Part 6 The Light Exporter Chapter 52 The Tarot Meeting
In response to Leonard’s “demonstration”, the demigods and extraordinary beings in the audience nodded their heads one after another, indicating that they fully understood the meaning of what the “Red Glove” captain was trying to convey.
One of the “Substitute Punishers” raised his arm and took the opportunity to ask a question:
”In other words, the tarot cards left at the scene represent the members who carried out the mission?”
”It should be.” Leonard didn’t reply too definitely.
The “Substitute Punisher” from earlier continued to ask:
”And what did the tarot cards sprinkled all over Llanerus’ body when he died represent? There is no specific point to this.”
Leonard instantly picked up a white chalk and wrote the name Lanlus on the blackboard behind his side, then drew a circle:
”As I said earlier, in the last two or three years, events involving tarot cards have really come to our attention because of the Lanlus case, which is probably where it all started.
”So the lack of a specific point, the random sprinkling of tarot cards standing in for perhaps the whole, means that that organization that uses tarot cards as a code name has officially made its way into history, huh, pardon the poetic language.”
”Makes perfect sense.” Several of the “vicarious punishers” were convinced by Leonard.
Leonard looked around the room and continued:
”Let me make an analogy with the Aurora Society that everyone is very familiar with, we all know that the Aurora Society has twenty-two Divine Ambassadors, each in charge of a region, and that organization that uses tarot cards as a codename is most likely like that as well, the ‘Judgment,’ ‘Emperor ‘, ‘Emperor’, ‘Hidden One’ and other members should all have forces of their own, exerting influence in a certain region.”
Hearing this, a member of the “Mechanical Heart” pondered for a moment and said:
”But Bekrand has consecutively seen three members with cards, ‘Judgement’, ‘Emperor’, and ‘Hermit’, according to you, does this mean that That organization that uses tarot cards as a code name is actually not very large, and its members are all concentrated in the area of Rune, or even Bekrand? You should know that the Aurora Society’s in charge of the affairs of Bekrande is only one divine messenger, and as for the ‘Dark Saint’, he targets the entirety of Ruen.”
Leonard slowly nodded his head, indicating that he understood the other party’s meaning.
He organized his words and said:
”I can’t rule out this possibility, after all, this is an organization that has only been around for two or three years.
”Of course, perhaps another reason exists, and that is that this organization doesn’t divide its scope by region, but rather defines whether or not it should be handled on its own in terms of matters, or areas, and joins forces when there are cross-cutting situations, like the Karpin case.”
Seeing that the three churches and the extraordinary people of MI9 didn’t raise any other questions, Leonard deliberated for a few seconds and said:
”All of the above are my personal guesses, and there are some questions in them, which might be the direction of future investigations.
”The first question, what is the purpose of this organization?
”If they are like the Aurora Society, for the purpose of spreading the belief in evil gods, then why have we never found people who believe in the ‘Fools’? Even if there were, they were all guys who swindled in the name of the ‘Fools’.
”Second question, what do they have in common with these actions? I haven’t found it yet.
”The third question, the high-ranking members who use tarot cards as their code names, the sequence level won’t be too low and have their own forces, but they don’t have a bit of fame in the extraordinary world, which is very abnormal, knowing that the twenty-two divine messengers of the Aurora Society, although they all hide their identities, have always more or less had encounters with us, and it was under our ‘witnessing’, step by step, they have risen from the Low Sequence to the Middle Sequence, and eventually took over the position of God-Emperor after their predecessors’ deaths or promotions, and have long been on our list.”
Speaking here, Leonard paused for a moment and said:
”If the organization that uses tarot cards as its code name is really an organization that believes in ‘The Fool’, then there is someone who can answer my third question.
”He is the mad adventurer Germaine Sparrow, who is rumored to believe in the ‘Fool’.”
This name caused all of the extraordinary people from the three major churches and MI9 to fall silent, as if they were quickly recalling relevant information.
They had long heard that Germaine Sparrow had mysterious origins, believed in the ‘Fool’, and had quite a bit of information on the other side, but they just hadn’t made an association like Leonard did, connecting the dots.
”…… Germaine Sparrow is suspected to be in close contact with the original ‘Consul of Death’ of Byron, an angel who is still active on earth.” After an interval of a few seconds, St. Anthony, the Archbishop of the Black Night Church of Becklander, spoke in a low voice.
This caused several extraordinary people outside of the demigods to be startled at the same time, and instinctively sat up straight.
They all knew about the “Admiral of Hell”, but due to classified restrictions, they didn’t know that the “Consul of Death” actually represented an earthly angel.
”…… That ‘Death Consul’ doesn’t seem to belong to any of the Spirit Order’s factions.” An extraordinary person from MI9 said hesitantly.
Leonard nodded with a serious face:
”Perhaps K is part of that hidden organization that uses tarot cards as a code name.
”The ‘Death’ card!”
There was another moment of silence, and the demigods such as Seltzer and Radar were forced to admit that there was such a possibility.
That hidden organization codenamed by the tarot card bit climbed up at once, to a level that was enough to be ranked alongside the Aurora Society.
”Anyway, Germaine Sparrow is a clue.” Leonard inhaled “quietly” and exhaled slowly, “Your Excellencies, and ladies and gentlemen, I am finished.”
St. Anthony nodded gently and stood, looking around the room:
”So far, this hidden organization that uses tarot cards as its code name hasn’t targeted us, showing a certain friendliness, and now that the war situation is tense and we’re severely undermanned, it’s difficult for us to take big actions, so I propose to try to avoid any clashes with them, and not to try to eliminate them for the time being.
”Of course, the investigations that should be done must be done, such a hidden organization with the presence of earthly angels represents danger in itself, if we don’t go to find out about it and don’t have enough information, we won’t be able to react in time in the future to stop any plots that might be in the works.”
Horamik and the other demigods thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Anthony Stevenson then looked around the room and stopped his gaze on Leonard’s face:
”You will take the lead on this investigation mission and coordinate it well.”
…… Leonard solemnly agreed.
At this point, “Deep Blue High Priest” Radar Valentine said to Leonard with a slight sense of impatience:
”Give them a name, we can’t say hidden organization with tarot cards as code names every time, it’s too troublesome.
”What’s your opinion?”
Leonard said after some serious consideration:
”The Tarot Club?”
”Yes.” Radar stood up and said with a voice like thunder, “Let’s call it ‘Tarot Club’!”
……
Late at night, in Queens, inside the Hall family’s villa.
Tim, the exclusive dessert chef, suddenly woke up from his dream and stared at the ceiling in the darkness.
He had just dreamed that he was enjoying an ice cream and woke up with a start just as he had it.
The more Tim recalled the dream, the more he was filled with craving, and eventually overcame the mentality of being too much trouble, rolled out of bed, put on his thick robe, and walked out of the room to the small kitchen not far away.
–As a dessert maker who was well-known in the circle of nobles, Tim had been granted some privileges by Earl Hall, that is, he could enter the small kitchen at any time, use the ingredients here, and test his new ideas.
And Tim returned Earl Hall’s trust with one new, high-quality dessert after another.
Of course, he also often came here in the middle of the night to get busy for his sudden appetite, just like now.
After some serious and hard work, Tim made a few cups of ice cream, utilizing the remnants of the previous and ready-made preparations, and ate half of it with enjoyment.
Then he rubbed his stomach, cleaned the dishes, and left the small kitchen contentedly.
The remaining cups of ice cream were left in the corner, seemingly completely forgotten.
……
Jorwood District, along the Tasok River, at an unoccupied shallow spot.
Audrey, clad in a dark cloak, first arrived in the vicinity with the help of a “dream warp” and then walked here on her own two feet.
She skillfully set up the ceremony and prayed to Mr. Fool for blessings.
Soon, a silver and black “jewelry box” inlaid with many jewels passed through the illusory door and landed in front of Audrey.
Audrey pulled a strand of blonde hair behind her ear, and without delay picked up the “box of the old days” with the number “0-61”, aimed at the place where there were only a few stones, and lifted the lid of the first layer.
Noiselessly, the area was cluttered with long tables and chairs, and several extraordinary people who used various methods to hide their faces appeared, including Forsyth who wore a hood.
The state of their skin flew from near-toy to human-like, and their eyes began to have a turn.
Folth, the highest in the sequence, recovered the fastest and glanced around, extremely dismayed to find that he had unknowingly traveled from the interior of his apartment to the shallows of the river.
Moreover, it was only the general environment that had changed, and the situation around her was no different from that of a moment ago.
Where am I …… what happened …… Forsyth’s eyes cast to the altar without “people”, pondered for a second, seemed to understand what surprised asked:
”It’s over?”
”Yes.” Audrey, who was using “psychological invisibility”, answered.
It’s over …… This is the end …… Forsyth asked a follow-up question with dismay and bewilderment:
”What happened to the target?”
”Dead.” Audrey was distracted by the “manipulation” of the remaining five or six extraordinary people, answered very succinctly.
Dead …… “Sage of Secrets” Buttis is dead …… I haven’t participated in the battle yet, and I haven’t summoned Gelman Sparrow’s Historical Pore Image yet… …Folth’s mouth was slightly open, and she had the feeling that she was dreaming.
She felt like she was just afraid for a second, in a trance, and the task was successfully completed.
At that moment, she saw the extraordinary people around her “come to life”, but they were not surprised by the change in the environment, as if this was the original venue for the party.
They skillfully destroyed the chairs and tables and threw them into the Tasok River, and then, one by one, they left the shallows and returned to the light of the street lamps, and went back to their homes.
…… This is the “Manipulator.”…… It’s scary …… Forsyth was startled and completely awake.
”You go back first.” Audrey did not have time to explain, turned around and made use of the altar just now, ready to sacrifice the “Box of the Old Days” to the gray fog.
Foerth glanced at it, didn’t ask or say anything, and let his body fly transparent and disappear.