Universe Infinite Canteen.

Chapter 518: Strange Fruit
Although Qiu Tong explained to those people many times that she was a freshman at Houde and followed the principal to deal with the disaster zone, Cao Jinhua was dead and Malu's origins were unknown.

The two were still detained in the security room for more than half an hour. Fortunately, people from the Fu Master Association arrived half an hour later.

The visitor was a middle-aged man wearing a dark blue gown, a gray tile-top hat, saddle-style round-frame glasses, a goatee, and carrying a suitcase.

After seeing Malu and Qiu Tong, he seemed a little surprised, but still asked, "Where is your principal?"

"Principal Cao was possessed by a shadow spirit in the disaster zone and has... died." Qiu Tong said.

When she mentioned Cao Jinhua, her voice couldn't help but choke up.

Although she and Cao Jinhua did not spend a long time together, the latter's kindness and fairness, and his meticulous care and concern for students deeply touched the girl.

Malu also spoke up at this time, "I am not Principal Cao's student. I accidentally entered the disaster zone."

The middle-aged man with a goatee might have regarded him as an ordinary person. Hearing this, he muttered, "Those in charge of the police station are just there to eat for nothing. They can't even guard the entrance."

Then he looked at Qiu Tong again, "How did you get out of there?"

"It's Mr. Ma..."

Before Qiu Tong could finish her words, Malu interrupted her, "We killed the lord together."

"You still know the Lord?"

"Principal Cao told me roughly that," Qiu Tong couldn't help but say, "The monsters in the disaster zone this time just happened to restrain Principal Cao's abilities. He had asked for help from the outside world. According to the regulations, the people from the Talisman Master Association should have sent people into the disaster zone four hours ago..."

"Rescue? The Disaster Response Bureau has not received any relevant requests for assistance," the man with the goatee said firmly, "I guess Principal Cao remembered it wrong, or he burned the wrong talisman."

"Ah?" Qiu Tong found it a little unbelievable that she burned the wrong talisman paper, but she was not a talisman master yet, so she didn't know whether this kind of thing was common.

The man with the goatee stroked his beard and continued, "You killed the lord inside, but did you gain anything?"

The millipede showed a black shadow, four green stones dropped by Cao Jinhua, and a fallen leaf made of light.

The leaves fell from the Cardcaptor Sakura tree.

Goatee first glanced at the green stones and said, "According to the rules, you can keep the turquoise stones for yourselves."

After saying this, he picked up the fallen leaf made of light and said, "I'll make a copy of the material and keep it for archiving. I'll return it to you later."

As he spoke, he opened the briefcase he was carrying, took out a thick notebook, placed it on the table, and made a gesture.

The next moment, the notebook opened to both sides, and the pages inside turned automatically without wind. I turned almost two-thirds of the pages before I found a blank page.

Goatee put the leaf made of light on it, then took out his pocket watch and started timing.

A quarter of an hour later, he picked up the leaf again, and the cherry tree made purely of light that Malu and Qiu Tong had seen before appeared on the originally blank page, and there was also a vague black shadow under the tree.

As for the right side of the page, a line of small ink characters appeared - Cardcaptor Sakura.

Malu took the opportunity to ask, "What are these leaves and trees?"

Having finished his task, Goatee seemed to be in a good mood and explained casually.

"The so-called disaster zone is caused by these strange fruits. No one knows where they come from or why they appear in front of us. At the beginning, due to people's lack of understanding of them, they called them disasters." "But in fact, according to the research of the Talisman Master Association in recent years, these strange fruits are more like being infected with some diseases, so they come here to seek our help.

“As long as you get rid of the diseases that plague them, um, those monsters you see in the disaster zone, especially the lords, you can get their gifts.

“Usually it’s a leaf, bark, rhizome or something like that, which can be used as the material for making a talisman.

"If you're lucky, you can get one or two fruits. They are extremely valuable and have many uses for talisman masters."

Seeing the interest on Malu's face, Goatbeard snorted coldly, "Don't even think about the fruit. Since you have seen the exotic fruit trees, you should know that they are invulnerable to swords and guns, and are immune to water and fire.

"So every time you get rid of the disease, you can only take what it gives you. Fruits usually only appear in at least the third level of disaster zone."

"So that's how it is." Malu listened with great interest.

"And since you said you're not a talisman master, you have even less chance of picking up exotic fruits."

The man with the goatee was too lazy to waste time on an ordinary person. He said a few perfunctory words and then looked at Qiu Tong standing beside him.

But he found that the girl was in a daze.

After killing the shadowy Principal Cao, Qiu Tong also saw the cherry tree and tried to pick the fruit from it. However, just as Goatee said, she couldn't pick the fruit at all.

The cherry tree looks small, but its tiny body contains amazing power. No one can take anything away from it unless it wishes.

After shaking off a leaf, the cherry tree looked ready to disappear.

But unexpectedly, before leaving, he was grabbed by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Malu, and then Qiu Tong saw that there was suddenly a small knife in Malu's hand.

He chopped at the root of the tree with his knife and cut it off very easily. Then he did the same thing and cut off seven more roots in one breath, pulling the cherry tree back from the void.

Throw it into the small translucent bag he was carrying.

Qiu Tong was greatly shocked at the time, but she didn't fully understand the value of this move at that time.

It was not until she heard what Goatbeard said that she realized that the strange fruit came to humans for help, and in the end, both the fruit and the tree were packed up and taken away by the millipede.

Qiu Tong was still in a daze, but was awakened by a light cough.

"Qiutong, right? I saw the results of your test at the Talisman Master Association two months ago. Your Talisman Master qualification is only D-level. I didn't expect that you could actually eliminate a lord of the second-level disaster zone this time."

Although Malu said that the lord was eliminated by the two of them working together, Goatbeard ignored him because he was just an ordinary person.

Then he said to Qiu Tong, "According to reason, you are not qualified to be a Hidden Hero, but it seems that you should be a talisman master with excellent practical talent. I can recommend you one. What do you think?"

"Ah, but I've already been accepted by Houde." Qiu Tong replied.

"Principal Cao is no longer with us, so it's still unclear whether Houde can continue to operate. Even if Houde is still there, it can't compare to Xiayin. Although Xiayin is at the bottom of the Mingxia Group, it is still ranked in the top 100 among the colleges and universities of the Ministry of Education.

"And if you perform well in Hidden Heroes, you can transfer to Light Heroes, Ranger Heroes, Ren Heroes, or even Heroes and Famous Heroes schools. This is a rare opportunity."

(End of this chapter)