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After completing Dr. Aaron's commission and enjoying a hearty brunch courtesy of his warm hospitality, Lin Ruo and Klein returned to Sherlock's Detective Agency.
Having pulled an all-nighter—during which Klein had ascended to the Gray Fog for about ten minutes to help Fors block the Full Moon Ravings—both Lin Ruo and Klein naturally opted to catch up on sleep upon returning to the agency. After a few hours of napping, it was already 2:30 PM when Lin Ruo awoke.
Lazily getting out of bed, Lin Ruo yawned as he walked out of his bedroom, only to see Klein already seated on the living room sofa, sipping a cup of coffee. On the coffee table opposite him sat a steaming cup of black tea, clearly freshly brewed.
"Yo, Klein, you're up quite early!" Lin Ruo greeted with a smile, then skillfully sat down on the sofa corresponding to the black tea. After taking a sip of the tea, he didn't forget to comment, "Not bad, your tea-making skills are really improving."
Klein, quite accustomed to Lin Ruo's various jests, ignored the comment and merely glanced at Lin Ruo, remarking, "What's with that cowlick on your head?"
Presumably due to his sleeping posture, Lin Ruo indeed had a cowlick sticking up from the top of his head at that moment. It didn't look bad, but it certainly made one want to tease him.
"Hmm, it must be my sleeping posture…" Lin Ruo reached up to press down the cowlick, but it clearly had no substantial effect. "I'll wash my hair later, it should go back to normal then."
"What kind of sleeping posture makes your hair like that…" Klein didn't even know how to complain.
"Alright, stop analyzing my cowlick. Isn't the Tarot Club about to start? You should hurry up and prepare on the Gray Fog," Lin Ruo swiftly changed the subject.
Indeed, today was Monday, and it was time for the weekly Tarot Club meeting.
At last week's Tarot Club, it seemed that Amon had no more stock, as Derrick did not provide new Amon's Diary entries. However, he wasn't entirely unhelpful; he had noted down many ancient god legends for Lin Ruo and Justice Audrey to read.
Besides that, another noteworthy matter was that Justice Audrey had formally applied to the The Fool last week to join the Psychology Alchemists, and she had made a series of "traitorous" statements, indicating that even if she joined the Psychology Alchemists, her heart would still be with the Tarot Club, as this was where she truly belonged, and so on.
Of course, these were all relayed by Klein afterward. After all, for such a significant matter as joining the Psychology Alchemists, Justice Audrey would naturally choose to block out others and communicate with Mr. The Fool privately.
As for this matter, Lin Ruo had naturally paid attention to it offline and ultimately concluded that, regardless of the future, the Psychology Alchemists currently held no ill will towards Justice Audrey and was a place where she could temporarily stay and gain benefits.
As for the future, what if the Psychology Alchemists became hostile towards Justice Audrey, as in the original work?
Anything below a demigod is easy to deal with; given Justice Audrey's advancement speed, they might not even need to help her. Sequence 4 is also good, as that would provide Klein with a demigod ritual.
As for greater dangers, Lin Ruo believed that by the time the Psychology Alchemists would dispatch Sequence 3 or even Angels for Justice Audrey, his own abilities would also be unsealed to the Angel stage.
As for Adam, who was behind the Psychology Alchemists, Lin Ruo was even less concerned.
Given Adam's personality, Lin Ruo believed that as long as he did not touch Adam's core interests, there would generally be no problems.
Therefore, Lin Ruo was truly not very worried about Justice Audrey's safety after joining the Psychology Alchemists.
After being urged by Lin Ruo, Klein no longer dwelled on the cowlick and skillfully performed the Reverse Four Steps to enter the Gray Fog.
It was still the familiar majestic palace and bronze long table. Klein, in his The Fool state, first tidied up the table, throwing everything that belonged in the junk pile into the junk pile, leaving only two blasphemy cards and the Creeping Hunger, which had evolved into the "Creeping Hunger that dares not wriggle and is not hungry." He then unhurriedly put on the little hunger and conjured the World.
After all preparations were complete, Klein waited for a while longer, then, at precisely 3:00 PM, he pulled up all the Tarot Club members.
Accompanied by the burst of crimson starlight, figures appeared on both sides of the bronze long table, followed by Miss Justice's light and familiar greeting:
"Good afternoon, Mr. The Fool~"
Justice Audrey, who customarily greeted and bowed to Mr. The Fool, was clearly in a very good mood today. Indeed, her contact with the Psychology Alchemists had been very smooth. Although, according to the Psychology Alchemists' troublesome admission process, she would probably have to wait a few more weeks to be formally admitted, it was basically a sure thing.
How could Justice Audrey, who still had no leads on the subsequent potion formula, not be happy?
While bowing, Justice Audrey naturally noticed the two cards on the table, and her eyes immediately lit up.
Two cards? Has Mr. The Fool obtained another Card of Blasphemy?
So fast!
This means our Tarot Club will control two Divine Pathways!
While inwardly marveling at Mr. The Fool's greatness, Justice Audrey, who always had a strong sense of ownership, was genuinely happy for the Tarot Club.
I wonder which Card of Blasphemy this is. If it's the Spectator card, that would be great…
Justice Audrey couldn't help but fantasize inwardly, while also beginning to ponder what she could offer to exchange for this answer.
He actually obtained another Card of Blasphemy so quickly?
Mr. The Fool's influence in the real world might be greater than I imagined.
While The Hanged Man Alger felt apprehension inwardly, he subtly glanced at the World at the end of the bronze long table.
At this point, knowing that he couldn't escape his involvement with the Tarot Club, he naturally didn't mind interacting with Mr. The Fool's forces. And without knowing what subordinates Mr. The Fool had in the real world, interacting with the confirmed The Fool's Blessed was clearly a good choice.
Ah, another Card of Blasphemy… Mr. The Fool is truly amazing!
Unlike the two of them, one eager to ask questions and the other marveling at Mr. The Fool's powerful influence while already thinking about how to gain more benefits for himself, Magician Fors's thoughts were much simpler. She then couldn't help but glance at the The Fool again, her thoughts drifting.
She had actually met Mr. Lawrence of the Abraham Family again recently. From his friendly attitude and some hints in his words, Fors could tell that he might be considering having her join the Abraham Family.
Fors naturally had no resistance to this; firstly, she didn't dislike Abraham, and secondly, she was truly afraid of Rudy.
Sigh… Fors suddenly felt an urge to sigh, because she remembered that she hadn't finished her manuscript yet.
Across from her, next to The Hanged Man, little sun Derrick was visibly restless, seemingly having encountered some trouble.
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