Chapter 25 The Pumpkin Man
As a "newcomer" who just entered a different space by accident, Zhu Jue naturally had no chance to speak during this team exchange.
But he was also happy to be an audience member, and he stepped back to the nearby bookshelf early, thinking that he might be able to learn more useful information from these people's conversations.
However, when the discussion began, Zhu Jue realized that he had imagined that there was no information exchange. As the gentleman said before, he was an intermediary and a guide. Under normal circumstances, he would not communicate some of his ideas with these people.
Therefore, the current state cannot be called a team exchange at all. It is more like a routine meeting for gentlemen. The main content is not to discuss experiences during the trip, but to the gentlemen keep talking about some issues that need to be paid attention to during the next trip and explaining what time to meet tomorrow and what to prepare.
Is this a team?
Zhu Jue looked at the other people without a trace, and unexpectedly found that these people seemed to be used to this state. Rhino and AK nodded frequently after the gentleman finished each sentence, and they were undoubtedly two "limbing dogs".
However, the Black Swan kept silent. Not only did she not nod her head, Zhu Jue even vaguely felt that she was not very interested in this one-sided meeting just like herself.
Her extensive experience made her not care about the superficial content that the gentleman said?
Or is there some other reason...
Taking advantage of the time when no one took care of him, Zhu Jue recalled the introduction of the gentleman to them when the three of them first entered the door. The Black Swan had 5 trips, 2 rhino, and AK was just a newcomer.
And he remembered correctly. The gentleman said that the Rubi, who gave him the key to the Rhino Gold Bank, was also a traveler who had only traveled once five years ago.
This is a bit strange. Since the rat had already existed in the gentleman's team five years ago, and the tone between the latter's words when Zhu Jue met the gentleman for the first time can undoubtedly prove that the gentleman had already achieved a similar status as he is now five years ago.
Then the question is.
In five years, the one who traveled the most besides the gentleman in this team was actually the Black Swan?
As a man, HaiLan Home has to go to the wardrobe twice a year, even if you buy and refund once a year... And can you only go to this fantasy dream world once a year?
This guess is obviously incorrect.
That being the case, where have the rest of the team gone in the past five years?
The lack of information made Zhu Jue's mind constantly have various doubts. He wanted to ask clearly but knew that it was inappropriate now.
But the gentleman seemed to remember something halfway through his words, and turned to Zhu Jue and said, "Mr. Fengling, you need to prepare a set of clothes that meet the medieval European social environment before tomorrow night. This is very important. I suggest that you can start looking for customized merchants in this field online now. If you need it, I can also introduce my personal tailor to you."
"What?"
Zhu Jue, immersed in thinking, didn't understand what the gentleman said for a moment.
"If you want to hide your identity, you will naturally have to change from the inside out. Are you going to wear the current suit?"
The social environment in the fantasy dream is different from that in modern society. Zhu Jue's shirt and trousers are obviously not suitable, just like he is wearing an assassin suit to play assassin.
If you are handsome, it is nonsense to hide your identity.
"Well, I understand... Actually, after listening to it for so long, I found that I don't know anything about the situation of the fantasy dream. Can this friend tell me in detail later?"
If there is any problem, it must be solved. Zhu Jue believed that he was not a gentleman. He asked him directly that he might get some unknown information, which was not only not helpful to him, but may also disrupt his thinking in turn. Therefore, Zhu Jue took the lead and raised his hand and pressed AK's shoulder, choosing to let him talk to him.
Although he had only experienced one trip, he had been to that world and must have known some information. Moreover, judging from the first reactions of the three people when they came in the door just now, the black swan probably had a high chance of rejecting it. The rhino and the wild boar seemed to have some friendship, maybe because both of them had animal codes with thick skin and thick flesh?
Only this AK clearly shows kindness, and under the premise that the situation is unclear, Zhu Jue naturally chooses someone who is good to "coax".
"Of course, as long as Mr. AK has no objection, I will not interfere with the private communication between the members."
The gentleman seemed generous to this, but if someone stood in AK's current position, he would find that the gentleman's eyes were actually turning to this side, and there was not much pleasure.
Zhu Jue asked others without asking about gentlemen, which is itself a kind of distrust. For the latter, it is naturally unpleasant that the kind actions he had done before were not responded to.
"I......"
AK who can participate in this kind of team will naturally not be a fool. Realizing that if he nodded, it might make the boss of the team unhappy, he immediately looked embarrassed and wanted to refuse.
"Hey~ friend, you may have misunderstood. This is not without reward."
Zhu Jue pulled his hand out of his pocket, deliberately put the back of his hand towards the gentleman and held AK's hand. It was not coins inside, and it was even less likely to be the prayer volume of Usa Church, but the gem he had obtained before. When AK turned his head and saw what was in it, he continued to say,
"I got the wild boar collection before, and the things inside didn't work for me either. This is a deposit. As long as you say it in detail, I will give you more."
"Uh, I don't think it's good, so forget it. Since these things are the legacy of Mr. Wild Boar, I have no reason to take them away. You can take them back first."
AK refused again, but his palm tightened and then loosened it.
"That's a pity. It seems that those coins cannot impress you. I thought it was a good thing."
Zhu Jue was not persistent, so he took back the gem and continued to stand back.
"If Mr. Fengling has any doubts, please ask me, I am still quite interested in coins in the dreamland."
The gentleman interrupted at this time.
"Haha, forget it, I don't want something that even AK wants, I don't want to take advantage of you."
This time, it was Zhu Jue's turn to refuse, because he didn't carry any coins, only the gems he had with him.
The gentleman didn't say anything more about this. He didn't mention that he was going to take everyone to complete a common task during the next trip.
"This is something I bought from other travelers' teams for money, you can take a look."
Unzipped the zipper, the gentleman took out a yellow thing from his backpack. Zhu Jue took a step forward before he could see it clearly.
The thumb-sized dark green end is connected to a flat orange-yellow pumpkin, but it is not a simple fruit and vegetable, but a human head-sized pumpkin with a hollowed-out Halloween ghost-shaped inside.
"What's this?"
Not only Zhu Jue was confused, AK next to him asked.
The gentleman did not answer, but turned to take a pen on the desk, took off his cap, looked around the people around him, then pointed the tip of the pen down, and without hesitation toward the dark green end of the Halloween pumpkin head.
However, just as the tip of the pen was about to pierce, dozens of dark green silk threads that looked like plant stems were born from the end, blocking the pen in the air, and the gentleman had already let go of his hand.
The pumpkin head, which was originally motionless, suddenly began to tremble. With the sound of "gurgling", the pens were twisted off and then they immediately surged like some stimulation, and the entire desktop was covered in just a few seconds.
The gentleman and the black swan retreated two steps, while the rhino and AK were posing as if they were facing a great enemy. As for Zhu Jue, he went around behind a bookshelf and observed secretly through the gap between the compartments.
But the number of stem silks exceeded a certain limit, and Zhu Jue discovered that they were actually signs of entanglement and closing.
The pumpkin head was still on the table, while the stem silk that should have been spread out swung wildly in the air like "angry hair" and finally began to gradually entangle and change into a humanoid torso about two meters high and composed of stem silk!
There is no hand or foot, only the stem wire that still maintains its vitality and keeps twitching extends on all sides like the tentacles of an octopus.
I saw the two "slim" long legs of stems falling directly to the ground of the room when they were formed. The stems spread out and stabilized their body. Then they looked like a person who had just woken up, and a "carp thrust" and carried the pumpkin head. The pumpkin head, which had no expression before, seemed to be given life at this moment. Whether it was the hollow eyes that were dug out or the wide mouth, they were twisted and changed at this moment!
"Pumpkin Man?"
Zhu Jue, behind the bookshelf, looked at the monster in front of him, and said softly in surprise.
"This is the monster we found in a deserted farm near Neil City. It has been defeated now, but I let it bask in the sun for a while and it will be resurrected. After the energy is exhausted, it will return to its original state."
The gentleman was only halfway through his words. The pumpkin man, who had just been majestic, had completely withered. After using up the energy in his body, the stems retracted and turned back to the pumpkin and fell back to the table. The gentleman put it back to his backpack and continued,
"This kind of pumpkin can help you perceive your mental power and strengthen your vitality to a certain extent...I spent a lot of money to buy the news from others. Now I choose to share it with a few people and I will take you there during tomorrow's trip. Correspondingly, if you get something, then I will get half of each pumpkin as a reward!"
This is what the gentleman mentioned before that information provision and rewards can be provided. He can use his own network of relationships to obtain some information that newcomers do not know, and the latter needs corresponding rewards.
50%
This rate of return is undoubtedly a bit high in Zhujue's opinion.
Chapter completed!