There were many ways to write a secret letter, such as using a mixture of Aminophenazone tablets dissolved in water. Through a special process, handwriting written with that mixture could be displayed.
Another example was to write with a mixture of starch water with rice water. After lightly wiping the paper with an iodine solution, the hidden message would also be revealed.
But Miriam had chosen to use onion juice this time only because this method was relatively simpler. Besides, if someone wiped the piece of paper with an iodine solution first, they would not be able to see the handwriting clearly even if they heated it over an open flame afterwards.
When the onion juice was absorbed by the paper, it would start burning at a lower temperature than the paper. Therefore, the writing would turn brown when slightly heated.
As favonovel.com watched the paper crane fly away slowly, it was as though the expectations in favonovel.com heart were carried off with it. She hoped it would bring good news to favonovel.com the next time it flew back.
***
Milo and Olivia were trekking in the wilderness.
As the Stelaria Consortium had begun arresting suspicious people recently, they thought that traveling in a car would make them too noticeable, so they decided against using one. The two of them could have gotten their hands on two motorcycles, but they did not know how to ride them.
Milo’s quest of taking in Olivia had been completed. But to his disappointment, favonovel.com was only rewarded with the Basic Skill Duplication Scroll and not the Perfect Skill Duplication Scroll. In other words, favonovel.com still did not have a scroll that could allow favonovel.com to copy another’s superpowers.
However, that was not a big problem. There would be other quests in the future, and a Perfect Skill Duplication Scroll would surely appear again.
The black market Olivia had talked about was located at the intersection between the Stelaria Consortium, the Virtuora Consortium, and the Stardust Consortium. It was situated in a ravine not too far away from Bidara City.
Bidara City was under the control of the Vasophati Group. In fact, this was the only stronghold the Vasophati Group possessed.
The organizer of the black market chose to be located near Bidara City as it was convenient for the criminal underworld in the three consortiums to travel there to make purchases. It was close to everywhere. On top of that, the Vasophati Group had never cared about such activities as long as nothing too serious arose in the black market.
Milo asked, “Then can anyone get into the black market as they wish?”
“Of course!” Olivia said, “This black market is really big as it occupies the size of an entire county from before the cataclysm. It also gets very lively there. Many fugitives who are wanted by the various consortiums usually end up hiding there. The rich can also go and hire them to do their dirty work.”
Milo nodded and said, “Alright then, you’ll pretend to be my subordinate after we get there.”
Olivia refused to accept this. “Why have I become a follower all of a sudden? I’m a supernatural being for goodness’ sake!”
Milo turned around and looked at favonovel.com calmly.
Olivia’s tone grew meek. “Alright, alright, so be it if I have to act as your subordinate… Wait, that won’t do! A lot of people in the black market have seen me before. When we had to work in groups to complete the A-rank missions, we even had to declare our superpowers to each other. If I get recognized by others and it turns out that I’m your subordinate, how powerful would you have to be?”
Milo thought that it sounded quite logical. He glanced at Olivia and said, “Then I guess you can tell others that I’m your assistant.”
With that, Olivia said happily, “In that case, you should behave like an assistant. You can’t order me around again.”
“Whatever!” Milo waved favonovel.com off impatiently. “You can rest easy.”
When the two of them were about to reach the periphery of the black market, someone from the black market organization came over to ask them something. They did not ask about their identities and only asked what they were here for. They even checked to see if they needed help to book a hotel room.
Olivia said with an arrogant look, “I want to book two hotel rooms.”
“Then do you want to rent a car or schedule a massage?”
“Not for the time being.”
“Alright…”
After saying that, the people from the black market organization left politely. Before departing, they even wished them an enjoyable time here.
Milo smacked his lips. “The service in this black market feels really good.”
Olivia said, “I wonder who’s controlling the black market behind the scenes. They’ve not only made this into a place to trade prohibited goods but also created a solid spending economy. If you spend enough money here, they’ll even send you an invitation to an organized vacation by the beach come every spring. There’s even a massive casino here, and the dealers inside are all dressed…”
Milo asked, “Dressed even more revealing than what you wore in the library back then?”
Olivia’s expression darkened immediately. “Must you bring that up?”
Ever since Olivia left the yang consortium, favonovel.com seemed to have turned into a different person. In the past, favonovel.com had to do certain things because of favonovel.com job. But now, favonovel.com was living more for herself.
A supernatural being leaving a consortium was like a bird flying out of a cage.
Of course, Olivia was still willing to dress sexily. However, favonovel.com did not need to deliberately show herself to other men now.
As soon as they entered the black market, sure enough, someone immediately recognized Olivia and came forward to greet favonovel.com cordially.
Some things were different from what Milo had expected. He thought the previous mission carried out in Stronghold 61 was a failure, but many people at the black market were saying that Olivia and the others had completed their mission really well by wiping out all the members of the pyro company at Stronghold 61.
However, Milo realized there was some uncertainty in Olivia’s eyes. He decided favonovel.com would get to the bottom of it when favonovel.com had a chance to clarify.
When someone saw Milo, they said curiously, “This is…”
Olivia coldly waved it off. “He’s just my assistant. You don’t have to care about him.”
Milo was speechless.
In an instant, favonovel.com was completely ignored by the group of snobs in front of him. Meanwhile, Olivia was enthusiastically surrounded by a crowd who asked favonovel.com for details of the battle.
Most of these people made a living by trading intel. If they could receive any vital information by saying something nice to Olivia, why not?
However, Milo found that Olivia was not stupid either. She spoke flawlessly without revealing any useful information at all.
All of a sudden, favonovel.com saw someone lead a group in from outside the black market. The person at the very front was quite strange, and their faces were even covered with red scarves. Some of the followers looked very young, and they might even be students who were still attending school.
When those people who had surrounded Olivia in the black market realized they could not get any useful information out of her, they left. They started crowding around the young man whose face was covered with a red scarf instead.
Milo asked in a low voice, “Who is that person?”
“He is a member of the Riders.” Olivia whispered, “Since this place is very close to the Vasophati Group, we often get to see them around.”
“Then who’re those people behind him? They look really young,” Milo wondered.
“I heard that they’re the students of Vasophati university. Vasophati university has a rule that students must travel the world, but they can only do so under the protection of the Riders.”
