Quadruple split.

Chapter 2399: For Wealth, for Joy

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The city of freedom, no nightlife, noisy alleys

"I have to say, that Boss Junwu is a really wonderful person."

The woman who sat carelessly on the dusty and dirty wooden box, wearing a black cloak with dark gold patterns and a hood, smacked her lips. The half of her face exposed was filled with an inexplicably happy smile that frightened everyone around her. "There are many smart 'outsiders', and there are even more who are good at business. But there are only three people who can do this. He is one of them, and the president Qingqing Pingguoxiang, who is probably in collusion with our Saint Lady but is not completely a puppet, is one of them. As for the last one... do you want to guess?"

She smiled, and swayed restlessly on the dirty wooden box, stirring up dust. She raised her head slightly and scanned the faces of her subordinates one by one with her eyes, which were clearly described as windows to the soul but could not be penetrated by anyone.

"Pfft-"

Seeing that none of these people dared to breathe any more, the woman shrugged helplessly after sneering, then jumped off the box, walked to the priestess standing opposite her, gently lifted her chin, blew softly in her ear, and smiled, "Of course it's me~ Yeah~"

"!!!"

The priest of wealth shuddered violently, and then his legs went limp. If he hadn't been supported by his boss who was almost close to him, he would have collapsed to the ground.

"Okay, it's almost time."

The woman casually took out a silver-gray pocket watch, but did not open it because she could directly check the system time. She stretched her body lazily and waved her hand, saying, "You go back first. I will find you within three hours. If I don't go back and the 'money' is not erected, you can come and tear down this Wanderer's Inn."

Everyone immediately bowed their heads in response. However, after the salute, the priestess who had almost collapsed to the ground took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to speak: "Um, Madam..."

"Ok?"

Although she seemed to be stopped, the 'lady' did not turn around at all. She tilted her head and asked lazily, "What's wrong?"

"Why don't you take one or two people with you?"

The half-orc priest, who looked a little underdeveloped and had a few freckles on his face but still had a handsome appearance, twisted his fingers nervously, but still tried to finish his words under the extremely stressful gaze of the "lady" in front of him: "Although the opposite is just a "small workshop", after the investigation of the predecessors, we have obtained evidence that they have a close relationship with the [Angel of Death]. Not only that, even the Violet Empire..."

"Even the Violet Empire, which is a Feng Shui treasure land for me, has had several unreasonable cooperations with the Harlequin brand, so what?"

The 'lady' interrupted the nervous and frightened subordinates and chuckled, "Are you trying to say that I can't make an accurate judgment on the information that your 'graduate' predecessors worked hard to collect and summarize, and finally handed over to me, and then I selectively told you?"

"No ma'am, that's not me..."

"I know you're doing this for my own good. You know that the other party is not a nobody, and you understand that they have big plans. You can even interpret more interesting things from it, but...is there a possibility that if you can't do these things, you don't even have the qualifications to stand in front of me?"

"Woo!"

"But I accept this kindness. As for more, we'll talk after you 'graduate'. If you can survive and become a 'graduate', when we work together again, I promise that your words will carry much more weight than they do now."

"Yes!"

"Bye~"

Just like that, after a hasty wave of her hand, the 'lady' turned into a silver coin and fell from mid-air in a dim soft light. Before it hit the ground, a rare lop-eared rabbit-like half-orc girl leaned over to catch it and kept it with great care.

"Huh, Lena, you still adore 'the lady' so much."

At this moment, a short-haired dark elf paladin wearing light armor stretched out his arms and hugged the lop-eared rabbit into his arms, grinning and saying, "But she even picked up the divine medium she used and collected it. Isn't that a bit too fanatical?"

When the other people heard this dark elf psychopath named Mandy Holmes start to criticize the 'lady', they immediately distanced themselves from her and started chatting about boring topics about the Gold Coin Chamber's recent investments.

As the first friend to talk to Mandy after she joined the "debt collector" team, Lena Lawei did not stay away from her like the others (maybe because she was hugged and couldn't get away), but replied casually: "I just don't want to see the money fall on the ground, it has nothing to do with the lady."

"Hey, I don't believe it. I guess you will definitely put this silver coin under your pillow as a talisman~"

Mandy, who was born in a bandit group in Mirkwood and had an occasionally strange accent, raised her eyebrows and said with great interest, "Let's not talk about this. Do you think that after we finish this job, will the lady be promoted to the [Black] level? I remember that the [White] and [Gray] in the Bitter, Condyle, Dove, Bronze, Black, White, and Gray levels have always been empty, so if the lady can go one step further, then she will become one of the highest levels of our department, right? If she goes one step further and reaches the [White] level... Wow!"

Lena nodded, stroking the silver coin in her pocket, which had lost its luster, and said casually, "Yes, but even if the lady completes this vote, she will not be awarded merit before the 'reward' is in her pocket. Even if she can be promoted to [Black], she will not be able to be promoted to [White]."

Mandy was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "Why? Don't you like ladies the most? Why do you have so little confidence in her?"

"First of all, my feelings towards women are respect, admiration, and longing, not liking."

Lena turned to look at Mandy helplessly and said helplessly: "Then, if you know our department yourself, you will know that [White] will always be [Gray's] deputy. It is a position that can only be appointed by [Gray] and cannot be achieved through promotion. Do you understand?"

Mandy tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, "What if someone else is promoted to [Gray] and then designates a lady as [White]... uh, what's that expression on your face?"

“No one can do that except the lady.”

Lena pulled her furry ears and said firmly: "To put it another way, even if someone else is promoted to [Gray] through despicable means, the first thing to do is definitely not to designate the lady as [White], but to completely eliminate her!"

"Hey? Why?"

"Because in a department like ours, no one would tolerate an ambitious person who is much better than themselves working under them."

……

"But I don't think this is the reason why Boss Junwu not only didn't drive you away, but even entrusted you with an important task."

In the kitchen of the Wanderer Hostel in the Nightless Zone, the lady stood behind Kro and watched him thread kidneys on bamboo sticks with interest. She said in a light tone: "In the final analysis, it's because you two are not the same kind of people. For him, running this restaurant is just a job, but for you, the Wanderer Hostel is your 'home'. The essential difference between the two is the underlying logic of your harmonious coexistence."

Kro ignored her and continued to string kidneys onto bamboo sticks until half of the plate was full. He then grabbed the raven next to him to wipe his hands and asked slowly, "So, the important partner that Sister Fanye is going to meet today is actually from Grey Money?"

Still wearing the iconic cape [Pattern] that almost no one recognized, but could not escape the discerning eyes of the young master of the Wanderer Inn, the 'lady' who did not hide her identity at all blinked and asked knowingly: "How did you know that?" "I'll give you a piece of advice."

Kro did not answer the other party's question. He just let the shiny raven fly away and said calmly: "If you want to evaluate the [Joker Card], no matter what conclusion you finally come to, it is best to double the two evaluations of 'risk' and 'return'."

The lady raised her lips in interest and asked curiously, "What's the reason?"

"The reason is not in the capital of freedom, but unlike that amazing agent, 'he' is not the kind of guy who can be judged by logic, intuition or anything like that."

Kro also laughed. He brushed the marinade on the kidneys with skillful movements and said in a light tone, "So you'd better settle the matter before that extremely unstable factor comes back. The idea of ​​'waiting for a while and waiting for the boss to come back before taking further action' will only make you lose the competition with other groups of colleagues, or even make you unable to recover from it."

The lady put away her smile and nodded slightly, saying, "Thank you for your advice, Master Kro. If there is a chance, we may be able to establish a more lasting and solid friendship."

"I'm sorry. Although I don't hate the Wealth Cult, I have no intention of getting involved with Grey Money. But you can consider adding Jun Wu as your friend. He has a good relationship with that crazy guy from Clown Cards. If this deal is settled, I'm sure he won't be stingy about giving you a friend status."

Crowe casually exposed the lady's identity as a player and chuckled, "As for me, as you said, I have always regarded the Wanderer's Inn as my home, so in this position, I value not making bad friends and not causing trouble for my family. But correspondingly, you don't need to accept this favor from me."

The lady raised her eyebrows slightly and shook her head, saying, "Master Kro, you are joking. Let alone my mere Grey Money, even if it is the Wealth Sect, I am not qualified to corrupt your hostel. Back then, even the famous Demon Hunter could not survive more than 24 hours at the hands of the hostel. A total of 37 epics and the remaining more than a thousand high-level members were slaughtered in just one night. With such means, mere liquidators like us cannot do anything to harm your hostel."

"That was thousands of years ago. The hostel is now just an ordinary intelligence organization. You have seen the situation outside. We are now engaged in legitimate business."

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Kro waved his hand and said without turning his head: "In my opinion, Boss Jun Wu is much better than the unknown innkeeper thousands of years ago."

"I see."

"That's it."

"Then I won't bother you any more."

"Oh, right……"

"You say."

"My suggestion is that although you are entitled to be late for the meeting with the agent, if you have the opportunity to have dinner with the leader of the Joker in the future..."

"how?"

"However late you were when you met Fanye, it would be best if you were ten times as early as when you meet that person. That way you might even be charged less interest."

"Been taught a lesson."

……

five minutes later
Wanderer Hostel, Private Room on the Second Floor
"It's nice to meet you, Gray Lady."

Wearing a simple white dress, with shoulder-length blonde hair and a pretty and sweet face, Ai Fanye, the temporary agent of the leader of the Harlequin, smiled at the person who knocked on the door and said, "I'm sorry to ask you to take time out of your busy schedule again and again."

"You're so kind, dear."

The person called Gray Lady smiled, then sat opposite Xiao Ai, raised the still warm glass of sweet lemon water in front of her and took a sip: "So, in fact, you already knew that I am not worthy of calling myself 'Gray', right? I'm afraid those people in the Wanderer's Inn have already told you all the internal grade standards of our Gray Money."

Xiao Ai looked at the other person calmly, still maintaining a decent smile: "Of course not. After all, Ms. Gray, your business and personal abilities are very impressive to me. Although you are indeed a little young, and you are an 'alien' who has just arrived in this world for less than a year, even so, you may still be promoted to [Gray] as an exception."

"That's really flattering."

Gray Lady nodded slightly, then shrugged and said, "But you can change your words now. In fact, although I was indeed promoted a lot, the Saint of this generation is too strong, which means that Gray Money has almost no room to play. The position of the person in charge has been vacant for a long time."

"It's okay. I'm very optimistic about you, Gray Lady."

"You are such a good girl, Vanye, so please promise me that if you are going to marry this handsome guy next to you one day in the future, please give me an invitation."

"Thank you, but we are just simple friends... Well, time is precious, Gray Lady."

"In short, I agree to the deal we discussed last time on behalf of Grey Money. The supplies will be available starting tomorrow. I will be the guarantor, and the interest..."

"The interest rate is reduced by 60%."

"...Sixty percent?"

"Well, minus 60%, which is 40% of the tentative contract we drafted last time."

"No problem, but please tell me why."

"So that you don't have to arrive too early when you meet our master in the future."

"It makes sense."

"So……"

"Cheers to the increased wealth."

"Cheers, to endless joy."

Chapter 2390: The End