Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 169: A New Pirate General? Kallen Fantasy?

At exactly three o'clock in Backlund time, crimson rays of light rose from the magnificent and ancient palace, outlining different, equally blurry figures.

Justice Audrey looked up and said briskly, "Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

After a simple process, Klein finished reading the diary and entered the free communication time.

Audrey turned her head and looked at Mr. World at the end of the long table with a complicated look in her eyes: "Mr. World, it seems that your commission can be canceled."

"Yes," the deep voice from the dummy world replied, "Laneverus is dead."

Audrey looked away, her gaze slightly vacant as she asked, "Mr. World, do you have a grudge against that Lanevus?"

Klein immediately understood what she had said. It seemed Miss Justice knew of Lanevus's plight.

"That wasn't me," Klein decisively shifted the blame. "I simply handed him over to one of his enemies. Lanevus had once murdered one of that enemy's colleagues."

I'm sorry, Leonard. For the sake of my reputation, I have to put you in this difficult position.

"So that's how it is." Audrey nodded in understanding.

She said that when she met Mr. World before, she didn't realize he was such a person.

After the two of them finished their conversation, Alger impatiently asked Derrick, "Mr. Sun, have you asked about how to play the Scorched Earth Walker?"

Although the acting experience could not be copied completely, Alger still wanted to learn from someone who took less than a week to digest the potion.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hanged Man. The Chief said his potion was digested immediately after it entered his mouth. There was no acting involved." Sun Derrick replied with a hint of apology.

"I see. I see." Alger felt a little sorry, but he could understand. After all, he was a demigod, so it was understandable that he could absorb the Sequence Nine potion quickly.

Derrick turned his gaze towards Cerus and was about to speak when he was interrupted.

"I know." Serris didn't wait for Derrick to speak. "After this Tarot Meeting, I will send the potions for the Destruction Path Sequence 7, 'Sand Tracer', and Sequence 6, 'Memory Stealer' to the City of Silver."

The first few sequences of the Path of Destruction primarily focused on experiencing the "destruction" and "pain" bestowed upon them by the outside world, something Silver City had already experienced enough of. There was almost no need to spend time digesting it.

"Thank you, Mr. Devil." Derrick looked away.

Perhaps to demonstrate his own value, Alger took the initiative to mention his own channels at this Tarot meeting.

"Everyone, do you know about the Pirate Conference?"

"Pirate Congress? Mr. Hanged Man, can you explain it?" Audrey, the first supporting actor of the Tarot Club, took up the topic very well.

"There will be a grand pirate gathering on the Sonia Sea soon. The fleets of four pirate kings and eight pirate generals may all participate. There will be many materials rarely seen on land. If you have any needs, please let me know and I will purchase them."

Ha, not bad. Is Mr. Hanged Man now a profiteer? He has quite the business acumen, Klein thought to himself.

Without hesitation, Klein submitted the Faceless Man's supporting materials. Audrey, on the other hand, requested all the psychiatrist's materials. And two copies, at that.

At this moment, Ceris raised the question that Alger had just asked: "Eight pirate generals?"

Most of the others had little knowledge of the "Pirate King" and "Pirate General" and therefore didn't notice the question in Alger's words. But Cerus was different. He clearly remembered that there were only seven Pirate Generals. This was the squid's tribute to the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the Pirate King.

"Yes, eight." Alger nodded.

He deliberately came up with this number in order to show off his intelligence at sea.

"It can't be you?" Ceres joked with a smile.

"I thought so," Alger replied with a smile, "Unfortunately, no. This is a newly emerged pirate general."

"Mr. Hanged Man, could you please give me a detailed account of the four pirate kings and eight pirate generals? I've only heard their names and nicknames, but I'm not sure what extraordinary abilities they possess."

Audrey has always been interested in these things.

Alger looked around and saw that everyone in the Tarot Club was listening attentively. He immediately understood that this was the moment to demonstrate his worth. So he nodded gently and said without charge, "No problem."

He first talked about the original four pirate kings and seven pirate generals.

"This is the situation at sea half a month ago," Alger said.

"What kind of wild list is this? Even my famous Galaxy Bat Man is not ranked in it." Xing did not recognize this so-called pirate general.

"Maybe it's because you hid it so well that they didn't know you existed." Audrey seemed to be very good at coaxing children and calmed Xing down easily.

"That makes sense." Xing fell into deep thought.

Maybe she should just do the whole thing?
Watching Xing's actions, Klein's heart tightened.

Calm down, sis. You're a walking nuclear bomb!

"How about lighting a star core to play with?" Xing muttered to himself.

Star core? What was that? Oh, yes. It's the cancer of all worlds.

Klein was sweating profusely.

He controls the world and looks to Ceres for help.

Serris immediately responded with an OK gesture.

"Ms. Emperor, let's organize the entire pirate group and clean up the sea someday."

That's not what I meant! After Cerrius finished speaking, Alger made the final introduction.

"Finally, there's the newly appeared pirate general. He's the leader of the Honkai Pirates, Honkai Admiral Otto."

"Ah?" Ceris's hand stiffened slightly, "Hollow? Otto?

"Isn't he an elegant, adult gentleman with long blond hair?"

"I don't know if he's actually an elegant gentleman, but he does have blond hair," Alger explained. "About two weeks ago, this Honkai Admiral appeared out of nowhere aboard a ship called the 'Kallen Fantasy' and quickly defeated several renowned pirate groups, establishing his own position. This included Blood Admiral Senior. This made him recognized as the eighth pirate general."

"Ka..." Serris closed his eyes.

It’s confirmed, it’s Otto for sure.

Simply calling him Otto might be a homonym, but the elegant blond gentleman named Otto might be his counterpart from another world.

But the Kallen Fantasy...

If you're not my buddy, you won't even act anymore?

"Does Mr. Devil know this person?" Audrey asked curiously.

"Yeah... I know him. Honestly, I never thought I'd hear that name here. It's too..." Serris thought of a certain Star God. "Well, it actually makes sense."

"Is this person very powerful?" Klein asked, controlling the dummy world. This was the first time he had seen Serris so surprised.

"You may not be familiar with this name." Serris began to explain, "But in our place, the last time I heard the name 'Otto', he was called the 'False God' Otto."

"False God!" Everyone in the Tarot Club, except Padomeow, widened their eyes.

"Yes, false god." Serris confirmed.

"Like me, he's not a Beyonder from the Potion System. In terms of strength, at his peak, he was probably equivalent to..." Serris thought for a moment, comparing his combat power to Otto's Pseudo-God period. "Probably equivalent to the Angel King from the Potion System. Probably somewhere between Sequence One and True God."

This... no wonder he can be called a false god.

Although I have never heard of the term "King of Angels", I can fully understand it when combined with the second half of the sentence.

"But...why would such a person become a pirate? And, uh, he only became a pirate general?" Padomeow asked.

The status of a pirate general is indeed very high, but for someone who is close to the true God, a pirate general is completely insignificant.

"I don't know." Cerus shook his head, "But I'll make a rough guess. Perhaps he has lost his power now, or perhaps he wants to take the potion to further improve his existing abilities."

Ceris faced Alger and warned him, "In short, if this is really the Otto I think he is, you'd better not have any contact with him."

"Okay." Alger nodded sincerely.

Listen to others and eat enough.

"Mr. Demon, you just mentioned that Otto is not a Beyonder in the potion system. Is he also a Destiny Walker?" Audrey asked.

"No." Serris shook his head. "The source of his ability is a third kind, different from ours."

He looked at Padomeow and said, "I think you should be familiar with Miss Wheel of Fortune."

"Me?" Padmeow shook his ears, thinking of Otto's title of "General of Honkai".

"No...it can't be collapse...right?" She was a little bit unbelieving.

Klein couldn't help but open his eyes wide.

"Yes, it is the collapse." Serris gave an affirmative answer.

"Meow!" Padmeow meowed for the first time at the Tarot Club. It was a meaningless meow that even Klein and the synesthesia beacon could not translate.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see that Padmao was completely furious.

"Collapse is a periodic disaster that affects civilizations. It has led to the destruction of countless civilizations. However, our planet is not currently experiencing collapse." Serris explained the term.

How terrible, Alger thought.

Padmeow nodded.

That’s right, that’s it.

"It's a very cool name." Xing said seriously, "But it can't compare to me, the cancer of all worlds."

Are there any experts?

"It doesn't matter. I'll take action." Serris raised his hand. "Mr. Hanged Man, when exactly is the Pirate Conference? I'll go check it out too."

Alger was silent for two seconds, then sighed softly, "Tomorrow."

Serris smiled and said, "I won't steal your business."

Hearing this, Alger nodded in relief: "Thank you, Mr. Devil."

After communicating for a while, Klein knocked on the long bronze table, ending the Tarot meeting.

(End of this chapter)