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After exchanging and sharing information, the Storm Church, the Evernight Church, and the Machinery Church naturally acted quickly to find any clues related to Lin Ruo, this unfamiliar angel, and the Tarot cards.
Lin Ruo was unaware of this. At this moment, he had already returned to his office and was divining the formula for the Wind Blessed characteristic left behind by Qilangos.
"Phew, got it." Lin Ruo opened his eyes after finishing the divination, a smile on his face as he looked at the Wind Blessed characteristic in his hand.
The divination just now went smoothly. After all, Lin Ruo, as a player with a cheat, could directly simulate the abilities of a Seer. And for a Seer to divine the formula for Sequence 6 based on the characteristic, the success rate wouldn't be too low.
"In a few weeks, I'll sell the formula and the characteristic to The Hanged Man… With a time interval and the erudite persona of The Chariot that I've deliberately created, it shouldn't arouse unnecessary associations from The Hanged Man." In a good mood, Lin Ruo transcribed the potion formula for the Wind Blessed while contemplating the timing for selling the formula and characteristic.
Persecuting Klein is persecuting Klein, but Lin Ruo didn't intend to equate The Chariot with a fanatic of The Fool or a high-sequence attendant. If he did, wouldn't he lose the position of The World in the future? He'd miss out on so much fun.
— The words he said to Klein last time were purely to torment him.
As for how to explain when the salted fish Fors and Justice Xio join the Tarot Club and discover that "Rudy Flair" isn't a member of the meeting? That's even simpler, because the members of the Tarot Club are mainly low-sequence, non-Fool believers, making it a gathering of double agents.
Even as The Hanged Man Alger imagined in the original story, the reason why the Tarot Club members are low-sequence members from various factions can be explained as Mr. Fool deliberately choosing these people. After all, these Tarot Club members who start from scratch and slowly grow within various forces are the least likely to be discovered.
In this situation, there naturally wouldn't be high-sequence attendants of The Fool in the Tarot Club. It's normal for "Rudy Flair" not to join.
And why would "Rudy Flair" develop Fors to join the Tarot Club? It's even easier to explain—Fors herself is involved with Mr. Door and the Abraham family. Such an existence itself is very much in line with the membership criteria of the Tarot Club. In the future, she might be able to infiltrate the Abraham family, making her a potential stock worth investing in.
As for Xio, she's purely a freebie. In fact, when Lin Ruo was preaching before, his main target was Fors. After all, she's the one who would die instantly if she didn't believe in The Fool. He was much more casual about whether Xio believed in The Fool or not.
This differentiated attitude will naturally become evidence of the above "facts" when Fors and Xio recall it in the future.
After transcribing the Wind Blessed potion formula, Lin Ruo then began to study "Creeping Hunger."
This mystical item, which has never been full since it fell into Klein's hands in the original story, has been affectionately nicknamed by many book fans with names such as "The Non-Hungry Who Dares Not Creep," "Creeping Little Starvation," and "Little Hunger." Its function is not much different from what was described in the original story.
As a corresponding mystical item of the Shepherd sequence, the main ability of "Creeping Hunger" is naturally to herd souls and use the abilities of herded souls. However, compared to a real Shepherd, when using "Creeping Hunger," it's impossible to directly switch and instantly change the ability being used like a real Shepherd. Switching states with it takes at least one second.
Secondly, after completing the herding with "Creeping Hunger," you can only obtain one to three abilities from the other party's lifetime. As for which abilities you get, it's purely based on luck. If you're unlucky, you might only get one Sequence 9 ability even if you herd a Sequence 5. A real Shepherd is more convenient in this regard and can directly choose three abilities.
Finally, "Creeping Hunger" can only herd a total of 5 souls, two fewer than a real Shepherd, corresponding to 5 fingers. If you want to herd a new soul, you must "release" the old soul—of course, if there is no high-level suppression like the Sefirah Castle, "Creeping Hunger" will choose to eat the old soul, which is its food.
Currently, the 5 souls in "Creeping Hunger" are "Faceless," "Psychiatrist," "Interrogator," "Nightmare," and "Priest of Light," and their skills are not bad. They are obviously the result of meticulous matching by Vice Admiral Hurricane Qilangos.
Without a doubt, even though "Creeping Hunger" has small flaws compared to a real Shepherd, it is definitely a very useful mystical item below the high sequences. Even if the abilities are properly matched, or if some special souls are herded, such as Klein herding souls of the Door pathway in the later stages and obtaining abilities like Traveling, it will still be useful even in the high sequences.
However, this item is more of a burden to Lin Ruo. After all, Lin Ruo himself can freely simulate the abilities of all sequences of the twenty-two pathways. In terms of matching, it's more comprehensive than Creeping Hunger, and even more energy-saving—using Creeping Hunger consumes a lot of spirituality. With Lin Ruo's current Sequence 7 level, he might not be able to handle it.
Moreover, the negative characteristics of "Creeping Hunger" itself are also annoying. Lin Ruo doesn't yet have the ability to directly seal "Creeping Hunger" like Mr. Azik, making it obediently eat people only after use. Although he can use a false high-level suppression when necessary, Lin Ruo can't keep the high-level suppression on all the time.
"As expected, I should still write a letter to Mr. Azik. Fortunately, I laid the groundwork last time and discussed the Aurora Order with him… This way, letting Azik study Little Hunger should also trigger a part of his memory." Lin Ruo muttered, then took out paper and pen and began to write a letter seriously.
This wasn't the first time he had written a letter to Azik. Although he didn't get Azik's copper whistle like Klein, Lin Ruo still had the ritual to summon Mr. Azik's messenger. Naturally, he would write a letter from time to time to deepen their relationship.
By the way, Lin Ruo also encouraged Klein to write many letters to Azik, mainly about daily greetings, sharing interesting stories, and the various legends about the God of Death that Klein heard along the way at sea.
After all, Lin Ruo didn't want his participation to cause Klein's relationship with Azik as father and son—no, as teacher and student—to completely disappear. Although they couldn't be teacher and student anymore, they could still be friends!
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