Chapter 108: Probing Klein
Klein crouched on the roof of the police station, looking down at the police officers below. With a gentle push from his powerful legs, he shot forward like a bullet.
Currently, the wings on his back could only help Klein glide in the air, not truly fly. Perhaps further evolution would make it possible. However, Klein roughly understood the prerequisite for evolution: eating people! He was still afraid to believe that in his fit of blind rage last time, he had consumed four living people.
"From now on, I, Klein, will never kill again. This is my bottom line as a human being," Klein sat hunched on top of the skyscraper, gazing up at the moonlit sky.
Tonight's moon was exceptionally bright. Perhaps this was the covenant the Moon Goddess had made with him.
Klein used his mandibles to clean his dual blades. The antennae on his forehead gently swayed.
"Who?!" Klein suddenly turned his head and saw a Black-Clad Man standing there.
"Silas?" Klein asked tentatively.
Little Black, wearing the Tara Mask stood silently behind Klein. A strong wind blew across his body, causing his sleeves to flutter.
"It seems you are the evil one," Klein said, adopting a fighting stance like a praying mantis. "I will send you to the police station."
The corners of Little Black's mouth curved up beneath the mask. He extended his right index finger and beckoned, signaling Klein to come and try if he dared.
"How arrogant." Klein had never been defeated since obtaining his powers.
Klein leaped up quickly, raising his dual blades high, aiming to slice at Little Black's head. At the same time, he held back some of his strength.
There was no way Little Black would be hit by such a simple attack. He flipped backward, pulled a magical rope from his chest, and threw it toward Klein.
Klein thought it was just an ordinary rope, and as usual, he tried to slice it with his dual blades. To his surprise, his blades didn't cut the magical rope. Instead, the rope tightly wrapped around and restrained him.
This magical rope had been manufactured using Silas's Dark Magic, so its toughness was incomparable to ordinary rope.
Klein tried to use his hands to break free from the magical rope's control. Little Black immediately steadied his feet and pulled hard against Klein.
However, it was clear that Klein's strength was far superior to Little Black's. Instead, Little Black was dragged toward Klein.
"Here I come," Klein said, opening his mandibles, preparing to clamp down on Little Black's neck.
Little Black immediately let go of the magical rope, drilled into the Shadow Realm, and then reappeared about five meters away from Klein.
"What a slippery eel," Klein said, using his mandibles to bite through the magical rope. Although the magical rope was very tough, it was not completely indestructible.
Seeing his moment had come, Little Black quickly prepared to withdraw.
"Since you're here, don't be in such a hurry to leave." The antennae on Klein's forehead trembled rapidly. Boom!
Little Black was instantly disintegrated into black smoke by the infrasound wave Klein emitted.
"Did he run away?" Klein stood in place, slightly out of breath.
This was Klein's secret weapon: the ultra-infrasound wave! It was strong enough to deafen the enemy, but unfortunately, the Demon Lord still escaped.
Klein knew from Silas that when the Black-Clad Man turned into black smoke, he wasn't dead but had retreated to another dimension.
"Mhm~" Klein looked around, picked up the broken magical rope, and left.
The Other Side
"Little Black died?" Silas was extremely surprised. He hadn't expected Little Black to need reviving. Little Black was known for his caution, yet he was killed by Klein. He didn't even manage to transmit his final memories.
Silas immediately resurrected Little Black, summoned him back, and asked, "Tell me, what happened?"
"Forgive me, Master. Klein possesses a special sonic ability. I didn't have time to retreat into the Shadow Realm before my entire body was shattered by the vibration," Little Black explained, standing beside Silas.
Silas nodded. "You need to be more careful in the future. Although he is not an enemy now, there's no guarantee for the future."
Little Black grew angrier the more he thought about it. He gestured with his hands: Master, I plan to manufacture an ultra-infrasound wave machine. I want to use his own method against him. He was particularly unwilling to accept being instantly shattered by Klein. He wanted revenge, and he wanted to take revenge using the exact method Klein used to "kill" him.
"That's a good idea. I hope you can achieve it," Silas encouraged him. This would give them a weapon to counter Klein if they ever had to face him later. Silas had confidence in Little Black and believed he could certainly create such a weapon.
"We will stop collecting data on Klein here. These are essentially all his abilities," Silas said, putting down his glass of juice.
Little Black immediately held out a glass of milk. Master, drinking milk at night helps with sleep.
"I know, but I want to drink juice," Silas replied. He didn't like the taste of milk; juice tasted better.
Peter was absent again tonight, returning to his usual busy routine. Silas's spy, a Shadowkhan ninja, reported that Peter was bored tonight and went to Hell's Kitchen. Hearing this, Silas immediately understood. Hell's Kitchen, that area was notoriously chaotic.
While this area still had people wandering the streets at night, Hell's Kitchen was a different story. When darkness fell, those wandering the streets were hardened criminals. Most people there carried a gun in their pockets for self-defense or other purposes.
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night for the young Spider-Man, Peter. Silas lay on his chair, looking up at the ceiling. Both his Justice Points and Sin Points had reached over 3,000. He could use either to unlock the Talisman clue. He just didn't know what the next Talisman would be.
"Please be the Dog," Silas prayed internally. If he got the Dog Talisman, he would truly be stable. The Dog Talisman didn't just grant immortality, it also provided an invulnerability-like ability. However, objects hitting the body would still hurt unless combined with the Horse Talisman to remove the sensation of pain.
Silas opened the Talisman Clue in the shop. After thinking for a while, he decided to use his Justice Points to redeem the clue.
Currently, the Justice Magic redeemed with Justice Points was not as useful as the Dark Magic. Many Dark Magic spells were incredibly powerful, only being countered by Justice Magic. However, since Justice Magic didn't exist in the Marvel world, he didn't have to worry about being countered.
Silas redeemed the next Talisman clue, and his consciousness entered the hazy gray space once again.
"Let's see what this Talisman is," Silas said, stretching his neck. As long as it wasn't the uncontrollable Rat Talisman or the temporarily useless Sheep Talisman, Silas felt he could accept it.
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