"So this thing can't summon the great Regiment Leader over there, right?" In the Mysterious Shop, Haruhi held the black book from Jiu Ming's hands and stared suspiciously at a certain ghost whose body was in the midst of a wild recovery spurt. "Really?"
"Absolutely true!"
Jiu Ming nodded with complete certainty, leaving the rest unsaid. For example, that was how it worked in other worlds—but in the Mysterious Shop, it could probably record Haruhi. And in Haruhi's world... if he discussed it with her and gave her some kind of "mysterious blessing," it might work too.
"Fine, then. Where are the local specialties?"
Haruhi held out her hand to Jiu Ming.
Jiu Ming thought for a moment...
Then he took out a tiny star-shaped magic wand that looked like a child's toy. The result was a heavy blow to his knee!!
"What the hell is this? Are you trying to fob me off with some cheap trinket from a roadside stall!?"
"Don't say that. This is a genuine magic wand... though it's for apprentices." Jiu Ming rubbed his knee, feeling quite wronged. But under Haruhi's furious glare, he took out the Card Collection Book and began pulling things out.
"Mm... for food, there are Super Buns... Age Fraud Medicine, which can alter the user's age, though it's only an illusion effect. An antique magic gun, a powerful sealing box... that's all."
After emptying out everything he had collected, Jiu Ming briskly clapped his hands. Then, as if remembering something, he took out a transparent round-bellied bottle containing a miniature villa model. "And this—Time Villa!"
There was no need to take out the other spoils from the Twisted Aberrations. In any case, Jiu Ming felt that his greatest haul was still the Book of Thousand he had brought back.
"Really?