Secret: I, the hermit, want to make progress too much

Chapter 142 Susie, you will become a big shot!
Inside an apartment in the Jowood neighborhood.

Xio sat in the hall, waiting for Forsi to come home.

Two or three hours later, there was movement from the direction of the toilet, and she knew—

Forsi is back.

Forsi looked tired and held a book in his hand. He was still reading the book as he walked. It was not until he returned to the hall that he saw Xio sitting in the hall with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Hugh? Didn't you go to the East District today?"

"Ah."

Xio nodded slightly, "I have a party today, so I came back early."

She raised her head and looked at Forsi faintly.

"Forsi, are you hiding something from me?"

"Ah? How could it be possible..."

Forsi was stunned for a few seconds, then looked in other directions, put the book down casually, and pretended to build a potted plant.

"Is it a party with that person? How is the situation? Did you test it as I said?"

"Have."

Xio said slowly, "She admitted that she recommended me to Mr. Fool."

"It is indeed her. My guess is correct. Miss Audrey is also a believer of that man. She hopes to develop us into believers of that gentleman."

Forsi breathed out and said, "But since she admitted it, it shows from the side that this Mr. Fool is not an ordinary evil god. He may be kind and trustworthy."

"if so……"

Xiu said quietly, "Forsi, I once asked Mr. Fool a question."

"Ok?"

Forsi made a listening gesture.

Xio said: "Let me ask, Mr. Fool, is the other one... still under review?"

Forsi's eyes suddenly widened and her heart pounded.

Fortunately, her back was turned and she was not facing Xio, otherwise she might have lost her composure at this time.

"Turn around, Forsi!"

Hugh said majestically.

Forsi obeyed the order unconsciously, and then realized that this might be the other party using his ability. She was a little embarrassed, but she still managed to stay calm.

"The other one, does it mean me?"

"Yes, because Miss Audrey recommended you and me at the same time, that's why she needs you to pronounce your honorary names."

Hugh said, "But guess what that gentleman's answer was?"

"how to answer?"

Forsi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a smile, as if he didn't seem to care about the result.

She sat down calmly, but her fingers retracted into her sleeves.

Hugh glanced.

Then, she said, "She doesn't need my help."

"!!!"

Forsi felt like a turbulent wave in her heart.

Shock and horror filled my brain, and I didn’t know for a moment whether the gentleman was referring to the fact that he had found a way to deal with the crisis, or whether he was referring to...

Mr. Hermit? !

She forced herself to calm down and said with a smile: "Xiu, you see, even the great existence has said that I don't need help. I have told you that I will no longer be disturbed by the full moon."

"Forsi, we have known each other for so many years, don't we still know some of our habits? You must be hiding something from me."

Xio's tone was deep, "Think about it carefully. Ever since you suddenly started working diligently to make money and collect knowledge, something has become wrong with you."

"Why not?"

"You were not so diligent before. You could lie down but never stand. You could stay on the sofa but never go out."

Xio smiled and said, "How could you suggest running errands to make money by yourself?"

Forsi opened her mouth, unable to say anything to refute for a moment.

In fact, she also yearns for such a day now, but the conditions do not allow it -

In order to maintain the dignity of "1" and prove that Mr. Hermit was not wrong about the person, she must work hard.

Second.

She herself also needs to improve her abilities to strengthen her ability to fight against the full moon.

"Hugh, I think you are becoming more and more like a real peace officer now. Those thieves will be weak in the knees when they see you! Your wisdom is as dazzling as the sun!"

Forsi complimented.

Xio had a cold face and smiled: "Then let's go back to the original topic. What are you hiding?"

"The existence that cannot be said."

"Sure enough, it's no wonder you're at home on Sundays and it's surprisingly quiet."

……

In a villa in Queens.

The noble girl opened her eyes and sighed melancholy.

After a while, a pair of eyes stared at her faintly.

Audrey was startled, and then she noticed it was Susie and couldn't help but said: "Susie, you scared me!"

"Audrey, you seem to have something on your mind."

Susie shook the air.

Audrey said sadly: "Yes, I don't know how to say it. I introduced two people, but now they seem to know that I did it."

"That's normal, Audrey."

Susie wagged her tail.

Audrey looked at it, not understanding what it wanted to say.

Susie continued: "Emperor Russell once said that wherever you walk, you will leave traces. No matter how hidden you are, there will always be flaws."

Audrey opened her mouth wide, not knowing what to say for a moment.

She pursed her lips and finally uttered: "Susie, you are a knowledgeable dog. Maybe one day you will become a big shot in the extraordinary world."

As a dog, Susie now loves reading and all kinds of miscellaneous books.

Its wisdom also grows rapidly in the process of reading books.

and.

No one would guard against a dog.

Audrey couldn't help but feel nervous when she thought that one day, she might be surpassed by Susie.

They become extraordinary at the same time.

It would be really embarrassing and humiliating if he ended up being worse than a dog.

No!

Must work hard.

Can't be outdone by Susie.

"Thanks to you, otherwise I would be just an ordinary dog ​​now."

Susie's tail waggled rapidly, unaware of her master's thoughts, thinking that the other person was just saying the original meaning of his words.

As a dog, although it has read many books, it is obviously still unable to truly experience various human emotions.

Audrey felt a little relieved and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

"Susie, we will definitely become big shots, we all do! But now, please help me think about it. The two people you sent to deliver the letter may know my identity."

"Then you know."

"But they may also know that you are an extraordinary person."

"There seems to be nothing we can do about it."

Susie shook her tail and said, "You asked me to deliver the letter. You should be mentally prepared for this, right?"

"That, all right."

……

After returning to reality, some time later, Alger sent the diary Roy needed through the Fool.

The diary is filled with the craftsman knowledge sent by Sharf.

"I feel that the essence of craftsmanship is to use the combination of materials to highlight a certain part of the extraordinary characteristics or extraordinary effects of the materials and suppress the negative parts."

"Or there are also extraordinary items that pursue powerful unilateral effects and powerful negative effects..."

Roy read.

After reading it, he was thoughtful.

According to Sharf's understanding, the craftsmen's creation of extraordinary items is not much different from witchcraft and scroll production.

The combination of various materials highlights the powerful characteristics of a main material, allowing it to maximize its effect or suppress its negative effects.

This is considered a successful production.

The theory is simple, but the difficult part is how to implement and match it. Part of the following content is about how to do it.

of course.

These are Sharf's notes, so they appear to be very scattered. There is no systematic summary of knowledge, but it is normal——

If Sharf could summarize it systematically, then he would no longer be an ordinary craftsman, but a level that could be promoted to a level that was fully digested and could be promoted as long as there were rituals and magic potions.

Roy read it over and over again, then fell into deep thought.

I have a lot of extraordinary characteristics on hand, as well as some extraordinary items that are difficult to use.

Such as biotoxin bottles.

This extraordinary item was obtained from the resentful soul of the Rose School, and it can release a variety of toxins.

but.

On the one hand, it overlaps with Roy's poison bottle.

On the other hand, its effect is uncontrollable, and there is no way to avoid risks through the wind like a poison powder bottle.

Except for special beings like the Wraith Soul, it is not very convenient for Extraordinary people to use it.

If he masters the skills of a craftsman, he can consider information-based reorganization of this extraordinary item into its original extraordinary properties.

correct.

It can also be completely decomposed into four extraordinary characteristics...

"It just so happens that I promised to help Lilith expand the anchor point. This requires me to have enough food, but it cannot be achieved by ordinary means."

You must use extraordinary items!

Roy took out the biotoxin bottle and quickly began to decompose it. After a moment, the four extraordinary characteristics were arranged in a row.

From left to right are Sequence 9 cultivators to Sequence 6 biologists.

"Let's start with something simple." Roy said in high spirits.

He has many different materials in the Mystic Palace, and it is not difficult to find some suitable materials to match the cultivator.

Cultivators…

The easiest way is actually to incorporate a hoe.

but.

Nowadays, all production is mechanized. Hoes and shovels are too inefficient and do not seem to be of much use in large-scale production.

"Go to the Harvest Church first and borrow the knowledge about farming there."

"Well, the priest should give him face, right?"

Roy wasn't very sure, but still wanted to give it a try.

He went downstairs to Harvest Church.

Then, it went smoothly.

Utravsky barely hesitated and nodded in agreement. Roy borrowed a lot of knowledge about farming and seeds.

Finally, he found the material that curbed the Cultivator's traits.

Datura flower juice!
Using toxins to curb the effects of cultivators on increasing their strength, and then canceling each other out, can minimize the variables and make better use of the "discrimination" ability.

Returning to the hall, he quickly started operating.

very beginning……

Fail, fail.

After an unknown amount of time, Roy finally produced a barely finished product.

This is a pair of flat glasses.

but.

After wearing it, you can better see the characteristics of the seeds. If Roy uses it, he can even use the power of the Palace of Knowledge to directly reveal the information about what he sees.

Its negative effects are——

It should only be used for a maximum of one hour a day, otherwise it will produce toxins that affect the eyes and subsequently the brain.

Still flawed, but at least...

Roy succeeded.

He verified his suspicion.

The ability of the Mysterious Palace can indeed be used to achieve characteristics similar to those of a craftsman, which gives him the possibility to convert the excess extraordinary characteristics on hand into practical combat power and money.

Second.

Roy had an idea.

He did it by making the previous scrolls low-level, and now there are some cheap but not very effective scrolls produced.

Mainly water aspect scrolls.

and.

Roy recently studied scrolls on fresh water——

If successful, it will provide portable, controllable freshwater storage for the maritime fleet, which can truly benefit the public.

Therefore, he asked Suoze to help collect information on Tamsui River.

But besides cheapening, he had another conjecture.

That is……

Create a scroll that can be used repeatedly, just like "Lemanor's Travel Notes", using a large enough piece of skin as the scroll and incorporating extraordinary properties.

Then, write all kinds of witchcraft symbols on it.

When needed, just activate that part of the witchcraft symbol.

Roy wasn't sure whether this would bring about digestion, but he felt that such an extraordinary item would be useful and was definitely worth trying.

After a lot of trouble, he lost a lot of materials.

Returning to reality, I looked outside and saw that it was late at night, and there was feedback from my stomach that I was hungry.

It’s night!
There were no pedestrians on the street, it must be late at night.

……

next morning.

Tilly, who hadn't visited for a long time, came to visit and woke up Roy who was still sleeping.

Roy went downstairs and opened the door.

After meeting, Tilly quickly whispered: "Sir, I seem to have come into contact with people from the Moss Ascetic Order."

Roy frowned.

"Come in."

"Yes."

Tilly walked in and Roy got her a glass of water.

She took a sip and then said quickly: "Last night, a person came to me. Well, I couldn't tell his face or identity, but he should be a man."

"Can't tell?"

"Yes, according to my divination, he should have used some kind of witchcraft."

Tilly explained.

Roy nodded slightly and motioned for the other party to continue.

Tilly paused, and then said: "He said he wanted me to help him collect information about some people, and he gave me a sum of money."

"Who are you looking for?"

"A wizard who often helps heal homeless people."

Tilly replied.

this is not me?

Roy was a little amused, and then his face turned cold.

"You contact him first and tell him some news about me from time to time in exchange for gold pounds. Then after a while, if he trusts you enough, I will tell you what to do."

"Won't this harm you?"

"will not."

Roy smiled.

As long as he was prepared in advance, he was confident of defeating even the mysterious waiter. Of course——

It has to shake people.

With Bernadette's attention, how could he be afraid of them?
What I’m afraid of is that they won’t come!
Tilly nodded and said, "Then what should I do when I go back?"

"I teach you."

Roy briefly explained his previous actions, omitting his, Klein, and Sharon's actions against the Rose School of Thought.

Secondly, there was the time in the square, which he briefly described.

Tilly nodded repeatedly.

Then, she said: "Then I will start with the homeless people first, and then after a while, I will throw out the information provided by the homeless people who have become normal people."

"Ah."

"Finally, I will tell them about the previous square, but this may lead them to the previous Witte Party, which is now the Polez Party."

Tilly hesitated, "Would this be detrimental to you?"

"It doesn't matter. After all, gangsters are just gangsters. They are the most powerful behind them. In the end, they still can't get on the stage."

Roy said, "You don't have to worry about me. The news will be sold as normal, and the money earned will be reserved for promotion or expansion. You should also pay attention to whether there are smart and loyal people under your command. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Ah."

"How is the digestion of the potion?"

Roy started asking other questions.

Tilly chuckled and said, "I feel like it's basically digested, but there haven't been any obvious signs like you mentioned. It may take at most a week or two to complete the digestion."

"I have the formula for Sequence 8. You can pay back the money slowly, but you have to pay for the materials yourself. I won't help."

Roy said lightly.

"Thank you, sir."

Tilly was pleasantly surprised.

It would save her a lot of time if she had a magic potion formula.

Roy took out a piece of paper and quickly wrote down a recipe.

"Recently, please pay attention in your own circle. If you have these materials, you can buy them."

"it is good."

Tilly nodded.

Roy nodded and said, "Go ahead. Be careful not to be followed when you come here."

"Yes!"

She quickly left through the back door.

Although Tilly's skills have not improved much now, she has mastered a lot of magic, rituals and mysterious knowledge and has gradually become a qualified fortune teller.

Her business is slowly getting back on track——

It is said that she is already quite famous in the Southern District, and many people know the name "Underground Fortune Teller".

"Underground" means that she operates in the gray field of thieves and vagrants, while fortune teller means that she often gives advice to thieves and vagrants.

Many gangs and factories will come to her to buy information.

but.

There is plenty of money, but if you encounter a domineering gangster or a local gangster, you will usually have to pay a little if you don't make any money.

In the case of insufficient strength, there is nothing you can do.

but.

The Moss Trappist Order actually found her...

This surprised Roy.

"If she collects information by herself, it may not be long before people from the Secret Order can find her."

Roy thought to himself.

If Tilly joins the Secret Order and can guarantee that she is one of her own——

Seems pretty good?

He thought for a moment, then turned around and continued studying the Freshwater Scroll.

The scroll already has its features.

As long as the materials are in place in the afternoon, I can try to make part of it and see if it can actually be used.

(End of this chapter)