Chapter 187: How to Steal the Card of Blasphemy
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"Hello, Lawyer Hobert," the silver-haired woman said generously with a smile. "I've attended your defense for Mr. Bob; it was wonderful."
Hobert smiled. "I didn't realize I was so famous now."
Jessica then realized she hadn't introduced them and proceeded to do so.
The silver-haired woman was called Carrie. She had short hair, wore knightly attire, was tall, had tanned skin, and looked very healthy. From a distance, she looked more like a young man.
Carrie thanked Hobert for the complimentary tickets. Hobert exchanged pleasantries while recalling that Carrie's weapon was a warhammer, a rarely used weapon requiring astonishing strength and reflexes.
Carrie's broad frame did prove she had sufficient strength.
After a few pleasantries, they each went to explore.
Hobert began to earnestly search for the "Black Emperor" card. Just then, he heard Carrie whisper to Jessica, "I originally thought your boss giving you such precious tickets meant he had feelings for you, but now it seems I was overthinking it. There's no trace of impure thoughts in his eyes."
Hobert was stunned. 'Are you two intentionally talking loud enough for me to hear? Or do I look like I'm deaf?'
Jessica said, "Keep it down, Carrie."
Carrie flipped through a high-quality replica book provided by the exhibition and casually said, "It doesn't matter if he hears. I'm complimenting him."
"So, you're relieved now?"
"No, Jessica, for a woman, this is where you've failed."
It seemed they were good friends like Xio and Fors, so they spoke so casually.
Hobert smiled and shook his head, then went to observe the bookmarks in the exhibition area from another angle.
Although the VIP ticket allowed close observation of the exhibits, there was still some distance.
Even so, Hobert's spirituality quickly discovered the "Black Emperor" card. He couldn't explain why he had such a judgment, but he knew that bookmark was the "Black Emperor" card!
Hobert pondered for a moment, then began to observe the structure of the exhibition hall, leaving after ten o'clock.
Back at the firm, Rasga and Dico had already read all the commission letters and consultation letters. There were ten commission letters in total, which Hobert briefly glanced at and found all within his team's scope of work.
So, Hobert picked the case that seemed the most difficult to handle, and distributed the other nine relatively simple cases to others on the team. Hobert also assigned the consultation letters that needed replies, then he took the work he needed to handle himself back to his office.
Although he appeared to be reading the letters, he was actually thinking about how to steal the "Black Emperor" card.
He had been thinking about this issue on the way back and already had some ideas.
Hobert's first idea was to hypnotize a staff member and have the hypnotized person swap out the "Black Emperor" card, or complete a sacrifice in the exhibition hall.
But considering this exhibition had the background of the Church of Steam and Machinery, operations like "hypnosis" would easily be exposed, and it would be easy to trace back to him.
The second method was to ask Fors to help him steal it. She had the ability to "open doors" and was now a "Trickmaster" who could easily divert people's attention. During the exhibition, she could use the "Trickmaster's" methods to steal it and then pass it out through the opened door.
Even if the anti-theft "building block" sealed artifact detected Fors's door opening", it would be fine because the Blasphemy Card would be passed out quickly, and Fors only needed to immediately leave the place where she "opened the door."
But this plan could only be carried out during the day, when there were many people and it was easy to be noticed. If discovered, it would easily attract the attention of the Machinery Hivemind team.
Hobert took a deep breath, recalling how Klein stole the "Black Emperor" card, which was by summoning himself, entering the exhibition hall in spirit form.
This method was impossible to replicate. The "Sefirah Castle" was above the spirit world, making it relatively easy to borrow the power of the spirit world, while the "Nation of Disorder" did not necessarily have such abilities.
After thinking about it, Hobert decided to try it anyway. He locked the office door. Such a summoning didn't necessarily require an altar, but to increase the probability of success, Hobert set up a simple altar on his desk and solemnly chanted in Hermes, "I, in my name, summon the Creator in the Shadow of Order..."
After reciting the summoning incantation, he immediately entered the "Nation of Disorder" and saw a majestic bronze giant door appear at the entrance of the palace he had built. At this time, the two bronze giant doors were slightly ajar, and he could roughly hear his summons to himself.
Spreading his spirituality into it, a huge suction force sucked Hobert's entire spirit body in.
Hobert saw himself standing motionless in front of the altar with a dazed look.
He was now in spirit form and could easily pass through all obstacles unless a Beyonder activated "Spirit Vision", otherwise no one could see him.
Hobert began to try to penetrate the walls, to a greater distance. He saw Rasga and Dico discussing how to reply to letters.
Penetrating the walls again, Hobert came to the street, but soon, he encountered an invisible barrier and could no longer move forward.
As he had envisioned, the "Sefirah Castle" was above the spirit world and had the help of the spirit world, so Klein's spirit body could move long distances through the spirit world, while the "Nation of Disorder" did not have such a deep connection with the spirit world and could only support Hobert in this form to move about twenty meters away from his body.
Ending his summoning to himself, Hobert left the "Nation of Disorder" and returned to the real world, cleaning up the altar.
Sitting back in his chair, Hobert sighed. He couldn't use the method Klein used.
Then he suddenly thought of Medici's Evil Spirit. He could ask other spirits for help, but he would rather not have the "Black Emperor" card than ask Medici for help. First, Medici was currently unable to leave his territory, and second, it would only complicate matters further.
So, who to ask for help?
Spirit world creatures? For example, find a messenger of Klein's level. He believed that even if "Miss Messenger" carried her head and directly killed her way into the exhibition hall to take the Blasphemy Card, Ikanser would not dare to object.
But such "spirit world creatures" were hard to come by. Hobert decided to think about whether there were other ways first.
Teleportation Statue!
Hobert suddenly thought of the abilities of this sealed artifact. It was very suitable to use the "teleportation" ability to get the "Black Emperor" card, and even a switch should be no problem.
But the problem was, once the ability of the "Teleportation Statue" was used, it should be immediately detected, and they would definitely conduct an investigation. How to avoid the investigation?
Also, the Nighthawks had a record that the "Teleportation Statue" was in his hands. Once the "Machinery Hivemind" saw through his methods, it would be easy to expose himself.
Hobert leaned back in his chair. If he had Amon's methods, stealing something would be like a game.
He rubbed his temples, about to work first to change his mind, and talk about stealing the card later. Suddenly, Hobert thought of a way: Rafter should be used here!
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