Fitzgerald still made preparations for both scenarios.

While he was collecting intelligence, verifying the authenticity of the Monster House, and collecting chips that could be used for trading, he did not forget to continue on the road to the 7 billion bounty.

Upon hearing the news, Jiuyuan hummed.

"That is to say, we are completely regarded as a backup option, right?" Jiuyuan took a sip of ice tea and shook the ice cubes inside, making a crisp sound. "But, it's not hard to understand..."

Xia Yujie was sitting next to him and fishing with him, so of course he also heard about Fitzgerald's affairs.

In order to regain his body, after accumulating experience during this period, Geto Xiayou also possessed a lot of cursed spirits.

In addition, after becoming a spirit, he was no longer bound by any constraints, and with the bonuses from Jiuyuan, his information network became even wider than before - as long as he wanted to dig, he could dig out some information.

So when he learned that Fitzgerald was looking for something, he couldn't help but become curious.

Can reverse life and death, does such a magical power really exist in this world?

In any case, he was a sorcerer who was accustomed to dealing with life and death. He had only heard of curses that made life worse than death, but had never heard of anything that could bring the dead back to life - even if there was, most of them were bait messages thrown by evil creatures, and in the end they were all in vain.

Summer Oil: "Do you know that he has other options besides you?"

"Yes, but the thing itself is quite illusory. It should be real, but in fact no one knows where it is."

Kuen smiled.

Jiuyuan got the information after borrowing the ticket from others and pieced together the truth.

There is such a thing as a wish-fulfilling, omnipotent thing.

Fitzgerald knew about it and believed that Nakajima Atsushi could find it.

Of course, he was able to piece it together, but the ticket still had to go through the hands of the Special Powers Division.

Although key information was blocked, he still obtained a lot of valuable clues.

"So, choosing us is choosing a route that is right in front of you, but may lead to disappointment. Choosing the mysterious object is choosing a route that seems likely to fulfill your wish, but will lead to getting lost on the road."

Finally, he said: "If it is the latter, the cost of failure will be multiplied many times accordingly."

Fitzgerald probably thought he could afford it.

Or maybe he just doesn't think he will fail.

"But I'm more curious about who told him the news."

Jiuyuan yawned and didn't mention the matter anymore.

He was in a separate room in the store, from which he could see the squatter's shed to the left and the trading table to the right.

Today, only Odasaku was sitting alone at the trading desk.

The first wave of tickets had been used up one after another, and the second wave of tickets had also been issued. It was just when the flow of people had not yet connected, and it was early in the morning, so there were really no people at the trading desk.

There were four or five customers looking at the wooden sign above, two of them had their faces covered.

Probably a human, Kuen thought.

After all, most monsters show their true faces.

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…

As for Xue Nan, he has been receiving some vague teasing recently.

The content sounded serious at first, but when he translated it, it roughly meant something like "You should work harder on your side, as far as I know, business is booming at Jiuyuan's side", "Is it really okay to just let them grow like this?", "Your ideals are lofty and great, you shouldn't let the other party take the lead by means like this" and so on.

Yamada diligently processed the information and gave it to him. Seeing that he had no reaction, he knew that this matter might not be as he expected.

You know, Xue Nan went to his classmate Jiuyuan Huangquanchuan a few days ago, and since he came back, he has been looking like he has no interest in anything.

The black-haired girl asked, "Snow-sama...what should we do next?"

After being rescued, Lin Qiaomei became the Snow Man's assistant. Although she was a little surprised to see the Snow Girl turn into a Snow Man, after getting used to it, she didn't think there was any difference.

With Yamada, a former mafia with rich theoretical knowledge, and the help of Lin Xianming, Lin Qiaomei quickly adapted to the job.

And she only works as a clerk and assistant.

Lin Xianming, who was still worried, taught his sister some self-defense methods and how to use weapons.

Ah Xue threw the stack of information aside and said, "It's quite low-level, but it's probably just a test for him."

"Probing?"

"It also sows a seed of anxiety for us. You know, although people won't believe these words easily, they will still subconsciously plant a sense of crisis. As long as this goal is achieved, the other party's role will be achieved." Xue smiled and said, "If someone keeps telling you how strong your competitor is and what stage he has reached now, how will you react?"

Lin Qiaomei: "Well... no matter if it shows on my face or not, it will definitely have some impact on my heart. I will probably work harder to prevent myself from being surpassed by the opponent."

Axue chuckled: "After all, there are only a few people who can completely ignore any external influences, so although this trick is very straightforward, it is unexpectedly useful. Moreover, now that Jiuyuanjun's new store has opened, the intelligence collected at this stage is mostly false, and the level of the 'store' will definitely be exaggerated several times in this process..."

"In this way, with two approaches at the same time, we will become 'anxious'." Axue said, "The reason is simple. If I can't catch up with them, I will destroy them. I guess someone is thinking this way, hoping that I will take the initiative to make things unhappy for Jiuyuan-kun and the others."

Lin Qiaomei said boldly: "...I think a lot of people think you will create some obstacles for them." She said it very tactfully, almost writing on her face that everyone thinks you will cause trouble.

"Well, let's think about it the other way around." Ah Xue took the information in her hand and started to fold a plane. "If I go to hinder the operation of the 'store', who will be the beneficiary? Ah, it may be a little difficult to say this, then... who do you think will suffer because the 'store' cannot operate?"

"Eh? Apart from Jiuyuan Jun himself and his companions..." Lin Qiaomei thought for a moment, "then those are the customers who rely on his shop?"

Axue: "So, who are the guests?"

"Most of them are people with special abilities and other special people..."

Axue nodded: "So, the people who are trying to incite us behind the scenes may just not want those 'special ability people' to get better resources."

Lin Qiaomei frowned: "This is too complicated, isn't it? But, why don't you think that person's purpose is to use you to destroy Jiuyuan Jun? Or just want to destroy the 'store'?"

Axue: "Because the conflict between him and I has existed for a long time. If he had the intention to kill me, it must have been there long ago. No matter how much he fanned the flames, it would be meaningless, not to mention that his focus every time was on the 'store'."

Lin Qiaomei nodded, not quite understanding.

Axue continued, "Moreover, recently, many people with special abilities have come to Japan and Yokohama one after another because of the 7 billion bounty event. There is also a place called 'shop' that can connect them together. If the person behind it wants to use the 7 billion event and the shop's gathering of special abilities to do something, it is quite possible."

"On the other hand, he doesn't want the store to continue to grow, otherwise the people with special abilities will have more chips in their hands and become stronger."

"I have a feeling that the $7 billion event will be ruined by this man in the end. And Fitzgerald won't be able to get what he wants this way."

Lin Qiaomei: "...Then, will he get what he wants through the store?"

"Who knows?" Snowman shrugged and threw the folded paper airplane out.

It started off with some stumbling, but ended up flying out of the window.

Looking at the free paper plane, Jiuyuan complained in his heart: if the ticket passes through the hands of psychics a few more times, it will tell him more information.

That way he can figure out who is trying to get him to play the boring game of left hand against right hand.

——The people behind the scenes probably couldn’t realize that there weren’t any different camps at all, and they were all Kuen himself, right?

Some time ago, the Nura clan had a big fight with the monsters from Shikoku, which frightened many unprotected little monsters and made them run to them for help. Yukio only picked out some of the smart ones and left them to work for him.

Some of these monsters are strong, and some are weak. However, in this era, when people's fear and belief in monsters have dropped significantly, strong monsters are still very rare. Even if there are any, most of them will not be found in this urban forest of steel and concrete. The closer to remote and backward places, the more sincere and continuous people's belief is.

Considering that he still had to save face, he let some little monsters harass Jiuyuan from time to time.

By the way, he gave Hachiya a chance to come back online, admit his mistake to Jiuyuan, and said, "You are running a store, you must need my help," and appeared in front of Jiuyuan again with deep affection.

Jiuyuan calculated that after Fitzgerald's issue was resolved, it would be time to solve Geto's problem.

He has prepared the key and pass to the Gate of Hades. Once he gains reputation, he will continue to upgrade his skills and take Geto with him to retrieve the body.

Well... we have to bring "Rusugano" along.

He first ordered a batch of dolls from the store. The system saw that he ordered ten ordinary dolls and asked curiously: [Didn’t you say before that these ordinary dolls are of no use to you? ]

Kuen: "I was distracted earlier. I only thought of my employees who were close to being half-demons or had strong spirit bodies... If you think about it carefully, this thing can still be useful."

For example, regarding the group of children brought by Odasaku, Hisaen's previous idea was to use demonic power to construct bodies for them, but if they were to continue to survive in human society, the cost of subsequent maintenance would be too high, and even he would not have the time to manage this matter all the time.

But it is different with puppets. Although ordinary puppets can only be used to possess dead souls, they can automatically change their appearance and appear no different from ordinary people.

But he had never tried it, and it was not easy for him to make any promises directly to Oda Sakunosuke. He just told him to try it for a while, and if he was sure there was no problem, he could let the children return to human society.

"This way, the children will be able to go to school normally," Hisaen told Odasaku, "and Mr. Kagemitsu's workload will be much lighter."

Odasaku took the doll as requested and nodded: "Thank you." He had nothing to give in return except to continue working hard.

Oda Sakunosuke certainly hopes that his children can enjoy the life he missed, and now that this regret can be fulfilled, it couldn't be better.

Jiuyuan took out his card and gave it to him: "You don't have any money yet? I still have some money on my card. I need to buy some new clothes for the children, and also for school enrollment and identity verification..."

You can ask Sakaguchi Ango for help. He should be happy to do you a favor.

He left these puppets as backup, one for Fitzgerald and another for Getsuger, in order to transfer out the soul that had invaded his body.

Fitzgerald's attempt to resurrect his daughter through special items is likely to fail, so it is better to let his daughter's soul cover the doll.

This kind of ordinary doll can be maintained and repaired in the future with human currency, which is quite suitable for his situation. If successful, Jiuyuan will have a long-term investor.

...However, all this is based on the premise that she can summon the soul of her daughter successfully.