Chapter 754 The Value of Alchemists, the Existence of Mutants and Inhumans (1/2)
Aaron was talking nonsense in a serious manner, which frightened Mrs. Gao.
But in fact, this is not nonsense, because Gaius's experience will never be peaceful, and his current stable life depends on the word "survival".
A dignified holy mage has used magic only a few times since he came to this world. It's really sad to think about it.
"I don't want to get involved in these disasters, and I don't want to be part of them.
So I need to prepare for the rainy day and get enough information. Maybe some unnecessary troubles can be avoided in advance."
Mrs. Gao nodded, not quite understanding, but she only believed Aaron's words three points.
After calming down a bit, Mrs. Gao also sat down, "We do have information in this regard, but this is one of the greatest wealth accumulated by the Hand and the Society over hundreds of years. What can you exchange for it?"
"Ha!" Aaron shook his head in anger and amusement, "Originally, I wanted to make a good relationship with the Hand and the Society. We will not become friends, but there is still the possibility of cooperation.
But your words give up the opportunity for cooperation. This will only become a transaction."
Hearing this, Mrs. Gao's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly changed her words: "Mr. Gaius, I am an old woman and I am abrupt. I..."
"Don't say it." Aaron interrupted, "It's not bad to change it to a transaction. After all, I don't want to have anything to do with the evil organization of the Hand and the Society."
Mrs. Gao sighed heavily, "Well, let's trade it!"
Aaron rubbed the ring on his finger, and a bottle of light golden potion appeared in his hand.
"This ring?" Madam Gao's eyes widened, unable to hide her shock, she said, "It is said that there is a treasure called Xumi mustard seed in Kunlun. Could it be..."
"It's not that exaggerated. It's just an ordinary space magic weapon." Aaron said lightly, "You know a lot about me, but not all.
In addition to being a fortune teller and a pharmacist, I am also an alchemist."
"Alchemy? Refining? So this ring?"
"Yes, I made it myself."
After getting a positive answer, Madam Gao felt her heart twitch, and a hint of bitterness appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Damn it! You are an alchemist, why didn't you say so earlier!
Using ordinary transactions to wear down the friendship of alchemists, this loss-making business she has not done for hundreds of years.
And getting Aaron's friendship is equivalent to having the opportunity to pull him in and join this big ship.
After all, he is a young man under 20 years old. No matter how excellent his ability is, his character is still a far cry from those old guys who have lived for hundreds of years. As long as there is enough time, he will definitely be controlled.
But now once this deal is over, the Hand and the Society will have no reason to contact him again.
At this moment, Mrs. Gao even thought of keeping Aaron.
The value of the alchemist is really too high. With this person, the Hand and the Society will have the capital to upgrade their muskets to cannons, and even those forces may not be unable to compete with them.
But she quickly suppressed this idea. Aaron must have his own confidence to dare to come alone. Who knows if there are any lethal weapons hidden in the space ring.
If they really want to tear their faces, it would be fine if they succeed, but what if they fail!
It’s already tiring enough to deal with the Zhenchun Society. If they push an alchemist to them, the Hand and the Society will not have to live.
Mrs. Gao was torn between heaven and man, and finally decided to let nature take its course.
Opportunities can be found slowly. Anyway, Aaron lives in Hell’s Kitchen and will not run away. But they really can’t afford the price of failure.
After figuring this out, Mrs. Gao quickly adjusted her expression and asked with a kind smile: "Is this potion what you are trading?"
"This is called the Lucky Potion, or the Lucky Potion.
Even I need half a year to make one." Aaron said very modestly, "This small bottle can make you gain the favor of the goddess of luck within twelve hours."
"Uh... I don't quite understand."
"For example, after drinking it, bullets will go around you on the battlefield."
Mrs. Gao's pupils trembled, and the idea of forcing Aaron to stay flashed through her mind again, "How do I know if this is true? 's?"
"Don't doubt the character of a pharmaceutical master." Aaron said with some displeasure, "You can ask Tony Stark, he drank a bottle of Felixir before the Monaco race, which saved his life by luck."
"This bottle of potion is enough for the deal in my opinion. If you don't want to, Mrs. Gao, I don't mind going to the True Pure Society or S.H.I.E.L.D.
They don't have the advantage of immortality, and they may not know as much as the hands and the society, but at least they know much more than I do."
"Yes, of course."
Mrs. Gao hurriedly took the light golden glass bottle from Aaron and carefully put it away.
Although she still had some doubts in her heart, she couldn't let Aaron go to the True Pure Society for cooperation anyway!
"Since you are willing, please tell me what the real world is like, Mrs. Gao!" Aaron said expectantly, taking out paper and notebook from the space ring.
"You are really well prepared!" Mrs. Gao said with a smile.
"It's a habit!" Aaron explained casually.
"The Hand and the Society do know some secrets of this world, but we dare not tell you everything."
"If you tell me everything, I may not believe it."
"That's right." Mrs. Gao nodded slightly, "Then I'll tell you what I know!
According to our Hand and the Society, there are two largest supernatural forces on earth, one is mutants and the other is Inhumans."
"Mutants, Inhumans." Aaron murmured and wrote it down in a small notebook, "Tell me more about it."
"Mutants are humans whose genes have mutated, thus awakening some special powers.
Mutants have a variety of abilities, some strong and some weak, ranging from just changing the color of their pupils, which poses no threat, to being able to control energy and easily destroy everything."
"The gap is too big!" Aaron secretly smacked his lips.
"Awakening special abilities requires luck, and the quality of abilities requires even more luck, which is not subject to their will."
"Why do most ordinary people now not know the existence of mutants?"
"There are many reasons, but there are only a few main ones.
First, the number of mutants is too small, and the awakening of abilities is too random. Maybe they themselves don't know that they are mutants.
Second, mutants will be regarded as aliens as soon as they appear. When special abilities appear in the eyes of ordinary people, people will only have two reactions, fear and jealousy.
Fear of being harmed by mutant abilities, but at the same time jealous of others having mutant abilities.
This complex mood makes most mutants persecuted and difficult to hide, and the attitudes of official and unofficial organizations towards them are unusually unified.
Killing and control, If you really can't kill or control them, just pretend to be nice and hide your identity. In short, don't cause trouble for them.
As for whether ordinary people believe it or not? Ordinary people are too easy to deceive, aren't they?
They can convince themselves by making up a decent reason. After all, it seems too incredible to them. "
Aaron nodded thoughtfully, "Who are the strong ones among the mutants?"
"The mutant group is also divided according to the pyramid level. Most of them are weak, and there are two known ones at the top of the pyramid.
One is Charles Xavier, whose ability is mind control. He can read and even control the thoughts of others.
In other words, he can kill many people with just one thought. "
"It's terrible." Aaron pretended to be horrified, but he was disdainful in his heart.
Mind control? This ability is of no use to him at all.
Gaius was born with an indestructible protective wall in his mind, and no one could break through it.
Besides, the power of the sheep spell also gave him an immortal soul. Invading his mind is no different from throwing oneself into a cage.
"It's really scary, but he's too naive. He's always working for the peaceful coexistence of mutants and ordinary people.
I heard that he also founded a mutant school to take in and train some homeless mutants."
Aaron said in his heart, "Fuck!" He didn't expect that there are saints in this day and age.
Fortunately, his ability is quite outrageous, and the various forces did not attack the school out of fear, otherwise it would definitely be a disaster.
But it's not necessarily the case. Maybe he also knows this, and he is just using his own method to provide a shelter for mutants. As long as he is not dead, the shelter will be unbreakable.
As long as one or a group of qualified successors are trained before he dies, the shelter can continue to maintain the status quo and pass it on.
There is definitely kindness and naive ideas, but it doesn't mean that Charles Xavier is an idiot.
"What about the other one?"
"The other one is Eric Lanchel, his ability is to control magnetism, and his philosophy is exactly the opposite of Charles.
He also gathered a group of mutants with the same philosophy as him, but they have been missing for a long time, and no one knows where they are hiding."
"In addition, there are some mutants like lone rangers.
They have the same appearance as ordinary people, and no one can tell that they are mutants as long as they don't actively expose their abilities.
Of course, some mutants spontaneously gather together to form large and small mutant organizations, but we, the Hand, don't pay much attention to these organizations."
Aaron carefully recorded the information in a small notebook, "Have you ever dealt with mutants?"
Mrs. Gao hesitated for a moment, and nodded with entanglement, "If I say no, I'm afraid you won't believe it.
The Hand does cooperate with some mutants, but it's just an employment relationship.
We pay money, they work, that's all."
"Is that all?" Aaron asked playfully, "Haha! Mr. Gaius is kidding.
Of course we did, but we gave up after a simple attempt.
The Hand is not weak, and is labeled as 'evil' by most forces.
Once we have thoughts about mutants that we shouldn't have, many people will feel threatened, and the Hand will face the biggest blow in history." Mrs. Gao said lightly, and then sighed with emotion, "Each party performs its duties, and the various forces do not interfere with each other. This seems to be the default rule in today's world. Of course, the bigger reason may be that there is no A powerful force that can subdue all parties.
Except for the official, they can intervene in all parties with confidence, but they are not strong enough and often fail to do so. "
"I see."
"In fact, this does not have much impact on the Hand and the Society." Mrs. Gao continued, "The Hand and the Society has only one fundamental goal, that is, immortality.
As long as it does not hinder our immortality, we will not have much idea about other forces.
As for the covetousness of power...Mr. Gaius, the Hand and the Society has existed for hundreds of years. You don't think we don't have any trump cards, do you?"
Aaron narrowed his eyes and thought of the story that Fox heard the old man tell Matt.
The Hand and the Society has been trying to summon the evil god "Black Sky". It seems that they are not unsuccessful, but are just trying a less costly method.
"Interesting, I seem to understand." Aaron tapped his fingers, "But it has nothing to do with me."
Hearing this, Mrs. Gao also nodded with relief.
What she said was almost a clear hint, secretly warning Aaron not to be an enemy of the Hand and the Society.
"Can the Hand provide me with some information about known mutants?"
"I'm afraid I can't. Disclosing information is too easy to offend people." Mrs. Gao said apologetically, and then changed the subject, "But if Mr. Gaius is willing to pay some..."
"No." Aaron interrupted bluntly.
"Okay!"
"Let's talk about the Inhumans! What are the Inhumans like?"
"The situation of the Inhumans is much better than that of the mutants. Mutants have only appeared in the past hundred years, and the history of the Inhumans seems to be earlier than that of the Hand.
The Inhumans have a unified organization. Before their abilities awaken, they are no different from ordinary people, but their awakening of abilities seems to require special rituals or media.
The abilities of the Inhumans are similar to those of mutants. I don't know more details."
Aaron wrote down some information about the Inhumans in his notebook, "Besides mutants and Inhumans?"
"Besides these two major races, the rest are forces similar to our Hand.
The True Pure Society, Kunlun, Ten Commandments, Tarot, etc. are all organizations led by special forces. "Mrs. Gao said calmly, "There are many such forces, and the Hand and Harmony Society only knows a small part of them.
The more we understand, the more we will restrain ourselves.
This is the truth that the True Pure Society taught us, and we cannot easily make enemies. "
Aaron smiled contemptuously, "To put it bluntly, isn't it just bullying the weak and fearing the strong? The Hand and Harmony Society can only show off its power among ordinary people. "
"No, it's not fear, but there is no need. "Mrs. Gao explained with a smile, "Except for the True Pure Society and Kunlun, we have no conflict of interest with other forces, why should we provoke them for no reason! "