Mystery: A Spark

"Thank you for your help this time, ma'am," Arthur said in a good mood.

"You're welcome. You've been a great help to me. If it weren't for you, I don't know when I would have been able to become an angel."

Bernadette had already put away Frostmourne and used a magical item from the solar pathway to cleanse herself of the effects of death energy.

Therefore, her appearance has now returned to normal, and she no longer looks like a female version of the Lich King.

"Speaking of which, is that kind of hot pot you mentioned before real? Or are you just fooling that evil spirit?" Bernadette asked curiously.

“Of course it’s real. I never lie under normal circumstances,” Arthur said, head held high and chest puffed out.

"Oh... then, do you know how to make hot pot?" Bernadette pondered for a moment, then asked hesitantly.

"Madam, would you like to eat hot pot?" Arthur looked at Huang Beibei with some surprise, not expecting her to be interested in this.

“Hmm, your description sounds quite interesting, and I’d also like to experience the cooking style of my father’s hometown,” Bernadette said softly.

“Okay, let’s set a time then. I haven’t had hot pot in ages,” Arthur nodded and said.

For hot pot as a cooking method, the preparation of the hot pot broth is very important, as it greatly affects the taste of the ingredients after they are cooked in the hot pot.

Coincidentally, Arthur still remembered a few hot pot base recipes.

This is what he wrote down when he was bored in his previous life, watching instructional videos and tinkering with hot pot at home by himself.

In addition, the dipping sauce after eating hot pot is also very important, but this is up to personal taste and there is no standard recipe.

For example, some people like to dip their hot pot in sesame sauce, while others think it's a cult that must be severely cracked down on.

Some people like to add garlic to their dipping sauce, while others can't stand the taste.

Most importantly, some people believe that hot pot without spiciness has no soul, and that clear broth hot pot is garbage. The limit of what they can tolerate is a half-and-half pot.

And not only did they make a divided hot pot, but it wasn't the yin-yang type, with one side taking up half the space.

Instead, they make those U-shaped hot pots, with only a small amount of clear broth in the middle and the rest being entirely red broth.

In his previous life, Arthur lived in Sichuan for a period of time and suffered greatly from this deformed "Mandarin Duck Hot Pot".

Whenever he goes out for a hot pot dinner, he always cries from the spiciness—and he really does cry, not in an exaggerated way.

While everyone else was enjoying their meal, he sat alone in a corner, silently shedding tears from the spiciness.

Ultimately, it comes down to the fact that the people there have a completely different definition of mildly spicy than Arthur thinks.

Arthur's definition of "mildly spicy" is just a tiny bit of chili, enough to give it a slight spiciness.

However, what is considered "mildly spicy" in Sichuan is actually equivalent to what Arthur considers "extra spicy".

As for what the extra spicy stuff over there is like, sorry, he has never seen it before.

Because even mild spiciness was enough to make him feel like he was in excruciating pain, if it were extra spicy, he probably would have died there.

While others were killed by dump trucks and then transmigrated, he probably died from being burned alive and transmigrated.

Chapter 132 Azik, who knows nothing

Late at night, 7 Townsend Street.

After saying goodbye to Bernadette, Arthur returned home.

He ultimately did not agree on a specific time to have hot pot with Bernadette.

Bonova's research into extracting demonic energy had now reached the stage where experimental subjects were needed.

However, he was tied up with his research, so he had to ask his sister to help him capture demons to use as test subjects.

Because of this, Bernadette didn't have much free time for a while afterward.

After all, it is well known that demons with a sense of malice are quite difficult to catch; catching them is not much different from catching rats.

They would surely flee at the slightest sign of movement.

Fortunately, Bonova doesn't need too many experimental subjects at this stage; two or three should be enough to meet his needs.

Therefore, it shouldn't take too long for Bernadette to complete the process; it should be finished in a month at most.

So Bernadette made a promise with Arthur that she would send him a message once she was done with her work.

Then the two of them enjoyed a nice hot pot meal together.

After returning home, Arthur looked around but couldn't find the puppy.

"Where did that little guy go? I just sent him to find Fors and the others, why hasn't he come back yet?" Arthur muttered to himself, somewhat puzzled.

Previously, after confirming that Fors had joined the Tarot Club and would no longer be threatened by the Full Moon's Whispers, he had Hugh give Fors the final main ingredient of the Trickster's Recipe: the blood of the Deep Sea Marlin.

So not long ago, Fors was promoted to a magic master.

After learning about this from Hugh, Arthur sent the puppy to Fors so that the two of them could go to the circus together to perform and digest the potion.

After all, the puppy had been a magician for some time now, but because it was inconvenient to show his special abilities in front of people, his performances were just small-scale.

Now that Fors has been promoted, there's no reason to waste any more time.

But to his surprise, the little guy hasn't come back since he left, and he doesn't know where he's gone off to have fun again.

Arthur didn't pay much attention, since this kind of thing often happened before.

People say lazy dogs are lazy dogs, but actually, the ones who are really lazy and like to stay in one place and not want to move are cats.

Compared to cats, dogs are actually a very energetic species.

Sometimes, if their excessive energy isn't released, they can wreak havoc in the house, causing people's blood pressure to rise.

When Arthur first brought Arthas to Backlund, the little guy's favorite thing to do was to run around the house doing parkour.

There's no place in the house that this guy hasn't stepped on.

Later, after Arthur summoned the little guy from Backlund to Tingen, it seemed to have found new fun in the spirit world, disappearing whenever it had free time.

Arthur was delighted with this, since wreaking havoc in the spirit world was better than destroying his house.

Moreover, the spirit world is so vast that no matter how much this little puppy wreaks havoc inside, it can't possibly cause any trouble.

After all, Arthas was just a Sequence 8 extraordinary dog. Could he possibly cause any trouble in a place like the Spirit Realm?

Arthur went upstairs to his study, picked up paper and pen, and continued his comic book project.

He has now finished drawing Sherlock Holmes after he shrinks.

The plot involves secretly using tranquilizer darts to help detective James Moriarty solve two cases, earning James the nickname "Sleeping Moriarty".

What he is about to draw is, of course, the story of the female protagonist corresponding to Ai Haibara in the modified version of Sherlock Holmes.

In terms of character design, he set the female protagonist as a genius female researcher, just like Shiho Miyano.

After her sister was killed by the Umbrella Corporation, she swallowed the poison she had created, shrunk in size, escaped the company, and thus met the main characters.

In terms of character design, Arthur did not encounter any obstacles, because he only needed to copy directly.

What really stumped him was deciding what name to give the female lead.

As I mentioned before, he is actually terrible at naming things.

It's incredibly difficult for him to come up with a nice-sounding Chinese name, let alone a Western name that he knows absolutely nothing about.

After much contemplation and countless hours of brainstorming for the heroine's name, Arthur finally made a decision.

That is, copying!

No, I should say it's borrowing from, or paying homage to.

It doesn't matter if he can't come up with a name himself, he can just use the English name of a female character from someone else's work.

However, you can't just copy anything; at the very least, the character design can't be too different.

Shiho Miyano is a genius female researcher, so Arthur can't just give her a name like Carol Danvers or Wanda, whose fighting power is capable of destroying the world.

Therefore, the name can only be found among the genius female researchers.

As for this kind of character, Arthur happened to know very little about it and did not remember any famous genius female researchers in Western fantasy works.

He wouldn't consider using the names of real historical figures, because he felt it was somewhat disrespectful.

Therefore, Arthur had no choice but to rack his brains and think hard.

He searched through his memories for those famous and brilliant female researchers he had seen in his previous life.

After a difficult process of recalling, he finally found a choice that met his requirements.

This is a young, brilliant female researcher, and also a Western name.

However, she and Shiho Miyano are completely different in terms of personality.

Shiho Miyano has a rather aloof and indifferent personality.

But this female researcher was quite cheerful and optimistic.

To be more precise, she's rather simple-minded.

In addition, this female researcher differs from Shiho Miyano in her area of ​​expertise.

Her expertise lies in engineering, not biochemistry.

However, that's not a big deal. As for Arthur's personality, he could slightly modify the female lead's character.

As for their expertise, well, that's something we'll have to force them into being set up that way.

After all, this was the fantasy character he could think of that best fit the image of a genius female researcher.

So, after some deliberation, Arthur finally decided on the name of his heroine.

He wrote it down:

Rebecca Cecil.

……

Inside a hotel.

At that moment, Azik Eggers was sitting at his desk, quietly reading a book.

Although it is late at night, sleep is no longer a necessity for him.

Suddenly, he raised his eyes slightly and looked at a certain spot in front of him.