Part 2
As Louis stood there confused, he glanced at the toothpaste beside his toothbrush. Unexpectedly, words appeared around the toothpaste!
"Production year: 2020; Sale value: Rp 1,000; Sale difficulty: Extremely high."
Louis rubbed his eyes, completely bewildered.
Still, he did his best to calm himself down. It wasn't hard to guess that these words were describing the toothbrush and toothpaste. They provided values for three indicators: production year, sale value, and sale difficulty. With that, it wouldn't be difficult to determine an item's true value.
Of course, Louis knew that no one needed a toothbrush or toothpaste appraised, but what about antiques?
For the past two days, Louis had been racking his brain trying to figure out how to open the mystery box, so he had become extremely sensitive to the words "antique trading."
The most important things for anyone involved in antique trading were determining whether an antique was genuine and finding out its value.
As long as he knew its production year, he could determine whether an item was genuine. And with its sale value and sale difficulty as well, Louis couldn't help thinking that he would become the perfect person for antique trading.
When he reached that conclusion, Louis's heart began pounding.
"That's right! If I have this magical ability, I can make a fortune through antique trading!"
However, Louis remained calm. He knew very well that this was not the time to celebrate. If he wanted to profit from his magical ability, he first had to understand it thoroughly.
For example, why had he suddenly gained this magical ability?
Louis glanced at the jade ring on his left thumb. Compared to before, it was the only thing that had changed about his body. Meanwhile, a magical appraisal ability fit the phrase "change one's fate" quite well.
"It must be because of this jade ring."
As if he had thought of something, Louis nodded. He no longer had any intention of taking off the jade ring.
The second question was how he could activate the magical ability within him.
This question was easy to answer as well. Louis realized that as long as he focused his attention on an object, words such as its production year, sale value, and sale difficulty would appear around it.
It wasn't limited to his toothbrush and toothpaste. He could even see the information for the washbasin, the towel in the bathroom, the clothes he was wearing, the phone in his pocket, and even the water flowing from the faucet. As long as something had a physical form, he could see it.
However, he couldn't see an appraisal for air. Maybe it was because air had no value?
The same was true of the jade ring on his left hand. Louis's ability didn't work on it either.
The final question was whether using this magical ability could cause any side effects. After all, his father had once said that forcing open the mystery box would lead to something terrible. Louis was still worried about that.
However, Louis had already been using his ability for half an hour, and he hadn't noticed anything wrong with his body. His ability could still be used, too. Therefore, it seemed there were no serious side effects.
After answering these three questions, Louis had more or less begun to understand his ability. It was specifically meant for appraising things. Louis also planned to use it in his hometown, Nandos City. Antique trading was quite popular there. It would surely be easy for him to find antiques that had been priced incorrectly, then resell them at a high price.
Louis had only Rp 20,000,000 left in his bank account. He decided to go to the antique market the next morning. He wanted to use the money as startup capital. It should be possible to multiply it several times over, right?
However, Louis had underestimated the problem. None of this was his fault. After all, he had never engaged in antique trading before. There were still many things that couldn't be solved by relying solely on his magical ability.
So, what exactly had Louis experienced at the antique market?