Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 305 "Starting with a Divorce from Mr. Fool, Taking Half of His Extraordinary Traits"

The worm was surrounded by a golden halo, its wings slightly unfurled. Threads of pale purple silk wrapped around it, the pure light forming waves whose exact shape was indistinct.

Uh, so the punishment is to see Mr. Fool's naked body?

At first glance, Cattleya didn't quite register what was happening. After all, Mr. Fool had seemed far too amiable.

Not only could members of the Tarot Club freely look at the tarot, but they would even sometimes make eye contact with each other. This made it impossible for Gadriya to immediately recall the common sense of the extraordinary world that "one should not look directly at a god."

But in just a moment, she immediately remembered those words.

The next second, a sudden change occurred.

Cattleya's eyes suddenly burned, and illusory blood flowed from them. The skin around her eyes began to twitch, as if worms were crawling beneath her skin.

The illusory body surface revealed by the spirit showed doll-like patterns and a grid-like structure resembling a jigsaw puzzle.

She heard ethereal, hazy, and indistinct murmurs, along with cheerful, chaotic laughter and a cacophony of countless voices overlapping in her ears.

Soon, cracks appeared on her face, the back of her hands, and the areas not covered by her clothes, revealing flesh and blood, from which translucent worms emerged.

The mouthparts at the front of these worms opened and produced a burst of laughter and a mixed sound.

Cattleya's screams and groans echoed above the gray mist, causing Alger the Hanged Man, Emlyn the Moon, Fowles the Magician, and other novice characters to exchange bewildered glances, seemingly able to directly perceive the pain the Hermit Lady was enduring.

The other people reacted relatively calmly.

Otto stroked his chin, finding the scene quite amusing. He had witnessed far more gruesome scenes during his cloning experiments.

Padma wagged her tail and shrank her neck. But having grown up on Twilight Street, she didn't think it was particularly cruel. She was still perfectly healthy, wasn't she?
Alicia poked her cheek, feeling that Klein had gone a little too far, but if things could return to normal, it wouldn't be so bad.

Xing and Derrick then realized that the Hermit had made a mistake and was being punished.

Derrick believed that it was perfectly normal to be punished for making mistakes. At least by suffering here and understanding that "one should not look directly at God," one would not look around recklessly when one left.

Xing's thoughts drifted completely elsewhere: Come to think of it, Kafka's mother doesn't seem to have ever hit me. Ah, I really want Kafka's mother to tie Prey up tightly with silk threads.

At this moment, the gray mist that permeated the Tarot Club thinned slightly, and the blurry images became clearer, allowing the members to see clearly the hermit's physical transformation.

The disgusting and grotesque scene terrified Audrey, who abruptly averted her gaze, straightened her back, stared straight ahead, and dared not move.

Others' reactions, while not as extreme, conveyed the same meaning.

After waiting a second or two, Klein decided to call it a day. He lightly tapped the bronze table twice more, causing the gray mist to silently re-envelop him and calm the change in the hermit Cattleya.

The trembling of "General of the Stars" began to subside at a visible speed, the cracks in his flesh gradually closed, his thoughts slowly returned, and he once again felt everything around him.

After the punishment ended, Political Commissar Alger also jumped out to express his loyalty, put forward a warning about strictly adhering to the bottom line of reverence for the gods, and gave Comrade Cattleya ideological education.

This serves as a reminder to all members of the Tarot Club: Although Mr. Fool appears gentle and grants every request, his divine nature cannot be obscured in the slightest. The sublimity of the divine transcends worldly dimensions and cannot be fathomed or misunderstood by mortals with their mundane thinking.

Some comrades, due to their "approachable" demeanor, have developed a sense of disrespect, which is a dangerous sign of weak discipline and a lack of reverence. We should hold deities in high esteem, and never blur the lines between our roles or diminish their sacredness.

All comrades are urged to reflect deeply, take reverence as the standard and discipline as the warning, eliminate any thoughts of testing or frivolous pursuit, resolutely uphold the supreme status of the divine that transcends reality, and consciously safeguard the solemnity of faith...

Klein nodded to himself. Yes, the Fool only briefly touched upon the issue of the Hermit Lady leaking information about the Tarot Society, offering a subtle warning. Her subsequent misfortunes stemmed from his own suggestion and his voyeuristic gaze, not from the Fool's intentional actions. This was exactly the outcome I hoped for; it most effectively preserved the Fool's image. After all, gods wouldn't stoop to the level of mortals; that would be beneath them.

Even though the other party suggested that he should atone with his death, Mr. Fool only gave him a small punishment. He was really too magnanimous.

Serres nodded to himself, feeling he had found a promising candidate to be a Memory Master. Using the "Eye of the Secret" to see a "True God"—that's exactly the kind of talent our Radiant Death-Seeking Court needs.

So, he took action.

After Gadriya's punishment ended, Serres once again introduced her to the Fate Potion, emphasizing the "Memory" pathway, saying that it was truly perfect for Gadriya.

Cattleya was initially very resistant to this matter. Having basically known the names of 90% of the 22 extraordinary pathways and knowing the law of conservation of extraordinary characteristics, she was still very wary of the so-called "Destiny Potion".

However, she discovered that all members of the Tarot Club seemed to have taken the Destiny Potion.

On second thought, this is likely something like a "gift." It is both a granted power and a means that Mr. Fool uses to control them.

Ultimately, Cattleya decided to compromise and purchase the Fate Potion.

Knowing what kind of people most of the Memory ...

Upon hearing this, the hermit Cattleya, whose spirit body had just recovered, immediately relaxed. She felt a surge of intense fatigue and relief, and all she wanted to do was find an armchair and lie down to rest for a while.

The first time was a warning, but the second time would not end well. The pirate general sighed inwardly, warning himself not to try to be clever again, not to think that his hints could fool Mr. Fool and the like, and not to have any more thoughts of spying on them.

In the silence, she said sincerely, "I will remember your kindness."

Since there was no diary entry this week, Klein skipped the part where Mr. Fool read the diary.

This time, it was Derrick of the Suns who spoke first.

"I recently completed my promotion and am now a Sequence 5 Unsinkable Behemoth."

No matter how precocious Derrick is, he's still a kid under 20. When something like this happens, he's bound to want to show off.

Miss Justice was the first to applaud, providing emotional value.

Others followed, including the hermit Cattleya, who had just been tortured.

Fowles was a beat behind because she was looking at the system screen.

A new system task just popped up there.

Seeing the domineering CEO, Mr. Fool, punish disobedient members with such force, you secretly develop feelings for him.

You have decided to write a CEO-themed novel to commemorate Mr. Fool.

Fowles opened his mouth silently.

What does it mean to have feelings for someone secretly? And isn't it inappropriate to use a memorial service at this time?

[You decide to write a novel called "Starting with a Divorce from Mr. Fool, Taking Half of His Extraordinary Traits."]

(End of this chapter)