Chapter 25: Chapter 22: Magic Potions 1-7
"Tina, stop standing in the corner. Go back to your seat."
"The threat is neutralized."
Tina calmly returned to her seat, as if nothing had happened.
[You have successfully resisted the spiritual attack of a Resentful Spirit Aggregation (Low-Tier) and participated in its elimination. Evaluation: An assist with your eyes is still an assist. Reward: Survival Points
2.]
’An assist with my eyes?’
’?’
Wei’en looked at the notification, feeling the panel’s mockery...
BANG!
At that mont, the office door crashed down.
A tall figure walked in. "Little Lisi, what the hell are you guys up to?"
"Minister Yegor," Lisi placed a fist on her chest and bowed slightly. "We had a small accident."
Marco’s expression changed slightly, and he also bowed. "Minister."
Wei’en copied them, not at all surprised by Yegor’s arrival.
With all the commotion, it was lucky they hadn’t drawn the attention of the entire Logistics Departnt.
The newcor was none other than the Minister of the Investigation Departnt, Yegor Paine. "An accident? Your division has had quite a few accidents lately."
"I’m sorry, Minister."
"Lisi, you know that’s not what I want to hear."
Lisi lowered her head, as if trying to bury her face in her cleavage. "I’m sorry."
Yegor glanced at the cracks on the floor, then at the parchnt in Lisi’s hand, and said coldly, "The repair costs will be deducted from your division’s budget."
"Yes, Minister."
Then Yegor swept his gaze around the room, his eyes finally landing on Wei’en. "Also, regarding the matter with Roger, I don’t want to see a repeat."
’Huh?’
Wei’en pretended not to understand and looked at him, thinking to himself: ’The matter with Roger? Is he warning
not to get contaminated?’
"...I know what to do."
"You’d better."
Yegor blew a smoke ring, his lazy deanor returning. He turned slowly. "Well then, I’m off."
After he left, Lisi stood up straight, let out a long breath, and said through gritted teeth, "Marco, next ti, the repair costs are coming directly out of your salary!"
"No, it won’t happen again, I promise."
Marco, who had been hiding behind her, looked at her with relief. "Thank goodness the Minister didn’t lose his temper this ti... or I would’ve been toast."
"As long as you know."
Lisi looked at the office floor and the door that had been kicked down, then gritted her teeth. "That bastard Yegor. He was the one who broke the door."
"Shh,"
Marco motioned for her to lower her voice, then peeked his head out before quickly pulling it back. "Leave this to . I’ll fix it."
With that, he nimbly picked up the door, propped it against the doorway, and pulled a toolbox from a cabinet in the back to get to work.
Lisi, however, ignored him and returned to her seat with the parchnt.
Wei’en looked around, then went to help Marco fix the door. "Marco," he asked, "you guys seem really scared of the Minister?"
"Scared? Of course, we’re scared."
Marco gestured for him to hold the door steady. "Normally, Yegor is easygoing. But once he gets angry, he becos terrifying."
"Does he hit people?"
"Hit?" Marco said in a low voice, hamring a nail. "You’ve heard about what happened with Roger, right?"
"The captain just told
this morning."
"After that incident ca to light, the Minister broke every single bone in Roger’s body."
’His entire body? Every bone?’
Wei’en sucked in a sharp breath. "Every single one?"
"Every single one!"
Marco said, his voice full of lingering fear, "The scariest part is that the Minister even used Magic Potion No. 4 on him. The scene, the feeling... it was just so damn cruel!"
Wei’en thought of the scene and nodded in agreent. Breaking bones was indeed cruel.
But he had to ask, "What’s Magic Potion No. 4?"
"Lisi hasn’t taught you this yet?"
"No."
Marco glanced at Lisi and, seeing her attention was focused on the parchnt, explained in a low voice, "Among the standard-issue gear from the Property Managent Departnt, besides the flintlock, the most important items are those few bottles of Magic Potion."
"There are seven bottles in total. Our Investigation Departnt has sorted them by function, numbering them Magic Potions 1 through 7."
’So they’re just internal codes. And here I thought soone actually ca up with nas for the Magic Potions.’
"Among them, Magic Potion No. 1 is called Spirit Summoning Potion. It’s the one we use most often on missions."
’There’s a Spirit Summoning Potion in the box?’
Wei’en’s eyes instantly lit up. That was a Magic Potion worth 3 gold pounds.
"Magic Potion No. 2 is a truth serum, mainly used for interrogations."
"Magic Potion No. 3 has a more special function. It’s used for reconnaissance and tracking. When used, it creates a controllable shadow clone."
"Magic Potion No. 4 is the one I just ntioned Yegor used on Roger. It’s a healing potion for treating wounds."
’Holy shit, that brutal?’
’It’s actually a healing potion!’
’No wonder Marco just said Yegor’s thods were cruel... He was breaking Roger’s bones while healing his injuries at the sa ti...’
’Tsk tsk, who would have thought that beneath Yegor’s lazy exterior hid such a sadistic side.’
At this point, Marco paused. He shook the door, as if checking if it was installed securely.
"Just to be safe, two more nails. Where was I?"
Wei’en handed him two nails and said, "You haven’t told
about Magic Potions 5, 6, and 7 yet."
"Oh, right. The last three are special-purpose Magic Potions that can be used with the flintlock."
Marco took the nails and continued, "Magic Potion No. 5 is for dealing with out-of-control Extraordinaries, No. 6 is specifically for taking care of Blood Beasts, and No. 7 is the one I just used, mainly for handling Vengeful Spirits."
’Out-of-control Extraordinaries, Blood Beasts, and Vengeful Spirits?’
Wei’en thought pensively: ’Does this an they’re relatively common, which is why the Secret Investigation Departnt provides specialized Magic Potions for them?’
"But I noticed you didn’t let your guard down after dealing with the Vengeful Spirit?"
"That’s sothing you have to be especially careful about—a regular Vengeful Spirit isn’t scary. What’s scary is one that’s been ’doctored’!"
"’Doctored’?"
Lisi had ntioned that word just before the fight.
"Simply put, it ans modifying a Vengeful Spirit. For example, branding it with runes, or injecting it with so kind of bizarre power, and so on."
"So that’s what ’doctored’ ans."
Wei’en thought about the Vengeful Spirit he had just seen. Its appearance was already terrifying enough; how else could it be modified?
’Are they going to install a few more mouths on it?’
"Do people really do things like that?"
"Of course. A lot of people, in fact."
Marco patted the door. "In this city-state, there are always people with malicious intent. So are at the end of their lives, so are enticed by strange and mysterious beings, and others are just lunatics who enjoy slaughter and disaster..."
"Once you’ve been with the Secret Investigation Departnt for a while, you’ll understand just how crazy they are."
With that, before Wei’en could respond, he gestured to Lisi. "Lisi, the door’s fixed."
"Marco, you’ve finally made yourself useful."
"The new guy’s here, cut
so slack..."
Lisi ignored him, put down the parchnt, and clapped her hands. "Everyone take a seat. Let’s start with the disappearance case in the slums."
"Oh."
Marco shrugged helplessly.
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