Chapter 244: Choosing cards

"Cough! Let me clarify, although the flash amulet can be used as Nagi said, my original intention for making it was for the few people who don't have strong personal abilities to use for self-protection."

"For example, Sonoko, Fujiwara, Hayasaka, and Miss Sakuya."

"Miss Sakuya is just an ordinary person, she indeed needs to use props for self-protection. Sonoko and Fujiwara's personal abilities are almost equal to nothing, and they also have the need to use props for self-protection, and then there is Hayasaka."

"Hayasaka's Door-Door Fruit is suitable for auxiliary; before her personal physical ability is strong enough, props for self-protection are necessary. And in the different dimension, Hayasaka's ability is also more suitable for throwing the amulet to cause range-based control."

Ren Amamiya hurriedly came out to explain, otherwise he would be mistaken for a model of a perverted lecher.

"By the way, this was a topic I talked about with Nagi before. Some things, wait until you are prepared; if you haven't made enough preparations, you can not act first."

"..."

The girls present all understood the meaning of this sentence; everyone didn't respond, but nodded silently.

"Very good, this topic will be skipped for now~."

Ren Amamiya actively and cleanly skipped this slightly dull topic.

"Actually, I also started talking about this amulet with Miss Aizawa when we were on the RV before; for example, the effect of this amulet is very good, but for ordinary people with a certain amount of training and resistance, the control time will be shortened to twenty minutes."

"If it's people with special abilities like us, the situation of being affected will be even smaller."

"Kaguya, Nagi, and the others can only be hard-controlled for one minute."

"As for Ran, if the amulet's ability is not nullified and offset, at most there will only be twenty seconds of time."

"Of course, no matter how long, a prop that easily causes trouble for yourself is not a good prop. But it's not that there's no way to avoid it."

Ren Amamiya flipped his palm, and a set of Tarot cards appeared in his hand.

"These Tarot cards are composed of products of some high-level status; carrying them by your side can avoid being affected by those ordinary props."

"So..."

That deck of Tarot cards began to rotate in order in the air as if it were being operated by a trick.

"Everyone present, start choosing a card that belongs to you."

A card from the rotating deck drifted into Ren Amamiya's hand.

"I choose the Fool."

Others looked at the deck and made their choices one after another.

"Then I choose the Lovers."

Sonoko Suzuki made the choice first; this high-speed choice made Kaguya Shijo pause, but she quickly made adjustments.

"The Emperor."

After Kaguya Shijo made her choice, Ai Hayasaka also made her choice.

"Temperance."

Ren Amamiya glanced at this pair of master and servant, thinking that the choice of this pair of master and servant was really appropriate enough.

The reversed Emperor means childish, powerless, and dominated, which completely fits Kaguya's situation before.

The reversed Temperance means consumption, fatigue, and anxiety, which is simply a replica of Hayasaka being controlled.

"Hmm, then I want the Empress."

Nagi Sanzenin also chose the card that suited her best.

The reversed Empress is indeed very appropriate for her life experience: not lively, lack of motivation, lazy living habits, and the most critical thing is the dispute with her family.

After Nagi Sanzenin picked her card, Maria also made her choice.

"I want the Hanged Man."

Ren Amamiya felt that Maria's card should use the interpretation of the upright position.

Accepting the test, sacrifice, rebirth from the ashes, extensive learning, and devoted love—this is simply a portrayal of Maria's life in the story.

Accepting the test, choosing to leave Nagi Sanzenin's side, then rebirth from the ashes, traveling and learning all the way, she also gave her love to the person she loved.

"I choose the Hermit."

Sakuya Aizawa's choice also fits her situation very well, but it is the interpretation of the upright position.

Individual action, listening to others' opinions, enjoying loneliness, beneficial vigilance, and elders.

Very consistent with her personal situation at home, especially as an older sister, she is an understander, and also a listener; the key is that she will take care of people.

"Mm, I choose the Magician."

Izumi Saginomiya also made the choice that suited her best.

Similarly, this card is also better interpreted in the upright position: the beginning of things, the change of action, it is simply talking about the story of her and Nagi Sanzenin.

Skilled techniques and skills, consistent will, and ambition achieved by using natural power—what is told is the power she mastered as a shrine maiden.

"Then I choose Strength."

Mao Li, who has the most strength, chose the card with the most strength.

And she, that is really suitable for both upright and reversed positions.

The upright position talks about the present, and the reversed position talks about before the diary arrived.

After choosing their own cards, the corresponding cards in the deck came to everyone's front.

Only one person left didn't make a choice.

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Everyone focused their eyes on the last Chika Fujiwara.

"Mm... which card should I choose? Ren, what do you think?"

For a while, Chika Fujiwara couldn't make a decision, so she subconsciously wanted to ask for Ren's opinion.

"If it's you, the Sun is not bad. The interpretation of the upright position is very consistent with your situation."

"Lively, full of vitality, energetic, smooth work, help from noble people, happy marriage, healthy social interaction."

Chika Fujiwara's eyes lit up, and she immediately smiled.

"Then I choose the Sun."

Everyone completed the choice, and the other cards that were not selected were put away by Ren Amamiya.

It's just that Ren Amamiya didn't intend to let the remaining cards return to their original appearance, but continued to keep them, preparing for other people who joined.

Ren Amamiya continued to introduce:

"This is a card after other materials were deformed; I used it when I broke open Ran's magic nullification field. Because of the difference in status, it can easily do things that ordinary means cannot do."

"Hmm, I'm talking about breaking open Ran's magic nullification field. Now my means cannot do it; that nullification ability is simply the nemesis of Extraordinary abilities."

"But also because of this, as long as you carry this card with you, you don't have to worry about the problem of hurting yourself when using props."

This is also the simplest and crudest method Ren Amamiya thought of.

— Author's Notes —

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