Blending of Planes: I am leisurely farming

For the sake of his own career, Gunther risked his reputation and tried his best to persuade Penny.

"Penny, you see my old bones can't hold on any longer. Please have pity on me and help me." Gunther said pitifully, with a few tears in his eyes.

He's playing the emotional card with Penny.

"Mr. Gunther, as an official staff member of the Cultural Relics Bureau, you clearly understand the consequences of falsifying the origins of cultural relics. You broke the law knowingly and even wanted to drag others into it..." Penny still insisted on her principles and remained unmoved.

"Mr. Gunther, I still hold the same opinion as before. Why don't you take the initiative to report these cultural relics to your superiors? They should be what they are, even if these things appeared in front of the museum on their own one morning."

Penny, with her own sense of justice, admonishes Gunther with good intentions.

Faced with Penny's words, Gunther was like a mute swallowing bitter herbs - he couldn't say anything about his pain.

He did this because he knew clearly the moral character of those people in his system. Nine out of ten of those people were good-for-nothings.

Otherwise, the previous owner of Pelican Town would not have been discovered until he ran away with all the collections and disappeared for a month, and he has not been caught until now.

However, his successor became the scapegoat and the punching bag, bearing enormous pressure of assessment.

According to his understanding of this group of self-enriching guys, as long as he reports this batch of cultural relics, they will be confiscated without any accidents.

The reasons are nothing more than that they come from unknown sources, have no research value, etc., and then these things that are not authenticated through formal channels will become the private collection of some big shot.

If you ask Gunther why he attaches so much importance to a group of artifacts that suddenly appeared, Gunther will pat his chest, hold up his monocle magnifying glass, and use his professional knowledge to explain to you that this may be a major discovery in the history of archaeology.

According to his research, the carving traces on these stone slabs were formed at least 2000 years ago, and the style of this pattern is different from the ancient tribal cultural styles that have been unearthed.

These stone tablets may be evidence of the existence of a new civilization in ancient times!

Therefore, whether for the survival of the museum or to prevent these cultural relics that may have great research value from being embezzled and buried, he must find a formal way to deal with these things.

He didn't want to explain too much about the ins and outs here to Penny in front of him, so as not to destroy her simple sense of justice.

Therefore, Gunther is now trying to persuade Penny with a tone that is both appreciative and helpless.

"Penny, how is this illegal? It's only when you forge the origin of cultural relics for sale... And these things are real, I won't embezzle them for sale... I'm just looking for a formal birth certificate for them..." Gunther made his last struggle.

"It's not as serious as you say. I won't be held legally responsible if I'm discovered. The most I'll do is lose my official position."

Gunther's words revealed his helplessness and determination; he knew his actions were a bit on the edge, but for the future of the museum and those artifacts that might be of great value, he was willing to take the risk.

He did not intend to cheat or forge anything, but just wanted to give these ownerless cultural relics a legal identity to prevent them from being embezzled by certain people and causing academic losses.

During the argument, the two unknowingly walked to Sean's farm, and Sean, who had just finished working in the fields, discovered them.

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In Sean's cabin, Gunther and Sean sat face to face.

Penny handed Sean the information he had asked her to do a few days ago, asking her to help organize the relevant data on the promotion of new fertilizers in Pelican Town, and then said goodbye and left.

She didn't want Sean's judgment to be biased because of her presence.

"So you want me to help you forge the origins of these artifacts?" Sean drummed his knuckles on the wooden table. He listened to Gunther's request.

"Let me use my ability to see through soil layers and work with you to find a suitable cave among the tombs in the back mountain to fake the discovery site of cultural relics." Sean leaned forward slightly to make himself more oppressive.

"Then during the treasure hunt festival, when you invited your peers to participate, you would guide the participants to inadvertently discover this cave?"

"And as a safety measure, if no one finds this cave in the end, I will be the one to take action. I can attribute it to my ability anyway, right?" Sean's eyes were sharp, as if he could see through Gunther's every thought.

"Then you and your colleagues immediately cordoned off the scene and exposed the matter through the media so that these things would not be monopolized by certain people?"

Gunther felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze, but he nodded anyway.

"Yes, Sean, I know it's a bit risky, but I have no choice. These cultural relics are too valuable, we can't let them be buried like this." Gunther's voice was a little intermittent.

He also knew that asking an unrelated person to help him do something risky for something that had no vested interest in him was undoubtedly a fantasy.

Sean was silent, only the sound of his knuckles tapping became more and more rapid.

[No, this is the idea you came up with during this period? ]

[I gave this to you anonymously because I didn't want to expose myself, but in the end you still have to ask me for help. ]

The more Sean thought about it, the more irritated he became. The heavy atmosphere made Gunther secretly wipe his sweat.

"This is an archaeological excavation, and it's the only method I can think of. As for what you said about finding someone to identify and issue a certificate to forge the origin..." Gunther explained to himself to ease the atmosphere.

"The symbols on these stone tablets are not of the same type as the known unearthed cultural relics. Even if we take them for identification, it's blank. As for the official channels, I really can't explain the origin of these things..."

"Have you asked Mayor Lewis for his opinion?" Sean stopped knocking on the wooden table and asked, looking Gunther straight in the eyes.

"Ah? Lewis?" Gunther was caught off guard by Sean's unexpected reply and stood there in embarrassment.

In his opinion, the fewer people who knew about the fraud, the better. Now only he and Sean knew the full story, and even Penny only knew a little about it.

"I heard that Mayor Lewis is worried about the decline of his town. If these artifacts of unknown origin are indeed archaeological discoveries, then Pelican Town, as the site of the excavation, will surely become famous and bring considerable popularity to this town."

Sean chose to divert the blame.

"If you can explain the interests involved clearly to Lewis, then I believe he will cooperate with your performance. This is no more insured than asking me for help." Sean revealed his true purpose.

"Like you said, faking a cultural relic excavation site is not a big deal and there is no risk. You will convince him." Sean had something to say and used Gunther's original words to shut him up when he asked for his help.

After hearing Sean's suggestion, Gunther's expression became a little complicated. He felt the hidden resistance in Sean's words.

Indeed, as the mayor, Lewis possesses greater power and influence. If he can cooperate with me, then my plan can be accomplished.

However, Gunther also knew that it would not be easy to convince Lewis.

"Sean, you're right. I'll go talk to Lewis and see if he's willing to cooperate with my plan. However, I still hope you can stand by me. In case Lewis disagrees, we can still have other ways."

He was making one last attempt on Sean.

"I wish you a safe journey." Sean did not take the bait and ordered him to leave.

"Thank you for your advice." Gunther stood up and expressed his gratitude.

"You're welcome. If your plan is successful, use some of the funds to buy some textbooks for the children." Sean remembered what Penny said about the children lacking new textbooks.

Just like that, Gunther left somewhat dejectedly.

Sean picked up the information that Penny had sorted out and started reading it.