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Waking up with a sore back, Donald opened his eyes and saw a wall wrapped in wallpaper with rose flowers as a pattern. This was not his home, and he was sleeping on the floor, with the sofa beside it, and there was a bunch of folds on it. the blanket, where he should have been.

Sitting on the sofa, try to make your back fit the back of the sofa as much as possible to relieve the sour feeling all over your body.

Memories from the storage area last night and memories from dreams.

Yes, the dream water didn't really make Donald lose his memory of last night. The bottle of dream water that Yako took out was only for ordinary people. Donald was obviously not among ordinary people, especially in his mental power. On the premise that the aspect is stronger than ordinary people.

It's not that there is no dream water for aliens, but it's just like the transformation of the rat monster into a potion. It is very expensive. A bottle will cost 3 gold pounds at least. There is no mine in the church of justice, and a dream of 3 gold pounds Water cannot be mass produced.

Checking the items on the body, the wooden box and notes were taken away, the tracing powder was still in the pocket, but it seemed to have changed positions, and the remaining coins... the money bag was still there.

All fell on the table, a total of 3 gold pounds, 15 shillings, and 10 pence, and counting what he owns now, about 5 gold pounds, before he knew it, Donald became a man with a small savings.

It's just a small one.

bang bang~

There was a sound on the other side of the stairs. Sherlock, who was neatly dressed, probably heard the sound from the living room and came down slowly from the second floor.

"Don't think about it, you met the special department last night, and saw the ability of the rat catcher. In order to ensure your safety, they erased your memory, so you just fell asleep, Mr. Abel's commission has been Done, the mousetrap you found should be rewarded, 2 gold pounds, your share, as for the details, don't ask, I won't tell you."

Giving the answers to all the questions in one breath, the provincial Donald asked questions.

"Why hasn't your memory been erased?"

Opening his mouth, Donald was still thinking about how to fool the past, but now he has saved it.

"They didn't find me. In fact, I found out that there were government forces intervening and hid. I didn't come out until the sound of fighting outside ended. I saw you collapsed in front of a warehouse with jewelry stolen by the rat catcher."

"So that's the case, then I... go buy a breakfast and come back to work."

Still want to say go home, look up at the wall clock above the fireplace, seven o'clock in the morning, and one hour is the working time.

"Don't forget to bring me one. Treat me to eat it as a reward for taking you to the underground black market tonight."

Sherlock was posing on the single-seat sofa. He promised Donald yesterday that if the commission was successfully completed, with the money, the two would go to the underground black market for a walk.

Hearing this news, Donald's spirit was lifted. He was still looking forward to the underground black market. First, he went to the kitchen on the first floor to wash his face and simply rinse his mouth.

The hot breakfast appeared on the table in the living room at 7:30. Sherlock was entering the state at this time, and Donald did not disturb him, but sat aside to continue his work.

Opened the document bag, the documents inside had been replaced, this time it was a new combination of words, Donald had no problem with it, his job was to translate anyway.

Just as the translation progressed, he noticed that the things on it didn't seem to be disrupted, and all the word combinations had their own meanings.

The dried eagle's right eye, the gray root grass, the muddy larvae...the names linger in my mind, these things are obviously not simple sentences, Donald can feel that these should be in a certain formula Material.

Sherlock suddenly handed this thing to him for translation, most likely because he was going to the underground black market at night, and just selected the part of the material that needed to be translated.

It's a pity that these are just names, and there is no required quantity behind them, otherwise Donald would really want to try to imitate it.

"Uh~ It's really comfortable... Today's progress is good. Six items have been translated."

Stretching his body towards Donald, he glanced at the content marked in common language on the document, and was a little surprised.

"Just like what I said last time, these are all coherent words, which are easy to associate. I found that they seem to be the names of materials, some kind of special medicine or formula?"

Rather than causing disgust through roundabout investigations, it is better to ask straightforwardly. After the first commission, there should be a preliminary foundation of trust between the two.

"I'm not too sure, it should be the formula, as for its effect... Although I can't tell you, I think you have guessed it, Donald, you are very smart, I have to admit that they eliminated It's just your memories of last night, or at least the memories you had before that, like the fact that the Ratcatcher wasn't an ordinary person."

It is not uncommon to come into contact with aliens. I don't know how many aliens are hidden in the city of Preston. It is common for people to discover some special phenomena occasionally. Sherlock himself is an eyewitness and an ordinary person. There is not much consideration in this regard, and it is completely regarded as a talk to pass the time in leisure time.

"According to speculation, the rat catcher can control the mice. Can he really?"

As a person with amnesia pretending to be amnesia, Donald's acting skills can only be said to be from the heart and naturally.

"Of course, otherwise how would you steal jewelry."

If Yaco knew that Sherlock had disclosed information about the Ratcatcher so casually, he would definitely regret not letting him drink a bottle yesterday.

"Then when you found the jewelry, did you find a way to control the mouse? Since the mousetrap is about to escape, the important things are all around."

Of course, Donald knew what he had done. It was just a bait. He wanted Sherlock to continue this topic. Since he couldn't go straight to it, he would take it slow.

As a debater in his previous life, Donald was good at thinking and reacting to details. In layman's terms, he was inferring others from one case, as well as the ability to organize language in a short period of time. Some experienced police officers also have this ability. They often interrogate criminals. It will start with some trivial things in life.

When people talk about some trivial matters, the defense line in their hearts will involuntarily loosen, and then the topic will be quietly changed at a certain node. Most criminals will be brought in involuntarily, and when some key information blurts out, then It's too late.

"There should be some. It is estimated that it was taken away by government forces."

Speaking of this, Sherlock regretted it very much. Donald, who bowed his head to translate, turned up the corners of his mouth, and succeeded.

"If we get that thing, can we also control mice? This ability looks a bit low-level, and I think it's a bit low-level, but it's a special ability anyway, don't you think?"

The deep meaning of this question is actually asking about the versatility of ability, how one person acquires ability, and whether another person can learn from it, or even imitate it completely.

"It's hard to say, it might work, it might not work."

"It depends on luck?"

This is asking about the conditions of ability acquisition.

"Look at people, the rat catcher can do it, maybe we can't. Everyone is unique...Aren't you kidding me?"

Halfway through, Sherlock took a sip of milk and asked suspiciously.

"Of course not, I'm just curious. I'm not going to the underground black market tonight, I just want to ask if ordinary people can become... heretics?"

"Theoretically, anyone can become a heretic, but without the help of the church or the government, one has to pay a huge price and take huge risks. A little carelessness can lead to death. Why, are you interested? ?"

Looking at Donald with interest, Sherlock was unavoidably curious about this temporarily recruited assistant. This person's thoughts were somewhat different from most ordinary people.

"This is an identity that is not recognized by the government and the church. Once discovered, you will face regular inquiries and investigations, and sometimes face surveillance in your life. Even a little outrageous behavior will attract arrest. This is an ordinary person. Something unavoidable.”

The reason why the heretics are called heretics~lightnovelpub.net~ is that they are labeled as illegal and unlawful under the propaganda of the government and the church. This is the current environment.

Whether you are active or passive, you become an alien, which means that your identity will change, and some of the powers that normal people can have will be forcibly deprived.

Of course, resistance is allowed, this is the power of the heretics, but they will soon find themselves facing a group of well-trained, capable and experienced enemies.

State machine plus religious propaganda, you can say that this stabilizes the social situation, but this is obviously for ordinary people, for most of the heretics, it means autocracy!

Whether you want it or not, this is the price of power!

"If possible, I want to live comfortably."

This sentence came out of Donald's mouth. What he wanted to express was that he was a visitor from another world. Now the cult wants to kill him. There is a woman at home with an unknown purpose, and there is a demon in her body that is staring at him.

Being strong is the only way for Donald to survive, and he has no other way to go.

"Live comfortably...Is this what you think? It's interesting."

In Sherlock's understanding, the meaning of this sentence should be that Donald wants to obtain a favorable living environment through strength.

Is this idea inferior?

It sounds like the ideological awareness is indeed not high enough.

But this is actually an idea that everyone has, everything people do in life, eat, sleep...

Even if you are living a difficult and hard life now, isn't it just to make your future self live a comfortable life?

Donald's requirements are actually very low.

Donald's road to meet the requirements is difficult.