Simultaneous Transmigration: We Level Up Alone Across Multiple Worlds

"Mr. Fool, is your attempt over? May we go back now?"

Alger's phantom stood silently for a moment, observing in the shadows, before speaking.

Klein deliberately softened his tone, maintaining a calm and mysterious air: "Of course, as long as you formally request it now, I can bring you back at any time."

Audrey on the other side calmed down a bit.

Audrey quickly lifted her skirt and curtsied, saying respectfully, "Respected Mr. Fool."

Alger placed his right hand on his chest and bowed in greeting: "Mr. Fool."

Audrey looked up at Klein and cautiously began, "Mr. Fool, I have a question I'd like to ask you. Legend has it that Emperor Roselle Gustave the Great created twenty-two secret cards, corresponding to unknown and extraordinary powers, and the popular Tarot Major Arcana was based on them. Is this true?"

Klein did not answer directly, but tilted his head slightly, gesturing for Alger to answer.

Alger's tone was calm. "Tarot is merely a tool for interpreting fate and deducing clues, relying on various symbolic signs to function. As for the twenty-two hidden cards you mentioned, I've only heard scattered rumors about them and have never seen the actual ones. Even the higher-ups of the Storm Church rarely mention them."

Klein maintained his stance of neither admitting nor denying.

Audrey paused for a moment, her tone filled with longing, then she frowned in distress: "I want to become an Extraordinary. I've researched a lot of occult materials and know about the three Church Extraordinary teams: the Night Watchers, the Punishers, and the Mechanical Hearts. But I don't want to be affiliated with any church. I don't want to be bound by strict rules and lose my freedom."

Alger chuckled and bluntly stated, "There's no such thing as gaining power without paying a price. For ordinary people, the Church is the only reliable way to safely obtain potion recipes and advancement materials. Leaving the Church and going it alone will only attract the attention of various secret organizations and cults, and you'll constantly face the risk of losing control and death."

Audrey did not give up. She turned to look at Klein, the head of the group, with anticipation: "Mr. Fool, do you have a way for me to safely embark on the extraordinary path without relying on the church? I am willing to pay the price, an equal exchange."

Klein tapped the bronze table lightly, his tone solemn: "I am a person who likes equal exchange. Here, as long as both parties are of equal value, they can each get what they need, and I can be a witness."

Audrey's eyes lit up, and she bowed again: "Respected Mr. Fool, please allow me to make this bold request, could you be a witness to our transaction?"

"It's nothing," Klein replied casually.

Alger immediately followed, his attitude sincere: "It is our honor, Mr. Fool."

Audrey's eyes lit up, and she suggested, "Shouldn't we give ourselves titles too? After all, we can't communicate using our real names. You're 'The Fool,' taken from the Tarot cards, so let's choose titles from the twenty-two Major Arcana cards as well."

"Can."

Klein raised his hand and pressed it lightly on the long table. Gray mist condensed at his fingertips into a thin stack of cards, which were then spread out on the table.

Each sheet has the same grayish-brown pattern on the back, face down, waiting to be turned over.

Audrey didn't hesitate for long before choosing "Justice": "It's decided, my title is 'Justice'!"

After she finished speaking, she looked at Alger.

After a moment of silence and contemplation, Alger chose the "Hanged Man" sign: "I am the 'Hanged Man'."

Klein's gaze shifted to the third location, where the person hadn't uttered a single word since arriving.

"Which card will you choose?"

Chen Chen raised his hand, pulled out a card from the spread-out deck, flipped it over, and placed it on the table.

"The tower."

Audrey glanced curiously at her silent companion.

She had some knowledge of the meaning of upright tarot cards in occultism... The collapse of the tower, the flames soaring into the sky, the complete shattering of the old structure, signifies the beginning of something new after destruction.

She suppressed her curiosity and didn't ask any further questions.

Alger glanced at him slightly, but only for a moment before looking away.

Klein nodded and collected the remaining cards from the table.

After a brief silence, Alger spoke.

"Miss Justice wants to become an extraordinary being, and I happen to have two Sequence 9 potion recipes."

"One is for the sailors, the other for the spectators."

While the two were discussing the deal, Chen Chen had already discovered the key point.

Since arriving at [Source Castle], [Tai Xu] in his mind has become restless. After carefully sensing it, Chen Chen discovered that it seemed to have developed a...hunger for the surrounding gray mist?

Chen Chen frowned, preparing to give it a try. In any case, even if he was discovered, the worst outcome would be being kicked out of Source Castle by Klein.

He quietly reached his left hand under the table, and a small, spherical hole appeared in his palm.

The surrounding gray fog was slowly drawn into the hole. Chen Chen was listening intently to the transaction between the two men on the table, as was Klein. No one noticed Chen Chen's subtle movements.

Chen Chen withdrew his hand with some regret upon realizing that the "Fool" had ultimately decided to witness their discussion.

Klein witnessed all of this from the middle.

The Tarot Club he founded completed its first substantial transaction.

"Are there any other requests or transaction intentions that need to be raised...?"

A concluding question. All three looked at Chen Chen simultaneously, and a hint of embarrassment flashed through Chen Chen's mind.

His mind raced, and finally, he composed himself and slowly began to speak.

"I can take on some commissions."

"A special item with a specified function. List your requirements and have Mr. Fool convey them to me. Whether or not to accept the order will depend on the difficulty and material costs."

The long table was silent for about three seconds.

Audrey was processing the literal meaning of the sentence... Mr. Tower could make extraordinary items.

This means... she can customize some beautiful and useful extraordinary items. Thinking of this, Audrey gradually became excited. If it weren't for Mr. Fool, she probably would have had a hard time getting in touch with such a powerful person.

Thinking of this, Audrey couldn't help but want to unleash her financial power.

Alger reacted differently.

He has sailed the five seas for many years and witnessed the methods of extraordinary people from all walks of life.

Of the twenty-two pathways, only a handful allow for the active crafting of extraordinary items in the low to mid-tier sequences.

The Steam Church can mass-produce mechanical constructs, but mechanical constructs and extraordinary items with embedded extraordinary properties are two different things... The former is mechanical and steam-powered, while the latter involves the sealing and stabilization of extraordinary properties, and the technological thresholds are not on the same level.

The only way to reliably mass-produce extraordinary items at Sequence Six is ​​through the Knowledgeable Path... Sequence Six Mechanical Experts, formerly known as Craftsmen.

It was through this sequence that Emperor Rosell replicated the steam engine.

After hesitating for a moment and seeing that Chen Chen didn't react, Alger finally spoke up to explain.

"Those powerful individuals capable of creating extraordinary items are few and far between within the Five Seas. Mr. Tower is at least at the Sequence Seven level or higher, and he is most likely pursuing a path related to creation."

The tower nodded slightly.

"Mr. Hanged Man is very knowledgeable; we'll talk about him another time."

Alger didn't press the matter further.

In his mind, he adjusted the sequence evaluation of the tower to between sequence six and sequence five.

People who spend a lot of time at sea know what's most valuable... People who can turn materials and properties into finished products are, in a sense, no different from a money-printing machine.