Chapter 229 Intelligence
Outside the east gate of King's Campus, Greenshade Town.
In the afternoon, in No. 37 Green Shade Town, Beverly, a mechanical girl with short grey hair and pajamas, was sitting cross-legged on the sofa. She placed one hand in front of her eyes. The bionic skin on her hand had been removed, revealing the delicate mechanical structure.
Holding a file in her other hand, Beverly carefully polished her palm where the mechanical structure was exposed, as if she was trying her best to polish the rough areas smooth and flat. Occasionally, when she applied force, her file would directly produce sparks.
Not far from Beverly, Dorothy, in a brown dress, was sitting on a chair behind a coffee table, yawning and drinking a cup of coffee to refresh herself. She had hardly slept after staying in the lab all night. After coming out this morning, she had only slept for a few hours. She quickly caught up on her sleep and came to Beverly, so she was very sleepy now.
"If you feel sleepy, just go to bed at home and then come to me. Look at you, you haven't even slept yet but you force me to wake up while I'm sleeping."
Looking at Dorothy not far away, Beverly, who was polishing herself with a file, said bluntly, while Dorothy took a sip of coffee, squinted her eyes, glanced at Beverly without any anger, and then said.
"You, a clockwork man, still need to sleep and rest?"
"Hey, why don't you need to rest? Even if your body doesn't get tired, your mind will get tired after concentrating for too long. Besides, metals also get tired."
Beverly, who was polishing her nails like a manicure, said this unhappily, but Dorothy did not continue what she was saying but got straight to the point.
"First I need you to help me identify these two sigils."
As Dorothy was talking, she handed over two talismans, one "cup" and one "shadow", to Beverly, and put a forty-pound appraisal fee in between. These were all collected by Nephthys from Mosans. After she got up, she went to the church area to see Nephthys and got the gains she got in East Dyvian in the morning, including the two unfamiliar talismans and the "cup" biography.
Dorothy had already read the "Cup" biography, which was called "The Sound of the Heart", and it recorded some mystical sports techniques, including rituals with running as the main behavior, doing push-ups at a specific rhythm while chanting spells, controlling one's heart rate through meditation, etc. Ultimately, this biography would teach people how to feel the "Cup" naturally contained in their bodies during exercise, in preparation for the formal study of body-building methods.
If the Eucharist's "Deconstruction of the Holy Body" is the introductory biography of the blood-eating method, then this book "The Sound of the Heart" can be said to be the introduction to the body-building method. After reading it, Dorothy directly extracted 3 points of "cups" and 1 point of "initiation" from it.
When she arrived at the scene and got the talisman given by Dorothy, she first collected the money, and then carefully examined the talisman in front of her. After carefully examining it, she took out a book from under the coffee table and checked it. After she came to a conclusion, she started talking.
"Of these two talismans, the 'shadow' one is a light body talisman. You can use the spiritual power of the 'shadow' to make your body lighter and more flexible. And the 'cup' one is a disease-repelling talisman. You can use the 'cup' to resist some diseases to a certain extent."
After Beverly finished the identification, she returned the talisman to Dorothy. Dorothy looked at the talisman in her hand and nodded.
"One can use 'Shadow' to become faster... and the other can use 'Cup' to cure diseases to a certain extent. They seem quite practical. I wonder if these are Mosans's own things or where he stole them from?"
Dorothy thought so, then put the talisman away and continued to talk to Beverly.
"I came to you this time to obtain some information, of course, some information that is not targeted at any specific force." Dorothy said to Beverly. She knew the rules of the Stonemasons' Guild.
"Not targeting any specific force? Interesting... Tell me, what do you want to know?" Beverly said with a smile, while Dorothy asked directly.
"I want to know which rank has the ability to transform into a bat and move quickly?"
"Turning into a bat and moving quickly? Haha... I remember the old man said you were just an apprentice. How could you survive after provoking that thing?"
Beverly was quite surprised when she heard Dorothy's description, and Dorothy corrected the topic.
"Just tell me what it is, and I'll pay for any intelligence consultation fee you need."
"You're talking about money right away? It seems like you've figured out how to deal with us. Well, since this intelligence you asked about is not targeting anyone in particular, I can sell it to you. How about a friendly price of 350 pounds?"
Listening to Beverly's words, Dorothy's mouth twitched slightly. After buying a lantern in the market, she only had about 600 pounds in cash left.
Because when Dorothy bought the "Silence" legend before, she asked Vanya and Nefernis to help her advance about 150 pounds. The 50 pounds that Dorothy got from looting Mosans in the city was directly given to Nefernis to pay off the debt. Later, she paid Vanya 100 pounds and just spent 40 pounds on the appraisal fee, so Dorothy now has 460 pounds in cash.
Now, Beverly suddenly sold her a piece of information for 350 pounds, which made Dorothy feel very painful.
"350 pounds for one piece of intelligence, that's the price of a ton of information... is there anything that's so expensive?"
Dorothy said directly, while Beverly shrugged in response.
"How do you know this isn't a biography? I can tell you that this is all the information of a Level 1 Extraordinary. This information is enough to form poison identification. You can completely treat this as a biography."
Beverly said bluntly, and Dorothy's eyes lit up when she heard the word "poison identification", and she spoke immediately.
"Hey, deal."
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Beverly was a little stunned for a moment when she saw Dorothy's sudden change in attitude. As a businessman, she couldn't help but feel suspicious when faced with such a quick change in the buyer's attitude.
"Why did this guy's attitude change so quickly? Did I do something wrong?"
In the end, after thinking for a long time, Beverly still couldn't figure out what the problem was with her price. Finally, amidst a moment of worry, they completed the deal.
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At dusk, No. 17, Greenshade Town.
Dorothy, who had just returned from Beverly's house, arrived at her home, then sat on the sofa and took out the biggest gain of her trip, an envelope that she bought for 350 pounds.
'Hiss... Although I know I can gain some spiritual benefits from it, I still feel a little sad to spend so much money on it. I only have 110 pounds now!'
Dorothy cried out in her heart. After a long time, she once again felt the crisis of poverty.
"Huh... No matter what, that bald bat is the strongest enemy I've ever encountered. I must know the enemy's intelligence in advance, no matter how much it costs."
Dorothy let out a long sigh and murmured. Then she opened the envelope in her hand, took out two yellowed pages that had been torn from some book and began to read.
"Vampire... Main 'Shadow', auxiliary 'Cup', Crimson Path, Chalcedon level..." Dorothy took notes while reading these two articles about vampires, mainly summarizing the vampire abilities in the information.
After reading the material, Dorothy made some summary notes, and then she took it in front of her and reviewed it carefully.
"The main ability of a vampire is...
"High-speed movement (Level 3 Shadow), Strong physique (Level 2 Cup), Bat transformation, Corrosive claws (Shadow enchantment), Blood recovery, Changeable appearance, Spiritual perception (Shadow Cup), Toxin resistance, Dark concealment, Dark vision, Human hypnosis, Sunlight debilitation, Weak light resistance..."
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