Chapter 78 The Mystery of the Dark Knight (Part 1)
In the dark basement, the alchemist laughed mysteriously, and the cauldron stewed unprimed matter. Seeing that the horror was irreversible, Angouleme sighed and was about to go upstairs to leave, but this time he was stopped by Victor. .
"Don't leave in a hurry, stay and chat with me."
"Wouldn't it distract you and explode?"
"What we are going to do this time is actually very simple. It should be said that while you are here, I will directly observe people doing it, and maybe I will do it more accurately. It is just making clothes. It does not involve special strength or precision processing, and there is no chance of failure or explosion. possible."
Since the alchemy apprentice was so sure, Angouleme simply pulled up a chair and sat next to the cauldron to observe. Although she had no talent, it did not prevent her from being curious about the "incredible".
"Captain, you are so sure, has it exploded before?"
"Of course, when I was in Bell Town, explosions often happened when I first started doing alchemy. With a bang, the roof disappeared and half the house was blackened."
"Is the leader injured?" The girl was a little surprised.
The young man stirred the cauldron, "No, the incredible out-of-control explosion will protect the alchemist's body. At most, he will be disgraced and will definitely not be injured. The only ones who are in danger are people other than the alchemist. Whatever happens."
"The explosion should be very powerful, right?"
"Not necessarily. It depends on how much mental power is invested. The more spiritual power is invested, the more powerful the explosion will be."
"I see……."
"There's no need to hide it. You actually want to know what I'm blending the most, right?" Glancing at the girl who nodded silently, Victor said leisurely: "The reason is a commission I heard somewhere in the afternoon. The client wants us to disguise ourselves at night. As a drunkard, if he sees another drunkard harassing a single woman, if he is a member of the Salamander Gang, he will go up and give him a good beating, but not to the point of causing death, at most to the extent of breaking bones. "
"The leader accepted it? What is the reward?" If the reward is reasonable, Angoulan feels that the commission is okay.
"No, I refused on the spot." Victor smiled and shook his head, "Because I was not prepared to do what she requested."
The stirring rod in the boy's hand continued to rotate. "This commission reminded me of a person who once brought me a lot of happiness. He often patrolled the streets and beat bad guys until they broke bones. And I suddenly found that I could play his role, as long as I used Incredible alchemy to create his own clothes.
do you know? Just imagining playing him and hitting people makes me happy. "
Observed from Angouleme's perspective, the group leader's smile now gradually became abnormal.
"Then I thought about the past. When my grandmother taught me alchemy, I asked her the secret of becoming a master alchemist. She told me that it is useless to think so much. Just do what you want to do and be happy!
I didn't ask further at the time, thinking she was joking, but now I suddenly figured it out... Doing what you really want to do, blending the items you really want to blend, that kind of 'happiness' of constant 'self-realization', is the path of a master!
For example, my grandmother's 'self-realization' is to help others. Seeing the satisfied smiles of others will make her very happy, which will strengthen her spirit, make better products, and accept more difficult commissions.
Cycling this positive cycle, it only took her a few years to go from being an alchemy apprentice to a master, and to reach the state of being 'invincible in the world'. "
Angoulin wanted to laugh a little when he heard this. It was unbelievable that he became invincible in the world in a few years. Thinking about it, the leader was probably exaggerating. Children always think that their elders are the strongest. This is a normal phenomenon, so the girl can't do anything. He didn't say anything, just listened silently.
"Or like the third aunt, her 'self-realization' is traveling. Because she has lived in a mountainous area since she was a child, she really wants to see the outside world. As long as she can travel, she will be happy.
So after walking out of the mountains, she wandered for a year and became an alchemist master from a beginner. After traveling for a few years, she also had a strength that was close to being 'invincible in the world'. Both she and her grandmother were exceptional beings that completely transcended common sense. "
Looking at the pungent darkness in the cauldron, Victor's eyes were gentle and a smile appeared on his lips.
"Recalling these two elders, I found that maybe I had gone into a misunderstanding. I worked hard to learn knowledge and search for information, but instead I lost the joy of alchemy in Bell Town. Recently, I mostly do alchemy to complete tasks, and rarely do it. It's for 'happiness'.
So now, Angouleme you know what I mean? "
"It means that the leader is doing something very happy now?"
"Yes, I am very, very happy. Just thinking about what I am about to do makes me feel very interesting. And because of my happiness, the cost of 'making clothes' that did not cost much is now reduced to a minimum. As you can imagine Once the entire activity is completed, the 'self-realized happiness' will give back a sense of satisfaction and truly make the mind stronger."
"Congratulations to the leader, that's great!"
"I also want to congratulate you. There is currently no second and most lovable member Angoulan. Believe me, as long as you continue to grow, in ten years at most, you will have an 'invincible' leader to rely on."
Angouleme patted his cheek. Sure enough, people east of Serecania like to talk big and stupid things. They say "invincible" when they speak or not. Or maybe they lack the vocabulary to describe "powerful", so they only use this word. .
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After two hours passed like this, she found that her initial bad premonition had come true.
With the colorful light shining, the leader took out two sets of strange leather clothes from the cauldron and instructed himself to go behind the screen and change into one of them, but the leather clothes were simply not worn by humans.
So after the girl expressed her firm refusal, the instruction was upgraded to an order, and she had to change.
Angouleme had no choice but to cooperate. Although she was a very unshy girl, this dress was too tight, and the various unscientific bulges of soft pads were unprecedented. When she put it on and stood out, she even felt that it was more embarrassing than not wearing any clothes.
The leader also changed into his tight leather suit behind another screen. The pure black tie made his muscles bulge, and he also had a cape. The hood was not like her fully covered animal shape, but had two sharp horns on the head, revealing only the mouth of an unknown shape.
Victor looked the girl up and down for a while, and nodded with satisfaction, "Very good! Angouleme, from now on your code name is 'Catwoman', you have to remember this code name, we will go to war with the evil forces on the streets of Vizima tonight, the only thing to note is that we must uphold the principle of 'no killing', we can only use fists or equipment to beat them to fractures, but we can't let them lose their lives."
The members gave up struggling and acquiesced to the ridiculous instructions of the leader.
Seeing the boy neatly take out non-lethal weapons and equipment such as sticks, lassos, and darts, this posture is determined to satisfy his own happiness of "wearing strange clothes to beat people".
She could only cooperate and ask, "Since my code name is 'Catwoman', then Wick, are you──'Catman'?"
It is obvious that Victor has been waiting for her to ask this question for a long time.
Flinging his cloak, he said in a low and magnetic voice: "No! I am──'Batman'."
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