Chapter 27: Lady White
After Tsuchimikado Motoharu left, Su Xiao pulled the curtains shut and locked the door.
Based on the known clues, the Final Spiritual Codex was in the hands of the Kihara Clan. The Kihara Clan was a large-scale conglomerate within Academy City, directly under the Board of Directors, with over four thousand members.
Most of these four thousand were researchers without combat capability; only a few hundred had fighting strength, mostly members of the Hound Dog Unit.
If he moved against the Kihara Clan, Aleister would likely interfere, but Su Xiao no longer cared about that. If he couldn't obtain the Final Spiritual Codex, he would almost certainly die. At a life-or-death juncture like this, would he still care about that hanging man, Aleister?
Besides, the other party wouldn't easily leave the Windowless Building. Assuming Su Xiao wiped out the Kihara Clan, at worst he would have a falling out with Aleister. The other party would only send his subordinates to deal with Su Xiao; the possibility of him acting personally was low, unless Aleister was willing to abandon that long-planned grand scheme.
Compared to that plan, the Kihara Clan didn't amount to much.
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The walkie-talkie Su Xiao carried crackled to life.
"It seems the Kihara Clan is your obstacle."
Aleister's voice came through the walkie-talkie. He had learned of Su Xiao and Tsuchimikado Motoharu's conversation through his floating surveillance spheres.
"Yes. Are you going to interfere?"
"This will affect my plan. Steps 2034 to 2265 will be disrupted. Stop."
Aleister's voice wasn't cold, but it was utterly devoid of emotion.
"Aleister, I told you before I could do things for you. Time, place, target—just provide those, and I won't ask questions. I did your business for you. Now it's my turn, and you want me to stop with a flimsy remark about affecting your steps?"
Large cracks appeared on the walkie-talkie in Su Xiao's hand.
"Leave Terestina Kihara Lifrein. The Final Spiritual Codex isn't with her. If you want to obtain it quickly, go to the Second District. What you're looking for is there. Consider this compensation for the previous matter."
Aleister didn't sever ties with Su Xiao; instead, he provided important information. There were multiple factors behind this, mainly Su Xiao's displayed combat power and the matter with Kanzaki Kaori.
"The Second District? I'll consider it."
Su Xiao crushed the communicator in his hand, closed his eyes, and sensed his surroundings. Several tiny, nearly invisible floating surveillance spheres drifted near him.
With a wave of his arm, Su Xiao shattered those surveillance spheres. This way, Aleister could no longer monitor the situation in the room.
When he learned the Final Spiritual Codex was with the Kihara Clan, Su Xiao had anticipated Aleister would try to stop him. But what Aleister hadn't expected was Su Xiao's tough stance, which clearly meant: I've already done your work for you, and now you're starting to hem and haw?
If Aleister truly fell out with Su Xiao, neither side would benefit. Su Xiao would definitely make Aleister regret it deeply.
Aleister seemed unfathomable, but in Su Xiao's view, he was just a highly purposeful magician. Aside from his formidable strength, he wasn't without weaknesses—for example, he couldn't operate openly, and the combat power he could deploy was limited.
After dealing with the surveillance spheres in the room, Su Xiao took out two treasure chests and placed them on the wooden table in front of him. Although Aleister couldn't see the chests, it was best not to open such items under the watch of a plot character. Better safe than sorry.
Lighting a cigarette, Su Xiao took out the Fate Redemption and used it to ignite the smoke. The thrilling moment of opening chests had arrived.
There were two treasure chests: one light gold and one dark purple, dropped by Mugino Shizuri and Stiyl respectively.
Exhaling a puff of light gold smoke, Su Xiao felt the blessing of the Lucky King upon him as he reached his "Black Chief Hand" toward the chest. Beside him, Bubu Wang couldn't help but imagine a scene: Su Xiao's hand wreathed in black smoke, the light gold chest trembling like a frightened young girl.
Bubu Wang's imagination was impressive, but when Su Xiao opened the light gold chest, golden light surged within the room.
"It flashed!"
Su Xiao smiled, the frustration from his earlier clash with Aleister swept away. He was eager to see what the light gold chest would yield.
[You have opened a treasure chest (Light Gold).]
[You have obtained 9,000 Paradise Coins.]
[You have obtained 13,000 Paradise Coins.]
[You have obtained Soul Crystal (Medium) ×4.]
[You have obtained Lady White (Light Gold).]
[You have obtained Mister Black (Light Gold).]
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[Lady White]
Origin: Academy City · Love & Passion Vigor & Beauty Pharmaceutical Company
Quality: Light Gold
Category: Rod-shaped Healing Staff (Entirely white, 30 cm long)
Durability: 115/115
Attack Power: 1～30
Equipment Requirements: Female, Intelligence 75 or above, Strength 8 or above, Charm 8 or above, Staff Basic Mastery Lv.25 or above.
Equipment Effect 1: Heal (Passive), each healing effect increased by 8% + Intelligence × 5%.
Equipment Effect 2: Heartthrob (Passive), each of your heals will trigger a judgment. If the target is male, increase the target's Defense/Magic Resistance by 10%. If the target is female, additionally increase healing effect by 80 points + 5% of lost health.
Equipment Effect 3: Excitement (Passive), due to this weapon's special purpose, Charm +5 when equipped.
Rating: 270 points
Introduction: If you try to open the switch at its bottom, you'll discover a 'new world.' Vibration and joy go hand in hand. Don't forget to charge it. Buzz buzz buzz～
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Su Xiao looked at the rod-shaped object in his hand and twitched his mouth a few times. This thing was definitely off.
As a single older woman, it wasn't surprising that Mugino Shizuri had such an item. However, the fact that it had become a healing staff was speechless. Su Xiao couldn't imagine a delicate healer using this thing to cast spells. The scene was too embarrassing and eye-searing.
Bubu Wang curiously approached, its innocent big eyes seeming to ask Su Xiao: "Master, what is this thing?"
"Nothing. A multi-functional healing staff."
Naive and innocent Bubu Wang nodded. In its view, the staff was too short and oddly shaped.
Ignoring its shape and original purpose, [Lady White] had strong attributes. For a healer class, this item provided a huge boost.
Two pieces of equipment were opened. [Lady White]'s attributes were shocking enough. Out of curiosity, Su Xiao checked the attributes of [Mister Black].
[Mister Black]
Origin: Academy City · Love & Passion Vigor & Beauty Pharmaceutical Company
Quality: Light Gold
Category: Club (Entirely black, with protruding bumps on the surface)
Durability: 150/150
Attack Power: 1～199
Equipment Requirements: Male, Strength 75 or above, Agility 50 or above, Club Basic Mastery Lv.25 or above.
Equipment Effect 1: Strong Attack (Passive), each attack on an enemy triggers a judgment. If the target is male, increase True Damage by 17 points. If the target is female, there is a 7% chance to stun the target.
Equipment Effect 2: Weak Point Strike (Passive), if hitting the enemy's lower body vital area, this attack's base damage is doubled (2～5 times damage, random judgment).
Equipment Effect 3: Excitement (Passive), due to this weapon's special purpose, Charm +5 when equipped.
Rating: 270 points
Introduction: Short and stout, effective on both men and women.
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Compared to [Lady White], [Mister Black] wasn't great. Its power had a large luck component, and its attack power fluctuated unstably.
Overall, opening this light gold chest was very profitable. As for the dark purple chest, Su Xiao didn't hold much hope.
He casually opened the dark purple chest beside him. Purple light surged from within the chest. It flashed again!
Seeing this purple light, Su Xiao had a bad feeling. His luck sometimes got overdrawn. Two chests flashing in a row—how much of his luck had he just burned through?