"Invention mouse?" Angor repeated the word out of reflex when he heard the strange word.
Luigi also noticed Angor coming out of the cubicle. He thought Angor was asking about the "inventor rat", so he quickly explained.
"An inventor rat is a hamster that knows how to invent things. Two years ago, I —"
Peluxiu showed a disdainful look and was about to refute Luigi's words.
However, before Pilucci could say anything, Luigi said, "I heard this rumor from Barregon two years ago. At that time, Barregon scoffed at it and thought that it was just a rumor. How could there be a hamster that knew how to invent things? At that time, Sage Pika happened to be there. He checked the theory library and found a research report about an Inventor Hamster. There was even a picture of the Inventor Hamster … That's right, it's this one. It's fat and has a pair of black bean eyes."
Piluxiu's mouth, which was about to open, shut in embarrassment. He didn't know if Luigi was telling the truth, but Barregon and Sage Pika were both important figures he couldn't get in touch with.
He couldn't afford to offend them.
Luigi continued, "Because Barregon and Sage Pika were talking about biological neuroscience, and I was playing the piano on the side. I didn't pay attention to their conversation, so when I saw this hamster, I didn't recognize it. I just thought it looked familiar."
"You didn't pay attention to their conversation, or you didn't understand it?"
Luigi didn't know what to say. Will you die if you don't expose me?
Luigi rolled his eyes at Angor. "Anyway, this hamster is exactly the same as the one mentioned in Sage Pika's research report. I'm sure of it."
Angor didn't pay much attention to the hamster until now. Now that Luigi mentioned it, he looked at it curiously.
It was fat, with milky white fur mixed with some gray and yellow hairs. It looked like … Jon.
It was not Jon himself, but Jon's profile picture in the trees. After the avatar function was released, Jon changed his avatar to a "frightened little hamster who accidentally wandered into the human world".
According to Jon, this was a very popular emoticon back on Earth.
Jon changed his avatar later, but Angor still remembered it.
The hamster's breed was called "Golden Silk Bear" by Jon. The Hamster in front of him looked like a Golden Silk Bear, but it was fatter and had slender and long arms.
As the hamster was locked in the roller, it was isolated from the outside world. It could only see that it was being observed by everyone. It did not know what was going on, and its expression was slightly frightened.
If it had raised its head instead of burying it under its body, it would have looked more than seventy percent similar to Jon's portrait.
"I didn't think he's that smart." Angor observed carefully and rubbed his chin.
Luigi said, "Its eyes are as small as rice grains, and there are no other colors. Can you still see wisdom in rice grains?"
"You're right. But if it's the Inventor Mouse you mentioned, it shouldn't have to rely on manual labor to pull gears, right?"
Luigi thought about it and agreed. The fact that the news of the inventor mouse could reach Barregon meant that it was quite famous. There were even papers dedicated to this invention mouse. Indeed, it shouldn't have fallen to this point.
But judging from its appearance, it did look very similar to the one in the portrait.
Luigi could not figure it out, so he looked at Pelucci who was curled up in a corner.
Luigi was surprised when he saw Pelucci's boss.
He remembered that Peluxiu was high-spirited previously, holding a whip and waving it around, urging the hamsters to run. Why was it squatting in the corner now?
Luigi walked to Pilucci's side and reached out to grab his collar.
"Huh? Ah! " Piluxiu, who had his back facing the crowd, was caught off guard and was lifted into the air. He flailed his arms and legs and subconsciously shouted, "Let go of me, you lowly races!"
"You are provoking the great Pelucci, and you will be severely punished —"
Before he could finish, Pelucci landed safely on the ground. He was stunned for a moment. He raised his head and found that the white-toothed man who claimed to be in contact with Barregon and Sage Pika was standing in front of him.
"Hey, who are you calling lowly? What kind of punishment will we get? Tell us! "Luigi squinted his eyes and moved closer to Pelucci.
Peluxiu shuddered as he recalled the vicious words he had left behind in the air.
Did I offend this white-toothed man?
Since I already did, I don't need to be afraid … right?
He hesitated, and his eyes turned from hesitation to viciousness. But in the end, he quickly knelt on the ground and said, "I was speaking nonsense. Please forgive my rudeness."
He looked up with tears in his eyes.
Angor looked at the familiar scene and rubbed his swollen temples. Was Peluxiu always this shameless?
Luigi was quite receptive. Maybe he had seen a lot of things.
"Alright, get up now." Luigi frowned impatiently and muttered, "Why is he acting the same as Dolly and Wax?"
Pelucci's expression became even more humble when he heard the names of Dolly and Wax. Sage Pika and Barregon were still too far away from him. He did talk to people like Dolly and Wax before, but even so, he was still not as important as them.
Luigi, on the other hand, was someone who could easily talk to Dolly and Wax. Pelucci believed that Luigi was someone he could not afford to offend.
As expected, adapting to circumstances was the best way to survive.
"You heard our conversation, right?" Luigi stood up and walked to the Hamster Roller again. "Tell me, is this hamster the inventor hamster that everyone is talking about?"
Pelucci stood up and patted the non-existent dust off his clothes. "It's not an inventor mouse. It's just an ordinary hamster."
"Really? Did I remember it wrong? "Luigi frowned.
Pilucci: "Honorable guest, you didn't remember wrongly. It's not an inventor mouse, but it's related to that one. "
Pelucci briefly explained the hamster's origin.
It was not the legendary Inventor Mouse, but it was a descendant of the Inventor Mouse. …
Speaking of which, it was related to the paper that Luigi had mentioned about the inventor mouse. In order to fully understand why this hamster was so smart, its owner started to research it. Naturally, it also included the research of its descendants.
That inventor mouse was a female, and it gave birth to many descendants during the research process.
Most of the descendants were very smart and could learn the Pelucci language and the common language. Although their performance was not as amazing as the inventor mouse, it was still very good.
However, there were also some very stupid descendants, and these descendants were basically abandoned or sold.
This young hamster was a descendant of that inventor mouse, and it was the stupid kind. It could not speak and had no motivation to learn. Other than slacking off every day, it hid its food.
In the end, it changed hands many times and was sold from the inner city to the outer city before finally falling into the hands of Pelucci.
Speaking up to this point, Pelucci had a dejected expression and cried that he had been cheated by a damn swindler.
He originally thought that he had bought a smart descendant of the inventor mouse, but who knew that this baby mouse was a lazy and gluttonous mouse. He couldn't sell it even if he wanted to. Even if he wanted to make it run on a roller, he could only rely on a whip to whip it.
He lost a large sum of condensed crystals because of this.
"How much is a large sum?" Luigi asked curiously.
Pelucci hesitated for a moment. "Two condensed crystals."
Luigi sneered and couldn't be bothered to reply. A cheap one might not be bad, but in this situation, a cheap one must be fishy.
You know that the inventor mouse is very popular in the inner city, but you only used two condensed crystals to buy an inventor mouse. Are you sure you don't want to find a problem with yourself?
Pelucci clearly didn't understand the meaning of Luigi's sneer and even said naively, "If you like this hamster, I can sell it to you at a 50% discount. You only need one condensed crystal, and it's yours. One condensed crystal is definitely not a loss … "
Pelucci kept blabbering on and on, but Luigi only responded with a blank expression, "Do you even believe your own words?"
Luigi ignored Pelucci's awkward expression and looked at Angor. "And here I thought I found an inventor mouse. So it's a fake one. By the way, how's the negotiation going over there? "
"It's done," Angor replied.
Luigi already received the message from Laplace without needing Angor's explanation.
He only needed to bring one person out of the mirror realm to get a good batch of goods. Even his music score was free of charge. Of course, he was happy.
Bringing people away was a piece of cake for him.
Luigi happily handed the music score to Angor. Angor had to write it down first before going to Broyin to verify it, so it was better for him to give it to Angor.
While handing the music score to Angor, Luigi noticed that Angor was still looking at the hamster inside the drum.
"What? You're interested in this hamster?" Angor asked Luigi the same question before, but this time, Luigi was the one asking Angor.
"I'm interested in an inventor mouse, but not a lazy hamster."
"Then why are you still looking at it?" Luigi was confused.
Angor didn't answer. Instead, he turned to Pelucci and asked, "Can you open the drum and let me have a closer look at the hamster?"
Pelucci was still disappointed about the hamster's failure. His eyes lit up when he heard Angor's request. "Of course!"
Merchant Pilucci quickly opened the lid of the roller.
As soon as the lid was removed, the hamster inside immediately collapsed on the drum and panted heavily as if it was exhausted.
"Please feel free to look around."
Angor reached out a hand and stroked the hamster inside the drum.
Hmm … nice touch. It feels like soft jelly.
However, Angor couldn't sense the hamster's emotions using his Astral Perception. He could only sense that the hamster was drooling over the food and the beautiful hamster from its weak consciousness.
Angor quietly pulled his hand back.
He wanted to see if he could pick up something useful. There were many stories about how the hamster's brothers and sisters were all geniuses. However, those who could really rise up were all independent.
Lazy hamsters were also considered independent, right? So he decided to try his luck and see if the rat was a hidden genius.
However, he didn't get the answer.
This was a real hamster.
His looting plan failed miserably, and Luigi asked curiously, "Is there anything special about this hamster?"
Angor didn't know how to answer. He only gave Luigi a mysterious smile.
Then he pulled his hand back.
"Do you want it? Only two crystals. " Pelucci saw Angor's smile and thought Angor was interested in the hamster, so he immediately raised the price.
"Thank you, but not for now."
He purposely used the word "for now" to indicate that he had "something else" to do so that he would not look stupid.
But in fact, he wasn't going to buy the hamster at all.
Angor winked at Luigi and prepared to leave the Pelucci Shop.
When Angor and the others left, the human called Parrot put on his hood and chased after them.
"Sir, are you interested in that hamster?" Parrot asked.
Angor forced a smile. "What? Do you have something to tell me? "
The parrot turned its head and looked at Peluxiu's shop. After confirming that the Peluxiu merchant hadn't come out, it leaned closer and whispered, "I followed the Peluxiu caravan to Crystal City. I saw a few Peluxiu merchants bringing along a lot of hamsters. If you don't like the hamster, you can go to the other Pelucci Merchants and have a look. "
Parrot chased after Angor because he wanted to say this.
He also knew that the hamster was useless. However, he saw many other Pelucci Merchants with decent hamsters, so he came to remind Angor.
Angor nodded to thank Parrot.
They talked about their departure and asked Parrot if he wanted to leave with them so that he could bring him along when he left Crystal City.
However, Parrot still declined after some consideration.
The gathering would go on for a while. He planned to buy some local products and sell them in the southern wizarding region as his initial capital.
Therefore, he also needed some time.
Besides, he didn't need to worry about Angor and the others going back on their words.
After saying goodbye, Angor and the others left the street.
When there were only a few people left, Luigi couldn't help but ask again, "You haven't answered my question. Is there a secret about that hamster?"
Angor shrugged. "It's hard to tell if there are any secrets. If you're really curious, why don't you buy it and explore it yourself? "
Luigi gave Angor a suspicious look. In the end, he didn't buy the hamster even though it only cost one crystal.
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