Chapter 4 - 4

Chapter 30 They Can't Hear

  Klein and Michael were first taken to a reception room on the first floor by a waiter. After sitting for a few minutes, they were invited to the third floor by another waiter.

  On the way to the stairs, Klein saw the huge ballroom on

  the first floor. The roof of the first floor was opened up, and a gorgeous and huge chandelier hung from the top of the second floor. This structure made the ballroom look large and tall, and the murals and decorations even gave people a sense of art.

  Klein sighed, although it was not as luxurious as the aristocratic ballroom, it also gave people a sense of class.

  This should be the favorite of the middle class. It would feel very decent to spend money in such a place.

  Even if they were to take care of the business of street girls, they also wanted to go to a more decent place.

  At this time, the ballroom was very deserted, with only some waiters cleaning.

  On the sofa in the ballroom, there were two or three girls chatting and laughing. After Klein and Michael appeared, they all looked at the two men with a smile.

  Klein suddenly had a feeling like when a girl looked at him when he was in school before.

  Mike also sighed, "This place really feels different."

  Klein nodded.

  Following the waiter all the way to the third floor, the decoration here is more gorgeous, and there are entertainment areas such as squash and billiards, as well as a dining area and a cafe.

  Of course, there are also warmly decorated rooms.

  The two were taken to a small reception room. Mandy was already waiting here. She stood up from the sofa and said seriously, "Glad to see you two."

  In addition to Mandy, Enoch was also there, but he did not stand up, but looked at the two guests with a gloomy face.

  He came here today just to intimidate, so there was no need to say anything.

  As soon as Klein entered the door, he looked at the inner wall. He felt that there was a pair of eyes watching him and Mike from there.

  Mike also said, "Nice to meet you, Ms. Mandy."

  Mandy made a gesture for everyone to sit down. After they all sat down, Mandy asked Mike, "Have you heard of the Nanmu Ballroom before?"

  Mike told the truth, "Not very well."

  Mandy said seriously, "Then why did you write some reports that could easily lead to misunderstandings?"

  Mike was originally very calm, but after being asked by Mandy, he suddenly became a little uneasy: "I... I just reported it truthfully, and there is no slander."

  Klein sighed in his heart: Unknowingly, the initiative of this conversation has been in the hands of Ms. Mandy.

  This is not an extraordinary method, but just an ordinary rhetoric.

  But the cold gaze of the vicious man on the side and the powerful aura of Ms. Mandy made the experienced Mike also affected by the atmosphere in the room.

  Watching Mike start to explain and seeing him getting more and more embarrassed, Klein cleared his throat and said, "Since Mr. Gal is here, why don't you come out and talk to us in person?"

  Mandy was slightly stunned, and the conversation strategy was instantly interrupted.

  Just as she was about to deny it, the inner wall slowly opened, and Odysseus stepped out of the secret door: "Originally, I didn't have to talk to this reporter Mike in person, but you are different."

  Klein was slightly stunned, realizing that Mr. Gar had discovered that he was a Beyonder, so he received "different treatment."     Then, he felt that this "Mr. Gal" gave him a very familiar feeling.

  But because the other party was wearing a mask that only showed his mouth and chin, he didn't know where he had seen it before, so he could only wait until he had time to do divination.

  At this time, the four people in the room stood up. Odysseus came to sit opposite the reporter Mike, and Mandy and Enoch quickly stood behind him.

  Odysseus opened the cigar box on the coffee table, picked up two cigars and threw them casually: "Have a cigar."

  The ability of "combat scholar" allows Odysseus to accurately control the strength, and one of the cigars fell steadily into the hands of reporter Mike, even between his index finger and middle finger.

  When the other cigar was about to enter Klein's hand, he used the "magician's" skill to flick it lightly, and the cigar flew back to the cigar box: "Sorry, I don't smoke cigars."

  Odysseus seemed to be waving his hand casually, and hit the cigar back at Klein: "Have a smoke."

  Klein was about to flick the flying cigar again, but this time the cigar seemed to have a life. When it was about to touch Klein's hand, it suddenly turned and did not touch his outstretched hand, but fell right into his palm.

  This contest happened very quickly, and by the time Mike and the others reacted, it was over.

  Just now, when Odysseus was hiding in the dark room and realized that Klein had looked at him many times, he knew that he must have noticed his existence. After all, the "diviner" was also a more spiritual Extraordinary.

  If it was "Odysseus, the owner of the herbal medicine store", he would have discovered it, but now Odysseus is "Mr. Gal" with a gray industry. Even if he was discovered, he would definitely have to knock the other party out if he came out openly.

  Klein felt the tremendous pressure from "Mr. Gar" and understood his intention to intimidate him. He certainly would not confront him head-on on someone else's territory, so he put away his cigar: "I'll take it back and smoke it."

  At this time, he suddenly thought: Our fight just now felt a bit like the contest between masters in martial arts movies... Haha, Mr. Gar must be an extraordinary person who is good at close combat.

  After knocking the "bodyguard" and making Mike feel tremendous pressure, Odysseus cut the cigar and said to Mike: "Mr. Reporter, I have read some of your reports, which are very profound.

  "But I really want to ask you a question. Your reports have attracted the attention of some people, but have they solved practical problems?

  "For example, the poverty in the East District, for example, the economic policies that are increasingly unfriendly to the middle class."

  After Odysseus cut the cigar, Enoch immediately bent down and slowly lit it for him with a lighter.

  As the owner of a herbal medicine store, Odysseus always smoked tobacco that he roasted and added some herbs to, and when he was the "leader" of the Mystic Research Society, he always smoked rolled cigarettes.

  When he was "Mr. Gall", he smoked cigars.

  Different clothes were already scented with different smells of smoke, which was just one of the details.

  Of course, the main reason was that Odysseus gave these three characters different temperaments.

  So Odysseus, the owner of the herbal medicine store, Mr. Gall, and the "leader" looked like three different people.

  Under the pressure of the aura of "Mr. Gall", Mike answered honestly: "Some problems have been solved, but most have not."

  Odysseus took a puff of his cigar and gestured to Mike and Klein to sit down: "Mr. Reporter, I know you are a reporter with relatively professional ethics, and you have done a lot to help others.

  "But you can't solve the problems of poverty in the East District and the tragic fate of street girls, because people who pay attention to your reports don't care about the fate of the poor and street girls!"

  Mike was slightly stunned, and suddenly felt that he had grasped the key to the problem!,  Chapter 31 When I just came here

  This is not a complicated truth, but Mike, a reporter from the Daily Observer, had ignored it intentionally or unintentionally before. In his heart, he did not want the elite class of this society to be cruel and ruthless.

  He hoped that the elite class would be like him. Some problems just had not been discovered by everyone. Once they were discovered, they would find ways to actively solve them.

  Odysseus leaned back on the sofa and said in a slightly vicissitudes of life voice: "I'm doing the same thing as you, but the method is different.

  "I don't expect the understanding and help of those big guys, because they can't understand. Help based on sympathy is unreliable, because sympathy is likely to disappear the next day.

  "You should have heard that I tried to start a factory.

  "It's not because I'm investing, I just hope to give street girls another way to go. After all, who would be willing to do this business unless they have to?

  "But I failed. Currently, only the 'Nanmu Restaurant' is still profitable."

  Mike hurriedly said: "I heard that you are doing a great..."

  Odysseus raised his hand and interrupted Mike: "No need for your compliments, I know that what I do is not great.

  "On the contrary, it's a bit dirty."

  He pointed to his mask: "Once you put on this mask, you can't take it off.

  "But I don't regret it, because I have actually solved some of the problems. Unfortunately, all I got was the cold eyes and ridicule of the upper class. So far, there has been no second 'Nanmu Dance Hall'."

  Mike was a little excited: "No, what you did is really great. It has provided protection for many street girls and avoided many tragedies."

  "Thank you." Odysseus suddenly stood up: "Thank you, Mr. Reporter."

  Mike also hurriedly stood up.

  Odysseus continued, "People who want to know about the Nanmu Ballroom will do so through their channels, but that channel cannot be newspapers, because this channel is too easy to be misunderstood and exploited."

  He pointed to his mask again, "And I want to remind you that there are too many secrets of big shots under this mask.

  "For you, for me, and for the Nanmu Ballroom, please don't have reports like yesterday."

  Mike immediately said, "Don't worry, at least it won't appear in the Daily Observer."

  Odysseus took another puff of his cigar, "Thank you."

  They chatted for a while, and Mike got up to say goodbye. "Mr. Gal" walked them to the stairs.

  Leaving the Nanmu Ballroom, Mike said, "This is a respectable gentleman."

  Klein nodded in agreement, and at the same time he planned to divine where he had seen "Mr. Gal" before as soon as he got back.

  ...

  The third floor of the Nanmu Ballroom.

  Odysseus smoked a cigar and said to Enoch, "You can bring people to the ballroom to spend money in the evening, and the expenses will be on me. "

  Enoch bowed happily: "Thank you, Mr. Gall."

  He was one of the few people who knew that Mr. Gall was Odysseus.

  After Enoch left, the elegant Ms. Mandy said: "Mr. Gall, Lord Ashburn just sent an invitation yesterday. Well, this is the second time he has sent an invitation. He hopes to invite you to the ball he is hosting."     Odysseus smiled and said, "He still won't give up."

  The huge profits of "Nanmu Dance Hall" made many people salivate and want to take it for themselves.

  Fortunately, this is a gray industry, and the nobles and parliamentarians disdain to compete for it. Asiborn is a lord who was bought with money, not a powerful noble, so his eating is a bit ugly.

  "Don't pay attention to him." Odysseus took a puff of cigar and said, "Just say I don't have time to participate. If he dares to use some insidious means, I will deal with him."

  After chatting for a few words, Odysseus planned to go back immediately. He planned to continue practicing fighting and master the new extraordinary ability as soon as possible.

  Returning to the room with the "teleportation array" sub-array again, Odysseus closed the door, activated the sub-array, and returned to the basement of Gal's herbal medicine store. After

  changing his clothes, he became the owner of the herbal medicine store again.

  Odysseus sat on the chair in the lounge and suddenly smiled. He didn't expect to meet "Sherlock Detective" today. He didn't know if this "great detective" realized that he was a "hermit"? Or did he find the business model of "Nanmu Dance Hall" familiar?

  While guessing what Klein was thinking, Odysseus took out his pipe and stuffed it with tobacco.

  After lighting the pipe, he recalled the process of founding the "Nanmu Dance Hall".

  When Odysseus crossed over, he experienced a strange extraordinary event.

  The extraordinary event took place in the northern suburbs of Backlund. The original owner of Odysseus' body was the youngest son of a small farmer. Although the price of grain has been falling in recent years, the farm has not gone bankrupt and life is still acceptable.

  The moment Odysseus crossed over, the entire farm, as well as all the creatures in the surrounding farms and workshops, turned into irrational monsters. Only Odysseus was not affected and became a "secret peeper".

  There are many small workshops producing industrial products in the area, so most of them are believers of the God of Steam and Machinery. After receiving the report, the "Mechanical Heart" immediately intervened and launched an investigation. The

  "Mechanical Heart" noticed that this case seemed to be related to some advanced extraordinary characteristics or seals of the "Secret Peeper" path or the "Common Sense" path. Even the headquarters of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery has asked about this matter many times.

  Therefore, they examined Odysseus for a full half month.

  Fortunately, their spirituality only felt this level of connection. If they sensed a connection with the "Wild Knowledge", the God of Steam and Machinery would probably come to Odysseus in person to talk.

  The "Heart of Machinery" investigated for more than half a month, but did not find any clues. In the end, it had to take Odysseus, who had become a Beyonder, to Backlund and find him a residence close to the Backlund Mechanical Research Institute to continue observing him.

  However, by entering the "Wild Knowledge", Odysseus had already understood the cause of the extraordinary event. When he came to this world, he had a lot of knowledge about the Old Days and the starry sky, so he brought a huge disaster to the surrounding space.

  As for why this disaster did not affect the entire Backlund? Not only was he not affected, but he also became a Beyonder?

  Odysse believed that it should be related to the "Wild Knowledge".

  He was not sure about the specific reason, but this was the most reasonable guess.

  At the same time, when Odysseus used the "Wild Knowledge" to study his own experience, he accidentally discovered some laws and new uses of spirituality and magic arrays, which allowed him to further develop a way to grow spiritual herbs on a large scale and quickly.

  So he cooperated with the investigation of the "Mechanical Heart" while learning mystical knowledge under their close surveillance, pretending to have an epiphany, and then began to contract the mountains to grow spiritual herbs.

  At first, he only sold them at some mystical gatherings, and later he got an order to supply spiritual materials to the "Mechanical Heart", so he had the money to open a herbal medicine store.

  As a healthy young man, when Odysseus gradually became rich, of course he would take care of the business of the street girls who were all over the street.

  But soon, Odysseus was disappointed with the custom industry in this world.  Chapter 32 The divination for Mr. Gal failed

  Before crossing, Odysseus had certain self-requirements for himself in terms of morality, but after crossing, his mentality changed. He felt that he had lived again, so of course he had to experience a different life.

  At the same time, there were so many streetwalkers, either openly or secretly, and it would be strange if Odysseus, who had a little money, did not do something.

  However, Odysseus soon discovered that the custom industry in this world was too rough.

  He had seen some movies about "Qingguanren" and heard about the stories of "Yangzhou Skinny Horse" and "Someone's Human World".

  He knew that if this industry was a little more upscale, it should look more decent and more cultural.

  At least there should be artistic performances and chats with the ladies, right?

  Later, with a deeper understanding of this industry, Odysseus felt the malice of this city. The lives of many streetwalkers were very miserable, especially those who were infected with diseases and died in their best years.

  Odysseus also thought of some ways, such as using the channels of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery to introduce female workers to some factories.

  But he found that many female workers started working as streetwalkers again after a period of time.

  After asking, Odysseus learned that most of them became unemployed again because more advanced machinery entered the factory and the factory laid off workers, and some became unemployed again because the factory closed down or the manager deliberately dismissed them.

  At this time, Odysseus began to think about this problem seriously. He found that this era did not give many choices to ordinary people, especially those from poor families.

  Although society is developing and even creating many new professions, people from poor families do not have enough knowledge to allow them to catch this high-speed development train and share the dividends of the times.

  In the end, they are still poor and even spend their lives miserably.

  Odysseus finally deeply felt what "the sadness of the times" was. At the same time, he realized that with his identity and ability, it was difficult to help these women by legal and compliant means.

  So he thought of the idea of ​​transforming Backlund's streetwalker industry. Just when he was making plans, he rescued Mandy, who was about to be sold to the black dance hall because of debt problems, and began to train her to be his deputy.

  After having a detailed plan, he used the power of mysticism to subdue the gang headed by Enoch, and pushed forward his plan step by step. In the end, he used all his savings and all the money he could borrow to open the "Nanmu Dance Hall".

  After the dance hall opened, Odysseus found that the requirements of these street girls were not high. They just wanted to have a stable and protected place to do business.

  But without Odysseus's efforts, they could not even meet this requirement.

  After that, Odysseus spent more than half a year, according to the requirements of "clean people", to cultivate a group of street girls with certain literary and artistic qualities, and who could play at least one musical instrument and various social dances.

  At this level, they can no longer be called street girls, but should be called by Loone's name: socialites.

  It was also from that time that Odysseus began to build his own intelligence network.

  Because such a "business" is very fresh, it attracts a large number of senior nobles, wealthy people and parliamentarians to patronize, and even several princes have come secretly.

  This is equivalent to planting many of his own eyes in the upper class of Backlund.

  It was through this intelligence network that Odysseus determined that the noble children who visited the "Rossel Memorial Exhibition" alone had no abnormalities in recent times.

  At the same time, Odysseus cleverly used the power of certain bigwigs to allow the gray industry of "Nanmu Ballroom" to exist reasonably.

  The tobacco in the pipe burned out, and Odysseus cleared his throat, and his thoughts on the past ended here.

  He looked outside through the window and began to think about the new knowledge he gained after the promotion.

  ...

  No. 15 Minsk Street, Cherwood District.

  Klein came back in the carriage hired by reporter Mike. As soon as he entered the door, he took out a coin and said to himself: "I have met Mr. Gal before.

  "I have met Mr. Gal before.

  "..."     As he silently recited, he flipped the coin up. It was the front side!

  I had seen it before!

  Klein closed the door, walked quickly to the sofa, and began to use "Dream Divination": "The scene of my meeting with Mr. Gal.

  "The scene of my meeting with Mr. Gal.

  "..."

  After reciting it silently seven times, he sat on the sofa and fell asleep in the way of "meditation".

  In a half-asleep and half-awake state, Klein saw a small reception room, a high-end sofa and coffee table, and a cigar box on the coffee table.

  This was the scene of their meeting just now.

  Soon, this familiar scene was covered by a layer of rolling gray fog, and his vision was also blocked by the rolling gray fog.

  Klein woke up from his dream in an instant, and he frowned: the divination failed.

  Is it because of insufficient information? Or is it blocked by some high-level seal?

  Dingling dingling~

  The doorbell interrupted Klein's thoughts. He came back to the door. It was the maid of the landlord, Mrs. Starling Summer, who came to invite Klein to the party.

  Klein then remembered that he had promised Mrs. Summer that he would attend the "blind date" she was holding at home today.

  As for Mr. Gar's question, he could consider it when he had time, or just leave it at that. After all, they were not of the same kind, and there was no need to go to the gray fog for divination.

  ...

  At about one o'clock in the afternoon, Odysseus took a carriage and came to the "Backlund Fighting Club" in the Hilton District again. It

  was still the head coach Federley who accompanied Odysseus to practice. After reviewing and thinking about last night, Odysseus used Tai Chi to deal with Federley today.

  Odysseus had learned Tai Chi in physical education class in college, and his understanding of this boxing style was deeper than Bajiquan.

  What "Wild Horse Split Mane" and "White Crane Spread Wings" were used one by one, and the club members who were practicing around were stunned.

  Fedre also muttered in his heart: "Has he learned a new fighting style? This style is very advanced in unloading and exerting force. Why haven't I seen it before? It's just that the posture is a bit weird.

  "It's just that Odysseus has not yet fully mastered the fighting skills of this style, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with."

  Even so, Odysseus occasionally had the opportunity to fight back today.

  After practicing for more than an hour, Fedre nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, it can be seen that you have done a lot of thinking."

  Odysseus thanked Fedre and started to review and think as he did yesterday.

  This made Fedre, who was instructing other members and occasionally glanced over here, sigh: Maybe, in another week, I won't be able to instruct him.

  It was already evening when he left the club.

  Odysseus was not affected by the gray fog outside at all. He smiled with relief. He gained a lot this afternoon.

  On the way to the public carriage station, he saw the middle-aged man in his forties who was a bit sloppy yesterday.

  This time the middle-aged man came forward with a smile: "Friend, do you want to make money? "

  Odysseus looked at the other person and said, "Thinking about it, what? Do you have any illegal ways to make money?"

  He thought to himself: I won't meet someone who wants a child for a large sum of money, will I? Chapter 33: Underground Fighting Arena

  The middle-aged man was stunned when he heard Odysseus's question, and then he smiled and said, "As long as you don't call the police, it's not against the law.

  " "Fight a game, win 5 pounds, lose 3 pounds, how about it? Isn't it profitable?"

  Odysseus finally understood that it was to fight underground boxing, or to put it more nicely, fighting without rules.

  It sounds really profitable. Most of the middle-class people in Backlund have a weekly salary of between 3 and 8 pounds. To be precise, if it exceeds 6 pounds, they are already relatively wealthy middle-class.

  But many times, the injuries sustained in a game cannot be healed in a week.

  Then Odysseus was thinking about another thing: I am worried that there are no actual combat opportunities, but I can go to the underground fighting arena and hone my fighting skills through actual combat without rules.

  Seeing that Odysseus didn't speak, the middle-aged man thought that he was not satisfied with the reward: "How about winning 6 pounds and losing 4 pounds? "

  He smiled and said, "It can't be more. After all, you have never fought in a competition, and I don't know what your level is. This is the highest price I can give you."

  Odysseus came back to his senses and asked, "If I can win two games in a row, how much money can I make in the second game?"

  "Are you confident, young man?" The middle-aged man smiled and said, "The second game is 12 pounds!

  "But I have to remind you that people who fight in the fighting field are all good."

  Odysseus said to himself, "In other words, if you win three games in a row, you can earn 24 pounds in the third game alone?"

  In that case, you can get a total of 48 pounds in three games! Very profitable!

  He grinned: Why didn't I think of this way to make money before?

  The middle-aged man saw that Odysseus's smile was gradually getting a little creepy. He cleared his throat and said, "If you win three games in a row, you can get 50 pounds in the third game, but few people can win three games in a row, so don't think so."

  Odysseus didn't seem to hear the middle-aged man's words: "In that case, you can earn a total of 74 pounds! Not bad!"

  "You..." The middle-aged man was a little helpless: "Forget it, think whatever you want."

  Odysseus said: "I'll go with you, I want to play the game."

  He felt that he couldn't wait!

  "Okay." The middle-aged man put his fingers in his mouth and blew a loud whistle. Soon a small carriage drove

  up. After getting on the carriage, the middle-aged man introduced himself. His name was Gers. He was the manager of an underground fighting arena. Every day he would look for new people in places like fighting clubs.

  Odysseus nodded. It can also be said that people who fight black boxing "consume" faster.

  The carriage went all the way to the southern part of the bridge. In a not very spacious alley, there was a shabby bar.

  As Gers walked in with Odysseus, a customer immediately greeted him: "Gers, you brought back another chick?"

  "This is not just any chick." Gers said seriously: "This gentleman is a senior member of the Backlund Fighting Club!"

  This explanation instead attracted laughter. A red-nosed customer laughed and said: "Last time, that big guy was also praised by you, but he got his nose broken after only one minute on the stage."

  "Hahaha~"

  The laughter got louder.

  Gers waved his hands in annoyance: "Gentlemen, get ready to place your bets!"

  As he spoke, he brought Odysseus to the bar. The bartender immediately opened the baffle of the bar and then knocked on the door behind.

  The door opened from the inside, and there was a staircase going down. There was a guard inside.

  "Come on, chick, try to hold on for a minute!"     "Hahaha~"

  The "Come on" and laughter behind seemed to blow the roof off.

  After the door closed, Odysseus stopped on the stairs and asked, "Can I place a bet?"

  Gers was stunned at first, then laughed, "Of course!"

  Odysseus took out his wallet from his pocket, "Let me see, I still have 66 pounds, 12 soli and 5 pence here, I'll bet all of them on myself to win three games in a row!"

  Gers was a little stunned looking at the stack of money, "You... you are very rich."

  Odysseus was also slightly stunned, he examined his clothes, "Do I look like I am very poor?"

  "You... I saw that you didn't wear a tuxedo or a dress like a gentleman, and you always take a public carriage, so..."

  That's why Gers came forward to ask. If he knew that this guy could take out more than 60 pounds at a time, he would never ask. If he was so rich, he would only participate in unregulated fighting if he was sick.

  Odysseus said helplessly, "It's uncomfortable to wear a formal suit."

  "But gentlemen all wear that."

  Odysseus spread his hands and said, "I never want to be a shitty gentleman."

  He didn't continue the topic, but handed the money to Gers: "Remember to give me the receipt."

  "Okay, okay." Gers quickly put the money away. Of course, he would not refuse the business that came to his door. At the same time, he planned to spend 1 pound to bet on Odysseus to win the first game. If he won, the odds would be very high. If he lost, he would only lose 1 pound.

  Going down the stairs, there is a large underground space, which is two or three times larger than the bar above, and there are two other entrances. The only disadvantage is that the air is not very good.

  There is a large wooden circular fence in the center of the venue. On the fence and on the ground inside, you can still see some blood stains that have long been dried.

  In addition, this is the warehouse of the bar, which is piled with some wooden barrels and two simple but sturdy wine racks.

  The place for betting is a small, shabby desk. Behind the desk sits a sturdy man in his thirties with a fierce face and yellow teeth smoked by cigarettes.

  Hearing the conversation between Gers and the other party, Odysse knew that this was Simon, the boss of this underground fighting arena.

  After learning that Odysse had bet more than 60 pounds on him, Simon looked at the thin young man in front of him with a somewhat ferocious look: "You have courage."

  Odysse smiled slightly and asked the manager Gers: "Please prepare a dinner for me. Well, it's better not to be too greasy."

  Gers first asked Simon with his eyes, and then nodded: "Okay."

  Simon reminded with a malicious smile: "It's better to eat less, otherwise it will be very uncomfortable if you get beaten and vomit!"

  Several thugs behind him laughed undisguisedly.

  "Thank you for the reminder." Odysse didn't say much, and found a stool to sit down. Ten minutes later, Gers brought him dinner.

  Pork stewed with tender peas, a large piece of bread, and a cup of cheap tea.

  The taste was average, but Odysse was not picky about food. While watching the gamblers who came here to place bets one after another, he ate all the food.

  By around eight o'clock in the evening, more than two hundred gamblers had gathered here, and the first game was about to begin.  Chapter 34 Three consecutive wins

  Because Odysseus was a newcomer, Gers arranged for him to play in the first match. His opponent was a big man about 1.9 meters tall, who was looking at Odysseus with a relaxed look.

  "Tim, you got a big bargain."

  Tim was the name of Odysseus' opponent.

  "The first match is nothing to watch."

  "..."

  Amid the noisy voices, the referee outside the venue announced the rules of the game: "If one party faints, admits defeat, or leaves the competition venue in any form, the other party will win.

  "Ready, go!"

  The gamblers shouted for Tim to deal with the newcomer in front of him as soon as possible.

  Tim took the initiative to attack and swung a punch forward.

  Odysseus dodged it with a light tap, and took the opportunity to step forward and stretched out his palm, hitting Tim's Adam's apple and chin with all his strength, knocking him out.

  Boom~

  Tim fell heavily to the ground and fainted.

  The surroundings were instantly quiet.

  Simon, who was sitting high up watching the game, took a deep puff of his cigarette and asked the stunned manager Gers: "You said he was from Backlund Fight Club? "

  Gers reacted: "Yes, yes."

  "I'll ask about it tomorrow."

  "Yes, yes, yes."

  In the arena, Odysseus looked at the referee: "Is there a counting of seconds?"

  The referee came to his senses, symbolically counted a few seconds, and then announced that Odysseus won.

  "I can play another game in a row." Odysseus smiled.

  The people around him reacted and talked about it for a while, speculating about the origins of this newcomer.

  The referee did not respond immediately, but asked Simon for instructions before coming back and saying: "Okay, the second player comes on stage, Toby! You will be the opponent of this newcomer! "

  Everyone around him almost said "Oh~" at the same time, and many people smiled knowingly.

  A man about the same height as Odysseus took off his hat, windbreaker and shirt, and began to warm up outside the arena.

  Odysseus carefully observed this opponent. He didn't look tall, but his muscles were very tight and his punching speed was very fast. From the expressions of the people around him, it was clear that Toby must be a master of this underground fighting arena.

  While Toby was warming up, the betting for the second game also began.

  Odysseus sat leisurely on the wooden fence and probably heard that there was still Most people bet on Toby to win.

  After all, Odysseus won too quickly just now, and not many of them were experts in fighting. They had no idea what was so clever about Odysseus's attack, nor did they understand that Odysseus' victory was not a fluke or good luck. They still bet according to their previous understanding.

  Soon, the second game began.

  Toby stared at Odysseus wholeheartedly. He knew very well that Odysseus must be difficult to deal with.

  Odysseus was more serious than the previous game and took a standard fighting posture.

  The surroundings began to shout in a mess again: "Toby, hit his nose into his stomach!"

  "Toby, make him kneel on the ground and beg for mercy!"

  "Toby, I'm betting everything on you!"

  "Hurry up and start, you two bastards! "

  "..."

  The two people in the arena had been staring at each other for more than ten seconds. Finally, Toby couldn't bear it anymore and finally began to tentatively throw a punch.

  Odysseus also made a move at the right time, blocking Toby's attack, and then suddenly leaned forward, ready to push Toby down.

  Fortunately, Toby's attack was just a tentative attack, and he had enough space to jump away, but the process of jumping away was a bit embarrassing.

  Seeing that the situation was not good, the audience around shouted: "Go on, Toby! Don't be like a woman!"

  "Toby, what are you doing? Punch, punch!"

  "..."     Toby felt that he had roughly figured out the opponent's moves and began to attack with his legs.

  In his opinion, the opponent's style was to get close quickly and then launch an attack. As long as he didn't let the opponent get close, he could continue to observe and look for opportunities.

  After dodging several rounds of attacks from the opponent, Odysseus seized the opportunity and rushed forward. He quickly squatted down and avoided Toby's kick again. Then he stood up suddenly and actually hit Toby with his right shoulder, lifted him up and knocked him out.

  Crash~

  Toby fell on the table behind a circle of gamblers. After shouting in pain, he also fainted.

  The area around the stadium became quiet again.

  However, this time the referee reacted: "The newcomer wins! The newcomer wins again!"

  The gamblers around started to talk again. They really couldn't understand how the newcomer, who looked relatively thin and whose muscles didn't seem to be very developed, could beat two people in a row?

  Odysseus held up three fingers: "I want to fight ten... No, I want to fight the third game."

  The referee went to Simon to ask again, and soon came back and said: "The third game will be three to one, are you sure you want to fight?"

  Odysseus saw Simon, who looked fierce in the distance, showing a sly smile, and he said indifferently: "Sure."

  The surroundings became quiet again.

  "This is a madman!"

  A gambler exclaimed, making the surrounding discussions louder.

  Some thought that this newcomer was too rampant, while others thought that this newcomer must be sure.

  While the three players were warming up, the betting for the third game began. This time it was basically half and half. Half of the people bet on Odysseus to win, and half of the people bet on him to lose.

  The third game began!

  Odysseus was surrounded in the middle, and the three opponents immediately launched an offensive.

  They did not rush forward, but two of them attacked strategically, and one was commanding and filling in the gaps.

  Odysseus used his agility to escape from their blockade repeatedly without danger.

  After a basic observation of the three opponents, Odysseus planned to start a counterattack.

  At this moment, he saw a familiar face among the gamblers around him.

  It was a thin middle-aged man with a striking scar on the corner of his left eye.

  Odysseus suddenly recalled that Enoch had reported to him on Monday that this was an informant of the "Substitute Punisher" and someone was paying to find his whereabouts.

  The moment Odysseus was distracted, his opponent seized the opportunity and punched Odysseus in the cheek with all his strength.

  Amid the enthusiastic shouts around him, Odysseus' ears were buzzing from the beating, but the physique of the extraordinary was much stronger than that of ordinary people. He took a step back, shook his head, and the discomfort quickly disappeared.

  But his opponent seized the opportunity, and the strongest one among them sneaked up from behind Odysseus and locked Odysseus' shoulders with both arms.

  The opponent who had just punched Odysseus raised his foot and kicked Odysseus's chest and abdomen fiercely.

  Odysseus struggled twice, but when he couldn't break free, he used the big guy behind him as a force point, jumped up suddenly, and locked the oncoming opponent with his legs.

  He twisted it hard, and the opponent flew out in a spin, fell on the wooden fence and couldn't get up.

  As soon as Odysseus's feet touched the ground, he exerted force again, and actually jumped up with the big guy behind him on his back, then turned over and fell to the ground with his back facing down.

  This fall was very heavy, and the two arms that locked Odysseus were immediately released, and the big guy was shaken and had difficulty getting up for a while.

  Odysseus jumped up and was about to attack the third opponent.

  As a result, the opponent jumped outside the fence in a panic and chose to surrender.

  The surroundings fell into silence again.

  Odysseus looked at the referee: "Do you want to continue fighting?"

  The referee quickly said: "New, new, the newcomer wins."

  Odysseus jumped out of the wooden fence and went to Simon to get his reward and gambling money.

  　The editor talked to me yesterday, and it may be put on the shelves in the near future. This book's performance is much better than the previous one, but the author probably won't be able to get recommended by Sanjiang or something like that, so it's better to put it on the shelves earlier, and then start to update more often, maybe it can attract more popularity. Well, the specific time of the release will be confirmed when it is confirmed╰(￣▽￣)╭ Chapter 35 Bernadette's Conjecture

  Gers, the manager of the underground fighting arena, was sitting behind the table counting money. Simon, who looked evil, smiled maliciously and said, "Boy, you can actually make another 300 pounds."

  He took a deep puff of his cigarette, and his yellow teeth seemed to have become a darker color. "If you can pretend to win the first two games with difficulty, you can definitely make more money."

  In that case, most gamblers would bet on Odis to lose all the way. Not only would Odis make more money, but Simon would also make more money.

  Odis won the first two games too easily. If Odis hadn't bought his three consecutive wins in advance, he wouldn't have made any money in the third game.

  Odis, who was sitting opposite Gers, said slowly, "Don't be too greedy."

  If he really did that, he probably wouldn't be able to get the bet money from Simon so easily like he is now. At

  this time, Gers finished counting the money. The bet money plus the reward was a total of 332 pounds and 6 soli.

  There were only a few 10-pound notes, and most of them were 5-pound and 1-pound notes, which looked like a thick stack.

  Many gamblers around couldn't help swallowing their saliva after seeing the money, and some showed greedy eyes.

  Since Odysseus had just knocked down all the other contestants, today's game ended here, and most of the gamblers had left.

  After Odysseus glanced at them, all greed was put away.

  Odysseus stood up and was about to take the money, but Simon suddenly held the money down: "Are you interested in cooperating?

  "I know there is a very high-end competition, and many people from the upper class watch and bet. The reward for winning a game starts at 150 pounds!"

  "Not interested." Odysseus knew from the reward that it was a competition specially for the entertainment of the nobility, and he had learned about it.

  Simon said: "You can think about it again."

  He smiled evilly and said: "I know some information that ordinary people don't know. If I report your situation to the church, hehehe..."

  Odysseus already had a plan in his mind, and he said slowly: "Don't force me to hit people. "

  You will agree." Simon wisely put his hand away.

  Odysseus picked up the money and counted it. After confirming that it was correct, he took a bottle of wine from the wine rack beside him, pulled out the cork with his teeth, drank two gulps, and walked away.

  Of course, he had to drink to celebrate. He made more than 300 pounds in one night, which was the annual income of many middle-class people.

  However, this way of making money cannot be copied. After this night, gamblers all knew that he was a good fighter, and the odds would not be as high as they are now.

  He could try to find other underground fighting arenas, but by the time he found them, his "feat" tonight would probably have spread, and he would no longer be able to use the information gap to bet and win money.

  Odysseus still went out from the direction of the bar, drinking while being very careful. Walking in the dim alley.

  Perhaps there will be a few drunk gamblers who team up to rob.

  Fortunately, he has left the alley and has not been attacked.

  Soon he came to a wider street, where carriages occasionally passed by, and many homeless people were resting on both sides of the road.

  Suddenly, Odysseus stopped and saw the informant of the "Substitute Punisher" among the homeless people.

  To be precise, he saw his body.

  The informant was lying on the ground with empty eyes, as if he had just died.

  Odysseus was about to go forward to check, but reason made him stop and was about to leave quickly when a familiar female voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "He died in a strange way, and his spirit was annihilated."

  The voice came from the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette.

  Odysseus looked around. Except for a carriage coming in the distance, there were homeless people who were taking the time to sleep. He didn't know when the police would come to drive them away.     Although he did not see Bernadette, he knew that the "mysterious queen" was already nearby: "Why are you here?"

  "I'm attending an extraordinary party nearby."

  After the party, when Bernadette left, she saw Odysseus "wandering" around, so she came to take a look, and ended up seeing this obviously abnormal murder scene.

  Odysseus asked: "Who killed this man?"

  "A 'sheriff'."

  As soon as Bernadette finished speaking, the fog beside Odysseus suddenly rolled up, forming a figure made of fog.

  The figure looked about 26 or 27 years old, with a high nose bridge, sinister eyes, and a small black spot on his cheek.

  Then, the figure that looked a little unreal disappeared.

  "I've seen his photo." Odysseus said: "He is from the palace guard."

  Then he asked: "Can you erase the traces of my stay here?"

  If all the traces of him passing by here were erased, it would be suspicious, so just erase the traces of his brief stay here.

  "Okay."

  Odysseus immediately felt as if he had become light and fluttering, like a spirit wandering in the real world.

  As he walked away quickly, he said, "As far as I know, the dead man was an informant of the Mandated Punisher.

  " "Why did the people from MI9 kill the informant of the Mandated Punisher?"

  "I don't know." Bernadette's voice drifted around and said, "But I have a hunch that there is a big secret hidden in it. I will quietly conduct some investigations."

  Odysseus was slightly stunned and reminded, "This is not something you should be curious about."

  "I won't take the initiative to check." Bernadette said, "I have a hunch that you will also participate in the investigation in the future."

  She didn't come to Backlund to travel, but she predicted that something might happen in this city that would have a far-reaching impact on the entire world, and she came to seek promotion opportunities.

  Just now, she had a hunch that there was a huge conspiracy behind the death of this informant.

  She also had a hunch that she might be implicated in the future, so if there is a chance, it is better to take the initiative to do some investigations.

  "Thank you." Odysseus smiled bitterly, "I still want to live two more years. "

  If you are involved in something involving confidential information, your life will be shortened!

  Bernadette suddenly asked: "With your well-informed intelligence network, you should have noticed it, right? Backlund is planning something big."

  Odysseus said: "I only noticed that the recent situation is a bit chaotic, and the contradictions between the parties are becoming more and more obvious."

  Of course, he knew that this was because George III was trying to become a god in the trivial aspects, but he also knew that with his current strength, it would be better to pretend that he didn't know.

  "This is the prelude!" Bernadette said in a firm tone.

  "Let's talk about something else." Odysseus said: "I am a 'low sequence', this kind of thing is too high-end, and it's not something I should worry about."

  "Okay." Bernadette didn't insist: "Then let's talk about the two bookmarks that were lost in the Kingdom Museum that day."

  Odysseus thought: Otherwise, let's talk about the issue of world peace?

  　Thanks to [Ampere Man] for the reward.  Chapter 36 The Mysterious Queen Requests for Orders Online

  Hearing Bernadette's words, Odysseus's heart was alarmed. He pretended to be relaxed: "Is there any problem with the two bookmarks?"

  "You should know that one of the two bookmarks is not an ordinary bookmark, right?" Bernadette, who still did not show up, said.

  "I don't know." As soon as Odysseus finished speaking, his nose grew longer again.

  A voice came from the air: "Hehe."

  Odysseus felt that cold sweats were about to come out. If he continued to talk, it would be easy to involve the "Fool". That would be troublesome...

  At this moment, he suddenly thought: Bernadette asked about the specific situation of the bookmark, not the whereabouts of the bookmark.

  He instantly recalled the conversation about the "blasphemous card" in his mind, and found that Bernadette was indeed not asking about the whereabouts of the bookmark.

  I was scared to death! Because Odysseus, who knew too many secrets, was relieved. Just now, he was the one who felt guilty first, so he thought of Mr. "Fool".

  In fact, with the obstruction of "Above the Gray Mist", Bernadette had no way to use extraordinary means to find out the exact location of the "blasphemous card".

  He took a deep breath and said, "Well, the 'Mechanical Heart' did find that one of the two bookmarks was unusual.

  "It is said that Archbishop Horamick Hayden believes that the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery has been deceived by Emperor Roselle for more than 150 years."

  After saying these true information he learned, his nose of course returned to its original state.

  The surroundings suddenly became quiet. After more than ten seconds, Odysseus asked, "Um, are you still there?"

  "I... I just didn't expect that things..." Bernadette seemed to stabilize her emotions before saying, "If you can help me find out what that special bookmark is, I will pay you a lot of money."

  "This is a bit difficult." Odysseus said truthfully, "It's difficult for me to see Archbishop Hayden. Even if I see him, it's difficult to get useful information from him.

  "But I will help you keep an eye out. Other people who were present at the time may also know the truth of the matter." It

  's not that I don't want to check, but I can't check.

  What if Mr. Fool curses you and you have to live in poverty for the rest of your life?

  Bernadette said, "Okay, I'll just send it to you.

  " "Go back and make those ten 'Flame Arrows'! I heard you haven't started yet?"

  Odysseus was stunned: "You...you sent someone to monitor me?"

  "Not monitoring, just checking your progress occasionally."

  Odysseus opened his mouth and realized that it might be Bernadette's "invisible servant" who often appeared in the herbal medicine store: "If I go to take care of the business of the street girls, do you want to know too?"

  "Haha, what? What's there to be shy about?" Bernadette's voice gradually became a little ethereal: "I want to remind you that you have to act quickly. If you can't trade on time, don't expect me to give you the balance. "

  She planned to let Alia observe the process of Odysseus making extraordinary weapons through the "Invisible Servant" and strive to learn all of them, and then make the "Flame Arrow" by herself in the "Elemental Dawn".

  At the same time, Bernadette had a hunch that if the "servant" carefully observed Odysseus's actions, there would be unexpected gains.

  "I know." Odysseus said in a not very beautiful mood: "I warn you, don't watch me when I'm taking a bath!"

  "Hehe, my servant doesn't have this hobby." Bernadette's voice became more and more ethereal.

  As soon as the voice fell, Odysseus felt that the light feeling in himself disappeared, and he returned to the real world.

  He sighed helplessly, feeling that he would not dare to take off his clothes when he went to bed in the future.

  Since the customer urged, on the next day, which was Friday morning, Odysseus asked Kaina to go to the foundry to place an order and customize the parts of fifteen "Flame Arrows" at one time.

  Because they needed so many, the cost of each part could be reduced to 1 pound.

  Just as the clerk Kaina was about to leave, a rented carriage delivered a letter from the Backlund Mechanical Research Association.     Odysseus opened the envelope, took out the letter and glanced at it briefly. It was an investigation report on Hugh Dilcha.

  So Odysseus asked Kena to put it in the newspaper and asked someone to send a letter to Hugh, preparing for a party tomorrow.

  In fact, when Odysseus was settling the bill with Bernadette, although the spiritual materials he mentioned were slightly lower than the market price, they were still false.

  Because some of the spiritual materials can be planted and cultivated by Odysseus himself!

  After the clerk Kena came back from running errands, Odysseus asked him to watch the store, and he went into the basement in the backyard and went to his laboratory in the suburbs to collect some necessary materials.

  ...

  South Bridge District, No. 22 Tutwa Street.

  Dongdongdong~

  "Who is it?" Fors, who was still lying in bed at more than ten o'clock, asked irritably.

  "There is a letter from Hugh Dilcha!"

  "I know, put it in the mailbox." Fors opened a magazine and continued to lean on the head of the bed.

  She muttered to herself: It's foggy today, too cold, it doesn't matter if I get up later, it doesn't matter if I get up later...

  Suddenly, Fors seemed to have thought of something. She quickly changed her clothes, opened the door and looked around. The fog outside was indeed very thick, but there were no suspicious figures on the street.

  She hurried to the mailbox and took out a letter signed by the "Mystic Research Society": "Sure enough!"

  Fors looked around again, but still didn't see any suspicious people. She thought to herself: Maybe it's time to move again.

  An hour later, Xiou, who didn't receive a mission at noon today, came back: "Oh, goddess! You're already up!"

  As she spoke, she came to the fireplace to warm herself: "I haven't seen the sun for two consecutive days. If the Eternal Sun Church comes to Backlund to preach, it will definitely gain a large number of believers."

  Fors, who was busy in the kitchen, wiped her hands and handed the letter to Xiou: "A letter from the Mystic Research Society!"

  Xiou was slightly stunned and quickly took it. Fors had already opened the envelope in advance.

  He pulled out the letter inside, and it said:

  Dear Miss Dilcha:

  I am pleased to inform you that you have been allowed to attend the Mysticism Research Society.

  The time of the meeting will be published in the advertisement column of the third edition of the Backlund Post. Please pay attention to whether there are advertisements for the sale of bulk herbs.

  The third number in the advertisement plus 3 is the date of the meeting. If the result is 32 or 33, it will be the 2nd and 3rd of the next month. The fourth number plus 2 is the time of the meeting, and the last number, ignoring the 0 that appears, is the minute of the meeting.

  Since this is your first time attending the meeting, a carriage will go to pick you up two hours before the meeting, so please be sure to wait in advance.

  In addition, please prepare 5 soli in cash to pay for the uniform mask and hooded cloak on the carriage.

  The leader

  frowned

  : "What a strange party."

  No extraordinary party would write such a serious notice unless the initiator is sick!

  "This also proves the news you got before!" Fors helped analyze: "This 'leader' has official support, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

  She paused and said: "And it's very mysterious, isn't it cool?" It

  　will probably be on the shelves on the 1st of next month, but it depends on the specific results, but it is likely to be on the shelves on that day.

  　　In addition, the Paris Olympics has begun. The author has also updated a special chapter about the Extraordinary Games in the previous book "Mystery: The New Black Emperor Arrives". If you are interested, you can go and have a look ╰(￣▽￣)╭  Chapter 37 Odysse's First Bucket of Gold

  Not far to the west of Backlund is the Balchis Mountains. This north-south mountain range divides the Backlund Plain and the Tuckwell Plain, and is also the last barrier to the west of Backlund.

  Odysse's laboratory was built deep in the mountains of this mountain range.

  It is more than fifty kilometers away from the Garl Herbal Medicine Store in the west, which is already the limit of the "teleportation array".

  Although it is only more than fifty kilometers away, it is far enough away from the city, and because there is not much good arable land, there are only a few small villages scattered in the mountains, which is very remote. Many nobles choose to build their manors in this direction.

  However, the nobles' manors will not be chosen around Odysse's laboratory, because it is full of hills and transportation is very inconvenient.

  For Odysse, this is a good place where he will not be disturbed.

  Odysse's laboratory looks like an ordinary house, but because it only has one room, it is very spacious.

  There are three test benches here, a small metallurgical furnace, and two pedal-operated engraving machines made by Odysse himself, which are used to engrave mystical symbols on hard objects.

  There are also two tall cabinets with various herbs and spiritual materials on them.

  There are extraordinary traps in the yard and on the walls, so Odysseus is not afraid of the villagers' intrusion.

  Odysseus did not stay in the laboratory, but temporarily lifted the traps set in the yard and walked quickly into the mountains.

  There are no residents where he built the laboratory. If you continue to walk into the mountains, you may not meet anyone for a whole day.

  After climbing over a peak, there are some fences, wooden houses and other signs of human activities on the mountain in front of you.

  A large area around was bought by Odysseus.

  There are no minerals here, no large tracts of woods, and it is not suitable for growing crops, so it is very cheap.

  For Odysseus, this place is very suitable for growing herbs, some low-level spiritual plants, and some spiritual animals that are not very high in level, such as Odysseus's destination today, the breeding area of ​​​​mutated flamingos. The

  large-scale planting of spiritual plants and the breeding of spiritual creatures are Odysseus's unique patents.

  It is said that before this, the Church of the Mother Earth had done a lot of research on breeding spiritual creatures, but the results were far from satisfactory. They did breed a batch, but they needed the help of the demigods constantly.

  In the end, they felt that it was not cost-effective, so they stopped researching in this area.

  They never thought that there was a herbal medicine store owner in Backlund who had successfully completed their vision and planted and bred spiritual materials on a large scale without the help of high-level extraordinary powers.

  For such a large industry, Odysseus also hired seven villagers to help take care of it.

  The villagers did not know that these were spiritual animals and plants, but only knew that they were raised and planted by a rich man.

  Odysseus felt that his pace was much faster after his promotion than before. The original three-hour journey now only took one and a half hours to arrive.

  This is a fence built on the hillside, which not only breeds a group of mutant flamingos, but also a group of red bees and fire-patterned martens. In addition, spiritual plants such as flaming red maple trees, red crowned impatiens, and blooming red lilies are also planted.

  The old man Anlil was guarding here. After he learned that Odysseus wanted a batch of mutant flamingos, he put on the protective gear distributed by Odysseus and took the lasso into the fence to capture them.

  This kind of spiritual creature is just smarter and more aggressive than normal creatures. Ordinary people can also capture them with professional tools.

  While Anlil was catching the mutant flamingos, Odysseus walked along the fence to check the outer magic circle.

  There was almost no grass around the fence, forming a bare road.

  Not only around the fence, but also the vegetation on the entire hill outside the fence looked a little withered.

  The magic circle is composed of pieces of hard granite, with mystical symbols engraved on it with special materials.

  When Odysseus was concentrating on checking, a female voice suddenly rang in his ears: "This is the first time I have seen this kind of magic circle!"

  The sudden voice scared Odysseus: "Can you say hello before you speak next time?"     As he spoke, he looked around, but still did not see Bernadette.

  "I can let the 'Invisible Servant' pat your shoulder or back first."

  "Forget it!" Odysseus said quickly, that would be even more scary.

  Especially when you feel someone patting you, but you can't see the other person, it's like encountering a ghost story.

  Odysseus thought for a while and said, "How about this, you can write 'I'm coming' anywhere in front of me, so that I can at least be prepared."

  "No problem." Bernadette sounded easy to talk to: "Let's continue with the topic just now. If I'm not mistaken, this magic circle can concentrate the spirituality of the entire hill into the fence, right?"

  "Yes." Odysseus admitted generously.

  After all, the other party is also an expert and has seen the effect of this magic circle.

  He found a stone to sit on and took out his pipe: "To be precise, most of the spirituality is concentrated in the fence, not all of it."

  Bernadette immediately understood: "It's a problem with the material of the engraved mystical symbols."

  "That's right." Odysseus said as he filled tobacco into his pipe: "If you use too good materials, the cost will be too high and the gains will not outweigh the losses. It will also easily attract the attention of extraordinary people.

  "This is just right. Although the spiritual creatures that can be cultivated are limited, it is enough. "

  In addition to the materials for the experiment, you can also make a small profit.

  At the beginning, Odysseus only developed a magic circle for growing herbs.

  The herbs used in mysticism are actually a kind of plants that contain higher spirituality than ordinary plants.

  Some people have tried to grow those herbs, but no matter how they fertilize them, no matter how strong the herbs grow, the things they grow cannot meet the requirements of mysticism.

  Therefore, the herbs used in mysticism and the extraordinary world have always been collected from the wild.

  The reason for this is that even if there is enough fertilizer, there is not enough spirituality in that area for the herbs to absorb.

  Lack of spirituality, of course, has no effect in mystical activities.

  If herbs with insufficient spirituality are used as auxiliary materials for potions, it will be serious. The principle of Odysseus's magic circle is very simple .

  He found in a study in the "Wild Knowledge" that he could use the influence of some magic circles on spirituality to achieve the purpose of concentrating spirituality.

  This magic circle has actually existed for a long time, but its effect is very limited, and it is an ordinary "hexagram" magic circle, which only works within a very small distance.

  Odysseus improved this traditional magic circle and used the concentrated rich spirituality to grow many quick-growing herbs and earned his first pot of gold.

  Later, with his gradual improvement over the past three years, the concentrated spirituality can completely grow spiritual plants and breed spiritual creatures.

  After a few seconds of silence, Bernadette said again: "The research direction of the Church of the Mother Earth is wrong!"

  Odysseus lit his pipe and took a puff before smiling: "Have you heard of that research too?

  "Yes, they are in the wrong direction. They have been trying to use extraordinary abilities to concentrate enough spirituality to create an area where spiritual plants can be grown on a large scale.

  "There is nothing wrong with this idea, but the cost is too high. It is better to buy it directly."  Chapter 38 Epoch-making Research Results

  Bernadette, who was far away in the city of Backlund, suddenly realized one thing. Odis Gar was not just a research talent as she had imagined before.

  He also exceeded Bernadette's expectations in the application of research results.

  She used the "invisible servant" following Odis to say: "If I am not mistaken, the maintenance of this array can be completed by ordinary people!"

  Odis sat on the stone and crossed his legs: "Yes, I only participated in the initial laying of the array on the nearby mountain, and then it was all maintained by these guards."

  Bernadette asked again: "Why didn't you turn the entire Balchis Mountains into your planting and breeding areas?"

  "Because my power is too weak." Odis said with a pipe: "And in the past few years, I didn't have the opportunity to be promoted."

  Bernadette understood that Odis knew very well what these research results meant. This was not only a huge breakthrough in mysticism, but also could bring a huge amount of wealth!

  In this world with extraordinary as the keynote, the demand for spiritual materials is huge, but due to the distribution of spirituality in the world, their production is always very limited.

  But Odysseus's research results can be used to grow spiritual plants and breed spiritual creatures in batches at a very low cost.

  It is conceivable that this will develop into an industry that monopolizes the spiritual material market.

  Odysseus knew very well that if the big figures in the extraordinary world found out about this research, he would be completely reduced to a tool, so he simply planted and bred on a small scale, only enough to supply a herbal medicine store, and did not even impact Backlund's spiritual material market.

  Without showing benefits, the big figures in the extraordinary world would not pay attention to this plantation hidden in the mountains.

  At this time, Bernadette suddenly recalled the majestic figure who had helped Odysseus. She wondered if Odysseus had secretly turned to a big figure in the extraordinary world because he needed protection?

  But just thinking about this, she said again: "This magic circle has a wide range of applications, not only for planting and breeding."

  But Bernadette seemed to have no idea where it could be applied specifically.

  Before this, she had never thought about the use of this low-level magic circle, so she lacked relevant associations.

  "It can indeed be applied in many places." Odysseus smiled: "In fact, the principle of this magic circle is not difficult, but before this, scholars in the field of mysticism have not thought about optimizing or transforming the structure of the magic circle."

  Bernadette naturally understood that Odysseus had reservations on this topic, and she did not intend to ask further questions, but talked about another topic: "I heard that you have thought about the question of 'spiritual nature'?"

  Odysseus took a puff of his pipe: "Yes, this is an unavoidable problem in my research.

  "Only when you understand what spirituality is can you conduct corresponding experiments and research. "

  "Have you achieved any results from your thinking?"

  "I think that spirituality is a special energy that exists everywhere in this world, just like magnetic fields and heat." Odysseus simply described his thoughts:

  "It's a waste if this energy is not used."

  Bernadette said: "Your idea is very novel."

  She paused and said: "I think that spirituality exists in the form of waves.

  "A high-sequence Beyonder is like a large spiritual transmitter, which can use its own Beyonder characteristics to affect the spirit within a certain range.

  "If someone prays to this high-sequence Beyonder, it is equivalent to sending a same-frequency signal within the coverage of the band, which can be received by the high-sequence Beyonder and establish a connection.

  "Of course, this involves the relationship between Beyonder characteristics and spirits."

  She did not explain it in more depth.

  Odysseus was slightly stunned. Bernadette's idea was consistent with his. He estimated that Bernadette should have been influenced by Roselle to come up with such an idea.     After all, the physics of this era is still very superficial in the study of elementary particles.

  Moreover, Bernadette was very sincere in this conversation and also talked about some of her more advanced thoughts.

  Just the concepts of "high-sequence extraordinary" and "extraordinary characteristics" that she just mentioned are quite advanced knowledge for ordinary extraordinary people.

  Odysseus smiled and said, "The magic circle in front of you proves the theory you just proposed from the side.

  "In theory, I used the magic circle to change the direction of spiritual propagation.

  "It's like throwing a stone into a pond. Under normal circumstances, it will form layers of ripples outward, but I blocked a piece of wood in one direction of the ripples, so that this layer of ripples stopped here."

  This is the physics knowledge in Odysseus' mind, and he used it in thinking about spiritual issues.

  At this time, the atmosphere of academic discussion was very good. Bernadette said, "But there is a problem here. If spirituality exists in the form of waves, it should be relatively uniform.

  "According to my observation, the distribution of spirituality in this world is not uniform. The spirituality in most places is almost the same, but the spirituality in some places is very strong.

  "Even if they eat the food there or drink the water in that area, ordinary people can have the ability of 'clairvoyance' for a short time."

  Odysseus smiled and said, "I think this should be related to the source of spirituality.

  "It can be assumed that the source of spirituality comes from the center of the earth, and it is constantly changing and moving, and the surging spirituality spreads to the entire universe in a relatively symmetrical state.

  "But we belong to the vicinity of the spiritual source, so during the activity of this source, some obvious shocks will occur, so the spirituality in some places will be more concentrated.

  "It's like, I threw a stone into the pond, but the angle of the stone into the water can't always fall vertically.

  "Then as long as there is a deviation in the angle, the ripples will be slightly different."

  Bernadette sighed, "Your metaphor is very vivid."

  "Not bad." Odysseus thought to himself while smoking his pipe: I have to thank old man Hawking for this.

  After a few seconds, Bernadette said, "Your statement makes sense."

  Today's communication made her feel that she benefited a lot. She knew very well that with the current friendship with Odysseus, she could only talk about this at most. If she talked more deeply, she would get to the core research of each of them.

  At this time, Odysseus heard the old man Anlil calling out loudly: "Mr. Gal, Mr. Gal?"

  "I'm here." Odysseus knew that the old man had killed enough mutant flamingos, so he asked the air around him: "Are you interested in tasting the meat of mutant flamingos?"

  Bernadette was slightly stunned: "Can its meat be eaten?"

  "Of course." Odysseus said: "This is a very good tonic."

  "What effect does it have?" "It makes

  you get angry easily."  Chapter 39 Dinner with the "Queen of Mystery" At nightfall

  , West District, 75 Hailin Avenue.

  Sitting in the living room of Odysseus's residence, Bernadette still couldn't believe that she had accepted Odysseus' invitation to taste the meat of the mutant flamingo.

  She had forgotten the last time she was so spontaneous as today.

  Maybe it was because the discussion in the afternoon was very profound, so she was interested in Odysseus' invitation, Bernadette thought.

  Since she was here, she didn't think much about it. She stood up and looked at the several artworks in the living room, and found that they were all high-quality imitations.

  Bernadette smiled knowingly. This was quite similar to what she knew about Odysseus. According to recent observations using the "Invisible Servant", all of Odysseus's income was basically used in the study of mysticism.

  With his income, it was enough to buy a carriage, but he was still riding a public carriage!

  On the shelf next to the wall, there were many exquisite handicrafts, which should be the most valuable things in this room.

  Bernadette saw models of steel battleships, models of people wearing strange armor and industrial beauty, and models of trains and flying castles.

  On the top row of the shelf were two photos.

  One was a personal photo of Odysseus. He was wearing a top hat and a suit, looking to the left, as if he saw his future, or as if he was looking into the distance.

  The photo on the right was a photo of Odysseus standing in front of the herbal medicine store.

  At this time, Odysseus in the restaurant shouted, "Dinner is ready."

  "Okay." Bernadette came to the restaurant, and the table was already full of food.

  There was roasted meat, broth, fried meat, and stir-fried meat with chili peppers, but all of this meat was the meat of mutant flamingos.

  Because a total of 45 mutant flamingo leg bones were needed to carve the magic circle on the "Flame Arrow", 23 mutant flamingos were killed.

  This spiritual creature, with its thin and long legs, liver and blood, and seven long feathers on its tail, is a spiritual material with fire attributes.

  But the rest were just ingredients with richer spirituality.

  Odysseus certainly would not waste such good things. In addition to leaving 2 for old man Anlil, he gave the remaining 2 to his servant Kena, kept 5 for himself, and sent 5 to Max.

  The remaining 9 were sent to the "Nanmu Ballroom" to be used as gifts for socialites to visit the nobles.

  Those nobles knew what was good, and of course they knew it was a good thing.

  Odysseus brought back five, and used four of them to cook dinner tonight.

  In addition, he mixed a vegetable salad, cut a fruit platter, bought some desserts and bread, and bought a bottle of red wine.

  So, there was this sumptuous dinner.

  Bernadette looked at the dishes: "It looks good."

  At least it smelled good, so she cut a piece of meat and put it in her mouth. The meat was a bit dry, but the taste was very delicious.

  Odysseus also picked up the knife and fork: "I have always been curious, do high-level Beyonders like you eat like ordinary people?"

  "Not necessarily every meal." Bernadette replied: "Most of the time, eating is more like a psychological comfort."

  She said: "You seem to like taking pictures?"

  Even in Backlund, taking pictures is a relatively luxurious consumption.

  Odysseus smiled and said: "Cameras are fun."     In fact, he mainly wanted to experience what it was like to take a photo in this era. At this time, there were already box cameras. Although they looked bulky, it was no problem to take a black and white photo that looked relatively delicate.

  "When you continue to be promoted, you will find more interesting things." Bernadette smiled and put down the knife and snapped her fingers in the air.

  Odysseus immediately saw that a picture album and a paintbrush appeared on the side of the dining table. These two things were suspended in the air. An invisible force controlled the paintbrush and quickly wrote and drew on the drawing paper.

  After only a dozen seconds, the paintbrush stopped, and the drawing board turned to face Odysseus and Bernadette.

  Odysseus saw that it was a realistic painting, which was exactly the scene of two people eating.

  Obviously, there was only one paintbrush from beginning to end, but this painting was actually in color, and it was very lifelike, almost like a color photo.

  This made Odysseus sigh: "It's still very convenient."

  Hearing Odysseus's somewhat surprised sigh, Bernadette smiled and snapped her fingers again, and an invisible hand took down the painting and handed it to Odysseus.

  "Thank you." Odysseus took the painting and said, "I'll buy a frame to keep it."

  Bernadette said indifferently, "It's just a painting."

  Then they ate and talked, and Bernadette asked again, "I've always wondered why you spent so much effort to build your own intelligence network?"

  The Mysticism Research Society built an intelligence network for the extraordinary world of Backlund. Although there was no intelligence about the big figures in the extraordinary world, Odysseus could know about any disturbance in the extraordinary world at the first time.

  The "Nanmu Ballroom" was an intelligence network among the nobles of Backlund. Odysseus knew the secrets of many nobles very well. When Odysseus needed it, he could use this intelligence to create huge benefits.

  "The reason is very simple." Odysseus raised his glass and took a sip of wine before saying, "Intelligence is a very valuable but relatively safe 'commodity'.

  "Let me give you an example. If you need some information about Backlund, you will most likely buy it from me instead of arresting me and torturing me. "

  Bernadette also raised her glass: "If you meet a lunatic like the Aurora Society, they might kill you and then use spiritualism to obtain information."

  "That's why I will cooperate with the Church of the Orthodox God." Odysseus smiled and said, "The Aurora Society is a special case. No matter what I do, it is very dangerous to meet a lunatic from the Aurora Society." Bernadette

  revealed her real purpose at this time: "I understand that there are also members of the Aurora Society in the party you initiated."

  "They are indeed very dangerous, but as long as you grasp their needs, you can also use them." Odysseus said, "Of course I know this is very dangerous, so I have kept them from finding me."

  As for searches such as divination, there is naturally the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to help block it, and there is no need to worry about being found by this group of lunatics.

  Odysseus smiled and said, "But, I can find them. "

  Bernadette nodded slowly. As long as there was no deep connection with the Aurora Society, it would be fine.

  After that, their topic became lighter. They basically discussed some dramas, operas, interesting stories about Backlund, etc.

  At around nine o'clock in the evening, after eating and drinking some tea in front of the fireplace, Bernadette said goodbye.

  Odysseus had planned to send her to the door of her house, but Bernadette disappeared in front of the fireplace.

  He stretched himself, but did not rest immediately. Instead, he began to prepare for tomorrow's occult research meeting.

  Tomorrow, Hugh Dilcha will attend the meeting as a new member.  Chapter 40 Hugh's Lament

  Saturday morning, South Bridge District, 22 Tutva Street.

  Hugh was ready at around six in the morning, waiting for the carriage to pick him up for the party.

  The Backlund Post published the time of the party last night, and the party will be held at 9 o'clock today.

  Fors appeared in the living room in pajamas, yawning: "Hugh, I'm here to see you off."

  Hugh didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Fors, have you forgotten? Under the influence of Emperor Roselle, 'seeing off' has other meanings."

  Fors scratched his messy hair: "I only mean it literally, literally, well, besides, it's not very dangerous for you to go out this time."

  Dongdongdong~

  At this time, there was a knock on the door, but no one knocked on the door.

  Hugh waved to Fors, opened the door, and saw a coachman dressed in black.

  He didn't say anything, just made a gesture of "please get in the car."

  Hugh jumped onto the carriage and saw a silver mask with three mystical symbols engraved on it, as well as a hooded cloak.

  She put 5 soli in cash on the seat, then put on the mask and cloak.

  After that, Hugh began to observe her surroundings carefully to grasp her real-time location.

  At about eight o'clock, Hugh arrived at the gathering place.

  A waiter had been waiting here for a long time. While inviting Hugh in, the waiter told Hugh: "Even if it is not the date of the gathering, if you need help, you can write a letter or come here in person to seek help.

  "But the 'leader' only promised that he would help if he could.

  "If you can't help, please think of other ways as soon as possible.

  "In addition, if there is any information with a strong timeliness that you want to trade, you can also use this method to trade as soon as possible."

  Hugh concealed his voice and said in a more vicissitudes of life tone: "Okay. "

  This is another strange place. The initiator would actually make such a promise.

  She chose a seat in a corner and sat down, waiting for the party to begin.

  Soon, another participant came. He was wearing the same style of mask and cloak as Xio: "Oh? The new member has passed the assessment?"

  Xio was slightly stunned. He didn't quite understand how the other party recognized him as a new member?

  The other party seemed to see the doubts under Xio's mask. He smiled and said, "This party has fixed members and hasn't had new members for a long time... Well, okay, it's mainly because your height is a little special."

  Xio was a little helpless. She even wore high heels today, but was she discovered?

  Soon, other members arrived one after another. At about 8:40, Xio saw her recommender Byron. Although the other party was also wearing a mask, Xio knew it was him.

  After more than ten minutes, the door of the basement opened. Just as Byron had described before, the "leader" came out of the basement and sat down slowly on a chair facing everyone.

  At exactly nine o'clock, the "leader" announced: "The party begins.

  "Very good, everyone is here this time."

  Odysseus, wearing a mask, smiled and said, "First, let me introduce the new members.

  "The investigation of the new member has been completed yesterday. As her recommender 'Lion' said, she has a stable channel in the East District. Those who have relevant needs can find new members.

  "In addition, for the convenience of calling, new members must give themselves a nickname."

  "Lion" Byron breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Xio passed the investigation, the information he had previously interrogated by Xio would not be considered a leak, and he would not be punished.

  Xio felt that everyone's eyes were on her. She thought for a moment and stood up and said, "Owl."

  Odysseus thought to himself: I thought you would choose Corgi.

  After everyone politely applauded to welcome her, the party officially began.

  "Hound" said first: "'Chief', I heard that a thief sneaked into the Roselle Memorial Exhibition. I hope to get relevant information."     Xio was slightly stunned: What? Thieves sneaked in? Why didn't I hear about it?

  She went there with Fors a few days ago, and everything seemed normal.

  The other members were also very interested in this, but they knew that such information would definitely not be free, so they were just interested.

  "50 pounds." Odysseus offered.

  "No problem." "Hound" agreed immediately.

  Odysseus took the portable writing board handed over by the waiter and wrote down the information that could be used for trading while saying: "You continue."

  "Giraffe", whose neck was longer than that of an ordinary person, seemed to understand something: "So the 'leader' purchased the "relics" of Emperor Roselle in order to..."

  He only said this and did not continue.

  A member who looked fat laughed: "The 'leader' would not think that criminals would be stupid enough to sell the "relics" of Emperor Roselle, right?"

  Everyone looked at him sideways.

  The female member "Peacock" said: "To be honest, it is really a miracle that 'Elephant' can survive until now."

  "Elephant" is the code name of the fat member, and he did not attend the last party.

  "Hound" said, "It is possible that the prisoners may have internal conflicts due to uneven distribution of the spoils, or that the prisoners are short of money."

  He spread his hands and said, "There are many cases solved with this simple method."

  "Okay, okay." "Elephant" waved his hands and said, "I need a supernatural creature for experiments, preferably a beast, preferably subdued and not too dangerous."

  The other members were stunned for a moment, and then they realized that they had finally found an opportunity to ridicule "Elephant".

  "Who would bring a supernatural creature with them?"

  "Is 'Elephant' going to test whether he is stronger than a supernatural creature?"

  "No, 'Elephant' is also a supernatural creature. His main ability is provocation. He speaks harshly, making people want to beat him up."

  "Hahaha~"

  For a moment, the party scene became very cheerful.

  "Elephant" tried to argue several times, but was interrupted by other members. He sat there angrily and said, "Stupid idea!"

  At this time, Odysseus finished writing the intelligence and asked the waiter to give it to "Hound". He smiled and said to "Elephant", "You should sell your potions honestly."

  He knew very well that this guy was the "Fat Pharmacist". He forgot the specific name, but he remembered this person.

  "Elephant" sighed and said, "I brought a lot of potions here. You know the effects. If you want them, just ask.

  "Oh, by the way, I forgot there are new people. Let me introduce them briefly. I have potions that can quickly heal injuries, potions that make you violent but more powerful, and potions that make men... Oh, sorry, you don't seem to need that kind of potion, unless you are very dissatisfied with your husband or male partner's activities in bed at night. "

  Xiu originally wanted to ask about the medicine for healing the wound, but when she heard the latter part, she decisively gave up the idea.

  The medicine of "Elephant" was quickly sold out, and at this time "Peacock" suddenly said: "Everyone, I have received accurate information that the murderer of the "serial murder case" has an owner."

  At this time, "Elephant", who did not attend the meeting last time, was a little surprised: "What owner?"

  "Peacock" roughly explained it to him.

  When Xi heard that the murderer of the "serial murder case" was actually an extraordinary creature, she was more surprised than "Elephant". Then she sighed: Why do I have an illusion that I am not living in Backlund? Why are there so many hidden secrets in some well-known things?

  "Elephant" muttered: "It also has an owner? If there is a chance, communicate with him."

  　Thanks to [Ten Years of Life and Death!] for the reward.