Eldritch Horror Theatre - Ch. 90: King of the White Tower (12)
Obviously, Fu Qian's brutal performance over the past two days had left a deep impression on people.
As soon as the words left his mouth, not only the beast-claw girl, but even Lu Ming beside her wore a stiff expression.
Fu Qian took all these reactions into his eyes and gave a snort.
The local gangs are really too impolite!
The boatman who happened to row for him was the blonde woman's sister.
There was no way Fu Qian believed in such a coincidence.
The most likely explanation was that this Rebirth Club's reach was indeed a bit long; they had monitored where he stayed and observed Veil's comings and goings.
So they brought her sister out to probe him, orchestrating this "coincidence."
On one hand, they could show goodwill; on the other, they could see if they could somehow hold him in check.
As for Veil's sister, she didn't look like the sharpest tool in the shed. She was highly likely completely ignorant of this and was just called over in a daze.
Perhaps before she came, they even painted her a pretty picture, saying things like the company wants to groom you and entrust you with important tasks, etc.
All he could say was that there is no cure for the brain-dead.
The beast-claw girl looked panicked now, opening her mouth several times without making a sound.
Fu Qian ignored her. After a snort, he turned his head and shot a glance at Lu Ming.
As a master who had just torn a behemoth apart with his bare hands, it would be too mild-tempered of him to show no reaction to being spied on.
That one glance made Lu Ming's breath hitch, his arm hairs standing on end.
Arranging for Veil's sister to come was originally meant to quietly do him a favor, but they hadn't expected the plan to backfire.
Fu Qian had clearly realized he was being monitored and was quite displeased about it.
The previously amicable atmosphere was now entirely gone.
Given this guy's style of fighting at the drop of a hat, what he might do was truly hard to predict.
At this moment, Lu Ming sincerely regretted this overly clever probe.
Fu Qian stared for a long time, until Lu Ming's body went taut, his right hand trembling, on the verge of accidentally firing off an attack.
Then, he suddenly turned his head away nonchalantly and resumed examining the tentacles in the box.
...
Lu Ming let out a silent breath and glanced at the beast-claw girl.
In less than half a minute, the latter was almost unable to stand, devoid of any color in her face.
"You can step outside first."
Lu Ming lowered his voice and shooed her out.
The beast-claw girl, as if granted amnesty, turned and fled.
After two steps, she remembered something, bent down to pick up the pendant she had thrown on the floor, and hurried out the door clutching it in her hand.
"Elder Lu, I have a question?"
As soon as the beast-claw girl left, Fu Qian addressed Lu Ming without any trace of a grudge, as if nothing had happened.
"Did you just say the club could help me fuse with this thing?"
Lu Ming was startled. He thought Fu Qian was going to interrogate him, but didn't expect the topic to suddenly switch back to this.
Lu Ming took a breath and nodded deeply.
"Yes. We have already grasped some of its characteristics initially. If you are interested, Mr. Fu, we will definitely cooperate fully.
"With your strength, as long as you can fuse with it, the probability of advancing to a Demigod is quite high.
"In the future, there will certainly be a place for you in the archipelago!"
"Is that so!"
After Lu Ming finished speaking, Fu Qian glanced back at him.
"Ibrahimovic doesn't have a good relationship with you guys?"
...
"No wonder you came knocking on my door tonight just after I had a conflict with that Demigod."
"Could you tell me, what kind of conflict could there be between you two?"
"This..."
Lu Ming took a breath and nodded slightly.
"Your eyes are as sharp as torches, Mr. Fu. Then I have nothing to hide."
"The relationship between Ibrahimovic and us is indeed not harmonious.
"In the beginning, we were the ones who assisted Bai Jinting in establishing the archipelago.
"And the Laboratory is fundamentally the bedrock of the archipelago's development. It can be said that without the club's assistance, this place would never have existed."
"Sounds like a truly eventful era." Fu Qian blinked. "I believe there were quite a few casualties during the exploration process, right?"
"If anyone else asked, I would certainly say no, but among smart people, we should be sincere. I can only say that for the sake of some great progress, the sacrifice of the ignorant masses is worth it."
"It's also their honor."
"Bai Jinting is aware of this too?"
"Of course. In the beginning, he provided us with a considerable amount of base materials."
"Understood, please continue." Fu Qian nodded with satisfaction.
"As the foundation of the island, the club and the Laboratory originally held a transcendent status, and everything developed very smoothly.
"Unfortunately, ever since Ibrahimovic came here, we have been targeted everywhere..."
"That guy doesn't like these things?" Fu Qian pointed around.
"Describing it as treating them like sworn enemies would be more appropriate," Lu Ming sneered.
"A Demigod like him, who advanced relying on bloodline and a tiny bit of effort, currently cannot stand Grafting, seeing it as a crooked path.
"The key is Bai Jinting's unusual trust in him. Over the past five years, we have suffered more and more restrictions.
"The Rebirth Club, which everyone used to envy, has now become a dirty thing to be avoided."
"Actually, it is understandable." Fu Qian pointed at the tentacles in the box. "Even I find this thing incredibly wicked when I look at it!"
"New things always have to be popularized step by step!" Lu Ming's expression looked slightly embarrassed.
"Makes sense." Fu Qian nodded. "Can I touch it?"
?
Lu Ming looked thoroughly surprised.
Your thoughts are jumping too fast!
"Fusion requires a lot of preliminary testing and preparation work."
"It's fine, I'm just taking a look."
"Alright..."
After obtaining Lu Ming's consent, Fu Qian extended an index finger and poked it into the box.
The twisting, writhing tentacles seemed to sense something and suddenly stopped.
The next moment, the tips of the tentacles curled up slightly and slowly approached Fu Qian's finger.
"The vitality of this thing is much higher than other limbs." Watching Fu Qian's movements, Lu Ming explained in a deep voice from the side.
Before his voice had faded, the tentacles had already climbed onto Fu Qian's index finger.
An icy, slimy sensation was transmitted. Wherever the tentacles passed, the skin seemed to be dyed with a layer of aqua-blue fluorescence.
Just as the tentacles crawled over his palm and were about to spread towards his wrist, Fu Qian suddenly withdrew his hand.
He turned to look at the bewildered Lu Ming.
"Let's stop here for today."
...
Politely declining Lu Ming's offer to escort him back, Fu Qian asked them for a boat and rowed unsteadily back.
After Lu Ming's figure disappeared from sight, Fu Qian unfurled his right hand.
Under the moonlight, starlight-like specks of blue fluorescence covered more than half of his palm, looking like a galaxy.
This was where that thing had crawled over.
At this moment, it felt as though countless tiny insects were trying to burrow into his flesh.
He brought it to his mouth and sniffed it.
Not only that, but that special scent was brought out as well.
All he could say was that Lu Ming and his crew had a decent eye; this thing was indeed somewhat miraculous, not as simple as an ordinary supernatural creature.
Almost at the same time, the feeling of being watched flashed across Fu Qian's senses and disappeared.
He really is there!
Fu Qian didn't look back toward the central island, but he was ninety percent sure that the Demigod Ibrahimovic was observing him from some location.
At first, it was just a guess, until just now when he revealed the trace of his touch, which caused a slight fluctuation in this person's emotions, thereby allowing him to briefly detect his presence.
This person hated Grafting to the bone. He had probably been monitoring his contact with Lu Ming and the others all along.
This was for the best, otherwise, he would have touched that thing in vain earlier.
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