Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 342: Human Nature Game

As soon as she reached above the gray fog, Adele discovered that something was wrong with the atmosphere today. The high-backed chairs of Mr. Star and Miss Judgment were empty.

"'Star' is on the front lines and will hold a war meeting with 'Founder' William Augustus today."

Emlyn White saw Adele's confusion, cleared his throat and explained for Adele.

"'Judgment' was injured more severely than expected and is currently recuperating with the mysterious Queen Bernadette."

Cattleya also added, "The Queen said she could solve these problems, but it would take a lot of time."

However, what we lack most now is time...

Adele smiled bitterly to herself, indicating that she had no more questions. Then, led by Justice Audrey, everyone bowed to Mr. Fool's high-backed chair.

After the meeting started, everyone followed the previous speaking order and stated what they had seen and heard during this period.

Although Adele couldn't help herself, she still listened patiently to the reports from the Tarot Club members.

Audrey "Justice" cleared her throat and looked at Adele first:

"I have now arrived at Indo Port and am with your lover. I have explained your situation to her in detail. She told you not to worry about her for the time being. Although there are many problems here, since she said so, you should believe that she can handle it."

"thanks for your help."

Adele nodded to Audrey, who smiled in response.

"She also asked me to tell you that she had received your telegram and that she felt the same way as you did."

Audrey didn't need to recall the message that Venata had asked her to deliver.

telegraph……?!

Adele's expression was first confusion, then realization, and finally shock.

That telegram actually got delivered?
Ever since the Red City District Telegraph Office mysteriously disappeared before her eyes, she had always thought that the telegram had probably been lost in the sea. Unexpectedly, Pavo Court and Melanie actually took the telegram to Indo Port!
"Are you sure she didn't have any occult problems when you met her?"

Adele couldn't help but ask suspiciously.

"No, unless it was done by a true god himself, it would be difficult to leave no trace... I mean, a trace that even the Dream Weaver could not detect."

Audrey shook her head, causing Adele to breathe a sigh of relief.

"The recent situation in Feysac is not optimistic. After the collapse of the original monotheistic system, a trend of thought that seemed to have been brewing for a long time quickly swept across the entire territory of Feysac."

After Audrey confirmed that there was no problem, she continued in a serious tone.

"The other party is well prepared... Their purpose was hidden very deeply before. At least for now, it seems that the Goddess Church cannot be considered to have completely won this war of gods. The Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, the three countries of Lenburg, Masi, and Segar, and perhaps Intis's Iron Cross, seem to be working together for a common goal."

"So, have you figured out their goal?"

Alger interrupted and said that since he was promoted to a saint, his personality has become a little irritable and angry, which made him unable to stand Audrey's foreshadowing.

"No, not yet."

Audrey replied calmly, "Because there are more important things than that."

"What could be more important than the movement of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, something that could affect the situation of the entire continent?"

Alger couldn't help but blurt out.

"What if I say that it might be possible to wake Mr. Fool up?"

Audrey's voice remained calm, as if she was just talking about an insignificant matter.

……

Quiet.

Above the gray fog fell a silence never experienced before, so quiet that one could hear the excited heartbeats of every member.

Adele had not witnessed the scene of that great being gathering with its members, or rather, she had never even seen the "Fool" directly. She only prayed to Him when she was promoted and received a response.

So, Adele couldn't actually understand the excitement of the Tarot Club members when they heard the news, but she could see their excitement from their subtle body movements.

Apart from "Justice" Audrey who announced the news and remained calm with no change in expression, most of the others were breathing rapidly and their heartbeats quickened. Mr. "Sun"'s huge body had even begun to tremble with excitement.

"What are you going to do?"

Alger asked what everyone was thinking, and everyone's eyes at the Tarot Club were now focused on Audrey.

"I don't know yet..." Audrey said in a magnetic voice, "I just planted a seed, an opportunity. Now I can feel that it will blossom and bear fruit, but I don't know the specific process yet."

"I want to play games with them directly. Everything I can see and think of, they can also see and think of."

Audrey said calmly, "The only way is that I don't know what I'm going to do."

"I stuffed most of my humanity into the separated human body, so that my original body can think more like a mythical creature and deal with Hermes's arrangements. My arrangements were completely left to the clone, so that if Hermes wants to guess my course of action, he will have to compete with me in humanity."

"If she succeeds, I can obtain Hermes' extraordinary characteristics, and then be promoted to an angel and awaken the 'world'."

Audrey's expression was filled with a trace of otherworldly solemnity. "Do you remember what He said?"

"The World wakes up, and the Fool returns."

Looking at Audrey's figure, Adele inexplicably felt that she could read a sense of relief and ease, a kind of ease that she had usually only seen in people who were about to make a major decision.

Driven by her own emotions, Adele asked inexplicably:
"What will you do when Mr. Fool comes back?"

"Separating divinity from humanity is far from safe!"

Audrey looked at Adele in surprise, as if she didn't expect Adele to consider this.

Immediately, she smiled with relief and said, "I don't know, maybe it will become a purely mythical creature."

"The spiritual clone I created carries almost all of my humanity. If I am killed by Hermes, I won't be able to recover that part of my humanity, and I might lose control... However, I might also be able to master the power of an angel faster."

And his spiritual clone has already taken the virtual potion provided by Hermes. It can be said that he has handed his life into Hermes' hands.

Although the spiritual clone is not a physical entity, it still follows certain rules when interacting with the real world. To put it in another way, it is like a MOD inserted into the game. It still has to follow the judgment mechanism within the game, but can add new gameplay.

Similarly, the spiritual clone can also take potions transformed by high-sequence strongmen through the "audience" channel, but it still has to abide by the three laws of extraordinary characteristics, and after the false characteristics are taken back, the clone will also go out of control.

This was her choice. Audrey looked at the people in the Tarot Club who didn't know how to respond for a moment, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

Since she joined the Tarot Club, she had learned a lot of knowledge about mysticism from Mr. "The World" and Mr. "The Hanged Man", and naturally knew how tortuous her path to promotion was.

Every time she made plans, she couldn't help but think of Fors. She was now the only demigod in the Abraham family, and all the high-sequence Beyonder characteristics of this family were hers. This meant that if she wanted, she could even be promoted directly to Sequence 1. All she had to worry about was the ritual.

Would she envy Fors? Audrey couldn't tell for sure, but she knew very well that if she succeeded in getting promoted, she would probably lose the ability to be jealous.

If you win, you don't have the ability to be afraid, and if you lose, you don't have the opportunity to be afraid. So... there is nothing to be afraid of.

"If I can be promoted to an angel, then I will have the hope of awakening the 'world'... But in this matter, I don't want to achieve my goal by making a deal with anyone."

Audrey spoke frankly. Perhaps because her divinity was gradually awakening, her words gradually became more direct. She no longer beat around the bush, trying to make everyone feel comfortable.

"May the Fool bless you."

Alger was silent for a long time, then stood up. Since the Fool followers did not have any special gestures, he bowed slightly to Audrey.

Alger couldn't help but sigh as he recalled the first time he met "Justice" Audrey.

Times have really changed. Back then, she was just an innocent aristocratic girl who knew nothing. She became an Extraordinary Person probably for the childish reason of wanting to become a superman. However, a few years later, she could use the humanity that she once cherished most as bait and throw it out without hesitation.

Then came the "Sun" Derrick, the "Hermit" Cattleya, and the "Queen" Adele...

All members present stood up silently and saluted "Justice" Audrey.

Although the purposes of the ceremony were different, some were respect, some were awe, and some were sadness, but no one tried to dissuade her, and no one was willing to tarnish the other's determination.

First it was Gagran, then Miss Audrey...

Adele opened her mouth but found herself speechless.

The members of the Tarot Club all seemed to have some kind of awareness, and were willing to give up everything for it; and Geglan was no different, no matter whether there were saints or angels blocking their way, they would just move forward until they were either bleeding or found a new path.

Audrey gently waved her hand, indicating that everyone didn't need to be polite.

"Well, it's your turn next, Miss Queen."

Adele nodded and began to talk about her experiences during this period.

She talked about the mysterious telegraph office and telegraph in Port Pennsylvania, the sudden appearance of the caravel, the treasure on the ship, and the details of the recent murders.

After everyone had focused their attention, Adele asked the Tarot Club members:
"If it were you, what would you do now? Why did the divination result show that I was safe?"

"A strange city that suddenly appeared in my dream, a serial murder case with an unknown culprit, and a telegraph office that could still send messages even though the lines were broken..."

"Sun" Derrick listened very carefully. The more he listened, the more he felt that Miss "Queen" must have unlimited potential to be able to encounter so many mysterious events at the same time. Immediately, he straightened his back and tried to make himself look more majestic and his words more credible.

"Have you ever realized the possibility that there could be killers lurking in places that are out of sight, but there are none around you because there is someone around you who is always watching you?"

"Isn't this possible...?"

Adele was a little hesitant, but she soon realized that although this assumption was simple, she had never thought about it in this way before.

Was it misfortune, or was it that I was instinctively fearing this possibility?

Adele thought about it and nodded, "Okay, I'll check this when I get back."

"Considering the influence of Emperor Roselle on Intis, it is normal that the design of this ship of the Church of Knowledge is based on his thoughts. You'd better read the biography of Emperor Roselle carefully."

Cattleya added.

Adele didn't tell them about Wendy, so when she relayed the story, she said, "A notebook of Emperor Roselle was found placed in a prominent position, which recorded a lot of secret history of the nobility."

"Regarding the telegram from the Red City District Telegraph Office, I will go and carefully examine the spirit of that Hunter lady and test it using conventional mystical methods to find any possible problems as soon as possible."

Audrey nodded, signaling Adele not to worry.

A few minutes later, Adele, who had received a lot of useful suggestions, breathed a sigh of relief and gestured to the "Queen of Stars" Cattleya below her, signaling her to start.

The elegant pirate lady coughed lightly and said loudly:

"I have been assigned a new task at the Moss Ascetic Order."

"They recruited the new pirate general Limanu Jin and asked him to work with me to spread a certain symbol in two different directions. I wonder if it is the same as the one in Indo Port?"

After saying this, she materialized an illusory white paper and created symbols on it.

It is still the symbol composed of countless tiny, unrecognizable characters, concentrating all the chaotic lines into one symbol. It is a variant of the Indogang symbol.

"Spreading these symbols is not a big deal, and I'm ready to delay it. But Limanu Jin seems to be very enthusiastic about it. His fleet just looted a small town in northern Loon not long ago. If they want to continue sailing, they have to get supplies at the next place, and their target is likely to be Indo Port."

After that, she casually told Justice Audrey, "Please pay attention and try not to let them get away."

"Do not worry."

Audrey smiled and said, "The current Miss Hunter and her companions alone can handle those arrogant guys."

(End of this chapter)