Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

"Buy it? How much did it cost?"

"Four hundred thousand dollars." West shrank his neck and his voice became much softer.

"Why don't you report it to me? At least discuss it with me."

Four hundred thousand dollars to buy such an antique house?

Chen Zhao was speechless and glanced at West: "Have you signed the contract?"

"Can I break the contract? How about sending two evil spirits over to scare the seller?"

"President, we are a formal department."

"Forget it, forget it." Chen Zhao was already despairing.

"President, there are many caves on the mountain wall behind here, which can be used as a habitat for evil spirits." West took the initiative to introduce: "These evil spirits can provide practical training for our members, and they can also participate in the future." into our operations.”

"Okay, okay." Chen Zhao was very upset. His original plan to get himself a beautiful office fell through.

"The site here is also large. Not only did we buy the land, but the woods also belong to our association. We can build many new facilities here."

"Where's the money?"

"President, because we have successfully attacked the Maple Leaf community, within ten days, we will be able to get funds for this year's activities."

"How much?"

"Half a million dollars."

"Why only half a million dollars? Didn't you say last time that we could have several million dollars a year?"

"Funds are released quarter by quarter."

"Then they won't compensate for the lack of funds in the past?"

"President, you are thinking too much."

"Go in and have a look."

Chen Zhao admired the headquarters. Although the house was old, it was still quite large and had many rooms.

There is a large field behind, and a group of people are practicing magic in the backyard.

Forget it, I still won’t watch it.

Looking at his men, Chen Zhao felt heartbroken.

"I think our association should find some revenue-generating business on its own." Chen Zhao said seriously.

"for example?"

"For example, apply for a certificate or something, conduct a grade assessment for supernatural people, and then charge some fees."

"ah?"

"Ah what? Is my proposal bad?" Chen Zhao glared at West.

West looked at Chen Zhao bravely: "Okay, of course, but we don't have grade standards at all."

"Then let's set the standards now."

"President, are you serious?"

"That's right. Is there any way I show that I'm not serious?"

"..."

No one has ever rated a paranormal person, and West always felt that it was unreliable.

Moreover, their Supernatural Association is not a very authoritative organization in itself, so why should it be assessed on its strength?

"Jurag, come here."

"President, please call me."

"Can you make that kind of instrument to test magic power?"

"ah?"

"Ah what, is that possible?"

Jurag thought for a moment and said, "It stands to reason that it can be tested, but I have never tried it."

"Then give it a try."

"I need materials." Qiurage looked at Chen Zhao and said.

"You can pick up the items from the warehouse at will. If you don't have any, let West buy it."

"Inspiration Shimu."

"Why do you need inspiration stone and wood? This thing is very expensive." West immediately showed his stingy side.

"The inspiration stone and wood can sense magic power. By using this characteristic and connecting the wires, you can assemble an instrument for testing magic power in the simplest way."

"Is there a warehouse?" Chen Zhao asked.

"have."

"take it out."

West reluctantly took out a piece of wood that looked like wood but not wood, and looked like stone but not stone. It was the size of a fist, gray in color, and had pits on it.

Jurag took the inspiration stone and wood and began to make a magic testing instrument.

And asked for some more materials, while Chen Zhao and West were watching.

Anyway, they couldn't understand what Jurag was doing.

Finally, after half an hour of assembly, a rough magic testing instrument was completed.

It's almost like a scale, with the addition of a sphere made of inspired stone and wood, with an instrument panel attached to it.

"President, Mr. West, it's ready. Do you want to give it a try?"

"how to use?"

"Just place your hands on the sphere. The inspiration stone and wood can sense the user's magic power."

West stepped forward, held the sphere with both hands, and then saw the pointer on the instrument panel jumping.

However, there are only pointers on the instrument panel, not numbers.

"Why no numbers?"

"President, I don't know the standard of magic power."

"We set our own standards." Chen Zhao said, "Call other people over and discuss it together."

West saw that Chen Zhao seemed to be serious about this, not joking at all.

After everyone gathered, West began to explain to everyone.

Chen Zhao suddenly thought of a question: "Erdos is an ordinary person, does he have magic power?"

Everyone looked at Erdos, who was speechless for a while: "I can't have magic power, can I?"

"Come and give it a try."

Erdos grasped the sphere with both hands, and the pointer moved slightly.

"Ordinary people also have magic power, but it is very weak."

"How about we use Erdos's magic value as the standard magic value 1?" Chen Zhao suggested.

Everyone had nothing to object to. Anyway, Chen Zhao had the final say no matter what.

And everyone seems to be very interested in this. They also want to know what level they should belong to based on their strength.

Jurag made slight modifications to the instrument and also performed quantification.

Finally, after a second transformation of the original version, version 1.0 of the Magic Test Instrument was officially completed.

Erdos's magic value is 1, and he will also serve as the standard. The full name of the quantified magic value is called Erdos's standard magic value 1.

"Who will test first?" Chen Zhao looked at everyone.

"I'll go first," Jolene Nash said, stepping forward and grabbing the ball with both hands.

The pointer bounced up instantly, and finally pointed at 75.

Jolene Nash looked around. She was not sure whether her magic value was high or low.

Then the second Baliya came forward to try, with a value of 95.

Jolene Nash was unhappy because someone actually had a higher magic value than her.

However, Balia is not a combatant, and her combat power is not as high as hers, so it is barely acceptable.

The third one is Old Man Bill, with a magic value of 102.

Jolene Nash's face turned dark. Forget it, he was older and it was normal for his magic power to be higher than hers.

The fourth one to come up for the test was Moore, with a magic value of 74.

The fifth one is Moide, with a magic value of 76.

West, magic value 85.

Jurag, magic value 58.

Batiru, magic value 40.

English, magic value 99.

Erdos, magic value 1.

Jolene Nash was not very happy. She found that her magic value was only at the second level.

But at this time, everyone's eyes fell on Chen Zhao.