392 Listening to Little Suns Story (2/2)
Derrick truthfully described the events, ”I saw Amon's shadow when the Rampager was finished off by the Chief. It should be him. This is what he looks like.”
With the approval of Mr. Fool, Derrick conjured a light screen depicting Amon.
A black classic robe, a matching pointed hat, a crystal monocle, a broad forehead, a thin face, black eyes, black curly hair…
”Have any of you seen him before?” Derrick asked hopefully.
The Hanged Man, Justice, The Magician, and The World shook their heads in unison.
Without harping on the matter, Derrick continued, ”Amon's shadow was eliminated by the Chief with the help of the mystical item, leaving being a translucent worm.
”The Chief told me that it was only an avatar of Amon…
”He explained to me the reason for arranging it so I lived beside him. After confirming that I was fine, he allowed me to return home. I was a little afraid, unaware of any subsequent actions Amon might take. Therefore, the moment I reached home, I prayed to Mr. Fool…”
”Wait,” Alger interrupted The Sun with a frown, ”you said that you just experienced such a strange and terrifying incident, and the Chief let you go home just like that? And the moment you returned home, you didn't do anything but first pray to Mr. Fool?”
”Yes,” Derrick answered blankly.
What's wrong with that? He found Mr. Hanged Man's attitude rather odd.
Audrey vaguely felt that what The Sun had done wasn't right, but she couldn't immediately figure out what was wrong. She just believed that if she were in his shoes, she definitely wouldn't have done that. But at that very moment, Fors had already covered her face.
Too careless… I was like that in the past, and the price of that was to use up a stone on my bracelet and start bearing the curse of the full moon… The best-selling writer sighed in her heart.
Alger glanced at Mr. Fool again. Seeing that he remained indifferent, he forced himself to relax. He held his fist against his nose and said, ”After having such an interaction with that strange Amon, do you think the Chief will just do a cursory inspection and be completely reassured about you?
”If that's really the case, that former captain of the exploratory team wouldn't have been imprisoned for forty-two years.
”In my experience, the Chief has definitely sent someone to secretly monitor you, and you've undoubtedly exposed your own uniqueness!
”Don't doubt this. If the Chief isn't that careful, then there's no way your City of Silver can last till this day under such abject environments.”
This… Derrick's eyes widened, being even more convinced that Mr. Hanged Man was truly knowledgeable and that what he said made a lot of sense!
Th-the Chief discovered something abnormal about me? So, that's why he had such an attitude when he heard my report? What should I do? What should I do… Derrick immediately became nervous and frightened.
Noticing his concern, Alger scoffed.
”However, you don't have to worry about it for now. I just thought about it, even if your City of Silver's Chief found out about your abnormality, he would only suspect that you were possessed by Amon, that you've been contaminated by him, and wouldn't think of the Tarot Club. You still have time, so you can slowly think of a way to resolve this problem.”
Derrick calmed down a little and honestly said, ”Back then, I really was possessed by Amon.”
”What?” Alger blurted out.
He nearly left his seat, taking on a combat stance to fend off any accidents.
Audrey and Fors immediately tensed up. Only the gloomy World showed mere surprise.
Startled by the reaction of Mr. Hanged Man, Derrick quickly added, ”Mr. Fool discovered it while I was praying.”
As he spoke, he conjured the scene which Mr. Fool had sent to him back then. Dressed in a pointed hat and a crystal monocle, Amon's illusory figure was coiled around his Spirit Body like the ghost of a python.
Seeing Justice and Magician trembling from the bottom of their hearts, The Hanged Man immediately pressed on, ”What happened next?”
”Later, Mr. Fool taught me a ritual. Through the ritual, 'He' sent his angel to purify Amon's avatar,” Derrick replied without embellishing or simplifying anything.
Angel? The Hanged Man looked in shock at the end of the bronze table.
He hurriedly lowered his head when he realized that his actions were impulsive and impolite.
Angel? Audrey was momentarily left dazed.