Chapter 78 Come on, sign this IOU

  "Hmm, cough, anyway... did you get it?" She was so engrossed in her book that she let out a weird laugh (as described by the little girl). With an awkward expression still on her face, she lightly cleared her throat and asked the little girl who was flipping through a guidebook.

  "It's strange, there are many characters I don't recognize, but somehow I can understand it......?" The little girl said in surprise, this is too magical.

  "Of course, this is just such a wonderful place." Jiǔ Mìng smiled slightly. Here, even if you're illiterate, as long as you have eyes, you can understand any obscure characters, of course, only within this place.

  "Can everything be bought here?"

  Listening to the little girl's excited words, Jiǔ Mìng scratched his head, "What you said is true, but... I've just started out and don't have much accumulated wealth. You tell me what you need first."

  "Power!"

  "Alright." Jiǔ Mìng nodded, and as for power, this was relatively simple. He flipped open his card collection book and took out two sealed cards, placing them on the tea table. "Here, just these two types for now. One can give you the ability to control electricity, and the other can grant you a stealth ability that reduces your presence. If you're not satisfied, I can consider working on it some more and finding something else."

  He thought for a moment, ordinary people wouldn't be able to bring themselves to do it, but there are plenty of those irredeemable scoundrels out there, might as well go find trouble with them.

  The little girl stared straight at the two cards, her eyes gleaming with desire, while Nine gazed back at her with a stiff, professional smile. C.C. raised an eyebrow slightly as she noticed Nine's expression...

  "No, that's enough." The little girl stared intently at the two sealed cards, wanting to reach out and take them but hesitating, "How can I get them?"

  "I don't have any money."

  Cough!!

  The nine lives' recovery smile suddenly stiffened, why mention money again!!

  ...hugging Cheese-kun, C.C gazed at Nine's brilliant expression, her mouth corners lifted, apparently smiling.

  "Little doll... it doesn't cost money here, if you want something like this, just pay with something of equal value." He let out a sigh and explained helplessly, has the concept of money thoroughly penetrated people's minds?

  "I have nothing." The little girl shook her head and looked at the two sealed cards with regret, then reluctantly withdrew her gaze.

  Don't you have anything?

  The mysterious ninth life suddenly reminded him of the Musubi girl who once wore military goggles.

  “？”

  In the girl's despair, Jiǔ Mìng once again picked up the two sealed cards and, to her astonishment, they turned into shards of light in his hand. The shards of light floated towards her in a mysterious manner.

  The speed of the flutter was very fast, and when she subconsciously wanted to avoid it, the shattered light had already come into contact with her body. A faintly strange expression floated onto the little girl's face, not one of pain or any other factor, but rather a dazed look as if she were experiencing an illusion.

  Splish-splash!

  A few strands of tiny, almost pitiful electric arcs emerged from the small girl's tender little hands. In the eyes of Jiu Ming, this amount of electricity... could electrocute an aphid?

  What he cared more about was the scar on the little girl's hand that shouldn't be there.

  Alright, thinking that the other party is just a little girl, there's no need to be so demanding. Even the strongest abilities require the user to have corresponding levels to function normally, just like this defective electromagnetic ability, the original super electromagnetic cannon...

  No need to doubt, even if the original ability was granted to this little girl, she could only play at this level. As for the difference, using a bit of training and upgrading description, the former allows her ability to improve to the extent of "defective electricity" without any obstacles, as long as her own ability meets the standards, it can be achieved naturally, but further improvement depends on her own efforts.

  The latter is a green light all the way, and its own ability has reached the level of "Super Electromagnetic Cannon", then it can have the power of "Super Electromagnetic Cannon", but the subsequent upgrade still needs one's own efforts.

  As for concealment... even if one's heart is higher than the sky, but lacking in power, it's just that simple. I don't know if she tried using that ability, but here in Jiuming, there isn't any feeling at all. Perhaps it's... too weak?

  "Are you... a pedophile?"

  Jiǔ Mìng's mouth twitched violently at the corner, how does someone of this age understand this!? Her eyes sank as she stared at the little girl who was talking nonsense, "Why did you say that?"

  "So why did you give them to me for no reason?"

  After sighing again at how hard it is to be a good person, Jiǔ Mìng slapped the table and scared the little girl sitting across from him. He spoke in a low tone, "I regret my impulsive behavior earlier. In the future, when you find something of equal value, don't forget to come back and settle the account!!"

  "It was a loan after all." The little girl nodded, although she had some doubts, but the nine lives' inexplicable gift to her earlier had reduced her excessive suspicions by a lot. "Do you want me to sign an IOU?"

  "It's a must!" To prevent the precocious little girl from thinking too much, Jiǔ Mìng nodded without hesitation and took out a pen to write on it. The content was nothing more than saying that he had lent this little girl two abilities today, and she would have to find something of equal value to repay him in the future... After leaving here, if she still has this chance, "Look, if you agree, just press your fingerprint."

  "Good." The little girl pressed the red mud beside her and directly pressed her fingerprint on it. "Don't you need a signature?"

  "If you want to...go ahead...huh?" Unexpectedly, the ordinary paper suddenly self-ignited without any fire after the little girl pressed her handprint on it. The speed was so fast that in the blink of an eye, the paper turned into a puff of smoke dispersing in the air, leaving no ash or dust behind.

  Beyond expectation! Jiǔ Mìng didn't think he would end up in this situation, shook his head, and smiled helplessly. This "contract" also took effect. "Good luck to you, little ghost. You have the seed of power now. If you want to become stronger, train more."

  "Can I... become like you?" The little girl clenched her fists and looked at Jiumeng with great expectation.

  "Me?" Jiǔ Mìng pointed at himself and laughed loudly twice, "Perhaps, after all you're making progress and I'll become stronger too."

  "I understand." The little girl nodded firmly with a determined look on her face, "I will definitely repay the 'debt' I owe."

  "I hope so, yeah, I bought this on a whim, it's yours now." Jiǔ Mìng took out a double-edged dagger and flipped it around in his hand a few times before placing it in front of the little girl. In this world, the regulation of such tools wasn't particularly strict, and those that were generally available were usually subpar anyway.

  Genuine high-quality goods are expensive, and they are worth the expensive price. Just like this dagger in Jiǔ Mìng's hand, it was stabbed into a steel ingot that had been tempered to test its sharpness, but the dagger remained intact, a rare masterpiece.

  "Thank you." The little girl sincerely thanked Jiuming, who waved his hand in response.

  "If you really want to thank me, why not tell me about your world instead?" Jiǔ Mìng took out a large black leather notebook. "I'm very interested, and I suppose you're not in a hurry to leave either. Why don't we have dinner, get a good night's sleep, and head out again tomorrow? During this time, you can also get familiar with your new abilities, and I'll provide free accompaniment training."

  The little girl nodded, and the ninth life quickly collected his expression, rapidly recording the world in the little girl's mouth.

  A world of mutation, not like Resident Evil, but a sudden change in humans. Globally, there are quite a few people who have undergone some abnormal mutations. They not only possess physical qualities that surpass those of ordinary people, but also have an irrepressible desire to kill. Those mutated humans, due to the mutation, will have their normal thoughts rapidly distorted.

  Just like... viewing ordinary people as inferior beings and using them as food...

  What makes humans in that world helpless is that those mutants have intelligence and thoughts, they can form gangs and cliques, it's just that their three views are a bit off... okay, a lot off.

  "Hmm, this situation is similar to the world that Jiu Ming has entered, but the enemies are just ferocious beasts. However, there's something quite tragic about the little girl's world - it seems like there aren't any supernatural powers in that world."

  Those mutants were just physically strong, and as for the real situation, the little girl didn't understand much. What she could provide to Jiǔ Mìng was only her own world's experience, and there wasn't anything deeper than that. After all, her identity was already out in the open, and what the little girl knew was indeed limited. However, Jiǔ Mìng had also roughly understood the situation of her world.

  "What am I doing?" C.C., who had been staring at Nine for half a day while gnawing on a piece of pizza, finally couldn't help but ask.

  "You look good."

  "Suit yourself." With a light hum, C.C. continued devouring the pizza, turning her head to ignore Nine Lives once more.

  "Cough cough, what's that? Look, I've already started writing. Do you want to say something too?" Jiǔ Mìng let out a light cough, feeling his mouth slip up at the same time and quickly making amends.

  "You have no motivation, you go first."

  "My?" The ninth life scratched his head, and saw that the little girl sitting on the other side also showed an interested expression. "Okay, actually my world before rebirth wasn't anything special... Don't look at me like that, I was so weak in my previous life that even moving a brick could strain my waist, so naturally I didn't have many chances to go out. However, my world was a very ordinary world, there were no abnormal existences, just humans."

  "That's probably your ignorance." C.C said calmly.

  "Maybe, after all, I was just one of the many waiting to die before." Jiǔ Mìng shrugged his shoulders, noticing the envious look that flashed in the little girl's eyes. "Hmm, what's wrong?"

  "If only my world were as ordinary." The little girl replied with a hint of sadness.

  "What about the world you're living in now?" C.C. asked, quickly devouring the remaining half slice of pizza in her hand.

  "Now, it's roughly the same as what I told her, but this world has supernatural powers and the opposing objects are just those various mutated beasts. If divided into levels..." Jiǔ Mìng thought for a moment, looking at the little girl and saying, "Her world should be that low-martial type, while the one I'm currently living in is close to high-martial high-magic level... of course it's also possible that it's overestimated or underestimated."