The puppet naturally had no objection to the name Lin Ruo chose, so the puppet Alista left behind was officially named Illysmil. Besides that, Lin Ruo also gave him a nickname—Paperweight.
"It's quite fitting, isn't it?" Lin Ruo said, smiling at Illysmil.
"Hmm, it seems there's nothing wrong with that." Illysmil frowned and thought for a moment, recalling how his original body used him to press down envelopes, and immediately nodded in agreement.
Thus, two individuals with rather peculiar thought processes successfully reached a consensus, which made Medici, the only "normal person" nearby, scoff endlessly.
"Oh, right…" Lin Ruo, who had just finished naming Illysmil and giving him a nickname, seemed to think of something and looked at Medici, saying, "Medici, it's not convenient for me to bring Illysmil with me for now, so I'll leave him with you first."
"Don't take your anger out on him."
"Hmph, I wouldn't stoop to taking my anger out on an object," Medici sneered, his gaze first meeting Lin Ruo's, then falling upon the stiff Illysmil. "What, do you have any complaints about following me?"
"No! Absolutely not!" Illysmil shivered and immediately denied it, but his gaze frequently darted towards Lin Ruo, looking a little pitiful and a little hesitant to speak.
"What's wrong?" Lin Ruo naturally noticed his gaze and looked at him with a gentle smile. "Don't worry, although Medici looks very Yin and Yang, and is actually Yin and Yang, he is a person with a sense of proportion and won't break you apart."
"Your Excellency Lin Ruo…" Illysmil looked at the other party's warm yet formal smile, and his heart instantly sank by half, but he still decided to struggle a bit, saying:
"Actually, I can start working right now. I love work, and work loves me… Even if you don't have time to bring me, you can just throw me anywhere and let me help you with those tasks."
"I'm very pleased to see you have such an attitude, but Illysmil, I don't have any work that requires your attention for now. If you want to start working, you'll probably have to wait a while longer," Lin Ruo said slowly, with a gentle smile. "Don't worry, at most it'll be a year or so. You'll be able to start working very soon."
"…Okay, I understand. I look forward to the day I can work for you." With the conversation having reached this point, Illysmil understood Lin Ruo's attitude and could only nod in frustration.
Lin Ruo, on the other hand, smiled and then switched to the Seer path, beginning a more detailed investigation of the Sealed Artifact items in the secret room to confirm their Sequence and abilities.
He had, of course, deliberately thrown Illysmil to Medici, because Lin Ruo didn't truly trust this puppet.
Alista might have left this ruin simply to express an apology and leave him a gift, but Alista's lack of ill intent didn't mean the puppet was one hundred percent trustworthy and controllable.
This was a puppet that inherited all of Alista's memories and emotions from before Sequence 1, not a naive blank slate.
Lin Ruo wouldn't take his anger out on the other party because of Alista's existence, but he also wasn't so foolishly naive as to directly accept the other party.
If he had ample time and his power hadn't been Sealed Artifact, Lin Ruo would have had the inclination to slowly probe the other party, and then decide his future attitude towards them based on the results of the probing. But since Lin Ruo was so busy now that his feet hardly touched the ground, he naturally didn't have the energy to do such a thing, and simply decided to throw him to Medici.
After all, the latter was a qualified Conspirer, perfectly suited to handle such matters.
As for whether Illysmil would suffer some torment as a result—well, Lin Ruo believed Medici had a sense of proportion and wouldn't go too far.
Considering Alista's past actions, Illysmil could be considered to be suffering on his father's behalf, as he was, by rough estimation, Alista's child.
"Compared to the puppet's disposal, it's these Treasure Trove…" Lin Ruo muttered to himself. He put down the appraised Level 3 Sealed Artifact item and scanned the secret room. "They just solved the problem I've been having a headache with recently."
Although he had reached a cooperation with Solomon, the original size of the Sea God Sect was limited. In fact, due to the poor management of the original Sea God Kalvetua, the Resistance was severely lacking in funds and mystical items, basically relying on Lin Ruo's funding and the temporary Beyonder items made by Klein using the sea god scepter.
Under such circumstances, if the Sea God Sect wanted to spread its teachings throughout the Five Seas, even with the help of the Black Emperor, there was a huge gap in terms of funding and resources.
And without resorting to deception, such problems were difficult for even Lin Ruo to solve in a short time.
But now that Alista had left this gift, these problems were naturally no longer problems.
"Oh, right…" Lin Ruo suddenly thought of something and looked at Medici, saying, "Medici, you need these resources to win over the Numinous Episcopate people, right? If you need them, take some, but it's best not to exceed half, the Resistance also needs these for development."
Although Medici himself might not need money, the Numinous Episcopate had so many mouths to feed, and managing and winning them over from top to bottom clearly also required "money." After all, submission brought about by mere force, fear, and empty promises wouldn't last long; tangible benefits were indispensable.
You have to let others know that following you will lead to a better life, only then will they be willing to dedicate their lives to you wholeheartedly.
And once the Numinous Episcopate became theirs, this current investment would naturally be recouped twofold.
"Alright, since you've said so, I'll gladly accept it," Medici said lazily, his tone as irritating as ever.
However, he truly needed these supplies. After all, our War Angel, though formidable, didn't have much spare cash and couldn't "rob and plunder" for "money" under the watchful eyes of the Seven Gods. Now with this batch of supplies, he would have more leeway when trying to win over the members of the Numinous Episcopate.
Lin Ruo was too lazy to argue with him at this point. While counting the Sealed Artifact items, he pulled out paper and pen from somewhere and began to record. As he was writing, he suddenly looked at Illysmil beside him and asked, "By the way, isn't there a list or something for these supplies?"
Although counting supplies was a sweet burden, it would be too troublesome for him to count so many items one by one.
As is well known, Lin Ruo dislikes trouble, otherwise he wouldn't have his tool-man alphabet.
"Ah… a list, there is a list!" Illysmil was stunned for a moment, then seemed to remember something and replied, "The list is in my head. The main body had input this information."