After Quines entered the underground floor, Old Schmidt had been waiting for a long time.
Old Schmidt: "Coming?"
Quins: "Here we come."
Old Schmidt: "Listen to Buddy, you have something to say."
Quins said calmly: "Actually, Old Schmidt, you should have guessed a little bit, I am not Quin Dodd, my name is Quin Dodd."
Old Schmidt looked a little weird: "Dodd?!"
Quince: "Are you surprised? Of course, since I have advanced to a formal wizard, you should have thought that I cannot be a Thousand Faces."
Old Schmidt nodded: "Indeed, this has always been my doubt, but now, I can probably think of why you can pretend to be Quinn."
Quins: "With the ability of the Investigation Department, I should have clearly investigated Quinn's life experience when I entered the Investigation Department. When I was a child, there was a disaster in the Dodd family. My parents died, my brothers were separated, and I
, was sold to the training camp of the Secret Shadow. But things are so bizarre. After I betrayed the Secret Shadow, I actually met my brother who was killed by the Viper Gang."
Old Schmidt: "So in order to escape the pursuit of Secret Shadow, you took the identity of Quinn." A while ago, Secret Shadow sent a large number of apprentices from the Secret Shadow training camp to hunt down defectors like Quins. In the mysterious
The world is no secret.
Quinn nodded calmly, which was the natural reaction of a fugitive.
Speaking of which, Quins waited patiently for what Schmidt would say next.
After a long time, Old Schmidt said: "I heard that you sold some information to Her Royal Highness Princess Nini."
Hearing this, Quins was suddenly shocked. The information he was selling was, needless to say, the information about the Iron Rose Mansion at Tiguet Comprehensive University. There were only four people present except him at that time, excluding the three from the royal family, and the rest
…
Quins said cautiously: "Have you always known Master Boswell?"
Old Schmidt snorted and did not answer: "Since your situation is special, I won't do it next time."
"Uh!" Quins was speechless. Did he let this matter go so lightly?
The reason why he took the risk of revealing his identity was because he was vaguely aware that Old Schmidt was somewhat aware of him, not to mention the secret self-examination within the investigation department.
Normally, he would not take the risk and stay in the Investigation Department. But with the information provided by William, he knew that the current situation was extremely tight and loose, and all extraordinary people were now only allowed in but not allowed out. If he was really strong,
If he breaks out, he is sure that neither the cult disciples nor the official or orthodox church will let him go out. Trains, airships, ships, land routes are all the same. Everyone related to the hell creatures, even if there is a trace of
No connection or even the slightest suspicion will be released.
Tige is a whirlpool, and all the extraordinary beings in Tige are caught in the net.
Therefore, in this situation, all Quins can think of is that he can only survive in the next whirlpool by completely joining a certain force. As for why it is the Investigation Department and not other churches or the royal family, the answer is naturally to make a living
It's better to do it well. Quins has already gained a lot of trust in the Investigation Section. In addition, the Investigation Section is in urgent need of manpower. This also means that after he actually joins, he will not be treated as cannon fodder like other organizations.
At other passes, Quines had a backup plan, and he could escape with the help of William when the situation was not right. Only at the last pass, when meeting old Schmidt, Quines had no way out, either life or death. Although he had never seen old Schmidt, he had no way out.
Schmidt took action, but he believed that none of his trump cards would work in front of old Schmidt.
But no matter which organization you join, you have to pass the last hurdle. If you don't give it a try, who will know the result. Besides, as I said before, it is better to be experienced than to be a stranger. He is at least 70% sure.
Old Schmidt doesn't know how to kill.
Old Schmidt: "Also, welcome to join the Investigation Division."
The stone in Quins' heart finally fell and he passed the test.
Quins: "Yes!"
Old Schmidt waved his hand: "Go down, little boy."
"Yes." After saying that, Quins turned around and wanted to leave. Suddenly, Quins was frightened: "Oh, there is some information I almost forgot to mention. Since you know the information I sold to the princess, you don't
You must know that Frederick is a famous thief in Teague, and he has reached an agreement with the princess at the dinner to assist her in exchange for the benefits of the title."
Old Schmidt looked expressionlessly at Quines, who wanted to take credit, and replied stiffly: "I know."
Quins couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but after thinking about it, he thought it was a declaration of submission after joining the investigation department. He didn't feel any pressure to sell the princess.
Watching Quins' retreating figure, Old Schmidt murmured: "What a good boy, your ability to collect intelligence is not small. He deserves to be from the Secret Shadow."
Shotgun Buddy came out of the darkness and came to Old Schmidt: "Things over there have been cleared up. Old man, your trick is really powerful. You said that the lurking secret shadow is a hell creature pretending to be. Those idiots really have it."
Due to the unusual movement, the Investigation Division Headquarters pulled out two, and the North Branch Branch pulled out one. One from the Church of the Mother of Snakes and one from the Society of Evil Spirits have been detained. There is also a member from the Church of Steam and Steel, who have not been alarmed for the time being."
Schmidt Sr.: "Well done."
Tonight is an uneventful day. Although this only involves the battle between the Investigation Department and the Secret Shadow, there are many people watching the show around. No matter who is greatly weakened by the Investigation Department or the Secret Shadow, they are both.
Others liked to hear it, so no one came to interfere.
Quins turned to his bedroom and carefully sorted out what happened tonight. The duel with the Secret Shadow Assassin was his most dangerous one tonight. There was luck in it and many of his preparations, which played a key role in it.
Yes, he thinks it should also be a witchcraft card called Void Demon Pet.
Even he didn't expect that the level 1 Void Demon Pet's psychic affinity would be so effective after it was advanced. It would actually allow him to instantly complete the witchcraft of Defending the Enemy's Opportunity, turning the world around and setting the cauldron.
Victory. No wonder there are only three opportunities in a month, and one spiritual crystal is consumed each time.
After sorting it out, Quins thought about the path after the wizard. Now, he has two main things to prepare for. One is to start learning inscription literature, which is the foundation of all wizards' paths, and he has a
Ambition is the creation of
His own rune system, in this way, his chance of creating his own rune language is much higher than other wizards who learn the existing rune system. He is a commoner, has no background, and does not have a good background. He wants to have a
A good future can only be achieved by oneself.
The second is to learn the basics of Strange Objects, which is preparation for refining dead cards. Going to the alchemy workshop tomorrow to learn Strange Objects from William is one of the reasons why he has always maintained a friendly alliance with William.
.It’s not that he can’t directly exchange the secret book of Oddities and study on his own, but if he has a good instructor to lead the way, it will save him a lot of detours when he embarks on Oddities.
A night of silence.
The next day, Quince came to William's alchemy workshop early. At this time, William was disheveled and was concentrating on studying the shadow line ball he just got yesterday.
Quins sat down in his seat leisurely: "How is it? Have you found anything in your research?"
William was stunned for a moment. He was so focused before that he really didn't notice that Quines had arrived at the alchemy workshop. He immediately replied: "No, the secret treasure is indeed a secret treasure. If I can unlock its secrets in one night, how can it be counted?"
It’s a secret treasure.”
"In that case, let's leave it for now. There will be plenty of time to study it later. You must not have forgotten what you said yesterday."
William coughed: "Don't worry, I'm clear. Wait for me to take a shower first."
Five minutes later, William stood in front of Quins feeling refreshed.
William said: "Without further ado, let's get straight to the point."
Quins: "I couldn't have asked for it."
William: "Before we can formally explain the science of strange things, we need to understand the origin of alchemy first."
After a pause, William continued: "I think you also know something about the origin of alchemy, which is the pursuit of turning stone into gold and immortality. This was the ultimate pursuit of alchemy in the past, and it was also the simplest idea of alchemists at that time.
.”
Quins was a little surprised: "Once? Isn't it now?"
William shook his head and nodded again: "It's no longer unusual for the Midas touch to turn stone into gold. You should have heard of the secret biography of the Midas touch."
William continued: "Even without the secret Midas touch, some alchemists can achieve it by spending some time, but the cost is too high, and it is completely outweighed by the gain."
Quins nodded, this is a very widely circulated secret, and there is an exchange within the Investigation Department. Metaphorically speaking, the Midas Touch is an industrialized product, while the high-cost Midas Touch is a laboratory product.
Quince: "What about immortality?"
William shook his head: "It's half a success and half a failure."
Quins: "How?"
William didn't want to say more: "You will naturally know in the future."
Quince: "Okay, so what now? The ultimate pursuit of alchemy has changed?"
William: "It has changed and differentiated. With the development and refinement of alchemy, alchemy has produced many branches, such as magicology, occultology, biology, elementology, puppetology, etc., and there are many general ones.
The prerequisite subjects are runes, blood science, and mechanics. That’s it.
Nowadays, alchemy has developed into alchemy. It is impossible for one person to master all the branches in alchemy. And each branch of discipline has different ultimate pursuits. Even the same branch of discipline can be studied in different disciplines.
The pursuits within the genre are also different.”
"For example, the school I belong to advocates a more orthodox pursuit of rare things, which is to forge perfect artificial secret treasures."
Quins was a little enthusiastic after hearing this: "Artificial treasure? That's why you are so concerned about the secret treasure."
William: "Of course, there is an actual study, which will be of great help to my inspiration on artificial treasures."
"Okay, let's get back to the topic. In alchemy, no matter which branch it is, it involves nothing more than two aspects, form and spirit."
Quines asked: "Form and spirit? What is form? What is spirit?"