When I traveled through time and became a player, I just wanted to commit suicide

Li Shanren sat at the table and chair by the window, holding the monthly newspaper in his hand and reading the contents carefully with the help of natural light.

There is a dictionary on the desktop so that he can look it up at any time when he encounters a word he doesn't know.

This Southern Monthly seemed to have just been published, and Li Shanren found reports related to Farm City in it.

[Famu, a border city in the south of the kingdom, has been attacked by unknown people recently, and the entire city is missing. The royal city has sent an investigation team to the city to investigate! 】

Seeing this news, Li Shanren sneered slightly.

If what Viscount Arman said is true, what happened in Farm City was simply a transaction, and the so-called dispatching of an investigation team was nothing more than a show.

It may even be to help the Sloth Cult put an end to their problems, erase their traces, and completely turn the events in Farm City into unverifiable and unexplained extraordinary events.

By then, even if a survivor of Farm City came forward to tell the whole story, who would believe it?

Who cares?

Not to mention, apart from those behind the scenes, the only victim who knows the truth now is Li Shanren.

All other insiders died cleanly, including Viscount Arman, who had the greatest hatred for this matter.

Ignoring this unpleasant message, Li Shanren continued to look elsewhere.

The contents of this monthly report are diverse, covering kingdom political affairs, business information, extraordinary events, entertainment scandals, etc.

The font sizes of all titles are different according to their importance, which is similar to newspapers in the world before time travel.

Li Shanren spent most of his attention on government affairs and extraordinary information.

[The latest resolution of the Kingdom Assembly is that in order to support the election in the north, the two sides will sign a non-aggression treaty at the end of the year! 】

[The military has decided to recruit 100,000 soldiers. Civilians are welcome to join the army. If you achieve military merit, you may have the opportunity to embark on an extraordinary path! 】

[The 11nd Extraordinary Conference will be held in Olin City in November, and the winners can go to the Royal City to be sealed! (Note: There is a vacancy for referees on the field. Those who are interested in serving as referees can go to the city host office to sign up.)]

[Mysterious ruins have appeared in the west of Olin City. They are suspected to be large-scale mausoleums built by ancient supernatural beings. The current exploration progress is unknown and the degree of danger is unknown. Those who are interested can explore on their own. 】

......

Recruiting 100,000 troops while signing a non-aggression pact?

Li Shanren looked at the two more prominent messages and raised his eyebrows.

First deliberately declare that I will never attack you, and then do a backhand blitz, right?

Politicians in the northern countries will only believe in that non-binding treaty unless they are clever.

It is even possible that the negotiation table will be turned upside down, and the so-called "non-aggression" treaty will not be signed at all.

The Northern Caesar Republic, which is in the period of election change, is now like a strong man squatting in the toilet, fragile, helpless and sensitive. Any slightest disturbance will arouse their vigilance.

The news of recruiting 100,000 troops is now on paper. As long as the north is at all wary of the kingdom, this news will be spread back to their country at great speed.

The kingdom also had no intention of hiding it.

So the two pieces of news combined are more like a threat from the kingdom to the north: I can be ready to attack at any time. As for progress or not, it depends on your performance at the year-end negotiation table.

But Li Shanren knew that in order to plan this attack, the kingdom had quietly sold Farm City in exchange for the support of the slave army.

The kingdom cannot engage in loss-making business, and the benefits of the transaction to the Sloth Order must be taken back from the north!

So war will definitely happen!

The benefits on the negotiation table simply cannot satisfy the Kingdom of Jonia, which has already paid the price.

Therefore, these two pieces of news were actually fog bombs released by the Kingdom, which made the North mistakenly believe that the Kingdom might just want to take advantage of the situation and get some benefits.

Li Shanren can already predict the development trajectory of things.

While the kingdom was recruiting troops to flex its muscles with great fanfare, giving the north a sense of threat, it was also preparing for negotiations.

Under the various measures of the Kingdom, the North chose to compromise at the negotiation table. The two parties signed a non-aggression treaty, and the Kingdom promised not to launch a war.

After getting the treaty, the North relaxed its vigilance a little and continued to prepare for the election.

Immediately afterwards, using the time bought by the treaty, the kingdom continued to secretly prepare for war, and finally chose an unexpected time to tear up the treaty and launch a war.

Then the North was caught off guard...

Of course, these are just Li Shanren's speculations. It is difficult to say how things will develop later.

However, no matter how this war develops, it won't matter much to him at the moment.

It's better to focus on the matter at hand.

Li Shanren folded and put away the monthly newspaper he had almost finished reading, changed into plain civilian clothes, put on a hood, slightly covered his face, stood up and went out.

Although a missing person notice had been issued, he still wanted to walk around Olin and look for him. Maybe he would meet him on the road?

......

Two days later.

In the dead of night, a room on the third floor of Huosen Hotel was pushed away, and Li Shanren came back with a tired look on his face.

He searched the streets for two days and found nothing.

It just made him familiar with the nearby streets.

There was no news from the Extraordinary Guild's notice board...

In the past two days, Wei Luo often went out alone, probably to investigate the Sloth Cult.

After going to the bathroom to clean and tidy up, Li Shanren lay on the hard bed in the center of the room, with his palms open, and the "blessed memory" on it manifested under the control of his mind, shaking slightly like a candle. , has been repaired.

"Let's head to the junction."

Li Shanren used a little force and crushed the blessing memory in his palm.

Immediately afterwards, his mind sank and he quickly fell asleep, his consciousness drifting into the distance.

......

"You're back again, Faded One, and you look much better than last time."

To the melodious and sad tune, the wandering businessman Gallie played the huqin and sent greetings to Li Shanren who suddenly appeared next to the blessing point.

"Ah."

Li Shanren nodded to him in response.

Then, he called out in his heart: "Melina."

"I'm here."

The soul girl who had not been seen for a long time slowly appeared, her eyes still opening and closing, and she was wearing simple light-colored travel clothes.

"Take me to the blessing point in the north of Yakir Lake. I have opened it up there." Li Shanren requested.

His purpose of coming to the junction this time is very clear, which is to grab a large number of runes in a short time and raise his level to a higher level.

After being followed before, Li Shanren had a hunch that finding Tifa and the others in Olin City would not be smooth sailing.

So you have to take this opportunity to quickly increase your strength to cope with possible troubles.

But before that, he still had some preparation work to complete.

"Do you want to quickly transfer between blessing points? No problem, please pass your finger to me, close your eyes, and it will be fine for a while..."

Melina gently held the index finger of Li Shanren's right hand, lowered her head and closed her right eye slightly.

After a moment, golden rays of light rose around the blessing point and enveloped the two people, causing their bodies to gradually fade and disappear in place.

The wandering businessman who was sitting by the campfire and playing music watched this scene calmly, and then returned his attention to the huqin at hand, playing sad music day after day, year after year.