her manuscripts. If she's not a salted fish, then who is?"
Klein couldn't help but laugh.
Lin Ruo continued: "According to my research, it's actually very simple to save the salted fish. When she can hear the Full Moon Whispers, just pull her onto the gray fog. The gray fog should be able to isolate Mr. Door's whispers, after all, its level is high enough, and if she can't hear it, she naturally won't lose control."
"Although this method doesn't address the root cause, it can still save people."
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