408 nodded, a little embarrassed. "Yes, I have my own products. However, the effect of my ability isn't that special. "
"Can you tell me more about it?" Angor asked curiously.
408 hesitated for a moment and reached into the pouch on her waist. Several seconds later, she took out a small booklet and handed it to Angor.
"What's recorded here is the product of my ability."
Angor looked down and checked the booklet.
There were no words or markings on the cover of the booklet. It was a pure white cover.
When Angor opened it, he found that the booklet was not filled with pages. Instead, it was filled with neatly arranged sheets of transparent film.
It looked like a photo album.
However, what was in the film was not a photo, but a rectangular card.
So … this is a card collection?
With that in mind, he checked the card inside the box.
If he was not mistaken, these cards should be related to 408's products.
However, when Angor checked the cards carefully, he was dumbfounded.
What's this?
The cards looked like tarot cards. The backs of the cards were decorated with colorful patterns, while the front of the cards were characters.
For example, the four cards on the first page were as follows:
"Praying Nun": A young woman in a holy dress praying silently with her hands on her chest. The bright sunlight outlined a golden edge on her face.
"Crafty Merchant": In the corner of a luxurious shop, a wretched green-skinned Rutherford stood in the shadow, rubbing his hands and looking at the customers in the shop with a wicked smile.
"Sowing Discord": A dark-skinned man was advising the king on the throne with a smile. The king nodded repeatedly. However, the king did not notice that there was a second face behind the dark-skinned man. This face was no longer smiling. Instead, it was cold and cruel.
"Queen Who Looks Down on All": A queen wearing luxurious clothes and a dazzling crown sat on a high back throne. Her eyes were downcast, and there was a faint purple glow in them as if she was looking down on all living things.
The faces of the four cards were all very well made.
Angor could see the rich inner thoughts of the characters just by looking at the cards.
However, he still could not tell what was so special about the four cards.
He could only vaguely perceive that the card seemed to have the flavor of a stream of consciousness, but he was still at a loss as to what use that stream of consciousness would have in the card.
"What's so special about these cards?"
"Actually, it's nothing special." 408 was a little embarrassed. "These cards only allow the user to act as the corresponding characters on the cards. It's a tool to assist in acting."
"Acting?" Angor was surprised. Such a well-made card was only used for acting?
He thought different cards would have different abilities. For example, Praying Nun could heal people, and Sly Merchant could increase his fortune.
In the end, it was just an act?
Seeing Angor's reaction, 408 thought he did not understand what he meant. "It's hard to understand the specific effects without any proof. Why don't you try it yourself? "
"Can I try?"
408 nodded. "As long as you take out the card and place it on your hand, you'll be able to feel the corresponding effect."
Angor considered and decided to give it a try.
Even if it was just an act, he still wanted to see the specific effects.
He subconsciously reached for the card "Strategist Sowing Discord" because it was the only man who looked similar to a human among the four cards on the first page. He looked like a black man, but at least his gender remained the same.
However, just as he was about to touch the Military Advisor Card, he suddenly paused.
He looked at the card "Crafty Merchant".
Since it was just an act, it would be too boring to use a character that fit him perfectly. If he wanted to experience something, he had to experience something that contrasted with him.
For example, a non-human race.
With that in mind, Angor took out the card "Crafty Merchant".
Just as it was holding the "Crafty Merchant" card, a strange stream of consciousness was transmitted from the card, forming a strange closed loop of logic.
The loop of logic did not exist at the level of consciousness. Instead, it covered Angor's entire body with him as the center.
It was like a layer of coating.
If someone looked at Angor from outside the coating, they would feel a clear sense of wickedness and danger. It was just like when they saw Peluxiu as a profiteer, which made them feel disgusted.
Inside the coating, Angor's mind was filled with all kinds of images of Peluxiu's despicable actions.
These images were not memories, and they would not stay in his mind. They only allowed him to feel Peluxiu's despicable actions during his travels.
So, this is a kind of behavior suggestion and coating to help me get into character?
As Angor pondered, he suddenly heard 408's voice.
"Boss, can I buy this button from you?"
Angor looked up and saw 408 looking at him timidly while pointing at a button on his chest.
Angor's first instinct was to ask, "What are you doing?"
However, before he could speak, the "closed loop of logic" around him seemed to have sensed some key words and activated on its own.
Several options appeared in Angor's mind.
If everything was a "game", Angor now had a lot of options in front of him.
[Option 1: What are you doing? ]
[Option 2: When you know the customer is a fat sheep who is weaker than you or stronger than you, you can choose A/B plan …]
[Option 3: When you know the customer is poor, you can choose …]
[Option 4: When you can't tell whether the customer has enough money or not, you can use A/B/C to test the customer's wealth and make your choice …]
[Option 5: …]
Apart from the first option, which was Angor's own judgment, all the other options were provided by the "closed loop of logic".
And they all fit Peluxiu's character perfectly.
Different options would even show different expressions, smiles, and actions.
When he sensed the options provided by the "closed loop of logic", Angor immediately understood that 408 suddenly asked him to buy the button to help him understand the deduction method of the profiteer character.
By now, Angor finally understood the effect of the cards.
As long as he triggered the keyword, he could "act" for a while.
And he could do it perfectly without leaving any traces.
Angor thought for a moment and put the "Crafty Merchant" card back into the card book.
Now that he had a general idea of the card's effect, he did not need to try it again.
Besides, he also wanted to know whether he would be affected by Peluxiu's character after putting the card back.
When the card was put back into the book, the "character coating" on Angor's body disappeared, and so did the closed loop of logic around him.
Angor did not feel anything at all.
The only thing the character card gave him was some inertia about Peluxiu's behavior.
Basically, when Angor ran into Pillucci, he could tell whether the merchant was planning to trick him or not just by looking at his eyes and small movements.
Apart from that, he did not have any memories related to Peluxiu.
In other words, the character card was really just an aid for acting. It did not change the character's personality, nor did it give him extra memories out of nowhere.
For now, Angor did not think it was a good idea to not be affected by the memory.
But if he looked at it from a more rational and objective perspective, he would prefer to keep the character's memory.
He could use the memory to further understand the character's behavior and logic.
But since 408 did not choose to keep the memory, she must have her reasons. Maybe keeping the memory would cause confusion and confusion in the character's behavior?
Angor asked his question.
408 shook his head. "For an Extraordinaire, this little bit of memory won't cause any confusion in their memory and behavior. However, for ordinary people, it may have a great impact. The extra memory may cause them to be unable to distinguish between reality and illusion. "
At this point, 408 sighed helplessly. "After all, my character cards are only meant for ordinary people. I have to consider their needs. "
Angor understood what 408 was implying. "So, you think these character cards are useless to supernaturals?"
408 nodded. "It's easy for supernaturals to play a character. They don't need these cards at all.
Besides, my cards only allow people to play other characters. They don't give them any benefits. They're only suitable for actors. "
Supernaturals who wanted to be actors had no use for these cards.
Therefore, 408 decided to use these cards only for mortals and newbies who had just learned about supernaturals.
Angor did not agree with 408's idea.
He personally studied these cards and found them to be very interesting "bases". At first glance, they seemed to be only used for acting. But if there were special needs, they could turn into skyscrapers and break through the sky.
In short, Angor believed that these cards had potential.
But how much potential did they have? Angor could not tell yet.
He thought for a moment and decided not to comment. Instead, he went back to the booklet to see what other character cards there were.
There were eight cards in total on the second and third pages.
They were all different classes, such as students, scholars, poets, and musicians.
If Luigi was here, he would probably be interested in the poets and musicians. However, Angor did not think that these cards had anything new compared to the ones on the first page.
He kept going. Fourth, fifth, sixth …
"Desperate Housewife": A woman who was depressed to the extreme and lost all hope. She lay on the ground like a lifeless corpse. Behind her were men's accusations and children's cries.
"A Womanly Man": The only man sitting at the tea party. He wore a tight suit and silently looked at the ladies around him who were wearing beautiful and luxurious dresses. His eyes were filled with envy, melancholy, and silent self-pity.
"Good Man Who Killed in Anger": A man hiding in a corner with the dead body of a gangster beside him. A crowd gathered around him. Many of them had received help from this man before. But now, they were all staring at him with disgust and mockery.
"Resister of Condemnation": …
"Criminal of the Rainy Night": …
As Angor read further, the cards began to talk about human relationships and social classes.
If these characters were put on stage, they would definitely have a great impact on the audience and bring shock to the performance of the characters.
However, Angor did not see too many surprises from these cards.
These cards were still limited to the identity of "actors". They were far from enough to break through the limit of the cards' potential.
When Angor reached the last page, his eyes were attracted by a card.
The surface of this card was a bright starry sky. He couldn't see any "character" or "role" in it.
The only thing special about this card was that in the center of the starry sky, there was a comet with a long tail.
The name of this card was "Traveler of Shadowy Planet".
This was not the first time Angor heard about Shadowy Planet. It was not a planet, but a mirror surface located in the Sun Mirror Zone.
Similar to the Mirror Mountain and the Ice Kingdom, it was a place where a race lived.
And this race was called the Kaka Race.
They looked like bright stars, but in fact, they were some kind of gaseous polymer. They were … gaseous lifeforms.
So the main character of "Traveler of Shadowy Planet" was actually that comet. Was it a traveler of the Kaka Race?
"Can I touch the card?" He hesitated for a moment and asked 408, "Can I touch the card?"
408 hesitated for two seconds. "Yes, you can. But I'm not done with the card yet. It's an incomplete product. It doesn't have any special effects. "
He tried to touch the card with his hand. As expected, just like 408 said, he did not feel any rhythm of "getting into character".
The card did not help him understand the logic behind the "Traveler of Shadowy Planet", but it did show him something completely different from the other cards he had seen before.
All the cards he saw before were races with physical bodies. They might have different identities and professions, but they were all ordinary people of different races.
But this card was different.
It was another form of life, and the Kaka Race were natural-born supernaturals.
There was no such thing as an "ordinary life" in the Kaka Race. Many of the supernaturals were only at the level of a beginner apprentice, but they were still supernaturals.
They were completely different from the "ordinary" ones.
A new life form and a supernatural. This was what Angor was looking at.
Potential!
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