Seeing the mysterious Mr. Fool and the Emperor, whose knowledge was astonishingly vast, Alger finally relaxed. He smiled faintly. No matter what dangers he encountered at sea, the Tarot Club remained his greatest support.
Justice Audrey noticed Hanged Man Alger's expression, but she chose to greet everyone first before asking, "Mr. Hanged Man, it seems you've gone through some major upheaval?"
"That's right, but now isn't the time to talk about it." Alger smiled. "I'll submit this week's six pages of diary entries first."
After the diary entries materialized, Alger added flatteringly, "Mr. Fool, I also learned some information about the Secret Order."
News was not cut off upon the vast seas and oceans; it was merely less timely. Those great pirates valued intelligence just as much.
"Very good." Fool Klein nodded lightly, signaling for Hanged Man to continue.
Alger said, "Many pirates claimed that they had killed members of the Secret Order. Without exception, those members were all Sequence 6 Beyonders. They had all been preparing to hire pirate ships to sail into the depths of the Soniya Sea, and some of them had also been asking about the whereabouts of Mermaids."
At this point, Alger glanced at Emperor. "Based on Mr. Emperor's description last week, we can speculate that Mermaids are an indispensable part of the Secret Order members' advancement ritual. And there should be Mermaids in the depths of the Soniya Sea."
This was very important intelligence to Klein. He had also heard that a ritual was required to advance from Sequence 6 to Sequence 5.
And Alger's information contained two crucial pieces of intelligence: Mermaids and the Soniya Sea.
"Very good. You have also repaid your debt." Klein spoke in a lofty, supreme voice.
"Thank you for your generosity." Alger naturally knew that his information was