Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

Chapter 457: 317

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The skill description clearly states it’s “Spoils of War.”

Harmful things don’t count as “Spoils of War,” right?

The little girl picked up the Ring.

The Ring suddenly lit up and emitted a soft voice:

“Anonymous Credit Ring activated.”

“Binding initiated.”

“Current savings limit is 10 million Credit Points.”

—It’s money!

“Charlotte, we have money to spend now,” Shen Ye said with a smile.

“Money seems very important,” said the little girl.

“Yes,” Shen Ye said, looking at the somewhat shabby test uniform she was wearing, “when we get to town, I’ll get you a new set of clothes.”

“I am too young, won’t I attract attention?” the little girl asked.

“There is that possibility… but no matter, we’ll find a way.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you, Baxter.”

A faint glow appeared, turning into small characters:

“Proof item: tooth.”

“Synchronization rate: 3.79%.”

“Synchronization time: 6.3 seconds.”

The synchronization time had increased again.

Shen Ye felt a little sigh, only feeling that if he had gone through all this as a child himself, he would have gone mad long ago.

Fortunately, Lancy’s various personalities were still holding on at the moment.

Half an hour later.

In a small town.

The door to a children’s clothing store opened.

“Welcome!”

The clerk looked toward the entrance and saw a little girl standing there, poking her head out the door and shouting to the street corner outside:

“Dad, I’ll just look for a while, go get something to eat first, I’ll be right there.”

After speaking, the little girl turned and entered the shop to start looking at clothes.

What a cute little girl.

But the uniform she was wearing was too plain and a bit tattered.

“Young lady, what kind of clothes do you like?” the clerk asked.

“This one, this one, and this one, I’ll take them all,” the little girl said quickly.

“Really all of them?”

“Yes, my clothes got damaged while I was playing outside, I need to change them immediately, otherwise my mom will see—”

The little girl stuck out her tongue.

The clerk smiled, took a set of clothes for her, and let her go to the fitting room to put them on.

The little girl shook her head and said:

“Just pay, no need to try.”

—If Baxter said it was okay, then it must fit her size.

She grabbed a coat at random, put it on to cover her uniform, and then, carrying a stack of clothes, went to the checkout.

“Check out,” the little girl said.

“You—are you paying? Where’s your dad?” the clerk asked uncertainly.

“I’ve been paying for my own clothes since I was four, mom said it’s to train me,” the little girl said.

“How old are you now?”

“Eight.”

Eight years old…

Perhaps the parents were hiding somewhere watching.

The clerk then added up the cost and sensed the Ring on the checkout machine.

Beep!

Payment successful!

“Welcome to come again.”

The little girl left the store, turned quickly around the corner, and got into a car.

The car started.

Soon, she arrived at a secluded alley.

Change clothes first.

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And then—

“Let me do it,” Shen Ye said.

“Do what?” Charlotte asked curiously.

“For safety, I need to do something.”

“…Okay.”

The personas swapped instantly.

Shen Ye casually slapped the car, then walked towards the entrance of the alleyway.

After a few steps,

the little girl shifted into Charlotte’s persona, and Shen Ye continued walking alongside her.

“What did you do?”

“Nothing much, but sometimes I’m a disaster.”

“Strange way to put it…”

In the midst of the falling heavy snow, the two of them walked out of the alley, one after the other.

After a while,

the electrical wires in the alley suddenly snapped, fell onto the car, and then went underneath it.

A series of crackling sounds followed.

The car began to emit thick smoke.

It caught fire.

Out on the street,

Shen Ye and the little girl had already walked far away.

A faint glow appeared before his eyes:

“The term ‘disaster’ has been activated.”

“In addition,

“during the previous fight, your ‘Destiny’s End’ absorbed the enemy’s Strength.”

“Your Attributes have started to rise.”

“All Attributes increase by 5 points.”

Shen Ye fell into deep thought.

In fact, since entering this place, he had also been growing continuously.

For instance, integrating “Destiny’s End” into “Guanghan Palace”;@@novelbin@@

and then—

he discovered the new usage of the future term “Encounter at the Jade Terrace Under the Moon.”

“Baxter,” the little girl said.

“Hmm?” Shen Ye snapped back to reality.

“I miss my mom and dad,” the little girl said somberly.

“—We’ll go find them, do you remember in which city they are?” Shen Ye asked.

Just as the little girl was about to speak, her stomach let out a long “gurgle—”

Shen Ye glanced at the embarrassed little girl, then looked up at the sky.

The sun had already set.

The leaden clouds in the sky kept building up, making the town in the snowstorm look even darker.

The cold wind blew.

Despite wearing thick winter clothes, the little girl was still shivering heavily.

“Let’s eat first, then find a place to sleep. We’ll set off early tomorrow.”

Shen Ye decided.

“Okay, but won’t I attract too much attention going to a restaurant by myself?” the little girl asked.

“Go to a convenience store, buy and leave,” Shen Ye said.

“Okay.”

The little girl walked along the street for a while and soon found a convenience store.

There were plenty of food items.

Under Shen Ye’s guidance, she picked out some suitable food, lined up to pay, and then quickly left.

After walking for a while,

two men started following her.

The little girl walked past a streetlight and suddenly disappeared.

The two men caught up, looked around, but couldn’t see her anywhere.

“Ran away?”

“Humph, she was quite the catch; how did we let her—”

Charlotte stood in the shadow of the streetlight, silently listening to the two men’s conversation.

She had just activated “Heavenly Shadow,” one of the Four Techniques of Frost Moon Shake the Heavens.

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