Mystery: From Celestial Venerable's Backup to Red Priest

Chapter 26 Fabricating a Script

Evan reflected on recent events and felt that his influence on the 008 script was only limited to bringing events forward, without actually interfering with the script.

Was it because Klein told Dunn about 'Ryle Bieber' beforehand that Ince Zangwill could no longer ignore Klein's influence, and thus began to manipulate Old Neil out of a desire to deal with Klein?

"hiss……"

Evan gasped, realizing he had been somewhat negligent in his actions. If Klein's and his own resurrection could be attributed to their own good fortune, then Klein's inexplicable knowledge of Riel Bieber's affairs was enough to make Ince Zangwill take seriously the disruption Klein had caused to his plans.

From Ince Zangwell's perspective, there are two unstable factors in Tingen that he cannot control: one is Evan, and the other is the newly emerging Klein.

Evan has confirmed his departure from Tingen for Backlund, so is Ince Zangwill about to get rid of Klein?

Evan put himself in Evan's shoes. If he were Ince Zangwell, and found that Klein was also an unstable factor like Evan, but because Klein had already joined the Night Watch and it was impossible to transfer him away from Tingen, would he think of eliminating Klein directly?

The answer is undoubtedly that Ince Zangwell wanted to eliminate the destabilizing factors to ensure the success of his plan.

Later in the story, 008 made some changes to the script because Klein wasn't killed by the Secret Order's "Magician." It seems that given the slightest chance, Ince Zangwill would definitely have killed him.

However, because Klein prematurely caused the Riel Bieber incident, a gap appeared in the script previously set by 008. Therefore, if Ince Zangwill wanted to get rid of Klein, he had to start with the people around him.

Klein's interpersonal relationships are relatively simple, mainly consisting of family and colleagues.

My family members are all ordinary people, so I don't need to consider them. Besides, any arrangements I could make would be slow to take effect. So I can only consider the staff on night duty.

If there were any weak links in the entire Night Watch team, then the biggest flaws would be the elderly Neil, who felt guilty about his fiancée when he was young, and Cohen, who had just taken the "Sleepless" potion but had little experience.

Discovering that Old Neil, who taught Klein occult knowledge, was a flaw that could be exploited, Ince Zangwill would not be the Ince Zangwill who decisively stole 008 and defected after failing to advance his career.

Evan put himself in that situation and concluded that if he were Ince Zangwell, he would definitely exploit Old Neil's weakness to eliminate Klein, this unstable factor.

Not much needs to be done; a small mistake during Professor Neil's occult ritual would be enough to take them both away.

Of course, doing this is too risky. After all, Old Neil is a senior extraordinary person. Making a low-level mistake would arouse suspicion and be detrimental to subsequent plans.

So let's take a roundabout approach and just let Old Neil lose control and kill Klein in the confined space. Old Neil is already old and is a high-risk potential lose-control individual. He also has a sad past from his youth, and his family has already begun preparations for the life-forging ritual. It's easy to find out about that later.

From this perspective, Neil is a natural scapegoat!

If something really happens, everyone will just assume that Old Neil lost control and caused the tragedy, and no one will bother to investigate the underlying reasons.

Evan sat upright on the bed, and the more he thought about it, the more likely his guess seemed, and the more controllable it was.

"Damn, since Klein was interrupted when he wanted to ask for my opinion, and Old Neil has already been clearly mentioned in the 008 script, in order to prevent any possible accidents, Ince Zangwell might take action in advance."

These past few days, Klein, having learned in advance that there was a mastermind behind Tingen, must have been actively learning from Old Neil in the basement; there have been too many similar opportunities.

"No, I need to warn Klein quickly, but it would be too conspicuous and obvious for me to go out now. How should I inform Klein?"

After thinking for a moment, Evan decided to use the "Fool" on the gray fog to send the message.

Without hesitation, Evan got up and started decorating his bedroom in his pajamas. Although Evan knew that Klein didn't care about the accuracy of the so-called ritual, he still had to pretend.

So he asked the servant in the next room to prepare the appropriate food, and then arranged the ceremony according to the same standard as last time. Finally, wearing his pajamas, he prayed in Chinese:

"Fusheng Xuanhuang Immortal Lord, Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianjun, Fusheng Xuanhuang God, Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun."

……

Klein, who had just fallen asleep and was still a little drowsy, was exhausted after a day of studying occultism with Old Neil and just wanted to sleep.

But when he sensed someone praying to him, just like Evan's prayer last time, he was so angry he wanted to curse, but he didn't dare to slack off. He could only force himself to wake up and take four steps backward into the gray fog to see what was going on.

The Fool had just pulled Evan, who was still in his pajamas, upstairs when Evan eagerly spoke first:

"Mr. Fool, I just had a similar dream to the one before. In the dream, it showed that the high-sequence powerhouse has made his move again!"

Upon hearing this, "The Fool" Klein's heart skipped a beat, but wanting to maintain his image, he instead reassured Evan in a nonchalant tone:

"Don't rush, the sky won't fall. Tell me slowly what you dreamed about."

The fool's words seemed to have a real effect; Evan gradually calmed himself down and organized his thoughts to say:

"I dreamt that the mastermind behind this once again orchestrated the actions of my classmate, your follower Klein. I believe he is about to strike Klein. Please inform Klein as soon as possible and warn him to be on guard."

Upon hearing Evan's words, Klein was even more alarmed than Evan.

"What? I've been set up by the mastermind again? How come I didn't know?"

Klein quickly recalled his actions that day. He had spent most of the day learning about mysticism from Old Neil and observing his situation. He felt that nothing special had happened that required special arrangements from the mastermind.

To gain a better understanding of the situation, the Fool instructed:

"You should write down what you dreamed about!"

Evan had anticipated this, and he immediately began to imagine it in his mind. The image materialized on the gray mist as a pen and paper. Evan then wrote down what he had memorized before his prayer on the paper.

"Klein wanted to report his doubts about Old Neil's condition to Captain Dunn, but after thinking it over, he felt that his reasons for doubt were not sufficient, so he did not speak and decided to continue to observe for a few more days before making a decision."

"Old Neil, the night watchman, is getting on in years and has recently been dreaming of his fiancée who died unexpectedly when he was young. He believes this is a sign that his own life is also coming to an end."

He never married, and his heart was still filled with love for his fiancée Celeste. Coupled with his regret for the mistake he made when he performed the ritual magic, he was tormented by his heart for many years.

So he finally decided to stop hesitating and waiting, and officially begin to perform the unexpected 'Life Alchemy' ritual to resurrect his lover.

He wanted to see his fiancée one last time, no matter what, even if he couldn't return to God's kingdom after death.

"Because the image of his fiancée in his dream became more and more realistic, Old Neil became more and more convinced that he could succeed and became more and more eager to complete the ritual. This caused him to collect more and more blood from his own body, and his physical and mental state deteriorated to the extreme."

"When teaching Klein Moretti about mysticism, the seal behind the Chanis Gate unexpectedly loosened slightly, and the aura of the sealed object leaked out, directly affecting Old Neil, who was in extremely poor condition. This caused him to lose control and turn into a monster, frantically attacking everything around him."

Klein Moretti, who had previously been very lucky, lost his luck and ultimately met a tragic end, following in the footsteps of his two classmates.

Klein looked at what Evan had written in his hand and was shocked. He never expected that what he had forgotten to say because Evan had interrupted him was actually the arrangement of the mastermind behind the scenes, and he had been completely unaware of it. This made Klein feel a chill from the bottom of his heart.

Klein was even more enraged by Old Neil's situation and the mastermind's arrangement for his own fate.

The mastermind's previous arrangements for Klein were actually arrangements for the original owner of the body. 'Zhou Mingrui' didn't have a direct feeling about it, but now that he finds himself truly becoming someone else's prey, the anger that fills his whole body is uncontrollable.

Even Evan, who had been respectfully waiting for the Fool to read what he had written, seemed to sense the anger emanating from the Fool. He couldn't help but gasp, thinking to himself, "I can't let Klein find out that I made up the rest of the story!"

That's right, the rest of the story wasn't in Ince Zangwell's or 008's script at all; it was all made up by Evan. However, Evan's fabrication wasn't entirely without basis.

Evan wasn't sure what Ince Zangwell and 008's intentions were in including Old Neil in the script. Even the conjecture that it was to eliminate Klein, this exposed stabilizing factor, was just Evan's speculation without any real factual basis, although Evan considered the possibility of this speculation to be very high.

Moreover, once it's included in the script, coupled with Neil's own problems, it's definitely not going to be a good thing.

People like Old Neil and Captain Dunn, who have close ties with Klein, are people Evan absolutely has to protect. This was a pre-determined strategy of Evan's, so no matter what Ince Zangwill wants to do, Evan has to interrupt his spellcasting.

However, it was not convenient for Evan to step forward in this matter, as it might change his plans to leave Tingen. Therefore, Evan ultimately decided to write a script for Ince Zangwill, knowing in advance what Old Neil was doing, to bring up Old Neil's problems in advance, so that Ince Zangwill could no longer use Old Neil for his own purposes, and at the same time, to remove the potential problems associated with Old Neil.

Moreover, doing this has another advantage: it allows the Church of the Night's "Sanctuary" to send a "Spy" ahead of time, which is good for the entire Night Watch team.

Evan clearly remembered that before Ince Zangwell seized Saint Selena's ashes, he personally arranged for the spy from the sanctuary to be unable to arrive on time due to a steam train malfunction.

This shows that whether or not the Night Watch squad has a "spy" has an impact on the overall situation.

If the Night Watch team gains a powerful occult expert again because of Old Neil, who knows where the 008 storyline will lead.