newbobooks Chapter 31 Confession
Chapter 31 Confession
Evan's feelings for Klein were constantly changing.
At first, he thought Evan was just a very smart young man who yearned for the mysterious world but was a bit reckless. Later, he discovered that he was a kind-hearted but somewhat timid person. But now he has discovered that Evan is actually the mysterious person with many secrets.
Evan's understanding of the occult was not like that of an outsider; rather, it was like that of a seasoned extraordinary individual, especially his understanding of role-playing techniques.
Evan couldn't even say he understood the role-playing method anymore; he had truly mastered it.
Klein didn't believe that Evan had really learned these things from attending a mystical gathering.
If even wild extraordinary beings understand the method of role-playing, then there is no reason why the Church of True God would not know it and would not popularize it within the church.
Evan knew that Klein would eventually discover that he knew too much, so he was mentally prepared. When he heard Klein's question, he calmly prepared to reveal some secrets that he could tell.
"Sigh... I really don't want to tell you this secret. Actually, the Tarot Club founded by Mr. Fool wasn't the first secret organization I joined."
I had previously attended various gatherings without concealing my identity, and coupled with my brother Robert's rising status and growing influence in the Kingdom of Rune, this finally attracted the attention of other clandestine organizations.
Evan paused, and seeing that Klein was listening attentively, he continued:
"First, the Witch Cult noticed me and tried to get close to me through various means. Then, the Gnostic Society, the mortal enemy of the Witch Cult, sent people to set a trap for me, completely dragging me into their scheme, wanting me to infiltrate the Witch Cult and provide them with information."
"I carried out this mission very successfully and received praise from the Gnostic, so they taught me a lot of mystical knowledge. It was at this time that they discovered the discordant power within me."
"Their higher-ups investigated this force and eventually told me that I was just caught in a hail of bullets and that I would be fine as long as I left Tingen as soon as possible."
"Then, on the night I committed suicide, I dreamed of the mastermind's script, learned about the connection between the notes I had been reading and Mr. Fool, and finally, through the ancient name of Mr. Fool, I joined the Tarot Club founded by Mr. Fool."
When Klein heard Evan recount his past experiences, his lips twitched. He was already silently counting how many organizations Evan had joined.
"Including the Aurora Society, which just provided him with the Hunter's Potion, the Tarot Society, which I founded, the Witch Cult, and their mortal enemy, the Gnostic Society, Evan has already joined four secret organizations."
The seven major righteous churches always arrest members of secret organizations as soon as they are discovered. If it were Evan, they would have arrested him four times already. He can definitely be considered to be favored by evil gods, favored by several evil gods.
And some of them even sent him to infiltrate other secret organizations! My goodness, he's a traitor to four masters!
Although he was inwardly cursing, Klein didn't show it on his face. Instead, he addressed Evan's question:
"The Witch Cult? The Gnostic Society? Since they value you so much, why didn't they give you any potions? Why do they want you to join the Aurora Society and get potions from them?"
Upon hearing this, Klein noticed that Evan's mood had plummeted to its lowest point, his entire being radiating negativity. Klein could sense that he was utterly dejected.
"Do you know what kind of potion they gave me?"
Klein had only recently joined the Night Watch team and was still an administrative staff member, so he wasn't authorized to access certain documents and naturally shook his head.
"They provided me with the 'Assassin' potion. At first, I was overjoyed, thinking that becoming an assassin who walks in the night, killing without shedding blood and getting covered in dirt would be pretty good and exciting."
But after I drank the potion, they told me that the Assassin's Potion's Sequence 8 was the Instigator, and Sequence 7 was the Witch! A witch!!"
"A witch!?"
Klein was still a little confused by Evan's resentful look, but having been exposed to the "multiculturalism" of the beautiful country of Earth, Klein quickly realized what was going on. He looked at Evan with surprise and pointed at him with trembling hands, unable to say a word for a long time.
Ignoring Klein's pointing finger and wide-eyed stare, Evan spoke in a tearful voice:
"You guessed right. After drinking the Sequence 7 'Witch' potion from the Assassin's Path, I completely transformed into a woman. Not just pretending to be a woman, but becoming a woman from head to toe, inside and out, physiologically!"
"Do you know how I felt when I found out about this? But that's not the worst part. The worst part was that the next night, another bottle of 'Assassin' potion was placed in front of me, and I had to force a smile and drink it."
Klein slowly lowered his hand, unsure how to comfort Evan. He could only look at Evan with a sympathetic gaze. Being tricked into drinking the assassin's potion was already tragic enough, but he didn't expect to have to drink a second bottle. Klein didn't know what to say.
But he quickly realized what he meant and asked directly:
"That's not right. You've already become an Extraordinary, so why would you need to join the Aurora Order and seek out Hunter's Potions?"
Klein's question seemed to ignite Evan's emotions, and he said with great enthusiasm:
"Thanks to Mr. Fool, when I dreamed of the script written by the person behind the scenes, I was also protected by a fictional, mysterious city."
It was only then that I realized that there were some mysterious connections among the 22 extraordinary pathways, which are called similar pathways, and similar sequences can be interchanged in higher sequences.
To give an example, for the Night Path Sequence 5, in addition to taking potions from this path, one can also take high-sequence potions from the Death Path when advancing.
The Hunter path is similar to the Assassin path, and I've also heard that the Hunter path has the ability to turn women into men.
Because of the protection of this mysterious city, I can unconditionally take two types of potions at the same time, so I'm wondering if taking the Hunter's Potion would prevent me from turning into a woman?
Evan became more and more excited as he spoke, even glancing at Klein. What could Klein say? He could only nod quickly in agreement with the conjecture.
"You said before that on that terrible night, through the power of that notebook, you had a dream that allowed you to glimpse the script of the mastermind. So why can you see the 'script' now that the notebook is missing?"
Klein finally asked the question that concerned him most.
Evan also said seriously, "I couldn't actually see the later part of the script before, but after I drank the Hunter's Potion, my connection with that mysterious city deepened, and it actually severed the other mystical connections to me."
Apart from Mr. Fool, even the true Creator could not establish a mystical connection with me, which is why I was not corrupted by evil gods when I joined the Aurora Society.
Moreover, this mysterious city wasn't content with just that; it actually wanted to infiltrate the mysterious power that enveloped the entire Tingen, which gave me the opportunity to glimpse the 'script.'
Klein knew that Evan had a phantom city that resembled old Shanghai protecting him, which was one of the few traces of Earth that Klein had found in this world, but he really didn't expect it to be so powerful.
In Klein's eyes, a mysterious power capable of influencing people's fate and silently directing their actions was already quite advanced. However, he never expected that the old Shanghai phantom on Evan would actively infiltrate the past, allowing Evan to glimpse its secrets. It seems that the mastermind behind the scenes must be in a panic in the face of this situation. This also reminded Klein of the collision between the gray fog and the mysterious city when Evan first entered the gray fog.
"Could this be considered a manifestation of mutual infection?" Klein wondered to himself.
Just then, Klein sensed that the steam train was slowing down, indicating that it was about to arrive at its first stop on its way from Tingen to Backlund—the small station of Aleppo.
Aleppo is just a small town, but a regular army of the Loen is stationed nearby. It is only half an hour away from Tingen and needs to transport a lot of supplies, so it also has a station there.
Klein will also get off here and take the steam train back to Tingen.
Klein now knew why Evan was able to see through the mastermind's "script" and had rebuilt his trust in Evan. Before getting out of the car, he said again:
"From now on, we will continue to entrust Mr. Fool with our communications, and I will pay the costs. But I also hope that you will not add or delete any content from the script you have seen without authorization."
Evan said with a wry smile, "This lesson has been too profound. I won't do it again."
Klein didn't say anything more, and left the train with his top hat.
Evan breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Klein's departing figure. He had been too careless in this operation, fabricating a script to eliminate potential threats, but his good intentions backfired. More importantly, this whole affair was a deception in front of the "Fool."
If Evan fails to impress Klein this time, Klein will surely feel that Evan has seen through his identity as the Fool, and that Evan has no real respect for the Fool.
In order to rebuild trust, Evan will have no choice but to reveal his identity as a time traveler.
However, Evan didn't want to reveal his identity to Klein, mainly because the hostility of the 'Gray Fog' towards him made him wary, preventing him from playing the honesty game in front of Klein.
Fortunately, Klein was reasonable and acknowledged his good intentions in creating the script.
Moreover, this time Evan exposed his cheat and many of his secrets, which actually helped him cover up the secret he really wanted to hide—his understanding of the future world situation, which is the "Lord of Mysteries" in his mind.
As for the secret of the mysterious city that allows him to advance through two paths, it's fine now that it's been exposed. In fact, it will be beneficial for him to collect relevant materials at the Tarot Conference in the future, without having to hide it.
However, since he wanted to do things properly, after the steam train started, Evan returned to his room, took out the items he had prepared beforehand, arranged them, and held a ceremony in the carriage to pray to the "Heavenly Venerable of Blessing and Prosperity".
Klein, who had just bought a ticket back to Tingen at the Aleppo station, noticed someone praying to him. Understanding what was going on, he used the station staff's restroom to enter the gray fog and pull up Mr. "Power" Evan.