It is not difficult to negotiate a deal with a genuine fortune teller.
"Knock knock."
Asakura Makoto tapped her index finger twice on the eucalyptus table, cleared her throat and extended an invitation to the old fortune teller in front of her.
Compared with the spells of bewitchment and control shown by Koizumi Hongzi in the original history, he felt that the diviner was more useful.
Although her strength is far inferior to that of her predecessors due to issues of the times, judging from the current results, it is barely useful for her to do a divination every day to predict the weather for the next day with 100% accuracy.
Divination has its limits.
To give a simple example, when you get a comment from a fortune teller, the above omen may be life-threatening. Even so, you cannot know where the specific danger comes from.
You may get hit by a car when you go out, you may be involved in a crime and be murdered, or you may even be hit by a meteorite from the sky.
Under such circumstances, the hard-earned divination seems to be a waste that is tasteless and useless.
At this moment, Asakura really felt that it would be a pity to kill her, but if she didn't kill her, she was afraid that she would run into the hostile forces and fight against him.
"Well, I want to recruit you, and I've prepared the rewards I'll give you in the future."
Asakura said calmly, his tone was not enthusiastic, and he had no murderous intention, but in fact, if she really chose to refuse in the end, he would directly kill this potential threat.
"Sir, I can't..." The old fortune teller wanted to refuse.
But before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Asakura Makoto with a wave of her hand.
"Don't refuse in a hurry. You can make a divination first to see if my reward is what you want, so as not to regret it later."
He did not give his quotation directly, he wanted to confirm something through divination.
"this......"
The fortune teller was dubious. There was nothing in this world that could attract her. Even if the magic was declining now, with her true ability, there would be no problem in making money as a consortium member at Penn State. Now that she is in a corner, she is just weathered. There are no more worldly desires.
She picked up a bamboo stick tube from under the table, shook it with a special frequency, and then poured the bamboo sticks inside onto the table with both hands.
Through the display of patterns made of bamboo sticks, she read that accepting the invitation would lead to unexpected surprises.
"this......"
"What's the result?" Zhen Asakura spread his palms on the table and asked.
"result......"
The old fortune teller, who was over ninety years old and should have been calm when he saw the rich and powerful, looked at the divination and felt a rare surge in his heart.
What could be the unexpected surprise?
Although this room is not very large, the miscellaneous items piled up inside are all magic instruments she collected from all over the world when she was young. Even if they have lost their effectiveness due to the Age of Ending Law, their own craftsmanship is enough to make them useful. Become a priceless antique.
"What exactly is the reward you want to pay?"
As she spoke, her voice unknowingly contained a hint of excitement.
Asakura Makoto noticed this subtle change, and from here he felt the success of his temptation - for an experienced old man, what is the most attractive thing in his hand?
Quite simply, it is the possibility of rejuvenation.
He has decided that if the fortune teller chooses to join him, he will give one as a reward after Shirley succeeds in researching the drug for rejuvenating children.
In fact, the effect of APTX4869 in the original history is not clear, and making people smaller is only a very small possibility. More often, this drug acts as an invisible poison that kills people.
Asakura really believes in whether 100% rejuvenation can be achieved in a true sense, but he still remains skeptical out of caution. After all, this kind of thing is really unimaginable from a scientific point of view.
Even if it fails in the future, alternative plans can be implemented immediately.
At this moment, the fortune teller's reaction was unsurprising and proved that one day in the future, before her deadline is approaching, the research on APTX4869, which can ensure rejuvenation, will be successful.
"Let's wait until then to discuss the reward. Wouldn't it be better to have some expectations?" Asakura answered.
Then, he remembered something again and asked by the way: "Your lifespan should be about the same as that of a normal human being, right?"
In particular, the average magician can live two to three hundred years, and it was only then that the drug was successfully developed.
Although she was a little puzzled, the result of the divination still made her answer patiently: "There is no difference. I should still live for about ten years. It's just that frequent divination will shorten my lifespan, but the minimum will not be less than five years."
Ten years, living to the beginning of the twenty-first century——
This time is enough.
