Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 359 The Imprint of the Empty Dream Following Klein has truly been a mistreatment.

To speed up the game, Xing and Serres started giving advice to each questioner. With the advice of these two brilliant strategists, the number of people being eliminated increased.

The question that eliminates Emlyn of the Moon is: "If the progenitor of vampires and the Earth Mother both fell into the water, who would you save?"

A choice between two extreme options, with a forced kill.

The question that eliminated Klein from the world was: "What's the most cringeworthy thing you've ever said?"

The question the hermit lady was unwilling to answer was: "What is your opinion of the mysterious Queen Bernadette?"

Leonard was successfully defeated by the question, "If an old man were living inside you, what would it feel like when you were in the bathroom and...?"

Among them, the priestess Alicia and Otto the Tower withdrew voluntarily, having no intention of taking the toys from the children.

These two are now completely invincible, but they are not very interested in the level two or level one sealed artifacts themselves, and are willing to give the prize to someone else.

The demon Serres, who was the organizer, was also not taken into consideration.

The final winner is:

Third place: Audrey, who has no dark history.

Second place: Alger the Hanged Man, who went to any lengths to obtain the sealed artifact, completely disregarding all shame and risking everything.

First place: Derrick the Sun, so innocent that he will answer any question seriously.

"Alright, that concludes the game. Congratulations to the three of you for winning the grand prize."

"Whether it's a reward or a punishment, I will give it to you at the next tarot meeting."

After a brief halftime break, Klein led the others to continue their exploration.

Leonard and Emlyn, his two closest friends, walked alongside Klein. Audrey and Fowles lagged slightly behind, Derrick walked with Alger, Alicia chatted casually with Cattleya, and Otto and Serres brought up the rear.

As for Xing, she had long since disappeared to who knows where.

"As expected, Mr. World isn't as cold as he seems. He does mutter to himself. I... I didn't say anything!" Audrey had barely subconsciously entertained the thought when she immediately and firmly denied it.

"Mr. Demon, this ball of light seems to be useless now." Audrey asked Serris, holding the ball of light that couldn't suppress her thoughts at all.

But Serres said he didn't care at all: "It's not a private matter, just saying it will give everyone a laugh."

“Mr. Devil is really…” Audrey instinctively wanted to complain, but immediately diverted her attention by reciting Russell’s poems, “The deep air around him listened quietly, and the breeze was so frightened that one dared not breathe…”

However, Audrey couldn't help but let her mind wander.

"Well, the others are pretty much as I expected, except for Mr. Tower, who seems a bit unexpected, and Miss Priestess truly lives up to the name 'True Angel'..."

“Miss Justice just now…did you call my name?” Fors suddenly remembered that Audrey seemed to have subconsciously called out his name, although it was only the first syllable.

"Huh? No?" Audrey turned her head, looking completely innocent.

“Oh, I see. Then maybe I remembered it wrong.” Fowles nodded.

Audrey tried to distract herself from the thought of giving herself a mental suggestion earlier. A voice echoed beside Leonard: "Klein's Gehrman Sparrow is quite the imposter; almost everyone who knows him believes him to be ruthless."

Leonard's thoughts were just beginning to wander when he was suddenly interrupted by a voice: "Shut up!"

"Hey, Brother Ke's got a temper." Pado Meow gloated.

"Shut up too!"

Leonard glanced at Klein dressed as Gehrman Sparrow, shrugged, and suppressed a laugh as he looked at Paddy the cat perched on Klein's shoulder: "See, isn't this cold enough?"

Padma nodded in agreement: "This assassin isn't so cold-blooded."

“Cold-blooded? Then I’ll use Ether Editing to turn you into a curly-haired baboon right now.” Unable to control his thoughts through meditation, Klein responded instinctively.

Audrey glanced at Mr. World, then at Leonard, her inner monologue racing, "So they have so much drama inside them. I could only see through Mr. Red Glove before, I never imagined that Mr. World's poker-card-like face hid... um... Giant, Boss, Minnie, Susie, Miss Sarah..."

At the crucial moment, the experienced Audrey forcibly interrupted her train of thought by counting objects and reciting their names.

"Who are all these people?" Leonard's attention was diverted.

“They are my family’s hunting dogs and horses,” Audrey replied politely.
“A hunting dog costs over 450 pounds.” Klein suddenly remembered that after buying the Meigol Manor, the butler Walter had suggested purchasing a batch of hunting dogs.

He wondered why the names Audrey read made him feel so comfortable. It turned out Audrey was saying "gold pound, gold pound, gold pound..."

"Why does Mr. World think of price first?" This question suddenly popped into Audrey's mind.

“Miss Justice, let me tell you a story,” Padmon answered the question. “I once bestowed upon him the mark of the Empty Dream, allowing him to increase his spirituality in proportion to the amount of money in his pocket.”

"As a result, he made almost no improvement."

“Really? Then this mark and Klein have really been wronged.” Leonard’s voice interrupted.

“Miss Justice, would you be interested in acquiring a Sequence 7 Nightmare Extraordinary Ability?” Klein turned to Audrey and asked. “If you buy it now, you’ll also receive a Hunting Path Extraordinary Ability as a bonus. I don’t know which Sequence it is, but it shouldn’t be too low.”

"How do you even know this?" Leonard asked, surprised.

"Heh, guess."

“Alright, we’ve been here for quite a while now. Let’s continue exploring other places, and we can study this place later when we have time,” Klein suggested, proposing to visit other areas.
"Sigh, this hall is really easy to make things chaotic. Even in normal discussions, the focus always inadvertently shifts to everyone's privacy."

The Tarot Club adventurers continued their exploration, passing through the Hall of Honesty and venturing into the deepest part of the palace.

After some time, the group found an ancient double bronze door deep inside the passageway.

The gate was covered with countless indescribable symbols, like chains extending to the back, as if sealing something. It gave people a sense of heaviness and mystery, making it difficult to look away.

P.S.: Hmm, think about it carefully, how long has it been since everyone had a holiday on Children's Day?

In short, no matter how old you are, I wish you a happy Children's Day.

(End of this chapter)