Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

Chapter 428 Making the Best Use of Everything

[Universal wishing machine (imitation, blue)

An imitation of the universal wishing machine (gold), which can grant some wishes within its capabilities.

Usage: Equivalent exchange. Put your own items into the wishing machine and say your wish.

ps: The wishing machine is a perpetual motion machine in the field of alchemy. Everyone knows that it cannot exist, but there are always people trying to make it. I am not talented, so I can only make an imitation. ——Abby, God of Alchemy

ps: I don’t feel as good as...——The fugitive alchemist Edelman

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The next day, after breakfast, the fat butler drove Lu Ren and the others back to Mihua Town. When he arrived near Mihua Station, Lu Ren got off the car first and returned home. After solving yesterday's case, he once again saved enough for ten draws in a row.

It was inconvenient to go out yesterday, but now I can smoke when I get home. Wash, burn paper, and draw prizes. A burst of blue light flashed, and Lu Ren pulled out this universal wishing machine.

He played with the sapphire-colored small wine glass in his hand, and his thoughts gradually dispersed. In his previous life, he had watched an anime. The characters there fight with each other to win the Holy Grail. A Holy Grail that claims to grant all wishes.

If the thing in his hand were to be forced to say so, it might be called the Holy Grail, or an imitation of the Holy Grail. It's just that such a small cup can't fit anything larger into it. It’s not very convenient to use. Why doesn’t the God of Alchemy make this wishing machine bigger? Or...

Lu Ren got up and walked to the utility room, where all the white items he received from the lottery were stored. Earlier, Lu Ren was worried that members of the organization would sneak into his home secretly to conduct inspections, and it was difficult for him to explain the source of these white items. So he destroyed most of the white items he drew early in various ways.

However, after drawing Dabai, the security of his house has been upgraded in all aspects. Lu Ren never dealt with these white items, but put them in the utility room. He came here now just to test his guess.

[Pistol lighter (white)]

This is a white item that Lu Ren drew when he first came to this world, and is basically useless. Not to mention that he doesn't smoke now, even when he smoked before, he didn't need this thing. Because the workmanship of this pistol lighter is so realistic that even the scale and size are the same as a real gun. If you take such a thing on the street, you will definitely be invited to tea by the police.

But now it might come in handy. Lu Ren picked up the pistol lighter and placed it horizontally on the cup of the wishing machine. Then with a thought, the pistol lighter disappeared from his hand. No, it doesn’t count as disappearing. To be more precise, it is transfer.

The pistol lighter was transferred from his hand to an unknown dark space.

"Hey, it's really okay."

This wishing machine seems to be able to ignore the size of objects. Can that be...

The pistol lighter returned to his hand again, and Lu Ren "took" it out of the dark space.

"I am. This is not a wishing machine. Isn't this the storage magic weapon in the works of cultivating immortals?" Lu Ren looked back at Dabai who followed him, and said excitedly: "Dabai, this thing is awesome. It can be used as a storage device. The use of magic weapons.”

[Master, just be happy. 】

"Why do I feel that there is something in your words?" Because of the existence of his mind, Lu Ren subconsciously felt that Dabai's words were not sincere.

[Space expansion technology has been popularized in Blue Star. Every Blue Star citizen’s home uses space expansion technology. As for the small portable space expansion device you are talking about, like the bracelet, it is distributed free of charge by the Blue Star Federation. 】

[The wishing machine in your hands is very rare, and because it is a masterpiece, the price is extremely high. Master, you can use it as a space expansion device...]

"A waste of natural resources. A beggar asking for food from a golden rice bowl?"

Dabai was silent.

Lu Ren sighed. After hearing what Dabai said, he calmed down now. The previous excitement had basically dissipated a lot, but there was one thing he still wanted to explain to Dabai.

"Babai, what you said only applies to the Blue Star people. They each have a space expansion device, and I don't have one. Just like a glass of water, it has no value to me now, but to pedestrians who are already short of water in the desert, A glass of water is worth more than gold.”

【Too. The truth is clear, but the concept cannot be changed in a short time. 】

"It's okay, it's not a big problem."

Lu Ren replied casually, preparing to test the other functions of the wishing machine. For example, its storage range. Maybe it is not necessary to place the items at the mouth of the cup. Lu Ren tried to put the pistol lighter ten centimeters away from the wishing machine, but it was also put back.

"You don't have to put it close to the rim of the cup. It's also okay when you take it out."

that's the truth. So Lu Ren went on to test the maximum storage distance. Ten centimeters, twenty centimeters, thirty centimeters...

Finally, through Dabai's accurate measurement, the maximum storage radius of the wishing machine is one meter.

"It's a bit short. But it's not a big problem."

Lu Ren once again threw the pistol lighter into the wishing machine, but this time he did not take it out, but directly made a wish - increasing the storage distance appropriately.

After all, this wishing machine is just a blue imitation. Lu Ren is worried that if a specific value is given, such as increasing the storage distance by ten centimeters, and the wishing machine cannot do it, then his pistol lighter will be wasted. Otherwise, give me a vague word, "appropriate amount". You can see for yourself and add as much as you can.

[The wish is received - the tribute is accepted - the wish is successful]

"That's it."

After calculation, the storage distance of a white item increased by one centimeter. Not bad, Lu Ren began to repeat the above operation process. Finally, after consuming half of the white supplies in the utility room, the storage radius of the wishing machine became two meters.

It's not that Lu Ren doesn't want to keep adding more, it's just that he can't add more. Throw in five or six white items, and the storage distance is not increased.

"Two meters is not bad. When the time comes, I will just stuff a few tons of scrap metal into it. When I encounter the enemy, I will just raise my hand and release the scrap metal on top of his head. Justice from heaven will hit him to death."

【…】

"Wait a minute. Dabai, do you think this thing can take people in? If it can take people in, will they die?"

[I don’t know if it is possible, but if it is possible. According to the physique of people on earth, if you take it in, you will die, because it is a vacuum environment inside. 】

"That's it." Lu Ren pondered for a moment, "Do you want me to get a new batch of business cards, with a sentence printed in Blue Star script on them, 'Once you accept this business card, you belong to me.'"

Xiaoyou, the bracelet elf, suddenly appeared and said loudly and indignantly.

[Master, this is really not allowed! ! ! 】

[This probably won’t work. This wishing machine has no thinking ability and is a purely dead thing. The mild-mannered Baymax said no. 】

Dabai also echoed.

"That's it."

Lu Ren waved his hand, put the remaining white items in the utility room into the wishing machine, and made his wish at the same time.

[The wish is received - the tribute is accepted - the wish is successful]

The sapphire-colored small wine glass turned into a simple-looking black jade ring.

"Not bad." Lu Ren put it on the middle finger of his left hand and said with satisfaction, "Now I am also a person with a storage ring."

【…】

ps: The initial plan was for the protagonist to draw a trash can and a storage ring that can destroy items. But I feel like writing this way is a bit cliche. So these two things were combined and turned into a universal wishing machine.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 429 Be Prepared

Pistols, sniper rifles, triangular military spines... Lu Ren stuffed the wishing ring one by one. He actually disliked these weapons before. It was difficult to take them out when going out, and it was not safe to leave them at home. It was easy to just kill the people on the street. If the police came to search, he couldn't kill the police. Get rid of it?

Fortunately, there is no such concern now. Lu Ren hopes that the more of these things he can get, the better.

"It's still not enough... I need to get some more weapons from the organization."

First of all, you must have a submachine gun, a box of high-explosive grenades, some plastic remote-controlled bombs, and a box of caltrops that can puncture car tires. Yes, I need to make another RPG.

"But does the organization have such individual anti-tank weapons? There should be."

Gin is already flying a helicopter to shoot down Tokyo Tower, so it makes sense to play an entire RPG of this size. If it doesn't work, remove the machine gun from the helicopter and stuff it into the wishing machine. Lu Ren thought to himself that with his current physical condition, he should be able to withstand the recoil of a machine gun. Even if he couldn't bear it, he would be able to withstand it after two more doses of medicine. Sooner or later he would be able to use it.

The weapons that need to be stuffed into the wishing ring are listed here for the time being. No matter how many there are, they can be put down, but the organization may not be able to supply them. These are pretty much enough for now.

If there is anything that Lu Ren feels regretful about, it is that the items taken out of the ring are relatively stationary. Lu Ren cannot give them a forward initial speed, which means that they cannot achieve the same goal as described in martial arts novels. That way, with a casual wave of his hand, needles would fly all over the sky and thrown directly in front of people's faces.

After determining that this could not be done, Lu Ren made other attempts. It was previously stated that he can retrieve items anywhere within two meters. What if there happens to be a person standing at the place where he wants to take something. Then this thing cannot be taken out, or it will remain in the person's body.

If it's the latter, then this is a killing method countless times more terrifying than a hidden weapon. The parts of the human body are very fragile and even delicate, and some parts cannot withstand even the slightest damage. Just like if there is a pebble suddenly in the brain or heart, it will definitely kill someone. You can also go a step further and make pills that slowly melt when exposed to liquid and deliver them directly to the human brain.

After the man ascended to heaven, the pills melted away, leaving no trace behind. Even if people dissected the body, it was impossible to figure out how the man died. The most common diagnosis is a cerebral hemorrhage.

It's a pity that the idea is good, but it still doesn't work well in practice. Even if he puts a sealed box there, he won't be able to put the items in the wishing ring into the box.

Dabai also deeply regretted this, and then they both received a loud reprimand from Xiaoyou. I don’t know what the person who created it thought, or why he set such a high moral standard for it. Wei Guangzheng was a little out of tune with his master.

Besides, Lu Ren didn't want to use this thing to kill people, he just wanted another way to protect himself. Having a gun but not using one and not having a gun are two different concepts.

Fortunately, this idea is only difficult to operate, not completely impossible. After all, the wishing ring in his hand is not a simple space expansion device. Its essence is a wishing machine. What the space expansion device cannot do, the wishing machine can naturally do it. It's just a matter of how much it costs.

After Lu Ren sacrificed a lot of things at home that were not needed for the time being, he successfully put a bullet in the wishing ring into a sealed box. The value of this pile of things is hard to quantify. If we insist on giving a standard, it would be equivalent to about ten white items. Although the white items produced by these systems are ordinary industrial products in Lu Ren's opinion, both in terms of function and appearance, human beings' existing technology can fully achieve them. But at the wishing machine, these white items are more valuable than what Lu Ren bought himself.

This is a good thing, at least the white items drawn in the future will have a use. Ten white items can put a bullet into a sealed box. But the box is just a dead object. To realize his idea, it would take an unknown amount of white objects to put items into the brains of living creatures.

Lu Ren has no way of knowing this yet. First, it is impossible for him to conduct experiments on random people in order to test his own ideas. Even if it didn't harm the person in the end, such as just putting the item into the person's stomach, Lu Ren's moral values ​​would make him unable to accept it.

Another point is that there are no sacrifices in his home for him to do this. Lu Ren also tried to directly use Japanese coins as sacrifices, but the actual effect was the same as using Hades coins. At the wishing machine, it's just paper.

So Lu Ren drove to a nearby convenience store and swept away everything he could. Then he ran to the hospital to do some shopping.

In addition to using these things as sacrifices, you should also add some survival supplies to the wishing ring, including clean water, food, fuel, medicine, simple medical equipment and essential tools for survival in the wild.

But the last point is that you can't buy good ones offline, and you can only buy some things for hikers to play with. You still have to take advantage of the organization and get some military field survival supplies from it.

Of course we’ll talk about this later. Lu Ren returned home with a trunk of supplies and continued his experiments.

The experiment of retrieving objects from the human body through air has been basically completed. The problem that still needs to be solved now is the wish-making mechanism of the wish-making machine itself.

Lu Ren discovered that the wishing machine had a drawback that was not a drawback, and that was - when making a wish, the wishing machine treated all items stored in the cup as sacrifices. It would not be said that only a specific piece of items should be used as a sacrifice and the other items should be left alone.

This can't be blamed on the wishing machine. After all, its purpose is to make wishes, so the things put in it must be sacrifices. Who would have thought that someone would use it as a storage space.

But this is very troublesome for Lu Ren. For example, when he just imagined taking objects from the human body, when he couldn't use this function, he would first take out the weapons and necessary supplies stored in the wishing machine, and then make a wish.

Fortunately, this problem is not difficult to solve. The wishing machine is about making a wish.

After spending about twenty white items worth of supplies, Lu Ren divided the space in the wishing ring into two. Half is used to store his weapons and necessary supplies, and the other half is simply a sacrifice area.

Then Lu Ren stored the blue items he had drawn before into the wishing ring, magic pistol, awakening incense, nuclear flashlight, shaved ice machine, pen, clown mask... But when it was time to put the Marginal Man two-piece set, Lu Ren hesitated for a moment, and decided to keep the two-piece set close to his body as before, without stuffing it into the wishing ring.

The marginal man's two-piece set is different from other blue items, and its importance to Lu Ren is self-evident. If one day the wishing ring suddenly convulses and swallows other things, it doesn't matter, it will only hurt for a while. If you swallow the marginalized person's two-piece suit, it will cost Lu Ren his own life. It's better to be on the safe side and wear it close to the body, at least there won't be any problems.

After everything was prepared, Lu Ren drove to the organization base and prepared to restock from there to enrich his inventory.

The purchase process went smoothly, but when Lu Ren was leaving, Gin came over with a list. He pointed at the items on the list, stared at Lu Ren and asked in a deep voice: "Is the organization preparing to send you to fight in Southeast Asia?"

This is both a weapon and field supplies...

Gin immediately thought about a lot. The Golden Triangle over there is a famous drug area. Does the organization want to get involved and expand its business there? Or are you disappointed with the situation in Japan and want to gradually shift the focus of development...

"No. I took it for fun."

"..."

ps: I played Sniper Elite 4 for a while and wanted to simulate the feeling of sniping. I found that sniping is really difficult. He obviously felt that his aim was accurate, but he just couldn't hit anyone. I didn't even get past the first level in one night.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 430 Who is the undercover?

Seeing Ginjiu standing there silently, Lu Ren turned around and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

"Wait a minute." Gin called out to Lu Ren again, "I have already arranged the assassination of Domen Yasuki. As for what you said, what should we do?"

"Are you going to start taking action today?"

"Not yet, but it will be soon. Once Vermouth arrives, she will take charge of the operation." Gin replied.

The person in charge is in place (X)

The scapegoat is in place (√)

The gin is also quite wilted. Lu Ren remembered that there had been rumors in his previous life that there was some improper relationship between Gin and Belmode. Maybe they were old lovers or something.

If that were the case, Gin would be really merciless in tricking his own family members. However, according to Lu Ren's long-term observation, it seems that there is no special relationship between Gin and Bellmode. Even if there is, it is very ambiguous on the side of Bellmode. Gin's attitude towards her was basically the same as his attitude towards other people. They were all cold and nonchalant.

Perhaps only Akai Shuichi can arouse his interest.

Lu Ren gathered his thoughts and said calmly: "The FBI has a female investigator named Judy Stelling. Oh, you probably don't know her. You only care about Shuichi Akai."

Gin's eyes slowly narrowed.

Lu Ren seemed unaware, "This female investigator is currently recovering in the hospital. My plan is to spread the news of 'Assassination of Domen Yasuhui' to her ears. Of course, it doesn't matter even if it doesn't succeed, I still have The last move."

"What's the back-up plan?"

"This back-up plan is simple. There is no need for the FBI's involvement at all. We just need to create the illusion that the FBI is involved in this matter."

"you……"