Su Xiao was quite looking forward to the Scarlet Card in his hand. He had noticed the spells cast by that mage before, just by their appearance, he could tell those spells were quite powerful, mostly flying several hundred meters before dissipating.
When it came to opening Scarlet Cards, Su Xiao always had a lottery ticket mentality. These things were too random, every Contractor's storage space carried a lot of daily necessities. He was already used to opening these things.
Like broccoli, shampoo, bras, and so on.
After the baptism of these items, no matter how bizarre the item the Scarlet Card opened, Su Xiao could accept it calmly, well, maybe...
[Do you want to open the Scarlet Card?]
Choosing to open it, the 'Scarlet Card' gradually dissolved, turning into a mass of light red liquid. The liquid floated mid-air, spinning rapidly, forming a blood-red vortex in front of Su Xiao. The top of the blood-red vortex was just wide enough to fit a hand. He reached his hand inside, where the mist was hazy.
After some exploration, Su Xiao touched a square box. The box had a smooth texture, about twenty centimeters long overall.
Feeling that this thing might be of some value, a mysteriously confident smile appeared on Su Xiao's face as he withdrew his hand from the blood-red vortex. The prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.
Seeing the prompt from Reincarnation Paradise, the smile on Su Xiao's face faded, and he stood frozen in place, a noticeable twitch at the corner of his mouth.
[You randomly drew 'Ultraman Collection: Chinese DVD Disc Collector's Edition (Ordinary Item)'.]
"Ul... Ultraman."
As soon as Su Xiao spoke, Bubu Wang beside him crossed his front paws, striking the initial pose of the dynamic light beam, clearly having watched Ultraman.
"Figures, a little brat, storing something like Ultraman in their storage space."
Su Xiao casually threw down the DVD case, and Bubu Wang quickly picked it up, as if he had found a treasure.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang had a gleeful expression, clearly indicating: 'Master, good luck.'
"This thing has been around for years, you can keep it as an antique."
Even though it was a good start, Su Xiao did not lose confidence and once again reached his hand into the blood-red vortex.
Just as Su Xiao was about to reach into the vortex, he hesitated for a moment, took out a cigarette, and lit it with Fate Redemption.
Blowing out a puff of light gold smoke, Su Xiao was no longer mysteriously confident, and used the European King's State to open the Scarlet Card. He originally wanted to save this chance, as Fate Redemption had a five-day cooldown.
Reaching into the blood-red vortex to explore, a long rod-like object appeared in his hand.
Su Xiao was stunned for a moment; could this be that young mage's magic wand?
Thinking of this, Su Xiao didn't hesitate any longer and withdrew his hand from the blood-red vortex.
"Magic wand, my ass..."
Su Xiao threw the long rod-like object in his hand to the ground, making a crisp ringing sound.
This was clearly not a magic wand. A wand wouldn't make such a crisp sound when dropped; it was a tent pole.
With one last chance, Bubu Wang moved in, his look seemed to say: 'Master, if it doesn't work, let me have a go, just accept that luck is innate, like initial charm.'
Su Xiao pushed Bubu Wang aside, refusing to believe that he couldn't draw a valuable item today.
Reaching into the blood-red vortex for the third time, this was the last chance to draw.
Casually grabbing an item and pulling it out, a dark purple light flickered in the room. In his hand was an iron box about the size of a cigarette case, silver on the surface, with no seams.
[You randomly drew 'Item Transformation Device (Dark Purple)'.]
[Item Transformation Device]
Origin: Second Tier Space Battlefield: Liekayama Star
Quality: Dark Purple
Type: Disposable Consumable
Effect: This item can fuse one piece of equipment with two kinds of materials, thereby enhancing the quality of the equipment. The category of the equipment remains unchanged after fusion, but the attributes will change significantly.
Note: The highest quality for added equipment is purple.
Note: The highest quality for added material is purple.
Note: Requires 'Mechanical Transformation Skill: Lv.17 or above' to use.
Rating: 150
Description: This is technology from Liekayama Star.
Selling price: 39,000 Paradise coins.
...
Holding the iron box in his hand, Su Xiao studied it for a while and understood its purpose.
He could choose one piece of equipment and two rare materials to fuse the three together. After fusion, the category of the purple equipment would not change. For example, if the equipment was a sword before fusion, it would still be a sword afterward; there would be no situation where it turned into a gun.
Su Xiao first thought of fusing 'Fate Redemption', but after seeing a sentence in the item's description, he decisively abandoned this idea.
'The category of equipment remains unchanged after fusion, but the attributes will change significantly.'
If Fate Redemption were fused to gain other attributes, such as increased strength, he would suffer a great loss.
The risk was too high, so Su Xiao decided to fuse other equipment, as it was a safer option.
Currently, it's not possible to fuse anything. The prerequisite condition of 'Mechanical Transformation Skill Lv.17 or above' stumped him.
"Mechanical Transformation Skill... seems like I'll have to find a mechanic after returning to Reincarnation Paradise."
Stowing away the [Item Transformation Device], this item might help him acquire a piece of dark purple equipment.
The blood-red vortex vanished. Overall, the harvest was not bad, a dark purple item, which was much better than previously opening an empty purple treasure chest.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Su Xiao meditated, waiting for Sasori's return.
Ten minutes later, footsteps could be heard, and Su Xiao interrupted his meditation, looking toward the room door.
Deidara pushed the door open and entered, holding a bowl of oden.
"So fast?"
"Huh?"
Deidara looked at Su Xiao in confusion.
Su Xiao shook his head, indicating it was nothing, leaving only the sound of Deidara chewing in the room. Su Xiao sensed that Deidara seemed a bit upset, also somewhat exasperated.
"You... weren't you dumped?"
Deidara's hand stiffened, and the bamboo skewer in his hand snapped with a crack.
"Seems like I was right."
Su Xiao didn't speak further, but Bubu Wang perked up; his bright little eyes seemed to say: 'Lighting technician, get ready, shove the mic in his mouth.'
"Sigh..."
Deidara sighed, his favorite oden tasting somewhat bland.
"Sigh～"
Deidara sighed again, seemingly a bit agitated. Su Xiao glanced sideways at Deidara, wondering if the kid got cheated on.
Then again, if Deidara had been cheated on, this village would've been blown to bits.
"What? Did that woman find someone else?"
Deidara nodded.
"We weren't in a romantic relationship, so it's normal."
"Is that so? Seeing how down you look, did you meet the man?"
"No."
When Deidara said this, there was a noticeable twitch at the corner of his eye.
"Then what happened?"
"When I sneaked into her house, she was breastfeeding the child..."
Su Xiao cleared his throat with a cough, the plot twist was too much, there was even a child involved, he almost wrapped the steering wheel around his neck, wondering how long it had been since Deidara visited that woman.
"I'm surprised you didn't blow this place up."
"It's normal, I haven't come to see her for two years, I've almost forgotten where she lives. If it weren't for the mission in the Land of Water, I might never have seen her again."
At this point, Deidara seemed to be in a better mood, especially when looking at the bloodstains on his cuffs.