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Chapter 56: Money, Crush Me!
Chapter 56: Money, Crush Me!
Is it finally dead?
Gazing at the massive toad below, shattered beyond recognition, Lyon's legs trembled slightly. To avoid showing weakness, he could only sit atop the mountain of gold and silver, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Although he had said it countless times before, at this moment, he really wanted to say it again... Cleaning up this mess is definitely not a job for humans!
Relying on a bellyful of idealistic nonsense, Lyon had verbally slain a Holy Spirit, leaving him weak in the limbs. He slowly climbed down from the gold mountain, glancing at the badge system's records along the way.
【With your exceptional eloquence and acting skills, you successfully created the false character "Money-hating Poor Laborer," distorting the Wealth-Changing Golden Toad's perception of the world and completely destroying its foundation. You have activated the Silver Badge "Elite Performer."】
【Performer: With a great script, a suitable stage, and you, an outstanding performance can be achieved.】
【Equipped Effect: With your exquisite lines and acting skills, you can fully immerse yourself in the "role" during performances, making the portrayed character and personality highly convincing.】
【Advancement Path: Perform ten excellent shows in a grand theater with an audience of over two thousand, and gain recognition from more than ninety percent of the viewers. This badge will automatically advance to the Golden Badge "Performance Master." Current progress: 0/10】
【Hidden Trait (No Need to Equip): An excellent performer, no matter where they are, stands out like a firefly in the darkness. Your aura has significantly improved.】
"..."
Although it was just a Silver Badge, it didn't seem to have much use. After reading the effects of 【Elite Performer】, Lyon disappointedly sighed, then scanned the badge panel below.
【Materialist Soul (Red)】
【Alcohol Nation Martyr (Gold)】
【Devil's Friend (Silver)】, 【Elite Performer (Silver)】
【Marksman (Bronze)】, 【Reliable Elder Brother (Bronze)】
【Unemployed Youth (Iron)】, 【Trainee (Iron)】, 【Parkour Novice (Iron)】
So far, Lyon had obtained a total of nine badges but only had five badge slots.
Among them, 【Materialist Soul】 occupied one slot, 【Alcohol Nation】, which dispelled fear, took another, and the remaining three were 【Devil's Friend】, which enhanced resistance to Fallen abnormalities, 【Marksman】, which improved shooting skills, and 【Trainee】, which directly increased work efficiency.
As for the equally useful 【Parkour】 badge, since the five badge slots were already filled, Lyon had no choice but to temporarily set it aside. He would switch to it later when encountering complex terrain. This newly acquired 【Performer】 badge would likely receive the same treatment, and he could only temporarily toss it into the badge warehouse, letting it gather dust...
Hmm... Fortunately, Lyon had other gains.
Looking at the massive toad before him, its body shattered but still impressive in size, Lyon's mood improved significantly. He reached out and touched the toad's shattered skull.
【Encounter... Materialist... Information】
【Name: Holy Spirit Remains (??, ??)】
【Appearance: Shattered Giant Toad Corpse】
【Ability: ?】
【Cost: ?】
【File: After an extremely cruel shattering, the Holy Spirit's cognition of concepts like money, currency, dominance, and transactions was destroyed, causing it to self-destruct. The remains cannot be used until they are repaired and refined again.】
【Evaluation: An extremely powerful abnormal material, which, when paired with excellent auxiliary materials and the correct techniques, should be able to create a formidable abnormal item.】
Indeed, the potential of this item was immense.
After reading the description provided by 【Materialist Soul】, Lyon nodded in satisfaction.
Although being blown up by the mouth cannon seemed a bit embarrassing, the Golden Toad was still a Holy Spirit-level existence, and the Anomaly it created was definitely extraordinary.
Additionally, according to the Cleanup Bureau's rules, as the one who personally... kissed and defeated the opponent, after completing the retrieval and handing it over, he had the absolute first claim to the Anomaly created.
Even if the final product didn't suit him well, he could still exchange it for other usable Anomalies, just like the Witch's Broomstick incident. So, despite the extreme danger of this accident, the gains were equally substantial...
"Kid! We're over here!"
After waiting for a long time without seeing Leon coming over, the Black Sheep, who was trapped under a pile of shattered Golden Wheels, couldn't help but urge impatiently:
"Hurry up! Stop touching that toad and come over here to dig us out!"
Leon, who was inspecting his loot, followed the voice and dug for a while on the half-collapsed Golden Wheel Mountain, finally freeing the trapped Black Sheep.
After regaining his freedom, the Black Sheep, seeing Leon almost unscathed except for a slightly torn shirt, couldn't help but exclaim excitedly:
"Quick, quick! Tell me! How did you win?"
"Didn't you hear it all? I just chatted with it about worldviews, life perspectives, and values. Then, it realized its cognition of the world was biased, and it collapsed..."
"Will those people be okay?" Leon asked worriedly, looking around the square at the unconscious people.
Not wanting to reveal the existence of the badge system to the Black Sheep, and feeling awkward about portraying himself as a saint who disdained money, Leon gave a vague response. He then stood up and looked around the square, feeling concerned.
"I remember that although the time it was active wasn't long, many people were affected by the toad's ability and aged significantly. Can they recover what was taken from them?
Also, when that toad started spitting out Golden Wheels, many people passed out and haven't woken up until now..."
"Oh, it's good that they're still unconscious!" The Black Sheep said nonchalantly after Leon lifted him up to see the situation in the Shopping Square.
"After being stimulated by you, the toad took back the money it gave these people and returned their forcibly bought lives.
See? The Golden Wheels sent to them have disappeared. That's proof that the toad canceled the transaction.
As for why they passed out... if you had a large amount of life taken away and then had it forcibly returned in a violent manner, you'd pass out too!"
After answering Leon's questions, the Black Sheep, still full of doubts, fixed his gaze on him, not blinking as he said:
"Kid! Don't try to fool me with those words! That toad wasn't familiar with you, so it was fooled. But I'm different!
You'd rather endure a stinky foot smell for over an hour than spend two extra copper wheels on a standard cabin ticket. You're the ultimate miser! There's no way you could resist the magic of money!
Tell the truth! Did that red-haired lady give you some kind of protection... Holy shit! Get away! Move!"
Get away? Could the toad resurrect?
Hearing the Black Sheep's warning, Leon's expression turned solemn, and he quickly turned around. However, the shattered pieces of the toad remained motionless, and the Golden Toad didn't perform a sit-up. But...
The Golden Wheel Mountain collapsed! In this minor landslide, countless metal currencies, like a golden flood, rushed towards them madly!
(End of Chapter)
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