While Red was racking his brains over how to explain Gemini's situation, Gemini sat by the window of Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, leisurely eating chocolate ice cream.
In a single night, his personal savings had reached two hundred and ten thousand Pounds Sterling. Gemini practically wanted to take off on the spot.
Eating his ice cream as he browsed the Weapon Shop, Gemini kept searching for items that caught his eye.
Several products tempted him greatly, but their prices were honestly a little too steep.
One was the Evil Little Mage inheritance, worth five million Pounds Sterling.
Five million Pounds Sterling was no small sum, but compared to its actual value, it really was nothing.
Just thinking about the Evil Little Mage's infinitely stacking Q skill and passive, along with that ultimate whose damage increased with the enemy's spell power... five million Pounds Sterling was nothing.
After all, the real world was not just data on a computer. There were no cooldowns on any abilities.
And his opponents were ordinary people without equipment bonuses. Forget taking an ultimate—Voldemort would die from a single Q!
Even if he had Horcruxes that could save his life, recovering afterward would still take quite some effort.
Of course, the real world had its downsides too. Basic attacks and tracking abilities would not chase people endlessly like they did in a game. If they missed, they missed; if someone dodged, they dodged.
Still, Gemini was not asking for that much. Why ask for a bicycle when he already had one?
As for the other items, there were several Gemini had his eye on, such as the eye technique series.
Byakugan—four hundred thousand Pounds Sterling.
Byakugan bloodline (the Byakugan could be awakened through training)—fifty thousand Pounds Sterling.
One-tomoe Sharingan (all Sharingan products could evolve on their own)—one hundred thousand Pounds Sterling.
Two-tomoe Sharingan—two hundred thousand Pounds Sterling.
Three-tomoe Sharingan—three hundred thousand Pounds Sterling.
Mangekyō Sharingan—six hundred thousand Pounds Sterling.
Eternal Mangekyo—two million Pounds Sterling.
Rinnegan—five million Pounds Sterling.
Rinnegan bloodline—one million Pounds Sterling.
Honestly, Gemini wanted every single one of them. But after hesitating again and again, he restrained his restless hand.
He did not even have Chakra yet, so eye techniques would be wasted on him. Besides, two hundred and ten thousand Pounds Sterling was not a huge amount. Gemini was clear-headed: this money was his capital. Unless absolutely necessary, he should not touch it casually.
For now, he could only look for the most suitable options.
Hogwarts would begin on September 1st, and Gemini's greatest current concern was the Sorting.
The Sorting Hat was a very magical object. The four founders of Hogwarts had imbued it with their own thoughts, and it could easily see through the essence of a person's heart.
Gemini did not know whether it could read the wearer's memories.
If it could, then those Dark Wizards who sent their children to Hogwarts had to be awfully bold.
But if it could not, then how did it see through people's hearts?
Either way, Gemini would not gamble on such a vague possibility. Neither his memories from his previous life nor those from this one could be exposed.
"Do you have any ideas?"
Gemini lowered his head, his gaze resting on the Weapon Shop interface. To anyone else, he merely seemed to be staring blankly at his chocolate ice cream.
The Weapon Shop could recommend items based on Gemini's needs. As usual, after he made his request, it pushed the most suitable product to him.
Knowledge infusion type: Legilimency.
Price: 500 Pounds Sterling.
Seeing the price of five hundred Pounds Sterling, Gemini could not help clicking his tongue. An ability worth a hundred Galleons, yet Harry and Snape had been so unwilling when learning it in the original story. What a ridiculous humblebrag.
Legilimency's method of study was no secret, but the fact that such a well-known skill still cost five hundred Pounds Sterling showed just how valuable it was.
The Defense Against the Dark Arts Encyclopedia that recorded Legilimency cost only twenty Galleons!
Legilimency was indeed an exceptionally powerful ability. It was not merely for resisting Legilimency.
The most sophisticated lie detector in the world will be unable to uncover your secrets.
That was the Weapon Shop's evaluation.
Legilimency was not simply emptying the mind so that thoughts could not be read. At more advanced levels of mastery, it allowed its user to suppress only certain emotions and memories. Those emotions and memories could be the exact opposite of what the Legilimency user wanted the mind reader to believe, allowing the Legilimens to lie without exposing himself.
Put simply, it meant complete control over one's own memories. I could let you see nothing, and even if you saw something, it would only be what I wanted you to see.
Of course, small physical reactions could still betray the user's true feelings. But as long as they were controlled properly, there would be no problem. For someone like Snape, who wore that sour expression all day, this ability was practically a perfect match.
Without the slightest hesitation, Gemini bought the ability.
In an instant, every technique of Legilimency appeared in Gemini's mind. It was as though he had practiced it countless times, and Gemini easily emptied his mind.
The feeling was strange. Once he entered the state of Legilimency, there was not a single stray thought in his head.
But that was not enough.
Although the Weapon Shop was fairly reliable and judged that Legilimency alone could resist the Sorting Hat, smart people always left themselves a backup plan.
He might never need that backup, but he could not go without one.
Gemini brought up another item.
Memory Weaving.
Price: 400 Pounds Sterling.
It was slightly cheaper than Legilimency.
As the name suggested, this ability was used to weave memories.
Memory Weaving could fabricate memories that had never existed, or cut and splice one's own memories. These woven memories could be stored on the surface of the mind without affecting the Memory Weaver's own memories. Once the mind was invaded, an intruder would only read the memories the Memory Weaver wanted him to see, while the true memories remained hidden beneath the surface memories.
The most overpowered part of this ability was that it could weave up to three layers of memories!
He could even sandwich his real memories between two false layers, play psychological games, and leave the other party unable to tell which memories were real.
Though it was weaker in direct confrontation, Memory Weaving surpassed Legilimency when it came to controlling memories.
It was also a wizarding ability. If Gemini had guessed correctly, then in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, this was the ability Slughorn had used when altering memories.
There was no need to hesitate at all. Gemini bought this ability too, though he had no intention of using it immediately.
Unlike Legilimency, Memory Weaving took time. Weaving memories without leaving any flaws was also a technical skill.
Having spent nine hundred Pounds Sterling in one go, Gemini felt a little pained. He had rarely splurged so extravagantly before.
Once people had a bit of money, they were prone to waste it. Making money was not that easy.
Thinking this, Gemini angrily slapped his own forehead.
Then a burst of laughter came from nearby. Gemini looked toward the sound and saw several youthful, pretty girls seated at the next table. They giggled in his direction, whispering among themselves from time to time.
Gemini was used to it. Because of this damned handsome face, he often had to endure such troubles.
By the way, why was no one leaving comments? The bookmarks kept rising, but there were barely any comments. If I were not genuinely so poor, I would start wondering whether someone had bought fake bookmarks for me. Sob sob... hic!
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