The Twelfth Chapter: Cheating the Old Man and Sneaking into the Library
Capturing Robin was just a plot twist set by Shangguan Bao, and it couldn't change Shangguan Bao's original decision to go with the flow.
Under Little Robin's lead, they arrived at the center of O'Hara - the Omniscient Tree.
The omniscient tree towered high and unparalleled, its dense branches and leaves covering the sky and earth, casting a huge black shadow on O'Hara's land.
Shen Bao walked through the shadow of a large tree and came before Dr. Kloba, the director of the library, to explain his intention.
"Respected Dr. Kloba, I have long admired your great name. I am a wandering scholar from the Fish People tribe, and I hope to gain endless knowledge in this world-renowned library. Please forgive my excessive pursuit of knowledge."
"A wandering scholar? What a strange profession." Dr. Kloba gazed at Shen Bao, his eyes only discovering that Shen Bao's physique was indeed as thin as a bookworm, with less muscle than an ordinary fish-person. He chuckled, "A young man from the Fish People, the world of knowledge always welcomes those who seek to learn. You look like you've been traveling far and wide, come, have a sip of our coffee here, if you don't mind, can you tell this old hermit about your experiences?"
Shen Bao slightly bowed and smiled as he sat in front of the doctor: "In your presence, I'm showing off my skills. This is both my shame and honor."
He mentally cursed the old fox, who was getting more cunning with age. At the same time, in order to gain the trust of the doctor, he had no choice but to fabricate many stories. Fortunately, he had read Journey to the West in his previous life and had been to many places himself, so when he combined the two, the resulting story was truly moving and seemed to have real evidence, leaving people in awe.
Time flies, the coffee in the cup has been refilled and replaced again and again. It wasn't until the stars filled the night sky that Dr. Kroba finally interrupted Shinao with a lingering tone, saying: "What an interesting adventure experience, young man, your spirit is worth our learning. However, I'm curious about those few companions of yours, especially that ape-man and pig-headed person, why didn't they come with you?"
He was caught off guard. He had been spinning a tale that was too far-fetched, comparing himself to Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong transformed into an ape-man, and Zhu Bajie implied as a pig-headed man. Suddenly being asked like this, he immediately exposed his flaws.
This loophole is not about the existence of apes or pig-headed people, after all, in the world of Pirate King, each island is isolated from the world and has its own unique secrets, and no scholar can ever truly understand the secrets of all the islands.
But when Shen Bao heard this question, his stunned expression was quite suspicious. If it were true, he would have blurted it out for sure.
In an instant, not only did Shén Bǎo realize the problem, but Dr. Kuroba, who had just started to believe in Shén Bǎo, also stopped drinking his coffee and began staring at him intently.
Are you going to let it all go to waste?
At the critical moment, Shino's clever machine moved, and his eyes were filled with tears in an instant. He choked and said: "My two companions have been missing since the last storm, but I managed to escape with my life thanks to my fisherman's skills. Just now, I was excited and forgot about my sadness, but now that I think about it, I am overwhelmed with grief!"
"So that's how it is! Please... don't be sad, believe that good people will have good fortune, didn't you say so yourself? That pig-headed friend of yours was a naval general on the island, and it seems like nothing bad happened to him either. It's just that you're separated now, and without life cards, I'm afraid the chances of reuniting are slim."
What is called a life card, also known as a life paper. This is a special paper that only exists in the new world, even if it gets wet with fire or burned by fire, nothing will happen to it. It is made by sending part of one's fingernail to the store and mixing it into the material to create a special paper.
The life card will show the host's life situation. Usually people tear it apart and give it to their loved ones or friends who are about to separate, and the torn paper will attract each other so that they can know the direction of their loved ones or friends at any time!
Dr. Kuroko is indeed an old academic, he doesn't know how to comfort people and made Shinpachi cry even more sadly. The poor old man apologized repeatedly, but unfortunately, it's not his forte, so in the end, he had no choice but to flee in defeat.
Xinbao left with a faint smile, no longer worrying about the problem of being unable to enter and exit the library.
The next morning, Shen Bao arrived at the library and freely consulted the materials.
All the way in were books! Books piled up all over the sky and ground!
The interior wall of the all-knowing tree was carved into a bookshelf, with tens of meters high bookshelves filled with books that shone brightly. The rich fragrance of books wafted through the entire space. In the center of the four-sided bookshelf, there was a huge wooden desk, where people sat in twos and threes, whispering to each other or burying their heads in deep reading.
"Ah, young man, you've arrived. What book would you like to read? I'm familiar with all of them here. However, the basement is off-limits; many doctors' research cannot be disturbed." Dr. Kuroku still felt apologetic about yesterday's events and asked Shinobu as he entered, with a hint of courtesy.
Shen Bao rolled his eyes and thought to himself, "This PhD is really bad at lying. What kind of research requires a PhD and can't be disturbed?" It was obvious that he was researching ancient texts. He thought about the urgent prayer for holy oil and asked vaguely, "Thank you so much, Dr. I'm very interested in magical navigation tools, maybe there's a way to find companions from them. I also heard that there's an oil that can calm the wind and waves once lit, maybe with it, I'll never have another shipwreck again."
The doctor smiled and said, "Good, good! Eat a lesson and gain wisdom. Young people are wise. The oil you mentioned is called Holy Prayer Oil. There are more detailed records in the three books 'On Maritime Safety', 'World Treasure Ranking' and 'Pirate Literature'. I suggest you take a look."
"Thank you so much, Doctor!"
"Anywhere. You can ask me any academic questions, but remember not to go to the basement!"
"I understand."
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