Chapter 98 One glance confirms the truth

Along the way, Spencer kept teaching Barbarossa about the laws, general morals and knowledge of the world, but the latter responded by resting her head on her head, looking left and right, and exclaiming from time to time.

"Each of them is carrying a bag and walking in a hurry. Don't they look very free?"

"Because I have to go to work."

"Oh, there are also capitalists in this world?"

The two quickly arrived at the door of Xinyue Bookstore, and the automatic sensor door opened. Sibin grabbed Barbarossa's wrist to prevent her from running around with dirty little hands and taking things she shouldn't.

"What are you doing!" Barbarossa broke away from Spencer's hand and turned to look at him.

Si Bin sighed helplessly: "I'm afraid that if you go in later and see a pile of treasures, you won't be able to hold on!"

"Treasure?"

"Books are the ladder of human progress, aren't they treasures?"

"Does the four-frame erotica manga count?"

"..."

Just when Si Bin wanted to complain about how this little girl had read comics, he remembered that he had indeed seen one or two palm-sized comic books in the room in the secret realm.

The Shadow Realm is a mixed world, with mechas and magical weapons above and demons and ghosts below, and it makes sense to have comic books as well.

"Anyway, don't forget our agreement. Don't cause trouble here."

"Hey! The treasures I have handled are more than the water you have drank!"

The corner of Si Bin's mouth twitched: "You'd better be."

The two walked in and saw the latest best-selling books on the display table.

Si Bin glanced at it:
  ("Ten Heroes Who Destroy Disaster"...isn't this an old novel?)
  This novel was a hit fifty years ago. But later he became a eunuch. I heard that the reason was that the author was captured by evil spirits.

(Is it possible that the author killed the evil spirit and escaped back to continue updating?)
  Si Bin also has this novel at home, but he bought it second-hand.

Suppressing his curiosity, Si Bin looked up and saw a counter diagonally to the left. Behind the counter stood a young woman with curly black hair dressed in jewels.

There was a cashier in work clothes standing next to him.

The young woman's back was turned to Si Bin, wearing a purple cheongsam with flowers, showing off her rather plump curves, and organizing the bookshelf behind her.

Si Bin secretly thought that that must be the landlady who asked him to come. When I was about to go there, I suddenly found that the place around me was empty.

"There are 8864 people!"

He turned around and moved around, searching hurriedly.

In the comics section on the first floor, he saw the figure of the blue-haired girl. She was leaning against a white pillar, her toe without stockings on the ground, and she was holding a comic book in her hand.

Si Bin glanced at the name of the book from afar - "One Piece".

He hurriedly stepped forward. Since he was in a bookstore, he did not dare to speak loudly, so he had to answer in a deep voice:
  "Didn't I tell you not to wander around?"

Barbarossa seemed to be fascinated by what she was watching, and it took a long time before she said:

"This is better than the four-frame erotic manga!"

"Nonsense, doesn't it look good that it can be serialized for more than a hundred years?"

As he said this, he saw Barbarossa closing the comic and holding it under her arm.

"What do you mean? Do you want to buy this book?"

"Can't you?"

"Are you rich?"

"No money. Buy it for me."

"No money."

Now that the Internet is developed, comics can basically be read on various apps, and advanced ones even have original voice actors dubbing them. Comics appear in physical books, which are more of a collection.

Therefore, this thin book costs 35 yuan.

It wasn't that Si Bin was reluctant to pay for these 6 instant noodles, but because this book didn't contain much content. Once you buy one, you will want the next.

"I want to go back and show you anime."

Si Bin suddenly discovered that he was a genius.

There are more than 5000 episodes of One Piece, and one episode lasts for more than ten minutes, which is enough for her to watch for several months!

(Letting her stay at home may save a lot of trouble!)
  Barbarossa knew what anime was, Spencer had told him about it. In fact, the Fish Ball Hotel also has a civilized structure.

She nodded in compromise and put the comic back on the shelf. Si Bin breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously grabbed her wrist again to prevent her from wandering around again.

Unexpectedly, Barbarossa broke away again, raising her head and yelling:
  "Why did you grab my wrist again?"

"I'm afraid you'll run around!"

"Then why did you grab my wrist?"

"? Otherwise, where would I catch you?"

Barbarossa couldn't help but shake her head: "Being grabbed by the wrist is like being handcuffed. You are not free." She reached out towards Si Bin's waist and grabbed Si Bin's palm. "If you hold hands, you will feel free." There’s a lot of freedom.”

Feeling the indescribable softness coming from the palm of her hand, the girl's hand was as cold as if she had no bones.

Si Bin's eyes had nowhere to focus for a moment, so he turned around and pulled her towards the counter.

"Hello, is your landlady here?" Si Bin asked the cashier on the side.

After hearing this, the cheongsam woman next to her turned around and looked at Si Bin questioningly:

"Are you the one on the forum?"

"Yes. I heard that you have something you want me to identify?"

"That's right!" The landlady has beautiful features but slightly chubby cheeks. You can tell from her smile that her life is quite satisfactory.

Si Bin folded his arms and propped himself up on the counter and asked:
  "What are you trying to identify?"

After saying that, the landlady took out a book with slightly yellowish paper from under the table, about half the thickness of a thumb, and called the two of them to a secluded corner where there was a narrow table that was chest high.

She put the book on it.

The moment he saw the name, Si Bin was dumbfounded - "Dragon VI".

(No, this thing can produce six?)
  Si Bin raised his eyes to look at the landlady, and saw the latter's smiling face and said:

"This is a novel that my husband keeps."

Si Bin estimated that the landlady in front of him was only in her thirties.

"You see it says six, which is the sixth part."

"Ah."

"I did a search for this book on the Internet. It was quite famous eighty years ago. But when I searched, they said there were only five books."

"really……"

"Really, you haven't heard of the sixth one, have you? Oops!" The landlady seemed to have a reproachful look on her face, pinching her waist and saying, "My husband spent a lot of money on this book!
  "He said that no one else knew there was a sixth part of this book because the sixth part was secretly released. Only insiders could buy it! He also said that this was the hardcover version of Thirty Years!
  "Do you know anything like this?"

"Um..." Si Bin hesitated and touched the cover of the book, "I have never heard of such a thing as a secret sale. How much did your husband spend?"

"It's a few thousand!"

(Okay, is this a rich person...)
  Si Bin did not dare to say whether such a thing existed, and he even hoped that it did. Because he also likes reading this book. It's such a shame that there isn't a sixth part!

"I'm sorry, boss lady, you want me to appraise the calligraphy and painting. I'm still good at these things. I don't know about other things, so I don't dare to vouch for you..."

The landlady said quickly: "Oh, no. I know, I just want you to see if this book was printed around 2030."

"Let's see if the person who sold his book lied to him!"

(Hey guys, there’s no printing date in the book, right?)

In fact, when Si Bin just touched the cover, he had already completed the backtracking.

He looked at the landlady with regret.

"This book was actually printed during the summer vacation the year before last." In fact, Si Bin knew the specific date, but he kept it vague in order not to reveal too much.

"Ah?" The landlady's eyes widened and her face was full of disbelief, "Isn't it possible? The paper in this book feels very old? Our family also has a collection of books that are really from seventy or eighty years ago. The paper looks like this. It looks almost the same! It was the year before last, it’s impossible no matter what, right?”

"It's really from the year before last. The paper is also old." Si Bin said helplessly, "If you don't believe it, you can go to a specialized agency to test it."

"Are you sure?" the landlady confirmed repeatedly.

"I'm sure." Si Bin closed his eyes and nodded.

"Is this old or fake?!"

"Yes, I'm convinced at first glance."

"What's the content here?" The landlady scratched the edge of the book with her thumb.

"Identified as a pure fan."

(End of this chapter)

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