You play your visible pile card, the 9♠, to follow suit. Underneath it, in order, sit the K♠, then the III, then the pile’s last card, hidden on the bottom.
Walk through exactly what happens to that pile.
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The K♠ surfaces first and flies straight into your hand: Kings never wait on the table. Because a King was just uncovered, the pile reveals again at once, and the III appears; it too is a Tarok, so it also flies straight in. That empties everything above the pile’s last card, so the final card is never tested for Tarok or King at all: it slides straight into your hand unseen, and the pile is gone. Only the K♠ and the III were ever shown to your opponent; the last card stays your secret. All of this finishes before your opponent even answers your card.