Chapter 612: Chatting with Edward

Xia Shou opened the door and saw that the office was full of people like the previous few days because Shangguan Yan was promoted to the temporary deputy director and the deputy director's office area was destroyed due to the riot, so the third department became the new office location.

Not only the staff of the three departments, but also people from other major departments often come in and out. On weekdays, it is as busy as a vegetable market.

Xia Shou saw Bai He, who was huddled in his position typing on the keyboard, and looked around again, but did not see Edward.

"Brother Bai, where are the others?" Xia Shou asked loudly.

"I'm here! Long time no see."

A steady and rough voice came from the side.

Xia Shou turned his head slightly to look in the direction of the sound, and saw a bearded man looking towards him with a smile.

The other person's hair reaches his shoulders, his beard hangs to his chest like Jesus in the portrait, there are crow's feet at the corners of his eyes, and his skin is rough like a fisherman on the seaside.

But Xia Shou still recognized the other party.

"Edward? How did you become like this?" Xia Shou asked in surprise.

A few days ago, Edward was still middle-aged, but at that time, Edward was no different from a young man in his early twenties. With healthy skin and sun-like hair color, plus those green and emerald eyes, he was ready to debut as a star. No problem at all.

But now Edward looks to be at least fifty years old, with obvious pores visible on his rough skin, and there is a scar on the left eyebrow tip, so that a section of the eyebrow has not grown.

When he smiled, the crow's feet were obvious at the corners of his eyes. Except for his eyes, which were exactly the same as a few days ago, it was as if he was a completely different person. He had aged so much!

Xia Shou sighed with a complicated expression: "Have you encountered something weird that can make people age?"

Xia Shou himself has encountered it. Glendower's aging curse is of the same type, but its onset is obviously not as severe as Edward's.

Edward smiled: "No, let's go, let's talk somewhere else."

…

Xia Shou and Edward were wandering aimlessly on the pedestrian street. They bought a small octopus ball and found a pedestrian seat to rest temporarily.

"There was no such food in those days, so it was rare to come back." Edward said with emotion.

Xia Shou had just finished listening to Edward's retelling of his experiences over the years. The reason why he had become much older was because there were some forbidden areas in the Origin Sea where the speed of time was different from that in the real world. In order to investigate some important information, he went to many places. .

Because those areas do not have cyclic history, the effects on the body will not be reset when returning to the present world. Even if it returns to the present world, it will still be so old.

"Don't worry about me. The travel investigation is only the smallest reason why I am like this now. The main reason is because of a curse that makes me age very quickly. But I can [waste my time], so I will definitely find a way to purify myself.

If you don’t believe it, let me show it to you. "

After saying that, Edward instantly transformed into his young self again, and the octopus balls in his hand disappeared.

[Wasting Time] - Replicate one's own state at a certain time point in the past to the present, erasing all the macro butterfly effects produced by oneself at that time point so far.

Xia Shou's eyes suddenly widened: "You can choose the time so many years ago?!"

"No, it was just a week ago." Edward's voice returned to its youthful state, gentle and calm.

He added: "You can become so old in a week, but you can reset it repeatedly with the power, so it's not a big problem. You just can't forget it, otherwise it will be over if you exceed the optional time range."

"Your superpower is really strong." Xia Shou said with envy.

"If I'm really going to die, I'll try to keep it for you." Edward smiled.

Xia Shou was shocked. The octopus balls placed in his mouth were burned and he took a deep breath.

"It's so hot. What did you just say?" Xia Shou pretended to be dumbfounded and said.

He repeatedly thought about whether Edward's words just now had any other meaning, but no matter how he thought about it, he could only think that the other party was talking about the black shadow!

Edward knew about the existence of his shadow? !

No... He doesn't necessarily know about the black shadow, maybe he just guessed the function of the black shadow.

"Someone copied Tamuka's account books, and I saw your name in the list of lenders, and before your name was the name of An Gang Xiongwu.

You succeeded An Gang Xiongwu and became Tamuka's lender. You must have acquired his ability, the [Super Power Bank]. "Edward said casually.

Xia Shou thought for a moment, and the skill introduction of the Super Power Bank appeared in front of his eyes.

Among the prices, one is: you take away the ability of the moneylender that "Tamuka" likes, and you need to work for Tamuka regularly, and Tamuka will be richly rewarded.

I've actually seen it...

Xia Shou felt that the name Tamuka was familiar, but he couldn't remember it because he had seen it in the skill introduction of the Ability Bank.

But after all this time, Tamuka didn't come to him for help.

And who is Tamuka? Another nickname for a certain god? Or a named person?

Speaking of which, not only this Tamuka, but also "He" who had prepared a unique test for him in the Blood Demon's Price had no movement at all.

At first, Xia Shou was quite uneasy, but now he has gotten used to it. He thought about the fact that the old man who owed money found that the creditor had not come to collect the debt for ten years. As time went by, even the old man himself forgot that he owed money. .

However, Edward's explanation made Xia Shou relax.

This proves that Edward didn't say that because of the shadow, but because he knew the existence of the [Superpower Bank].

"Don't tell others, okay?" Xia Shou negotiated, pretending to value this secret.

But in fact, he didn't care about the Superpower Bank.

At this point today, the Superpower Bank is destined to be used as a disguise of the shadow and known to some people.

Some people smell the secret and bite him tightly. He should give a reasonable answer to satisfy those people.

Edward laughed and joked, "Only an excellent investigator like me would have such troubles.

Knowing too many secrets and telling too many secrets makes it difficult to gain the trust of others.

Even if I tell you that I won't tell anyone, you won't believe it, right?"

"I still believe it."

"Then it's my problem if you don't believe what you said. But I don't believe it either. Being an investigator is just such a job. Since I became an investigator, the first sentence that greatly improved my investigative ability was what I said just now - 'I won't tell anyone'.

I have said this sentence the most. I must have said this sentence in half of the jobs that deal with people."

"Did you say it in the end?"

"I didn't say anything at all. Do you believe it?"