Long Live Money in Anime Crossover

Therefore, everyone remembered Mo Mo, who was handsome and could calm everyone down with a single word. Many people thought that this kind of guy might be a big shot in real life.

Unfortunately, Mo Mo's current actions have shocked everyone, and many people even speculate that Mo Mo has gone mad!

Mo Mo is flirting!

Trying to chat up an NPC!

Okay, if the female NPCs at the various street vendors are at least sweet and charming, what's with you trying to chat up the round, middle-aged woman at the bakery? Your taste is way too extreme!

Okay, striking up a conversation with an older woman is one thing, since she's still a woman. But what's with you striking up a conversation with that burly NPC guard on the street wielding a spear? Does gender not stop you now?

Okay, striking up a conversation with an NPC guard is one thing; after all, everyone has the right to choose what they love and the direction of their life. But what's so special about striking up a conversation with a cow by the roadside? Does race not even stop you?

Amidst everyone's strange gazes, Momo always wore a bright smile as he traversed the streets and alleys of Torbana, striking up conversations with every NPC.

"Hey, that's enough, I'm exhausted. They all think you're crazy."

Reimu Hakurei lay sprawled on top of Momo's head, weakly trying to persuade him. Although she hadn't done anything, she had been fulfilling her duty by providing Momo with subtitles for a whole day, which had already exceeded a thousand times.

However, Reimu Hakurei still admired Momo, because in addition to the thousands of "Please specify the transaction partner" messages, there were also two "Transaction successful" messages!

Yes, Momo made two successful trades. The first was a loss; he bought a loaf of black bread from the bakery lady for 10 coles. The second was successful; Momo triggered a hidden quest, and a butcher bought his wild boar meat at market price.

The bakery lady couldn't squeeze any profit out of him, but Momo made a fortune from the wild boar meat. Don't underestimate the market price; it was twice what Momo would have earned by simply selling the wild boar meat to a store!

With 17 pieces of wild boar meat, each costing 20 kol, Momo's funds exceeded 300 kol. At this point, it's no exaggeration to say that Momo was the richest man in SAO!

"Well, just hang in there a little longer, this is the only corner left. Putting everything else aside, the Butcher's daily hidden quest alone is enough for us to obtain a huge amount of resources."

"I'll listen to you. Since you've already abandoned all shamelessness, I won't lose my integrity even if no one's watching me."

"You still have any integrity?"

I'll bite you!

"Oh, yeah! How about biting me in the face? Ouch, don't pull my hair..."

The two playfully wandered to the very last corner of Torbana, where the blacksmith's workshop was located. The blacksmith was a long-bearded old man, sitting casually in the boss's seat, without any other expression.

"Hey, you're quite the imposing boss! How about we make a deal? One hundred Coles for a fanged dagger, how about that? That's double the price!"

"As usual, there are no trading partners."

Reimu Hakurei finished her final task list listlessly, then burrowed into Momo's hair as if covering herself with a golden blanket, saying, "I'm going to sleep. I'm so tired, so tired inside."

"I'm sorry, Reimu, it seems you won't be able to sleep!"

Mo Mo smiled faintly and turned to look at the corner of the blacksmith's shop.

There, a thin woman with a turban and dark skin was looking at Mo Mo with a puzzled expression. Mo Mo turned to meet her gaze, and she immediately turned away to continue her work.

"Even the butcher and the bakery owner never showed any curiosity. I feel like we've struck gold!"

Xiao Lingmeng also perked up, staring wide-eyed at the woman. The woman seemed to notice Mo Mo's gaze and subconsciously moved her feet, turning her back to Mo Mo.

"Yes, this is even more interesting!"

Momo grinned, approached the woman, and said, "Respected lady, how about we make a deal? I'll give you one hundred Coles for your real name. Could you tell me your name?"

"The deal...failed! Momo, Momo! She rejected your deal!"

Despite the failed transaction, Xiao Lingmeng shouted excitedly. At this moment, the woman turned around and stared at Mo Mo with an unfriendly expression.

“Outsider, you are not welcome here. I am not one of those women who wander around at night looking for fun. If you want to have fun, you can go to a dark corner and set up a Cole. I am here to do a proper job.”

The woman's voice was soft and delicate, yet she took out a hammer, clamped a piece of iron with pliers, and began to hammer it on the anvil.

The deal failed, but Mo Mo's smile only grew brighter.

"Then, Miss Dark Elf, on the condition that your identity be kept secret, may I learn your blacksmithing skills from you? In return, I will absolutely follow your teachings and fulfill your request. What do you say?"

Reimu Hakurei was startled and looked at the woman in front of her. With a "clang," the hammer and pliers in the woman's hand fell to the ground. She finally turned her head and looked at Momo in shock.

"Transaction... successful!"

Reimu Hakurei muttered the subtitles to herself, then looked at Momo, and then at the woman in front of her with a puzzled expression.

"I hope you can keep this a secret. I just want to survive here as a human being. But since this is just a transaction, I will teach you my skills. However, I despise you, so for every level your blacksmithing skill gains, I will demand double the reward. Now give me 100 Coles, and I will teach you the lowest level of blacksmithing skills and forging recipes!"

Mo Mo agreed without hesitation.

Unlike the level system, SAO's secondary job skills have ten levels: LV2 is beginner, LV4 is proficient, LV6 is master, LV8 is master, and LV10 is legendary.

Each level has corresponding proficiency and recipe requirements. Only when you have sufficient proficiency and recipe mastery can you advance to the next level and obtain more recipes. Of course, this is a difficult process. Not only does proficiency increase very slowly, but each practice session also requires materials, and there is a possibility of failure.

Therefore, secondary professions are theoretically beyond the reach of players right now. The exorbitant tuition fees alone mean that for quite some time to come, probably no one will be willing to pay for them.

However, Mo Mo was rich and used his trading power to forcibly buy back the reward from a hidden quest.

"You have gained enhanced blacksmithing skills: Dark Elf Blacksmithing".

"You have obtained the skill recipes for Level 1 Weapon Forging, Level 1 Armor Forging, and Level 1 Mining. Please refer to the detailed recipes and ingredients yourself."

Mo Mo immediately opened his skill menu, checked the recipe, and nodded in satisfaction. Although his forging skill was only level one, he could already craft weapons up to level 10, and the highest-level recipes were for various series of excellent weapons. Of course, the requirements for materials and proficiency were also very high, and the success rate could not be guaranteed.

Seeing Momo's happy expression, the dark elf weighed the money in her hand and nodded in satisfaction. Although she disliked Momo, Cole was genuinely upset. After all, she had left the dark elves and was living as a human, having long since abandoned any notion of elven honor.

"If you need materials, you can mine them yourself and get them from monsters. But I should warn you that most of my materials are hard to obtain from the first floor. You can buy them from me, but I only have them in stock, so the price will be very high."

"But judging from your appearance, you don't seem like someone who's short of money. We don't have any friendship, so let's just do business, cash on delivery."

Hearing these slightly cold yet endearing lines, Mo Mo proactively extended her hand and said to the dark elf disguised as a human, "Deal!"

030 Asuna's Change

"cut!"

The dark elf spat, slapped Momo's hand away, and said, "I just like Cole. Don't wander around here if you don't want to; I hate seeing you."

Faced with such a quirky NPC, Reimu Hakurei was dumbfounded. This dark elf disguised as a human must have a deep secret, and it seemed that no one in the original story had discovered it.

Mo Mo was even happier by the dark elf's obvious disdainful tone, and said with her hands on her hips, "Don't worry, it's late today, I'll come tomorrow!"

After saying that, Momo ignored the dark elf's hostile gaze and swaggered out of the blacksmith's shop.

"Welcome back next time, young man."

The long-bearded boss dutifully recited the NPC's lines.

"Hey, Momo, how do you know that guy is a dark elf?"

This time, Reimu Hakurei showed no mockery; on the contrary, she was genuinely excited, as this was the result of their combined efforts throughout the day.

"Is it simply because that guy has dark skin?"

Mo Mo stroked his chin and said, "Actually, I was just guessing. The skin is dark, and that's practically the only decoration on his head. Of course, the most important thing is that the initial blacksmith shop on the first floor actually sells LV10 high-quality equipment, all of which start with the word 'elf'."

"Of course, 1 Cole's worth of equipment is absolutely outrageous. It'll probably be seen as some kind of prized possession or something, but on second thought, what if someone in the shop actually could forge this kind of equipment?"

So in the end, it's all just guessing!

"Isn't it good that you guessed right!"

Looking at the sunset in the distance, Mo Mo felt even more invigorated. He stretched and said, "Alright, my blacksmithing life will begin tomorrow. How about it, Little Lingmeng, are you looking forward to it?"

Xiao Lingmeng was somewhat surprised and said, "Really? You really want to be a blacksmith? Aren't you a merchant? And isn't the fastest way to make money through business?"

"Doing business is not wrong, but the premise is that there must be business to be done. Value needs to be created by the players. Right now, this world is in the most difficult pioneering stage. All we can do is be one step ahead."

Reimu Hakurei nodded; she understood. Right now, SAO was completely empty, making it impossible to start a business.

"Alright, Asuna must be getting impatient."

……

Asuna sat quietly on the bed, her back against the wall.

Time ticked by, and she glanced anxiously out the window. But the view outside was static; only the sun changed with the time of day, and she couldn't see any other players.

Asuna now understood that the rooms in the so-called hotel were just private replicas. Otherwise, how could a hotel accommodate thousands of people? Therefore, the view outside the window could not possibly be the real view.

This is good, it puts Asuna at ease, at least it allows her to temporarily forget that she is in a death game.

"Mo Mo... why isn't he back yet?"

Asuna was a little angry, but when she looked at the empty milk bottle on the bedside table, she felt hungry again.

"It's just a game... why do I feel this way?"

"Oh no! If he has feelings for me, I slapped Mo Mo this morning. Did that make him angry? I was the one who kept him here."

Twenty-four hours have passed. Even the greatest fear loses its flavor after being repeatedly experienced over those two hours. Humans are such animals; you could say they are adept at habit, or you could say they are accustomed to self-numbing.

"When he arrives, I will definitely apologize to him properly!"

Although their morning experience wasn't pleasant, physical distance often reflects emotional distance. Asuna's initiative to get close to Momo yesterday, allowing him to hug her, already indicated that she wasn't averse to it.

As for the slap, as Momo said, it was just a polite greeting.

The above is Mo Mo's shameless idea.

As Asuna was pondering how to meet Momo again, her body suddenly tilted downwards. She cried out "Ah!" and fell onto the bed, sinking into it.

The room, which was originally only a few square meters, was expanded several times over, and the bed was also much larger. The hard and cold bed board was replaced with a warm and soft cotton mattress, which made Asuna feel a sense of warmth as she sank into it.

However, Asuna immediately jumped up and nervously looked around the room. Only when she found that the room had simply become bigger and more luxurious did she breathe a sigh of relief and relax her tense nerves.

"Asuna, how was this little surprise?"

Momo's voice came from outside the door, and Asuna instantly realized that it was all Momo's doing.

Asuna stormed to the door, opened it, and made a move to teach Momo a lesson!

Is this the time for jokes?

However, when Asuna opened the door, she was stunned.

A sweet aroma wafted into her nose and mouth, and she immediately fixed her gaze on Mo Mo's hand.

Momo held a small plate with a triangular cake on it, topped with a bright red strawberry.

"Cuckoo-"

A clear cry came from Asuna's belly, and Asuna's imposing aura vanished instantly, her face turning completely red.

"Alright, here's a delicious dinner prepared for you."