"...In summary, they worship the Fool and use tarot cards as their code names. They carry out their own missions in Backlund, the overseas colonies, the Southern Continent, and elsewhere, but occasionally conduct joint operations like the one tonight..."
After selectively sharing the clues he had gathered while investigating Angel and Klein with everyone attending the meeting, Leonard let out a long breath and continued:
"The man who killed and took away Saint Tenebrous tonight wore no disguise. I recognized him as Gehrman Sparrow, who once turned Hell Admiral into a marionette. Judging by the tarot card he left behind, he is very likely the member code-named the World."
"Intelligence confirms that Gehrman Sparrow has already become a demigod and has close ties with several saints and angels. One example is the Golden Queen, who rose to prominence with astonishing speed over the past six months and has very likely reached Sequence 3. Another is Balam's former Death Consul, an angel who still walks the earth."
Horamick, the Church of Steam's leader in the Backlund Diocese, added.
"As far as I know, the Golden Queen, Angelica Zaki, is also an angel who walks the earth. She commands a powerful ghost ship left over from the Fourth Epoch and is connected to the Ghost Empire, which rumors claim has recently reappeared... What we face may well be a mysterious organization with a long history and ties to numerous ancient empires."
Radar Valentine, the short, stocky Archbishop of the Church of Storms with deep blue hair, corrected Horamick's information in a voice that carried a rumbling undertone, then turned to the demigod representing the military:
"Celt, what do you think?"
The handsome man, with black hair, golden eyes, and an immaculate formal suit, shook his head.
"MI9 has very few leads. They