Chapter 44, Fugate in the eyes of Mei Luxin
"How much 'fire in a bottle' do you need?" Fugate asked.
"About thirty copies. This is the initial stage. I need to verify whether it can meet my needs." Arecino said.
"No problem." Fugate quickly configured the fire in the bottle and handed it to Arecino.
"Recently, the children's lives seem to be on track. So, can you give me a holiday? I want to go around the city." Fugate asked.
"Of course there is no problem. I have never restricted your travel." Arecino said.
"You haven't, but a guy has." Fugate laughed.
"[Doctor]? What does he restrict you from doing?"
"Of course, he doesn't seem to have a particularly good impression of you, thinking that you might be a harsh, cruel, and vicious woman." Fugate smiled. This was the result of Arecino ignoring those so-called rumors.
These rumors made her already bad reputation even worse.
"As for the reason for restricting me, it may be because he is afraid that I will come up with something that will ruin his plan." Fugate curled his lips and said, "Guys who are full of big plans, I am not the same person as them."
The biggest plan he made was his own resurrection ceremony, and the final god-making ceremony of the resurrection ceremony was incidental.
He just didn't want to waste the energy accumulated in his body, so the ceremony was interrupted now, but Fugate didn't have any thoughts of revenge.
On the one hand, he couldn't beat him, and on the other hand, it was because he really had no idea of revenge. After all, they didn't directly interrupt his ritual so that he couldn't be resurrected, but modified the ritual to resurrect him in advance.
Although Fugate's recovery was getting slower and slower due to the interruption of the ceremony. It took nearly a year after he stayed in the Buffati Mansion before his strength returned to LV63.
But in fact, Fugate is not weak. After all, Fugate still has psychic powers and elements that he can use. These abilities combined are at the level of an average local legend.
However, because he was surrounded by high-risk people, Fugate felt very insecure.
But Fugate was forced to train to improve himself but was too lazy to do so under the influence of the nihilistic appearance. It was really confusing. Arecino was still very busy, so he took the [Fire in a Bottle] potion and left in a hurry.
Fugate had no intention of staying in the mansion, so he followed him out.
But Arecino was going outside the city to deal with the betrayer and test the effect of [Fire in a Bottle].
Fugate went to the city and wanted to have a good stroll around here.
"Fontaine is really prosperous." Fugate said with emotion while eating bubble orange, "the streets are full of these clockwork machines."
"Hmm~ What are so many people doing over there?"
Fugate noticed that many people were gathered together, so Fugate took advantage of the situation and came over to watch the excitement. It is human nature.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the magician Cesar's show." The host of the venue said with a loudspeaker.
"Tonight, the great magician Cesar, who invented the high-altitude escape magic, and his magician assistant Lorenzo will bring you a wonderful magic show together."
Fugate looked at a few people, then found a good place and squeezed away the people around him.
"Did those two kids originally work here?" Fugate touched his chin.
He looked at Linny and Linnette.
It looks like a poor magic troupe, and the magician's assistant named Lorenzo doesn't smell good.
However, the magician named Cesar has a very upright aura and should be a good person. However, Fugate's prophecy has already revealed the tragic fate he will face in the future.
Good people are destined to die badly, and this is also true in Teyvat.
"It's really sad." Fugate said with emotion as he watched the wonderful magic on the stage.
There was also an interactive session between the magician and the audience. Because of the strategic location, Fugate was also invited to the stage to interact with the magician.
Although Fugate was able to decipher the opponent's technique, he was also surprised by the opponent's superb technique performance.
This guy seems to really like magic. His hand speed has even exceeded the limit of the human eye, so he can do all kinds of magic that look incredible.
Fugate can crack the opponent's tricks, but he won't do it. All he needs to do is appreciate it.
After the magic ended, Fugate also rewarded Mora. Although he was not the biggest benefactor tonight, he was definitely among the top.
As for salary... Colonel Fugate is a scientific researcher among the Fools. His salary is not high, but there is research funding, but you need to apply for it. Fugate is too lazy to do this. Therefore, these rewards for Mora were basically earned by Fugate himself using alchemical potions.
As for research funds, Arlecino has already been given to fill the funding gap of the Buffati Mansion.
Thanks to the Gray River area of Fontaine City, the sewer area is really good at breeding dark industries. Fugate received a few orders of high-danger alchemy potions there and the money came.
As for what the potion was used for, Fugate didn't care, but from the vague poisoning cases, it was not difficult for Fugate to guess who bought his alchemy potion.
After shopping, Fugate went to Black River. Not only were there various poor people, but interesting guys were also indispensable. Fugate even discovered a few wild psykers here a few times before.
But Fugate, who had just entered the Gray River, frowned.
Because several strong men in black suits surrounded Fugate from the front, back, left and right.
"What are you doing?" Fugate asked curiously.
These guys were so weak that their psychic powers didn't even bother to give Fugate a warning.
"Are you the alchemist Nathan Rice? The guy who sold a large amount of contraband and high-risk alchemical potions in Gray River?" A strong man said, "In the name of Kales, the president of the Rose of Thorns Society, I announce that you have been arrested. You will be transferred to the Enforcement Tribunal and face multiple prosecutions.”
"The Thorny Rose Society, the controller of Gray River and White Pine Town, is a... boring little organization and a group of boring people." Fugate said to himself.
Several men in black suits had already rushed towards Fugate at this time.
As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows, and all the black suits coming towards Fugate suddenly shook their bodies, and then fell down.
This is a psychic shock. Although it cannot deal with those perverts, it can really be called a miraculous effect against these ordinary people in front of you.
It shocks the cerebellum and destroys the body's balance. The smallest force can achieve the greatest effect.
Fugate continued to lift his feet and was about to leave, but what he didn't expect was that the strong man who called himself Carres actually struggled to get up from the ground.
Fugate ignored this, but Kares asked: "Why does a big man like you come to Gray River..."
"Because it's interesting." Fugate said, "Add a few variables into the fight between ants and ants, and the conspiracy will ferment faster..."
"It would be a beautiful thing to finally let their souls drown together in the power of Ix."
Fugate's footsteps did not stop, but Kares could no longer hold on and fell to the ground again.
After more than half an hour, the effect of the psychic shock completely disappeared, and everyone got up one after another.
"President." Everyone looked at Kares, "What should we do about this matter?"
Kares also fell silent for a moment and said, "Report it to the Enforcement Tribunal and Momang Palace. This matter is no longer something that the Thorn Rose Society can handle."
Although he was very reluctant, Kares also knew that it was impossible to deal with such a powerful person with his own abilities.
And that temperament... is very much like a scholar and a warrior, a bit decadent and a bit harmonious at the same time... In short, it's okay if you don't look carefully, but if you look carefully, he looks like a boss.
Kares is not a weakling. He is also a warrior who can skillfully use a sword to fight. Not only is he the president of the Rose of Thorns Society, Kares is also a noble and businessman. His level is also rated LV54 in the evaluation. He is a rare strong man. .
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a big industry.
Fugate didn't care about what happened behind him. In the entire Fontainebleau, as long as Fugate didn't commit a crime in front of a certain Dragon King, basically nothing would happen.
After all, there are indeed a few people in Fontaine who are as strong as Fugate, but there are only two or three beings who can take down Fugate, a certain Dragon King, [Water God] Fukaros and [Servant] Arecino .
Even the Dragon Lizard Prince Skurafgate didn't take it seriously.
Perhaps Dragon Lizard Prince Scylla is much more powerful than Fugate, but Fugate cannot be kept. After all, the current Dragon Lizard Prince Scylla is an incomplete life.
There are more than two hundred ways to deal with this kind of existence Fugate. Fugate handed several bottles of ominous potions to the black market middlemen.
"Presumably you don't want to confirm the efficacy of this potion." Fugate asked.
The middleman swallowed his saliva and said, "Of course, Master Nathan Rice's name has been very loud recently."
The middleman takes the money immediately.
Fugate didn't put on a disguise or anything, which was why people from the Thorny Rose Society were able to find Fugate easily. On the one hand, Fugate was too lazy to cover up, and on the other hand, he didn't take the black market to heart at all.
The managers of this black market are naturally aware of this matter, so they can almost respond to Fugate's requests.
"Speaking of which, do you have channels from the Fontaine Academy of Sciences? I'm a little interested in the research on Shijili." Fugate said, "I wonder if you can get in touch."
"Mr. Nathan Rice, you also know that we are a black market here. Do you think we have the energy?" the middleman said with a bitter smile.
"That is to say, the nobles and businessmen above need us to exist so that we can exist, but in the end we are just their gloves."
"Only those people from the Thorn Rose Club can do better."
"Is that so? Forget it." Fugate regretfully took the money bag and after tossing it twice, he roughly knew how many molas were in it.
"It seems that the customers this time are very generous."
"After all, I'm looking for you to order high-end potions. By the way, I wonder if Mr. Nathan Rice will accept orders for regular high-end alchemy potions." The middleman asked.
"Oh? What orders do you have?" Fugate asked curiously.
"They are all high-end alchemy potions used for treatment, detoxification and physical enhancement." The middleman handed the order to Fugate.
Fugate was not polite and took the order and started reading it.
"I'll take the orders for these potions. Don't bother me with the rest. Just find some mediocre people (formal alchemists) to handle them." Fugate wrapped up all the rarer alchemy potions.
There were several potions that Fugate had never even heard of, including ones that could expel curses and some that could enhance the effects of exercise.
And they are very suitable for the Fontaine area, and judging from the naming of the medicinal materials, it seems that they have not been invented for a long time.
Of course, the reason Fugate was interested in these alchemical potions was that he didn't know their principles.
Compared with the widely circulated formulas on the mainland, these alchemical potions probably come from the so-called esoteric sects, or were developed by wild alchemists due to accidental inspiration, but because later generations could not reach the level of their predecessors. The level of human alchemy eventually led to its loss.
Fugate was so sure after carefully studying the alchemy potion formula provided by the customer.
So Fulgate, satisfied, left.
Still take the original passage.
Shortly after Fugate left, a team of human and merucin police officers from the Enforcement Tribunal arrived.
"How can we find that crazy guy?" a police officer named Oglao asked.
However, the police officers of Meiluxin were running around in confusion.
Just when Ograu was about to ask the question a second time, the police officers stopped.
They whispered a few words to each other, and then one of them, Meluxin, looked at the human police officers and said, "How should I put it? The matter is very troublesome. We didn't see any traces."
"How is it possible? I can see footprints." Oglao couldn't help but ask.
"But that's the fact." Officer Meluxin said, "In our opinion, those footprints don't look like they were stepped on, but rather like they grew out of the stone."
"We also know that this is very incredible, so everyone checked it carefully."
"There is nothing here but the traces of fallen roses."
"We will hand over this matter to the Shadow Tribunal. Now it seems that only Ophioni is qualified for this job. I hope she can find out something."
The Meluxins even 'saw' Kares got up and said something to the air.
But more specifically, nothing can be seen, as if it doesn't exist.
This kind of thing has actually happened a few times recently, but they all appeared in murder cases, and the murderers all died of suicide in the end.
Fugate's potion is not that easy to get.
When these potions are used maliciously, the power of nothingness belonging to Fugate will find it. This is also one of the abilities Fugate gained after choosing nothingness to become his appearance.
Fugate was able to share the erosion of Ix he suffered by using the power of nothingness.
Although Fugate is now able to self-destruct one day every seven days due to the power of the anchoring ritual, the excessive power has also made his erosion more serious.
Existence is like a circle, and nothingness is like everything outside the circle. The stronger the existence, the larger the circle, and the more nothingness we face.
The erosion that Fugate faced was not just what his outward strength showed. This erosion was based on Fugate's essence that was comparable to that of a demon.
Even if it is only a part, it is quite heavy for those mortals, and basically they have not survived the third day.
Most of them committed suicide on the same day, and the rest only lasted a few more hours, and then fell into a state of self-destruction without any pain or even any perception, and then died.
Then Fugate can relax for a while.
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"Speaking of which, a strange thief named [Merk] appeared recently. Do you know about this?" Fugate shared interesting anecdotes from the street with Charmian and Arecino.
As for why these three people got together, it was naturally because subspace teleportation technology had made some progress, and Xia Mian also learned subspace teleportation and then came over.
Anyway, Xumi has nothing to do recently, and she is very interested in Fugate's current working environment, so she came here. By the way, she is preparing to study alchemy with Fugate, so that her own alchemy can reach the level of Fugate. Especially at today’s level.
The essence of Hermanubis has a bonus to alchemy.
Charmian felt that she might be able to break through the so-called boundary earlier than Fugate, because she possessed the so-called opportunity (the power of Hermanubis).
Of course, it is impossible to reach [Gold] Reindot. After all, Hermanubis himself has not reached that level. At most, Hermanubis has reached the level of a demon in alchemy.
Otherwise, he would not be called the most sage among all sages.
As for Arecino, he came to contact Charmian.
After all, Charmian is a master who is not weaker than Arecino. He is even better than Arecino in protracted battles, and is not weaker than Arecino in terms of explosive power.
Of course, Charmian is not here to join the crowd of fools.
She just had a name at the Buffati Mansion.
The main thing is to study alchemy with Fugate.
"Don't worry about the Phantom Thieves. I believe those thieves will not come to the Buffati Mansion." Arlecino said, "After all, people who live in the dark area know whose territory this is." Arlecino said, "The end What the spider likes most is the snacks delivered to your door. ”
"Since you are so confident..." Fugate said, raising his shoulders.
"If you were worried, wouldn't you use prophecy to find him directly?" Xia Mian asked.
"Just a mortal." Fugate said, "Even if I don't predict it, I can only use astrology to know that this phantom thief is a woman."
"Hmm~ According to the feedback from the astrology chart, she is still a relatively beautiful woman in the conventional sense."
After Fugate finished speaking, he lost even more interest in exploring.
"No wonder I heard that most of the lost items were gold and silver jewelry that were difficult to sell. I knew it..."
(End of chapter)