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Although Lin Ruo had known Frank was outside for a long time, his words were still sincere.
He truly expected Frank to create a miracle, and he also expected Frank, after hearing his words, to work towards this goal and one day truly change the world.
As for the potential risks in this process… well, Lin Ruo believed Cattleya would keep a close eye on Frank.
He himself would also pay more attention to this aspect to prevent the arrival of the World Mushroom Day.
After receiving the mushrooms Frank had prepared, Lin Ruo, who had nothing more to say to Admiral of Stars Cattleya, simply embraced the thought of 'seeing what strange things Frank has been tinkering with lately' and, led by Frank, visited his planting room with Klein.
The visit was not long, only about 10 minutes, but those mushrooms, some appearing to have crossbred with fish, others strangely colored like minced meat, or some making strange popping sounds, still shocked Lin Ruo's worldview once again.
After the visit, his general thought was: Holy crap! What kind of strange sanity-draining stuff is this? Did I really underestimate Frank's creativity?
However, despite his worldview being refreshed, as an adult with extremely strong psychological fortitude, Lin Ruo did not show the slightest abnormality throughout the entire visit.
He even appeared very interested, asking about the characteristics of most of the mushrooms—mainly because he was afraid Frank would mess up this time.
Frank, naturally, was happy to answer his friend, so no matter what both of them were thinking, this visit at least ended in Perfection.
Afterward, Lin Ruo, feeling that his objective had been achieved and that he desperately needed to return to a normal environment to restore his sanity, politely bid farewell to Cattleya, Frank, and the others with Klein, leaving the Future and heading to the other location for this trip: the place where the lucky Judge was located.
Because he really wanted to go home early and see something normal to cleanse his mind, Lin Ruo naturally didn't want to waste much time on this matter.
After finding the person, he killed the opponent with overwhelming strength, not only obtaining the Judge characteristic but also performing a spiritualistic session, successfully acquiring the Justiciar pathway's potion formulas from Sequence 9 to Sequence 5.
Yes, that's right, that Judge knew the Sequence 5 formula; he had just obtained it not long ago and hadn't had time to collect the Materials, which then conveniently fell into Lin Ruo's hands.
"The ritual required for advancement to Disciplinary Knight is to consume the potion amidst the song of the Human-Faced Iris… Hmm, isn't this similar to a Marionettist?"
In a hotel room on a colonial island, Lin Ruo, who had just finished the spiritualistic session, pinched his chin.
While putting away the Judge characteristic, he glanced at Klein, who was standing guard nearby, and asked with a smile, "Come on, Klein, let me test your basic knowledge.
Do you know what a Human-Faced Iris is?"
Since this hunt for the lucky Judge didn't cause much commotion, Lin Ruo naturally wasn't in a hurry to take Klein away; he still had the leisure to test him.
Klein blinked when he heard this; this question actually touched upon his blind spot of knowledge.
He thought for a long time, but in the end, he honestly shook his head.
"I don't know."
"Since you don't know, go back and flip to page one hundred seventy-three of the travelogue you're reading; it has a record of the Human-Faced Iris."
Lin Ruo pouted, looking at his student with sharp eyes.
"See, this is the result of you not studying properly.
I just randomly pick a test question, and you can't answer it.
It's a good thing I'm the one who needs this ritual; if it were you who needed the Human-Faced Iris, with your clueless state, hah!"
Lin Ruo couldn't help but let out a cold laugh at the end, looking as if he was disappointed.
Klein immediately touched his nose guiltily, secretly resolving to work overtime and finish the book tonight.
He had actually read most of that travelogue; he hadn't finished it simply because he had been too busy recently.
"Human-Faced Iris… I wonder where they grow; the Loen Military should have some?"
Since he told Klein to read the book himself, Lin Ruo naturally didn't bother to explain anything further, turning instead to consider the possible locations of this extraordinary plant.
That's right, while Human-Faced Iris sounds like a Beyonder creature, it is actually an extraordinary plant.
It looks like a giant iris with a human face, mostly reddish-purple, can speak but generally has low intelligence, and sings when frightened.
Because their singing is alluring, it can reduce other creatures' hostility towards them.
But don't assume that Human-Faced Iris has low aggression because of this.
In fact, this extraordinary plant's aggression is not low at all; even an ordinary Sequence 6 encountering it without prior preparation can easily stumble, perhaps even directly becoming fertilizer for the Human-Faced Iris.
It can be said that for an ordinary Sequence 6, how to find a Human-Faced Iris is one problem, and how to make the Human-Faced Iris fearful while ensuring one's own safety during advancement is another problem.
Of course, these were not big problems for Lin Ruo.
He was confident that with the channels and abilities he possessed, whether it was finding a Human-Faced Iris or making it cry, it wouldn't be a big issue.
So Lin Ruo simply thought for a moment about a few ways to find the Human-Faced Iris, then stretched, looking at Klein and saying, "Let's go, time to head back."
Klein nodded, picking up the mushrooms he had casually placed nearby while on guard.
Lin Ruo, who was simulating the Traveler ability, glanced at the mushrooms, paused, and then suddenly said, "Wait, why don't you send these mushrooms up first? It's quite sanity-draining to keep running around with them."
Klein's mouth twitched, but he still nodded and said, "Alright."
He wasn't unwilling; it was mainly because Klein was indeed a bit intimidated by these mushrooms.
However… remembering the conversation he had overheard earlier at the door, Klein couldn't help but glance at Lin Ruo and softly ask, "Will that day truly come?"
Lin Ruo paused, then smiled, his smile gentle and radiant.
"That day will come; believe me, and believe in our Great Master of Mushrooms."
"Praise the Mushroom God?" Klein tentatively asked, finally catching on to Lin Ruo's joke this time.
"It's 'Praise the Gu,' you heretic." Lin Ruo retorted with a straight face.
"But I think 'Praise the Mushroom God' sounds more natural… and it's World Mushroom Day, not World Gu Day."
Klein smiled, unwilling to blindly obey his teacher, and raised an objection.
"You—" Lin Ruo immediately showed a "shocked" and "sad" expression, as if feeling very wronged, saying, "My child has grown up, and he won't listen to his teacher anymore, Daddy me…"
He covered his face, his shoulders trembling slightly, as if sobbing sadly.
Klein remained expressionless about this.
I'd like to see how far you can keep up this act.
After pretending for a while and seeing no reaction from Klein, Lin Ruo sighed inwardly, lamenting that his child had grown up and was no longer easy to trick.
He then casually took his hands from his face, returning to his normal demeanor, and said, "Alright, no more games; quickly send the mushrooms up, it's time to go home."
"Who's the one playing games?" Klein grumbled, then swiftly offered all the mushrooms to the gray fog.
The two then returned to Sherlock's Detective Agency via Travel, one beginning to study, the other choosing to read some novels to recover the sanity he had just lost.
Thus, another peaceful day passed.
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