Kapitel 22: Chapter 22 : World domination ! Yay !
Watching Xin Jian in front of Him, Mr. Fool had an idea.
As the Lord of Mysteries, He used an ability of the thief pathway and stole Xin Jian's thoughts (before immediately giving them back) to read them.
(Xin Jian : …and regretted it.
Author, nodding : Curiosity killed the cat.)
Xin Jian's thoughts : "Psychology Alchemists, Secret Order, Aurora Order, MI9, Twilight Hermit Order, Demoness Sect, Life School of Thought, Rose School of Thought Indulgence faction, Numinous Episcopate, Moses Ascetic Order, Iron and Blood Cross Order."
As Xin Jian recited in her mind a list of secret organization's names while visualizing some unrelated images, Mr. Fool grew more and more confused (and He had a bad feeling).
She ended.
"Let's leave the details for later…" *procrastination.jpg*
After less than a few seconds, He gave up and used the Decryption Scholar ability.
(Xin Jian : And that's when He started to regret it.)
Mr. Fool's lips twitched.
Here is Mr. Fool's psychological activity at the time (heard and consciously ignored by Xin Jian) :
"So, while thinking of these names, she imagined a plan to make these organizations under control while listing the ressources needed and classifying them as hard (-> bothersome) or easy (-> less bothersome) at the same time.
It seems like she doesn't think at all but in fact she just thinks too fast ?!
But knowing her character, doesn't that mean that she will choose to realize the easiest plan (for her) first…?
…I'm screwed."
(Xin Jian : Er, I just think fast because I'm too lazy to think for long and if I don't do it that way I'll just forget what I was planning in the middle… Of course I didn't act recklessly every time, you're the one who taught me to be cautious and plan in advance.
Mr. Fool : Cautious my ass…
Xin Jian : Gasp. Language !)
In short, Mr. Fool learnt that His overprotective actions were always calculated in Xin Jian's plans, Xin Jian was smarter than expected, she didn't act on impulse every time since she always planned things, she had a strange view of others (appearance-wise) and she currently had a bad idea (but which plan did she choose in the end…?).
He could only hope for Xin Jian to not really have the intention to control evil organizations…
What's more, since Xin Jian was able to do everything without His help but just did things sloppily because she knew that He would back her up, He decided to just stay as a spectator instead of an actor and not act unnecessarily.
Interrupting His thoughts, Xin Jian finally spoke up.
« So, Mr. Fool… »
Mr. Fool slowly avoided her gaze.
« I have an idea. »
*Ominous feeling.jpg*
A lot of things always happen when Xin Jian has an idea.
—————— I am the dividing line~
Xin Jian's point of view :
Okay, I said that seriously but, still, Mr. Fool's reactions are fun.
« I want to become the behind the scenes leader of evil organizations ! »
*emotionless face.jpg*
*monotone voice.jpg*
Mr. Fool deadpanned.
I heard His thoughts.
"…The Live School of Thought isn't an evil organization."
True.
« But didn't you say you wanted to be a (fake) Hunter ? »
I raised my head.
« …I forgot. But I will do both ! »
I nodded to myself.
Mr Fool : It's true that you're very good at conspiracies…
Derrick's crimson star lit up.
We stopped conversing and I intercepted Derrick's prayer before it reached Klein.
I had not been waiting here for nothing !
(Mr. Fool : But you always stay in Sefirah Castle for no reason.
Xin Jian : …So what ?)
« The Fool that doesn't belong to this era, you are the mysterious ruler above the gray fog ; you are the King of Yellow and Black who wields good luck.
I've just experienced something terrifying… »
Then Derrick explained that the former captain of the exploration team, who had seen Amon, suddenly lost control and strangely penetrated through the seal, arriving at his room. Fortunately, the City of Silver took this matter seriously and had been constantly prepared for it; otherwise, it would have led to a tragedy.
The Sun believed that it was impossible that there was no reason for the man's loss of control. He came up with two possibilities : one was that his own Beyonder pathway met the requirements of being the ancient Sun God's descendant, and the other possibility was that the man might have sensed the Tarot Gathering and Mr. Fool's secret pull.
And entwined on the indistinct body of The Sun was a translucent and illusory figure.
He had hands and feet, but he was like a python, twisting around The Sun while his head rested behind The Sun's head.
In the blurred image, he was wearing a black classical robe, a pointed hat, and a crystal monocle, but Sun didn't notice any of this.
After The Sun's explanation, I sent the image of His state to Him.
« So do we have to make a secret deed…? » I muttered.
Mr. Fool shook His head.
« Just let Amon come up, I'll deal with it. »
« Okay. » I nodded and touched the crimson star.
Now do it champion…
Wait, no ! Did just you say that you would deal with Him ?!
« Wait, wait. I have something to do first. »
I saw Derrick come up.
When Amon separated Himself from Little Sun, I sent him back.
« Amon. »
I looked at the monocle-wearing man in front of me.
« ✨Do you want to join the Tarot Club ?✨ »
Mr. Fool unconsciously took a step back.
(Mr. Fool : Why do you sound so excited ?)
"Did I not tell you that it was dangerous because you were the Uniqueness of His pathway ?"
I ignored Mr. Fool's thoughts.
(Xin Jian : Ah, I'm so popular~.)
Amon, who stepped into something fun :
« Interesting, interesting. »
*Mr. Fool is scared of the future.gif*
And that's how Blasphemer Amon entered the Tarot Club !
(Mr. Fool : Blasphemer ? You're more blasphemous than Amon.
Xin Jian : Speak for yourself. *I'm not the one who pretended to be a god while I was an ordinary person.jpg*
Mr. Fool : So, why did you not invite Him last time ?
Xin Jian : …I forgot.)
—————— I am the dividing line~
For once, I bought a newspaper and read the interesting news that were announced by the boy selling them.
It talked about the Hero Bandit Black Emperor, of course !
In short, the official Beyonder took money from the safe and are blaming it on Klein…
Should I have taught him to loot things or something ?
I shook my head.
Anyway, I shouldn't forget what I was going to do.
I checked my face with the clown abilities.
Previously, I had theorized that, since I was The Error Uniqueness, I should be able to use as much power as Klein when he was Sequence 1. (Wait, he is already Sequence 1…) So, all the abilities to the level of a king of angels.
Which means that I could use the Faceless ability.
Until now, I had been reluctant to use abilities of higher sequences since I was not fully used to the abilities of the low sequences yet. To me, it isn't natural to use Beyonder abilities for any type of situation and, since I am an Uniqueness, I don't need to digest potions either so I don't need to use it to alleviate the madness. (There's no madness, I'm already crazy…)
I know that usually people would use the Faceless ability to make themselves more beautiful but I didn't want to change my face. I don't even remember how I like, how could I change back if I changed it ? (And I have a messed up sense of aesthetics so it wouldn't work.)
Well, I'll let Mr. Fool remember my face for me for now, I need to dress up as a maid.
Even if I was dressed as a maid just in case, I used the Beyonder item that could give psychological hints to put me in a state of psychological invisibility.
« Mr, Fool, where is she now ? » I asked.
Mr. Fool sent me a mental map.
Okay.
« Wait, it won't work ! I don't know how to follow a map ! »
« Then hire a carriage. »
Mr. Fool's oracle enlightened me so I began to search for a carriage… Lol.
« Yeah, right. Of course I know that. But how do you find that carriage ! »
Of course, I didn't forget to put on an illusion while yelling alone in the streets.
Above the gray fog, Mr. Fool rubbed His temples.
« Go straight ahead. »
Lol, you don't know what happened the last time someone told me to go straight ahead.
So I followed The-Fool-GPS (new brand created by me) to arrive to my destination and casually entered the palace…
(Xin Jian : That's psychological invisibility for you !
Mr. Fool : Don't you have any problems going to the bathroom with your sense of direction ?
Xin Jian : That's fine, I memorized the way. 👍
Mr. Fool : …
Xin Jian : Wait, I'm an angel, I don't need to go to the bathroom.)
I went through the long corridors and searched for my target.
After around half an hour, I found her.
Wow, this place is too big.
« Hello~! Are you Trissy Chick ?
The girl (?) deadpanned.
« No. »
(Trissy : I'm Trissy "Cheek".)
I went out.
« Sorry, it was the wrong person then… »
I reentered.
« Wait, no. You really look like Trissy. »
I made a divination and narrowed my eyes.
« And you ARE Trissy… »
(Xin Jian : *shrug* Must be her twin.
Author : I'm really glad you didn't make that joke in reality.)
I made a beaming smile.
« I came to kidnap you~! »
Well, she has the ring so she must have already been renamed Chick.
I knocked her out then prepared materials with spirituality (stolen from Leonard in the old days and not used since then. Thank you, Leonard.).
(Leonard : They belonged to the church.
Xin Jian : Then thank you Amanises~!)
And sacrificed her to the gray fog.
What ? We sacrifice objects, can't we sacrifice people ?
If it doesn't work, we'll just have to remember that it was a bad idea.
After successfully kidnapping Trissy, I also went to Sefirah Castle.
Well, Trissy has always been a victim so I wanted to save her from her fate. That's why I asked Amanises to track her the first time we met (in this round).
(Xin Jian : And the law doesn't apply to Uniquenesses so kidnapping her is not a crime~.)
{Author's note :
On AO3, chapter 8 was called "The problem when you meet people whom you know the future of, it's that you often think about their last words".
When they first met, Xin Jian asked many things to the goddess and some of them were not revealed. (At that time, she asked to track Trissy because she was very moved by her last words.)
Do you remember ? Chapter 1148 of the novel :
["Isn't the ending of a lovely story supposed to have all the bad guys die?
For example, you, or me…"
*tragic smile, asteroid falling, death, end*]
(Leonard uses more the "for example, you, or me…" for the protagonists of the times but well…)
That was also why the title didn't seem related to the chapter. (Well, she also thought of Dunn's last words.)
Maybe I just like villains too much… (but don't blame me for bringing Trissy in).
Ah, yes. Everyone has principles, right ? I wanted to tell you Xin Jian's principles. (Well, for now, I've only found two of them.) :
1. Never hurt someone with your words.
2. Do not hate anyone.
That's all~!}
—————— I am the dividing line~
Sitting at the long mottled table, I had put the unconscious Trissy in a corner. (She couldn't go anywhere anyway.)
« So, about my plan to be the behind the scenes leader of the evil secret organizations… »
Mr. Fool choked.
« I thought about beginning with the Demoness Sect. » I announced.
Mr. Fool heaved a sigh of relief.
« Really ? I thought you would begin with… »
(Mr. Fool : *stops* Let's not make her recall it…)
He changed His words.
« So, what's the plan ? »
I made a solemn look.
(Author : You drama queen.)
« If we parasitize all the Sequence 2 angels of the Demoness sect, we will be able to control the rest of the organization. Since Chick should be a true god, she has the three Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics of the Demoness Pathway and won't be able to send stronger members to take down the parasitized angels. »
(Xin Jian : No Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics available, no Sequence 1 angel either.)
« And if Chick helps them directly by sending them power or by any other means, that could create a mysticism connection. With that mysticism connection, I would be able to use a loophole to attack Her back without putting myself in danger (and maybe even successfully parasitize Her) or at least locate Her position. »
(Mr. Fool : What do you need Her location for… ? *bad feeling.jpg*
Xin Jian : To make you attack Her, of course. *innocent look.jpg*)
« So (since She's smart enough to not do that), She won't be able to help the angels and will be helpless while we use them to parasitize the other members of the organization. What's more, we will monopolize most of the Sequence 2 Beyonder characteristics of the Demoness Pathway (since Chick won't be able to take them back from the angels we control), it means that no other angel can be made (or at least not after a long time). After that, the only thing left is to progressively parasitize the other members -at least the Saints, Demigods and even Sequence 5- to completely control the Demoness Sect. (We will create a sect of Xin Jian !) »
(Author : So that was your true goal all along !
Xin Jian : What ? Amon has an entire family full of Amons. I want to do that too !
Mr. Fool, muttering : That must have taken a lot of effort to make such a logical reasoning out loud. (And it's "Cheek".)
Xin Jian : Well, the art of saying bullshit also consists of making up logical reasoning… *I'm a true pro until the end !.jpg*)
I looked at Mr. Fool's doubtful face and said :
« Hey ! I'm a Sequence 1 Uniqueness, of course I can parasitize a Sequence 2 angel. Is there something wrong with what I said ? »
(Mr. Fool : No, I don't doubt your reasoning, I doubt life.)
Mr. Fool pointed out :
« And how are you going to find them ? »
(Xin Jian : Of course I just need to pick out the most beautiful girl in a crowd and attack them…
Author : Cough cough !)
I deadpanned.
« Of course I know that They may have anti-divination abilities (or else I'd have asked you to divine Their locations), but what do you think I'm doing ? »
I glanced at the unconscious Trissy.
« Don't you think that the Primordial Demoness's divine container needs to be retrieved~? (And Panatiya's already in the goddess's divine kingdom.) »
Mr. Fool nodded.
« So you're going to lure the Angels with Trissy to control their entire organization ? Is that why you kidnapped her ? »
(Mr. Fool : Is taking over secret organizations so easy to do nowadays ?)
I looked at Him.
« Uh… No, I just did it because I wanted to. »
(Xin Jian : I just enjoy finding additional benefits to some actions I do without reason.)
If you're going to search a deeper meaning to everything I do, (then you have a lot of free time !) then you're just wasting your time.
« I'm going~! »
I went down the gray fog and left Trissy there while I rented a room.
After all, if she's in Sefirah Castle, the angels of the Demoness Sect won't be able to find her, right~? Even if they may not send such powerful Beyonders right away.
When I had paid, I entered the room and made a ceremony to receive the sacrifice.
Then a beautiful girl appeared on the altar.
Oh my, Mr. Fool~. What else is in your junk pile~?
Then I waited for Trissy to wake up.
She regained consciousness and inspected her situation before seeing me.
I waved to her.
After a while, she opened her mouth.
« Why did you kidnap me ? »
I smiled and crossed my legs confidently.
« I'm into girls~. »
No, seriously, this isn't the reason.
But she really seems to believe me. Hey, do you think that I am such a moron ?! (Why are you blushing ?!)
Trissy had a complicated look on her face so I clarified :
« What, can't I kidnap a beautiful lady when I want to ? »
Trissy retorted :
« Yes, but why me ? »
I shook my head.
« I just lost my way and I saw you. »
Trissy deadpanned.
« You lost your way to the palace ? »
I nodded.
« Yes. You don't know how terrifying a bad sense of direction can be. »
(Trissy : There are so many loopholes in your words !)
« Then why do you look exactly like my maid ? If you didn't act differently from me, I would have taken you for the same person. »
I ignored her question and changed the subject.
« So, do you want to join the Tarot Club… ? »
I explained it enthusiastically.
« It is a suspicious new secret organization believing in a fake ancient revived god, led by that evil god and in the entrepreneurial stage~! »
(Mr. Fool : You're not even trying to convince her !)
Oh ? Mr. Fool is not covertly helping me, He must have been very determined to remain as a spectator by the side and not help me unnecessarily except if I ask it to Him.
Seeing that Trissy was about to refuse, I took the Beyonder item that helped me to enter the palace with psychological invisibility and gave her a psychological hint.
Then I said :
« You accepted, now you can't go back on your word. »
(Trissy : When did I accept ?!)
But strangely, Trissy did not talk back.
I didn't even make her unconsciously accept it like Sharon, I just made her think that she had said "Yes" (even if in truth she didn't want to).
Psychological hints are so powerful !
(Trissy : Why did I accept ?!)
I took out a deck of Tarot cards and put aside the one that were already chosen by other people.
« What codename do you want~? »
She pointed to the Emperor card.
« The Empress ? Okay~! »
She deadpanned.
Trissy : Why did you even ask me if it was to choose another card ?!
(Xin Jian : It was the card I reserved for Trissy…)
I smirked and looked at her in the eyes before saying in a sweet voice :
« Don't worry, I'm not a demon, I'm The Devil. »
Trissy : Isn't it worse ?
(The Devil -> Xin Jian's codename at the Tarot Club
Mr. Fool : Did you just make a joke ?)
While Trissy gave up thinking, I internally complained.
I know that I told Mr. Fool that I could use Trissy to lure the angels of the Demoness pathway here, but honestly, why would They even come ?
Trissy is not even a demigod, even if they search for her it doesn't need to be the Demoness Sect, at most she'll just lure the MI9 because the royal family tries to find her… I don't know.
Let's just visit Panatiya in the kingdom of the night later, I'll just parasitize her and look at her memory to find clues…
*experience of making a lot of plans that failed.jpg*
—————— I am the dividing line~
3rd point of view :
At 3 p.m., figures appeared above the gray fog.
Audrey stood up to greet Mr. Fool and realized that there were once again two new members.
She saluted everyone then Mr. Fool (Klein) introduced the new members :
« Here are The Lovers ant The Empress. »
"The Lovers ? I thought it would be chosen by a girl." Audrey also remarked that The Empress seemed to unconsciously attract people, no, charm would be a more accurate term, and wondered which pathway she was in.
Xin Jian was disappointed because she wanted to ambiguously put Trissy on the men's side but there was only one seat left there. At least, she managed to put Medici and Amon next to each other so she decided to just enjoy the show. Medici, this is karma !
Alger deduced that The Empress should be from the Assassin Pathway. She should come from the Demoness Sect… Did Mr. Fool also accept members of evil organizations in the Tarot Club ? Or was this a part of His plan ? He then looked at The Lovers and felt an immense pressure. The Sailor pathway is more sensitive to high Sequence Beyonders. Maybe The Lovers was already a demigod or even stronger.
When he first saw Amon's monocle, Klein thought that it was not possible that Amon really came into the Tarot Club (since members were randomly invited with him only learning of it at the last minute these days, The Devil told him the existence of new members every time right before the party began). Nope, not possible.
The true Mr. Fool is still sitting on the sofa next to the table, alone, while shouldering the consumption of spirituality from pulling all the members into Sefirah Castle. He had given up thinking since long ago.
Amon just looked at the members one by one with a smile on His face and adjusted His monocle.
Emlyn felt an invisible tension in the air but he didn't know why.
Derrick was simply glad that there were new members.
Sharon watched everything with her head on her hand.
Leodero nearly unconsciously stepped back while seeing Amon but He couldn't do that since He was sitting so He just looked away.
Fors thought that The Empress was very beautiful and wanted to write a story about a forbidden love between a beautiful empress and a traveling marchant.
Xio memorized the appearances of the two new members and looked at her friend, saw through her thoughts and shook her head.
Trissy just stood there while wondering why she was there like Sharon previously did but for a different reason. In short, she was doubting life.
But two other persons were doubting their life's choices even more.
Where am I ? Who am I What am I doing here ?
Having been taught by Xin Jian and Pallez, Leonard recognized that the man with a monocle was Amon and wanted to disappear.
Seeing His nemesis, Medici was frozen. He saw Amon smile at Him and felt His blood turn cold.
His pupils constricted and He couldn't deny that it wasn't the real Amon.
He turned to Xin Jian. He knew that She should be the one to make the decisions here.
In response, Xin Jian smiled and put on a illusion. Of course, this illusion can as usual be seen through by the angels and gods.
She crossed Her legs, put Her head in Her hand and said :
« What ? You seemed to like to separate others so much so I wanted to show you the joy of being together~! »
Amon : Interesting, interesting.
Mr. Fool : …
Lilith : …
Leodero : *sneer*
Amon was still smiling to Medici.
Medici shivered.
He would have to be next to this guy every Monday from now on.
Medici realized that this was Xin Jian's revenge.
He understood that Her and Klein had really separated afterwards.
For a while, He didn't know whether He should feel proud or not. Strangely, He hadn't expected that She would fight back. Maybe He was regretting it a little…
(Xin Jian : Regret it ! Regret it !)
Author : Of course there is a reason why He did not expect it…
Xin Jian : Don't foreshadow things that will only be revealed in the far far future. And He was once a Conspirer, of course He will not make such a mistake without reason !
Author : You really have a grudge against the Conspirer abilities.)
And the Tarot Club continued in this way~!
Medici was traumatized.
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