Chapter 23 Badge Inventory (Two in One)

[Wine Country Martyr: Is this wine? This is a flowing cold fire, a good way to forget worries, an oasis in the city, an antidote to painful life, a river with temperature, and the loneliness boiling in the deepest part of your heart in countless cold nights]

[Wearing effect: The more alcohol in your body, the less negative emotions such as fear, timidity, and panic will affect you.

When there is 20 mg of alcohol in every 100 ml of blood, this effect will reach its maximum value, directly immune to the impact of related negative emotions, but will enter a special state of "drunk"]

[Drunk: Your reaction time increases by 50%, your body coordination ability decreases by 50%, your perception of the surrounding environment decreases by 50%, and your courage increases by 300%]

[Advanced route: After tasting one thousand "fine brews" above the level, one hundred "fine brews" above the level, ten "mellow brews" above the level, and one "drunk brews" above the level, this badge will automatically be promoted to a different color badge "Wine Fairy".

The current progress is 117/1000, 7/100, 1/10, 0/1]

[Hidden feature (no need to wear): After a hellish drinking, your body has adapted to the ravages of alcohol and found a way to deal with it. Your metabolism rate of alcohol has been greatly improved]

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

After reading the specific effects of [Martyr of the Wine Country], Leon's emotions finally calmed down slowly.

It is worthy of being a gold-level badge, and the effect is indeed very powerful.

Although I am not brave enough, I was still a little scared when I faced the hospital that would "eat people" directly that day.

Especially the scene of living hell in the lobby on the first floor, even if I just observed it through the scope, I was scared.

To be honest, if I didn't hide in the distance to sniper, but walked in with Senior Emma with a gun, I was afraid that I might not be able to hit anyone in person in that extremely terrifying scene.

But with this gold-level badge, as long as you carry a bottle of strong liquor with you, you can directly reduce the impact of these negative emotions and calm yourself down again. For this kind of work that is at the critical moment of life and death, calmness and rationality can save lives at critical moments.

In addition, according to Senior Emma, ​​although there are not many abilities that directly affect the soul like the black goat, it is not impossible to encounter them. With the terrifyingly large working scope of the Cleanup Bureau, you may bump into one at any time.

Although this [Wine Country Martyr] has a limited range and can only be immune to negative emotions such as fear, timidity, and panic, if the opponent's ability happens to be within this range, it will be directly restrained to death. Even if the range is limited to a narrow range, this is also an extremely powerful trump card.

It seems... there are still many things that can be explored in the badge system.

After looking at the four slots on the panel and the seven badges of three black iron, two bronze, one gold and one different color, Leon couldn't help but ponder.

Among the seven badges I have activated, [Unemployed Youth] not only has confusing abilities, but also needs to quit the Cleanup Bureau to upgrade. It is not possible to upgrade just by working hard, so I will temporarily pass. The same applies to [Probationary Worker] who can only upgrade after two months of employment.

The remaining [Trustworthy Brother] has no advancement route, [Materialistic Soul] cannot be upgraded, and [Wine Country Martyr] can still be upgraded, but I don’t know much about wine, and I don’t have the money to buy so much good wine, so I can only give up temporarily.

Then the only ones who may actively upgrade are [Devil’s Follower] and [Shooting Rookie].

The former is the easiest to do, just buy a few more packs of "Gaote" for Black Goat without the knowledge of the people in the Cleanup Bureau; the latter requires live ammunition shooting, and I may have to think of a way from the military... Hmm... Wait, the Police Department seems to have a shooting range, right?

Recalling that when I ate in the cafeteria of the Police Department, I seemed to have seen armed policemen, so Leon had the idea of ​​the Police Department.

Although it is only affiliated with the Ministry of Police, the Cleanup Bureau is indeed subordinate to the Ministry of Police in name. For them, I can be considered half of their own people, so borrowing their training facilities... shouldn't be a problem?

Hmm... practice shooting and get badges, investigate the water company and the road administration department, visit the middle-aged nurse named Hannah... I have only been working for two days, but I have so many things to do...

Covering his still dizzy forehead, Leon, with a pale face, climbed up and rummaged through the old table beside the bed.

After a burst of rustling noises, he found the half-cut carbon rod and straw paper he picked up, recorded what he was going to do one by one, and then carefully folded them up and put them in his arms with his wallet.

"Brother! You're awake!"

Perhaps he heard the sound of rummaging, a little boy with eyebrows and facial features that were seven points similar to Leon, but looked a little silly, peeped in through the crack of the door.

Seeing that Leon had gotten up, he ran in with a look of surprise on his face, hugged his thighs tightly, and then said with red eyes:

"Sister coughed so loudly the day before yesterday that her handkerchief turned red. She hasn't come back yet. After you came back, you couldn't wake her up. I... I thought..."

"William! What are you doing!"

As if she heard the noise here, another little girl of similar age, with light golden hair shaking, ran over and grabbed the boy's sleeve and said angrily:

"Didn't the sister with tomato-like hair say that big brother was just drunk! Do you understand being drunk?

It's just a minor illness like a cold. You can get better after a good night's sleep. You won't die! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you!"

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

"Big brother, sister...how is she?"

"Anna is fine, she's fine now."

Looking at the two children who were hugging his thighs tightly, one on the left and one on the right, Leon couldn't help but flash a trace of guilt in his eyes.

The night before yesterday, Anna suddenly coughed up blood, and he hurriedly entrusted his brother and sister to the neighbor. He didn't even have time to say a word of advice, and ran to the hospital with Anna on his back. He was tossed all day, and that night he joined the cleanup bureau, encountered an abnormal incident, and was tossed all night again.

After dealing with the out-of-control infected, I and Senior Emma revived the doctors and nurses, and helped Anna change the ward and new medicine. It was already dawn. I was too sleepy to go home, so I just slept for a while on Anna's bed.

When I woke up, I rushed back to the Cleanup Bureau to report the situation. After reporting, I took a leave. I wanted to go home after confirming Anna's condition, but I heard about the suspected abnormality from the baby-faced employee of the gas company, so I had to run back to the Cleanup Bureau again.

Oh... I didn't sleep much for two days, and I was so busy that I didn't think about asking someone to go home to report my safety. After get off work, I was even dragged to drink a lot, and then slept all day.

Really... one of the adults in the family is sick and the other is lying down. They haven't been home for more than two days. The two girls must have been scared. I am not a very competent elder brother...

...

After gently touching the heads of his younger brothers and sisters, Leon took them to sit by the bed, leaned over and comforted them softly:

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

"Really!"

Hearing Leon's words, the silly William buried his head and said nothing, but the obviously more lively little girl suddenly raised her head and said happily:

"So what the red-haired sister said is true? Sister Anna will be able to go home soon?"

"Yeah."

Leon smiled and nodded:

"The doctor said that she only needs to rest for two more days before she can go home, and then take the medicine on time, and she will be cured in three months at most, and she will never cough again in the future."

After hearing this good news, the two little guys were immediately very happy, and their little faces were full of joy from the bottom of their hearts.

Before they had any memories, their parents, who were mechanics, had already died in the Patriotic War a few years ago. They didn't remember much about their parents, and Anna had taken care of them all the way.

So even though Anna herself was less than sixteen years old, in the hearts of these two siblings, the elder sister is like a mother is not an exaggeration, but a real description. They were definitely happier than anyone else in the world when they heard that Anna was fine.

After carefully looking at the appearance and complexion of the younger siblings and making sure that they were neither hungry nor cold in the past two days, Leon, who finally put his mind at ease, touched the little girl's blonde hair and asked with a smile:

"Where is the big sister with red hair? Melanie, tell me, when did she leave, and what did she say to you?"

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

Although she is the youngest in the family, compared with her somewhat honest twin brothers, the little girl named Melanie is obviously much smarter.

After tilting her head to recall for a while, she counted on her fingers and recounted seriously:

"After the red-haired elder sister carried you back, she gave the aunt who took care of us a silver wheel and asked her to take good care of us before you woke up.

Then she also said that she would give you another day off today, and the nurses would be arranged tomorrow. Um... Also, she bought me and William very sweet candies, and said she would give us new clothes..."

"But we didn't want them!"

At this time, the little boy who had been listening silently couldn't help but interrupted:

"My brother and sister said! If you meet someone who wants to give us candies or clothes, they must be bad people, child traffickers, and you must never go with them.

So when I heard that she wanted to buy us clothes, I immediately glared at her very hard! I also shouted loudly that someone was kidnapping children, which scared her away directly !”

“……”

(⊙_⊙)?

In the midst of Lyon’s speechless and confused expression, the silly little William stood up, patted his chest hard, and said proudly:

“Brother! I scared the bad guys away and protected Melanie! Did I do a good job?”

“Bah! How dare you say that!”

Before Lyon could speak, the angry blonde girl rushed over, stretched out her little hand and patted her twin brother’s forehead hard, while patting and shouting angrily:

“Stupid! Idiot! Big idiot! Stubborn! Wooden head!

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

Also, if you are really afraid that she is a bad person, then don’t even take the candy, why are you fighting with me for candy? You are so annoying!”

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

The naive little boy raised his thin arms to hug his head, trying his best to resist his sister's attack, and argued righteously:

"I thought, since you are fine after eating sugar, it proves that sugar must be non-toxic. Why don't I eat non-poisonous sugar?"

"..."

Good guy... your logic is quite strong, but should you be considered a fool or a smart one?

Seeing his younger siblings getting more and more noisy after chasing each other and making a mess in the house, Leon, who was full of guilt just now, immediately switched to the parent mode where the more he looked at the child, the more disgusted he became. He covered his head, which was still dizzy after being hungover, and felt a little. He waved his hands feebly and said:

"Stop making trouble, hey... you two are really... our family will soon be rich. When the salary is paid, whether it is candy or new clothes, I will buy it for you!"

After promising huge benefits worth two copper wheels and finally appeasing his quarreling siblings, Leon looked at the dark sky outside and managed to stand up to get something to eat.

"Are you all hungry? Brother will cook for you."

"No, we've already eaten!"

After glaring at her stupid twin brother angrily, Melanie shook her two pale golden braids and replied happily:

"Although the idiot William ran away in anger, the red-haired sister came back quietly and put a lot of food in our house. It was enough for our family to eat for several days. We only came to see you after we finished eating. ”

"Yep!"

As if remembering the delicious food just now, the naive William licked his lips, nodded repeatedly and said:

“Especially the fried fish and smoked red sausage, they are very delicious. We ate a lot of them!”

"Hmph! Didn't you say she is a bad person? Why are you still eating her food? Aren't you afraid of being captured?"

"Don't be afraid. I always wait for you to finish eating first and see that you are okay before eating. Like the mashed potatoes you didn't eat, I didn't eat a bite. I'm smart!"

"I...I'll forget it if you make me mad!"

"Okay, okay!"

Seeing them talking and arguing again, and about to start a new round of fighting, Leon quickly grabbed one by one and changed the subject with a headache:

"Then what? You two have eaten so many good things from me, have you thanked me properly?"

"Of course!"

After glaring at her stupid twin brother, Melanie shook the braid on her head and said proudly:

"Sister Anna once said that our family is just poor and we are not wild children without parents. We must be polite!

So not only did I say thank you to my eldest sister, I also pressed William’s head to force him to say the same! But...well...the eldest sister didn't seem very happy. When I wanted to hug her, she ran away..."

When she said this, she seemed to think of something she couldn't figure out. Melanie blinked her big bright eyes, pinched her little skirt in confusion and said:

"She seemed to say... that she didn't like children. She said that once a child gets familiar with it, it is easy for him to regard others as his mother, and then he will forget about her without permission...

Brother, I didn’t quite understand what eldest sister said. Why do we forget about her after we get to know her well? "