Chapter 57

56 Smash me to death with money!

Is it finally dead?

Looking at the enormous toad below, shattered beyond recognition, Leon, whose legs were trembling slightly, only let out a long breath after sitting on the mountain of gold and silver to avoid showing his cowardice.

Although I have said it many times, I really want to say it again now... this job at the Bureau is truly not meant for humans!

Relying on a belly full of idealistic sophistry to talk a Holy Spirit to death, the weak-limbed Leon moved down from the mountain of gold bit by bit, taking the time to glance at the records of the badge system.

【Relying on your excellent eloquence and acting skills, you shaped the false character "The Poor Worker Who Doesn't Love Money," successfully distorted the Golden Toad's perception of the world, and completely destroyed the foundation of its existence. You have activated the Bai Yin-grade badge "Elite Performer."】

【Performer: An excellent script, a suitable stage, and you are enough to complete an outstanding performance.】

【Wearing Effect: Due to the enhancement of exquisite lines and acting techniques, when performing, you can well integrate into and stay close to the "character" itself, and the personality and character portrayed are extremely convincing.】

【Advancement Route: Perform ten wonderful shows in a grand theater with an audience of over two thousand, and after gaining the approval of over ninety percent of the audience, this badge will automatically advance to the Gold badge "Master Performer." Current progress 0/10.】

【Hidden Trait (No need to wear): An outstanding performer, no matter where they are, is as bright and outstanding as a firefly in the dark. Your temperament has been greatly improved.】

"..."

Although it is a Bai Yin badge directly, it... doesn't seem to have much use?

After finishing the effects of 【Elite Performer】, Leon, who had expected to obtain a badge like 【Holy Spirit Bane】, sighed in disappointment and then scanned the situation of the badge panel below.

【Materialist Soul (Red)】

【Martyr of the Wine Kingdom (Gold)】

【Friend of Demons (Bai Yin)】, 【Elite Performer (Bai Yin)】

【Shooter (Copper)】, 【Trustworthy Brother (Copper)】

【Unemployed Youth (Iron)】, 【Probationary Worker (Iron)】, 【Parkour Newbie (Iron)】

Up to now, I have obtained a total of nine badges, but there are only five badge slots.

Among them, 【Materialist】 directly locked one slot, 【Wine Kingdom】, which breaks fear, also occupied one, and the remaining three are 【Demon】, which enhances the effect of corruption-type anomalous objects, 【Shooting】, which strengthens shooting, and 【Probationary Worker】, which directly increases work efficiency.

As for 【Parkour】, which is also very useful, because the five badge slots are already full, I have to put it aside for now and wait until I confirm I have encountered complex terrain before changing it on in advance. The 【Performer】 I got this time should be treated the same way; I'm afraid it can only be thrown into the badge warehouse to gather dust for now...

Hmm... fortunately, besides the badges, I have other gains.

Looking at the enormous toad in front of him, which was still quite spectacular in size even though it was shattered all over the ground, Leon's mood improved immediately, and he reached out to touch the toad's huge skull.

【Encountered... Materialist... Information】

【Name: Holy Spirit Remains (?,?)】

【Appearance: Shattered enormous toad corpse】

【Ability:?】

【Cost:?】

【File: After its cognition was subjected to extremely cruel crushing, it could no longer bear the concepts of money, currency, domination, and transaction it possessed, thus it disintegrated on its own. It cannot be used until repair and re-refinement are completed.】

【Evaluation: Extremely excellent anomalous object material. After matching with excellent auxiliary materials and correct methods, it should be able to create a quite powerful anomalous object.】

【Corruption Value:?】

Sure enough, the potential of this thing is huge.

After reading the explanation given by 【Materialist】, Leon couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

Although being blasted to death by mouth-cannon seems a bit pathetic, the golden toad is at least a Holy Spirit-level existence, so the anomalous object created will definitely be extraordinary.

In addition, according to the rules of the Bureau, as an opponent I killed with my own hands... and my own mouth, after completing the recovery and submission, I have absolute first claim to the anomalous object produced.

Even if the final product is not compatible with me, I can use it to exchange for other usable anomalous objects, just like the Witch's Broom last time. So although this accident was extremely dangerous, the gains are also quite rich...

"Kid! I'm over here!"

After waiting for a long time without seeing Leon come to find him, but instead wandering around the toad shattered all over the ground, the sheep head in the distance, feeling uncomfortable being pressed by a pile of golden wheels, couldn't help but urge with its neck stiffened:

"Hurry up! Stop touching that toad, hurry over and dig me out!"

Leon, who was checking his gains, followed the sound and dug for a good while on the half-mountain of golden wheels the toad had collapsed onto before digging out the buried sheep head.

After regaining freedom, looking at Leon, who could almost be called unscathed except for his clothes being slightly scratched, the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang couldn't help but say with an excited face:

"Quick, quick, quick! Tell me! How exactly did you win?"

"Didn't you hear it all? I just chatted with it about worldviews, outlooks on life, values, and the like, and then it discovered that its cognition of the world had deviated, and it collapsed on its own...

By the way, will these people be okay?"

Not wanting to tell the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang about the existence of the badge system, and too embarrassed to boast about himself as a saint who treats money like dirt, Leon had to respond vaguely, then stood up and looked around at the people who had fainted all over the square, asking with some worry:

"I remember that although the activation time wasn't long before, many people were affected by that toad's ability and aged quite a bit. Can the things they had exchanged be restored?

Also, when that toad started spitting out a large number of golden wheels just now, many people fainted directly, and no one has woken up yet..."

"Oh, it's a good thing they haven't woken up!"

Letting Leon lift him higher, after looking at the situation in the shopping plaza, the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang said dismissively:

"After being stimulated by you before, that toad, in order to scrape together enough money to buy you, had already taken back the money given to these people and sent back the life it had forcibly bought away.

Look, see? The golden wheels that were sent to their side before have disappeared. This is proof that the transaction was actively canceled by that toad.

As for why they fainted collectively... having a large amount of life bought away in one breath, and then having the transaction canceled and life forcibly poured back in such a rough way, you'd faint too!"

After answering Leon's question, the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang, still full of doubts, stared at him and said without blinking:

"Kid! Don't think about fooling me with those words! That toad wasn't familiar with you, so it could be fooled by you, but I'm different!

You kid would rather smell foot odor for over an hour than spend two extra copper wheels to buy a standard cabin ticket. With you being such an ultimate miser, it's impossible to resist the magic of money!

Tell me honestly! Did that red-haired woman give you some kind of protective... Holy crap! Dodge! Hurry up and dodge!"

Dodge? Could that toad still be resurrected?

Hearing the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang's warning, Leon's expression tightened, and he turned his head to look back suddenly. However, the toad's fragments were still lying honestly in place; the golden toad didn't do a sit-up, but...

The mountain of golden wheels collapsed!

In this small landslide accident, metal coins in numbers too large to calculate were sweeping toward him crazily like a golden flood!