Mystery: A Spark

Then, he reached out and touched it, and spiritual energy spread to the ripples of light.

"Let me see what happened this time?"

After a while, a startled cry suddenly rang out from the gray fog:

"Fuck!!!"

……

Monday afternoon, above the gray fog.

At this moment, Klein had just finished his divination of the intruder in his house the night before and learned that it was not a real human, but a strange nematode.

He now realized that he had been drawn into something very serious.

Yesterday, after buying furniture to restore his home to its original state, Klein went to the public library to look through the past year's edition of the Tasok newspaper.

Thus, he learned that the mastermind behind Meursault's assassination attempt on him, the Intis ambassador, was named Beckeran Jean Madin.

This put him under a lot of pressure, and he decided to find a powerful bodyguard to save his life.

Unable to contact Arthur in real life, Klein had no choice but to go to the Brave Ones Bar to find Caslas, hoping he could help him find a reliable bodyguard.

However, to his surprise, Marich, who was said to be a very formidable and fearless fighter, refused to work with Klein after hearing that the person Klein had offended was an ambassador of a country.

With no other option, Klein had to go home.

He performed a divination on Ian Wright's whereabouts, then added a passage to the divination statement, turning it into a defensive statement:

“I don’t know where Ian Wright is. I haven’t seen him since I found Zeril’s body.”

He tried to use this method to show that he had nothing to do with the matter and hoped to resolve the issue.

Anyway, Ian had said before that if anyone came looking for Klein again, he could leak Ian's information.

Of course, Klein wasn't so naive as to think that the other party would let him off so easily.

Therefore, he will continue to look for powerful bodyguards.

On the one hand, it was to show his panic to the officials who might be monitoring him, thus making his becoming an extraordinary person seem plausible.

To avoid triggering further investigations and exposing their identities.

On the other hand, it was also to prepare for the possible retaliation from Ambassador Beckeron.

After all, Klein had killed someone from the other side, and he didn't think the ambassador would be so magnanimous as to not react to the matter.

This morning, Klein discovered that his room had been broken into, and the paper with the statement of defense written on it had been turned upside down.

After completing the divination regarding the intruder from the previous night, Klein then transmitted the message to Little Sun.

Then, at three o'clock, the other three members, the Hanged Man, the Chariot, and Justice, as well as a new member, the Magician, were pulled into the gray fog one by one.

Let this week's tarot reading arrive as scheduled.

Klein watched as the figures below gradually emerged, observing their individual states with his spiritual vision.

At the same time, he glanced at Arthur with a peculiar look, without making a sound.

I really didn't expect this guy to look so refined and scholarly. I thought he was a well-behaved person, but tsk tsk... Klein secretly lamented that he had really misjudged him.

After hearing the prayers yesterday, he went up above the gray fog to see what was going on.

However, Klein never expected that this one glance would reveal the truth.

Hugh's plea to him was that he must never reveal what he had just seen.

Naturally, Klein thus learned what Hugh had seen.

It was a small blue booklet.

This was originally nothing.

But after seeing the logo on the cover of the booklet, Klein sensed that this matter was not so simple.

After seeing the contents of the booklet,

Klein was dumbfounded.

He read it carefully and found that almost every page of the booklet contained the four characters "help the poor and needy".

But Klein always felt that something was wrong.

He couldn't sleep at night, and after thinking about it carefully for half the night, he finally figured out the two characters "革X" from between the lines.

After figuring out this meaning, Klein found it even harder to sleep.

On the one hand, he was shocked by the ambition of his fellow villager.

On the other hand, he began to think about what attitude he should take towards this matter and what he could do about it.

If he were to act from the heart, Klein would definitely be more than supportive of this matter.

Because he had already witnessed many tragic and difficult things while he was in Tingen.

It would be impossible to say that he had no intention of changing these things.

However, at that time he was not only poor, but also deeply trapped in Ince Zangwell's arrangements and could not extricate himself, so he could not do much.

Now he has been resurrected and is all alone, but he has also become embroiled in the Ambassador Beckeron incident.

Moreover, his identity was also unregistered, and he could not be exposed in the open.

Therefore, Klein wouldn't dare to get directly involved in something like this right now.

Because he is involved with the Church of the Night's level-zero sealed artifacts, he might not only fail to help Arthur, but also bring trouble upon him.

However, if it were to provide some assistance in secret as the Fool, then Klein would have the guts.

Not only does it exist, but it's also very large.

After all, what did Mr. Fool's actions have to do with him, the little detective Moriarty?

……

Familiar gray fog and hazy figures came into view. Audrey, who had successfully advanced to Rank 8, half-stood up, lifted her skirt slightly, and happily prepared to greet the other members.

But then, Audrey noticed a new female member had appeared beside her.

"This is Miss Magician," Klein introduced briefly.

Then, he looked at Fors and introduced them one by one:

“This is Miss Justice, and this is Mr. The Hanged Man…”

Fors matched the code names with the characters and nodded in greeting while observing the members.

She only glanced at the other members briefly, but she couldn't help but take a second look at the blond youth sitting opposite her, suspecting that he must be Arthur.

After all, the name "The Fool" was given to her by Arthur, so Arthur must also be a member of this Tarot Club.

Judging from his physique and hair color, this blond youth is most likely to be Arthur.

Surely Mr. Fool wouldn't be going to create a fake image for the other members... Fors thought to himself.

While she was observing the other members, the other members were also observing her.

Among them, "Justice" Audrey observed the most carefully.

After a brief glance, Audrey almost superimposed the blurry figure with the image of Fors in her mind.

Finding another fulcrum would basically confirm it... She waited with great interest to verify her extraordinary abilities.

At the same time, she did not intend to reveal her identity to Fors, and wanted to see when the other party would find out.

Arthur watched this scene calmly, finding it quite interesting.

Fors must have recognized him; he knew that.

But Fors was unaware that Arthur already knew she had recognized him.

Audrey also recognized Fors.

However, Fors was unaware that Audrey had already recognized her.

But Audrey knew that Fors was unaware that she had recognized her. (I wonder if this is confusing?)

Meanwhile, Klein noticed, through the special features above the gray fog, that the surface of the astral body deep within Miss Justice's ethereal body had changed again, its uniform color becoming much purer.

Then he chuckled softly:

"Welcome, our Miss Mind Reader."

Audrey smiled modestly, said a few words of humility, and turned to look at the person opposite her:

“Mr. Hanged Man, it’s time for you to submit your diary for this week.”

Perhaps after Mr. Fool sees this, he will recall something and tell us some "common sense"... She looked on expectantly with a slight upturn of her lips.

Alger nodded and, with Klein's help, began to materialize six pages of Russell's diary.

The six pages of the diary were quickly completed, and Alger was about to present them to the "Fool" at the head of the bronze table when he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly and respectfully spoke:

“‘Fool’, I have obtained some information related to the Secret Order.”

“Very good.” Klein nodded slightly, indicating that the Hanged Man should speak directly without regard for the presence of others.

Secret Order? Is it a clandestine organization? And what's this diary...? Fors felt like she couldn't understand it anymore.

Audrey noticed Fors's confusion and decided to explain it to her later.

After learning of the connection between the Secret Order and the Republic of Intis, Klein did not rush to read Russell's diary, but instead looked up and glanced around at the members of the Tarot Society.

As his understanding of the mysticism and the supernatural deepened, and he gradually tested some of the abilities of the space above the gray fog, he slowly became less apprehensive when facing the members of the Tarot Society.

He no longer tried to maintain an air of mystery, lest the members of the Tarot Club keenly see through his disguise.

He now knows that although the gods of this world are powerful and mysterious, they are by no means omniscient and omnipotent. This description is only found in the legends of the creator who created everything, and only Silver City still recites it.

Gods have limitations, and they can also fall into difficulties; this is something Klein can confirm at present.

Both "The Book of Storms" and "The Book of Night Revelation" touch upon the relevant content to varying degrees.

Therefore, Klein has been consciously shaping his persona, trying to portray himself as a powerful being who is close to a god but unable to act freely for some reason.

In this way, even if he occasionally shows a lack of understanding of certain things or occasionally asks for help, it will not arouse suspicion from the members of the Tarot Club.

Klein felt even more confident after Mr. Azik the Favored One killed Zilingus.