"Deal?" I thought it was a little amused to hear the word Aresta utter, "You don't even know anything about us, and you just came up with the word trade so rashly?" Take 10,000 steps back, and you don't even know what you have to trade with us, and ...... Your trust shouldn't be so cheap, right? ”

"Of course, my knowledge of you is still quite limited, but in most cases, trading doesn't necessarily need to be based on absolute understanding, does it? As long as there is a need for profit, the transaction is established, and as an 'outsider', don't you think it is a good thing to have a stable place to live in this world? ”

"Wait, I'm a bit of a mess," I tapped my head, feeling hard to accept Aresta's criss-crossed way of thinking, "Looks like we did an illegal blast on your land before, right?" And now you're selling me your own real estate? Are we digressing? ”

"That's part of the deal - although there are no irreparable casualties, but that kind of incident is not something that can be solved in a few sentences after all, as the injured party, I think I should at least be qualified to ask for some apologies, right?"

Apology...... It's a shame that you dare to say it, if we hadn't stopped it in time, I'm afraid you would have been evaporated by an extraterrestrial helium flash at this time, Uncle Guan......

But this time I didn't come here to tear my face with the other party.,Before I enjoy enough leisurely vacation.,I'm not going to deal with this cunning old fox.,And whatever the cause.,Viska bombed other people's cities to vent his anger This is an iron-clad fact.,Aresta seems to have seen that we won't do anything that really damages this school city.,That's why we have the courage to make such a "claim" request.,As a dignified head (you see our consciousness), I can't afford to pay my debts with a dead face, can I?

"Okay, you tell me what you want," Lin Xue yawned lazily and said in a very bored manner, "but correspondingly, we will also put forward our own conditions." ”

Hearing Lin Xue say this suddenly, I immediately chose to shut up: the purpose of bringing this girl over is exactly this, leading the prophet to play negotiation, that means absolute superiority from the beginning, even if it is an elusive guy like Aresta, he can't escape his fate, right? Since Lin Xue opened his mouth like this, it proves that such a choice is the most beneficial for us.

"My request is simple," Aresta seems to have expected us to agree to the deal, "to protect the city if necessary, and while I don't know how strong you 'outsiders' are, it shouldn't be difficult to look at the area that has been completely destroyed." ”

"Aren't you talking nonsense?,Of course we live here to protect the school city.,At least we want to sleep steadily.。

"So it's a happy one, isn't it?"

In other words, this pipe man, just trying to determine our "harmlessness"? If I don't like to talk to conspirators, they wouldn't have said it straight.

I stood up and made a summary statement: "Then it's okay to say it.,First of all,We won't endanger the interests of this school city.,And there's no interest in interfering with what you're going to do.,Secondly,I also hope you don't come to disturb us.,As you can see,,Our strength is not weak.,And as outsiders,,We have a lot of things that you can't understand.,It's not wise to fight to the end of the world for a little sense of crisis.,The last one,That's what you said., When this school city is under serious threat,Maybe we'll help.,Even if the rent for the temporary residence here is good.,Oh,Of course,To give you peace of mind.,I also have a little thing as a greeting gift.。 ”

As I spoke, I casually took out a crystal flake that emitted a faint blue light, and the moment the crystal flake appeared, various instruments around me also emitted a strange chirp, and then many instruments fell completely silent.

"You shouldn't have analyzed this thing rashly."

I said with an innocent look on my face.

"What's that? I can't even analyze its structure and constituent substances, but it seems to contain quite a lot of energy. ”

There was a lot of curiosity in Aresta's voice, although this guy with an IQ of more than 200 had already guessed what we meant by the "outsider", but when he saw something that looked like an "outsider", the other party still showed great curiosity.

"A certain energy substance from outside the world is the most common thing for us – be careful, it's dangerous."

I casually threw the crystal flake at Aresta, but the crystal magically hovered in midair.

"The total amount of electricity generated by all power stations in Japan in a year, or the melting of Mt. Fuji three times, of course, may also allow you to travel to the main god space, if you don't believe it, you can take a hammer and smash it, and you will be satisfied."

"This ...... Not a gift. ”

There was silence for a full ten seconds before Aresta spoke slowly, and her voice seemed to have lost its initial indifference.

"Of course, this thing could also lead to the end of the world, you can study it, and any breakthrough you get from it will be enough to make the school city never have to worry about its technological supremacy, but if you're not smart enough or lucky enough, then we'll watch the earthlings set off fireworks at each other."

Lin Xue also helped on the side: "It's a good thing, then, will you accept it?" ”

"Why not?"

Aresta's answer was not at all surprising, for this crazy fellow, since he could make a plan to stop the magical activities of the entire world, it was not too difficult to accept a gift from an "outsider" that could make humanity advance by leaps and bounds, and could also lead to the end of the world.

"Then this thing belongs to you now, smart man, but before I give away this crystal, I have a small condition for you - the absolute ability of the plan to plan, I think you should have also got some information, one of us is out of control because of this plan, for the safety of the school city......"

"That plan is not up to my will."

Aresta was halfway through her sentence when I waved my hand off, "The rest is your own business, although you are temporarily living in this school city, but for the 'outsiders', we don't need to side with any humans, do you understand?" ”

After a few seconds of silence, the other party's answer came through the air: "Well, it seems that I have to choose to compromise with you, you're welcome." ”

I smiled slightly, loosened my grip on the ghost crystal fragment, and then suddenly reminded: "It's best not to have too much hope for Aihuas, for the knowledge outside of this world, an angel born in the world's realm is not much better than you. ”

After saying this, without waiting for the little girl to appear as the guide, Lin Xue and I suddenly disappeared into this room.

"Stranger...... a low, soft voice suddenly sounded in the darkness of the room, followed by a low sigh.

"Aihuas," Aresta said as the voice owner, "why would you suggest that I do everything possible to compromise with these outsiders?" Just because they're from outside the world? ”

"What do you think of this crystal?"

The "angel" known as Evas does not answer Aresta's question directly, but refers to the crystal flake that was considered a "gift" but actually had the potential to cause great disaster for the entire human race.

"There's a lot of energy, but that's a bit of an exaggeration."

"Exaggeration?" "It's just a fragment, a fragment of the energy used by the 'foreigners' every day, and to them, it's even just household waste." ”

Then, there was a long silence in the air.

"What is their purpose, Aihuas, you should know who they are, so why did they come to this world?"

"They haven't been there for a long time...... And it's been a long time since I gave a gift to a mortal......"

Without answering Aresta's question, Ivas simply sighed and disappeared into the room, leaving only an ethereal word: "Don't touch anything that the Gentiles give you, that's my advice - even if you have 'angels', don't provoke them." ”

And at the same time, the big stuffy tank ...... Anyway, that's what I'm called, and in a small shopping street near the Big Stuffy Jar, the Prophet and the Führer were shopping.

"Girl, why did you suddenly want to go shopping?"

"It's hard to get out there." Lin Xue shook her hand and wandered aimlessly between the various windows, unable to see what she meant to buy at all, but looking at the expression on her face, it seemed that this guy was in a good mood now.

"But speaking of which, Wood, was it really the right decision to hand over that crystal to a human researcher? Although that powerful energy source seems to be a good thing, as Sandora said at the beginning, if it is handed over to an ignorant human being, all it can bring is the end of the world! ”

"Of course, if Aresta really intends to study the mysteries in that crystal, whether he can do it or not, it will be a very dangerous thing, so the crystal I handed him has already passed away."

"Huh?" Lin Xue tilted her head and looked at me puzzled.

"He can't study anything, the crystal is already in a state of self-collapse, and its stored ghost energy will completely dissipate in the next month, any analysis of it will lead to the acceleration of this process, and Aresta will discover that it is indeed a magical substance that humans cannot understand, but even if he exerts all his strength in the entire school city, he will not be able to discover the slightest mystery in it."

“…… You're really bad...... Then you must not have given him a crystal just to tease the other party, right? ”

"Of course not, that thing would distract Aresta and disturb his thinking, and although he was once a powerful magician, he was more of an avid researcher, and he would definitely study the mysteries in the crystal, even if it was just a bunch of useless powder, wouldn't it be interesting? Moreover, a crystal containing enough power to melt the entire city is also a deterrent in itself, and I believe that Aresta will be more cautious about us after learning about the power of the crystal, so that I can have a lot less trouble...... Of course, the main reason is that I play the old fox. ”

After hearing these words, Lin Xue looked me up and down, and then said in horror: "Wood! You've gotten smarter! What bad things have you been eating these days! ”

"Smack!"

Hand knife attack!

Can't this girl give me a normal direction?

"By the way, what do you think that Aresta is so good at talking?" Walking and walking, Lin Xue, who had finally been quiet for a while, suddenly remembered something, jumped in front of me again, raised a finger and dangled in an unstable state in front of me, "That old fox is scheming, even if he wants to let those of us who suddenly appear in the school city be thugs, he will definitely set up a series of sets, a little incomprehensible, and don't you think he is too broad-minded?" We're suspicious people......"

"Don't shake it yet," I followed Miss Lin for a minute, and then decisively pressed down this daughter who didn't have the temperament of a lady, "Aren't you a prophet?" Why don't you just see for yourself? ”

"Are you really stupid or fake stupid...... Lin Xue threw me a huge roll of her eyes, and then continued to shake, "Time, history, and the future, these are all quite sophisticated things, and compared to the time and history that already exists and has certainty, the future is more fragile, and too much snooping on things that don't exist yet will lead to self-protection in the world, that is, to mess up the future that could have been seen into a mess, I don't want to cause blurred vision because of excessive use of my eyes, and try not to predict if I can reason, understand?" ”

"Oh......"

I nodded in understanding, this was the first time I had heard of these mysterious things about predicting the future.

"Of course, the more important reason is that Miss Ben thinks it's too boring to keep looking at the future......"

You can swipe this sentence in your head, girl!

"Speaking of which,There's something like a shopping street in such a core area.,It's really strange enough to design the school city.。

Walking around aimlessly, I said with some curiosity that I don't think there should be a purely civilian area like a shopping street that can be classified as a forbidden area, right?

"It's not a no-man's land in the center of the city.,There's staff and it's not allowed to come and go at will.,Of course there's a shopping street like this.,But it's basically a store under the direct jurisdiction of the School City Management Council...... Huh? And there's a jewelry store here? Lin Xue said as she spoke, and suddenly she was surprised, "Even if a shopping street is set up for the convenience of the staff inside, there are still shops like jewelry stores...... That's a bit unnecessary, right? ”

I followed Lin Xue's gaze, and there was indeed a small shop twenty meters ahead, and at the door was a few big words of golden flashing: Xiaoxi jewelry store.

Immediately, I crossed my mind about a strange woman A with silver hair and three beats, and the advertising card she designed that didn't even have an address and contact number......

"Wood, do you know this shop? Oh, it's not the first time you've been to this place, you were here last time, right? Buy gifts for them? ”

"No, I happened to meet the clerk of this store who was posting an advertisement on the street outside, and it turned out that I knew that the name was here, and it was the first time I came."

"Then let's go over and have a look, we have a fate with this store."

Lin Xue said, grabbed my arm without asking my opinion at all, and walked towards the deserted store with great interest.

Accompanied by the crisp and pleasant wind chimes, a soft, and more importantly, slow~~~ slow female voice sounded next to us: "Welcome-"

This way of speaking, which can make people feel as soft as a moonwalk, is really too distinctive.

"Ahh

I started advertising a few days ago, and only now that a person has entered the store, you don't realize what the problem is!?

"Wood, is Alayah's sister a human?"

Lin Xue suddenly leaned over and whispered in my ear.

"This gentleman—are you going to buy a gift for your girlfriend?"

Seeing Lin Xue muttering in my ear, this female clerk, who was always half a beat slower, was finally half a beat faster at this moment, and suddenly said something amazing.

Lin Xue, who was busy discussing with me whether the silver-haired woman in front of her was Sister Alaye, exclaimed in the next second: "Hello?!? ”

"Don't scream in my ear when the dead girl screams!"

"Wooden ...... Wood...... Wood wood! You...... You...... Wrong! The one over there is pure and natural, you can talk nonsense, but you can't talk nonsense...... Eat wildly! ”

Uh, girl, you're overreacting, aren't you? Although I was startled by the amazing words of this clerk at first, now I am scared by you!

"Huh? Isn't there a relationship yet—" The female clerk paused for a moment, and then said slowly, still confused, "Then it's time to choose a gift for confession—please go this way-"

Is your mind independent of the main plane of matter?

Rather speechlessly, she watched the silver-haired woman who didn't seem to have a good brain pick out the goods for us in front of her, and even Lin Xue in her frenzy gradually quieted down due to petrification.

"It seems that it is indeed unintentional," Lin Xue suddenly muttered in a low voice, "Also, you don't have this ......IQ at all."

"What?"

"It's okay - now your task is to choose a gift for Miss Ben to make amends, well, to make amends!"

"What do you think of this pendant - it represents a sincere heart......"

As soon as Lin Xue's words fell, the slow clerk took a delicate small box to the counter, and in the small box was a simple but delicate heart-shaped crystal pendant, although the texture could not be seen (I think there could be no diamonds or anything like this poor deserted shop, right?). ), but it has a pleasing sheen.

"Well, pretty is beautiful, but ......" Contrary to my expectations, Lin Xue didn't seem to be interested in such a beautiful little pendant, but reached out and took out another light green six-pointed star crystal pendant with a mysterious luster from her collar, "I have this, so I don't want a pendant." ”

"Huh? Do you still have this thing with you? ”

I asked in surprise, it seemed that this was bought for her in the other world, but I didn't expect her to wear it now.

"How difficult it is to extort something from your wood, how can you not keep it well? This is the fruit of victory. ”

"And what about this bracelet? It's very much in line with your temperament, young lady......"

The female clerk said slowly, and took out a silver-white bracelet from under the counter, which is still a simple but exquisite design style, unassuming, but faintly luxurious and sprinkled, if you want to say that Lin Xue really has any temperament, maybe it is really like this bracelet, it is the kind of luxury and introverted, simple, elf, but there is a kind of golden temperament from the inside out--I said that I actually found a compliment from Lin Xue.

"This is quite suitable for you," watching Lin Xue put the bracelet on her wrist and gestured back and forth, I had to admire the eyes of the clerk next to me, "That's it." ”

Obviously, Lin Xue was also quite satisfied with this gift - she smiled at me rarely, the kind of eight teeth.

"Ah, it's all at this time—" After the payment was settled, the female clerk glanced at the wall clock on the wall, and suddenly said in surprise, "There have been no guests for a long time, and the biological clock can't be adjusted all of a sudden—do you want to stay for a cup of coffee before leaving?" ”

"Well, we ...... it" I was about to say no, but the silver-haired female clerk had already walked away on her own, and as she went to the door of the store to change into the "resting" sign, she muttered, "What flavor of coffee should I want—ah, just the ...... I bought yesterday"

The girl ...... Is her thinking circuit really in another dimension?!