As Mr. Fool declared today's Tarot Club gathering at an end, the members rose, bowed, and vanished one by one amid crimson light. Only Klein Moretti, the Fool seated at the head of the long table, and Mr. World opposite him remained.
With a thought, the hooded man controlled by the All-Black Eye also disappeared into the Gray Fog.
Letting out a long breath, Klein looked toward the seat to his left, where Empress Angel had been sitting. When he announced the end of the meeting, her undisguisedly curious gaze had remained fixed on him, giving him the illusion that all his secrets were about to be laid bare.
He knew Angel had surely become suspicious because of what Hanged Man had said, guessing that Sherlock Moriarty, the Tarot Club, and the Fool were connected.
The Fool had proactively admitted, in order to display His might, that His Blessed had participated in the Capim Case. Yet at this moment, that had produced an unexpected negative effect.
Fortunately, he had long prepared for this. Using the contaminated Marionettist Beyonder Characteristic, the All-Black Eye, he had created a duplicate of himself at the Tarot Club as an identity to use when necessary, giving him the greatest possible safeguard.
At most, Angel would suspect a connection between Moriarty and Mr. World.
The question was, how should he—or rather, Sherlock Moriarty—face her?
With a trace of anticipation and hesitation, Klein used the Card of Blasphemy, Black Emperor, to strengthen his Spirit Body. He returned to 15 Minsk Street and looked at the investigation report on Emlyn White on the table. Then he wrapped it up and returned to the Gray Fog, intending to use the Card of Blasphemy's Anti-Divination and anti-prophecy properties, along with the Gray Fog's mysterious nature, to make the report impossible