Chapter 241 Bribing the Fool for the Second Time
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The "Tarot Club" begins. This time, "Justice" Audrey didn't greet everyone as usual, but looked directly at the head of the table: "Mr. Fool, the 'simple' task you entrusted has been completed."
She deliberately emphasized the word "simple."
"The Fool" Klein smiled blandly: "I already know."
Then he sighed: "In such an era, in such a Backlund, in such an East Borough, dock area, and factory district, it is truly a breeding ground for the descent of evil gods."
"Hanged Man" was stunned, wondering if he had heard correctly. Why would a simple task be linked to a breeding ground for the descent of evil gods?
At this moment, the gloomy and reserved "Mr. World" chuckled softly: "Yes, whenever I see and hear about large numbers of child laborers in their teens dying young, most workers rarely living past thirty due to extreme fatigue and harsh environments, and the elderly barely surviving the previous trials but becoming unemployed due to old age, lacking security, and only able to wander the streets, dying of hunger and cold…"
"I don't doubt the existence of evil gods at all. They are on earth, in the East Borough, dock area, and factory district…"
"The World" spoke eloquently about the current situation of the people at the bottom of the East Borough. After seeing Hobert's actions, Klein also hoped to use his power to bring some change to this world.
But he sadly realized that he was still an "unregistered person" and had to be careful not to expose his whereabouts, so he couldn't do anything at all.
After thinking for a while, he realized that the only thing he could do might be to tell Miss Justice about these things and let her use the power of the nobility to support some laws to protect the lives of the people at the bottom.
Especially when he talked about how the people in the East Borough would not have a third generation, Audrey was greatly shocked and could hardly imagine that this was happening in Backlund.
After "The World" finished speaking, Audrey fell into deep shock and remained silent for a long time.
"The Emperor" Hobert was about to echo, "This is a world that eats people." Indeed, this is more tragic and desperate than the world in Lu Xun's writings.
It was because this world was so tragic and desperate that Hobert was shocked when he went to the East Borough for the first time.
But when the words came to his lips, he felt that this sentence might expose himself, so he smiled and said: "What's even more ironic is that every time the superiors pay attention to the misery of these bottom-level people, it is because of evil gods. If you ask me, the number of times evil gods try to descend is too small, not enough to make the superiors determined to improve the living environment of the people in the East Borough."
Audrey looked at "The Emperor" with surprise: "Mr. Emperor, are you serious? That, that is an evil god."
Hobert smiled: "Believe me, Miss Justice, if you go and take a look, you will find that sometimes becoming a sacrifice to an evil god is not the most tragic thing in this world."
Audrey was silent for a few more seconds before saying: "I will, I will go and take a look."
She paused and then sincerely thanked: "Thank you, Mr. Fool, thank you for saving Backlund. Your sigh also made me understand the root of the problem."
"And thank you, Mr. Emperor and Mr. World, you have let me know many things I didn't understand before."
Hobert smiled meaningfully: "I hope justice will not become your burden."
Audrey nodded thoughtfully.
The Sun, Derrick, seemed to be in an "offline" state all the time. His motionless appearance was not a still picture, but he was listening carefully.
Saved Backlund? Alger was surprised again. How big of a deal was this?
At this time, Alger felt the Fool's gaze. He immediately understood and quickly materialized the last page of the Roselle diary he owed.
Next was Mr. Fool's reading time. He turned his attention to the diary in his hand: "January 16th, the taste of a witch is really good!"
Klein's mouth twitched. He simply didn't know what expression to use to face it: Emperor, I underestimated you too much before…
Taking advantage of Mr. Fool's reading time, Audrey calmed her mood and returned to the state of a spectator.
Then she found that whether it was Mr. Emperor, Mr. Hanged Man, or Mr. Sun, they all seemed to have something to say. Obviously, some stories had happened to them in the past week.
I really look forward to the extraordinary life of freedom like them, Audrey thought divergently.
"You can start communicating," Mr. Fool's reading time ended.
Hobert said first: "Honorable Mr. Fool, I have collected an item that I think you will definitely be interested in."
Klein asked in a flat tone: "What have you collected?"
"Please allow me to materialize some information about it," Hobert smiled and deliberately said misleadingly: "I think one of the purposes of collecting Emperor Roselle's diary is for it."
Audrey was surprised again, and almost couldn't maintain the state of the Spectator: What amazing thing did Mr. Emperor collect?
Alger also showed enough surprise: "The Emperor" can actually collect something that Mr. Fool is interested in? What would a god be interested in?
Derrick finally got out of the "offline" state. He was very curious about what Mr. Emperor had collected, and didn't know if there was such a thing in the "Forsaken Land of the Gods"? If there was, he would have a way to please "The Fool".
After obtaining Klein's consent, Hobert materialized the "Death" card.
When Klein took the "Death" card in his hand, he couldn't help but show a surprised expression, not because he was frightened by the lifeless Roselle image on the "Blasphemy Card", but because one of the diaries he read today was Roselle saying that he was going to make a set of "Blasphemy Cards containing the mysteries of the gods."
Unexpectedly, just after reading the diary, he saw the "Death" card among them.
Under his gaze, the Death card became three-dimensional, showing some content:
"Sequence 9: Corpse Collector…"
He turned the pages one by one, and stopped abruptly when he saw Sequence 6.
Although Audrey couldn't see Mr. Fool's surprised expression under the cover of the gray fog, she still felt the solemnity shown by Mr. Fool from his body movements.
Audrey was a little shocked: Mr. Fool is really interested in that small card!
Alger didn't dare to look at Mr. Fool, not even with the corner of his eye, but the fact that Mr. Fool was silent for a few seconds after getting the card already explained everything: "The Emperor" really spent a lot of money to digest the potion! He was willing to sacrifice something that even the gods would be silent about.
Derrick was a little disappointed. Although he couldn't see what Mr. Emperor had found, he knew that there was no such thing in the "Forsaken Land of the Gods".
Klein was silent for about six or seven seconds before speaking to Hobert: "You can make the second bribe."
Although they had already guessed the result, Alger and Audrey couldn't help but be a little surprised: Mr. Fool is very satisfied with the offering collected by the "Emperor".
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