At night, just as Audrey was preparing to go to sleep, she once again received a scene sent over by Mr. Fool.
In the scene, the man whose appearance could not be clearly seen was standing on the beach, praying to Mr. Fool.
"Esteemed Mr. Fool, please help convey to your believer that today's transaction will remain valid for a long time, until I leave this deserted island."
"After I leave the deserted island, I can repay the debt I owe with Beyonder knowledge, potion formulas, gold pounds, and so on."
"If she has any requests, she may also bring them up. As long as I can do it."
Audrey silently watched the scene, thought for a moment, and asked, "Mr. Fool, how should I address that gentleman in distress?"
"You may call him World."
"World?" Audrey's eyes lit up. "Is he also a member of our Tarot Club?"
"Mm, he will be a new member of the Tarot Club."
Audrey said with great satisfaction, "Then please trouble Mr. Fool to tell Mr. World that the matter of repaying the debt later can be discussed at the Tarot Club."
"I will regularly prepare the water and food he needs for him."
"By the way, aside from some daily food, does he need fruit, snacks, desserts, and the like prepared for him as well?"
Above the gray fog, Mr. Fool said with a smile, "I believe he will not refuse any kindness at a time like this."
Audrey ended the conversation in satisfaction, and Mr. Fool above the gray fog also relaxed slightly.
With Miss Justice's wealth and credibility, he temporarily no longer needed to worry about water and food.
Tonight, he could have a good rest, then explore this island tomorrow.
The next day, just as dawn broke, Miss Justice sent Klein a pile of food and enough purified water through Mr. Fool.
There were all kinds of breakfast dishes, complete in color, fragrance, and taste. They looked incomparably sumptuous. Aside from that, there was also a large bag of fruit.
"This should be just one of Miss Justice's ordinary daily breakfasts."
Klein sighed with emotion as he ate the food before him. The gold pounds he worked hard to earn each day might not even compare to Miss Justice's usual food expenses for a single day.
The gap between people was truly too great.
After finishing the nutritious breakfast, combined with the full rest from last night, Klein was full of energy. He took out the pocket watch that was still in his coat pocket, not swept away, still holding strong. It showed that it was now 9:23.
He picked up a hard wooden stick from the beach, then began cutting through thorns and brambles, exploring toward the inner part of the island.
The farther in he went, the heavier Klein's heart sank. Aside from the seabirds soaring in the sky, there wasn't even the slightest trace of wild beasts moving about on this island, let alone people.
From early morning until two in the afternoon, Klein finally passed through the jungle full of thorns and arrived at a relatively open flat area.
At the center of this flat area stood a structure built from large stones, resembling a church.
This secretly delighted Klein. This building should have been constructed by people, which showed that someone had once lived on this island.
Should he go in and take a look? Klein always felt that the stone church before him was somewhat sinister. It was a form of spiritual warning.
As someone who had once been a Seer, when encountering such a situation, the natural choice was to first perform a divination. He took out the pocket watch from his pocket, held it by the chain, and let it act as a pendulum.
"There is great danger inside this stone church."
After stating the divination sentence, the pocket watch began to sway, finally turning toward the side that indicated negation.
"So this is the result of the divination."
Klein muttered to himself, then quickly withdrew and moved away from the stone church.
He already had plenty of divination experience and knew that divination in the real world was easily affected by Beyonder powers.
His spirituality was warning him, yet the divination result showed no problem at all. This was absolutely a divination result that had been obscured.
If the result just now had shown even a slight affirmation, perhaps he might have hesitated for a moment.
But now, hesitating for even one more second would be disrespecting his own life.
Just as Klein rapidly fled toward the outer ring of the island, an extremely dense black fog surged out from the stone church behind him and continuously spread toward him.
A cold, gloomy aura shot straight up Klein's back, making him unable to resist glancing back.
Inside the black fog were countless wraiths and ghosts. Some had already gradually condensed into physical forms, as if they were wearing black armor.
Only now did Klein understand why this island had only thorns so green they were almost black, without any traces of animals.
Because they had all been eaten by the things inside that stone church!
If he had walked into the stone church just now, it would have been the same as delivering meat to their door.
Klein sped up his escape. Fortunately, the thorn bushes along the path he had come from had already been cleared away by him, allowing him to flee more quickly.
The speed at which the black fog pursued him was not too fast, giving him time to escape.
But by the time he was close to the beach, his physical strength was already seriously exhausted, while the black fog behind him was still continuously drawing nearer. Fortunately, the bonfire he had lit last night was still burning with a cluster of flames.
Flame Jump!
Klein used the Beyonder ability of a Magician, avoiding the surging black fog. Then he quickly ran into the sea, creating an invisible tube of air that allowed him to hide underwater and freely breathe.
Through the surface of the water, Klein was astonished to discover that the thick black fog had already enveloped the entire island, even covering a large stretch of the sea surface.
Fortunately, the black fog did not invade the seawater.
Klein hid like this for more than an hour before the black fog gradually withdrew and dispersed.
Only then did he come out of the seawater. Being soaked by the seawater made his entire body uncomfortable. It was only after he lit a bonfire and dried his clothes that he felt much better.
Having already confirmed that there were no living people on this island, Klein prepared to make piles of bonfires along the coastline, raising black smoke to attract the attention of passing ships nearby.
Only this way would he have a chance of escaping this deserted island.
...
On Monday, Klein, who had already set up twelve bonfires along the coastline, arrived above the gray fog, preparing to hold this week's Tarot Club gathering.
In order to deal with Miss Justice, he had used the false identity of Mr. World. This time, he would let World also participate in today's Tarot Club gathering.
Back when he was in Backlund, he had thought about creating a false identity to join the Tarot Club, so that it could cooperate with him.
But he had never truly carried it out. This time, it was also time for Mr. World to make his appearance.
It was just right to use this new identity of Mr. World to issue a commission to Mr. Hanged Man and see whether he could rescue him from this deserted island.
After creating the World alt, Klein once again adjusted his identity, personality, behavior, and mannerisms. Only this way could Mr. World appear more like a living person.
A wild Beyonder rich in adventurous spirit who liked to explore. In terms of personality, he was usually rather silent and reserved, a man of action.
After arranging all these details, Klein controlled this new identity of World and said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."
"Hello, Mr. World."
Mr. Fool replied with a smile.
With everything ready, Mr. Fool then convened this week's Tarot Club gathering.
When the other members of the Tarot Club arrived above the gray fog and saw Mr. World, they could not help but be slightly stunned.
Audrey was the first to react. Her eyes lit up slightly as she began observing and analyzing this Mr. World.
Although she had already been feeding this Mr. World for several days, she had never truly spoken with him.
Today, this Mr. World had arrived even earlier than all of them, which showed that he had already been communicating with Mr. Fool for some time.
It seemed that Mr. World's situation was very bad.
Mr. Fool sat at the head of the long bronze table, swept his gaze over everyone, and explained, "This is World. From now on, he will participate in the weekly Tarot Club gatherings just like all of you."
Klein once again controlled World to stand up at the right moment, his expression cold and stern as he nodded to everyone.
The other members quickly accepted Mr. World as a new member. Only Alger, the Hanged Man, showed a trace of displeasure.
He instinctively felt uncomfortable and guarded toward this new member. At present, the Tarot Club was basically dominated by him and Miss Justice.
Miss Magician did not like handling matters. She only liked listening in on other people's conversations, then secretly recording something.
Little Sun's nature was simple and pure, to the point that even he could not bear to keep fleecing him. Moreover, Little Sun trusted him a lot.
That vampire was far too childish, and his influence could be completely ignored.
None of them could affect his position in the Tarot Club, but this Mr. World was a little different.
He looked like an experienced wild Beyonder. Such a person was very difficult to deal with, and not so easy to satisfy.
His arrival would definitely compete with him for the right to speak within the Tarot Club.
Facing all kinds of gazes measuring him, the expression on World's face did not move in the slightest. His entire person was like the deepest sea; no matter how great the stormy waves on the surface were, they could not shake him at all.
At this moment, Mr. Fool placed his thoughts on Roselle's diary. This time, Miss Justice had submitted two pages of Roselle's diary, and the contents were very rich.
Aside from the necessary little stories about Roselle's romantic affairs, they mentioned quite a few interesting things. For example, Sequence 0 of the Hunter pathway was Red Priest, and at Sequence 4, women would become men, the opposite of Witches.
After Mr. Fool finished reading Roselle's diary, he looked toward the members of the Tarot Club, indicating that they could begin freely conversing.
Audrey was the first to ask, "Mr. World, have you still not escaped your current predicament?"