Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

"The Fool" Klein had said two weeks ago that he wanted to buy a "Flame Arrow" from "The Hermit."

Of course, he wasn't buying it for himself, but placing an order for Maric.

However, because Sharon and Maric had to hide for a while after the battle with the "Hedonism School" of the "Rose School" at the pier, Klein was unable to contact Maric last week, so he didn't mention the previous transaction.

But just two days ago, Klein contacted "Miss Bodyguard" Sharon again, and she agreed to "The Hermit's" asking price for Maric.

Klein also learned from Sharon that the "Hedonism School" had exposed their whereabouts for unknown reasons and suffered a heavy blow from the "Mechanical Heart." It seems that they have basically left Backlund.

So at this Tarot Gathering, Klein brought up the previous transaction with "The Hermit" again.

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"No problem," Audrey thought for a moment, "The goods can be delivered this week."

"The price we discussed before is 500 pounds."

"The manufacturing process and formula for the bullets are 100 pounds. You can also order bullets, 1 pound per bullet."

Klein manipulated "The World" to say in a hoarse voice, "I'll buy the bullet manufacturing process."

In a few words, the transaction between the two was reached.

After a few seconds of silence in the hall, the transaction session ended, and the meeting entered the free exchange session.

"Justice" Audrey looked around and smiled first: "Last week, an interesting case happened in Backlund. The protagonist is called the Bandit 'Black Emperor'."

"The Hanged Man" Alger and "The Magician" Fors immediately looked at "Justice," expressing their concern about the case with their eyes.

Alger was very concerned because he had just learned that the card in Mr. Fool's hand was actually the "Black Emperor" card.

Fors was highly concerned because she lived in Backlund, knew a little inside information, and suspected that it was related to the Tarot Club.

Audrey paused and continued: "The victim was the wealthy Karpin. It is rumored that he was the largest human trafficker in Backlund. The Bandit 'Black Emperor' broke into his villa, took his life, and rescued the many innocent girls imprisoned in the dungeon."

"When Karpin's body was found, it was covered with a Tarot card. The face was 'Judgment' and 'Emperor.' It is said that the 'Hermit' card fell out separately and was also very obvious."

Human trafficker? Alger keenly captured the phrase, and then he asked the head of the bronze long table in a humble tone: "Mr. Fool, is Karpin related to the missing colonial slaves?"

Investigating the missing colonial slaves was the task assigned to him by the Storm Church. He had communicated some valuable information with "The Hermit" at the Tarot Gathering before, but he had never found any valuable clues since then.

Klein behind the gray fog was slightly stunned before he reacted. He was thinking about the "Hermit" card just now. When he was at the scene, he didn't pay much attention to this matter.

But after "Justice" said this just now, the inspiration of a "Seer" made him suddenly realize that the "Hermit" card might be a spiritual hint.

But he couldn't figure out what the hint was for a while.

Klein's first thought was the meaning of this Tarot card. The image of the Hermit card is an old man wearing a robe and hood. He holds a lamp in one hand and uses a wooden stick as a crutch in the other.

This card has the meaning of being alone and meditating, using knowledge and wisdom to illuminate the way forward for those who are lost.

But Klein couldn't figure out for a while whether this was a hint to himself to "be alone" or whether someone was "illuminating the way forward" for him?

Another more direct hint may be that the Tarot Club member "The Hermit" was also at the scene?

But Klein had already determined that the young man wearing the mask was Mr. Gahr, the boss behind the "Nanshan Dance Hall."

And "The Hermit" seemed to be running an herb shop. The temperaments of the two people were completely different, and no common ground has been found so far.

At this time, Klein thought that he could try to investigate "The Hermit," and perhaps he would know the meaning of the "Hermit" card suddenly jumping out.

Just as Klein was considering how to investigate, Alger's question brought him back to his senses.

Before this, he had already thought about it a bit. The Extraordinary bodyguards in Karpin's villa were very abnormal, both in terms of pathways and sequences.

At that time, he recalled the missing colonial slaves mentioned by "The Hanged Man" and the missing vagrants in Backlund mentioned by "The Hermit," and vaguely felt that there should be some internal connection between these things.

But Klein couldn't be sure of his guess, so he could only skip "The Hanged Man's" question directly and laughed softly: "My Blessed has made a small contribution to this matter."

Sure enough! Audrey cheered in her heart.

Fors also sighed in her heart: This is the first time I have encountered something related to the Tarot Club in reality.

Alger believed that Mr. Fool's words were telling him that Karpin, the human trafficker, was by no means simple, otherwise Mr. Fool would not have let a Blessed take action.

Audrey accidentally saw Alger's somewhat reverent expression. He thought to himself: What is 'Political Commissar Hanged Man' imagining again?

Immediately afterwards, Klein added leisurely: "He has gained three Extraordinary characteristics in this matter and hopes to sell them as soon as possible."

"Three characteristics, one corresponding to Sequence 8 'Constable,' one corresponding to Sequence 7 'Interrogator,' and one corresponding to Sequence 6 'Judge.'"

Audrey suddenly thought: Last week I was busy doing research and forgot to check the spoils of the Battle of Karpin.

He planned to take it out and take a look after the Tarot Gathering ended.

Audrey was slightly stunned: Mr. Fool's Blessed is very strong, and he has defeated three Extraordinary people by himself, one of whom is Sequence 6!

Alger associated: "Constable," "Interrogator"... Isn't this the "Arbitrator" pathway mastered by the Augustus family?

At this time, he increasingly felt that the missing slave incident was not simple.

Klein was of course deliberately using the levels and pathways of these Extraordinary characteristics to divert the attention of other members, so that his words seemed to be providing clues for other members, and the focus was not on the matter of selling Extraordinary characteristics.

At this time, Fors asked: "I heard that the 'Judgment' and 'Emperor' cards that appeared at the scene represent the Bandit 'Black Emperor's' judgment on Karpin, but why is there also a 'Hermit' card at the scene? I also heard that besides the Bandit, there were other people at the scene."

This card did appear a bit strange, so everyone unconsciously looked at the Tarot Club member "The Hermit."

Audrey smiled: "Maybe it's saying that 'The Hermit' can answer the doubts in your heart."

Before Fors could speak, Audrey continued: "I know who the other person at the scene is."

That was himself, but he didn't have the idea of revealing his identity now, but instead said: "Not only did the 'Bandit' find out about Karpin's crimes and punish this human trafficker.

"In Backlund, righteous people also found out about Karpin from the disappearance of the vagrants and clashed with Karpin.

"And coincidentally, the 'Bandit' also took action to punish Karpin on that day, so the two righteous people joined forces to solve Karpin and his accomplices."

When Klein heard these words, he almost dispelled his previous suspicion that "The Hermit" was Mr. Gahr. He clearly remembered that two weeks ago, when "The Hermit" said that he had received news about the abnormal disappearance of the vagrants, some of his friends had already launched an investigation.

At that time, it was said that four people had received the investigation task, and it was emphasized that the occupations of the four people were very different, in order to emphasize the unusual nature of this investigation.

"The Hermit" could not have lied about the Karpin incident about ten days in advance, so the description at that time was highly credible, and it should have been "The Hermit's" friend who found Karpin.

And that friend is Mr. Gahr?

Audrey recalled: "I remember, the newspaper said that on that evening, someone saw a young man wearing a mask rushing into Karpin's villa and clashing with Karpin's subordinates!"

Audrey smiled slightly: "That's who I'm talking about."

Fors sighed: "I didn't expect this incident to be so complicated."

Audrey said: "I don't think it's complicated, it's just that righteous people happened to join forces to kill a villain."

Fors nodded in agreement, and then asked "The Fool" Klein: "Mr. Fool, how much money does your Blessed intend to sell the 'Constable' characteristic for?"

Audrey breathed a sigh of relief, finally she could divert everyone's attention.

"600 pounds." After quoting the price, Klein immediately changed the topic to show that he didn't care about the Extraordinary characteristics at the Sequence 8 level.

He manifested a few pieces of parchment and said: "This is the meaning of some Roselle secret symbols, which is free knowledge, so that you can better collect diaries."

Because in the diary provided by The Hanged Man today, there is a page that is counterfeited by piecing together Chinese characters.

Audrey and others were pleasantly surprised. They didn't expect such a harvest at the end of this gathering.

Audrey also had to pretend to memorize carefully.

When everyone had basically completed the memorization process, Audrey said again: "Everyone, when an Extraordinary organization takes the initiative to invite someone to join, will the Extraordinary organization hunt down that person if that person does not join?"

Klein behind the gray fog was slightly stunned: "Justice" is going to join some organization again?

Audis immediately thought that this question arose because "Justice" had encountered "Lelouch."

He smiled helplessly: Why are you talking about me again?

Alger replied, "Such situations rarely occur. After all, extraordinary organizations don't openly recruit people. Generally, they conduct secret investigations and issue invitations only when they feel the person is suitable."

"Few people refuse to join extraordinary organizations. After all, for many extraordinary individuals, joining an organization means having a guarantee and more opportunities for advancement."

"If an extraordinary individual is hunted down for not joining an extraordinary organization, it's either because they discovered the organization's assessment of them and disdained to join, thus angering the organization's members, or they know the organization's secrets and will be killed if they don't join."

Audis thought for a moment: "Lelouch" should belong to the former.

Audrey also had a similar judgment. She had some new fantasies about "Lelouch": "I understand. Thank you for your explanation."

After a while of further exchange, Klein announced the end of this Tarot Gathering.

......

Forsaken Land, Silver City.

After Derrick returned to the real world, he immediately used the granted ritual to obtain the "All-Black Eye."

At the same time, he received Mr. Fool's instructions: "Do not touch it directly."

After thanking Mr. Fool, Derrick had just built the "Spiritual Wall" and put away the "All-Black Eye" when he heard a "咚咚咚" knocking sound.

He asked, "Who is it?"

"It's me, Dark. The exploration team has been released from quarantine. I'm here to share our experiences exploring the temple."