On Pablo’s hands were now two black cards and he could only stare at the sheer replication of both of them.
"Which is the real one?" He asked.
Lee laughed. "The one which has money inside it. I can’t replicate the money it had."
Pablo saw the amount inside both the cards and he figured out which was the real one.
The replicated card had no money and Pablo kept it on the table.
He stored the original card inside his bracelet before he confuses both of them.
"Will the copied card work as well? Isn’t this just cheating? Now I have two black cards." Pablo asked the King.
"The copied card won’t work." Lee answered. "I can only copy the appearance of something. The card won’t be able to store money and it can’t be used for paying as well. Only the appearance is real."
’Lee is a Chinese name and he can copy things. What a coincidence.’
’That’s racist.’
’I know but I am racist.’
Cupid shook her head and Pablo focused on Lee.
"With your ego, you can copy anything you want. You can copy coins and become rich. This Ego should be a black rank."
"Haha. It’s not like that, sir. There are many other things I have to consider before copying. And it’s not a black rank. It’s only Orange."
"What? Orange? Something like this is Orange?" Pablo was genuinely surprised.
Lee laughed more. "I get that every time. But it’s not as amazing as you think."
"Why? Can you explain?"
"I am sorry but I can’t. It’s a secret for me." Lee humbly refused to tell.
"Fine. And I can understand why you called him here, my lord." Pablo said.
The King nodded. "You are a detective, after all."
"But how did you even find him? Does he work for you?" Pablo was curious.
"You don’t need to know that." A high Duke refused.
"It’s fine. It won’t harm telling him." The King was ready to tell though.
’Why is he so generous?’ Pablo didn’t understand the King’s niceness.
The high Duke didn’t want to tell Pablo but the King was okay with telling.
But since Pablo was curious to know he would gladly hear it.
"This Lee here, he receives a salary from us. You see, detective, I have made a scheme to the people of this kingdom. The scheme is whoever awakens a unique Ego but their color is weak, should come to the castle, register their name and information. After that, they will receive a monthly salary but in return they should come right away for any job when we call them for. And Lee is one of those people from that long list."
The King revealed something Pablo had no clue about. Even Flashy, Sera and Draxus told him nothing.
"Why didn’t I know that? This is such a good thing, my lord. Everyone should know that. Why did the high Duke want me not to know this?" Pablo asked all sorts of questions.
He had some answers inside his mind but he wanted to hear from the King himself.
"Only those people who have their Ego ranked below Orange can come for this scheme. And only those who have Unique Ego which can help in many ways.
When you go to Ego Reserve, those who awaken a color between White and Orange rank, the guards there tell those people about this scheme. That’s why very few people know this. That’s why this Duke here didn’t want to tell you. And it’s better this way, I don’t want my castle to get filled with all kinds of people."
The King explained and Pablo was thinking along the lines as well. But, he had one more question.
"Did any white ranked person come here?" He asked. Because the guards didn’t tell him about this scheme at all.
"Oh. Right. There is someone with a White rank as well, right? Haha. Totally a rare specimen. But we don’t need the weakest person. He shall deal with his fate and die." The King laughed. He totally disregarded the White ranked person.
"Heh. Totally. What a fate they have." Pablo also chuckled but that was a fake laugh.
"Anyway, forget all that, what do you have to say about Lee?"
"He is great. If he can replicate the suits without changing their plus point, then it’s all good."
"Give me the suits, sir. I will try." Lee asked for the suits and Pablo gave him both the Kevlar and Demonite.
Lee held them. "Wow. They sure are heavy and burnt?"
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"Just use your Ego." The King said.
Lee nodded and first he held the Kevlar suit on his right hand.
His left hand was empty and Pablo counted the time.
In fifteen seconds, Pablo finally saw some changes.
Something manifested on Lee’s left hand and after five more seconds, a silver Kevlar suit was there.
It took a total of twenty seconds for Lee to copy the suit.
He was now holding two Kevlar suits.
"Store the original one inside your bracelet, sir." Lee gave the original suit back to Pablo and Pablo stored it.
Lee placed the copied one on the table and then held the Demonite suit on his right hand.
He used his Ego again and Pablo counted the time.
After fifteen seconds, nothing happened.
Twenty seconds passed and only then did Pablo see something manifesting on Lee’s left hand.
’So the copying time depends on the material.’ Pablo noted and after thirty seconds, there was another Demonite suit.
"Done."
Lee gave the original Demonite back to Pablo and Pablo stored it away as well.
The copied Demonite was placed on the table and the King looked at Pablo.
"Test it, detective. See if the copied version works just as the real thing."
Pablo nodded and took out the jar of the mist.
"No. Not with that. Test with this."
The King snapped his fingers and one of the high Duke took out a jar as well.
It was the same as Pablo and its inside was filled with white.
"Is that what I think it is?" Pablo asked.
"Yes." The King said and the high Duke put his jar on the table.
"The real White Mist."