The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Staff stood aside, looking at what was happening in front of him. As a bystander, he could clearly see that Leo had mastered the rhythm of the conversation from the very beginning, and then completely controlled Climb's emotions and thoughts. Control it, and finally use something unknown to completely make Climb out of control.

He was not surprised by this, because in his opinion, since Leo is the husband of Sylvia, the queen of underground intelligence, he must not be a pure scholar, so he was mentally prepared and thought that Leo The current performance is completely reasonable.

Although Clem was the one he brought here, he didn't have any intention of reminding Clem or interrupting Leo's current practice. On the contrary, he was more happy to see Clem deflated.

It is undeniable that Climb's craftsman skills are among the best in the organization, and he has mastered the knowledge of the Old Kingdom that most people do not have. But because of this, Climb's character is extremely bad in the organization, and He was so greedy that almost every person who asked him to do business was severely cut off by him, and Stave was one of them, so Climb could be said to have many enemies in the organization, if not for his role in the organization Irreplaceable, I am afraid that someone has already cut him into pieces.

Now that someone was able to control Climb's emotions with just a few words, Stave was too happy, so how could he stop him? Even if Leo needs it, he will take the initiative to cooperate, as long as it does not cause substantial damage to Climb, it will be fine.

However, right now, Staff is even more curious about what is it that can cause Climb to lose his composure? Now he can only rely on Leo's description of the item, guessing that it may have something to do with the original item.

This also made him think of another thing, that is, the organization's speculation about the origin of Climb's advanced knowledge. Many people think that Climb's knowledge comes from a certain origin.

Because this is not an isolated case in the organization. In the past, many people have triggered certain reactions of the origin because of their close contact with the origin, and gained some knowledge, but most of these are just some strange symbols, They don't know the meaning of the unknown characters and vague patterns. Only Climb seems to have fully grasped the knowledge passed on by the origin, which is why Climb has a special status in the organization.

In Stave's memory, although Climb was very greedy, he wanted to get anything valuable and rare, but he had never seen a situation where he behaved completely out of control like now, which made him think of One possibility is that the item Leo mentioned might be the origin item that endowed Climb with advanced knowledge.

Thinking of this, Staff couldn't help but want to participate in the competition for the items, but he finally suppressed the impulse in his heart, but stood quietly aside. The reason why he was so calm was because even now Leo and Climb negotiated the ownership of the items, and it is impossible for Climb to hand over the items to Climb now. It will take a while for Climb to build tools for Leo before he can get paid, and this time is enough for him Leo obtained the detailed information of this item here, and when the time comes, the upper echelons of the organization will directly sell it. Even if Clem has the item, he must hand it over.

On the other side, facing Climb who was a little out of control, Leo acted very calmly. He didn't respond to Climb's request, but just looked at him quietly, until the other party gradually recovered from his out of control emotions, Only then said: "Mr. Clem, you should know the value of that thing. Do you think I will take out that thing as a reward and pay you? Also, do you think your craftsmanship is worth it?"

Hearing Leo's words, Climb's face became extremely gloomy. He immediately realized that he had been tricked. It was the first time he had been treated like this in so many years. An angry feeling made him have the urge to turn around and leave immediately. , but in the end he still controlled his emotions, kept his tone as calm as possible, and asked, "What conditions do you want to give me something?"

Leo smiled, not to mention that he didn't have that learning device on hand, even if he had it, he didn't think there was anything in this world that could be more precious than it, even the gods and artifacts mastered by various churches.

So he said very directly: "If it were you, what conditions would you offer?"

Climb is not stupid, he was just controlled by Leo at the beginning of the conversation, and his emotions were passively affected. At this moment, he has calmed down a lot, and he can clearly judge the other party from Leo's words. He didn't consider selling that thing or taking it as a reward at all, which made him even more annoyed and displeased, and his face, which had recovered slightly, became gloomy again.

But he was still a little unwilling, and asked in a deep voice with a questioning tone: "Since your Excellency is not willing to take out the thing as a reward, why did you tell me that you have this thing?"

Leo said: "Although I can't take out the thing as a reward, I can tell you the real usage of this thing."

Upon hearing this, Clem said with a look of disdain: "Tell me the real usage? Are you joking? If you know the real usage of things, then I don't need to help you build these tools now."

"Do you think that a person who can design such a tool is not capable of building it himself? Just like you are more interested in making things, I am more interested in the mysteries of the human body. Everyone has different interests, and their abilities naturally vary." There are different manifestations." Leo explained, pointing to those design drawings, and said: "Are you sure you can fully understand the content on those drawings? If you can't fully understand, then the knowledge you have obtained is not good. Integrity, and the reason is because your method of using that thing is incorrect."

Climb still looked disdainful at first, but when he heard that his expression gradually became serious, and the way he looked at Leo became a bit wrong, he really needed to look at the design drawings again, because when he looked at them just now, he It has been found that although some items in the drawings can be manufactured by themselves, they have no idea what the use of those items is, and they can only be seen as components of a certain device.

In this regard, he just thought that this was a unique device designed by Leo based on his own ideas, but now that he heard Leo say this, he couldn't help following Leo's words, wondering if he was real Not having all the knowledge.

This kind of thing cannot withstand too much doubt. The more doubtful, the more he felt that what Leo said was right. In order to avoid his own misjudgment, he opened the information again and looked through it more carefully.

Those items that seemed to have a unique design style before now seem to contain some mysterious knowledge that he has not mastered. He can even feel that this knowledge is somehow connected with the knowledge he has learned, and it is more profound. , which made him believe Leo's words more and more in his heart, and felt that maybe he really didn't have all the knowledge because of the wrong way of using it.

However, even so, Climb still didn't fully believe Leo's words. He also felt that his current state was not right, so he didn't say anything, but turned around and left Leo's with Leo's design information. Apartment, boarded the carriage outside the door, and without waiting for Stave to follow, he ordered the coachman to drive away from Leo's apartment, leaving Stave alone in Leo's apartment.

Seeing Clem's disrespectful behavior and hearing the blunt carriage outside the apartment, Stuff was completely stunned, and then a look of embarrassment and anger appeared on his face, making his face flush, and then He apologized and said, "Sorry, Mr. Leo, Master Climb's character is a bit..."

"It's okay, I understand, capable people have weird personalities." Leo interrupted Stave's apology, and said, "It seems that you can't accept your commission for the time being. My tool is built, let's talk!"

After hearing this, Staff nodded repeatedly, expressing that he was not in a hurry, and then did not continue the conversation, getting up and preparing to leave this embarrassing place for him.

At this time, Sylvia, who had been sitting on the sofa without speaking, suddenly turned to Stave and asked, "Your Excellency Stave, you have some news about the entrustment you asked my husband to bring to me, and you plan to pay What is the reward?"

"Eh?" Stav was stunned when he heard the words, and he didn't understand what was going on for a while, but soon he remembered what the commission was, and his face suddenly changed, becoming a lot more serious, and asked in a deep voice : "You have already found the whereabouts of that false heart knight named Joan."

Sylvia replied: "There is no exact whereabouts, just a little trace."

Staff was slightly disappointed, and said, "If there is only a trace, it will be very difficult..."

Sylvia interrupted Stave and said, "Don't jump to conclusions, even a little trace of information may be of some use to you."

Staff looked at Sylvia in some surprise, thought for a while, and asked, "Ma'am, what kind of remuneration do you think is suitable for the information you provide?"

Sylvia made a request: "I hope that your private library can be completely open to my husband, please remember that it is completely open."

Staff frowned. He was surprised that Sylvia knew that he had a private library, but also felt that it was reasonable. After all, Sylvia was the queen of underground intelligence at Cape Siwangoang Port, so she was able to know the private library. It's not an unbelievable thing either.

What he needs to consider now is the condition proposed by Sylvia. Obviously, this condition is beyond the scope of his initial consideration, but it has not exceeded his bottom line.

All along, only a few people have been able to enter his private library, and those people are people he absolutely trusts, because there are too many prohibited books and items in his private library, once leaked out, even if there is an organization as a backer, he may He will also be thrown into the dark prisons of various church courts, and he will never come out, so let alone Leo, a newcomer who has just come into contact with him, even if he is a colleague who has worked together for many years, he will not rashly open his private library.

However, even so, it is not impossible for him to consider the condition proposed by Sylvia, because there is not only one private library in him, and the private library in Cape West Port is just the one with the least degree of danger. Go out, and it won't cause too much trouble.

What he needs to consider now is whether it is worth it as a reward for this incomplete information. After all, no matter how ordinary this private library is, the books in it are still extremely precious, and a large number of books are out-of-print books and manuscripts.

After much consideration, Stave finally nodded and said: "Yes, I can open my private library to Mr. Leo, but only if the information you provide, Ms. Sylvia, can be approved by me."

Seeing that Stave had agreed to her conditions, Sylvia told the so-called information that the line of sight had prepared: "In the past few days, that Knight of False Heart named Joan has appeared in the city one after another. These few places appeared for a short time, did not stay for too long, and did not make any action worthy of attention, as if they were looking for something."

At the beginning, Stave didn't take the information provided by Sylvia seriously, and he had already thought of an argument in his mind that he didn't recognize its value, but when he saw Sylvia pointing out Joan on the city map on the wall After the few places that appeared, he seemed to think of something, and his expression gradually became serious.

Later, he heard Sylvia say: "According to the news from my people, Joan has someone to respond to him in the city. The responder is probably a member of a certain church in the city. He usually hides in a certain church. The sanctuary of the church is restricted, so my personnel cannot find his whereabouts in the city."

"Impossible! It's impossible for someone from the church to help him!" Stav immediately retorted.

Sylvia asked back: "Your Excellency, are you sure that neither the churches in the city nor the suburbs will provide any protection for Joan Knight?"

Staff opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything in the end, because he knew very well that if there is a church that really knows the real situation of Joan, it doesn't even need to know the details, just knowing that he is important to the organization is enough In the eyes of those people, even if the top leaders of those churches do something that violates the agreement, even if it does not cause any substantial harm to the organization, as long as it can cause trouble to the organization, it is still a worthwhile thing to do.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help cursing in his heart another high-level organization in Cape West Port. In his opinion, it was the high-level search for Joan not long ago that attracted the attention of those churches. Otherwise, It is impossible for Joan to completely hide his whereabouts here.

In this way, it is logical that Joann appeared at the places mentioned by Sylvia. With the assistance of a certain church in the city, Joann is naturally able to find some clues and find those few places. place, interfering with their plans.

Stave pondered for a moment, unable to deny the value of this information ideally, he could only nod to acknowledge Sylvia's condition, and then promised that Leo could go to his manor's private library at any time and read any books in the library.