Chapter 120: Gehrman Sparrow Appears
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August 4th, Saturday, morning.
For Klein, a wonderful day begins with breakfast.
"Knock knock knock!"
The sudden knock on the door made Klein open it, and as expected, he saw a familiar figure.
However, unlike usual, Lin Ruo wasn't wearing his tailcoat suit today. Instead, he wore a black trench coat more suitable for combat, along with a matching semi-high silk top hat that he rarely wore. In his hand, he carried a leather suitcase.
"Good morning, Klein!" Lin Ruo greeted with a smile.
"Good morning, Lin Ruo. What's with the outfit...?" Klein returned the greeting, feeling puzzled.
"Of course, it's a special outfit made for my new identity." Lin Ruo said, walking into the room. After putting down the not-so-large suitcase, he opened a hidden compartment and took out a file bag, handing it to Klein.
"Your identity documents are all in here. Take a look." Lin Ruo said. The last time he mentioned the new identity to Klein, he hadn't given him the identity documents.
Klein quickly took the file bag. Inside was a complete set of identity documents, with the name "Gehrman Sparrow." In addition, there was a brief identity description: "Gehrman Sparrow" was once a bounty hunter who, after hearing tales of wealth on the sea, decided to switch careers and become a maritime adventurer.
"More details about this identity need to be designed and filled in by you, including his appearance, personality, past, and everything else. This can also be considered a form of acting as a Faceless in advance." As Lin Ruo said this, he took out another identity document from the suitcase and said,
"As your partner who will be going to sea with you, I also have a fake identity: Wayne Kent. In terms of design, he's also a guy who switched from being a bounty hunter to a maritime adventurer." It's worth mentioning that Lin Ruo used Chinese pronunciation when saying the fake identity name.
"Wayne Kent?" Klein blinked, his mind quickly processing the reference. "Wayne is Wayne plus the last word of Bruce, and Kent is Superman's human surname... Are you trying to be a superhero with this name?"
"I wouldn't go as far as superhero, but after all, we're hunting evil!" Lin Ruo smiled, took out a mirror from the suitcase, muttered a phrase to switch to Faceless, and began to mold his face right in front of Klein.
A few seconds later, a stranger with short, deep black hair and ocean-blue eyes, looking quite gentlemanly yet handsome, appeared before Klein.
Having seen Lin Ruo change faces in person before, Klein was naturally not surprised. He watched as Lin Ruo turned around and handed him something.
It was something that looked like a tattered moth wing, but the material resembled jade.
"This is 'Moth Influence'…" Lin Ruo first briefly introduced the method of using 'Moth Influence' to Klein, and then simply explained the existence of the Moth and their followers. Of course, in Lin Ruo's narrative, he accidentally discovered the existence of these followers and only obtained some fragmented information after continuous investigation.
"To be honest, I really suspect that they come from other worlds, but there is no definite evidence yet." Lin Ruo sighed and said, "In short, from the current point of view, these guys are not good people. You can treat them as cultists."
"Use this 'Moth Influence' for now. I've confirmed that there should be no danger in using it. Of course, if you feel anything unusual, remember to tell me in time. I will also observe your situation at any time." Lin Ruo instructed. He had indeed confirmed that "Moth Influence" was not dangerous. For this reason, he even specially consulted the Goddess with ritual magic—after all, it concerned Klein, so he couldn't be careless.
And the Goddess had responded, telling him to use it with confidence. This was why Lin Ruo dared to hand over the "Moth Influence" to Klein with such peace of mind.
"I understand. I'll pay attention." Klein nodded, but his heart remained unsettled for a long time.
Before today, he had never imagined that there would be Moth followers in this world, and that these followers were suspected to come from other worlds.
Klein almost subconsciously suspected that these Moth followers might also be fellow countrymen, but he recalled the various legends about gods he had heard before his transmigration and found that there was no mention of them.
Perhaps they are from other worlds. After all, if he could transmigrate, people from other worlds could certainly transmigrate as well.
At this moment, Klein, who still didn't know that he hadn't transmigrated at all and had only been sleeping on the Sefirah Castle for an unknown number of years, thought to himself.
Then, he began to study the "Moth Influence" in his hand. Soon, under Lin Ruo's gaze, Klein's appearance changed.
It was a young man who closely matched the original description of Gehrman Sparrow's appearance—neat black hair, deep brown eyes, a thin face, and deep features, only lacking a pair of gold-rimmed glasses above the bridge of his nose.
To be honest, Lin Ruo couldn't be sure if Klein's current appearance was the same as the original. After all, he had never seen the "Gehrman Sparrow" from the original novel.
But it must be said that Klein's current appearance quite matched Lin Ruo's ideal image of "Gehrman Sparrow."
"Well, not a bad image, but I always feel like something is missing…" So Lin Ruo pretended to stroke his chin, revealing a thoughtful expression, and then suddenly said, "Wait for me a moment," and then used Teleportation to leave in Klein's dumbfounded expression. He returned a minute or two later, only with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses in his hand.
"Put these on. I feel like they will better complement your current temperament." Lin Ruo handed the gold-rimmed glasses to Klein.
Klein: ?
Although his mind was full of confusion, Klein still took the glasses from Lin Ruo and put them on the bridge of his nose, then took the mirror from Lin Ruo's hand.
Looking at the unfamiliar young man in the mirror, Klein had to admit that Lin Ruo's gold-rimmed glasses did indeed match his new image, which was based on the face he used when he was Zhou Mingrui, and could even be said to be just right.
Strangely, even though the entire new image looked flawless, Klein had a inexplicable sense of awkwardness.
Soon, Klein found the source of this awkwardness—his expression.
Gehrman Sparrow should not show expressions belonging to Klein Moretti… His personality should be completely different from Klein's…
Remembering the settings related to the new identity that he had been pondering these past few days, Klein pondered for a moment, then looked at the mirror, restrained his smile, and his expression gradually turned cold.
A cold feeling immediately appeared on him, combined with the gentlemanly feeling brought by the gold-rimmed glasses, mixing into a strange temperament.
He suddenly showed a smile, a smile that could be called gentle and polite, but seemed to contain madness.
"Hello, I am Gehrman Sparrow."
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