Volcano Chapter 117!
The light rain from God was still sparsely falling on the dirty streets, and although it was still not very heavy, it seemed to have no intention of stopping.
At this time, there was an awkward atmosphere in the shop, mixed with a hint of gunpowder.
Which eye can you see that my pill is poison!
The shopkeeper has 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping in his heart!
What is this questioning? What is the meaning of "poisoning people"? Good medicine cannot be sold casually, and poison cannot be sold casually! Selling poison is called death! Even if the boundary army does not come to you for trouble, those who are unlucky enough to take medicine will come to you for trouble!
"Little brother, you're too good at laughing, aren't you! How dare I sell fake medicines in the territory of Area C!" the shopkeeper smiled euphemistically.
"Since you're so good, why haven't I heard anything about it!" Xiang Xiaoyi asked him.
You must know that there are a lot of people doing hard labor in Area C, and it can be said that most of them live by hard labor, even if they refresh new human resources, it can't change the fact that Area C is miserable.
And these people who work hard are not as good as Xiang Xiaoyi, injuries are commonplace, because the safety facilities and first-aid supplies are not up to standard, five out of ten of these injured people will have inflammation, infection, etc.
As soon as the wound shows signs of deterioration, they have to go to the hospital to treat the wound, of course, there will be medicine sold in the grocery store like this, but who will easily give their lives to these profiteers.
Besides, the drugs in the grocery store are not necessarily cheaper than those in the hospital, and even the most common anthelmintic drugs are not available if they can be bought.
"Hey, that's a long story, so don't talk about it. The shopkeeper seemed to have something unspeakable, and a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes for a moment.
"Alas, I'd like to hear it, if I'm not mistaken, it's the group of people who cut off your wealth and messed with your good deeds!" Xiang Xiaoyi grinned lightly.
Feeling that he had a personal job to pick up, Xiang Xiaoyi hurriedly said to Athena in his heart: "Quick! Post a task! This is a good opportunity!"
"What a chance! What are you talking about!" Athena said in disgust, "You let me give me a task without even figuring it out! What if I can't complete it! and then turn it into a side quest that you can't complete?"
"Uh...... yes. "If you think about it, you are really reckless, and you let Athena give you a task without even figuring out what is going on, isn't this a trick for yourself.
"Your various rescue missions are too frequent now, and the reward is small, and I think that if you can master the recipe of this medicine, we can change to a new way of saving people, so that you can start to make up for the lack of your popularity again. Athena said seriously.
Xiang Xiaoyi nodded approvingly, deciding to inquire about the matter clearly, and then decide whether to start with the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper slowly put away the medicine box and said with a smile: "My small shop is just the same thing that can be handled, if you still can't look at it, brother, let's treat it as if we haven't met!"
To be honest, with his years of experience in knowing people, he had no intention of selling to Xiang Xiaoyi, and he even had a feeling that Xiang Xiaoyi was just a neurotic who came here to find trouble.
Maybe it was because he had just seen the money that he couldn't face this strange customer properly, but now that he has calmed down, he would rather make less money than go to this trouble.
"Hey, use your hero badge. At this time, Athena suddenly thought of a ghost idea, that is, to use Xiang Xiaoyi's heroic identity to do something unnecessary, but she was very worried about whether Xiang Xiaoyi could understand what she meant.
Listening to Athena's advice to herself, Xiang Xiaoyi's eyebrows couldn't help but furrow, and then without saying a word, he took out the hero ID card from his back pants pocket.
The three large letters with the "Hero Certificate" fell on the counter in front of the shopkeeper, stinging his eyes deeply, and he instinctively took a step back, just bumping into the wooden cabinet behind him where the miscellaneous items were placed.
Immediately afterward, the sound of fragments of debris falling to the ground quickly pulled the shopkeeper out of his fear.
"You...... You...... Is it a hero?" the shopkeeper swallowed nervously, then pointed at Xiang Xiaoyi and said in horror, "Why! I have already agreed to your request, why do you still want to come to me." ”
Promise the hero's request? No, it could also be the request of the association!
Xiang Xiaoyi is not stupid, just by the look and words of the shop owner, he can completely smell a smell of conspiracy.
Xiang Xiaoyi stepped forward and put away the hero card, and asked calmly: "I think you may have misunderstood, this time, I came here to ask you something else." ”
While the shopkeeper was still in shock, Xiang Xiaoyi's brain was running rapidly, bragging that he could blow B, but the current situation is obviously not a matter of blowing one or two sentences, if you want this matter to end in a perfect attitude, you must blow it perfectly.
"You...... You're not here to kill me?" Seeing that Xiang Xiaoyi didn't mean to kill himself, the shopkeeper's demeanor gradually calmed down.
"I don't know you, what am I going to kill you for!" Xiang Xiaoyi rolled his eyes and finalized the braggadocio plan he had just come up with.
"Then you are ......" the shopkeeper blinked in confusion, he couldn't imagine what good things would happen to the hero coming to him at this time.
Xiang Xiaoyi unconsciously touched his pocket, and suddenly realized that he seemed to be missing some of the more important things in the bragging plan.
"That ......" The matter has come to this point, Xiang Xiaoyi decided to forcibly fool him, "Actually, I was secretly ordered by the investigator of the association to secretly investigate the matter of pills. ”
"Recently, a lot of foreign heroes have been added to Area C, and it is inevitable that there will be some people who do not meet the rules of Cloud City, and I am specifically dealing with this matter...... Target...... Special Investigator. ”
Xiang Xiaoyi's last few words were very blunt, and Athena was speechless for a while.
Unless this boss is a fool!
"Special investigator?" the shopkeeper couldn't help frowning, just as Athena expected, he seriously suspected that Xiang Xiaoyi was fooling himself.
Xiang Xiaoyi smiled awkwardly and scratched the back of his head, he suddenly realized that he was really not the piece of material that played with his heart, he just spoke and put on a goof, don't be too stupid.
"I can testify!"
Suddenly, another person appeared in the grocery store, and he did not walk in from outside the store, but appeared directly in the grocery store out of thin air.
"Brother Xiang forgives me, Ji Qi has to use this method to follow you, please don't be angry. Ji Yan bowed his hand and apologized to Xiang Xiaoyi for admitting his mistake.
"You...... Have been following me?" Xiang Xiaoyi can be regarded as knowledgeable, even if he knows how to move and some messy spells, he can even be invisible.
If you do something embarrassing, wouldn't it be a big deal.
"Nervous! Thinking about those useless things at this time!" said Athena, frowning in displeasure.
Being scolded like this, Xiang Xiaoyi immediately straightened his mind and concentrated on dealing with the situation in front of him.
"I'm really sorry, Ji Qi just ......" Ji Qi glanced up at the shopkeeper slightly, and didn't say any more.
"Forget it, we'll talk about that later. Xiang Xiaoyi waved his hand, thinking, this kid is really persistent enough, obviously he has already said that he will not let him follow, but he is playing yin! This is just to hang out before I found him, in case he follows home, then it will be okay.
Don't believe me! I'll have some time to talk to him later!
Ji Qi straightened up, took off his raincoat and hat, and walked straight over to the shopkeeper and said, "Ji Qi, a hero in the lower A-level, is willing to vouch for Brother Xiang." ”
After speaking, Ji Qi took out his hero card and handed it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper waved his hand and shook his head, and said, "No, no, I believe in you, I believe in you." ”
Ji Qi took back his documents: "Then can you tell us what is going on now?" ”
The shopkeeper looked at the two of them again, then sat back dejectedly and sat down in the shabby chair.
"In that case, I'll tell you!"
The shopkeeper said that he was originally from Quanshi, and he made a living by buying medicine in Quanshi, but the most abundant in Quanshi was all kinds of plants, so Quanshi was full of small private traders who bought medicinal materials.
Although his pills are effective, they will inevitably be oppressed and plotted by their peers.
For this reason, he decided to follow the escort vehicle to Yunshi to beg for a living.
Then unfortunately, he poisoned someone on the day he sold the first pill, but it was not actually on his head, that person was allergic to one of the medicinal materials in the pill, and he finally passed away because he had no money to treat his illness.
But the Boundary Army found him on the head and forcibly put the label of indirect murder on him.
The prosecutor told him that if the price of the pills he sold had been lower, the man might have been saved by going to the hospital for first aid.
Although this hat is a bit vexatious, he can only accept his fate because he has no power and no power.
However, the next day someone came to inform him that he could be released from prison, and the murder charge was expunged.
Just when he thought he was dreaming, a man claiming to be the owner of Area A suddenly appeared and asked him to discuss the pills.
In fact, you don't have to think about it to think that the boss must have "rescued" him.
The boss claimed that he had to hand over the formula for the pills, and that the deal was conditional on exonerating him from the charges and giving him a dividend from the sale of the pills to the future company.
As the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, his life is almost impossible to save, and he still talks about money, so he will save his life first.
In this way, the owner of the shop was set up a rule that allowed him to sell pills, but he had to put out a high price, and as for the so-called company dividends, it must be just talk.
The overseers of this big boss are some soldiers of the Boundary Army and some guild personnel, who will not only ensure the safety of the shopkeeper, but also monitor whether he violates the agreement.
Of course, he is equivalent to an outcast now, and for that big boss, he can disappear at any time, because when the pill formula is proven to be effective, he has no cooperation value, or rather, he has no use value at all.