The Tarot Club meeting ended, and Leonard's consciousness returned to the Red Gloves' lounge.
The Tarot Club members had once again discussed how to keep Raphael under control.
What Leonard had not expected was that Klein had already established contact with Raphael as well. Thinking about it, every Tarot Club member in Backlund except Miss Magician now had a connection with Raphael.
Still, that was hardly surprising. Since he was someone Mr. Fool paid attention to, he likely had some connection to that great existence. As members of the Tarot Club, they would therefore be more likely to cross paths with Raphael.
Leonard had heard the Old Man mention this before. It was similar to the law of Beyonder characteristic convergence, but not quite the same. They had "converged" because of Mr. Fool.
Drawing a deep breath, Leonard smiled faintly, curious about how Raphael would react when he saw the letter he had left.
Raphael had spent the past two days productively.
The basic framework of the Mechanic Company was already in place, and Raphael had gone over to give them further guidance on their next steps.
Wagner and the others had identified several promising targets and were preparing to send them invitations to see whether they were willing to pay to have their rivals dealt with.
These "promising targets" were wealthy merchants and nobles with clearly identifiable enemies.
However, Raphael reckoned that, given how cautious these people were, they would certainly wait and see. After all, this was an unfamiliar organization, and they had no idea whether it could keep their secrets.
Raphael was in no hurry about that. Next, he would have Wagner send invitations to the targets' rivals as well, then inform those rivals through other channels that someone had set their sights on them.
Someone was