Angelina had nothing she needed to buy here, while Miss MacDonald purchased a batch of metal parts stored in special conditions, intending to make preliminary preparations for her next experiment.
While Miss MacDonald was shopping, Shade took Angelina around the black market to gather information. In truth, he was merely checking whether anyone had accepted his commission to purchase coins and spending money on some cheap, dubious intelligence.
"Local Bloodkin missing. Oh, someone finally noticed. The local Bloodkin had really kept a low profile. [Skin Object Hall] was successfully contained by Saint Byrens Comprehensive College. Many Skin Objects not yet recovered by The Church are now circulating on the local market."
Shade considered the intelligence slip he had exchanged banknotes for, then concluded that organizations possessing Fire Seed Sources would likely want to acquire this batch of Skin Objects. After all, he had already confirmed that Skin Objects contained Life Energy far exceeding that of normal people.
"The Old Continent Industrial Expo opening late this month is reportedly going to see an extremely dangerous incident. The Local Black Market's intelligence is truly accurate. A special Mechanical Infectious Disease has appeared locally. Its effects on ordinary people remain unknown, and The Church is controlling information related to it."
Shade frowned as he looked at the final piece of intelligence. The Mechanical Plague that had appeared so far was merely Mechanical Animation; it had nothing to do with ordinary people becoming infected.
"Is this the effect of some relic going out of control?"
That was the most reasonable guess, and relics capable of producing such an effect were hardly rare. Shade himself could think of at least three.
"See? Even though the hall has been contained, plenty of other things are still happening locally."
Shade handed the slips to Angelina again, and