Chapter 23: 23 Badge Inventory (Combined)

23 Badge Inventory (Combined)

【Wine Country Martyr: Is this wine? This is flowing cold fire, a remedy for forgetting worries, an oasis in the city, an antidote to a painful life, a river with temperature, and the loneliness boiling in the deepest part of the heart on countless cold nights】

【Wearing effect: The more alcohol in your body, the lower the influence of negative emotions such as fear, timidity, and panic on you.

When there is 0.1 grams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood, this effect will reach its maximum value, directly immunizing against the influence caused by related negative emotions, but you will enter the special state "Drunkenness"】

【Drunkenness: Your reaction time increases by 50%, limb coordination ability decreases by 50%, perception of the surrounding environment decreases by 50%, and courage increases by 300%】

【Advanced route: After tasting one thousand kinds of 'craft' level or higher, one hundred kinds of 'fine wine' level or higher, ten kinds of 'mellow wine' level or higher, and one kind of 'intoxicating wine' level or higher good wines, this badge will automatically advance to the heterochromatic badge "Wine Immortal".

Current progress is 117/1000, 7/100, 1/10, 0/1 respectively】

【Hidden characteristic (no need to wear): After a hell-level binge drinking, your body has adapted to the ravages of alcohol and found the trick to deal with it; your speed of metabolizing alcohol has been greatly increased】

Drinking wildly all night and sleeping all day in exchange for a gold-level badge... this... seems... not unacceptable?

After reading the specific effects of 【Wine Country Martyr】, Li Ang's emotions finally calmed down slowly.

As expected of a gold-level badge, the effect is indeed very powerful.

Although his courage isn't small, when facing the hospital that would directly 'eat people' that day, he was still somewhat fearful in his heart.

Especially the scene in the lobby on the first floor, which was like a living hell; even just observing it through the scope made his heart jump.

Honestly, if he hadn't been hiding in the distance to snipe, but had walked in with Auntie Ai Ma, under that extremely terrifying scene, he might not have been able to hit anyone when facing them.

But with this gold-level badge, as long as he carries a bottle of high-degree alcohol, he can directly greatly reduce the influence of these negative emotions, allowing himself to calm down again. And for this kind of work that walks on the edge of life and death, calmness and rationality can save lives at critical moments.

In addition, according to Auntie Ai Ma, although there are not many abilities like Hearing Heishanyang's that directly affect the soul, it is not impossible to encounter one. With the Cleaning Bureau's terrifyingly large scope of work, who knows when he will bump into one.

And although this 【Wine Country Martyr】 limits the range and can only immunize against negative emotions like fear, timidity, and panic, if the opponent's ability happens to be in this range, it will be directly countered to death. Even if the range is limited to be relatively narrow, this is also an extremely powerful trump card.

It seems... there is still a lot to be mined in the badge system.

Looking at the four slots on the panel, as well as the seven badges including three black iron, two bronze, one gold, and one heterochromatic, Li Ang couldn't help but ponder.

Among the seven badges he has activated, 【Unemployed Youth】 not only has a very confusing ability, but also requires quitting the Cleaning Bureau to upgrade, which isn't something that can be upgraded just by working hard, so pass for now. 【Probationary Employee】, which takes two months to upgrade, is the same.

The remaining 【Reliable Older Brother】 has no advanced route, 【Materialist Soul】 cannot be upgraded, and 【Wine Country Martyr】 can still go up, but he doesn't understand wine and doesn't have the money to buy so many good wines, so he can only give up for now.

So the only ones that might be actively upgraded are 【Demon Dependent】 and 【Shooting Rookie】.

The former is easy to handle; just buy a few more packs of "Gao Te" for Hearing Heishanyang behind the Cleaning Bureau's back. The latter requires live ammunition shooting, so he might have to think of a way from the military side... hmm... wait,

the Police Department seems to have a shooting range, right?

Recalling that when he was eating at the Police Department cafeteria, he seemed to have seen armed police, Li Ang set his sights on the Police Department.

Although it is only affiliated under the Police Department, the Cleaning Bureau is indeed affiliated with the Police Department in name. For them, he can also be considered half of their own people, so borrowing their training facilities... shouldn't be a problem, right?

Hmm... practicing shooting to brush badges, investigating the water company and the Road Administration Department, visiting that middle-aged nurse named Hannah... he has only joined the job for two days, yet he has so many things to do...

Holding his brain, which was still dizzy after the hangover, Li Ang, with a pale face, climbed up and rummaged through the old table by the bed.

After a burst of clattering, he found half a carbon stick he had picked up and some grass paper, recorded the things he needed to do one by one, then folded them carefully and tucked them into his bosom along with his wallet.

"Brother! You're awake!"

Perhaps hearing the sound of rummaging, a little boy with facial features seven points similar to Li Ang, but looking somewhat dull, peeked through the door crack.

Seeing that Li Ang had already gotten up, he ran in with a face full of surprise, hugged his thigh tightly, and then his eyes turned somewhat red:

"Sister coughed so loudly the day before yesterday, her handkerchief was coughed red, and she hasn't come back yet. After you came back, you wouldn't wake up no matter how I called, I... I thought..."

"William! What are you doing!"

Seeming to have heard the sound here, another little girl with light golden hair followed and ran over, pulling the sleeve of the little boy and shouting angrily:

"Didn't that sister with hair like a tomato say it! Big Brother is just drunk! Drunk, do you understand?

It's a small illness like a cold, he'll be fine after a sleep, he won't die! If you talk nonsense again, I'll hit you!"

After scolding the little boy who was half a head taller than her, the little girl who had the same hair color as Anna hesitated for a moment, but finally rushed over, hugged Li Ang's other leg, and lowered her head with red eyes:

"Big Brother, Sister... how is she?"

"Anna is fine, she is already okay."

Looking at the two children who were hugging his thighs tightly on the left and right, a flash of guilt crossed Li Ang's eyes.

The night before yesterday, Anna suddenly coughed up blood. He hurriedly entrusted these two little ones to the neighbor, didn't even have time to give a word of instruction, and carried Anna to the hospital. He tossed and turned for a full day, and that night he joined the Cleaning Bureau, encountered an abnormal incident, and tossed and turned for another whole night.

Later, after solving the out-of-control infected person, he and Auntie Ai Ma helped wake up the doctors and nurses, changed Anna's ward and new medicine, and it was already dawn. He was too sleepy to go home, so he just slept in Anna's hospital bed for a while.

After he woke up, he rushed back to the Cleaning Bureau to report the situation without stopping. After reporting, he specifically took a leave. He originally wanted to confirm Anna's situation and go home, but ended up hearing intelligence about a suspected abnormal object from the doll-faced employee of the gas company, so he had to run back to the Cleaning Bureau temporarily.

Sigh... he hadn't slept much for two days in a row, and on top of that, he was busy and confused. Not only did he not think of asking someone to go home to report safety, but even after work, he was dragged to drink wildly, and then slept soundly for a whole day.

Truly... the adults in the family are either sick or lying down, and he hasn't been home for more than two days. They must have been frightened. He, this big brother, is truly not very competent...

Gently touching the heads of his younger brother and sister, Li Ang took them to sit on the edge of the bed, leaned over, and comforted them softly:

"Don't worry, I specifically asked the doctor yesterday; the doctor said Anna's situation is very stable, her illness is no longer a problem."

"Really!"

Hearing Li Ang's words, the dull William buried his head and didn't make a sound, but the little girl, who was much more lively, raised her head abruptly, full of joy:

"So what that red-haired sister said is true? Anna Sister can come home soon?"

"Hmm."

Li Ang nodded with a smile:

"The doctor said, she only needs to rest for two more days to come home, and she can take medicine on time later, and she will recover in three months at most, and will never cough again."

The two little ones were very happy to hear this good news, and their two little faces were full of joy from the bottom of their hearts.

Before they had any memories, their parents, who were mechanics, had sacrificed in the war to defend the country a few years ago. The two little ones didn't have much memory of their parents, and it was almost Anna who took care of them all the way.

So don't look at Anna herself being less than sixteen years old, but in the hearts of these two younger siblings, 'the eldest sister is like a mother' is not an exaggerated description, but a concrete description. Hearing the news that Anna was fine, they were definitely happier than anyone else in the world.

Carefully looking at the appearance and complexion of his younger brother and sister, and confirming that they were neither hungry nor frozen in these two days, Li Ang, who finally felt relieved, touched the little girl's golden hair and asked with a smile:

"What about that red-haired big sister? Melanie, tell me, when did she leave, and what did she say to you?"

"Ah... let me think..."

Although she was the youngest in the family, compared to her somewhat honest twin brother, the little girl named Melanie was clearly much smarter.

After tilting her head and recalling for a while, she counted with her fingers and relayed earnestly:

"The red-haired big sister carried you back, gave the auntie who took care of us a silver wheel, and begged her to take good care of us until you woke up.

Then she also said, give you another day off today, and deal with nurses and things tomorrow. Hmm... also, she bought me and William very, very sweet milk candies, and said she would give us a new set of clothes..."

"But we didn't want them!"

Just then, the little boy who had been listening silently couldn't help but interrupt:

"Big Brother and Sister have both said! If you meet someone who wants to give us candy or clothes, they must be bad people, they are kidnappers, absolutely don't go with them.

So as soon as I heard she wanted to buy us clothes, I immediately glared at her very hard! And shouted loudly that someone was kidnapping children, and directly scared her away!"

"..."

(⊙_⊙)?

In Li Ang's speechless and confused expression, the dull little William stood up, patted his little chest hard, and said proudly:

"Big Brother! I scared away the bad guy and protected Melanie! Did I do well?"

"Pah! You still have the nerve to say that!"

Before Li Ang could speak, the angry golden-haired little girl rushed over, stretched out her little hand, and patted her twin brother's forehead hard, shouting angrily while patting:

"Bai Chi! Fool! Big stupid! Stubborn! Wooden head!

Are you stupid! Can you use your brain? Our brother was carried back by her, so can she be a bad person? Hurry up and compensate me for the new clothes!

Also, if you were really afraid she was a bad person, then don't take the candy either, why did you grab the candy to eat with me? I hate you to death!"

"I... didn't you eat several pieces first?"

The dull little boy, while raising his thin arm to hold his head, trying his best to resist his sister's attack, argued reasonably:

"I thought, since you ate the candy and were fine, that proves the candy definitely wasn't poisonous, right? Why wouldn't I eat non-poisonous candy?"

"..."

Good heavens... the logic is quite strong, but should you be considered a fool or a smart egg?

Looking at the two little ones who were arguing more and more fiercely, turning the room into a mess, Li Ang, who had just been full of guilt, immediately switched to the parent mode of disliking the children the more he looked at them. Holding his brain that was still dizzy after the hangover, he waved his hand helplessly:

"Stop making trouble, sigh... you two are really... our family will have money soon. When the salary is issued, whether it's candy or new clothes, Brother will buy them for you!"

After promising a huge benefit worth two copper wheels and finally appeasing the two little ones, Li Ang looked at the dark sky outside and propped himself up to prepare to get something to eat.

"You must be hungry, right? Brother will go cook for you."

"No need, we've eaten!"

After glaring at her stupid twin brother, Melanie shook her two light golden braids and answered happily:

"Although we were scared away by the idiot William, that red-haired sister came back quietly later, put a lot, lot of food in our house, enough for our family to eat for several days. We two came to see you after eating."

"Yes, yes!"

Seeming to remember the deliciousness just now, the dull William licked his lips and nodded repeatedly:

"Especially the fried fish and smoked red sausage, very, very fragrant, we ate a lot!"

"Hmph! Didn't you say she was a bad person? Why did you still eat her things? Aren't you afraid of being caught?"

"Not afraid, I waited for you to finish eating, and after seeing you were fine, I ate it. Like the mashed potatoes you didn't eat, I didn't eat a single bite, I'm smart!"

"I... I'll let you anger me to death!"

"Alright, alright!"

Seeing the two little ones arguing again as they talked, and about to start a new round of fighting, Li Ang grabbed one with each hand and transferred the topic with a headache:

"And then? You two ate so many good things from her, did you thank her properly?"

"Of course!"

After glaring at her stupid twin brother, Melanie shook her braids and said proudly:

"Anna Sister has said, we are just poor, not wild children without parents, we must be polite!

So not only did I say thank you to the big sister, but I also pressed William's head and forced him to say it! However... hmm... the big sister didn't seem very happy. When I wanted to hug her, she just ran away..."

Speaking of this, seeming to have remembered something she didn't understand, Melanie blinked her bright big eyes, pinched her little skirt, and said in confusion:

"She seemed to say... she doesn't like children, saying that once children get familiar, they easily treat others as mothers, and then will forget her arbitrarily...

Brother, I didn't quite understand what the big sister said. Why would we forget her after getting familiar with her?" ===== CHAPTER 24 =====