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"Secondly, who said that I saw something wrong with all of this because of information and interests?"

"Is it a forgery or something wrong with it?"

“You’ve misunderstood, Shinsuke Hiiragi. Your forgery is very good, but you’ve forgotten one thing.”

Chapter 142 Adventurers from Another World (Third Update on Thursday!)

"I forgot something...?"

"The organization I'm dealing with is an intelligence-selling group." Yunxiu sighed. "What's most important to an intelligence organization?"

"Your forgery is excellent, and your subordinates are very loyal."

“Your daughter didn’t betray you, and your preparations were certainly thorough, but you lacked intelligence.”

"The most important thing about intelligence is time! Intelligence that misses its deadline is worthless!" Yunxiu crossed her arms, completely ignoring Hiiragi Shinsuke's incredulous gaze:

"Intelligence transactions can only be done sooner, never later! So seven days is absolutely seven days, because if I obtain more information within those seven days, then this transaction will be completely void!"

"So when you received this letter on the ninth day, you knew it was a trap?"

"What else?" Yunxiu shrugged. "Although I could escape unscathed even if I didn't know it was a trap, I'd have to call someone over if I wanted to wipe you all out."

With a helpless wave of his hand, he took out two still-imprisoned assassins from his storage bag, released them from their restraints, tied them up again with shackles, and then handed them over to the ninjas of the final battle.

"Don't worry, I'll go to Mother's personally." Yueji patted Yunxiu on the shoulder and said happily, "You've already done a great job as soon as you left, now you can ask Mother for leave!"

After seeing off Tsukihime, who strutted around like a peacock with a bunch of prisoners, and watching the magistrate's staff begin repairing the streets and facilities, Shin-haku was finally pulled out of his storage bag.

Holding her little hand, he walked to Liangzi, the owner of a snack stall on the outlying island, and ordered two servings of the local specialty, braised sweetfish. He and Shenhe each had one serving and sat down to eat.

“It tastes different from Liyue.” Shen He carefully spat out the fish bones as he tasted it. “But it’s delicious.”

"It's good that it tastes good, but don't eat too much. Someone might treat us to dinner later."

"really?"

"real."

“The price I paid for treating someone to dinner last time was forty million Mora. Do you really want to try?” Two long legs appeared next to Yunxiu, and a finger with strangely long nails reached down: “Of course, it may not be much for a tycoon like you.”

"That depends on what you can offer," Yunxiu said with a smile. "If you can meet my requirements, I'll treat you to this meal."

The person who came was none other than the proprietress of the "Secret House," the head of the intelligence organization in Nordekale, Nefer!

Although the letter is fake, the only errors are the time, the place, and the request, which are likely genuine. This method of forgery is actually quite clever, because it only requires changing one word to achieve the desired effect.

If this transaction hadn't involved an intelligence organization, Yunxiu might have actually believed it.

“Mr. Yunxiu is quite impressive.” Nefer smiled. “He easily took down one of the three chief ministers of Inazuma. Such a performance is hard to see in other countries, but it is quite common in Nordkare.”

"Looks like I'm a born Nordkale?" Yunxiu finished her grilled fish in no time. "Shall we talk somewhere else?"

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Soon, the group was seated on a boat. Although the large ship docked in the harbor was inconspicuous and looked like an ordinary cargo ship, it was not particularly remarkable.

But only by going inside will you discover that the ship's interior contains a large number of strange instruments and power mechanisms, truly a hidden world.

As Naifel arrived at the office in the core of the ship's cabin, Yunxiu casually found a place to sit down with Shenhe. Naifel was not surprised. With a wave of her hand, a staff member handed her two strange drinks, then she closed the door and left.

“Mr. Yun, I already know your purpose. Let’s be frank,” Nefer said, arms crossed. “A few days ago, ‘Night Owl’ conveyed your needs to me, and I’ve already made some preparations.”

"Oh? Then I wonder what Miss Nefer can offer in exchange?" Yunxiu said with a smile, "If it's important enough, I wouldn't mind doing more business with you."

Nefer took out a box from behind her back, pulled out two books, opened them slightly, casually glanced at the covers for Yunxiu, and then put them away.

It's Doraemon and Dragon Ball... I just don't know which one.

The last book Yunxiu received was "In/Spectre," which tells the story of the Snow Woman and her sister. At the time, he wondered if the story itself was another kind of information.

The snow woman accepted the human and they lived happily together, while the older sister remained trapped in her past relationship and ultimately perished.

This is quite similar to the experience of that "Dayunxiu"—especially since there may be other deeper meanings involved.

However, without more information and without cross-referencing, Yunxiu herself could not be certain.

Taking a sip of tea without making a sound, Yunxiu looked into Naifur's eyes and said bluntly, "I have no interest in all that scheming and intrigue. Name your price."

“I can give it to Mr. Yun, as a way of making friends,” Nefer gave an unexpected answer.

"I understand that there's no such thing as a free lunch."

“I would like to make another deal with Mr. Yun. If possible, I would also be willing to help you collect these works.” Nefert’s long fingernails tapped on the table. “Of course, in this transaction, we will remain equal and share benefits and information.”

Generally speaking, the deals this woman makes are never good...

Yunxiu thought to herself that, based on her understanding of Naifur, Sister Naifur was a ruthless person who was ruthless to herself and to others.

The advantage, of course, is that once this woman approves of you, you become a great collaborator.

"Can I know the time and what the transaction is?" Yunxiu thought for a moment and decided to ask first.

"I think Mr. Yun is aware of the dead zone of Sumeru."

"Yes, after everything is settled in Inazuma, I plan to go and take a look at the Dead Zone."

"Mr. Yun should also know that a large number of all kinds of monsters will appear in the Dead Zone," Nefer smiled. "These monsters bring not only destruction, but also samples of 'forbidden knowledge.'"

"You want 'forbidden knowledge'?" Yunxiu asked doubtfully. "Excuse my frankness, but this is something that ordinary people cannot control."

“I don’t want this.” Nefer took out several photos and placed them in Yunxiu’s hands: “This group of monsters seems to have been ‘manufactured’ on their bodies, and the spatial rift is inaccessible to people at the Familia level.”

Yunxiu took the photo. The quality of the photos taken by Fontaine Technology was not very high, at least not up to the standard of the human world, so he could not see them clearly. He could only vaguely make out the traces of machinery and mechanisms.

"what do you mean……"

“I have witnessed Mr. Yun’s almost invincible defensive capabilities under his command during the several assassination attempts,” Nefer said with a smile. “Therefore, I would like to ask Mr. Yun to accompany me through that rift and to the other side to take a look.”

"!"

"Don't be surprised. It's common for powerful members at the Familia level to go in through the cracks in the Dead Zone to take a look. However, most places are just desolate and empty spaces. Occasionally there are a few ruins, but there is no life in them."

"So, you think there might be a civilization behind this rift?" Yunxiu asked doubtfully. "Has no one ever been there?"

“I’ve been there, but the traps were always quickly destroyed, and the adventurers never returned,” Nefer chuckled. “But from the intelligence I’ve gathered, I discovered that you have a very peculiar ‘clone,’ perhaps…”

It turns out they were eyeing my clone and doppelganger abilities.

This isn't surprising, though. After all, the only way to keep a product a secret is to avoid exposing it to the world. Once someone has used it even once, it's not surprising that it gets discovered...

Yunxiu didn't think too much about it. By then, he would be at least a ninth-ring cultivator, and he could even use the Astral Projection to take a few people there to explore if there were any other civilizations.

“Hmm…” Yunxiu thought for a moment and then said, “The cost is too unknown, so you must help me find three more comics like these. At the same time, I hope to establish a long-term relationship with the Secret Archives. All information about me must be provided to me free of charge.”

“Mr. Yun, you really have no idea how valuable your intelligence is these days.” Nefer sighed with amusement, “Do you know how much the Imperial Envoy spent to buy intelligence to assassinate you? Twenty million Mora!”

“He was indeed unwise. If he had just asked me directly, he could have saved the Mora,” Yunxiu said with a smile. “I think money is not an issue at all in this deal.”

For a moment, the air in the room fell silent. Yunxiu didn't seem to care about Nefer's expression at all. Instead, she and Shenhe opened Nefer's candy box and started sharing the specialty candies of Nordkalai with each other.

While watching Yunxiu, Nefer kept tapping her fingers on the table. After a full quarter of an hour, she slowly spoke, "I also hope to share some of your information. If so, we can make an appointment now."

Is that so...?

After thinking it over for a moment and assessing the quality of the relevant information, Yunxiu decided to tell her some news.

He looked at Nefer, revealing a smile that even a top-tier information broker like Nefer found somewhat frightening, before speaking: "If you also have a branch in Winterfall, you can keep an eye on the situation of the Third Seat of the Fools, 'The Girl.' As far as I know, she will likely leave Winterfall for Nordkalai soon..."

"Leave? Is that a mission?"

"Mission? I think it would be more appropriate to define it as 'defection'?"

"!"

Now it was Nefer's turn to be surprised.

After thinking for a long time, she handed both comics to Yunxiu and said with some surprise, "I didn't expect to get such information from here. I will verify it immediately. Our deal is done."

She paused, then continued, "I will give all the information related to you to Mr. 'Night Owl.' As far as I know, you two have a pretty good relationship; you can get it from him."

"A wise choice." Yunxiu chuckled, then pulled Shenhe along and they flew directly to Mingshen Island.

After entering Wuyouting and booking a private room, Yunxiu ordered several dishes for Shenhe before opening the two comic books and starting to look up the information she wanted.

"The story of Dragon Ball is... Let me see, this is the story before the Cell Games. A boy from the future traveled to the present, but caused changes to the plot..."

"Interesting, is this about time travel?"

Chapter 143 It Was All Steins;Gate's Choice (First Update on Friday!)

The timeline in Dragon Ball can be considered a model among countless time travel novels.

Simply put, time travel doesn't change the past or the future; it only changes the future of another parallel universe, or even creates a new parallel universe.

It's somewhat similar to Avengers: Endgame.

There are three main universes in this work.

Future Trunks from Universe 1 traveled to Universe 2, changing the fate of Goku, the protagonist of Universe 2, and everyone else. Universe 2 is the main universe of the Dragon Ball universe, and the Cell Games happened there afterward.

After Universe 1 and Universe 2, Trunks from Universe 1 traveled to Universe 2, but he wasn't powerful enough. After defeating the Androids, he was killed by Cell from Universe 1, who then traveled to Universe 3 in a time machine.

Cell from Universe 3 traveled to Universe 2, thus creating the Cell Games.

Of course, there are also some undescribed universes. After Toriyama was persuaded by Toei and Shueisha to create "Dragon Ball Super," the scale of this universe has been constantly increasing...

In terms of time and space, most science fiction works are divided into three types.

This refers to the parallel universe theory of "Dragon Ball" and the single timeline theory of works like "Back to the Future".

What is a single timeline? It means that the past can be changed by the future, and once changed, the people in the future will disappear.

In the Back to the Future trilogy, the protagonist Martin and Doc Brown constantly change and restore history, making it one of the most classic works in film history.

That sports car from Back to the Future has been paid homage to in countless works and games, such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Ready Player One. Even Yunxiu himself has owned a few in the game.

So what is the last type? It's Doraemon's "fixed timeline" theory.

That is, when you change history, you also become a part of history.

The end of history or the end of a major event cannot be changed. The moment you change history, you become history.

This concept of time and space is present in many of Doraemon's works.