In the underground workshop, the host and guest, who had the same goal, responded to each other and quickly set a friendly tone.
Professor Portland's frequent interactions only increased Valeela's favor.
She thought about it and decided to tell Professor Portland about the precautions of the "acting method".
"There is another very important thing to note about the 'acting method'," Valeela looked at the other party thoughtfully, "Remember, you are just acting."
“That’s the only caveat, but it shouldn’t be ignored.”
After saying this, she saw, as expected, that Professor Portland's expression became solemn.
"Also, you must remember that the 'acting method' is a occult knowledge that is strictly sealed by major churches. It is something that most middle and low-level extraordinary people have never heard of.
"How to deal with it, I don't need to elaborate, right?"
Professor Portland nodded slowly and solemnly.
Valeela said these words easily, but in his ears, every word sounded extremely heavy.
In just a few moments, he thought a lot, and his emotions took a sharp turn several times.
He even began to feel that his connection with the Church of Steam had suddenly weakened a lot, as if he had become a wild Extraordinary being targeted.
"I know," Professor Portland's voice was dry and hoarse, "I will never tell anyone about it, just pretend I don't know."
Valeela nodded with satisfaction, then asked:
"Have you found the mad grass? If not, I can help."
"Thank you, I've found it." Professor Portland forced a smile and unconsciously pressed the edge of the research table with his left palm.
"That's okay."
Valeera retracted the deformed structure of the hand crossbow, placed it back on the workbench, and picked up the ordinary steel sword next to it.
"Don't worry about the recipe of 'The Briber'. Ms. Sasha should digest the potion in her body first. During this period, I will also pay attention to its two main ingredients.
"Of course, you can also try to find it yourself, I don't mind.
"You just need to remember that if you can't find it elsewhere, I have it here, and it's not just the 'briber', but also the 'corrupted baron'."
Hearing this, Professor Portland felt nervous again.
He felt that this woman was terrifying, and her tricks on others seemed to be endless.
No, I just handed over all the "acting methods", and in the blink of an eye, another layer of bait with the magic potion formula was added.
The most annoying thing is that he really does this.
In fact, Professor Portland did not fully understand the meaning of Valeela's words.
Valeera's words certainly have this meaning, but her main idea is very simple——
She can no longer steal Klein's business.
She had already robbed Crane of the two formula transactions of "Master of Tricks" and "Barbarian", and she had not made up enough money. If she robbed the order of "The Briber" again, she was worried about causing additional deviations. It takes a lot of effort to correct.
Professor Portland watched Valeela looking at the steel sword and said:
“This rune steel sword has purification and exorcism effects. It is the nemesis of undead creatures such as water ghosts, resentful spirits, and living corpses. It can still be used for three years.
"If you like it, I'll give it to you as well."
"Isn't this... not good?" Valeela asked in surprise.
She just recognized this extraordinary weapon that appeared in the original work and wanted to take a closer look.
"There's nothing wrong with it," Professor Portland waved his hand, "It's going to be sold anyway, and the cost of building it is only a few dozen pounds, so it's worthless."
Valeera hesitated.
She thought for a while and decided to ask directly:
"Actually, rather than this steel sword, I want the formula for the 'General Knowledge' potion. Is that possible?
"Don't think I'm greedy. In fact, it's really important to me."
Hearing this question, Professor Portland was not only not surprised, but seemed to be vaguely relieved.
"I can't give you the magic potion formula, but I can give you a potion."
He seemed to have been prepared.
While speaking, he picked up a closed tin can that was originally placed on the research table and explained:
"All the auxiliary materials have been mixed in. Just add 80 ml of pure water and this azure blue bead to make a complete 'General Knowledge' potion."
It seems that he must have signed a contract not to leak the magic potion formula... Valila nodded clearly and was very satisfied with Professor Portland's handling. "Thank you very much. I will give you an equal price."
"No need." Professor Portland shook his head.
"The value of these things together is far less than the precautions of the 'playing method'. I am happy to use them to express my gratitude."
He moved forward, put a few things on the research table, pointed to the small lifting platform located in the corner of the workshop, and said:
“I’ll give you the stuff back in the living room.
"It's been almost ten minutes since we came in, and it's almost time to go out. But before we go out, we have to briefly talk about it."
…
On the carriage ride back, Valeela looked at the long wooden box held by her personal maid Liya, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Professor Portland is worthy of being a professor in the engineering department, and he is so meticulous in doing things——
Each guest received a similar gift before leaving.
In this way, her behavior of taking away several items was cleverly hidden. Let alone being discovered, it would be very difficult to conduct a special verification after a long time.
…
At night, the moon is full.
Klein put on a gray-blue workman's coat and a peaked cap, and went out to take a bus to Iron Gate Street in the Backlund Bridge area.
He is going to the "Brave Bar" introduced by Yin En to buy guns to prepare for possible subsequent attacks.
Of course, if there was a chance, he would also like to use this opportunity to get in touch with the Extraordinary circle and try to find powerful Extraordinary bodyguards.
After being attacked yesterday, he realized that he was involved in big trouble and was in a very dangerous situation.
Klein even had the idea of going to Valeela directly for help, but in the end he chose to give up——
If he couldn't even solve this problem on his own, how could he talk about taking revenge on the demigods?
Why are you talking about finding your way back?
Well, first think of a solution on your own. If it doesn't work, you have to ask for help... With this thought in mind, he pushed open the dark wood door of the bar and found Kaspars Canlinen, the man in charge here, through the bartender.
A conversation.
Klein successfully purchased weapons and even came into contact with the Extraordinary as he wished.
But it was a pity that the extraordinary person named Maric, who looked very strong at first glance, refused the commission without even waiting for him to finish explaining his reasons for looking for a bodyguard. He didn't even offer a price.
This made him a little surprised and helpless.
But even if he had to do it over again, Klein wouldn't want others to accept the bodyguard mission while being concealed.
That's not his style.
In the end, he could only ask Kaspars to ask other people for him. After getting a positive answer, he left the bar with a slight melancholy.
