Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 268 Hehehe... He believed it, he really believed it!
After saying that the number of diaries was not as many as the one that Star "presented" at the last Tarot Club, "The Hanged Man" Alger looked at Star with some envy:
Only when you collect Russell's diary yourself, you will know what a "20-page diary" means! Only then will you know how difficult it is to "memorize 20 pages of diary at one time"!

Not to mention the ability to kill Qilingos easily without leaving any traceable traces to the authorities.

Not knowing the truth, he spoke with admiration:

"Here, I must thank you for sending your followers, together with Mr. Wheel of Fortune, to help me get rid of Qilingos. These diaries are the reward I should pay."

"At the same time, I am willing to give Mr. Wheel of Fortune the coordinates of an original island that contains huge benefits as a reward, and I will also pay 2,500 gold pounds as a further reward later."

This is what "The Hanged Man" thought after comprehensive consideration. He believed that it would be difficult to impress Mr. "Wheel of Fortune", a member who has the support of gods and is extremely powerful, with just worldly gold pounds.

The most important thing is that he doesn't have that many gold pounds...

Therefore, Alger decided to invite Star to explore the ancient hidden island with him where there were many mysterious creatures.

Of course, the main purpose was to see if Mr. "Wheel of Fortune" was willing to take a "pendant" with him. Alger did not dare to intend to monopolize the island - not to mention that he did not know whether Mr. "Wheel of Fortune" had communicated with the spirit world after his death and obtained the coordinates of the mysterious island.

The other members couldn't help but feel curious about this reward.

Was the death of Vice Admiral Hurricane Qilingos also commissioned by Mr. Hanged Man? Was Mr. Wheel of Fortune's killing of Qilingos also based on this consideration?

Xio and Fors thought of this at the same time, and then they looked at Mr. Wheel of Fortune together with everyone else.

This is terrifying... They can actually use the life of "Vice Admiral Hurricane" as a commission.

Wait, commission, did they get a commission from someone before the incident?

Xio and Fors immediately thought of Miss Audrey, and they couldn't help but feel confused.

However, Miss Justice had already known the situation, so she was not surprised at this moment, nor did she think that her identity might have been guessed by Xio and Fors.

She then began to assess Star's compensation in an accounting-like manner, to see if it was reasonable in addition to the money he was entitled to:
It is certainly fun to explore unknown pristine islands, but it is also very satisfying to gain benefits from the adventure.

She once dreamed of sailing on the sea, finding those pristine islands and experiencing their ancient customs.

But does Mr. Wheel of Fortune want it?

It didn't seem like he was unhappy about it...

Maybe even killing the notorious pirate general would be a piece of cake for him?

Thinking of this, Audrey's eyes turned slightly and her lips formed a graceful arc.

At this moment, Audrey saw Star's eyes on the opposite side seemed to meet hers, and then turned to the "Hanged Man".

Star was somewhat curious about Audrey's unexpectedly good mood and thought that this noble lady was thinking about a happy life with adventures at sea.

However, he did not try to pry into other people's inner thoughts. He just kept observing a little bit and knew the embarrassment of the "Hanged Man".

And Star did not expose the fact that the "Hanged Man" had no money in his pocket and could only be rewarded with the coordinates of the original island in the Violent Sea.

Because he did not get the coordinates of the island where the "Tyrant" card was stored from the psychic communication with "Hurricane Admiral" at that time, Star naturally welcomed the "Hanged Man"'s willingness to be a "guide".

He thought for a moment, then raised the corner of his mouth and said:
"Okay, but you'll have to help me sell some extraordinary properties later."

Looking towards the end of the long bronze table, Star added slowly:

"These extraordinary characteristics will be handed over to you by Mr. World at that time."

Will I hand it over to The Hanged Man? Klein was stunned.

Then he remembered that he really needed a channel to sell the low-sequence extraordinary characteristics extracted from the "Master of Secret Puppetry" that contained many "small characteristics".

However, extraordinary characteristics such as "Magician" that possess useful extraordinary abilities such as "Paper Doll Substitute" and "Flame Jump" were later taken away by Star and used to create magical items.

In other words, those bits and pieces of extraordinary characteristics that Star didn't take away weren't left for him?
Well, that's right. With just a few Beyonder Characteristics, how could a debt of 13,000 pounds be reduced to just 3,000?

Then, Klein heard Star add in a firm tone that left no room for doubt:

"These extraordinary characteristics are worth 1500 pounds."

1500 pounds?
Klein and "The Hanged Man" Alger had different reactions:
The former felt a little distressed after realizing the price of the extraordinary characteristics in his hand. In the end, he did not gain any extra windfall from it.

The latter thought in his heart:
Mr. "Wheel of Fortune" set a purchase price for himself and required himself to pay this price?

If those Beyonder Characteristics were not worth so much, it seemed that he would have to pay this price.

But in the end, he only paid the coordinates of an island whose value was still unknown as a reward for helping to eliminate the scourge of Qilingos. After all, the "Hanged Man" felt that he had made some small calculations.

At this moment, in response to Star's "knocking", he seemed to understand the "deep meaning" of Mr. "Wheel of Fortune"'s words and replied:
"I understand."

But after all, Alger was speculating about Star from his own calculated perspective. The value of the Beyonder Characteristics that Star gave him could not be said to be a profit, but at least he did not lose anything either.

Klein naturally understood this. If he asked Alger to help sell the Beyonder characteristics, he might be charged an additional handling fee, and there would be no profit in the end.

So he could only comfort himself in this way, and stop worrying about not being able to pay back more of the debt for the repetitive extraordinary characteristics extracted from the "All-Black Eye".

However, his stunned state indirectly caused the World to show an expression of disbelief and dullness. After several seconds, when he realized that the attention of the members around him was on him, Klein nodded in a pretentious manner to indicate that it was true - perhaps this would also let the other members know that this was about the distribution of spoils.

As if seeing everyone's confusion, Star smiled and explained lightly:

"I provided some assistance to Mr. World before."

This is indeed true. After all, it is because of Star that Klein can now experience the feeling of "singing the same tune" through the "World" alias.

But Klein always felt that there was something wrong with the way some people in the Tarot Club looked at him. Was it his illusion?
This was indeed not an illusion, at least when Fors heard the words of the Wheel of Fortune:
I always feel that Mr. Doyle unexpectedly has a lot of say in this party, or even "domineering"?
And Mr. World’s dull reaction was consistent with Forsythe’s imagined reaction and the preset script to some extent!
Then, she followed everyone’s gaze and secretly turned to the Mr. Fool at the top. Without any follow-up information, they all had a guess:
Mr. Wheel of Fortune must have had some kind of deal with Mr. Fool before? Or was he even sent by the being behind him to form an alliance with Mr. Fool?

Even now, Mr. Fool is unable to do some things, and even the "activity funds" are paid by Mr. Wheel of Fortune?

Audrey, the "mind reader", went a step further and matched Star's role to Mr. Fool's "accountant". Otherwise, why does Mr. "Wheel of Fortune" always seem to be in charge of Mr. "World's" wallet? It must be said that if Audrey had not been difficult to get performance feedback in the gray fog space, she could have digested some of the "mind reader" potion immediately just by observing that she could get the truth from a puppet being controlled.

However, Klein, who was being looked at with inexplicable gazes by everyone, always felt that they were slandering him, an ordinary Beyonder who had no savings and could not find any gains to pay off his debts.

So after hearing Star's voice, he looked over as if he had found a target to change the subject.

“Mr. Fool, I also want to thank you for your help in this incident. In response, I have collected 14 pages of diaries and will present them to you together with Mr. The Hanged Man.”

14 pages of journal? Wait, when did I ever help Star?

Is this another prank? Is he referring to the fact that I introduced Mr. Azik to him? That makes more sense...

Klein didn't say much about the Favored Ones. He smiled calmly and said:
“This is the principle of equal exchange.”

After hearing The Fool's reply, Alger humbly said:

"The current limit of my memory is six pages of Roselle's diary. Please allow me to give it to you in several portions."

"No problem." Klein, shrouded in thick gray fog, nodded gently.

This way, he can get 20 pages of diary from this party!

The new members, Magician Fors and Judge Hugh, now realized the source of the strange feeling:

These diaries refer to the notes written in mysterious characters by Emperor Roselle!

“What? That’s a diary? Those notes that Roselle wrote with unique symbols that no one else can understand? They are actually diaries, diaries where Roselle records his secrets? No wonder even Mr. Fool values ​​them!”

“No wonder I can use the so-called Roselle Diary to exchange for some help from Mr. Fool, and maybe even exchange for items!”

The Hanged Man’s tone was very firm, and Mr. Fool did not refute...

And Mr. Doyle treated it as normal... No, not normal, he just didn't care at all!

"Oh my god! He was able to pull out 14 pages of Emperor Roselle's diary in one go. What kind of mystical knowledge does he have?"

Fors and Xio looked at each other, as if they both understood the shock in each other's eyes at this moment.

Then, they looked at Mr. World, who was also a new member, and saw him standing there blankly without any reaction.

"This... this is too cold... it's just like a 'dummy', like wood!"

If Fors and Hugh had not confirmed each other's positions, they would probably have equated the gentleman opposite them with Hugh (Fors) to some extent.

Because when they first met, they all acted unreliable...

"However, if Mr. World has had some private interactions with Mr. Wheel of Fortune, that would explain his reaction. Did he receive some advice from Mr. Wheel of Fortune in advance?"

Xio and Fors guessed the truth, but in the end they strayed from it and just became a little envious:

Probably introduced into the meeting by Mr. "Wheel of Fortune", newcomers are treated differently.

So, Mr. World and Mr. Wheel of Fortune had a close personal relationship?
However, at this moment, they and "Sun" Derrick were also watching "The Hanged Man" and "Wheel of Fortune" materialize the diaries page by page, and they were very curious about the contents.

"Sun" Derrick thought very simply:
Although he is now, to some extent, an important bridge for communication between Baiyin City and the outside world, and is the "hope of the whole village", it is also good to have one more bargaining chip in hand.

He glanced at the Wheel of Fortune and thought to himself: However, with this messenger sent by the Lord, he shouldn't have to worry so much...

Soon, the six-page diary was completed and came into Klein's hands along with the "14-page diary" presented by Star.

Star and others began to wait quietly, as they were used to similar things.

Among them, Star opened his "real vision" with interest and saw Klein lowering his head.

Klein lowered his gaze and calmly displayed the diary displayed by Star at the top:

With the experience of being cheated before, he absolutely did not believe that Star, who also knew Chinese, would give him the Russell diary so easily.

Not to mention that this time, the diary submission session was also completely unnecessary for Star.

As expected, Klein lowered his gaze and saw Star’s explanation on the first page:
"Xiao Ke, you don't really think I would write a diary about Russell specifically for you, do you?"

"Hehe... I opened the diary and checked it. There was no serious content in the diary. The four words 'The Great Emperor Forever' were revealed on each crooked page. I couldn't sleep anyway, so I looked carefully for half the night and finally made out the words between the lines. The whole book was filled with the two words 'Channel Wall'!"

"It's better not to pollute my eyes with diaries like these. However, since you have indeed contributed, I can only carry some serious diaries here."

"It's probably not a serious diary, so I can't write one for you."

"So, the following diary will be full of serious content! There will definitely be no 'repetitive' content! But it's impossible for it to be as many as 14 pages."

"..."

Star wrote this in a very confident manner in the top description. After Klein understood this, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it and thought that this was the right thing to do.

However, there aren’t that many pages of diary, so at least it’s good that Star doesn’t play tricks on himself with the “repeated” content.

Klein thought happily during this quiet reading time, and then turned to the following pages of the diary.

So he was stunned for a moment, and it took him a long time to react:

No, Star, is this how you are short of quantity! ?
I saw that page of parchment was covered with "tons of text", but they were all in extra-large fonts!

In other words, the overall content of a page is only one or two lines of text!
What’s even more infuriating is that Star actually wrote this in his diary:
“Hehe… He believed it. He really believed it!”

Suddenly, Klein had the urge to clear the area immediately and leave Sta to confront him face to face!

(End of this chapter)