But the conversation had to continue.

"So...... Well...... I mean, since this is an information shop, what kind of information do you have here? ”

So in order to avoid embarrassment, I still opened my mouth first.

"Oh, hehehe, you're already here anyway, why don't you taste the chocolate in your hand first? Remember what I just said? It's a blissful pleasure to be able to eat a piece of chocolate in this dark, damp, underground illegal trading center, and I hope you can feel it too. The boss looked at me with a smile and answered the question.

Okay, okay.

If you're going to talk to a madman, use the language of a madman.

Think of it as a sacrifice to get information, and let's be honest...... It probably doesn't hurt to just eat chocolate.

So I carefully tore open the outer layer of gold leaf and prepared to enjoy the chocolate inside.

But surprisingly, underneath this gold leaf—

It's still a layer of gold foil.

"Oh no." I realized that I might be falling into a trap, or that I was doing something particularly stupid, but I was still doing it.

I feel like I'm just crazy.

So, I tore open the layer of gold foil again.

Sure enough, this was a trap, because there was still a layer of gold foil underneath this layer of gold leaf.

Okay, so let me see how many layers of gold leaf are on top of this chocolate.

……

Yes, I expected it from the beginning, it's just that I didn't want to stop.

There's no chocolate at all, there's no fucking chocolate at all, and there's nothing but gold foil underneath it!

"Hey! Are you kidding me! I tossed the scraps of gold leaf paper in my hand into the air, then stood up and glared at the shopkeeper in front of me.

"Poof." The boss laughed weirdly, "As much as I had the intention, didn't you find out that it was a fake chocolate in the first place?" ”

"If it weren't for your curiosity, how would you have turned these things to the end?" The boss asked, tilting his head and smiling with an angry smile that made him look at it.

Golden crumbs slowly fell from the air and spilled onto his hair.

"And remember what I said earlier?" The boss pointed to the scraps of gold leaf paper on the table, "All the exterior decorations are just appearances, just like the chocolate I gave you." ”

"So, while you're going to do something, you might as well take a good look, young man." The shopkeeper patted my outstretched upper body, then sat back in his chair and crossed his legs.

Wait, he just called me young?

But he clearly looked......

Obviously it looks ......

Well, I see, nothing looks like it. As he said, all the exterior decorations are just appearances, maybe he is just using a young man's skin.

No, what the hell am I talking about?

I felt like I was under his influence after staying with him for a long time.

"Alright, let's get back to business." The boss took another chocolate out of his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth, "Since you're a customer, I'd better tell you the price list first." ”

"Ah, okay." Seeing that the owner of the shop had finally started working, my mind gradually got back on track.

"Do you want to know where the Divine Habitat is and how to get there...... Anyway, it's all about the Divine Habitat, right? The boss said vaguely with a chocolate ball in his mouth.

"yes, I ......"

A strong electric shock swept through my entire body the moment I spat out these three words.

Yes, yes, right? Holy!

Damn, I hadn't told him what I was here for, or what kind of intel I wanted, so how could he ......?

"How do you know what you're thinking?" The boss yawned, took the chewed chocolate out of his mouth, and glanced at me in passing.

"Well, as an intelligence dealer, I think it should be relatively normal to have such a mind-reading skill." He tugged at the chocolate in his hand and smiled, "Oh, by the way, it's not chocolate, it's just a piece of gum." ”

It turned out that I had been deceived by him again.

What is the so-called all exterior decoration is just the appearance, is that what it means?

Because everything I think in my heart can be revealed in front of him, so in his eyes it is all appearances.

"That's right." The boss swallowed the glue ball in his hand, "You can understand this as an ability, or as a skill, in short...... Don't think of it as a kind of witchcraft, our family is particularly disgusted with witchcraft or spells, oh, I'm not talking about this bubblegum swallowing technique. ”

I was talking about edible gum just now, but now I'm changing my mouth to bubble gum?

Speaking of bubble gum, this kind of thing was also invented by Jinyu.

"Haha, it seems that I can communicate with you normally just by reading minds." The boss swept the scraps of gold leaf paper from his head with his hand, and then smiled, "So, I have all the information you want, but what price are you going to offer?" ”

Price?

The boss's sudden offer reminded me of the drawing merchant, at least his drawings of 100,000 yuan.

Intelligence expenses can't be so expensive.

"Oh, you mean the guy at the door." The boss took off the last piece of gold leaf from his head and placed it in the center of his palm, "He wasn't actually selling a bunch of drawings, but a small piece of it." ”

A small slice?

"That's right." The boss blew away the piece of gold leaf and said, "In his pile of drawings, only a small piece of the drawing is broken, and what he sells is actually that small sheet." ”

When I said that, I suddenly remembered.

I did see a small piece of drawing at first, and I held it in my hand and looked at it.

So the reason why he sold it so expensive was because he didn't want to save this small piece for the end? It seems that there are some articles on that small piece of drawing.

"Not really, at least I didn't get any information about that little fragment from his mind." The boss smiled, "So there's a chance he's just a weird guy." ”

"Because he's been here for so long and he's kept it at this price, it's never sold for his stuff." The boss said slowly, "But ah, it's because I was able to hold on for so long...... So I'm thinking, it might be waiting for someone. ”

"Who?" I realized that I had been talking to him with my heart just now, so I chose to speak this time.

"A man who is willing to spend a hundred thousand."

The boss smiled.