Chapter 90: Playing cards? The kind where you gamble your life
"Ryan, I want to tell you so much just to make you understand that medicine is for the better benefit of all mankind, not for the privilege of a certain class, nor for the means to seek glory and wealth..."
Irubek said earnestly.
It seemed that he didn't want his disciple to repeat the same mistakes.
"No, teacher..."
To be honest, Ryan has no interest in being a noble in this social system.
What kind of enjoyment has he not seen at the end of the 21st century ? He is really not interested in these so-called aristocratic rights. If he needs the pleasure brought by dopamine secretion, the "intelligent brain" can create it.
After a lot of effort, I finally traveled through a mysterious fantasy world. Pursuing this legend can make you a god with extraordinary powers, isn't that great?
He shook his head and said in a firm tone: "My ambition has never been to be rich and famous. I just want to see how far I can go on this extraordinary road in this world..."
"Um."
Irubek looked into his eyes and nodded with satisfaction.
Ryan asked again: "Teacher, have you noticed something? Do you think that because you just rejected the Winter Family's surgery proposal, it will cause trouble?"
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Under normal circumstances, the Winster family would definitely not dare to risk the world's condemnation and do anything to Irubek.
But just like "Prince Fox" back then, it's hard to say what crazy things he might do before he dies.
"Not to mention that 'head transplant surgery' is an immature technology. Even if the technology is mature, I will never agree to it anyway."
Irubek's tone was as resolute as it had been ten years ago.
He looked around the sewer laboratory and sighed, "In order to have a stable research environment, I rejected the Sid Empire and the generous offers from various forces. I built a laboratory in this sewer just to be able to do research in peace and quiet..."
After a pause, he said with a complicated expression: "Now it seems that this peace will not last long..."
Hearing this, Ryan said, "Teacher, no matter how arrogant those guys from the Winster family are, they definitely won't dare to attack you, right?"
During this period, he also fully understood the contribution system of the City of Glory.
As long as they can pay the "contribution points" on time, according to the laws of the city, no one has the right to expel them.
Although the Winster family is the actual controller of the fifth district, they dare not abolish the most important rules of the City of Glory.
Otherwise, the hunters who originally came to the "Glorious City" were mostly bounty hunters, fugitives, and speculators who gathered from all directions... If the rules were broken, wouldn't there be chaos?
"Why……"
Irubek obviously knew more about the inside story and said, "If Grand Mage Kavo was still in charge, no one would dare to violate the city's rules. But at least in the past five years, Grand Mage Kavo has not appeared in public."
When Ryan heard this, he suddenly felt that something was wrong: "Ah? You suspect that... the [Great Polymath] Cavo Ramirez, who founded the City of Glory, might have had an accident, such as... his life span is coming to an end?"
He became one of the "Ten Legendary Demon Hunters" eighty years ago, so if you calculate his lifespan, it's almost the same.
"No."
Irubek shook his head and said, "I met Grand Mage Kavo five years ago. His magic power has reached its peak and no one can pose a threat to him. Moreover, his mental state is also very good and his life span is very healthy..."
"Ah? Then this..."
When Ryan heard this, he became confused.
With the great magician from one of the “Ten Legends” and the six-story magic tower in the city, the possibility of external factors is extremely low.
Since it is not an external cause and it is not due to the end of life, then why is it?
Irubek was obviously also confused, and said, "It is also because Master Kavo has not intervened in the affairs of the city in the past few years. Now the five major families are holding more and more power, and the privileged class is already budding. This is a very bad phenomenon."
"Teacher, at worst we can just leave here."
Ryan said decisively: "Wherever you go, I will follow you!"
Irubek shook his head, feeling that although the world is big, there is nowhere to go. "If there is no free scientific research environment, then what is the difference between staying here and staying in Oma or other places in Theed?"
Ryan also frowned as he listened .
A bounty order had forced him to come to this "Glorious City" because he had nowhere to stay in Omar. Now if this "Free City", the only city not under the jurisdiction of the two empires, could not accommodate them, their future was indeed uncertain.
"Eh...how about..."
Ryan suddenly thought of something and suggested, "I heard that the Princess Royal is planning to establish a new principality. Judging from her plan, it seems that she is also planning to implement a 'new policy'. How about we go to her new territory?"
"It won't be easy for Ymir to build a city here..."
Irubek smiled bitterly and shook his head, not optimistic. "Besides, things are not that bad. At least Master Kavo is still here, and the major families in the city dare not overstep their authority."
"Besides, even if they really send me back to Omar, what can they do? They don't dare to kill me, and I will never work for Omar again in my life. At most, I will be placed under house arrest..."
The old man said this at the right time, with a ruffian look on his face, which made people suddenly stop worrying about him.
"oh."
Ryan pursed his lips.
Irubek looked at his new disciple again and said, "Ryan, you are the most talented student I have ever had. I told you so much today just to make you understand that science is a great existence that benefits all mankind. This is true for potions, steam technology, and medicine... No matter what happens in the future, be firm in this belief, calm down, and keep going..."
After he finished saying this, he seemed to finally feel relieved from the anger in his heart.
"Got it, teacher."
Ryan nodded.
Having said that, he didn't know what to say anymore.
Although what the old man said made sense, he still felt something was wrong.
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The next morning, Ryan got up on time and took the intercity train to the martial arts hall to practice martial arts.
Then at lunch time, we went to the Central Library again.
For more than a month, he has been in the library every day and has become very familiar with everything here.
There were as few people in the library as usual.
It is still the second floor of the library. The quality of the books on this floor is much higher. You don’t have to spend time digging out the classics from the tens of millions of collections like on the first floor. Any book on the second floor is a masterpiece.
When going upstairs, Ryan met the administrator who looked like Marx again.
It seems like this old man lives in the library 24 hours a day. He can always be seen organizing books here.
"Eh... this old administrator actually has the leisure to play poker today?"
Ryan was a little surprised.
He came every day for more than a month, and often asked about the location of some bookshelves, so he had a few simple exchanges with the old man.
Although he didn't know the administrator's name, he felt that the old man should be a homeless widower, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed in the library all day.
And this time, he actually had the leisure to sit at the table and play poker with someone? It seemed like he was an acquaintance.
He didn't go over to say hello, but glanced at the man in the black cloak sitting opposite the bearded administrator.
With his face covered by a cloak, he looks mysterious and more like a fortune teller who is good at tarot cards.
Maybe the two people playing cards didn't talk or something else, but Ryan didn't hear any sound.
Maybe he used shielding magic to avoid affecting other people.
Ryan thought so.
He didn't care. It was normal for the librarian to know some magic. Without thinking too much, he walked straight to a bookshelf that he had never read before and started another day of "browsing books".
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When Ryan arrived, the two people playing cards didn't even look at him twice.
As he expected, there was a magical barrier near the small table that isolated everything.
The guy in the black cloak flipped the cards in his hand, as if he was playing Spider Solitaire.
Suddenly, an intruder came to the second floor. He immediately took out an Ace of Spades and smacked his lips, as if he meant something: "Tsk, tsk, Ace of Spades... It has the smallest number of points, but in some poker rules, it is also the largest card."
The cloaked man looked at the indifferent bearded administrator opposite him, a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said lightly: "You agree, right?"
Without waiting for the other party to answer, he had already turned the next card, the King of Clubs.
"What a good hand!"
Seeing the cards, the cloaked man's aura suddenly changed, and his eyes suddenly flashed with almost hysterical excitement.
Like a desperate gambler, he could not wait to put out all his chips, grinning, "Master Kavo, do you want to play a game? The kind where you bet your life."
