Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 40 The Fool's Bill
After paying two more talismans as a deposit, Star felt that he had overlooked a way to acquire knowledge.

He suddenly remembered that Admiral Edwina Edwards of the Golden Dream seemed to force the crew to take general education and reading courses in turns every day.

Come to think of it, she is also a good teacher.

I wonder if this intelligent and beautiful pirate teacher would be willing to share her collection with me.

Star felt that if he met this teacher, he could have a good communication with her, get some occult books from her for free, and make a lot of money.

This way you don't have to ask others for everything.

After all, wasn't Renette Tinicole Xiao Ke's messenger? Why was she always summoned by me?

Star felt that the messenger lady communicated with him much more than with Xiao Ke...

Uh, that’s not right, you can’t think like that!
To be honest, it was clearly me who used my own talisman to feed Xiao Ke's messenger.

Xiao Ke should also thank me...

After complaining about the "conjugate messenger" incident, Star turned to business.

The progress of his "Mumbling Patient" potion digestion was touched upon during his communication with the "Messenger Lady".

However, due to my unintentional performance just now, it seemed that I only touched the edge and did not really meet the requirements.

So even though "Miss Messenger" is an angelic figure and can bring good feedback to the performance of potions, the progress is no longer as great as imagined.

Star recalled what happened today, especially when he used Xiaoke's special operations badge to scare Darkwill. It seemed that he was more comfortable playing the role of the "talking patient".

But isn't this something that only the hunter path can do?
Of course, there should be slight differences.

Star believes that the hunter approach is more of a naked mockery and provocation, while the difference of this "mumbling patient" is that its request is a tease, or a prank?
If I were to sum it up in one word, it would be more like -

tease?
It's similar to the feeling that nonsense gives people, which is confusing, makes people guess repeatedly, and makes people unable to see through it.

Combining the expressions of her four heads who wanted to ask but hesitated to speak in "Miss Messenger" just now, Star felt that this kind of embarrassing behavior might be more in line with the role of "the talking patient".

The subject matter of the texts he typed during the day about "Kamen Rider (Mysterious Edition)" must have met the requirements of "talking patient".

Star felt that his guess was very close to the correct rules for playing the role of "The Talking Patient", although there might still be a part missing.

After all, after summarizing his experiences during this period, Sta suddenly found that his spirituality seemed to have recovered a little.

This was the beginning of the digestion of his "Whispering Patient" potion, even though it was only a digestion node, not the end point.
But with a specific direction, even if it is only an incomplete part, it will help him to play the role of the "mumbling patient" and digest the "madman" potion in coordination with each other.

In fact, at Sequence 9, one also needs to follow the rules of acting as a guide.

However, at that time, his "outlaw" style was too consistent with the two magic potions of "lawyer" and "gambler", and he did a lot of big things.

Therefore, he had already completed a large part of the digestion process before he could even summarize the rules of potion acting.

This is also unconscious acting.

Thinking of this, Star couldn't help but complain:
"what is this?"

"I can play both paths?"

……

When the time agreed upon with Klein to return the items came, he casually changed the altar into the style of a sacrificial ceremony.

Then, he arranged it according to the "binary method", placing a candle with a secret symbol symbolizing the "fool". Then he placed another candle in the center, representing the sacrificer.

After clearing away other debris, Star placed the badge of Xiao Ke's Special Operations Department and the "invoice" to be reimbursed - the receipt from the detective agency - on the altar before the spiritual wall created by the ritual silver dagger dissipated.

After doing all this, he lit the two candles with his spirituality and took a few steps back in the dim light.

Chanting in the ancient Hermetic language:
"You are a fool who does not belong to this age;"

"You are the mysterious master above the gray fog;"

"You are the yellow and black king of good luck."

"Thy faithful servant beseeches thy gaze;"

"I beg you to accept his offering;"

“Please open the gates of your kingdom.”

……

This ancient spell echoed within the spiritual wall, stirring up swirling gale winds and bringing shocks of natural forces.

It is the oldest sacrificial language created by extraordinary humans. It contains many mysteries in itself, but lacks sufficient protection for its users.

Star had once experienced a painful sensation as if his skin had been scraped by a knife, so this time he quickly scattered a handful of herbs.

These are all spiritually rich substances and should be fine.

Anyway, the gods above are our own people, so we don’t need to care whether such rituals are formal or not.

With Mr. Fool's permission, Star can simplify some non-essential steps.

The herbs were thrown into the wind, their spirituality combining with the natural powers brought about by the ritual spells.

Woo!
The wind grew stronger, but no longer fierce.

The natural power leveraged by the spells of this sacrificial ritual gradually merged with the spirituality of the herbs, gathering into an increasingly high "wave".

This "wave" was cast into the dim candlelight, causing it to suddenly expand and grow, forming an illusory and mysterious door.

As they continuously collided and merged, the strong wind threw itself into the candlelight that symbolized The Fool, expanding and tearing out an illusory door of normal size. The symbol engraved on its surface was a combination of the "Eye without Pupil" and the "Twisted Thread" - symbolizing the god "The Fool"!
At this time, Klein, who was above the gray fog, saw the hazy door appear behind the high-back chair. He realized that Star was going to return something, so he responded.

He immediately spread out his own spirituality, adding shock and excitement.

Bang!

With a not-quite-real creaking sound, the illusory door with many strange patterns cracked open a gap, revealing the ancient palace behind which Star often went to hold meetings with Klein, the "Fool".

When Star saw the illusory door open, he slowly picked up the badge of the Special Operations Department and the receipt for reimbursement that had been prepared on the altar, and handed them to the illusory door with one hand and his head looking straight ahead.

In the suction that suddenly appeared and disappeared in an instant, Star's hand became lighter, without the weight of the receipt.

He looked forward again, and before the illusory gate disappeared and the strong wind stopped, he shouted:
"Mr. Fool, please check your bill!"

The world seemed to be silent for a moment, until Klein's voice rang in Star's ears:
"Gan!"

(End of this chapter)