Poverty makes me capable of anything.

But he had more than eight, but less than ten, daughters.

[It's the Rebellion of the Nine Women!]

[...Speaking of chaos, my thoughts start to wander again, and I have a faint urge to transform into a great writer.]

【Then let's charge! Phase Rush!】

In short, not to mention the emperor's sons, the Royal Council would not allow the person sitting on the throne to be a fool.

It's time to have a new emperor, but who will succeed him is hard to say until things come to a head.

Therefore, people are currently more focused on news about Aquamarine Forest.

Internal strife can weaken an empire, but if external attacks are not handled properly, the empire will most likely have to change its structure and name.

The morning news was that Night Owl had captured several more mines, while the afternoon news was that the Sixth Expeditionary Force was still putting up a fierce resistance and had repelled Night Owl's numerous attacks.

The situation is bad; everyone can see that.

With the situation looking so favorable, it's entirely conceivable that Night Owl would take action elsewhere to distract the Empire and quickly consolidate his control over the Blue Forest.

Contestant #1, #2, #3, #4, #5: "Looks like she's one of Night Owl's people!"

“I can sell you these materials, but not on Mavi Star, we…” Thohir closed the interface displayed on his bracelet.

“Wait a minute.” Marjorie quickly interrupted Thohir. “This kind of big business can’t be all yours. Give me half too.”

"We can supply these goods more than we can, so we won't trouble you."

"This isn't a question of whether we can supply enough..."

“But they initially came to Edgar, and this business was originally done with us, Shadow.” Thohir chuckled.

"Thohir, don't go too far..."

Thohir: "I'm stating the facts, you're being unreasonable."

ha?

An Ran felt a little awkward.

"You're so mean, you're so mean! Give me some!"

"Ha, what an unreasonable woman!"

Kou District.

Please, have some decency.

"Okay, okay, you'll remember this."

Marjorie didn't say anything more, so Thohir had the energy to explain to Anran: "You probably already know some things. We'll be leaving Mavi Star this evening and heading to the Pirate Alliance's temporary base. If you want these supplies, you'll probably have to go to Baplo."

Anran knew the name Papulo; it was a planet similar to Nayi Star, which Qingling and the others had visited, and very close to Paradise.

However, Paplo's reputation in the Nagorya border region is much greater than that of Naysin.

This is mainly because Papulo is a planet orbiting a binary star system, and it is a habitable planet despite its harsh environment. Since one can witness the spectacular sight of a binary star sunset without paying any price, Papulo was once a popular tourist destination.

The twin sunset reminded An Ran of Tatooine from Star Wars, and using associative memory techniques, she easily remembered the name of the planet.

As time goes by, Papulo will eventually become an uninhabited planet, so it's not incomprehensible to leave a temporary base in such a desolate area.

“I was just thinking of going to Pavlo to take a look,” An Ran readily agreed.

"So, are you coming with us, or..."

"I might need to go to Nayi Star first."

"Then let's exchange contact information," Thohir said with a smile.

In the past, he wouldn't have done business with someone who caused so much trouble; he would have insisted on getting rid of you.

However, given Quiet's potential identity and her possible intentions in approaching him, Hilton became very patient.

The pirate alliance is still in disarray for the time being, and he will have to consider other options when necessary.

Despite the Kuroshio's fierce antics, fleeing there now might just turn you into cannon fodder. On closer inspection, the thriving Night Owls are more reassuring.

Anran successfully obtained Thohir's contact information.

She didn't plan to rush onto the stage and shout that she came from the Night Owls and that she was here to make friends with everyone, and that everyone should work together in harmony and love to fight against Visayas.

I'm afraid I'll be kicked out very soon.

Let's go and gather some information about these things first before we can take appropriate measures.

Some people need anti-inflammatory drugs, some need computer parts, some need sildenafil, and some are beyond help.

You see, he's already terminally ill, why don't we...

The Pirate Alliance isn't the only option. If all else fails, stir up some trouble, level up, and then easily create your own faction. Wouldn't that be great?

It's best to consider factions only when you have the strength to do so.

After parting ways with Thohir and Marjorie for the time being, Anran decided to go find Qingling first.

Contact with Qingling cannot be severed for the time being. If the Pirate Alliance fails to gain traction, then we will really have to find a way to build our own faction.

This is a much more difficult path, and she can't do it alone.

When An Ran does things now, her first consideration is the ratio of risk to reward. Currently, if she can slack off in the Pirate Alliance, the rewards are still quite substantial. After this wave, she can at least be promoted to a senior mechanic.

"It seems she must be a very rare melee-type hidden class," Lenoras whispered to Glick.

"It's really hard to imagine that such a petite body could be so resilient to blows."

Lenoras nodded seriously.

"Perhaps during the explosion, all the muscles in my body will instantly swell up."

"Well--"

That scene, just thinking about it is beautiful.

Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore.

It immediately reminds me of an old animation from decades ago, the one called something like "Ten Something".

I'll give you a little punch in the chest!

"..."

"Enough of that. If only I could take a bullet with my chest, but alas, I'm just an assassin," Glick murmured.

Once the level is high enough, assassins can also block bullets, but at his current level, forget about it.

"Actually..."

As Glick listened to the words that were just about to be spoken, he suddenly realized that they were not spoken by the vice president.

"I'm just a mechanic."

It means "quiet".

In other words, what they just said was overheard by someone.

Lenoras and Glick immediately broke out in a cold sweat, almost clasping their hands together and praying aloud, "Please don't let our favorability drop!" Favorability was just too hard to raise.

Fortunately, they did not receive any game notifications.

Whew, what a relief. I won't be "secretly plotting" next time.

"If it were just a mechanic, it's impossible for a bomb to explode in his hand and he wouldn't be hurt at all." Lenoras chose to ask the question directly and loudly.

"Actually, as long as you spend money, you can be as good as me!"

The businessman icon above An Ran's head hasn't disappeared yet; it's currently giving off a lot of suggestive messages.

Emmm...

That sounds so damn familiar.

These are phrases that players used decades ago to complain about game companies that have been lost to the dust of history.

Okay, none of that matters. Game developers always like to include Easter eggs in their games.

The important thing is that they currently lack a "shortcut" to becoming stronger.

A basic exoskeleton costs one million pesos, and there are additional charges for cosmetic purposes. This path is a bit too convoluted.

You don't spend money, you don't grind excessively, and you don't want to be exploited. This puts us in a very difficult position.

The president is a rich man, and the first vice president is also a rich man, but unfortunately Lenoras is the second vice president.

He thought that maybe the price would drop once he increased the favorability rating.

It seems they are also very poor.

Hmm, why was the character "也" used?

An Ran suddenly realized that she was no longer poor; she had over 30 billion peso and had escaped the ranks of the poor.

The road to prosperity is right in front of her; money will make money, and she will become richer and richer in the future.

I heard that Li Zhuying is about to release the second part of Deep Space Beyond, and with Zhou Jieyu releasing the first part of the comic at the same time, they'll be making hundreds of millions of points every month. Isn't that wonderful?

Anran ripped off the hat of poverty and crushed it to pieces with one foot.

Perhaps some special will discovered that Anran had drifted away.

As she tried to crush the hat into powder, the ground suddenly began to tremble abnormally, and then Anran heard a game prompt in her ear.

"You have triggered a special mission, [The Avengers]. Due to the special nature of the mission, you are forced to accept it."

An Ran didn't have time to check the details of the mission.

Not to mention complaining about why the mission is called that, or whether copyright fees need to be paid, and other such trivial matters.

Because a modified vehicle suddenly darted out from the side of the street. Nowadays, most vehicles have the ability to float, but this one didn't.

Just one glance at Anran and you know it's because it's too fat. The mechanic who modified it focused on adding weapons to the vehicle. The three linked cannons at the front are pitch black and look like they're about to devour people. There are also new weapons on the sides and the top of the vehicle.

After this brutal modification, the chassis had to be reinforced a second time to ensure the vehicle's stability. It is probably this modification that prevents the vehicle from flying.

Whether it can fly or not is not important, nor is its performance.

Importantly, it looks surprisingly cool.