After transmigrating, Ronald had encountered many types of casters.
The enemies he faced were also pretty strong fellows.
Moreover, Ronald was also aware of a large but relatively unnoticed type of caster—the non-combatant caster.
Of course, the spells provided by the original sources would not deviate due to the will of humankind.
There were not a few source materials that could strengthen the body, initiate attacks, but there were also ’non-combat’ originals specialized in agricultural production or convenient living.
These people’s magic...
It was just like the elderly craftsman, Elon, whom Ronald had once commissioned to make a piece of jewelry.
It was not suited for combat.
However, when this matter was transferred to the "Nine Commandments" meeting, to a person who had mastered the Complete Technique, the situation was completely different.
Take, for instance, what Ronald was currently seeing.
The Complete Technique activated, and the surrounding houses, roads, trees, and even humans...
Everything visible had turned into simple lines and colors like cartoon settings or dolls, radiating a sense of fragility everywhere.
At that moment, Ronald remembered his childhood.
Back then, he could stay alone in the New China Bookstore and spend an afternoon pressing his finger on the maze picture book, those immobile little characters in the book bringing endless joy to his young self.
But when that type of "Maze Book" became a source material.
The things it could do were just outrageous.
Without feeling any magic power altering his body, Ronald looked at his hand, which had also turned into the drawing style of a cartoon character.
When he turned back to look at Patricia.
Patricia, with her platinum blonde hair, had become a cartoon character with hair so shiny it was almost glowing!
What? Had the world’s setting changed?
Compared to the source material "Infinite Negative Domain" that could interfere with time, which was essentially stronger?
Just then, the cartoon character Patricia had become spoke,
"Ronald, I am now a Pursuer."
It was impossible to discern any emotion from Patricia’s dot-like eyes.
Could Ronald guess from her tone that she was in a good mood?
Ronald shook his head vigorously, shaking off these silly thoughts while speed lines appeared around him.
"I am a Pursuer, too."
"The other party’s source material spell is the type that constructs rules, and the situation is very bad right now."
As he finished speaking, Ronald kicked the ground with his cute little feet.
Just like a comic book character unable to tear through the paper that depicted them, Ronald’s strong physical qualities were useless here, and even muttering incantations provoked no response.
The Complete Technique’s initially published rules could not be broken.
This place forbade the use of force.
At the same time, Patricia behind Ronald was also experimenting in her own way. She drew her matchstick-like longsword and hacked it onto the ground, making a pleasant sound.
An untraceable male voice from above, speaking in standard English, said aloud in the air,
"Look at our great detective Ronald, who heard that a murder had occurred at Springs, and so he came here with his most trusted assistant, Patricia, to track down the big bad guy who committed this crime!"
"On the ground, a man brutally tormented by the villain lay dying."
"What sort of clues will the great detective Ronald find on his pitiful corpse?"
Ronald stood there stunned, taking a second before he realized.
Just like when you start the prologue of a game and there’s a voice actor responsible for narrating the story background!
If only I had such a narrator to help me out at the beginning of my transmigration, I could have saved myself a lot of effort!
On the other side, Patricia’s reaction was completely different from Ronald’s.
Because she couldn’t understand English, she stood with her "matchstick" at the ready in front of Ronald, observing everything around them with her beady eyes.
After all, in the narrator’s speech, the pronunciation of "Ronald" was correct.
Patricia, who understood only that much, naturally made it her top priority to protect Ronald.
"Ronald, be careful!"
"Patricia, don’t worry too much, we probably won’t encounter any personal threats here."
Ronald said to reassure the girl.
Then he immediately crouched down to examine the corpse in front of him.
The game’s maze was constructed without legal responsibility, so the Caster from the Nine Commandments whom Ronald had just kicked and broken the neck of was now lying on the ground as the victim.
However, before Ronald could take any action,
Just as he had merely crouched in front of the body, the narrator’s voice rang out again:
"Let’s see what our great detective has found!"
"A Parso Pancake Shop bag!"
"This is the most famous snack in the border district, and a nobleman would never eat such a thing. Therefore, it could only be something left behind by the perpetrator."
"Great Detective Ronald knew—he had to rush to the Parso Pancake Shop immediately!"
The tip was perfectly timed.
Ronald’s childhood role-play feelings kicked in.
Failing to catch the Pursuer and being stuck in place for 24 hours was absolutely unacceptable, so he immediately got up and asked Patricia:
"Patricia, do you know of a place called Parso Pancake Shop?"
The cartoon girl with beady eyes was baffled:
"Parso Pancake Shop, what is that?"
"I’ve never heard of it."
The detective game hit a standstill.
Although the investigation had yielded some initial information, both of them in charge of the pursuit had no idea where the place was?
Fortunately, Ronald had plenty of childhood reserves.
He followed the only road, turned his head to the inn next door, and immediately saw a man sticking his head out of a window.
Ronald reached out and tapped the man on the shoulder:
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The man’s reply was immaculately orderly.
Ronald didn’t even get to finish his question before the guy started repeating his only line in place.
At this point, Patricia, who had caught up, couldn’t help but ask:
"Ronald, can you understand that strange voice?"
Ronald immediately nodded and explained:
"Patricia, you can consider that we’re playing a role-playing game, and if we can catch them before the people from the Nine Commandments escape Springs, then we..."
Just as Ronald was explaining the situation,
A little black cat suddenly darted out of the inn.
The cute kitten lifted its paw while on the spot and, quite contrary to common sense, spoke to Ronald in human language:
"Do you want to go to the Parso Pancake Shop?"
"Great detective, if you treat me to the pancakes from there, I will be willing to show you the way."