Klein had originally invited Mister Emperor into the Tarot Club with the intention of using him as a lifeline.
Now, Mister Emperor was not only more capable than Klein had imagined, but he was even a fellow countryman!
Klein realized that although the current situation was developing in an unexpected direction, it was also proceeding far more smoothly than he had expected.
"Noah, you should know that an evil god is going to descend upon Tingen City, right?"
Klein did not mind revealing this information in advance. From what he currently knew, whether one entered transaction mode had nothing to do with the other party's adherence to equivalent exchange.
Even if information was revealed beforehand and obtained directly by the other party, it could still serve as a bargaining chip in later transactions.
"I know—huh? You can actually afford intelligence this valuable? Looks like I misjudged you."
No, I didn't trade money for this...
Remembering how he had been tricked into buying three cups of coffee, Klein could not help but shed bitter tears.
"Ahem, you don't need to worry about where the information came from."
Klein's gaze drifted for a moment.
"I want to know, do you have a way to stop this from happening?"
"Hm? Stopping it? That wouldn't be a problem..."
Noah's voice suddenly sank.
"But what is the price?"
"To stop an evil god's descent, I would inevitably offend that evil god and the mysterious organization under its command. What would I gain by doing that?"
Klein fell into thought, tapping the table in front of him with a finger.
"Hmm... Since you were willing to produce two pages from Emperor Roselle's diary first during the Tarot Club meeting, Noah, that means your transaction model allows credit, right?"
Whenever Klein thought of this, he could not