When Destiny Descends

"Ground angels? Protection? Miss Justice and Mr. Devil know each other in reality? Or did Mr. Devil find Miss Justice's true identity through the previous intel, and Miss Justice used that to deduce Mr. Devil's identity?"

The Hanged Man could barely contain his astonishment. He found that all the matters discussed by the Tarot Club members today were so high-level. Compared to them, he felt his desire to talk about Zilingus was a bit beneath him.

However...

Mr. Devil possessed means that even those below the level of Ground Angels couldn't see through? Did this mean he actually had Demigod-level strength? Or was he in possession of a Demigod-level Sealed Artifact?

Speaking of which, since Mr. Devil could provide protection to Miss Justice, who had significant influence in Backlund, he must also be a powerful Extraordinary in Backlund, right?

In that case, perhaps Zilingus could be dealt with without Mr. Fool's attendants needing to step in?

With this thought, The Hanged Man finally couldn't suppress his desire to eliminate Zilingus and spoke:

"Mr. Fool, Miss Justice, Mr. Devil, I've obtained new intelligence. Admiral Hurricane, Zilingus, has infiltrated Backlund to complete a difficult mission. He might stay there for a long time and commit horrific atrocities. Furthermore, I also know this matter involves a very important item that can help Zilingus quickly become a high-Sequence expert."

"Become a high-Sequence expert quickly? Isn't he afraid of Loss of Control?" Audrey immediately seized on the key point. After Mr. Devil's previous description of the Acting Method, she clearly understood the essence of Loss of Control. That kind of mutation where two minds merged together seemed even more terrifying to her than death.

"That's why the item is so important," Alger said frankly, then changed the subject, "Of course, these are just my speculations. The intelligence I received is specifically this: Zilingus believes that once he completes his commission and obtains that item, he will soon be on par with King of the Five Seas, Nester, and others, turning the Four Kings of the pirates into Five Kings."

Alger slowly analyzed the internal meaning of this intelligence with his Extraordinary knowledge, emphasizing the importance of the extraordinary item from time to time, trying to attract Mr. Fool's attention.

But unfortunately, both Mr. Fool and Mr. Devil were currently only at the Sequence Nine Grand Perfection realm. Although both were in a state where they could be promoted at any time, confronting Zilingus was clearly unrealistic.

However, Klein wasn't without ideas. Since Mr. Azk seemed to be in Backlund at the moment, even if he didn't know if the other party could truly contend with Zilingus, it should be fine to remind him with a tone of concern. Besides, he also wanted to inquire about the Sacrifice Ritual.

As various thoughts flashed through his mind, Mr. Fool remained outwardly composed, calmly uttering his signature line:

"I know."

Seeing Mr. Fool unmoved, Alger shifted his attention back to Mr. Devil and Miss Justice, beginning to detail Zilingus's various habits. However, to Sno, the way he introduced them was very strange, because—

The Hanged Man's method of introduction was exactly like a yandere describing their secret crush!

The discussion about Zilingus gradually drew to a close. Klein felt that the time for the Tarot Club today was almost up. He immediately smiled and said, "Let's end here for today."

"As you wish." Everyone stood up and bowed simultaneously. After Klein severed the connection, they quickly returned to their bodies.

Klein returned to his bedroom and removed the Spirit Wall. He had originally planned to go buy extraordinary materials as scheduled, but after some thought, he first took out paper and pen and began to write a letter to Mr. Azk.

In the room of the Red Chimney, a Feather Quill danced merrily on the notebook, writing smooth sentences in cursive without needing ink—

"I don't know where things went wrong. A Witch discovered his existence and informed the official Extraordinary. Good heavens, wasn't she afraid of being dragged into the church's basement?"

"Oh! Poor Ince Zangwill, his script has changed once again. The official Extraordinary have begun to notice the coincidences. His plan is once again facing failure..."

As he wrote this, the Feather Quill's movement suddenly froze. It stopped writing, knowing what would happen next.

As expected, a withered hand roughly grasped the Feather Quill and began to rewrite beneath the line it had just written—

"Extraordinary from the Church of the Night Watcher accidentally detected the aura of an Evil God Progeny, thus confirming Magaos was hiding in the lower streets of Iron Cross Street. To avoid causing too much damage to the public, the Three Great Churches decided to hold a large-scale charity event, distributing some food to the poor to divert most of them away from Iron Cross Street."

"The unborn Evil God Progeny and Magaos, who has been completely eroded by the Evil God Power, cannot understand the importance of charity for the poor and therefore did not discover the church's conspiracy. This is perfectly logical."

"However, Mr. A, who had been paying attention long before, noticed this detail. As a Fanatic, he decided to risk infiltrating the lower streets of Iron Cross Street. After all, as a Shepherd, he had sufficient means to escape. This is also perfectly logical."

"As the most influential Church of the Night Mother in Tingen City, the Night Watchers dispatched all their mid-Sequence Extraordinary, leaving only a few low-Sequence Extraordinary on guard. They would never have imagined that the enemy's target would be their main base."

"Ince Zangwill's plan will not fail! He will definitely get what he wants!"

Perhaps driven by 0-08, or perhaps because the matter itself was "logical," in short, after a certain unlucky Extraordinary almost lost control due to the evil god's aura, everything began to develop in the way Ince Zangwill desired...

After managing to suppress the overflowing spirituality from the Clown Potion and intending to spend the rest of his half-day holiday resting, Klein was suddenly summoned to the Blackthorn Security Company. Upon entering, he saw Dunn and several Night Watchers from other cities who had come to provide support, organizing their equipment. Among them, Madam Goddess's Sword, carrying a briefcase, and the members beside her, who were wearing Red Gloves, looked particularly conspicuous.

"Captain, have they discovered an Evil God Progeny?" Seeing this setup, Klein immediately understood what was happening. He reached into his pocket, where the Sun Talisman was, and swallowed hard.

"Yes, but this time it's a joint operation by the Three Great Churches. Low-Sequence Extraordinary don't need to participate. Ciga, Leonard, and Fors will go to the church to maintain order. You, Leonard, and Lowell will stay at headquarters, ready to deal with any emergencies..."

ps: There's a very interesting question in the original work: where do the Extraordinary Characteristics of Supernatural Creatures come from?

As everyone knows, Extraordinary Characteristics are indestructible. So how do creatures like the Lava Octopus, which possess Extraordinary Characteristics from the "Gou San Jia" (Three Families of Gou), reproduce?

Where do their Extraordinary Characteristics come from?

After all, according to the original work, creatures like Water Ghosts, Lava Octopuses, Deep Sea Billfish, and Arson Birds are not rare. So it shouldn't be the case that the old ones lose their Extraordinary Characteristics after giving birth to young. Otherwise, with so many low-Sequence creatures appearing, these creatures should have gone extinct long ago.

So the question is, how do they reproduce?

If Extraordinary Characteristics truly don't increase, then there are only two possibilities—

First, "Carriers"—just like Dragon's Breath Grass in fantasy novels, they only live in places where the aura of high-ranking beings remains, generating Extraordinary Characteristics by absorbing these auras, similar to the 422 Pollution I mentioned earlier. Honaquis Gray Goat should be of this type, but does this mean they will become extinct once the aura of high-ranking beings is depleted?

Second, "Processors"—this speculation is based on the idea that all things have Divinity. Perhaps these creatures can separate trace amounts of Extraordinary Characteristics from their food and accumulate them within their bodies, much like how pufferfish don't produce toxins but accumulate them through their diet. However, this raises another problem: the quantity of Extraordinary Characteristics. After all, according to the original work, the Extraordinary Characteristics accumulated in specific parts of each Supernatural Creature should be the same, or at least the difference should not be very large.

Which do you think it is?