SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 518 - 518 423 Book of Fates Gift._1

Chapter 518: Chapter 423 “Book of Fate’s” Gift._1 Chapter 518: Chapter 423 “Book of Fate’s” Gift._1 “Any time after January 5th, use an ‘Item Extraction Ticket’ with no upper limit on grade?”

Colin opened the parchment, looked at the task, but the details seemed even less than the name of the task itself.

However…

After a moment of initial confusion, he soon realized that at the appointed time, there was a high chance of drawing a Golden Artifact…

Even with the most inferior ticket, with only a one in a billion chance of drawing a Golden Artifact.

He could become that one in a billion…

That is…

‘Doing so, won’t that give off a sense of being chosen?’

Colin’s expression was peculiar, as he always felt that doing this seemed a bit like self-deception.

It might be better to just directly hand it to him.

“But, the Golden Card was initially in a semi-uncontrolled state. It has only been a week since it was recovered. Can it really be returned and repaired so quickly?”

After thinking it over, Colin felt that it might not necessarily be the Golden Card.

There was also a certain chance that it was the special moldy giant scepter he had taken, no, picked up before.

“That thing’s grade is at least Purple, with an upper limit of Orange, and even if it’s Purple, it’s a very powerful Purple Item. But as for its actual abilities, that remains to be seen.”

Colin remembered feeling a very difficult to describe sense of decay from that scepter.

That level of threat, it was only a bit less than Bone Spur…

He didn’t fuss over it too much. After all, whether it was the Golden Card or the scepter, he was guaranteed to get a powerful equipment.

“Speaking of which, ‘Bone Spur’, it seems the company has never brought up the idea of ‘Itemizing’ it… What a pity.”

Colin pursed his lips, but this time, even without any inspiration as a reminder,

He had a rough idea of why this was happening…

‘Bone Spur’ is, strictly speaking, not unclaimed property. The Church of Light, where the Saintess is, has a strong claim to it, and the Church of Light seems to be in a friendly relationship, or at least not considered a hostile force.

So the company, which cares about various regulations, most likely is unable to do that…

Unless the Saintess, like Earth’s officials, formally proposed negotiations,

To transfer the ownership of this item to the company in an official manner…

“Such a pity,” Colin sighed deeply.

If it were ‘Itemized’, guaranteeing an Orange grade, using it for ‘Item Liberation’ would probably be terrifying.

He felt that Bone Spur must have quite the history…

It’s just that he was worried that if he kept talking about it, the Saintess might ‘change her mind’ and take the item back.

So he never queried the matter with her.

“But thankfully, last time we agreed to wait until her body was done with disaster relief before starting recovery. That could take quite some time, and if there’s a chance this time, I can inquire about it… Right, the pressing matter at hand is something else.”

Colin rubbed his forehead, finding it a bit troublesome that he currently didn’t have an extraction ticket on hand…

This thing is quite hard to come by for regular employees…

Because you need high scores to have a chance of getting it.

And the scores, which aren’t greatly tied to how smoothly employees clear their tasks, hinge upon whether the items they recover are valuable enough.

Usually, the missions that Colin sees as easy to overcome by throwing a Yukionna into, without getting involved himself, represent a low chance to recover anything valuable…

Getting two or three tickets in a good year would be considered incredibly lucky.

But…

For Colin, it’s not that difficult, though he might not get them every time, doing one or two more tasks usually yields some.

“Plus, there might be mysterious forces behind the scenes, and it’s possible the day after tomorrow when I get back from ‘World Code-13’, I’ll have one waiting for me. Of course, when I go there, I’ll have to find some work to do.”

Colin massaged his forehead again.

The tasks over there are usually more routine now and don’t assign any proactively.

Even if there are any, you have to trigger them yourself…

‘Speaking of which, there’s supposed to be a shard of ‘Hunger’ over there, and some Church related to a Feast of Gluttony or something like that, but those people are as hard to find as The Rat…’

Some time ago, Colin had inquired about related information there but unfortunately hadn’t made any significant headway.

Then, gathering his thoughts, he was about to close the task.

But at that moment, another task popped up…

[Event: “At noon on January 4th, conduct a transaction inside Base No. 5…”]

“Remark”: As stated.

…

“There’s a message delivery type of task, is this… the second trade?”

Colin opened it to see, it was issued by Lady Bunny, about the second official trade between the company and the Church.

This time, the scale was much larger than the last…

A total of nearly one hundred and eighty containment subjects were being traded, including three Level 2 Containment Subjects. Oh, it’s two Level 2 Containment Subjects, as one had been lost to the fire.

Possibly, its remains might be found in one of the bonfires in ‘World Code-13’…

“Level 2 Containment Subjects, though I have the capacity to deal with them alone, they usually inhabit extremely dangerous environments, so there’s no need to take unnecessary risks, a little profit is enough…”

Finding a Level 2 Containment Subject isn’t too hard, but locating a solitary one is more challenging.

“Just right, I’ll call Xu Duojin or Old Master Wu later, to discuss the source of ‘Divine Strike,’ and I can mention this matter to them.”

Thinking of this, he took another glance at the message delivery task.

Then he couldn’t help but shake his head: “Poor company task system, manipulated and played with by senior employees at their whim…”

Nowadays, using so many backdoors, if one day the one above decides to crack down on corruption within the company, could he also be swept up in the checks?