"It... it... it... How could it be here?"
Nietzsche stared at Dream.
That topsy-turvy, dreamlike sensation told him that the oil painting before him was the genuine article!
But shouldn't it have been in the villa of the merchant Robert?
According to Angelila, it had slowly turned into a massive disaster, transforming the entire villa into a deathtrap.
So how had the source of all that suddenly wound up in this little Grocery Store, where it was now being sold as merchandise?
"Who... are you, exactly?"
No matter how foolish Nietzsche might have been, even he knew that this unscrupulous merchant before him wasn't an ordinary person.
"Me? I'm just an ordinary Grocery Store owner!"
Fang Yuan spread his hands with a beaming smile. "So, what do you think? This Vincent original will only cost you ten Gold Punks. It's practically a fire-sale price!"
"I..."
Compared to the thousands of Gold Punks it had fetched at auction before, the price had indeed been slashed several times over. But Nietzsche sadly realized that he couldn't even scrape together five Gold Punks right now. "I don't have any money..."
"That's a shame..."
Fang Yuan snapped his fingers. Molly Gu immediately stepped forward, hung the painting on a screen, and took it to the storeroom behind the shop.
"This painting contains Vincent's Extraordinary Power. It could very well contaminate you and usher you through the gates of the supernatural..."
"Contamination?" Nietzsche was startled. A certain term came to mind.
"Oh? Looks like you've had some contact with Extraordinary Persons and learned a thing or two about them..." Fang Yuan picked up a cup of hot cocoa. "To take the first step into the supernatural, one must be 'contaminated.' Of course, those newly contaminated are quite abnormal themselves, and may even harm the people