After Miss Justice analyzed the possible repercussions of Duke Negan's death, Klein ended The Tarot Club. After counting his adorable little money over and over again, he finally took out nearly all his savings, along with the Thousand Faces Hunter's Cerebral Mutation Pituitary Gland that he had kept sealed Above the Gray Fog, and exchanged them for the Faceless Beyonder Characteristic.
Although life had been very peaceful lately, Klein had always felt a sense of urgency lingering in his heart. In the end, he did not delay any longer. After receiving the Deep Sea Naga's hair sent by the Hanged Man, he used divination to confirm that no one would disturb him, then brewed the Faceless potion.
It was worth noting that this potion affected him far less than he had imagined. Although the sensation of his body continuously dissolving and solidifying was indeed unpleasant, throughout the entire process, he did not hear any mad ravings like he had when advancing to Seer and Clown.
Thinking carefully, his advancement to Magician had also gone far too smoothly. He had considered it an exception at the time, but after drinking this potion, Klein realized that it was probably not simply because he had been lucky.
"Thinking about it, Mr. Devil did use the words 'quite pure' when he mentioned Characteristics... Could he possess some method of purifying Beyonder Characteristics?"
At that thought, Klein felt slightly excited, because it seemed to mean that he would no longer need to worry about purifying the Marionettist Characteristic.
Though mentally exhausted, Klein was still within tolerable limits. He stood up, walked to the full-length mirror, and began slowly testing the Faceless's abilities.
At times, he became Zhou Mingrui; at others, he became Klein. He even tried Leonard and Emlyn, but for some unknown reason, when