"Deal?" Hearing the words Aleister said, I found it a little funny, "You don't even know anything about us, so you just proposed the word trade so rashly? Take a step back In other words, you don't even know what you have that is qualified to trade with us, and... your trust shouldn't be so cheap, right?"
"Of course, my understanding of you is still quite limited, but in most cases, the transaction does not necessarily need to be based on absolute understanding, right? As long as there is a need for interest, the transaction is established, and as an 'outsider' ’, don’t you think it’s a good thing to have a safe place to live in this world?”
"Wait, I'm a little messed up," I tapped my head, feeling unacceptable to Aleister's criss-crossed way of thinking, "It seems that we carried out an illegal blasting on your land before, right? And now You're trying to sell me your own real estate? Are we digressing?"
"This is part of the deal - although no irreparable casualties have been caused, such an incident, after all, is not something that can be resolved in a few sentences. As the injured party, I think I should at least be eligible to claim some compensation, right? "
My apology... It's a shame that you dared to speak out, if we hadn't stopped you in time, you would have been vaporized by a flash of helium from the sky at this time, Uncle Guan...
But this time I didn't come here to tear faces with the other party. I didn't plan to deal with this cunning old fox before I enjoyed enough leisurely holidays, and no matter what the cause was, Viska bombed his city to vent his anger. It is an ironclad fact, Aleister seems to have seen that we will not do things that will really damage this Academy City, so he can confidently make such a "complaint" request, as a dignified head of state (you see our consciousness ), I can't be dead skinned and shameless, can I (look at our character)
"Okay, tell me about your requirements," Lin Xue yawned lazily, and said in a very boring manner, "But correspondingly, we will also put forward our own conditions."
Hearing what Lin Xue said suddenly, I immediately chose to shut up when I wanted to say something else: The purpose of bringing this girl here is exactly that. Leading the Prophet to negotiate means an absolute advantage from the very beginning, even if It's an elusive guy like Aleister, he can't escape his fate, isn't he? Since Lin Xue said so, it proves that such a choice is in our best interest.
"My request is very simple." Aleister seemed to have expected that we would agree to a deal, "It is to protect this city when necessary. From the perspective of the completely destroyed area, this should not be difficult."
"Aren't you talking nonsense? Of course we have to protect Academy City when we live here, and at least try to sleep well."
"Then it's a happy situation, isn't it?"
In other words, is this pipe man just wanting to confirm our "harmlessness"? Otherwise, I don't like to communicate with conspirators, they wouldn't be able to straighten out their words at all, and the content of the three characters would have nine twists and eighteen bends.
I stood up and made a concluding statement: "Then let's talk about it. First of all, we will not endanger the interests of this Academy City, and we have no interest in interfering with what you are going to do. Secondly, I also hope you don’t disturb us. As you can see, our strength is not weak, and as outsiders, we have many things that you cannot understand. It is not wise to fight until the end of the world for a little sense of crisis. , Finally, as you said, when this Academy City is under serious threat, maybe we will help, even if the rent for the temporary residence here is settled, oh, of course, in order to make you feel at ease, I still have A small thing as a gift."
As I said that, I casually took out a crystal slice emitting a faint blue light, and the moment this crystal slice appeared, various instruments around me also emitted a burst of weird beeps, and then many instruments were completely silent down.
"You shouldn't have analyzed this thing rashly."
I said innocently.
"What is that? I am completely unable to analyze its structure and components, but it seems to contain quite a lot of energy."
Aleister's voice was full of curiosity. Although this guy with an IQ of over 200 had already guessed what we called "outsiders", he still acted when he saw something that looked like "extraterrestrial matter". Out of great curiosity.
"Some energy substance from out of the world, the most common thing for us - be careful, it's dangerous."
I casually threw the crystal slice at Aleister, but the crystal magically hovered in midair.
"The total annual power generation of all power stations in Japan, or melting Mount Fuji three times, may also allow you to travel to the space of the main god. If you don't believe it, you can take a hammer and hit it hard, and you will be satisfied."
"This... is not a gift."
After a full ten seconds of silence, Aleister spoke slowly, and the indifference in his voice seemed to no longer be the same as it was at the beginning.
"Of course, this thing may also lead to the end of the world. You can study it, and any breakthrough from it will be enough to make Academy City never have to worry about its technological supremacy. But if you are not smart enough or lucky enough, then we will Watching the earthlings set off fireworks for each other."
Lin Xue also chimed in: "It's a good thing, so, will you accept it?"
"why not?"
Aleister's answer did not surprise us at all. For this crazy guy, since he can make a plan to stop magical activities in the entire world, accepting a job from an "outsider" may make human beings advance by leaps and bounds. Gifts that could lead to the end of the world are not too difficult to choose.
"Then this thing belongs to you now, smart man, but before sending this crystal, I still have a small condition for you—the Absolutely Powerful Project, I think you should have obtained some information, one of us People are out of control because of this plan, for the safety of Academy City..."
"That plan is not determined by my own will."
As soon as Aleister spoke halfway, I interrupted with a wave: "The rest is up to you. Although you are temporarily living in Academy City, for 'outsiders', we No need to side with any human, you understand?"
After a few seconds of silence, the other party's answer came in the air: "So, it seems that I have to choose to compromise, you are welcome."
I smiled slightly, loosened my control over the psionic crystal shard, and then suddenly reminded: "It's best not to place too much hope on Aiwass, for knowledge outside this world, a person born in this world Angels are not much better than you."
After saying this, without waiting for the little girl to show up as the guide, Lin Xue and I disappeared into the room abruptly.
"A foreigner..." A deep and soft voice suddenly sounded in the darkness of the room, followed by a low sigh.
"Aiwass," Aleister revealed the identity of the voice owner, "Why would you suggest that I do everything possible to compromise with these outsiders? Just because they come from outside the world?"
"What do you think of this crystal?"
The "angel" known as Aiwass did not answer Aleister's question directly, but mentioned the piece that was regarded as a "gift", but in fact it may cause a huge disaster for the entire human race. Crystal flakes.
"It contains huge energy, but it seems a bit exaggerated."
"Exaggerated?" Aiwass seemed to have a little sneer, "This is just a fragment, a fragment of the daily energy used by the 'foreigners'. To them, such things are even just domestic garbage."
Then, there was a long silence in the air.
"What is their purpose, Aiwass, you should know their identities, so why did they come to this world?"
"It's been a long time since they've been seen... and it's been a long time since they gave gifts to mortals..."
Without answering Aleister's question, Aiwass just sighed like this, and then disappeared into the room, leaving only an ethereal sentence: "Don't touch anything the strangers give you, this is my Advice - even if you have 'angels', don't mess with them."
And at the same time, the Big Pot... Anyway, that's how I called it. In a small commercial street near the Big Pot, the Prophet and the Head of State are shopping.
"Girl, why do you suddenly want to go shopping?"
"It's hard to come out here." Lin Xue waved her hands, wandering aimlessly between the windows, she didn't seem to have any intention of buying anything, but judging by the expression on her face, it seems that this guy's mood now It's pretty good.
"But speaking of it, Wood, is it really the right decision to give that piece of crystal to human researchers? Although that powerful energy source seems to be a good thing, as Sandora said at the beginning, it is handed over to the ignorant Human beings in this state can only bring doom!"
"Of course, if Aleister really intends to study the mysteries in that crystal, no matter whether he can research the results or not, it will be a very dangerous thing, so the crystal I gave him has been tampered with. "
"Huh?" Lin Xue tilted her head and looked at me puzzled.
"He can't research anything, that crystal is already in a state of self-destruction, and its stored psionic energy will completely dissipate in the next month, any analysis of it will lead to the accelerated completion of this process, Aleister will discover that it is indeed a mysterious substance beyond human comprehension, but even if he exhausts the power of the entire Academy City, he will not be able to discover the slightest mystery from it."
"...you are really bad...then you must not just give him a crystal to play with him, right?"
"Of course not. That thing will distract Aleister and disturb his thinking. Although he was once a powerful magician, he is also an avid researcher. He will definitely study the mysteries in the crystal, even if Isn’t it interesting to just get a pile of useless powder? And a crystal containing enough power to melt the entire city is also a deterrent in itself. I believe that after Aleister learned of the power of the crystal, Be more cautious towards us, so I can save a lot of trouble... Of course, the main reason is that I want to play tricks on that old fox."
After hearing these words, Lin Xue looked me up and down, and then said in horror: "Wood! You have become smarter! What bad things have you eaten these days!"
"Snapped!"
Hand knife attack!
Can't this girl give me a little more normality
"By the way, wood, why do you think that Aleister is so easy to talk about?" Lin Xue, who had finally been quiet for a while, suddenly remembered something, and jumped in front of me again, standing up. A finger dangled in an unstable state in front of me, "That old fox is scheming, even if we want to use people like us who suddenly appeared in Academy City as thugs, he will definitely set up a series of tricks. Don't get it, and don't you think he's too big-hearted? We're suspicious and say..."
"Don't shake it now," I swayed with Miss Lin for a minute, and then decisively pressed down this daughter who has no ladylike temperament, "Aren't you a prophet? Just see for yourself?"
"Are you really stupid or fake..." Lin Xue threw me a huge white eye, and then continued to shake, "Time, history, future, these are all quite sophisticated things, and compared to the already existing and deterministic Time, history, and the future are more fragile. Excessive prying into things that do not exist will lead to self-protection in the world, that is to say, messing up the future that could have been seen. Excessively leads to blurred vision, try not to predict if you can reason, understand?"
"oh… "
I nodded with half understanding, this is the first time I have heard of these mysterious knowledge about predicting the future.
"Of course, the more important reason is that Miss Ben thinks it's too boring to keep looking at the future..."
You can just swipe the screen in your mind with this sentence, girl!
"Speaking of which, there are shopping streets in such a core area. The design of Academy City is really strange."
Wandering around aimlessly, I said curiously, in my impression, such a zone that can be classified as a restricted zone, a purely civilian zone like a shopping street should not appear, right
"The urban center is not a no-man's land. There are staff and people are not allowed to enter and leave at will. Of course, there will be such a shopping street in it, but basically it is just a store directly under the administration of the Academy City General Council... Eh? Here There are jewelry stores?" Lin Xue was talking, and suddenly she was surprised, "Even though the shopping street was set up for the convenience of the staff inside, there are shops like jewelry shops... It's a bit unnecessary right?"
I followed Lin Xue's gaze, and there was indeed a small shop 20 meters ahead, and the door was written in large golden characters: Xiaoxi Jewelry Store.
Immediately, a certain silver-haired strange woman A and the advertising card she designed without an address or a contact number flashed across her mind...
"Wood, do you know this store? Oh, it's not the first time you've been here, have you been here last time? Buy gifts for Qianqian and the others?"
"No, it just happened that the clerk of this store was posting an advertisement on the street outside, and it turned out that he knew the name, and it was the first time he came here."
"Then go and have a look, we have a fate with this store."
As Lin Xue said, she grabbed my arm without asking for my opinion at all, and walked towards the deserted store with great interest.
Accompanied by the crisp and pleasant wind chimes, a soft, and more importantly, slow~~~slow female voice sounded next to us: "Welcome to—"
This kind of speaking method that can make people feel soft like walking on the moon is really very distinctive.
"Ah—it's the gentleman I met at the intersection last time—he finally has a customer—it seems that the advertisement has finally had an effect—"
You started posting advertisements a few days ago and only one person entered the store until now, so you didn't realize what the problem was!
"Wood, is Alaya's sister a human?"
Lin Xue came over suddenly and whispered in my ear.
"Sir, are you going to buy a gift for your girlfriend?"
Seeing Lin Xue muttering next to my ear, the female shop assistant who had always been half-beating was finally half-beating at this moment, and suddenly said such a sentence surprisingly.
Lin Xue, who was busy discussing with me whether the silver-haired woman in front of her was Alaya's sister, exclaimed in the next second: "Ha!?!?"
"Damn girl, don't suddenly yell in my ear!"
"Woo... wood... wood wood! You... you... you... no! The one over there is pure natural, you can talk nonsense, but you can't... eat nonsense!"
Uh, girl, you're overreacting, aren't you? Although at first I was taken aback by the clerk's shocking words, but now I am startled by you!
"Ah? So the relationship hasn't been confirmed yet—" The female clerk was stunned for a while, and then said slowly, still confused about the situation, "Then I'm here to choose a gift for confession—please go this way—"
Is your mind independent of the Prime Material Plane
Quite speechless, watching this silver-haired woman who seems to have a bad brain choose goods for us in front of her, even Lin Xue, who was mad, gradually calmed down due to petrification.
"It seems that it was unintentional," Lin Xue muttered suddenly, "That's right, you don't have such an IQ at all..."
"What?"
"It's okay—now your task is to choose a gift for Miss Ben to make amends, umm, to make amends!"
"What do you think of this pendant - it represents a sincere heart..."
As soon as Lin Xue finished speaking, the slow-moving clerk brought an exquisite small box to the counter. Inside the small box was a simple but delicate heart-shaped crystal pendant. It’s impossible to say that there are diamonds and the like in the poor deserted shop, right?), but it exudes a pleasing luster.
"Well, beautiful is beautiful, but..." Contrary to my expectation, Lin Xue didn't seem interested in such a beautiful little pendant, but reached out from his collar and took out another light green pendant with a mysterious luster. Hexagram crystal pendant, "I have this, so I don't want a pendant."
"Eh? You still have this thing with you?"
I asked in surprise, it seemed that this was bought for her in another world, but she still wears it now.
"It's so difficult to extort something from your wood. How can you not keep it well? This is the fruit of victory."
"What about this bracelet? It fits your temperament very well..."
The female clerk spoke slowly, and took out a silver-white bracelet from under the counter. It was still simple but exquisite in design style, unassuming, but faintly luxurious and carefree. It's really like this bracelet, it's the kind of luxurious and restrained, simple and elf, but also has a kind of golden temperament from the inside out-by the way, I even found a compliment from Xue Lin.
"This one suits you quite well." Seeing Lin Xue put the bracelet on her wrist and gesticulating back and forth, I had to admire the slow gaze of the shop assistant next to her, "That's all."
Obviously, Lin Xue was also very satisfied with this gift—she smiled at me rarely, the kind with eight teeth.
"Ah, it's about this time—" After paying and checking out, the female clerk glanced at the wall clock on the wall, and suddenly said in surprise, "There has been no customer for a long time, and the biological clock can't be adjusted all of a sudden—Do you want the two guests? How about staying for a cup of coffee?"
"Uh, we're still..." I was about to say no, but the silver-haired saleswoman walked away to the side, and while going to the store door to put on a "resting" sign, she muttered, "Should I What kind of coffee do you want—ah, just use the one I bought yesterday... "
This girl... Is her thinking circuit really in a different dimension? ! V