The Sun, Derrick, said admiringly, "Yes, just as you said, the Chief appeared in time and used a Sealed Artifact to deal with the Uncontrolled."
The Hanged Man, Alger, frowned slightly. "Not long after you returned from the last Tarot Club gathering, the former captain of that exploration team lost control?"
Derrick nodded seriously and continued his account.
When he got to the part about returning home and immediately praying to Mr. Fool, Alger interrupted him. "Wait. You're saying that after going through something so strange and terrifying, the Chief simply let you go home? And when you got home, instead of doing anything else, you began praying to Mr. Fool?"
"Yes." Derrick answered, somewhat bewildered.
Alger sighed. "You had come into contact with that strange Amon. Do you think the Chief would be completely at ease after merely examining you once?
"From my experience, the Chief would definitely have someone monitor you in secret, and you have undoubtedly exposed your unusual nature.
"Don't doubt it. If even the Chief weren't cautious, your Silver City would never have survived in such a harsh environment until today!"
"This..." Derrick's eyes gradually widened. He increasingly felt that Mr. Hanged Man was truly knowledgeable and made a great deal of sense.
He then asked somewhat anxiously, "W-what should I do? Last week, I still went out of the city on patrol as usual, and I used my merits to exchange for Extraordinary Materials everywhere to repay what I owed Mr. Emperor. W-would that deepen their suspicions of me?"
Alger merely smiled. "You don't need to worry too much. The Chief probably only suspects that you were parasitized and wouldn't think of the Tarot Club. You can slowly find a way to resolve this problem."
Derrick calmed down slightly and honestly said, "I really