I became the King of Ryukyu

"...Seriously, he has the face of a villain, but his personality is like that of a retired old man."

Zheng Yi shook his head helplessly, as if its owner was the same. Although the rumors were frightening, Zheng Yi always felt that the young lady from headquarters was more like a harmless homebody.

Meanwhile, five black cars sped through a dozen red lights, ignoring traffic tickets, and drove into the parking lot of an office building in Otemachi...

Zheng Yi turned around and continued cleaning the glass with a scraper. Just then, a clownfish the size of a palm poked its head out from a gap in the coral, curiously examining the man holding the strange piece of metal.

Zheng Yi stopped what he was doing and gently tapped the glass next to him with the back of the scraper.

"Knock knock."

The clownfish was startled and quickly retreated into the coral, but less than three seconds later, it poked half its head out again.

"You ugly bastard, Hagi!" Zheng Yi chuckled.

After clearing the area, he surfaced again to take a breath, then swam to the lower right corner of the water tank.

There is a man-made rocky outcrop here.

A large green sea turtle was lying sprawled on the rocks, its two front flippers flapping slightly like wings, as if it were dreaming of flying.

Zheng Yi swam over and found a piece of "kelp" that looked like a wallet, which had drifted in from somewhere, stuck at the bottom of the reef, swaying back and forth with the current.

He pulled out a small titanium alloy shovel from his waist, carefully probed into the crevice of the reef, and gently scooped out the strange "kelp".

[Ding! Congratulations on discovering a magic pill - Placenta]

[Was it to be presented to Qin Shi Huang, Ying Zheng?]

What is this thing that's a magic pill?

Confused, Zheng Yi looked at the "elixir" that the game master had identified as being square-shaped!

It seems I've been limiting my thinking; there's no rule that pills have to be round.

In the unlikely event that His Majesty the First Emperor is too ill to take oral medication, if Zheng Yi were the accompanying sorcerer, he would certainly have concocted a shuttle-shaped elixir that could be inserted into his skin.

Rectal administration is the way to go.

Thinking this, Zheng Yi surfaced to get some air, then looked at the "elixir" against the artificial light source.

This thing is rectangular in shape, with a few tough, curly whiskers trailing from its four corners.

Through the translucent keratinous shell, one can vaguely see what appears to be some tissue inside, like a stillborn fetus.

Is this a shark's egg case from a failed fertilization?

I never expected that it really was Miss Shark, no, it was Big Sister Shark!

Zheng Yi looked at the shark that was still leisurely swimming among the corals, seemingly showing no sadness at the loss of its offspring.

Since the victim didn't care, Zheng Yi had no reason to hesitate. He immediately found a secluded corner and selected "Yes".

The shark egg case slowly becomes transparent in the water and eventually disappears completely.

[You have presented me with an elixir of immortality, and the First Emperor is very pleased with your contribution.]

You have received an imperial appointment and become a sorcerer's apprentice.

[Skill: Alchemy [Basic Knowledge]]

[Alchemy: By putting mineral, plant, and animal materials into the alchemy furnace, there is a certain probability of obtaining elixirs.]

[Disclaimer: Players who attempt to refine elixirs may cause furnace explosions, heavy metal poisoning, or alkaloid poisoning. This game does not provide resurrection or treatment. It is recommended that you obtain a medical practitioner's license or a pharmacist's license before attempting any such actions.]

Zheng Yi repeatedly examined these instructions, unsure whether the finished product of this alchemy was the poisonous pill that caused the early death of the First Emperor in history, or a genuine medicinal pill, or even whether it could actually be used to refine immortal pills in the future.

Regardless of whether it was a magic pill or not, Zheng Yi was thinking about the woman's arm, wondering if there were any pills that could remove the scars that could be made.

He then looked at his status bar:

[Title: Local Commander, Wandering Sorcerer]

As expected, a hidden class has been added, which doesn't seem to have much impact on the main class.

Come to think of it, how could someone who was appointed a local centurion by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty be considered to be neglecting his duties by researching alchemy?

[He trained himself to resemble a crane, and under a thousand pines he read two volumes of scriptures.]

I came to ask the question, but there was nothing more to say; the clouds are in the blue sky, and the water is in the bottle.

Even as an emperor, Jiajing could still have a secondary profession: Supreme Great Luo Heavenly Immortal, Purple Extreme Longevity Saint, Wise and Spiritual Unifying the Three Elements, Proving Response Jade Void General Manager, Five Thunder Great True Man, Mysterious Capital Realm, Longevity Emperor. As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, alchemy was merely the act of a loyal subject who admired the majesty of the superior nation!

After mentally preparing himself, Zheng Yi started working again.

A two-meter-long shark stares blankly in the distance, sea turtles sleep on the rocks, and schools of small fish dart through the coral reefs like flowing silver ribbons.

It took Zheng Yi a full three hours, leaving him exhausted, to clean the algae from the water tank to a barely acceptable level.

Dragging his body, which was white from being soaked in water, he crawled out of the water tank.

Breathe in the air freely.

Thanks to a top-notch fresh air system, the activity room, despite having no windows, has air just as fresh as outdoors.

"Hey, do you need me to take your trash bags with me...?"

Zheng Yi was speaking when he looked at the scene before him in surprise.

There are many more people in the office area.

Mioko was still curled up on the sofa reading a book. Zheng Yi, with his excellent eyesight, could see that it was a French book called "Dora Brude".

To enrich his repertoire of essay topics, he once memorized this Nobel Prize-winning work—not the original French version, of course.

There were four people standing in front of the desk.

Three men in suits, with cold and resolute expressions, and muscular builds beneath their suits, looked like thugs or bodyguards.

The other person standing bowed slightly, smiled elegantly, and greeted Zheng Yi.

It was the same old man I met last night, the one who claimed to be the young lady's housekeeper.

At the feet of the four men, a young man, looking like a defeated dog, knelt with his hands on the ground, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

He wore gold-rimmed glasses, his hair was styled with hair gel, and his once-perfect suit was wrinkled from the vigorous movements.

Zheng Yi noticed that the MUFG letters were printed on the collar of his suit.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is one of the most powerful financial giants in Japan.

Those who can get a job at such a company must be graduates of prestigious universities like the University of Tokyo, Keio University, or Hitotsubashi University.

But this promising young financial star has now been dragged here like a dead dog.

"I'm so sorry, Miss, please forgive me!" he said, his voice trembling as he knelt in a dogeza (a traditional Chinese kneeling posture).

He couldn't understand what kind of background the other party had that allowed them to order people to storm into Tokyo's top financial building, drag him away from his workstation, and when his section chief tried to negotiate, he was beaten senseless. When the company president arrived, he didn't dare utter a single word.

Not to mention that they were escorted all the way to the airport, crammed into a private plane, and arrived in Okinawa from Tokyo in just three hours!

This must be Okinawa. He has traveled to Okinawa many times. The street scenes and the faint salty smell of the sea breeze in the air are all unmistakable.