Chapter 1174: Suggestion

Good question… The Fool Klein praised inwardly and relayed the Red Angel evil spirit's explanation in his own words:

"The seven gods all hoped there would be a Black Emperor, but they were not unified on who that Black Emperor should be."

"When King George III successfully obtained that ticket through his secret preparations, the seven gods could only acquiesce whether they approved or not."

I see… With that, the Tarot Club members, except for The Moon Emlyn and The Sun Derrick who were out of the loop, all had a sudden understanding, and they roughly realized why the major churches had rather contradictory performances in events like the Backlund Smog Disaster, the Feysac airship attack, and King George III's "assassination".

Immediately after, they all suddenly had a question: Since King George III had already made preparations and reached the final step of holding the ritual, and had obtained the acquiescence of the seven gods, why did he still fail?

They quickly thought of an answer: Because Mr. Fool disagreed.

Hmm… In the matter of King George III's Black Emperor ritual being disrupted, the churches probably didn't seriously try to stop it, and might even have provided some help to Mr. Fool's followers… Did the Church of the Lord of Storms take advantage of this chaos to do something in secret? No, they wouldn't have done much to cover it up… The Star Leonard, recalling various details he had noticed before, gained a comprehensive understanding of the incident.

Acquiescence of the seven gods… Mr. Fool cast a dissenting vote, sending The World and other followers to secretly sabotage King George III's apotheosis ritual… But what did the Queen have to do with this? Why did she notice that Gehrman Sparrow was missing? Hmm, the Black Emperor… The Queen might have participated in this operation led by Mr. Fool and later found that her collaborator had disappeared… The Hermit Cattleya, using her extensive experience and knowledge, made a guess about the truth of the matter.

And it was only at this moment that The Moon Emlyn connected all the bits and pieces of the discussion and understood what changes had taken place in the outside world during his confinement: King George III had secretly plotted to become a god, obtained the tacit consent of the seven gods, but ended up with Mr. Fool sending a follower to disrupt the ritual, causing him to fall on the spot!

Seeing that everyone was momentarily silent, The Fool Klein looked at The Hermit Cattleya and said:

"Any more questions?"

"No more for now." Cattleya lowered her head even further, showing more reverence than ever for the great existence at the head of the bronze long table.

Although she had long known that Mr. Fool had under his command the three great angels—the Serpent of Fate, the Death Archon, and the Ancient Fiend—and secretly controlled the School of Life, she still didn't expect that the forces Mr. Fool could mobilize in the real world could disrupt a king's apotheosis ritual and also thwart the schemes of an Angel King, the Son of the Creator.

Mr. Fool's hidden forces are even more exaggerated than I imagined… What role do we Tarot Club members actually play for Him? Our backing organizations? Our growth potential? Or are we just a backup plan? The Hermit Cattleya thought many things in that instant, momentarily forgetting that she herself was already a demigod of Sequence 4, a high-level member in any organization.

Just the things Mr. Fool had shown were enough to make a saint lose confidence… Justice Audrey, with just a glance at The Hermit Lady, read her psychological state.

At this moment, The Fool Klein nodded:

"Begin."

Hearing this, The Star Leonard immediately turned to the far end of the mottled long table and said to The World:

"How are you now?"

The Magician Fors, Judgement Xio, Justice Audrey, and other Tarot Club members also cast their looks in that direction, expressing concern for the situation of The World Gehrman Sparrow.

In their view, The World, caught between Mr. Fool and the Angel of Time Amon, serving as a pawn in their conflict, was probably not in a good situation; it was already fortunate that he was still alive.

Sensing this more or less genuine concern, Klein manipulated his puppet The World and said with a hoarse chuckle:

"Not too bad, but not too good either."

"Thanks to Mr. Fool's blessing, I finally got a certain secret from Amon, but I haven't completely gotten rid of Him yet."

Before anyone present could react, he continued on his own:

"I'm currently in a rather troublesome predicament."

"I relied on Mr. Fool's power to enter a certain hidden state and temporarily broke away from Amon, but if I deactivate this state and return to reality, I can only appear where my original body is, and Amon is likely still lingering nearby."

"I want to try to find a solution first; do you have any suggestions?"

The surface meaning of The World Gehrman Sparrow's words was clear: he wanted to rely on himself first, and if that really didn't work, then he would pray to Mr. Fool for help.

And the actual implication was essentially the same: first try to find a way to bypass the limits, and if that didn't work, consider surviving in an undead state.

Solutions? The Hanged Man Alger and the others suddenly got a bit excited, because their suggestions would be used to oppose an Angel King.

If their suggestions were taken and proved effective, it would be something to brag about for a lifetime!

Justice Audrey was about to speak enthusiastically, but then held back her words, because she knew that advice couldn't be given carelessly; it might cause The World to be captured by Amon.

Judgement Xio thought seriously for a while, found that she couldn't offer anything useful, so she chose to observe and learn.

"Does it have to be the place where your original body is? Do you have any blood or hair stored elsewhere?" The Hanged Man Alger, after pondering for a bit, gave a suggestion in the form of a question.