Before the battle to stop George III from becoming a god, Klein had imagined what he might face against various enemies, such as Zarathus, Amon, or Adam, the Angel of Imagination.
Of them, the King of Angel who had already obtained three Sequence 1 characteristics and the Visionary Uniqueness, and needed only to wait for the tide of the times to shift according to his wishes before drinking the potion and becoming a true god, was the most difficult to deal with.
After all, those of the Spectator pathway preferred to remain hidden in the shadows, controlling events through suggestion, hypnosis, and "arrangements" imbued with mystical power. Most terrifying of all, their targets often noticed nothing wrong until they fell into the trap and fulfilled the Spectator's purpose. Only then would realization dawn, leaving them consumed by regret.
But even when Klein and Angel used Mr. Fool's power to block Adam from spying on them when they mentioned his name, their wildest imaginings within the Grey Fog Space amounted to no more than Adam personally helping George III, "arranging" for those attacking the mausoleums to fail through various coincidences.
After all, as the Ancient Sun God's son and a King of Angel attempting to resurrect him, Adam was a natural enemy of Leodoro, the former Wind Angel and current God of Storms. If he dared approach Backlund, even by appearing at a nearby mausoleum, he might immediately provoke a divine descent.
Thus, seeing this priest with his gentle expression and clear eyes in the Grey Fog Space belonging to the Fool, at the Tarot Club's meeting place, sent Klein's brain into a kind of shock. None of his thoughts could function.
This was different from when he had hunted Ince Zangwill. Back then, through the scene revealed while responding to