Mystery: The Ultimate Tarot

Chapter 237 Tarot Meeting Discusses Serial Murder Case

Chapter 237 Tarot Meeting Discusses Serial Murder Case

It's exactly three o'clock.

Klein used his spirituality to draw the other members into the "Source Castle," and as Miss Justice uttered "Good afternoon, Mr. Fool," the Tarot session officially began.

As with previous tarot sessions, only one deal was reached before the discussion began immediately.

"Trial" Hugh first gave a brief overview of the current war situation. Since the death of George III, the Republic of Intis has joined the war, and the Kingdom of Rune has had to face attacks from the north and west at the same time, and its manpower is already stretched thin.

The royal family has just given MI9 a mission: to recruit as many wild extraordinary individuals as possible to participate in the war to defend Rune.

They also implied that the terms could be offered more attractively, since the military has indeed freed up quite a few positions that could be filled.

"The Hanged Man," Alger said, "It seems that in the next two or three months, Rune will suffer a major defeat."

Everyone looked at Mr. "The Hanged Man." They knew that Rune's current defenses might be breached, but they generally felt that Rune could hold out until the second half of the year.

Alger smiled and said, "Rune's battle lines are too long and its forces are insufficient. It must be planning to shrink its battle lines."

"But the process of shrinking the battle lines will inevitably result in considerable losses."

"The royal family's recruitment of wild extraordinary individuals is clearly a way to recruit a batch of cannon fodder, allowing them to bear the losses from shrinking the battle lines, while preserving the royal family's elite forces and quickly building a new defensive line."

He paused for a moment and then continued, "At this point in the war, the extraordinary power of the Loen royal family cannot be severely damaged. Otherwise, the members of the royal family would not have time to consider recruiting wild extraordinary individuals, but would have to consider whether to escape to the Roside Islands or the Southern Continent."

Everyone was taken aback, but then realized it made a lot of sense.

"The Trial," Hugh remarked, "Mr. 'The Hanged Man,' you'd be perfect for intelligence work."

This job involves accurately guessing the target's intentions based on their behavior, and Mr. "The Hanged Man" clearly possesses this ability.

When Alger heard the word "judgment," he simply smiled.

After discussing the war, Leonard, who had been leaning back in his chair, straightened up and said, "Recently, there has been a series of murders in Backlund."

In Backlund, Audrey, "Justice," Fors, and others all looked at Mr. "Star." They had also seen the relevant reports in the newspapers and knew that "Star" was an official Extraordinary, so they should know more about him.

Leonard continued, "In the victim's home, we found an oil painting called 'Greed,' which depicts the tragic deaths of the two grain merchants."

"Therefore, it can be confirmed that these two cases of grain merchants being murdered are committed by the same killer."

He then mentioned the clues of "demons" and "gluttony" found at the scene, as well as the killer's "advance warning," all of which were not reported in the newspapers.

"Justice," Audrey said, "was the other party committing murder according to the Seven Deadly Sins?"

The concept of the "Seven Deadly Sins" was "proposed" by the Church of the Sun God in the Third Age. Although the church later disintegrated, many of the concepts left over from that time are still in use today.

Leonard said, "We have similar suspicions, and we suspect it's very likely that a 'demon' or 'Apostle of Desire' is behind this, taking advantage of the weakness of the official Extraordinary forces to create panic."

"The Magician" Fors then asked, "Why did he only kill grain merchants?"

"These grain merchants are probably the most evil ones right now," Leonard said. "During the investigation, we learned that the grain hoarded by just these three grain merchants alone is enough to supply the entire Backlund for six months."

The other members were stunned. They had all thought that grain merchants would hoard some grain, but they didn't expect so much!

Enough to feed 500 million people for six months!

They deserve to die, because current bread prices have left nearly a quarter of Backlund's population starving.

Most of them were manual laborers, and due to food shortages and lack of strength, many of them collapsed from hunger.

And once they lose their source of income, the family will immediately go bankrupt.

The harsh winter is not over yet, and many people will freeze to death.

The hall was silent for a second or two before Emlyn "The Moon" suddenly asked, "With grain prices so high right now, why aren't they selling off their grain quickly?"

This question surprised everyone, as if they didn't understand why Mr. "Moon" would ask such a question.

At this point, Emlyn seemed to realize something: "Are they planning to sell when food prices are even higher?"

Klein, sitting at the head of the bronze table, resisted the urge to cover his face. But thinking about it, it made sense. A vampire who liked dolls would never care about whether there was enough food.

At this moment, Klein felt a strong sense of division within the society of the Northern Continent. Perhaps the extraordinary could never empathize with the joys and sorrows of ordinary people.

Leonard continued, "No one is very enthusiastic about investigating this case."

"Unfortunately, the murderer did not bring any change to the grain prices in Backlund. The three companies were taken over by the deceased's nephews and nieces, and they had no intention of selling grain or lowering the price of bread."

Hearing Mr. "Star's" words, everyone's feelings were complicated. This serial murder case was different from the serial murder case last year. This time, the victims were people who were even more hateful than "the devil".

It's no wonder that the officials and extraordinary individuals aren't very interested in this case. Some of them must be confused about who the real devil is.

Furthermore, because the deceased were not ordinary citizens, the incident did not cause significant public panic.

However, it caused panic among many large merchants. For example, the only surviving major grain merchant moved out of Backlund the day after the murder.

Leonard paused for a moment and then said, "We suspect that the 'demon' may have committed this series of murders to digest the potion."

The "Demon" sequence immediately brings to mind depravity and evil. We generally think that they are associated with depravity and evil, but perhaps they are even more depraved and evil than those who are depraved and evil. For example, killing these depraved merchants is also a way to digest the potion.

"Or perhaps the potion that 'digests the apostles of desire' is also plausible. In the eyes of the apostles of desire, these corrupt merchants are the embodiment of desire itself; perhaps by taking their souls and processing them, they can be digested by the potion."

From beginning to end, the official extraordinary individuals never doubted that this was a "serial killer" digesting the potion.

"Justice," Audrey interjected, "This reminds me of Raphael; his way of digesting potions was quite peculiar."

However, everyone knows that it couldn't have been Raphael who committed the crime, because he was a "prisoner," not a "criminal."

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