Hearing Arquette's urging, Rita and Smere realized that now was not the time to argue. Smere stopped talking, and Rita coughed twice and said:
"Listen to Her Royal Highness, and everyone retreat. The train can be rebuilt if it is destroyed. If you die, it will be difficult to find such outstanding subordinates again."
As soon as these words came out, the three of them were immediately excited. Saving their lives was secondary, what was more important was that this was the highest recognition from the master.
The driver Rodin, who was standing at the edge, looked at the opened carriage and the rows of magic eyes displayed inside, and sighed in confusion: "Master, are you just going to throw away these 'magic eyes' that you collected with so much difficulty?"
"It's a pity indeed. Although not all of it is lost, it is the accumulation of several decades."
Rita sighed as well, she called herself an artist, and the artworks she collected were the Magic Eyes. How could she remain indifferent when so many exquisite artworks were about to meet
"But there's nothing we can do about it. Compared to the Magic Eye, you are more important. Just think of it as being taken away by Smeeley."
"Hey, you unreasonable woman, it was obviously not me who took her away, it was Anashu!" Smeeley protested.
"But Anashu will be conquered by the princess soon. It's impossible for me to seek revenge on him. I might as well remember it on you. Wait, I got it. I got it."
Rita Rojian's lazy voice suddenly changed, as if it was infused with a passion called interest.
"Since we're going to lose them anyway, we might as well give them away. That boy over there is called Ma, Ma, Matou Shinji, yes, Matou Shinji, just like that woman, Japanese names are really hard to pronounce. I'll give you the train and the 'Ten Thousand Demon Eyeball Library'. From now on, they are your property, and you can do whatever you want with them. Oh, ha ha ha, I'm a genius for coming up with this idea."
"Ehhhhhh!!!"
Shinji never expected that Rita would suddenly say something like this. Others, including Rita's subordinates, had similar reactions. They had seen people's thoughts jump, but they had never seen such a jump.
Because it is destined to be lost, you give it away first, so that you won’t feel bad if it’s not yours - what kind of weird logic is this
"Well, thank you for the gift, Miss Roseanne, but I really don't know what to do with it."
"That's easy. It will be eaten by Anashu as food, or smashed by the princess you are protecting. Well, if you succeed in protecting the train, you will make a fortune."
Hearing Shinji's question, Rojian enthusiastically offered suggestions.
"The 'Magic Eye Bank' on the bus contains hundreds of sets of magic eyes of various types. In your world of magicians, this is one of the most valuable hard currencies. Any one of them can be exchanged for hundreds of millions of US dollars or materials of equivalent value. Aren't you entangled with that troublesome woman? With these, you can support her for hundreds of years without any problem."
That woman, that troublesome woman refers to Orange of course. Considering the love-hate history between Rita and Smeeley, it is estimated that she has a similar relationship with Orange.
Shinji once suspected that this woman was a masochist. The more he beat her, the happier she was. The more damage he caused her, the closer they became. Of course, he could only think about it in his mind, but what he said out loud was another matter.
"Well... That being said, I don't know the most important technology on the train, the removal and transplantation of the evil eye. Without this guarantee, no one knows how many customers would be willing to come."
"Don't worry about that. You won't. That woman will. She is a monster in this regard. I only told her a little bit of the basics, and she transformed it into the 'Mystical Eye of Accumulation'. I don't know what kind of outrageous technology she has developed now."
While complaining, Rita casually revealed Orange's dark history.
"Even if you don't sell it, it's also good to use it as a weapon. The front of the train is equipped with a super weapon I designed and made, the 'Magic Eye Projection';, which can use the magic eye as a disposable product and exert a hundred times the power. Because of this ability, Smeeley has shed her skin countless times. Oh hehehehe - that woman asked me for it many times, but I didn't give it to her. Now you can get it for free."
"We have to save the train first." Shinji pressed his temple in distress.
"There are risks before there are rewards." Rita smiled maliciously, "By the way, I'm going to tell her the news right away. If you fail, she'll be annoying you to death. Smily, watch over me for a while. I'm going to make a phone call outside..."
Then there was another series of exaggerated laughter of "Oh hehehe", which made Shinji want to blast her with a mental explosion - this psychopath! Compared with her, Orange's personality is really much better.
At this time, Elquet urged again: "Hey, Shinji, are you still not done?"
Perhaps it was too hungry, or perhaps the prey did not resist strongly enough. Zhenhong, no, the offensive of the Frozen Throne was getting more and more fierce. The three protective walls erected by Arquitectos were all scrapped, and some of the paper strips had already climbed onto the front of the car.
Shinji looked at the voiceless human figure, then at the countless demonic eyes around him, and countless thoughts raced through his mind.
To be fair, he really didn't care about a bare throne that was beaten half-crippled and had to rely on devouring his own children to recover. With the Command Seal and the blood of the True Ancestor, even if the core recovery ability was strong, and he could run and hide, he could still destroy it if he really wanted to. It was just a matter of how much of his trump card was exposed - and this was exactly what Shinji was worried about.
He has too many secrets. Once exposed, even if Lorelaia is determined to protect him, she may not be able to stop all the greedy eyes. After all, she is only the queen of the Clock Tower, not the queen of the Magic Association, and not the ruler of the mysterious world. Therefore, Shinji has been suppressing his strength. Even when fighting against the Kagemusha, he said that he would go all out, but he was limited to physical skills, magic, and abilities that can expose such as the left arm of the King Kong and concept extraction.
But these abilities were far from enough to save the train, and the size of the train meant that it could not be put into the "small world". If the train was still under Luo Jiean's name, even if he was Orange's good friend, he would not risk being targeted by countless people and run it at full speed.
But now it was different. Rojian gave the train to him. This was a huge piece of cake that Bartmero and Tranberio had been coveting for many years. With this, the Matou family could instantly leap from an ordinary magician family to a top family.
There is a sentence in Marx's "Capital": "Capitalists fear no profit or too little profit, just as nature fears a vacuum. Once there is an appropriate profit, capital becomes bold. If there is a 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; with a 20% profit, it becomes active; with a 50% profit, it takes risks; for a 100% profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; with a 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged."
This sentence applies not only to capitalists, but almost any occasion - the weighing of risks and benefits is a topic that has been around from ancient times to the present and will never go out of date.
If the profit before was less than 5%, which was not worth Shinji's risk, then the profit now is at least 50%. Maybe Rita Rojian was just in the mood, but Shinji really couldn't resist this temptation.
With the addition of the last weight, the balance in my heart completely tilted to one side. Then, the balance receded and only one sentence remained in my heart - I have no choice, you forced me to do this.