Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 661 Final preparations

The demonic voice slowly echoed in the restaurant. In an instant, a biting chill rose from behind the chef, causing his pupils to shrink violently. He froze there, not daring to move an inch.

Not only him, but also the girl with colorful hair and gothic skirt on the first floor froze in place, and the white cat lying on her head had its fur standing on end, staring in horror at the man in a tuxedo and mask standing at the door, with its nine tails standing upright as if struck by lightning.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire restaurant fell into deathly silence, with only the sound of the tuxedo-and-masked man's footsteps, like the countdown of a clock, echoing steadily in the surroundings.

"Why, isn't Mr. Instigator here?"

When he reached the middle of the street, the performer stopped and looked around with his white smiling mask, his eyes fell on the corridor leading to the second floor, and then...

"Woo woo! Master Performer, you are finally here! I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

A loud cry filled with sobs was heard, and the instigator rushed out from the corridor entrance. He bent his knees very skillfully as he crossed the stairs, and rushed to the performer in a perfect slide position. He hugged his thighs and choked with emotion as he said:
"Mr. Performer, I miss you so much. Come, Xiao Zi, come over and say hello to Mr. Performer! I forgot to tell you before, but I have been a loyal fan of Mr. Performer for a long time! My biggest dream in this life is to be able to bring my brain into the theater created by Mr. Performer!"

The instigator spoke with tears in his eyes, and at the same time, he did not forget to pull the colorful-haired Gothic girl standing aside over, and introduced her to her in an extremely sincere tone. Upon hearing this, the colorful-haired girl also seriously lifted the hem of her skirt with one hand and lifted up her long hair that covered her head with the other hand, and bowed to greet the performer in front of her:

"Hello, Master. I'm Xiao Cai. If you want to kill Master, can you sell his body to me? I will work hard to buy it."

“Meow… meow~!”

The girl's sweet voice rang out from the restaurant, and the white cat on her head meowed timidly to express its greetings.

The performer looked at this scene with his eyes narrowed. The slits on the mask that represented his eyes curved into a crescent shape. He said in a playful tone:
"Oh? So Mr. Instigator wants to join the theater? If so, why didn't you tell me directly in the Hellsing world? Is there something you can't tell me?"

"Woo woo, Master Performer, I wanted to see you too, but that damned Black Sword was too much. Not only did he stop me from seeing you, he even snatched away the gift I prepared for you. I can only live here in misery, trembling with fear as I wait for your arrival!"

The instigator covered his face and cried bitterly, wiping his eyes with the pepper spray handkerchief handed to him by the colorful-haired girl. His eye sockets suddenly became red and swollen, and he looked like he had suffered a great injustice.

"Is that so? Well... I roughly understand. However, since Mr. Instigator wants to join the theater so much, and I just happen to have something that requires Mr. Instigator's assistance, I believe Mr. Instigator will not refuse, right?"

The performer said this, sitting cross-legged on the seat behind him, lowering his head, interlocking his fingers, and smiling at the instigator who was hugging his trouser legs in front of him.

"Of course! Of course! Master Performer, please give me your orders. I promise to go through fire and water without hesitation!"

The instigator nodded repeatedly, then sobbed twice, turned around and hugged the colorful-haired girl behind him, hugged her tightly, and said in a choked voice with tears streaming down his face:
"I'm sorry, Xiaolan, and Cat, I clearly promised you that I would let you take care of me for the rest of my life, but this time I'm afraid we'll have to meet again in the next life. After I die, you must follow the Master Performer well and respect him as your own parents. Do you understand?"

The instigator said this, and returned the handkerchief in his hand to the colorful-haired girl with tears in his eyes. The colorful-haired girl took the handkerchief, wiped herself with it, and then burst into tears. With red and swollen eyes, she hugged the instigator and sobbed:
"Woo woo, Master~! You can die without worry. I will definitely try my best to buy your body and use it once before Miss Weiwei comes back!"

"..."

The chef on the second floor looked at this scene, and his expression, which had originally been afraid to move because of the blood and energy around him, could not help but twitch twice. He was obviously abstracted by the incredible brain circuits of the master and servant in front of him.

"Don't worry, this matter will not cost the life of the instigator. It just requires the instigator to take a small action and complete a task for me."

An inexplicably frightening and gentle voice sounded from under the mask. Facing the instigator who was madly adding drama to his own, the performer did not stop him, nor did he show any impatience. Instead, he smiled and said to the other party:
"To be honest, one of my 'friends' will invite me to a 'good show' soon. However, the ticket to that good show can only be used by those in the top echelon. Although I have a way to weaken my own strength, it is too dangerous to go in like that, isn't it?"

"Yes, it's too dangerous. Your body is so precious, how can you take risks so easily? The guy who invited you must have bad intentions. In my opinion, you should just reject his invitation and treat his words as fart!"

Upon hearing this, the instigator nodded his head repeatedly and spoke righteously, looking very loyal. The performer just smiled slightly and did not answer him. He continued with what he had just said:

"But this is an invitation from a 'friend'. As a performer, if I choose to refuse even a small invitation, it would be too narrow-minded, wouldn't it?"

"So, after careful consideration, I came up with a perfect method. I know a small shortcut that can allow me to safely enter the 'banquet' without having to reduce my own strength. However, there is a small prerequisite for using this shortcut, which is that the 'performer' must first enter the 'banquet', so..."

The performer said, narrowing his eyes, looking down at the instigator in front of him, and said with a devilish voice and a smile:

"Mr. Instigator, can you temporarily change your code name to 'Performer' and let 'Performer' appear in the 'Banquet' first?"

Geek!

As soon as he finished speaking, the chef on the second floor felt his heart and eyelids beat violently, and a hint of fear appeared in his pupils.

Just as he guessed, the other party definitely possesses the ability of "assimilation"! No, judging from this description, the other party's ability may not even be as simple as assimilation, but a kind of conceptual effect directly formed by the title of "Performer"!

"Well, this... To be honest, Mr. Performer, I accidentally used a world key a few days ago, and the destination of the next world has been determined, so..."

"If it is Mr. Instigator who is worried about his own safety, you can rest assured about this."

"As long as the instigator enters the 'banquet' and does what I say, I can guarantee that the instigator will be able to leave the 'banquet' safely."

Before the instigator could finish, the performer's voice, which was apparently very gentle but always able to send chills down one's spine, rang out. Not only that, as he spoke, he took out a contract written on parchment from his bosom.

"After all... we have an extremely reliable contract to protect our relationship, right?"

When the instigator saw the contract in his hand, his expression of distress suddenly became happy, and he smiled and rubbed his hands in a flattering tone and said:
"Haha, I was just joking! Don't worry, Mr. Performer, I promise to complete the task you assign me! I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

"Well... in that case, I will wait for good news from Mr. Instigator?"

"By the way, since Mr. Instigator is so interested in the theater, I will briefly tell you how to join the theater. In fact, the way to become a member of the theater is very simple. All you need to do is to announce to the public that you have become a member of the 'theater'~!"

The performer smiled and said, pinching the brim of his top hat with one hand under the gaze of everyone. The blood energy emanating from his body suddenly retracted and turned into a high-speed rotating blood-colored tornado, which enveloped him and disappeared on the spot. Only the devilish voice remained echoing in the restaurant:

"Well, let's meet again at the 'banquet', Mr. Instigator~!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the chair that was blown up by the blood fell back to the ground with a clang. It shook for a while and then gradually stabilized, making the restaurant fall into silence again.

The colorful-haired girl who was hugging the instigator tightly looked at the empty seat in front of her, then looked at the instigator who was changing into a normal handkerchief, blinked, and asked curiously:
"Master, do we really want to join that theater?"

"There's nothing we can do. This is what happens to little rule breakers like us. Oh, if I had known, I wouldn't have made the terms of the contract so lenient. It turns out that what people fear the most will come true~!"

The instigator frowned and pressed the hole in his forehead, sighed, and looked at the handkerchief in his hand. After thinking for a while, he said:

"Xiao Hong."

"What's wrong, Master?"

"Next time, just use tear gas. There's no need to use aphrodisiacs and pepper spray."

"But, Sister Weiwei said that this would have a special effect on the Master~!"

"Well, she's probably just teasing you. The most important thing is that you should at least prepare a normal piece for yourself." Inside the restaurant, the instigator looked at the colorful-haired girl who was limp in his arms, staring at the brain hole on his forehead with obsession, rubbing her face against his head, wanting to have 'oral sex' with her. After he cast a soul spell on the girl and made her fall into a deep sleep, a look of melancholy appeared in his eyes.

He clearly just wanted to be a little rule-breaker quietly and enjoy the process of pursuing his ideals, so why did he always run into such troubles?
"Oh, life~!"

……

……

Sanctuary paradise, exclusive room.

[Tip: The transmission is completed and the pioneer has returned to the exclusive room]

"How's it going, Lailai?"

"Preliminary results have been obtained. As expected, the amount of funds used by the instigator is less than 1 point."

Inside the room, Xin Lailai, who was full of blood and energy, took off his evil mask and looked at Ling Yuzi, who was using soul storage crystals to make various soul-related props. He let out a long sigh, and a look of relaxation appeared in his eyes.

In this way, the teammates on their side have been selected. Although there are certain operational risks, in terms of benefits, this is definitely the most effective method.

"But, Lailai, will there really be no problems if we let the instigator enter the world battle?"

"The rules of the World War only state that the number of players cannot exceed the limit, but there is no rule that those who violate the rules cannot be recruited. As for him... with this contract, even if he has any ideas, he can't cause any trouble."

As Xin Lailai spoke, he glanced at the parchment contract in his hand, and a strange look appeared in his eyes.

This contract was naturally the one that had tricked Quan Momo into the Black Bullet world. Because the main signatory of the contract was Quan Momo and he had already fulfilled his obligations under the contract, he directly asked Quan Momo to transfer the beneficiary of the contract to him.

Of course, under normal circumstances, if you want to transfer the rights of this contract, you must go through a lot of troublesome procedures. However, in order to allow Quan Momo to successfully replace himself in the Black Bullet World, the other party made considerable concessions in the contract, which can even be said to be comparable to a contract of selling one's body. This makes the operability of this contract on Quan Momo's side extremely huge.

However, at the beginning, he actually just wanted to use this contract to lure out the violator who had tricked Quan Momo and the organization behind him.

What he didn't expect was that the instigator was found, but the violator organization behind it, the "Tea Party" that had committed many crimes in the paradise, was directly wiped out by the military leader and his men along with the entire nest.

In the end, the only use of this bargaining chip that was prepared as an opportunity to contact the tea party was to negotiate with the instigator. As for why it was used for negotiation instead of being killed directly, one reason was that the paradise did not issue him the corresponding task, and the other was because according to his investigation, the instigator was a "sensible" violator.

Although these violators have the status of violators, they are actually more in the "gray area" of the park's regulations, rather than being involved in the "black restricted area" of the park like the machinemen and lords he killed in the past.

In terms of actions, this type of violators often engage in illegal behavior in a certain process, but in the end they are often able to use various operations to bring their own judgment back to a normal level, putting themselves in a state of 'violating the rules, but not completely violating the rules'.

For example, the most classic example is damaging the interests of the park. On the surface, this is a definite "black zone", but in fact, there is a "gray area" in the process that damages the interests of the park, but in the end it brings positive benefits to the park.

Simply put, if the violators are compared to thieves, then those who step into the "black restricted area" are the ones who stole money from the park and took it away, causing the park to actually lose the money; and those who wander in the "gray area" are the type of people who, after stealing the money, will find ways to use the money to make extra profits, and finally return the principal + a small part of the profit to the park, and keep the remaining part of the profit for themselves.

Although in terms of behavior, both types of violators have done things that harm the interests of the park at the beginning, the results can be said to be very different. This is the difference between the two types of violators.

By the way, he was not sure what attitude other parks had towards such violators, but in the Sanctuary Park, the park had always had a rather "ambiguous" attitude towards those violators in the "gray area".

They will not provide any assistance in terms of regulations, but will always turn a blind eye when it comes to various punishments and wanted orders. They are just like the "temporary workers" in the real world, in a state of being both useful and useless.

In this case, as long as the other party understands what to do and what not to do, and maintains a correct attitude, he naturally has no interest in adding a layer of burden to himself out of thin air, and even hopes that the other party will stay in this "gray area" forever.

After all, just like they were unable to pick suitable teammates from the normal contractors this time, at times like this, gray area violators like instigators become particularly useful.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the other party will not cross the real dead line. Otherwise, turning into a medal of honor and a scarlet treasure chest will be the only fate of the other party. There is absolutely no doubt about this.

[Tip: The effect of "Hunger Digestion" has ended. According to the results of this digestion, the Pioneer has obtained the following effects: Poison Resistance +9, Mental Resistance +1, Cold Resistance +3, Charm Resistance +2, Psychic Resistance +4, Dizziness Resistance... Heat Resistance +2, Curse Resistance +5]

Suddenly, a cold reminder sounded. Xin Lailai looked to the edge of his vision and found that their "hunger digestion" process had ended.

"Have all 18 types of resistance been improved?"

After carefully scanning the prompt information, Xin Lailai nodded slightly, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

You have to know that he still has the effect of +13 of all normal resistance provided by the "Oath Set +37.5". In this case, if you want to increase so much abnormal resistance at once on this basis, normally you need to spend at least 2 to 3 million Paradise Points to do it. However, relying on the effect of "Bite of Evil", he achieved the same effect at a cost of less than 3000 million.

"There are still 23 hours left in the park..."

After opening the permission interface and confirming the remaining stay time, Xin Lailai nodded slightly and without saying anything more, he controlled the alchemy puppet to walk towards the laboratory.

There is still some time before returning to paradise, so it is a good time for him to continue to perfect the three spells he developed before.

After actual combat testing with the dead, the strength of the three new spells was undoubtedly confirmed, but they also discovered some problems.

For example, 'Crystal Block Technique·Automatic Type', although automatic blocking is very convenient, if it is not used properly, there is a risk that the opponent will use a high-frequency covering attack to consume a large amount of their body protection energy. Therefore, it is necessary to make more reasonable planning and restrictions on its single response limit and range.

There is also the 'Crystal Space Technique·Chaos', which essentially simulates the spatial fluctuations of the space transmission (orbit) arrays (cannons) that they have 'tasted' in the past, in order to interfere with the nearby space.

There is nothing wrong with doing this conceptually, but after testing it in actual combat, they found that the range of this move is still a little too random. Even if the enemy is hit by the same position at the same distance, the intensity of the spatial shock they receive will vary greatly. If they are unlucky, they may even face the embarrassing situation that the intensity of the spatial shock they receive is several times that of the enemy.

However, after a whole day of improvement, this defect has now become much more stable, which can at least ensure that they will not be hit by space shocks stronger than those of the enemy.

As for why they don't cast spells from a distance? The answer is that the spatial fluctuations of this thing are induced in their bodies, or in other words, only by utilizing the energy environment in their bodies can this spell be launched, otherwise they would never be so idle as to involve themselves every time.

There is also the Crystal Devouring Spell, which is the most powerful spell among the several spells they developed this time. However, due to its high strength, their current use of Crystal Devouring Spell is still at an extremely preliminary stage. But if they want to continue to improve it, it cannot be done in a day or two, so they can only do it slowly.

"Oh, I almost forgot about this."

Suddenly, Xin Lailai seemed to remember something, and took a screenshot of the resistance increase and her shopping list and posted it to the team channel, with a cunning smile on her face.

I almost forgot, it seems that Yamu and the Death Bearer only used the "Will of Blood" when they returned this time, and haven't touched the "Bite of Evil" yet?

As the captain of the Guixu team, how could he not remind his teammates about such an important matter?
After all, such a good thing can't be enjoyed by only him and Ling Yuzi, right?

……

(End of this chapter)