Chapter 278 Famous in the City
Mercer left, as if taking away all the coldness.
On the old street, after the heavy rain, the sun shines brightly like gold.
The afternoon sun shines through the glass windows into the old pharmacy, leaving a warm yellow area in front of the window. Various metal and glass instruments on the workbench glow in the warm light.
If you ignore the golden sign hanging outside the door, everything seems to be the same as before.
“Ding-ling-ling——”
Su Xia tried the bell at the door, then turned the "Open" sign outwards, and today's business officially began.
With Mercer's departure, the last part of the mechanical creatures that blocked the pharmacy also began to evacuate.
This area ended its brief blockade.
"He's gone."
Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu both breathed a sigh of relief. They knew that what Moser had just said was directed at Su Xia, and that Moser did not take them seriously at all.
Without Su Xia, only death would be waiting for them.
Just now, they could feel that Mercer really wanted to kill them, and the anger that the failure of the operation brought to Mercer had not yet disappeared.
However, Moser gave Yu Tuo some face.
With the evacuation of the mechanical creatures, the people in the area finally got rid of their panic and anxiety. They walked out of their homes carefully and began to understand what had happened.
Everyone knew that something happened at the pharmacy, but no one knew what it was.
Everyone was locked up at home and didn't dare to ask anything.
"What's going on? Why are they surrounding the pharmacy?"
"The master is a good man, I hope nothing happens to him."
"Shh... don't say that. I heard that this time it's about the Master. Didn't you notice that the sign of the pharmacy has been changed?"
“…”
Neighbors and neighbors basically know each other and communicate with each other cautiously.
Before they could come up with any details, the news on TV started broadcasting news about the pharmacy.
On TV, the anchor of the city news channel looked serious, holding the news release tightly, looking at the camera and saying: "Here is the latest news..."
The TV screen showed the old street in the southwest of the city, with the pharmacy in the center of the screen.
With a little uneasiness and curiosity, people gathered around the old TV, wanting to know the truth.
However, when it comes to the secret underground experiments at the Mechanical Clan's base, the news broadcast to the entire city will naturally not reveal the truth, but only what they should know.
"What? The Master is an undercover agent of the resistance organization?"
"He betrayed the Defense Department's operational plan?"
“…”
When they heard the news, everyone was stunned. It was hard to believe.
How could the master who had lived with them in this area for so many years be an undercover agent of the resistance organization?
But after all, it is news released by the city news, aimed at the whole city, and it cannot be false. Could the news lie to them?
For a moment, people's mood became complicated.
Most people have no ill will towards those resistance organizations, they just hope that the struggle between the two sides will not affect ordinary people like them.
There are also some people who have been supporting it and hope that the human race can regain its glory as soon as possible.
Life ruled by a foreign race may last for a while, but it cannot last forever.
Everyone knows this truth.
No matter what, there will be a final battle that will destroy the world and no one can escape.
"I never thought the master would be such a person." Someone whispered, "If I had known earlier, I should have supported the master's business more."
"I'll tell you what I mean. How could a man like the Master confine himself to our small city? His departure now is like a hidden dragon entering the sea. We will definitely hear from him again in the future."
Some people knew that Dad was extraordinary and had always anticipated that this day would come.
In the basement of the Zero Point Tavern, many killers were also paying attention to this news.
After all, the pharmacy where the accident happened was too close to the pub, and it could be reached in more than ten minutes by walking along the alley.
From yesterday afternoon till now, when the Mechanical Clan sealed off this area, they also sealed off the Zero Point Tavern, and most of the killers were unable to leave.
"It's that old man. I bought medicine from him before." Some killers recognized the old man.
"I bought it too." Another member said, "My teacher told me that the old man was extraordinary and told me not to mess with him. I didn't expect that he was actually the master."
Compared to ordinary people, these tavern members had all heard some of the news and were not too surprised.
Behind the underground bar, Yi Yi glanced at the message and his face turned strange.
That night, he went to find his father, hoping to ask him to help save his disciple Yi Mo and another member of the Beifeng Story Club, Shen Yu.
But when he arrived, he learned that his father had gone out for a walk and he didn't know when he would be back.
He looked around but couldn't find his father, and he felt something was wrong.
Unexpectedly, something happened to my dad.
"Ah, how could it be such a coincidence?" Yi Yi sighed softly, "Mask, I can only rely on you from now on. I hope the one week you mentioned is correct."
Su Xia promised him that she would find a way to save Yi Mo and Shen Yu within seven days.
Moreover, Fan Lu will also pay a corresponding price.
After the seven days were up, Yi Yi was helpless and could not stop the people from the North Wind Story Club. After all, he had to abide by the free agreement of the tavern and could not forcibly interfere with the members' stay or leave.
At this time, underground, the North Wind Story Club also saw the same news.
Dad’s departure cast a new shadow over this small team.
"The master is gone, why are we still staying here?" Yang Liang muttered. He used to go to the pharmacy with Zhu Lu to get medicine, and he was familiar with the old man.
"The master usually disguises himself very well. Even we didn't notice the problem. How could he be exposed?"
Zhu Lu was confused and puzzled, and stared at the TV screen.
It wasn't long before the anchor on TV gave him the answer.
[…His disciple, Su Xia, discovered that he often contacted strangers, so he began to secretly investigate…]
I don’t know if it was Yu Tuo’s instruction, but the news directly said Su Xia’s real name and put all the credit on Su Xia.
This is just the first step.
In the days that follow, Su Xia will be mentioned more and more frequently, just like Zhao Si was in the past, and will appear in various public occasions.
This is an honor, but not everyone can afford it.
Su Xia's photo appeared on TV, as well as pictures of the pharmacy with a golden sign that read "Su Xia's Pharmacy".
Hearing this, Yuan Hua clenched his fists, his face filled with anger, and pounded the armrest of the sofa, saying, "This damned kid actually betrayed the master!"
"As a disciple of the master, it would be fine if he didn't remember the master's kindness, but how could he do such a thing!"
"He looks fair and honest, like a scholar, but I never thought he was a beast worse than pigs and dogs!"
Everyone was indignant, their eyes widened, anger surged in their hearts, and they wished they could go out and tear Su Xia in half immediately.
Zhu Lu had a look of regret on his face, beating his chest and stamping his feet, saying, "At the beginning, I investigated the three disciples of the master, but I didn't investigate the origin of this youngest one. I should have told the master earlier, at least to make the master a little alert."
"Who is the master?" Chang Yu consoled him, "With the master's ability, he must have known that there was something wrong with this little disciple, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten out of trouble so easily this time."
"Oh, I hope the master will have a smooth journey."
"Once these few days are over, how about we find a day to go out and kill that guy?" Yuan Hua suggested.
"Brother Yuan is right!" Someone immediately supported him.
"We have taken so many life-saving potions from the master before, so this time we are helping the master clean up his mess, which can be considered as a small return."
In previous operations, many members of the North Wind Story Club were injured, and most of them were saved by Dad's potion.
In this city, only Dad’s medicine can be used with confidence.
Everyone was filled with righteous indignation and wanted to help Dad clean up the mess.
Only Chang Yu was still rational. He waved his hand and asked them to be quiet and wait and see what happened.
At this time, new news came on TV.
[…In order to reward Su Xia, Lord Yu Tuo personally wrote the six words on the signboard for this young fourth-level pharmacist…]
"What?"
"He is a fourth-level pharmacist?"
Upon hearing the news, everyone was stunned and even forgot the topic they were discussing just now.
The same thought appeared in their minds.
How is this possible?
Su Xia in the photo looks too young.
Zhu Lu and others often went to their father's pharmacy to get medicine, so they knew very well that Su Xia was only accepted as a disciple recently and had never been exposed to medicine before.
"How could it be so fast?" Zhu Lu was shocked. "His two senior brothers are already geniuses picked out of a million. He is even more evil than them. If we let him grow, what will happen ?"
A high-level pharmacist, regardless of his combat capability, his own network of contacts is terrifying enough.
Such a terrifying genius turned out to be a heartless person who betrayed his teacher for profit and had no bottom line at all.
No, we can't let him continue to grow up.
For a moment, not to mention Zhu Lu, even Chang Yu had the idea of assassination.
Only assassination is possible.
If they fight head-on, it is still unclear whether they can defeat the fourth-level pharmacist, after all, the pharmacist can kill people without being seen.
Many poisons are difficult to guard against. Even wearing a gas mask can still cause corrosion and you may die without knowing why.
"Don't be impulsive. This kid is extremely cunning. He can probably foresee the assassination and must have means to guard against it." Zhu Lu said.
"Brother Zhu is right. We need to think about this matter carefully."
Right now, the North Wind Story Club is still stuck in a quagmire, and has been dragged down by the affairs of the masked stranger, with no time to take care of other things, and does not have much energy to deal with external affairs.
If they were able to act freely, such an assassination team composed entirely of psychic creatures would be terrifying.
On TV, the news anchor was still introducing Su Xia and the pharmacy.
It is obvious that he is determined to make Su Xia famous.
Even Hong Bafu and Lan Bafu were introduced, and the news that they were both fourth-level pharmacists was also released.
At this moment, sounds of exclamation were heard from all over the city.
"Are all three of them fourth-level pharmacists?"
"And they are all the old man's disciples?"
"yes……"
After the news came out, it instantly caused countless people to discuss it.
Before this, most people only knew about the master, Dad, and few people paid attention to the apprentices in the shop.
In people's impression, apprentices are basically first-level pharmacists, and most of them cannot even refine first-level potions.
No one has ever thought that all three of Dad’s apprentices are fourth-level pharmacists.
How many fourth-level pharmacists are there in the entire Coral City?
"How powerful must that old man be?" People couldn't help but think this in shock, but the TV news did not give them an answer.
After this news, Su Xia's pharmacy became completely famous.
The effect that Coral City officials wanted was also achieved.
Some people marveled at his talent, some envied his future wealthy life, and some secretly scolded him for betraying his teacher and using unscrupulous means.
"Is it worth betraying your teacher for a moment of fame and fortune?"
"Of course it's worth it!"
"fart!"
In secret, many people started arguing and even fighting.
In this way, Su Xia's reputation began to slowly approach that of Zhao Si.
Among the player community, some people compare him with Sijidao. Sijidao also betrayed his NPC teacher and companions to have his current status.
In the game forum, people often use this incident to ridicule Sijidao.
Even though he has a high status now and a huge group of followers, he is still scolded many times every day.
After all, it is a game, not the real world. Even the presidents of many old guilds and even those big anchors with tens of millions of fans will still criticize it.
"It's ironic, isn't this 'evil bubble' union standing against Four Seasons Rice?"
"Yeah, I used to support them," someone said on the forum. "This is so embarrassing, everyone is the same."
In a very short period of time, Su Xia's reputation plummeted, and more and more people cursed him in private messages.
Su Xia didn't care. No amount of scolding could break his defense.
Instead, the four-season rice, which was repeatedly mentioned, broke through the defense.
Sijidao was already in a very bad mood due to the failure of the joint camp mission, and now he was constantly compared with Su Xia because of this incident.
Many players left messages under his previous posts, and more than 90% of them were insults. They made him extremely annoyed and his face looked extremely ugly. He even lost the mood to eat.
"Damn Su Xia, how could he be a fourth-level pharmacist?"
This is the most difficult thing for Four Seasons Rice to accept.
It would have been fine if the pharmacy was not closed down, but the Coral City officials actually helped Su Xia promote the store.
As a pharmacist, Sijidao deeply understands how difficult it is to refine high-level potions. He devotes himself to making potions almost every time he has free time. He practices day and night and wastes a lot of materials. Now he can barely refine second-level potions.
"He...he must be cheating!"
Sijidao gritted his teeth. He really couldn't bear it anymore. It felt like thousands of ants were gnawing at his heart.
His own mission failed, but Su Xia received more attention.
Even as a dog, he was the unpopular one.
Now even medicine can’t compare to it.
Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and posted a :
[@Evil Bubble, you scolded me for selling out my teacher in exchange for honor, now what's the difference between you and me? ]
His defense was broken. He was really broken.
Even though he knew he would be scolded by countless people, Sijidao still wanted to drag Su Xia into it to disgust her.
However, Su Xia didn't even read the message on the forum. She was still in the game, sorting out the supplies inside the pharmacy.
Last night the mechanical clan searched everywhere, and now the entire pharmacy's two floors above ground and three floors underground are in a mess.
"call……"
Su Xia threw two large bags of garbage into the trash can outside the door, then she let out a breath and stretched herself towards the warm and bright afternoon sun.
In the distance, the players who had been watching started to move. Seeing the mechanical tribe withdrawing, they planned to come to Su Xia to ask for details.
"It's definitely not what the forum says. Brother Su knows everything!"
Most of the players in the alliance are members of the Resistance Alliance, and most of them do not believe what is said in the news and forums.
The neighbors around also opened their doors one after another.
It rained heavily last night and many people's homes were filled with mud and water. Now is the time to clean up. Every household is cleaning up the mud while listening to the news.
Many neighbors were surprised to see Su Xia coming out to take out the trash.
They thought of what was said in the news, and their eyes turned towards Su Xia with complicated expressions.
Across the street, Mr. Zhao, the owner of the restaurant, also saw Su Xia. He happened to meet Su Xia's eyes and couldn't avoid them, so he said, "Brother Su, you..."
As he spoke, he suddenly changed his tone, sighed with mixed feelings, and bowed to Su Xia.
"Master Su."
Not only him, but other residents on the old street also bowed to Su Xia.
Based on their personal identity and status, they had to express respect, just as they once did to their father.
This old street was still as shabby as before, and nothing seemed to have changed. In the warm afternoon sun, everyone started talking.
"Master Su."
