The next day, less than an hour after the Jiang Pawnshop opened, Stephen Strange arrived.

With a hint of anticipation, a hint of hesitation, and a pair of bloodshot eyes.

It was clear that he hadn't slept well last night.

That's right, Stephen Strange had insomnia.

Throughout the night, the names Kama Taj and Jiang's pawn shop appeared in his mind in turn, playing automatically, torturing him enough.

It wasn't until it was almost dawn that I was really tired that I squinted for a while.

This situation occurs because of human instinct, which is simply to take shortcuts or to some extent 'get something for nothing'.

It's the same as some people who sold their kidneys and bought fruit mobile phones in their previous lives.

Don't they know that as long as they go out and work for a month or two, they can buy it?

They're not stupid, they know that.

But isn't it faster and easier to sell kidneys?

Sitting on the sofa with a book in his hand, Ellis saw Stephen Strange standing at the door and didn't move, so he took the initiative to say, "Since you have chosen to come, come in!" ”

When Stephen Strange heard this, he hesitated for a moment before he raised his leg and entered the pawn shop and sat directly opposite Ellis: "What do you need to pawn to restore my hands?" ”

"You have a lot of options if you just get your hands back together, and they're all in your head, think about it, and then tell me your answer." Ellis didn't take his eyes off the book in his hand, and after taking a sip of coffee on the table, he said lightly.

"In my head?" Before Stephen Strange's surprised words fell, he was stunned, because everything about Jiang's pawnshop really appeared in his mind, and the various options that could be used to pawn and restore his hands.

This kind of situation that goes against common sense directly shocked him!

The impact of this wave is obviously more violent than seeing Jonathan Pembourne yesterday, after all, one happened to others, the other happened to oneself, and the experience is completely different.

He opened his mouth a few times in surprise, wanting to say something and express his shock, but after seeing that Ellis on the other side was still reading a book seriously, he had to close his mouth and began to think about what pawn he should choose.

Yes, after such a long period of exploration, Ellis discovered another use of the Absolute Realm, which was to directly stuff the situation of Jiang's pawnshop and the options available to the pawnbroker directly into their minds.

This is an effective way to prevent him from wasting a lot of saliva on introductions or reaching out for physical contact with strangers.

Of course, when encountering a large customer like a non-human, Ellis will only shove them into their minds, and will not give them a clear price and a chance to choose.

Unless it's an ordinary F-class like Stephen Strange.

Because they don't have any oil and water at all, even if the soul plus lifespan, it is difficult to break through two hundred points.

If it's not a matter of life and death, who wants to pawn it all!

So it's better to double the cost price of what they want to get (dreams), and then let them choose the corresponding pawn items by themselves, saving themselves trouble.

By the way, the book in Ellis's hand is not a professional book, but a collection of stories about all kinds of strange things, which he bought from a bookstall on the street to pass the time when he came back from Greenwich Village yesterday.

Ellis had barely finished reading a short story of less than two pages before Stephen Strange made his choice: "I thought about it, I chose to pawn for 10 years of life in exchange for healing my hands." ”

"Are you sure?" Hearing this, Ellis closed the book in his hand and said, "Once the pawn contract is signed, everything will become a given fact, which can neither be changed nor redeemed. ”

"I'm sure." Stephen Strange nodded firmly, "Compared to pawning the sense of smell and taste, the future days will become indifferent, and I would rather live ten years less." ”

"Now that it's confirmed, let's sign a pawn contract!" Seeing that he was so determined, Ellis handed over the parchment that appeared out of thin air in his hand and carried the pawn contract.

Seeing Stephen Strange trembling slightly holding the pen to sign, Ellis directly controlled the Absolute Realm, changing the rules in the pawn shop, and making his hand return to normal in an instant.

"This, this, that's it?" Stephen Strange had just finished halfway through the book, and when he noticed that his hands were no longer shaking, he looked at Ellis across in surprise.

"Not so quickly, if you want to recover, at least you have to sign your name on the contract."

"And what is this?" Looking at his freely used and flexible hands, Stephen Strange showed a puzzled expression.

"It's just to make it easier for you to sign."

…………

When Stephen Strange left the Jiang pawnshop satisfied, Ellis summoned the system.

Pawnshop Grade: 2 (Profit Point 371/2000)

Number of transactions: 2 (cleared after each draw)

That's right, although Stephen Strange contributed 10 years of life, after treating his hands, Ellis only got 5 profit points and one trade.

Although the income of this order is negligible, Ellis does not feel that the price is too low.

After all, it was just for an F-class ordinary person to treat a pair of hands that were constantly trembling and had a very low degree of disability, which involved neither life and death, nor superpowers.

Do you have to pawn souls?

Besides, the asking price is too high, beyond Stephen Strange's psychological bottom line, maybe he will back down and run to Kama Taj like in the movie.

Therefore, the pawn with a ten-year life span is not a few.

As soon as Ellis exited the system and picked up the storybook on the table to continue reading, he went out early in the morning to go to Columbia University, and Jiang Feng and Skye, who reported from Midtown High School, came back.

"Did Mary and Noah go out?" Once inside, Skye looked around and asked Ellis softly.

"I'm going grocery shopping." Ellis, who was reading the book, said casually: "Aren't you going to school soon, and you are also looking for a house on the Internet, and you are ready to move out." She's going to cook you a delicious meal and see you off. ”

"Farewell ......" After listening to Ellis's words, Jiang Feng and Skye said that they had received a critical hit of 10,000 points.

"By the way, what did you think of that magic book?" Seeing that Jiang Feng and the two hadn't spoken for a long time, Ellis asked again.

"It's almost there!"

Ellis closed the book and looked at him seriously: "You really understand?" ”

"At first, I couldn't read it, but then I took all the words apart and used binary and decimal ...... like when I first learned to code."

"I just asked if you could read it, not how you understood it." Hearing Jiang Feng's tirade explanation, Elliston directly interrupted him.

For the sake of magic, this guy even found another way, and even used computer language, and Ellis was also convinced!

"I've read almost all the books, shouldn't you introduce me to a magic teacher?"

"Sorry, I don't know anyone from the wizarding world, but if you're not afraid of trouble, you can go to Kama Taj and look for it!" Remembering Stephen Strange, who had just left, Ellis deliberately quipped.

"Kama Taj, where's that?"

"Somewhere in the Himalayas, you need to find the exact location yourself."

"You tease me......"

"Or, you pawn it in exchange for the location of Kama Taj or the New York Temple!" Seeing Jiang Feng pulling Skye, who had been laughing for a long time, to the side and walking upstairs, Ellis suddenly said.