Quadruple split.

Chapter 2582 Shortcut
In the end, under the protection of the system and Futaba's fierce resistance, Mo Tan was ultimately unable to leave that sinful kiss.

Of course, if there is no system protection and Futaba chooses not to resist, it is questionable whether he will still harass the other party like a vicious dog pouncing on its prey.

In short, after a meaningless struggle, the two who had had enough finally sat on the bed and the bed respectively, and at the same time reduced the intensity of the communication by one level.

"Having said that, although this 400,000 yuan is not a huge sum that would break one's bones..."

Futaba casually placed the computer on the back of Mo Tan who was lying in front of her, and while testing a certain program at a dazzling speed, she asked threateningly: "But you should spend them wisely, right?"

"Hard to say."

Mo Tan yawned and replied lazily, "It can be considered a short-term investment. The purpose of winning people's hearts is more important than the actual benefits. Besides, the project is also quite unstable. It's hard to say whether it will pay off in the end."

Futaba snorted and asked, "So, it's just a favor?"

"What else? Do you think it's easy to get a good knife?"

Mo Tan sighed and said helplessly, "Those guys are all big shots. They need to be served and coaxed. If we don't serve them well... Haha, do you think they can get more by cooperating with professional clubs and studios?"

Futaba nodded slightly, and agreed in a rare way: "That's right, a small group with Ye Ge and the great Onmyoji Gu Xiaole can definitely afford to give millions of sincerity to those wealthy people who are stupid and rich."

"But fortunately, compared to cooperating with those big dog owners, those people obviously prefer a free and unconstrained way of playing games. They are a group of unpleasant idealists."

Mo Tan rolled his eyes in resentment and said with a fake smile: "On the one hand, he wants to live up to his hypocrisy and justice, and on the other hand, he still dreams of the unfettered life of a young master. In the end, he can only be forced to cooperate with a charity organization like us that they originally despised."

Futaba blinked and raised an eyebrow: "Is it my illusion? It seems that you have a lot of opinions about those people."

"You're right. I just have a lot of complaints against those people."

Mo Tan gave an affirmative answer without hesitation, and said sincerely: "Especially a useless half-dragon who looks like a human being. I hate the kind of kingly, gentle, positive male protagonist who is as smelly and hard as a stone in the toilet, handsome and popular with women the most!"

Futaba whistled and smiled, "He sounds like a good man who is the complete opposite of you."

"Ah."

Mo Tan pulled the corner of his mouth and said dryly: "Thank you for your recognition."

"So~"

Futaba stretched lazily, and slid down from the edge of the bed like a slide, and walked slowly towards the bar, asking without looking back: "Why would a man who sounds like a rare and excellent man in the world be acquainted with a low-class scum like you?"

"what?"

Mo Tan turned over and sat up, looking puzzled and said, "Isn't this obvious?"

"Oh?"

Thinking that the other party would probably interrupt and pass by, Futaba paused, then picked up a bottle of iced Dr. Pepper from the bar and threw it to Mo Tan very gently: "What do you mean?"

"The only reason I'm even involved with that guy... HICC!"

Mo Tan unscrewed the bottle cap and took a few gulps before burping loudly. Then he said as if it was a matter of course, "Of course it's because we are classmates."

"what?"

Futaba, who had never expected the other party to reveal such crucial information, was stunned for a moment, then gulped down half a bottle of Dr. Pepper and said in surprise: "You two are from the same...hiccup?!"

"We are classmates, not friends."

Mo Tan casually corrected the other party's slip of the tongue, which was probably intentional, and said lazily: "As for why they are so familiar with each other...haha, to put it simply, they both regard each other as a thorn in their side, but they can't kill each other, and in the end, neither of them got what they wanted. It's the literature of youth pain."

Futaba's eyes lit up: "Enemy?"

"He doesn't deserve it yet."

Mo Tan waved his hand calmly and said with disdain: "In short, although we regard each other as a serious threat, we also recognize each other's abilities. In addition, there are too few outstanding people in this world, so even if we are reluctant, we still keep in touch over the years. After all, God knows when we can use each other."

Futaba struggled to climb onto the bar stool that was a bit too high for her. After turning around with great effort, she continued to ask, "So the first time you found a place where you could use each other was in the [Realm of Innocence]?"

"In fact, we have taken advantage of each other many times, but that is not something you should know."

Mo Tan grinned and said cheerfully: "By the way, since I don't mind exposing these things in front of you, it means that I am sure that you can't find me out through this information. Even if you find that guy directly and ask him to help you send me to prison in the name of 'upholding justice', it will be useless."

Futaba narrowed her eyes, started laughing too, and asked leisurely, "Are you sure it's useless?"

"Of course it's useless."

Mo Tan burped again and raised his Dr. Pepper to Shuangye. "That guy is very cunning. I'm afraid he can tell at a glance that you and I are birds of a feather. Between a jerk he knows and can threaten physically and a jerk he doesn't know anything about, there is no way he would choose to help you kill me."

Futaba's eyes flickered, and she nodded slightly, "So, this is the reason why the 'Paw Patrol Adventure Team' is willing to cooperate with the Joker? Even though we are obviously not good people, at least we are more reassuring than other bad guys?"

"The bottom line is, he had no choice."

Mo Tan showed a smile that would make Spider shudder, Xue Yin crouch in defense, and Jun Wu call him Second Uncle, but in Shuangye's opinion, it was just a bit coquettish and mean. He said softly: "As a fool who extremely hates evil forces, he knows better than anyone that no matter how warm the sun is, shadows will always grow and spread, just like the trash cans in residential areas. No matter how diligently they are emptied, they will eventually be filled with garbage again." Shuangye nodded without comment and said lightly: "It doesn't matter if you compare yourself to garbage, but please don't classify me as the same as you."

“Just appreciate the spirit.”

Mo Tan casually brushed off the other party's half-hearted complaints and continued, "In short, since those dark corners are destined not to disappear, it is better to let the Joker, who knows everything about them, take control rather than letting the Viper Chamber of Commerce or other little bad guys who know what they can do. At least I am willing to do business with him."

Futaba continued to sip her drink without saying anything else.

After that, there was a long but not depressing silence.

Mo Tan, who was lying on the bed, leaned on a pile of cushions, took out a comic book he had borrowed from Yidong, which was quite old but of high quality, and began to read it with relish; Futaba, after drinking Dr. Pepper, took out another small gadget that looked like a handheld computer, sat on a bar stool, and concentrated on using code to perfect her own inherent barrier.

They have never been the kind of people who are frugal with words, but when they are alone with each other, they rarely communicate beyond nonsense, especially when talking about the so-called "serious matters". Compared with their long speeches to others, Mo Tan and Futaba are a little too "to the point" in most cases.

To the extent that if there is a third party present, it is impossible to figure out from the direct communication between the two people what they talked about, what consensus they reached, what disputes arose, and what conclusions they came to.

Perhaps, as a certain star-level idol said, she is the person whose soul wavelength is closest to that so-called 'Teacher M'.

But only an old enemy who has been scheming against Mo Tan for years, fighting with all his might to this point, and even now dancing together in deadly games, can make this current silence become so natural, harmonious and logical.

Of course, all the positive descriptions above, including but not limited to "harmony", are limited to the two parties involved.

In other words, if someone else appeared here at this moment, the suffocating weirdness, madness, chaos and disharmony in the air alone would be enough to disrupt the heart rhythm of most ordinary people to the point that they would be persuaded to leave by the system.

Unfortunately, perhaps because they have been immersed in such an environment for many years and the environment they are currently in is a public space, the two have not noticed this at the moment, so that it was not until a long time later that the concept called "Chaos Squared" appeared in people's vision in another curious manner.

So, leaving aside the things that happened too far in the past, the tacit understanding reached between the two people at the moment is actually not very difficult to explain.

First, there’s the simplest issue – money.

That is, the 400,000 gold coins that Mo Tan asked Futaba for.

This matter is actually very simple. Given that Mo Tan discovered the talent of Cholera, which led to all-round and diversified cooperation with the Church of Fortune in the field of carbonated beverages, the income of Harlequin Brand during this period has been very considerable. So even if this money is not a small amount, it is far from enough to cause serious damage to the organization.

In addition, Futaba and Gray Money's revised investment terms and Bad Hottie's small business in the Violet Empire have earned considerable income, especially the former. Although Mo Tan does not know the exact number, he believes that the specific number will never be less than seven figures.

The reason is that Mo Tan also thinks Xiao Ai is too conservative and too shameless. If it were him, he would at least let the young lady with good vision from [Gray Money] bet her entire fortune on him.

Don't think that millions of gold coins are a huge number. Although ordinary people may not be able to earn millions of gold coins in their entire life, in Mo Tan's current circle, this is really not a big number.

After all, as an investor of the [Church of Wealth], the various support materials sponsored to "Black Brahma" by Saint Fialli Graham, directly or indirectly, totaled more than one million. And the [Green Apple Chamber of Commerce], which had long been noticed by Mo Tan as being related to Fialli, was conservatively estimated to have spent millions of gold coins on the strategy for the limited-time secret realm.

This is the reality. Once you reach a certain class, "money" is no longer the most mainstream general equivalent. At that time, whether it is the decision to spend a lot of money or the decision to make a lot of money, the difficulty of making it is much simpler than before the class leap.

Under this premise, according to the structure of the Harlequin Card, the organization's wealth is basically concentrated in No. 0 Bella Street in the Nightless District of Free City, No. 17 Saramoon Galaxy Avenue, and the Academy City Law Enforcement Team, among which the managers are Tan Mo/Futaba, Bad Girl, and Foster Ward.

Aside from the last two who are in charge of their own areas, the Free City, which is the current headquarters of Harlequin and accounts for more than 90% of the organization's assets, has always been managed by Ai Vanye under the command of the Director, Jimo Tan. After the trump card Futaba arrives at Bella Street, the corresponding authority will naturally be transferred to her.

At this point, considering that the [Joker] is still too weak and that Mo Tan and Futaba have no capital to fight in a short period of time, the two "trump cards" are destined to work together at least at this stage. So at least before the money earned from the soda business is squandered, let alone Mo Tan asking Futaba for 400,000, even if he doubles it to 800,000, the latter will not frown.

It was precisely because of this that Mo Tan, who was "Mo" in the [Realm of Innocence] not long ago, was certain that he could get this "donation". On the one hand, if "he" asked, Futaba would definitely agree, and on the other hand, he knew very well that "he" would agree to this condition which seemed bullying but was actually outrageous.

As for the reason, I have already mentioned it...

Anyway, the Joker card is really too weak at the moment.

To be frank, apart from its financial resources, in terms of high-end combat capability, scale, influence and status behind the scenes, in the eyes of those old organizations in the same field, [Joker] probably has to sit at the same table with public welfare organizations.

That means sitting at the children's table.

So, is there any way to break this situation?

To be honest, it's difficult.

After all, compared with the Green Apple Chamber of Commerce, which is more "white" in nature and can grow rapidly on the right track, the vast majority of "gray" or "black" forces pay more attention to foundation and strength.

What the [Joker] lacks is foundation and strength.

In this case, if one wants to develop and grow step by step and eventually become a giant in an objective sense, the time required will be measured in "decades".

but--

Difficult never means impossible.

There are ways to bypass the normal path of accumulation.

For example...playing Snake or something.

Chapter 2573: End