"I didn't expect the Kingdom's Eye to be so humane. They even used their intelligence network to help us find our enemies. Although it was earned with the credits from the last mission, we have never had this kind of treatment before."

Hitting the iron ingot in front of him, War Terracotta Red complained in a somewhat dull voice.

When they were in Sarn, not only did they have to take the blame all the time, but sometimes they even had to work to earn money to finance their operations.

"Oh! What a coincidence. For some reason, that guy attacked the boy named Carl. The person in charge of Breland here had to come out and clean up his mess himself, so I was able to find him smoothly."

Walking into the inner room of the blacksmith shop, Cass changed her appearance again and put on clothes that suited her current status.

"He's the one who took my remains? Then he really is our lucky star."

Putting down the hammer in his hand, Hong walked to the door and pulled down the rolling shutter.

Many shops on the artificial island have similar operations, so other shops are not surprised and just think that the people in this shop have some special tasks to perform.

…

For the next period of time, Carl stayed in the Mage Tower to debug the power armor.

I don’t know if it’s the effect of the plug-in being upgraded again, but Carl always feels that he now has a greater affinity with machines.

He attends classes every morning, debugs mechas in the afternoon, and eats with Nia and Lisanna in the evening. His life is quite enjoyable.

This kind of life continued until the end of the final exams in the second semester of the second year.

Because the Ninefold Path Competition has begun!

…

"The contestants coming towards us now are from the School of Change. They..."

In the Tower of Wonders, Carl sat next to the signal transmitter with his master Mooreban, watching the opening ceremony that had a strong flavor of a school sports meet, and couldn't help wanting to laugh.

It was Mooreban and the tower master who asked him for this process.

With the idea of ​​taking revenge as soon as possible, Carl told them some key points from the opening ceremony of the sports meet at his previous life's university.

With such an explosive opening, Carl felt that the people of Andel must be filled with disgust.

But Moore's class is watching it very seriously now.

"You know what? This live broadcast you proposed raised taxes in Andel by an additional six percent."

Suddenly, Moore turned around and mentioned this to Carl.

"Ah? How did you do that?"

Pointing at the phantom that was walking towards the two of them, Mooreban said with emotion:

"The Andel royal family opened a gambling game, and the nobles threw money into it like crazy, especially those whose family members participated in the game.

There is also the Jinquan Club. Many businessmen have spent a lot of money to advertise themselves. Have you seen those brands on the track? Your Majesty has sold five places. In the following live broadcast, signs printed with the trademarks of these five companies will appear in every corner of the stadium. "

Carl had long known that the people in this world were not stupid, but he was still a little surprised to see how quickly they adapted to some of the suggestions he had made.

"Queen Andel really knows how to do business."

Glancing at Carl, Mooreben ignored the disrespect in Carl's words and just took out a stack of bills from his pocket.

"Here, this is a small reward from the tower master and I. What a pity! If we could build a large-scale phantom device in the storm, wouldn't the Storm Dragon Mark Family be overjoyed?"

After taking the bill and looking at it, Carl immediately laughed.

That was the ticket to the storm, something that ordinary families didn't even have the means to buy.

"Hey, we have to do things step by step. I guess Breland should have already contacted Andel, right? Will the Illusion Device be sold to Breland next?"

Before the Fields of Eludin, Breland was the country with the best relations with Andel.

"Of course! This summer we are going to the capital of Breland and Sharn to build a special Phantom Theater. It's a pity that you can't come with us. I heard that..."

"Hey! Stop it! Master, your deception skills are not up to par. The signs are too obvious. You should use that casual feeling to reveal the benefits, and then make me beg you to take me with you."

To be honest, Carl didn't quite appreciate Breland and Saan.

He just likes the cyberpunk style, but doesn't like being in a cyberpunk city.

Sarn is undoubtedly such a place.

The capital of Breland is more like London during the Second Industrial Revolution.

Anyway, there was nothing that attracted him anywhere.

Seeing his apprentice's decisive refusal, Mooreban did not force it.

Stretching out his hand to measure Carl's height, Mooreban was surprised to find that Carl had grown a lot taller.

"Anyway, you better be careful when you go to play in the storm. I don't want to see you being brought back in pieces by Nia and Lisanna."

While feeling impressed at his apprentice's growth, Mooreband gave him some final instructions.

"puff!"

Carl, who was drinking water, choked and spit out the water.

What Moore said came from a tavern story about a "scumbag".

There are many versions of this story, but the general plot is similar to "Brother Cheng".

Because he attracted many girls of noble birth, the boy was eventually collected by the girls in parts.

In some versions, the girls eventually couldn't stand the days without the boy, so they donated the part of their bodies they held and asked the priest to resurrect the boy.

But in other versions...

Carl shuddered and looked at Mooreban with dissatisfaction, angry that this old man actually cursed his apprentice like that.

This made Carl want to let Moore's class explode some gold coins.

Seeing that Karl was staring at him, Mooreban waved his hand.

"Okay, there's nothing for you to do here for now. The Ninefold Path competition might last the entire summer vacation. Your grades this semester are pretty good, so just take Nia and the others to play."

Thanks to the intelligence headband provided by Carl, all the rangers barely passed the final exam of this semester.

Although two unlucky guys had to retake the exam, it wasn’t a big problem.

"Then I'm leaving?"

Seeing his master nod, Karl naturally stopped being polite.

After leaving the room, he immediately went to the dormitory to pack his things.

It just so happened that Nia and Lisanna were both staying in his dormitory at this time. When they heard that Moore's class had approved them to go home early, they jumped up happily and cheered three times together.

"I got 14 tickets, including Hope and my parents... plus Nia's parents and Lisanna's parents, that leaves four more tickets! Lisanna and I will go back to Vana City first, Nia, you take your parents to the Storm, and we'll meet at the resort!"

Handing the three tickets to Nia, Carl made the arrangements while shaking his head.

This plan was unanimously agreed by Nia and Lisanna, but Nia was a little hesitant when she got the ticket.

(End of this chapter)