Chapter 15: The Strange Old Man (I)

Some things are said in front (don't worry, they won't take up the word count.) Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info): Since I haven't played games, I've only watched anime, and I can't use the computer often now, so there may be errors in some settings, and please point out the mistakes, I'll find time to modify them, and there's one more thing to ask you, ask for recommendations and comments, most of them will reply, don't be tired, everyone, please. All of the above depends on the almighty!I'll do my best!~

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Body:

The elf center in Changqi City was crowded with outsiders, and Joey and Miss Junsha were busy investigating, completely ignoring the interviews of a group of reporters. Artisans and monsters brought in wood and cement, repaired huge damage to the roof of the house in an expedited manner, and several cranes moved the giant robot that had collapsed to the side and smashed half of the entire wall. In short, the scene is completely the visual sense of the scene of a disaster movie.

On the periphery of the sea of people, Yihui glanced at Leo Lu stiffly, and trembled unconsciously. Youdou was pestering Leo Lu with excitement on his face. And as the only person who has a relationship, this black cauldron is naturally worn on his head, but the problem is that this matter is really not bad for him!

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"Meow! That's it, meow! You two must do a good job, meow!"

Meow Meow put down the binoculars in her hand and showed a rare serious expression. After all, if this mission fails, they will really have to drink the northwest wind, and the entire budget is invested in this mission, although there is not much left.

On the other side, Kojiro squatted on the ground, drawing aimlessly with the stick in his hand, and when he heard Meow's words, he stood up and said worriedly, "Although I know the seriousness of the problem, is this method really feasible......?

Before he could finish speaking, Musashi slapped him to the ground.

"I said, why are you so useless! This time it's not a question of whether you can do it or not! It must succeed!"

Behind Musashi, there is a blazing fire effect, an expression that is about to eat Kojiro.

"Alright, you two don't play around anymore! Get ready to act!"

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Ikki got up from the bed, stretched, and glanced at Leo Lu, who was still lying on the bed, and wanted to wake up with him, but seeing that it was still early, let him rest well, and go buy something for use on the road.

Kazuki quietly picked up his backpack and opened the door carefully, feeling that something was not suitable, so he took out the notebook he had brought with him and left a note on the table before leaving with confidence.

"Anyway, what should I buy? Although I'm here to buy something, I really don't have the experience of going to such a far place to buy things by myself...... No, no, no, I've been taken care of a lot by him, and I can't trouble him with such a trivial matter, I must do it myself, just like I am shopping......

Unconsciously, Yihui has walked to the city center, although it is the city center, but there are still not many people, probably because it has just passed noon, the store is not loud publicity, the things sold have been all displayed to the guests, what do you want to ask the price directly.

Ikki came to a small store, the big word "store" on the signboard is very conspicuous, the store is about eighty square meters, there is an old man sitting in front of the counter, bored with the magazine in his hand to pass the time, but at first glance, it may be a lot younger.

Yihui raised his legs and walked in, the old man didn't stand up when he saw that a guest was coming, he raised his head and glanced at him, and saw that the guest was a child, and said with a slight smile: "You are a trainer, right?"

Yihui was slightly stunned and nodded.

His conjecture was correct, and the old man put down the magazine in his hand and lay down on the counter.

"I don't have anything good here, you can see for yourself what you want, I won't introduce anything, you can ask me if you don't understand. I'm so bored by myself that I want someone to talk to. ”

"Why is it boring? There should be a lot of customers, right?" Ikki was a little puzzled, even when there were few people, it was impossible for all the customers to disappear, there would always be one or two people coming to the store, right?

The old man shook his head: "Other stores may be like this, but two customers in my store can come a week, not to mention that I may leave without shopping, so I, an old man, am very lonely!"

Kazuki didn't know why, he always felt weird in his heart, and he always had an inexplicable feeling, but he only regarded it as his own problem and didn't pay much attention to it, and immediately went to pick out the things on the shelf.

Although this small shop is not big, everything is very complete, for humans, elves, food, daily necessities, and even some medicines for recovery and some small things that Ikki has never seen before. I really don't know how this store manager managed to bring in so many things. Not to mention the wide variety of products, the prices are also cheap, lower than the market price, how can such a store lack customers? Is it just because there is no good store name? It is certainly not that simple.

After spending some time shopping for some necessities, Ikki panted to the counter with a shopping bag full of things to settle the bill. Originally, I thought that the store manager would be happy because he bought the goods at a small price, but who knows, he just sat there, looked at the big bag in Yihui's hand, and immediately quoted the price. Only an experienced merchant could calculate the price so skillfully, and it seemed absolutely impossible for the old man to really have few customers as he said.

He took out the wallet that Yukino had prepared for him, and was about to make the payment, but Ikki was shaken by the flash reflected by something on the counter behind the old man, and when he looked closely, it was a few very ordinary glass bottles, containing some colorful liquids, with no price and no name.

"Boss, what's that?"

Kazuki pointed to the glass bottles. The old man turned slowly, and when he saw what he was pointing to, there was a rare glimmer of light in his somewhat distracted eyes, but it was fleeting.

"Well, I'll give you a gift, and as a thank you, don't refuse!"

Holding on to the counter, he struggled to prop himself up with his hands and took down the entire shelves containing glass bottles.

"How can this be! I won't accept other people's things for no reason, and please don't embarrass me. “

The old man stopped what he was doing, because even if he wanted to give it to him, he would definitely not accept it.

He glanced at Yihui and said calmly: "These things are my own research, worthless, so I want to give them to you as a gift, it is rare for a customer to come to our store, so please accept it! But don't worry, this is just a strengthened version made with some existing potions, there will be no side effects, I can guarantee this, but the effect has not been tested, so if you use it, you must come and tell me whether its effect is good, I am an old man alone, there is no way to test it!"

The old man lifted the blanket that had been carrying his legs, revealing his legs, which reflected the sheen of plastic. It was a pair of prosthetic limbs, stiffly attached to a chair.

"Oh...... Sorry ......"

Ikki hurriedly apologized to him. No wonder he had so much trouble holding things just now, it turned out that it was because he was inconvenient to move.

"It's okay, it's okay, the children don't have to care, please take it, although I can't give it all to you, but you will definitely use this. “

He took out a bottle of green liquid from the many glass bottles, spun the rubber stopper that was tightly corked, and quickly poured all the liquid into a small watering can and handed it to Kazuki.

"This is an enhanced version of the insect repellent spray, and with this, you can greatly avoid encountering dangerous elves and can protect you. “

Kazuki took the watering can, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it, the light reflected a different light path through the green liquid, and after listening to his words, he pressed the letter suspiciously.

The fine mist of water that was sprayed out of the air wafted in the air, releasing a faint fragrance, which even made Yihui a little suspicious of whether what the old man said was true, but after all, people were well-intentioned, and they also gave themselves such a thing, and he also held back his doubts back into his stomach.

"I said this is an enhanced version, so don't use it casually, otherwise I'll have a headache, and I'm counting on your report! It's the one you just now, it will take effect for at least about thirty minutes, so be careful. The old man instructed.

After paying the money, Yihui ran straight towards the elf center with a large bag of things, the enhanced insect repellent spray he had just received, and the old man's contact information.