In front of the counter of the pawnshop, Chen Qiang, who was carrying a suitcase, showed a smile.

"Hello." Chen Qiang, who was wearing a magic mask, said elegantly.

I hope the magic mask given by the ghoul elder is as good as he boasted, Chen Qiang said in his heart.

Unlike the handy items in fantasy that can change body posture and appearance without side effects, the mask given to him by the elder can only change the details of his appearance, but cannot change the color of his eyes and face. At the same time, it also needs to consume the user's energy (Chen Qiang estimated it with the system, about 1 MP per hour).

In Arkham, this is also enough. In fact, most ordinary Chinese people look at Chinese people with similar appearances......

Elizabeth rubbed her eyes.

Maybe I've had too much contact with things from hundreds of years ago, and I've had some kind of visual hallucination, Elizabeth thought. God knows why the inhabitants of this town always hide so many artifact-level things, and even their dreams now have something to do with the history of Arkham Town.

Yesterday she and her sister Olive discussed how to write the qualification for the game test of the "Fortress of Sanity" overnight, so that the possibility of being selected would be greater. This directly led to her lack of sleep.

"What do you need...... please," Elizabeth cheered up.

"I have a very precious ancient document that needs to be pawned." Chen Qiang was wearing a white shirt that could be seen everywhere and said with a smile.

[Elizabeth's mother tongue test 96/50 major failure]

Chen Qiang dressed like the locals, but he didn't deliberately disguise his inauthentic English accent. But probably because of too much fatigue, Elizabeth not only found out that the guest was Chinese, but even mistakenly thought that Chen Qiang was a Chinese who had lived in the United States for a long time.

For today, Chen Qiang can be said to have made sufficient preparations. He himself came to the outskirts of Arkham through the ghoul clan's underground passages, but the "Fortress of Sanity" released news to the media that their billionaire boss was on a mail ship bound for Hawaii. Almost no one knew that Chen Qiang had come to Arkham Town unknowingly.

"What do you call it?"

"Chen Jian." Chen Qiang borrowed his cousin's name.

Elizabeth was not suspicious.

"Please tell me the title of the book," said Elizabeth, sitting up straight, the kind of pawnshop in Arkham was a common business, "and ......"

Chen Qiang narrowed his eyes. From now on, it's key.

"Miss, you may have misunderstood what I meant," Chen Qiang put on an indifferent attitude from his superiors, "The books I want to sell are very precious, far beyond your imagination. ”

Elizabeth looked directly into Chen Qiang's eyes. In those clear eyes, there is no doubt that there is ......

[Chen Qiang's charm test 100/53 major failure]

…… Poverty that is hard to hide.

"......" Chen Qiang's expression froze for a moment.

.

You gave me this for the first test?

And Elizabeth in front of her still maintained a service-oriented smile.

I can't go wrong, the young clerk said to herself, this young Oriental with no features (the influence of magic masks) and no generous clothes (bought casually at Arkham) is a complete pauper.

Of course, pawnshop clerks don't reject poor people coming to their homes.

Elizabeth, one of Mr. Pickman's local hires, received rigorous training, from how to read customers' "micro-expressions" to assess their financial situation based on how they dressed. Wait a minute. Although I have just made a little gaffe because I haven't woken up yet, from now on, I must take a serious look at ......

[Elizabeth Psychology Pass 61/50 failed]

[Elizabeth Valuation Test 4/70 Success]

The oriental man's expression was indifferent, his brows furrowed slightly, his left index finger shook slightly, and his right hand held his suitcase very tightly.

In Elizabeth's experience, those who show this reaction are facing a severe psychological test.

Considering their behavior of going to pawnshops, they are often experiencing a severe economic crisis while lacking confidence in the items they are going to pawn. According to this inference, "ancient books are very precious, far beyond imagination" or something is also a word of courage for yourself.

At the same time, Elizabeth was convinced that his brand new shirt and suitcase were things he had just bought from there, having just visited the department store on the street yesterday.

Even this kind of dress and suitcase were improvised poor eggs, and it was hard to imagine that he could take out anything valuable.

"Mr. Chen, please trust our professionalism." Elizabeth raised an eyebrow and looked businesslike.

"I want to have an interview with Mr. Pickman rather than divulge my secrets in this hall where anyone can come and go."

Although he didn't have any hope for the follow-up examination after the big failure, Chen Qiang still did his best.

"Think about what Mr. Pickman would say if the item I pawned turned out to be of extraordinary value, and you didn't know it?"

Chen Qiang is not worried about the business failing.

Normal Cthulhu mods, investigators in the light, mythical creatures in the dark.

But this time the Battle of Arkham was different.

The Arkham people were not yet aware of Chen Qiang's arrival. He is in the dark, Pickman and others are in the light, even if the first tentative contact fails, Chen Qiang has a way to "make a comeback".

If you really want to say it, it seems that the people of Arkham Town are "raiding the module set up by Chen Qiang".

[Chen Qiang's intimidation test was successful on 14/15]

It can be seen that Chen Qiang's rhetoric played some role. Elizabeth looked unhappy, but made a "please" gesture anyway.

"Put your stuff on the counter," she said, "and let me check it." ”

……

In an open-air café across the street, a burly man spent his time admiring the street view of Arkham.

His gaze seemed to be wandering, but in fact, he never left the pawnshop on the other side.

Pickman is not the only one who covets the treasures of Arkham. Now that Pickman has broken the rules of the game, the eyes of other forces are also on him.

【？？？ Investigation test 26/85 success】

He noticed Chen Qiang who walked into the pawnshop. In Arkham Town, the Eastern Face is still relatively rare, and even fewer will visit the Pickman Pawnshop.

……

The manuscript that Chen Qiang pulled out was in Greek, which Elizabeth did not recognize.

[Elizabeth with penalty valuation check 94/50 failed]

The "Valuation" skill can be used not only to assess the value of an item, but also to estimate the age of the item, discover its historical background, and identify fakes.

Obviously, Elizabeth did not understand ancient Greek, but she also failed to discover that the "scrolls" were forged in modern times.

"This was given to me by a friend in West Asia," Mr. Chen said, "and the local armed group attacked an archaeological site, and many artifacts were scattered." My friend said that it was in Greek, probably a manuscript imported from Europe by the ancient West Asians. ”

"I'm going to take a picture of it," Elizabeth decided, "and I'll get back to you when we can confirm the contents." ”

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