Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 172: Wind Spirit (2020, thanks to book friend 00863... for the reward of Qidian coins)
"Editorial department? What happened to them?"

At this point, Roger was already a little confused. He had no idea what this matter had to do with the editorial department of Tussock Humorous Stories.

After all, their newspaper is just a platform for serialized comics, not a criminal organization, and it is unlikely to have any direct connection with the "Wind Spirit".

Klein pinched his forehead, as if sensing Roger's emotions:

"As I mentioned earlier, 'Wind Spirit' has a huge number of fans across the country."

"After the Tom Clyde incident, someone leaked it to a bunch of tabloids, including the Backlund Post. As a result, the Wind Spirit comic became extremely popular. Many fans of legends believed that the chivalrous Wind Spirit really existed.

"Tussock Humorous Stories sold more copies in one day than they had in the previous month... but that same day their editorial office was threatened.

"They were mailed razor blades, powdery substances of unknown composition, and even some editorial staff members were followed by suspected gang members.

"Because there weren't any substantial consequences, the police didn't have any good solutions... Eventually, the deputy editor of Tussock Humorous Stories came to us and paid us to investigate the matter."

Roger finally understood at this time:

"In other words, Tussock Humorous Stories became the direct beneficiary of Tom Clyde's death, but not only were they unable to catch this windfall, their safety was also threatened.

"So, in their fear, they hope you can find enough evidence to clear Tussock Humorous Tales from the series of 'Wind Spirit' incidents?"

Klein nodded. "Yes, to put it simply, they gave in."

"I was wondering today why an art company with aristocratic shareholders would actually display such a popular magazine... It seems that Mr. Edmund Dwork might also be a fan of 'Wind Spirit'..."

Roger thought to himself, and then asked again:

"Which official Beyonder force is investigating this matter now?"

"From what I've observed, it should be 'The Mandated Punisher'."

Klein laughed. "Because now the 'Wind Spirit' has been rumored to be the incarnation of the 'Storm Lord'... This rumor has likely infuriated the Cardinal of the Backlund region."

Roger burst out laughing when he heard this:
"Who knows? Perhaps the Cardinal didn't fully grasp the Storm Lord's true intentions..."

Sam seemed to have not yet fully adapted to the blasphemous activities that often took place at 15 Minsk Street, and for a moment he felt a little uneasy.

Even though he was not a follower of the "Lord of Storms", he couldn't help feeling guilty at this moment.

Bandit seemed to notice his anxious state. He meowed and then jumped onto Sam's legs and curled up into a small ball.

After stroking Bandit's fur for a while, Sam finally relaxed.

"Well then, Detective Moriarty, I'm going to go back and sort through the information."

Having said that, Bandit refused to move from Sam's body. Finally, Roger carried the tabby cat aside with a helpless look on his face. Sam, with his pants covered in gray and white cat hair, stood up and said goodbye.

After Sam left, Roger saw that Alister and Perseus were relatively well behaved, so he yawned and asked Klein to help keep an eye on them while he went upstairs to take a nap.

Around three in the afternoon, Roger tiptoed out of his bedroom, went to the workshop, and locked the door.

He sat in a chair and waited patiently until three o'clock arrived.

A burst of rusty starlight burst out from within and around Roger, and a moment later he appeared in the "Source Castle" above the gray fog.

Appearing with him are two ladies, "Justice" and "Magician", and three gentlemen, "The Hanged Man", "The Sun" and "The World".

Because currently, the Tarot Club already has three gentlemen and two ladies, in addition to Mr. World, who sits at the end of the long bronze table, opposite Mr. Fool.

Therefore, Mr. Fool managed to move the seat and emblem of Mr. Sun, who had originally sat next to Miss Justice, to the side of Roger the Wheel of Fortune, leaving enough space for another candidate for the Tarot Club and maintaining the beauty of symmetry.

This change naturally attracted the attention of the participants, but they all did not have any unusual reactions because the adjustment was very reasonable.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

The voice of Justice Audrey Hall came briskly, and the ancient "god" at the head of the long bronze table nodded slightly in response to her greeting.

Miss Justice then greeted the other gentlemen and ladies present one by one before looking at Mr. Sun, who seemed a little nervous.

"Mr. Sun, you seem a little anxious?"

For a "mind reader", it is not difficult to discover this abnormality.

"Yes, Miss Justice."

Derrick nodded and continued:

"I previously followed Mr. Hanged Man's advice and pretended to be on the verge of losing control before the expedition team set off to explore the ruins of the 'Fallen Creator'. I was then sent to an underground facility in Silver City for observation and treatment.

"But this underground facility has a magical item that can monitor the status of nearby Beyonders.

"That was one of the two top-level seals that ensured Silver City's survival in the distant past... I wonder if it can sense that I'm participating in the Tarot Club."

Mr. Fool's mind quickly flashed through the words "True Creator" and "Eternal Blazing Sun," and he whispered:

“This is a very special place, so normally it wouldn’t happen.

"But it's not ruled out that some extraordinary items also have special abilities."

Derrick breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

"Thank you, Mr. Fool."

Immediately he asked again:

"Also, I'd like to ask everyone here, does anyone know someone named 'Amon'?"

Amon?
"Wheel of Fortune" Roger obviously noticed that "Hanged Man" Alger's figure was slightly startled.

This is easy to understand, because the Amon family was one of the five major angel families during the Tudor Dynasty. Anyone familiar with the history of the Fourth Epoch should know this, not to mention official Beyonders like Alger who work within the Church of the Lord of Storms.

But Roger knew exactly what was going on.

In the original novel, Amon caused an entire exploration team to behave abnormally and secretly influenced their captain, thereby contacting Derrick, who was also imprisoned at the bottom of the Silver City, and initially became aware of the existence of the "Tarot Club" and Klein, the master of "Source Castle".

But with Roger's arrival, everything has already undergone subtle changes.

Amon had met Klein earlier, behind the Chanis Gate in Tingen City.

However, because Sequence 9 Klein's connection with Sefirah Castle was not yet close enough and he had not truly earned the destiny of being the "Lord of Sefirah Castle", and because of the existence of Roger, a good friend who possessed extraordinary divine power and an unfathomable background, Amon did not do anything to Klein.

So from the current perspective, Amon's contact with Derrick has a new meaning.

As expected, "The Hanged Man" Alger quickly told Mr. "The Sun" about the history of the Tudor Dynasty in the Fourth Epoch, as well as the five major families of Abraham, Antigonus, Amon, Jacob, and Tamara who supported the "Blood Emperor".

This ancient family with a history of more than a thousand years is almost equivalent to a witness of history.

Nast, the "King of the Five Seas", called them the Blasphemer Family, and it is said that they are a great family that holds the secret of stealing the power of the gods.

Not only that, Alger even mentioned that the Amon family claimed to be descendants of the ancient sun god.

When Mr. Hanged Man mentioned the Abraham Family, Mr. Fool glanced at the silent Roger, the current patriarch of the Abraham Family, but did not find anything unusual.

As everyone expected, these information really left little "Sun" confused.

He had only heard of eight ancient gods: the Giant King Olmir, the Fantasy Dragon Angerwede, the Alien King Kwashitun, the Elves King Sonyatholem, the Destruction Wolf Flegra, the Vampire Ancestor Lilith, the Phoenix Ancestor Graygari, and the Demon King Fabuti.

However, none of these eight ancient gods holds the power of the "sun", so there is no one who is called the ancient sun god.

However, at this moment, Mr. Wheel of Fortune, hidden within the gray fog, suddenly asked:
"Mr. Sun, the man who claimed to have met Amon... um, the former captain of the exploration team, besides telling you about his imprisonment, did he tell you anything else?"

He just wanted to listen and see if Amon had any special intentions.

"...No, we only occasionally communicate by tapping on the wall to communicate, and we chat about trivial things that happened in Silver City in the past.

"Are you interested in this, Mr. Wheel of Fortune?"

After hearing this, Roger let out a sigh:

"...No, please pretend I didn't say anything."

Faced with Roger's strange behavior, Mr. "Hanged Man" in the gray fog immediately noticed something strange.

"Mr. 'Wheel of Fortune' seems to be interested in Amon's affairs... and from what he said, he seems to know someone from the Amon family?"

But Alger didn't ask. He knew Mr. Wheel of Fortune's character well. He would tell anything he felt comfortable saying. But if even he felt it was too secretive to tell, then it wasn't something that anyone other than Mr. Fool was qualified to know.

"So, how should I treat the former captain of the exploration team?"

Little "Sun" Derrick looked at Alger, then at Roger, and asked awkwardly.

Although he didn't know anything about the Five Great Families or the Tudor Dynasty, judging from the two gentlemen's somewhat subtle attitudes, it seemed that something very troublesome was involved.

Alger glanced at Roger, the Wheel of Fortune, and after confirming that Roger had nothing to say, he spoke, "My suggestion is that you continue to communicate with the former captain of the exploration team and see if you can get more information out of him.

"But you need to be careful and beware of him, because this person is very dangerous!"

Alger's words startled Derrick, because the "Six-Man Council" had said the same thing!

"Why do you say he's dangerous?"

"The Sun" Derrick couldn't help but ask.

Alger crossed his arms and leaned forward.
"The reason is simple. Everyone else is out of control, and he's the only one left alive, even able to express himself clearly, which is problematic in itself.

"According to what you said, for the past forty-two years, Silver City has been imprisoned at the bottom of the underground fortifications. This is enough to illustrate his potential danger.

"Although there are some strange people within your elders' council, you should still trust that their overall judgment is far superior to yours."

The person Alger mentioned in his last words was the newly appointed elder of the six-member council who believed in the "True Creator," the "Shepherd" Lovia.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Mr. Hanged Man."

The little "Sun" student suddenly understood, and he sincerely thanked Mr. "The Hanged Man" for his guidance.

Since joining the Tarot Club, he has been receiving guidance or help from the two gentlemen, "Wheel of Fortune" and "Hanged Man", and has benefited greatly from them.

He thanked the two gentlemen from the bottom of his heart. Of course, without Mr. Fool's tolerance and care, he would not have had the opportunity to participate in the Tarot Club gatherings and gain the knowledge and insights that he could never have accessed in the City of Silver.

After they finished discussing the suspicious captain of the exploration team in the underground of Silver City, Audrey "Justice" took the initiative to ask Mr. Fool to have a private conversation.

She also brought three diaries of Emperor Roselle for Mr. Fool.

Although such things were already commonplace within the Tarot Club, considering that she had recently acquired several pages of Emperor Roselle's diary with Miss Magician and Hugh Dilcha, she still needed to delay it temporarily and prevent them from knowing the true whereabouts of the diaries.

Klein the Fool was naturally overjoyed, as he hadn't seen any useful Emperor Roselle's diary in a while.

He set up a mute mechanism for Alger, Roger, and the others, then looked at Audrey Hall.

As usual, Audrey quickly wrote down the contents of Emperor Roselle's diary on the paper and quill that Mr. Fool conjured for her, and handed it to the ancient god.

"You did well, Miss Justice."

Klein the Fool nodded slightly. This compliment made Audrey feel like spring breeze.

She immediately saw the great god raise his head and ask her:
"What do you want in return?"

To be honest, Klein was now very afraid that Miss Justice would ask for a potion formula that required a psychiatrist, because he really didn't have it.

Fortunately, Audrey did not mention the potion formula. Instead, she looked at the upside-down card placed next to Mr. Fool on the long bronze table.

At this moment, it was the only item in front of the ancient god besides Emperor Roselle's diary. Audrey, who had noticed its existence last time, naturally wanted to know what was on the card.

"this."

Mr. Fool gently stroked the back of the card and replied with a smile:

"This is a 'blasphemous card' that contains the secret of a divine path to godhood."

As expected... only something like this is worthy of Mr. Fool's status.

Miss Justice nodded slightly, and then asked again:
"Which divine path is it?"

"Sequence 0, Black Emperor."

Klein the Fool did not hide anything and spoke the truth.

“Sequence 0… I see!”

As clever as Audrey was, she immediately guessed that Sequence 0 was the entity where the true God resided, and that "Black Emperor" was the name of the corresponding deity.

Audrey was overjoyed to learn the truth. She carefully lowered her head and stopped disturbing Mr. Fool's weekly reading time.

"February 23rd, 1143. It's been over a week since I traveled to this world..."

Klein immediately became very interested when he saw this.

As expected, this entire page of the diary recorded Emperor Roselle's various complaints and feelings when he first traveled to this world. Klein also learned the emperor's real name during his time in China.

"Huang Tao"!
Not only that, Emperor Roselle also mentioned many of his ideas on how to transform the world and promote the development of civilization through various inventions, as well as his nostalgia and sorrow for his hometown.

Through this information, Klein discovered something.

That was the time before Emperor Roselle traveled here, and the difference between him and himself was no more than one year!
"The time points before the time travel were so close, why is the time difference after the time travel more than two hundred years?"

Klein was puzzled. His mind flashed through his mind as his roommate, Roger Abraham, also known as Mr. "Wheel of Fortune," sat in the gray fog not far away.

Through various clues, Klein was now basically certain that Roger had lived in the same era as himself before he traveled through time, but the exact number of years was still unclear.

The first two or more pages of Russell's diary were almost entirely filled with complaints. It was not until the very end that Klein saw that he had recorded a battle.

It was suspected to be a battle between an extraordinary person from the "Mystery Peeper" path and another extraordinary person from the "Sun" path!

Russell was greatly shocked and began to realize that this world was a plane with extraordinary power and fantastic magic.

Klein took a deep breath and then lifted the mute measures on the six people, including The Hanged Man, Wheel of Fortune, and Justice, and began to allow for free discussion.

Miss Magician spoke first and looked at Roger, the Wheel of Fortune.

"Dear Mr. Wheel of Fortune, I would like to purchase the main ingredient for the 'Master of Magic' potion from that lady.

"But I don't have enough money right now, so I can only afford one... So if possible, I'd like to buy the Soul Eater's stomach bag and 20 ml of deep-sea marlin blood first."

She finished speaking carefully, but saw Mr. Wheel of Fortune gently shaking his head:
"Actually, there's no need to go through so much trouble. That lady should have the extraordinary characteristic of 'Master of Magic'. I can ask her to give it to you directly.

"I'll confirm your time with Mr. Fool this week... That lady is usually very busy, so we need to find a day when both of you are free.

"As for the outstanding payment for the main material, I'll just keep it as is for now.

"I recently found some survivors of that family and settled them down. I think I'll need your help soon."

This was an act of Roger's passing on of information, a way of telling Fors that there were still survivors of the Abraham family.

As for the extraordinary characteristics of the "Master of Magic", in addition to those he took with him when he left the family residence in Port Pritz, Sam gave him several more characteristics extracted from the clan members who died suddenly in the Torquay Port Fortress.

But unlike the previous base where Roger was stationed, the Beyonder Characteristics released by the deceased Abraham family members in the Torquay Harbor Fortress contained very obvious spiritual contamination from Mr. "Gate", so Roger still needed to use the "Parasite Gloves" to remove the contamination.

As for why there is such a difference, Roger guessed that it must be related to the Ghroth source essence he carries with him, but how this specifically works still needs further confirmation.

As Roger expected, after hearing these words, the "magician" Fors immediately stood up and looked very excited.

She said with a trembling voice:
"Really? Are they okay?"

"Very good, they are under my protection for now."

"Wheel of Fortune" Roger nodded slightly, with an obvious smile in his tone.

The Magician let out a long sigh and said sincerely:
"Praise be to you, Mr. Wheel of Fortune."

Roger nodded slightly and said nothing more. Instead, he turned to look at the "Hanged Man" Alger Wilson beside him.

"Mr. 'The Hanged Man', is there any progress on the matter we discussed last time?"

He was referring to the plan to guide the Church of the Lord of Storms to investigate the disappearances of people in the southern continent.

Upon hearing this, Alger, the Hanged Man, immediately nodded.
"Mr. Wheel of Fortune, after our last conversation, I discussed this matter with the two leaders of the Mandated Punisher.

"According to them, His Excellency Cardinal Courtman of the Bayam region attaches great importance to this matter. The Storm Church has launched a comprehensive investigation and has found some clues.

"The 'Substitute Punishers' of the Loen Diocese are also taking action... We expect certain results from our investigation soon."

Hearing what Mr. Hanged Man said, Roger nodded slightly.

Soon, Alger heard the powerful "demigod" shrouded in gray fog speak:

"Perhaps I can provide you with some clues."

Clues? Mr. Wheel of Fortune seems to know something?
It seems that the subordinates of Mr. "Wheel of Fortune," whom Miss "Justice" mentioned earlier, have made great progress in their investigation of the "Witch Cult"...

After figuring out the key, Alger, the "Hanged Man," said respectfully:

"Please make it clear."

(End of this chapter)