At the last Tarot Club gathering, Klein had tentatively agreed with the Magician on how to carry out her commission and what payment he would receive.
After killing Mr. X, Louis Wien, the Magician only wanted his head. Klein could keep everything else, including the Beyonder Characteristic and any Mystical Items. She would also lend him a Mystical Item capable of recording various Beyonder Abilities and provide a single-use item for Teleportation.
That was not a high price for killing a Sequence 5 Beyonder, and most of the payment depended on what Mr. X had on him. It amounted to a promise she might not be able to keep. But it seemed to be everything Miss Magician could offer. After all, she had only just advanced to the Mid Sequence... Angel suspected that the Tarot Club member had another reason for hiring a killer. It might even be an order from the Abraham Family behind her.
"That's what I thought too, but that isn't the point. Mr. X's abilities are the best reward."
Klein spoke with a chuckle, making no secret of his intention to Graze the Traveler.
Angel wanted to join the fight partly to help Klein obtain that crucial Beyonder Ability, and partly to test her own strength as a Sequence 4.
Since escaping Bayam and advancing to Despair, she had done little besides enter and leave the Mirror World every day, emerging from mirrors and glass like a ghost. She had yet to fight a proper battle and was eager for one.
Of course, if another Demigod stood behind Mr. X, Angel would not choose a head-on fight. She was not afraid of fighting a Beyonder of the same Sequence; she was worried that a direct clash between two Demigods would spread far and might kill many