At this hour, sleep was out of the question.
After leaving the gathering place, Jiang Xia simply tossed his real body into a nearby hidden spot, then headed to the Black Market in a Persona to pick up some medicine.
It was Black Technology-grade potent Sleeping Pills, comparable in effect to Conan's Anesthetic Needle.
Of course, Jiang Xia had not picked up the medicine for himself. He planned to let his always-tense subordinate get some proper rest someday—or perhaps several days in the future—so he could experience his boss's tolerance and kindness, then reconsider the matter of replacing him and running away.
After getting the medicine, Jiang Xia quickly returned home and began taking stock of tonight's gains.
He separated the Alcohol-flavored Killing Intent, rolled it up, and stacked it with the pile of Alcohol-flavored Killing Intent in Mark Space.
He did the same with the Apple-Scented Killing Intent.
Since vanilla ice cream-flavored Killing Intent was relatively rare, he tucked it farther inside, lest it accidentally got used up along with everything else during some large-scale expenditure one day.
After counting the Killing Intent, Jiang Xia grabbed Noah, who was trying to waddle away, reached into its Crystal Slime-like body, stirred around, and fished out a patch of "White Mist" that resembled Killing Intent but looked as though it had faded.
—This seemed to be a byproduct created when large amounts of Killing Intent were consumed in a short period after running the "Holographic Game."
According to Jiang Xia's experiments after the previous game ended, this substance, which was extremely similar to Killing Intent in form, could likewise be fused into Ghost Mint. Once lit and collided with monster Ghosts, it turned into specially made smoke with cool appearances.
The newly created Ghost Mint naturally did more than just