I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

In this situation, various smells mixed together, making Asuna frown.

Seeing this, those guys who were already far away from Asuna squeezed out a space towards the door.

"Uh..."

The person closest to the door was squeezed so hard that his face turned pale and he let out a painful groan with great difficulty.

"Um..." Lubbock poked his head out from behind, a look of fear on his face: "Who are they?"

As he spoke, he cautiously stretched out his hand and pointed at those "people from all walks of life" who were reading books together crazily.

"Don't worry about them, they are just boring people."

Asuna raised her head and glanced at Lubbock, her fingertips gently stroking the pattern on the corner of the page.

"By the way, can you help me get a book that records the history of the empire?"

Asuna gently closed the book in her hand, put it back where it belonged, and asked.

"Oh, alright."

Lubbock nodded repeatedly, then walked out from the back with some hesitation, and walked into the crowded crowd with an embarrassed expression.

"Um... could you please let me go for a moment..."

He came up to a fat man with a big belly and gorgeous clothes, lowered his head, and there was a hint of pleading in his voice.

This is very consistent with what it looks like when common people in the imperial capital encounter powerful people. As the son of a former wealthy man, Labock has seen such scenes countless times from other people, so if he imitates it, it can be regarded as a perfect restoration.

The fat man in fancy clothes glanced secretly in Asuna's direction.

Asuna had adjusted her chair at some point, facing them, with her arms resting on the table, her fingers tapping the surface lightly, her eyes sweeping over them and the others intentionally or unintentionally.

Noticing the fat man's gaze, Asuna shifted her gaze slightly and finally landed on the fat man.

"Uh...go over there!"

The fat man felt a sudden strong chill, causing his fat body to shiver violently.

He quickly moved aside to make way for Lubbock, while also avoiding Asuna's gaze. He held his breath and gasped for air.

"So weak."

Asuna shook her head and looked away as if she had lost interest.

The fat man's breathing suddenly stagnated, but soon returned to normal and continued to read the failure book in his hand that was written by someone unknown.

Lubbock moved carefully among the crowd, keeping his head down and not daring to reveal his true appearance.

Although he had been exposed in front of Asuna, she didn't seem to know his identity. Besides, he couldn't beat her, so he could only accept his fate.

However... after Labok walked all the way trembling with fear and successfully got the imperial history book, he suddenly discovered that these people's attention was not on him from the beginning!

So I wasn't exposed? I was just an innocent victim?

Thinking of this, Labberk was no longer nervous and his steps became much lighter.

55 See you tomorrow

Noticing the change in Lubbock, Asuna glanced at him calmly, chuckled, took the history book from his hand, and said, "Thank you."

"It should be."

Lubbock maintained his identity as an ordinary shop owner and spoke very politely.

Then he walked back to his seat, pretended to pick up a book and started flipping through it.

On the other side, Asuna was flipping through the history book in her hand, looking for some kind of pattern in the pages.

When she was reading a book just now, she saw a pattern representing a certain family in the corner of the page. Such books are generally not circulated.

But today Asuna actually saw it in such a small bookstore, which was obviously not normal.

As for those guys huddled together in the aisle?

As long as these guys don't cause trouble for her, Asuna will ignore them.

Although it was somewhat unpleasant to be so blatantly monitored, when the empire was liberated, none of the people above them would be able to escape. Asuna was not in a hurry to settle accounts with them right away, and could just wait for the final settlement.

After a while, Asuna found the pattern of another different family in this history book. If Asuna had not observed it carefully enough, she might have skipped it and turned the page.

"Can you give me another book?"

Asuna pushed the history book in her hand in front of Lubbock and said.

"Oh well."

Although he had many doubts in his mind, Lubbock still stood up and picked up the history book.

"What book do you want to read next?"

He asked, standing still.

"Do you have a geography book?"

Asuna tapped her fingers lightly on the table, and after a moment's silence, she raised her head and asked.

"Yes, but the information recorded there is outdated. Now the names of many cities and villages have changed, and even the roads may not be accessible..."

After thinking for a moment, Lubbock looked towards another bookshelf and said subconsciously.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can watch it." Asuna continued.

"Okay then." Lubbock shrugged and said indifferently, "But I still suggest you go to a specialized map shop. The information marked there is the latest. They even have maps of the northern and western territories that the empire has only expanded in recent years."

Lubbock walked to the bookshelf, pulled out a tattered-looking book, and handed it to Asuna. He sat back in his seat and said, "But I heard that those two places are developing very fast. Maybe if you buy a map of the place from the imperial capital now, by the time you get there, the map will be outdated, haha."

"It's fast, but it's just a part of the empire. It doesn't count."

Asuna shook her head and spoke in a calm tone.

"That's already great."

Lubbock poured out the water in the teapot, poured in the freshly boiled water, and then made a cup of tea for Asuna and himself.

"Anyway, little people like us can't change anything, as long as life can become a little smoother, that's enough."

“It’s not an easy thing to do.”

Asuna looked down at the geography book in her hand, looked at the pattern somewhere on the page, shook her head, and said:

"It may be related to your poor business, but you should change your supplier next time. These books are too old."

Asuna pointed at the pattern on the page and then pushed the book in front of Lubbock.

"Look, the content of this book is outdated, and there are some inexplicable 'scratches' on the pages. If it is bought by those stubborn people, they might just return it."

"This……"

Lubbock leaned over to take a look, and when the blurry pattern came into his eyes, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Although his memory of the origin of the pattern was a little fuzzy, he still remembered that it seemed to be the pattern of a powerful family they had assassinated.

"You can't do big business by being careless. I hope that next time I come, these books won't have some unnecessary 'flaws' like they do now."

Asuna smiled at Lubbock, but that smile looked extremely terrifying in Lubbock's eyes.

She had discovered that there was something wrong with these books a long time ago, and the reason she wanted to exchange books with me was to confirm whether there were other books with similar family patterns.

Although I checked the books when I was selecting them, I didn’t do a thorough check because the workload was so huge. In addition, no one came to buy books, so I forgot to check them when I was reading them…

Lubbock wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, then pretended to be angry and said, "Damn it, I should have checked the goods carefully before purchasing. Now I am at a big loss!"

"It must have cost you a lot of money to get these books. Check the other books and pick out the ones with problems. I hope that there won't be these flaws when I come next time."

Asuna raised her teacup and shook it gently a few times before continuing, "I have a business deal I want to discuss with you. If the quality of the books is suitable, I will also choose to purchase a large quantity."

"You mean..."

Lubbock asked cautiously.

"If I'm not mistaken, you're going to be rich, in every sense of the word."

After saying that, Asuna put down the teacup, stood up and was about to leave.

"guest!"

Lubbock quickly stood up and followed.

The spies who were blocking the aisle tried to make way, but because the bookstore was too narrow, they could only squeeze through the narrow store entrance.

In just a short while, those people rushed out of the store. They looked towards the entrance of the alley and looked at each other, not knowing what to do next.

In the store.

"Should I help you deal with those people, or do you want to do it yourself?"

Asuna stood not far from the store entrance and asked Lubbock behind her.

"Ha...haha, sir, what are you talking about? Our small shop can't afford to offend those people."

Lubbock gave a dry laugh and managed a reluctant response.

"Then let you guys solve it on your own. With your record in the imperial capital, it should be easy to solve them."

Asuna ignored him and said, "I will come again tomorrow. I have a big deal to discuss with you. It depends on whether you dare to accept it."

"Of course, if you can't keep this base, you can come to me."

Lubbock looked embarrassed: "Ah, this..."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

Asuna took a step forward and continued to wander around the imperial capital.

56 With Big Brother here, your business will definitely not fail!

Seeing Asuna leave, the spies gathered in the alley hurriedly followed.

Behind him, Lubbock felt a great headache looking at that group of people.

There are so many people, and the forces behind them are all different. How do you want me to handle it? !

You can easily deal with them by yourself without getting into trouble, right?!

I have to deal with it...

Damn it, if I had known I wouldn’t have come today!

Lubbock pulled his hat on his head, walked into the house, and after a few steps, he arrived at the attic on the second floor of the bookstore.

"That's quite a lot..."

Through the small window of the attic, Lubbock carefully explored the surrounding situation.

However, when he saw the huge group of people following Asuna, he couldn't help but complain in a low voice.

Before Asuna entered the bookstore in Lubbock, the spies disguised as passers-by were able to restrain themselves a little.

But when Asuna entered the narrow bookstore, no one behind them was willing to give up following her.

I just gave up and let them all go in.

The final result was that they simply gave up their disguises and just hung far behind Asuna, recording her every move.

However, as the spies left, another group of people slowly walked in from the entrance of the alley.

The target was the bookstores in Lubbock.

"I have to spend money again today..."

Lubbock lowered his head, took out his wallet and took a look at it, his face immediately turned bitter.

Why did I come today?!

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a good sleep in the base?

Why do you have to come to this place to sleep so diligently? !

Ah... By the way, it seems that because Brand and the others were training too loudly, I couldn't sleep, so I came here to sleep...

Alas, if I hadn’t come here today, I wouldn’t be able to sleep well in the base, but at least I wouldn’t have met that masked empire.

If I stay in the base, this base won't be at risk of being exposed...