Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 357 Honest Words (Part Two): Knowledge Is Not Always Power
"This...is this for real? Even our vampire counts...or even dukes would find it difficult to do something like this, right?" Emlyn seemed somewhat incredulous.

“High Priestess… I’m starting to suspect that she might be the ‘True Angel’ mentioned in the church scriptures… Ah, sorry, I’m overthinking it.” Alger’s thoughts had just started to wander when he immediately brought them back to their original focus.

“A flawless maiden, a true heroine…” Cattleya subconsciously thought of the records in the ancient books.

Audrey, however, seemed to understand: "Pure beauty... this is probably what pure beauty is."

However, Xing's eagerness to shoot himself interrupted everyone's distraction.

Without a doubt, Xing fired a shot at himself without the slightest hesitation.

The gun didn't fire, and the most disappointed person was Xing himself.

It's a pity, she also wants to be asked embarrassing questions so she can properly promote the trash can.

Unfortunately, that didn't happen, and she could only toss the gun to the hermit, Cattleya, somewhat sullenly.

After receiving the pistol, Cattleya subconsciously attempted a divination, but received no revelation.

Clearly, Serres created an effect that was both anti-divination and anti-prophecy.

After thinking it over, she realized that there was nothing she couldn't say. Cattleya then shot herself in the head.

Click.

Nothing happened.

After a two-second pause, Gadria took two steps and handed the pistol to Padmon, who was not far away.

Padma seemed unable to fire the gun, so Klein took the pistol from her and lifted Padma off the hat by the back of her neck.

He grabbed the cat with one hand and held a gun with the other, then fired a shot.

Nothing happened.

Klein instinctively turned the gun around, gripped the barrel, and handed the handle to Audrey.

"Thank you." Audrey gracefully accepted it, then shot herself in the head.

Snapped!
The ribbons sprayed out, and the not-so-strong impact made her hair a little messy.

"Is it my turn to ask a question? Hmm..." Seeing that Audrey had been chosen, Alger hesitated when it came to asking the question.

What do you think is the most outrageous thing you've ever done?

Audrey released the ball of light and began to reminisce.

Her answer was quickly displayed in the hall.

"I had no experience when I first started mixing potions. Um... I mixed an extra batch, and then... my dog ​​ate it."

"Since I'd already eaten it all, I raised my dog ​​all the way up to Sequence Seven of the Audience and Sequence Eight of the Memory..."

“I’m not even at Sequence Seven yet, and my memory potion is at Sequence Eight… I can’t even compare to a dog…” Fowles was shocked.

“It’s alright…” Audrey quickly grasped the ball of light, her voice abruptly stopping.

She instinctively wanted to comfort Fowles, but then suddenly remembered that at the Tarot meeting, they didn't know each other's true identities.

Alger the Hanged Man silently took the pistol, quietly fired a shot, and handed it to the next person after there was no reaction.

Serres took the pistol, twirled it between his fingers twice, and fired a shot into the head. There was no reaction.

Next up were Otto the Tower and Leonard the Star, both of whom also failed to be "hit".

It was Derrick's turn.

This time, a shot was fired.

Honest Little Sun was hit, while the one asking the question was World Klein.

"I wonder what kind of questions Mr. World will ask, um... it won't be about how many people you've killed today... will it?" Fowles imagined. "Ah, I'm sorry, Mr. World, I didn't mean to think that way."

“They might ask him how much savings he has.” That was Leonard’s thought.

"To be honest, there's really no need to ask here. I feel like he'd just tell me if I asked him directly," Klein muttered to himself, his thoughts echoing in the hall.

Derrick's eyes were remarkably clear, looking at Klein without a trace of guile. "Have you ever had someone you liked?" Klein asked a similarly standard question.

Derrick thought about it carefully.

"Yes, I did. Before I joined the expedition team, I did, but I've been so busy with exploration, fighting, and training that I haven't had time to think about it."

"I see..." Klein was speechless for a moment, unsure how to view the matter.

"How pitiful..." Fowles couldn't help but think, "Perhaps I could write a novel based on Mr. Sun. But that would probably be considered copyright infringement."

“But Silver City is much better now. We don’t have to worry about monsters, we have enough food, and we don’t have to worry about the darkness,” Derrick quickly explained. “It’s basically no different from other places we’ve seen in the simulated universe.”

“We can even bask in the moonlight, although it’s artificial moonlight created by Mr. Devil.”

The wheel spun again and came into Klein's hands.

“I have reason to suspect that Serres definitely tampered with this gun, and it will definitely explode when it gets into my hands.” Klein’s confident voice echoed from above the hall.

Serres crossed his arms, avoiding Klein's gaze, and shifted his eyes away somewhat guiltily. At the same time, his fingers trembled twice, moving the bullet that was pointing directly at the firing hole back two spaces.

Hmph, you guessed wrong.

“So, Mr. Demon’s name is Serres.” Otto’s thoughtful voice flashed by.

The game continued, and since Alicia had already answered the question once, she was skipped when the game started again, and the question ended up in Star's hands after Fowles fired the gun.

boom!
Gunshots were fired.

Xing immediately became excited.

"Come on, ask me questions! I can't wait to proclaim the glorious deeds of Tartarov, the King of the Trash Cans!" Xing's excited voice rang out.

But her next love, Cattleya, did not have the same idea she wanted.

Compared to others, Cattleya thought more and wanted to win more.

She knew that Xing had a very low threshold for shame, and that ordinary questions would definitely not stump her.

But Cattleya's ultimate goal in participating in this game wasn't to hear gossip, but to win.

and so……

"Your Majesty, may I ask what the plane curve represented by the equation Rez=1 is?"

"what?"

One second...two seconds...

"Wait, let me check the strategy guide..." Xing's eyes became vacant, as if she had lost connection.

"So, you've given up, right?" Serres asked. "No answer within one minute will be considered a forfeit."

no respond.

One minute has passed.

"Alright, time's up." Serres clapped his hands.

Imperial Lady, out!

"Congratulations, Miss Xing, on becoming the first character to be eliminated. Congratulations!" Serres clapped his hands and lit a torch.

"But... isn't this Truth or Dare? So... Miss Emperor, all you have to do is answer 'I don't know,' right?" Audrey's inner thoughts finally came out.

"I've figured it out!" Xing suddenly woke up.

“But you’re already eliminated.” Serres shrugged.

Cattleya's lips curled up into a slight smile.

Knowledge is not always power.

(End of this chapter)