Mystery: Chaos Path

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“So, you took on a protection commission these past few days, only to discover that the person you were protecting wasn't learning good things, and was following their teacher to learn spirit dancing at such a young age, even engaging in corpse resurrection. You initially thought the teacher was a corpse collector, but after investigating, you found out he was just an ordinary person, as unskilled as they come?”

Rowan, disguised as Jack, smiled and summarized the events that Klein had just described, then looked at the feather and copper whistle on the table, and said, “These are the gains you made from them?”

“Yes.” Klein nodded and said, “I suspect these things might be related to the so-called artificial Death of the Spirit Religion.”

“Yes, that makes sense.” Rowan nodded. Having read the original novel, he naturally knew what these were. He simply took out a newspaper from under the coffee table, pointed to the headline on the front page, and said with some curiosity, “But compared to your little discoveries while working as a bodyguard, I'm actually more curious about what unexpected events you encountered.”

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The headline on the front page of the newspaper read: 《Death of a Fraudster: Suspected Mysterious Organization, the Tarot Club, Strikes Again?!》

It was a very sensational title. Rowan only discovered that the most explosive news in today's morning paper was this after returning home in his “Jack Jones” guise, which reminded Rowan of a forgotten existence—the fraudster Lanell Ouse, one of the culprits in the Tingen incident, a scumbag who deserved to die.

Rowan had really forgotten about this guy before, after all, he was just cannon fodder with little presence.

In the original story, Lanell Ouse was used as a vessel for the descent ritual by the half-mad True Creator. In order to escape this fate, he used the power of the Nighthawks, and after consuming the True Creator's divinity in his body, he decisively ran away, only to encounter Mr. Fool, who was lying in ambush nearby, and was executed.

But now, the True Creator obviously no longer needs Lanell Ouse as a vessel for descent. Although Klein was also investigating him, he had never found any clues. So how did this rotten person encounter Klein and meet his misfortune?

When Klein heard this, his expression became a little stiff, obviously recalling some things. He sighed and said helplessly:

“Before I went to investigate that teacher, I accidentally encountered Lanell Ouse, the fraudster I mentioned to you before. He seemed to have just escaped from there, and he had some strange changes on his body, which gave me the feeling of facing the offspring of an evil god before, just not as powerful.”

Speaking of this, Klein's expression was also a little frightened. He glanced at the black glove on his hand and said:

“Fortunately, I have Creeping Hunger, and I also brought the Fiery Sun Charm, otherwise I really wouldn't be Lanell Ouse's opponent. But because of this, the commotion was a bit too big. I didn't want to deal with the official Extraordinary, so I scattered a deck of Tarot cards before leaving.”

Although Klein wasn't afraid of dealing with official Extraordinary, it would always be better to have less trouble. Klein didn't want to be arrested and then see a Nighthawk come to bail him out, such as Miss Daly or Captain Dunn. It would be even worse if someone from home came to bail him out.

Because, given the situation here, the only one who could openly bail him out was probably Mr. Lucifer.

Klein didn't dare to imagine what Mr. Lucifer, who already disliked him very much, would react if he came to the church to bail him out.

So Klein simply left a deck of Tarot cards to indicate the identity of the Tarot Club. Although this might not be useful, it was better than doing nothing.

Rowan knew what was going on as soon as he heard this. Obviously, in this changed fate, although Lanell Ouse had the True Creator's divinity planted in his body early on—after all, this happened before Rowan came to this world.

But the True Creator no longer used him as a vessel for descent. This made Lanell Ouse, although he didn't gain too much power, was still stronger than ordinary Extraordinary, but not too overpowered. Then Lanell Ouse might have escaped from the Aurora Society, only to encounter Klein, the old sixth, and was killed.

“Yes, although the process is different, the result is still the same. It is very much in line with the characteristics of fate convergence. The only difference is that the Tarot Club's reputation is now greater and better. I feel that in a while, the Tarot Club might even have people joining if it publicly recruits members.”

Rowan muttered in his heart. Just as he was about to say something, he saw Azik coming down from the second floor, and immediately said, “Mr. Azik, are you awake?”

“Sorry, I slept a little longer during my nap.” Azik rubbed his temples, then his gaze fell on the two items on the table, and he was suddenly stunned. He pursed his lips and said, “Klein, it seems you've encountered a little accident.”

“Yes.” Klein nodded and briefly explained what happened to Azik before saying, “Mr. Azik, I suspect these things may be related to you.”

This wasn't just nonsense, because the Spirit Religion's artificial Death was almost certainly related to Azik's other half of his soul, so wouldn't these two things be related to Azik?

Azik's expression wasn't surprised when he heard this. He reached out and picked up the two items one by one to check. After pinching the copper whistle, he closed his eyes, and a cold aura suddenly emanated from his body.

Obviously, compared to Azik in the original story, who hadn't recovered much of his memory and power, Azik, the Death Consul who had now directly crossed over, had more methods to use.

After a while, Azik opened his eyes, his expression slightly complicated, and said, “I sensed it, His existence. That is indeed another me, but unlike me, I didn't sense any emotions in Him. He… He is simply like a mindless machine, perhaps Death erased His will.”

Rowan wasn't surprised by this result either. He propped his hand on the coffee table and asked Azik with some concern, “Mr. Azik, has He affected you?”

No one can make a mistake in the first place!

“There is probably some influence, but fortunately, there are too many things separating us after all, and I have recovered to my current strength. Before we officially meet, He will hardly have too deep an impact on me, and vice versa.” Azik shook his head, then suddenly revealed a smile and said:

“But with this medium, as another Azik, I seem to be able to exert influence on those existences that have established contact with Him.”

Rowan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, “Are you referring to those people from the Artificial Death faction?”

The internal forces of the Spirit Religion are basically divided into three parts: the Royalist faction, the Artificial Death faction, and other insignificant factions.

Among them, the strongest is undoubtedly the Royalist faction, whose leader is the Pale Empress Siya, an unknown descendant of Death, possibly even a relative of Azik, possessing a Sequence 1 characteristic of the Death pathway.

The second is the Artificial Death faction, whose leader is an angel, Heitel, who is influenced by the Artificial Death. His loyalty to the Artificial Death is hard to say, but the influence he has received is not low.

Finally, those insignificant factions are not worth mentioning. If the first two factions can be subdued, this part of the Spirit Religion members will naturally be in the bag.