Sitting in her room, Dorothy began to read the few pages of secret transmission pulled from the "Light Gospel" in her hand. Under the Knower's speed-reading ability, these few pages were finished by Dorothy in less than a minute.
"It's really a bit little... It seems that guy is afraid that if I read too much at once, I'll be driven mad by Spirit Sight," Dorothy said, looking at the pages in her hand. To be honest, she was a little dissatisfied with the lack of content in this secret transmission, but thinking about it, it made sense. The Holy Communion Society wanted controllable puppets, not crazy girls, so it was impossible to give a normal thirteen-year-old girl an entire book of secret transmission at once.
The secret transmission Dorothy just read was called "The Taste of Scarlet". It described the story of an ordinary person who, after accidentally coming into contact with the knowledge of the "Cup", gradually became addicted to the Spirituality of the "Cup", and gradually fell into degradation. The author is unknown, and it is a novel-themed secret transmission. Unfortunately, due to the few pages given by Clifford, Dorothy only read the beginning. The atmosphere had just been set when it suddenly stopped. The accumulated Spirituality was only about 1 point from the "Cup"; the accumulation of 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) was too small, not even enough for the system to prompt, meaning it was 0 points.
'Hmph... It seems that guy wants to take it slow. Every time I go back to return and borrow books, he'll give me a little more. To finish reading this book, it seems I'll have to borrow it several more times...'
Dorothy thought this, and following this line of thought, she continued to ponder.
'In that case, I'll have to interact with that guy frequently from now on... Grego can't always be by my side. I must be careful when I interact with him...
'Also... after reading the secret transmission given by that guy for a long time, I must also pretend to be affected by the Spirit Sight in the secret transmission. This way, I won't be able to bring Grego later, and if that guy wants to speed things up, he'll probably still find a way to give me the drug.'
As she thought, Dorothy had more ideas.
'Now that I'm initially absorbing Spirit Sight in that guy's eyes, his vigilance should decrease. After exchanging books a few times, even if I go alone, as long as I show signs of being affected by Spirit Sight, he won't directly use force.
'If... if on this basis I can resist the effect of the drug, and actively drink it, seeing that I've simultaneously taken Spirit Sight and the drug, that guy might completely believe that I'm controlled. In that case, wouldn't I have infiltrated the other side's interior? Not only can I get internal information from the other side, but maybe in the end, I can ask for more secret transmission.
'And the key is... how to resist the drug of the 'Cup'...'
As she spoke, Dorothy took out her wallet, felt the thickness that had only recently increased, and sighed again with some helplessness.
It seemed it was time to go find Aldrich again.
Then, Dorothy shook her head, put the book away, and took out the school uniform stored in the wardrobe.
...
The next day, Yi Gewen West Suburbs, Saint Amanda School.
During the day on campus, students stayed in classrooms receiving lessons from teachers, while Dorothy ignored the sounds of teaching in the classrooms and walked quickly through the school garden.
Dorothy, who had been taking frantic leaves of absence, hadn't stepped into a classroom for several weeks. Now, her classmates in her original class probably no longer remembered her.
Grego paid the tuition fee, and Dorothy paid the leave fee. Now Dorothy was completely in a state of nominal schooling. If her state were in her previous life, she would definitely be reported to her parents by the teacher, followed by a wave of corrective education from her parents, including physical methods.
But teachers in this era didn't have the leisure to inform parents. Anyway, going to school was a precious opportunity. Students could study or not study as they pleased; in the end, it was their own delay. And the teachers' attitude like this exactly matched Dorothy's needs, so up to now, Grego still believed that his sister was studying diligently at school every day.
Speeding up her steps, Dorothy entered a small Church from the garden, then came to the stone coffin room in the Church, which was specially used to display the remains of the school's outstanding great people. She activated a hidden mechanism on a stone coffin carving, and then the heavy lid of the stone coffin automatically opened with a rumbling sound, revealing the hidden secret passage below.
Dorothy walked into the secret passage, and then went down the stairs all the way to the basement of Saint Amanda School. As soon as she entered the basement, she sneezed heavily because she inhaled the floating dust.
"Achoo!"
"Oh oh oh! It's Miss Meisihuos! It's rare for you to come here to find me. Is there something?"
In the center of the basement, Aldrich, dressed in worker's clothes and carving a Stone Knight, said when he saw Dorothy at the entrance, while Dorothy, who was wiping her nose with a handkerchief, couldn't help but complain in her heart.
'You're always carving stones in the basement. Aren't you worried about getting pneumoconiosis in the future?'
Putting away the handkerchief, Dorothy looked at Aldrich and said.
"I'm here to continue asking the question from last time, about how to guard against corruption, especially the corruption of the 'Cup' society. Do you have any methods?"
Dorothy said straightforwardly, and before Aldrich could speak, she first took out 10 pound from her wallet and slapped it on the table next to her.
"Hehe, it seems you've had some gains recently, Miss Meisihuos, this is a good thing..."
As he spoke, Aldrich put down the tool in his hand, clapped his hands, and continued.
"Resisting corruption... As for Spirit Sight corruption, there's nothing to say, just complete the process of resisting Spirit Sight. I think Miss Meisihuos is already clear about this. As for drug corruption... it can be solved by using poison to counteract poison."
"Using poison to counteract poison?" Listening to Aldrich's words, a trace of confusion appeared on Dorothy's expression.
"Yes... Actually, that's not accurate. It should be more accurate to say Spirituality neutralization. Hmm... What I'm going to say next will slightly go beyond the scope of the question you asked before, so add some..."
"Slap!"
Before Aldrich could finish, Dorothy expressionlessly slapped another 10 pound on the table. Aldrich saw it and continued to smile.
"Haha, straightforward... Then I'll continue. You might not know yet, but there is a corresponding relationship between the six major Spirituality. For example, 'Light' corresponds to'Shadow', 'Cup' corresponds to'Stone', and 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) corresponds to'Silence'.
"Spirituality that correspond to each other generally exhibit a mutually restraining adversarial relationship. The most typical is the opposition between 'Light' and'Shadow'. In many areas, these two are the most mutually restraining types of Spirituality. Although the antagonism between 'Cup' and'Stone' is not as strong as between 'Light' and'Shadow', mutual restraint also exists.
"In many cases, 'Cup' and'Stone' can neutralize each other. The reason why drugs made with the Spirituality of the 'Cup' can cause addiction is that the 'Cup' represents the intense desires of biological instinct on the mental level. By stimulating the generation of desires, 'Cup' drugs, once tainted, can make people unable to stop and dependent for life.
"In contrast, the expression of'Stone' on the mental level is stubbornness, restraint, adherence to convention, rigidity, rejection... Therefore, mental drugs made with the Spirituality of the'Stone' can neutralize the effect of 'Cup' drugs."