Chapter 2890 The closest distance (two in one! Add updates to the cute master 'Schrdinger's meal ticket')
"Lend me some money?"
The great wizard from the North District repeated the proposal, looking at the fist-sized kitten on the table with a strange expression. He endured it, but finally couldn't help it and laughed: "Well, sorry, I mean, no need, thank you... I appreciate your kindness."
The black gem cat's little face suddenly drooped.
"I don't think I can afford it?"
It was unhappy and felt underestimated. It was determined to reveal to the witch how much money it had saved in the past few months, but was worried that after the news was leaked, it would be turned into a stone and stuffed into a dark box.
Colma noticed the tangled appearance of the kitten.
"At the level of a great wizard, many things are no longer a matter of money."
She thought about it and gave a few small examples: "For example, the scattered wood, do you know where to sell it? For example, the Soul Ferry Liquid, at the internal auction of the Great Wizard Conference last month, the starting price of each milligram was 100 jade coins; for example, the Sea God Agate, which is a spiritual object that can only be collected by the demon ships of the big squids - it's not that the place where it exists is so dangerous and difficult to reach, but because the growth and collection process is too bloody, many wizards think it is dirty, so they made the sea monsters use "white gloves". As for how to take those agates from the white gloves, whether it is betting, robbing, coercion and forced buying, or simply trading, etc. - every Sea God agate circulating on the market represents an affair between the wizard and the demon. Such things cannot be settled simply by money."
The black gem cat was stunned when he heard these unheard secrets.
In the past, when he was in politics, he thought that the reason why money can become a general equivalent is because it reaches a delicate balance between scarcity and liquidity. Those with scarcity lower than money can be measured by money; those with scarcity higher than money can never be bought for much money. If you think this is nonsense, you obviously underestimate the importance of the three words "scarcity".
Colma looked at the black gem cat that was in deep thought and paused, as if she wanted to say something, but suddenly frowned at this moment and looked at the door in surprise.
The next second, the door of the Sakura Tavern was pushed open rudely.
The black robes who left earlier rushed in again, and the number of people was a little more than before. The wizard, the owner of the tavern, and the little black cat were familiar with it. It was Yi Jiazi, a professor in the divination class of the first university.
Professor Yi's eyes wandered around the room for a while, and finally fell on the black gem cat, and his eyebrows slowly frowned.
“Is it it?”
He looked at the black robe standing beside him with inquiring eyes.
"Yes, that's right! Those hairs were pulled out of it just now!" The black robe stared at the black gem cat with a little excitement in her tone, as if she would pounce on her next second and pinch the kitten's neck.
The black gem cat arched his back alertly, clamped his tail and took two steps back.
An instinctive warning sound came from his throat.
A slightly cold hand stroked its back, indicating that it was calm.
Without looking back, the Black Gem Cat knew who the owner of this hand was. The anger that had just risen suddenly disappeared. The originally arched back immediately collapsed, his mind was touched, and he was watched by a large group of people!
Finished!
It seemed that it could already imagine how the big fox would react after knowing this.
Unlike the kitten with short and peculiar brain circuits, the two great wizards present performed much more seriously.
"What's wrong?"
The owner of the Sakura Tavern asked the uninvited guests calmly, and seemed not angry at all because they broke into their territory without authorization. But the more this happened, the more pressure the black robes would be.
Professor Yi was present and looked around.
In the end, he carefully supported a barrier and explained in a concise manner: "——Earlier, the divination group obtained a very clear divination conclusion from some ‘media’, showing that the distance between an individual we had contact with Professor Monteria was closest to Professor Monteria... It is no exaggeration to say that if you find that individual, you will find Professor Monteria."
The black gem cat felt the cold hand on its back sank a little.
But it is not as good as the degree to which my heart sinks.
"It's those black cat hair?" The voice of the great wizard of the North District confirmation came from his ears.
Professor Yi did not repeat the answer, but nodded with an unpredictable expression.
The black gem cat felt the witch's eyes falling on him, with a little shock.
And it itself was of course confused!
But after chatting in the tavern for a while, why did he suddenly become a suspect?
"Do you want to hear what you are talking about?" The black gem cat shouted subconsciously, his voice becoming a little sharp because of his nervousness: "I? I am the closest to that old crow?"
After three re-questions, the Black Gem Cat's confidence recovered a little. After the three questions, it felt like it was a pure cat again.
“It’s Professor Monteria.”
Professor Yi first corrected some of the kitten's impolite words, and then nodded thoughtfully: "Indeed, too clear divination conclusions sometimes have errors when interpreting... If you think from another perspective, this 'close distance' can be of different dimensions - the proximity of space is an explanation, and the proximity of causality is also an explanation - but no matter which possibility, it is unquestionable that the proximity of you and it is close. So, think about it carefully, are there any clues about Professor Monteria at hand?"
clue?
That's too many.
The black gem cat instantly remembered a large string - for example, the "seed" that merged into its body was caused by Gan Ning's little crow; for example, Thomas, who once kidnapped himself, was also a little crow. He cut off a lot of his flesh and blood, and it is very likely that he offered sacrifices to Monteria; for example, Monteria is not only his magical literature professor, but also worked as an assistant in his laboratory.
etc!
laboratory?
The two great wizards keenly noticed the changes in the black gem cat's qi in an instant, and held their breath at the same time.
"key!"
The black gem cat raised a small paw, revealing the pink meat pad, and looked excited: "———Some time ago, Lao Wu, cough, I mean, Professor Monteria once gave me a key to the body! It was from his bloodline research laboratory!"
The words have not ended.
The Black Gem Cat felt a big hand that was warm under its belly, and then its body suddenly lightened. The whole cat left the bar counter of the Sakura Tavern like a cloud of clouds and mist.
"——Sorry, Miss Colma, the school may need your guests to assist in the follow-up investigation." Professor Yi's gentle and polite voice came to his ears.
"It's okay, thank you for your hard work."
This is Colma's happy answer.
Everyone seemed very happy.
Except for the Black Gem Cat.
...
...
When Zheng Qing woke up from his dream by the violent knock on the door again, he unexpectedly felt a little relieved.
Several other companions in the 403 dormitory - in addition to Dylan - also showed amazing adaptability. Fatty Xin didn't even complain, but just turned over on the bed and blocked his ears with his butt.
dressing.
Open the door.
Then he followed a large group of black robes to leave the dormitory honestly.
The whole process is extremely silky.
The only twists and turns was that after hearing the cause and effect of the incident, Zheng Qing calmly put away the clone transformation technique and threw the black stone into a gray cloth bag - it was not that he knew that the Black Gem Cat had tried to sell his private money, but just wanted to compare the professor's words with the Black Gem Cat's experience.
However, after reviewing the performance of the Black Gem Cat tonight, the boy felt that it was really right to turn it back into a stone. That is, the teachers of the divination group were still by his side, otherwise he would have to throw the black gem into ice water to rinse it, so that it can wake up and find its place again.
"...Have the school hadn't checked Professor Monteria's laboratory before?" On the way to the laboratory, Zheng Qing curiously asked the professor of divination class, thinking that this possibility was extremely low.
"Checked of course."
Professor Yi did not make a perfunctory answer, and then changed the subject: "But the subtlety of magic lies in this. If a great wizard wants to hide something, then even a wizard who is best at divination will easily ignore certain details. The principle involves the relevant provisions of ownership and magical heritage in the "Witcher Code", which are protected by certain ancient and powerful magic. At this time, it is very important to be a 'correct' owner."
There is no doubt.
Zheng Qing, who got the key, was the right person.
When the group came to the small bronze door, Zheng Qing immediately noticed that there was a deep fingerprint in the center of the brass nameplate of the "High-level Magic Text and Bloodline Research Laboratory" hanging on the door. It seemed that someone wanted to erase the name completely, but after drawing it, he changed his mind.
Professor Yi noticed where the boy's eyes were stuck and sighed softly: "——The wizard from the identification group has confirmed that the fingerprint belongs to Professor Monteria."
He didn't say more.
Zheng Qing didn't ask anything, but turned his attention back to the small door. Compared to the previous times when he came to the laboratory, Zheng Qing saw that the head of the bullheaded beast on the small door was missing, leaving only a circle of clear traces and a vertical and slender keyhole, which looked like the coin port of an old-fashioned public telephone.
There is a circle of obvious burnt black around the keyhole.
It seemed to be burned by some kind of flame.
"——Earlier, after we obtained the high-level authority of the school's guardian array, we tried to violently break the door." Professor Yi spoke at the right time and briefly explained the origin of the charred circle: "The door was easily opened, and the information in the laboratory was placed neatly and orderly. It seemed that he had guessed that we would come..."
Click.
When Professor Yi was explaining, Zheng Qing had already stuffed the golden copper coin that Professor Monteria gave him into the keyhole. With the crisp impact of the copper coin falling, a series of sounds of mechanisms biting sounds sounded in the bronze door, rows of fine runes flashed across the door, and only a few fields of Zheng Qing could recognize it, but he had not had time to analyze it, and the bronze door automatically bounced open in a muffled sound of "Click".
Professor Yi immediately protected the boy behind him.
A group of black-robed wizards came in one after another without stopping at all.
A moment later, a safety signal came from the door, and the professor took the boy into the laboratory.
It is different from the 'clean and tidy' described by the professor before.
The laboratory that caught Zheng Qing's eyes was a mess. Many books and magic materials were mixed in randomly. There were suspicious dark red marks on the floor. One of the test benches was also placed with an ogre head made of nitrogen. Its bare scalp was interlaced with long stitched wounds. The stitches were fine and neat, which was pleasing to the eye, and in sharp contrast to the ogre's ugly appearance.
"No wonder he asked me to take time to clean up." Zheng Qing murmured in a low voice.
Professor Yi's fingertips gently slid across the longest stitched wound like a centipede, and he was muttering something in his mouth. As if he was stimulated by his magic, the ogre's eyelids trembled violently, but they never opened it.
The professor shook his head, grabbed Zheng Qing's hand, and pressed it straight on the ogre head.
The slightly sticky feel made the boy unable to help but pull the corners of his mouth.
Next second.
The ogre's eyes suddenly opened, staring at the young assistant teacher. The blue-gray eyes were not angry, but exuded a strong sense of oppression.
"You're here?"
Its voice was stiff and hoarse-Zheng Qing couldn't help but look at the position of its neck, curious about how its vocal system worked-its a little emotionally: "--Since you are here, I should have left."
"——This lab contains some notes, experimental reports and some experimental subjects I left behind. If you are interested, you can read, study, or even do experiments here. Trust me, you will gain a lot."
The Ogre Head seemed to have not heard the boy's shocked voice, and said in its indifferent voice: "Of course, I think the school should not agree to your exposure to these experiments... I guess you were not here alone today, right?"
The ogre's mouth slightly pulled upwards, revealing a slightly sarcastic smile: "...but I don't think they can really stop you. The spiritual seeds in your body will guide you..."
Click!
A hand stumbled past the ogre's chin, turning the voice behind it into a vague sob.
It's Professor Yi.
"Professor?" Zheng Qing looked at the divination professor beside him in confusion.
"Just a sound, not even a memory."
Professor Yi frowned, his expression a little serious, and then pressed the boy's shoulder and pushed him out of the laboratory: "——It has no reference value to you, but it is very confusing. If you don't mind, the school will seal the laboratory immediately after conducting the corresponding inspection. Of course, everything in the laboratory still belongs to you, but it will be returned to you only after you reach a certain stage..."