48: Two people each say their own

Equipment Upgrade E card.

It can be inserted into the weapon card slot of a Summoner to upgrade the weapon to E-rank, imbuing it with greater power.

The Fire Finch Blade, Light Shadow Sword, crossbow, and motorcycle also have card slots, just like the Summoner.

Inserting an Equipment Upgrade E card allows for an upgrade.

Of course, these weapons can also be upgraded by inserting natural cards, imbuing the weapons with the attributes of the natural card.

And when a natural card is inserted, whether it's a weapon or armor, corresponding changes will occur.

Just like when Cheng Yang previously used Torrential Rain E to upgrade his Light Armor, the appearance of the Light Armor also changed.

"However, with the Rainstorm E card, it's probably difficult for the Fire Finch Armor to unleash much power."

Water and fire are incompatible, so the compatibility between a fire attribute card and Rainstorm E is likely to be very low.

It might even reduce the power of the Fire Finch Armor.

But things are not absolute.

While the Light Armor has mediocre attributes, its strength lies in its stability.

It remains unaffected in any environment, delivering consistent combat power.

However, the Fire Finch Armor has high speed and power, but it is weak against water and has low defense.

Fighting in a watery environment would likely severely weaken its power.

In such a situation, inserting Rainstorm E could counteract the weakening effect of the water environment.

"I hope to obtain a fire-attribute natural card later."

After a brief prayer, Lin Ti immersed himself in the database to study.

He didn't want to pay too much attention to this Summoner, unlike how he focused on Cheng Yang.

Possessing the power of armor is extremely dangerous in this world, which hides countless powerful monsters and is even secretly controlled by them.

Lin Ti also didn't want to develop feelings for Summoners anymore.

That way, when generations of Summoners depart, he would feel a little better.

He was just a ball of Light.

He bestowed his power upon humans, and how humans chose to use it was up to them.

Lin Ti convinced himself of this, convincing himself that the deaths outside had nothing to do with him.

As long as he didn't interfere or pay attention.

...

"Yo, isn't this Ms. Bai? Why were you demoted?"

"Don't you like money?"

Kajiya Itten leaned over White Feather's workstation, poking at one thing on her desk, then another.

"Forget it, I'm a generous person. I'll treat you to lunch this month."

White Feather continued to ignore Kajiya Itten in front of her.

Although White Feather's unauthorized action this time ultimately yielded positive results,

violating orders and privately taking the Summoner out of the Monster Countermeasures Squad was an extremely egregious act, and White Feather was consequently subjected to a salary reduction.

If not for her extremely special status as a highly valuable senior researcher,

she would likely have been demoted.

Kajiya Itten became the Second Generation Summoner, classified as absolutely confidential by the Monster Countermeasures Squad.

Currently, only a dozen people within the Monster Countermeasures Squad know this information.

Among the high-ranking officials of the Monster Countermeasures Division, no one knows except for the captain of the Monster Countermeasures Squad.

Similarly, the Monster Countermeasures Squad is also fully researching the power of the Summoner.

For example, Kajiya Itten has already mastered the Basic Breathing Technique.

Other combat members of the Monster Countermeasures Squad have also begun to learn under Kajiya Itten's guidance.

They are the first batch of experimental subjects.

However, their learning progress simply cannot compare to Kajiya Itten, who is the Summoner.

Kajiya Itten can quickly master and improve the skills within the Summoner.

However, it is very slow and difficult for others to learn.

The Summoner, and the chosen Summoner.

They are indeed special.

And the rules by which the Summoner chooses a Summoner are completely unknown.

After all, there are currently only two Summoners.

The First Generation Summoner could summon armor named Light, while the Second Generation Summoner could summon Fire Finch, but not Light.

The Summoner is controlled by Kajiya Itten.

The Light series cards, on the other hand, are stored within the Monster Countermeasures Squad.

Currently, researcher White Feather is responsible for developing the power of the Light series cards.

Item series cards.

Potion F and Hacker F are both extraordinary cards, which Kajiya Itten has summoned multiple times for the Monster Countermeasures Squad's use.

All cards must be activated by a Summoner using the Summoner before they can be used.

Summoned weapons and items will revert to card form after a period of time.

"White-backed cards belong to the Light attribute and item attribute cards."

"Red-backed cards belong to fire attribute cards."

"And this black-backed card, its power is the most special; it can be activated even without using the Summoner."

"Its power should not come from the Summoner."

"I speculate that the source of this card does not belong to the Summoner, but rather it was collected by First Generation from other channels."

White Feather explained her research to Kajiya Itten.

Only in such situations would this annoying woman speak a little more.

"Wait a moment!"

Kajiya Itten interrupted White Feather.

"?"

"Why do you refer to the First Generation Summoner as First Generation, but call me..."

"You annoying woman, you don't even say 'hey' when you call me!"

"I investigated the recent anomalies in Lai Guang City and combined them with the name of this card."

"I thought of the abnormal torrential rain that enveloped Lai Guang City a while ago."

"You annoying woman, are you ignoring me!"

"This card was very likely obtained by First Generation from that torrential rain."

"I speculate that the way to acquire these black-backed natural cards is through special natural phenomena."

"Or rather, the power of these cards caused the natural phenomena."

"The reason that torrential rain stopped was probably because First Generation took this card."

After reporting, White Feather handed the documents in her hand to Kajiya Itten.

"..."

"I will investigate the areas where natural phenomena have recently occurred."

"I'll notify you when I have results."

...

"Damn it, did I offend that annoying woman somewhere?"

Kajiya Itten sat cross-legged on the cushion, practicing the Basic Breathing Technique while complaining.

His Basic Breathing Technique had reached the first level, and he was currently working towards the second level.

He was also training his Basic Stance.

He had also used his 70 Light Energy points to purchase an Equipment Upgrade card.

White Feather walked past the training room, holding a stack of documents.

She looked at Kajiya Itten, who was sitting cross-legged and breathing.

"Didn't you also keep calling me an annoying woman?"

"Annoying."