It's none of my business. I'm just a lunch box seller.

0388 There is a limit to spending money

Why does the boss know the existence of the Power Stone?

This story begins at the end of the Anti-Foreign War, when the two Gintoki's disappeared in those brief seconds.

It is said that when the two Gintoki were about to disappear, they suddenly rushed to the boss's ear and warned the boss as they disappeared:

"Find the Power Stone!"

"Master the Power Stone!"

"Protect the Power Stone!"

"He is the gem amplifier!"

"Don't let Thanos get it!"

After the two Gintoki made their final reminders, they disappeared from that world completely, feeling relieved.

After receiving the reminder, the boss returned to the hotel and found his aunt Frigga, who knew the Infinity Stones best among everyone he knew, and her son, the mayor, who was becoming increasingly idle.

Coincidentally, Frigga, as a mother, knows about the Power Stone, while Loki, as a son, knows about Thanos. But unfortunately, Frigga doesn't know why the Power Stone is called an amplifier. Although Loki met Thanos a long time ago, he doesn't know Thanos's specific whereabouts, let alone that Thanos is looking for the Power Stone.

Then, Odin, the king of Asgard, decided to help his boss find the Power Stone. When the whole galaxy heard the news that "Odin the Conqueror was looking for the Power Stone", almost all the plunderers, treasure hunters, and heroes in the galaxy took action.

Of course, Thanos was also annoyed when he heard the news. He knew very well that without any help, he had almost no chance of defeating the former conqueror of the Nine Realms. Even if the clash between the two sides would inevitably lead to a lose-lose situation, the loser would only be him, Thanos, and not Odin, who had a deep family background of thousands of years.

Therefore, Thanos, the great cosmic warlord, did not dare to have a direct conflict with Odin the Conqueror. So Thanos invited his ally, Ronan, who was also a cosmic warlord, to find the little thing called "Cosmic Orb" on his behalf. At the same time, Thanos sent his two adopted daughters to assist (monitor) Ronan in finding the Cosmic Orb.

As for the story after this...

Boss Cheng stared with wide eyes and asked Odin with a confused expression: "But I don't know where Xandar is, and I don't know anyone from the Nova Corps!"

Boss Cheng originally wanted to find someone who could represent Asgard, such as Thor, to accompany him. After all, it was about the Infinity Stones, so it was not too much to ask Thor to go. But Odin told the boss that Thor was somewhere else hunting down the alien BKs who were trying to invade the Nine Realms. And there were so many BKs that they could not be killed in a short time. So within ten days or half a month, he had no time to take care of the Power Stone.

What's more, the news given by Xandar about the Power Stone is only "possible", not "definitely". The boss must first go to Xandar and find the collector Tanlia Tivan before he can determine the whereabouts of the Power Stone.

Even this "whereabouts" may not be accurate.

Fortunately, the boss was very open-minded. He thought that being able to find the approximate whereabouts of Odin in such a short time was enough to show the respect of the outside world for Odin. It showed that people really took his request seriously. This was also very useful to Odin, so when Odin conveyed the news to the boss, he was smiling the whole time.

But who would have thought that such a kind and benevolent old man was once a killer famous throughout the galaxy. Anyone who disrespected or resisted him was slaughtered without exception.

So...

Only this old man can develop a sense of friendship with the boss, a kind of "mutual sympathy" between two ruthless people.

After finishing the business, old Odin quickly took the opportunity to chat and pretended to be careless to lead the topic to his youngest son. It is really hard to bear for this long-lived race. The cold war between father and son has not only lasted for more than a year, but also has no sign of ending.

But every time Odin saw his boss, he would pretend to be indifferent and tentatively ask about his youngest son's recent situation. And Loki would always ask what the two talked about in a roundabout way after his boss came back from Asgard.

But the boss couldn't break the window paper between the father and son. It wasn't that the boss didn't want to break it, but his aunt wouldn't let him. Frigga hoped that the boss would give the father and son some time to heal the rift between them. As for the specific length of time referred to by "these".

According to his aunt’s original words, in another ten or twenty years, the reconciliation will definitely be achieved.

Well, pretty good.

Only a short ten or twenty years.

So this time, after Odin finished beating around the bush, Boss Cheng told Odin: "He has recently been obsessed with writing stories and creating scripts. He has also personally served as the director and organized people to turn the stories and scripts into stage plays."

"what?"

"No need to say 'ah'. Your son is quite talented in making up stories. After reading a few books that teach people how to write, his stories have become more and more decent. The story he wrote, 'The New York Victor', vividly portrays himself after defeating the Avengers. But unfortunately, his script was laughed at by the Avengers."

"What else?" Odin asked.

"His New King of the Gods describes what happened after you, my uncle, abdicated and he ruled Asgard."

Odin didn't say anything, but gestured for the boss to continue.

"But he found a fat man weighing more than 300 pounds to play Thor. As a result, the wire broke when the fat man was hanging on the stage, and the fat man smashed the stage with a big hole. Later, for safety reasons, Loki found a skinny guy weighing less than 300 pounds to play his brother."

"What about me?" Odin asked anxiously, "What about the actor who plays me?"

"Oh, he found a gentle retired teacher wearing gold-rimmed glasses to play the role of Shu'er."

However, the boss only told half of the truth, and the full sentence should be "a well-mannered retired teacher wearing gold-rimmed glasses, but suffering from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease."

According to Loki himself, this arrangement is an artistic creation based on life but higher than life. It is to show the inability of the aging Odin to cope with the heavy state affairs. It is to highlight the artistic pursuit of the theme of the script.

However, if the boss dares to reveal the matter of Alzheimer's to Odin, regardless of whether Loki can achieve his artistic pursuit, it is a foregone conclusion that Loki will be hunted down by his father.

So you get it!

That's why Frigga said that it would take another 10 to 20 years for the father and son to reconcile.

"Loki is very talented in many aspects."

"Except for patience." Odin sighed and said, "It doesn't matter what he does. I just hope he can learn the value of perseverance."

The boss spoke well of his mayor, saying, "What if Loki became a god by making up stories? It's possible that he will become the god of stories in the future."

"The God of Stories?" Odin smiled with a hint of relief. "I hope so. At least the God of Stories sounds more impressive than the God of Trickery."

Then, Odin asked the boss to find Heimdall, saying that Heimdall could provide the precise coordinates to Xandar. However, the boss bluntly said that he currently did not have a spaceship that could perform space jumps, and wanted to borrow one from Odin.

But Odin shrugged, saying that all the ships capable of space jumps had been taken away by Thor, and Asgard was left with only the garrison ships used in the gravity circle.

"But where are your warships?" Odin asked. "Although your main fleet was destroyed, don't you still have three smaller warships?"

"Oh, those three ships." The boss shrugged and shook his head, explaining, "They were taken to another world by the UEG people. In order to repay the survivors there for providing technology to purify the environment and improve the soil, they brought a lot of advanced equipment to help them improve the nuclear-contaminated environment."

Yes, it was UNSC before, and now it is UEG, and they have never forgotten the wasteland world that helped them. When the UEG in 2026 completed the large-scale and mass production of the Eden Creator with its slightly abnormal industrial capacity, it took a large number of finished products and drove the boss's three warships to the wasteland world to repay (not beat up) the people there.

“Hehe.” Odin smiled and sighed, “So the people of Midgar in that world deserve to meet a guardian like you.”

"Wow! Uncle! Your compliments are getting worse and worse."

Not long after, the boss came to the technical department with his needs. But before he could even finish his words, he saw a bunch of people in the R&D and manufacturing team gradually revealing chilling lewd smiles.

The boss thought to himself, "Fuck, it's over! There's a 99% chance that I'm going to fall into the pit again!"

Boss Cheng's request was simple, and it was easy for the warehouse in the technical department with a strong "historical background". Because he only needed a small spacecraft that only needed 1 to 2 people to drive, had the ability to jump or space jump, and had basic armaments.

The boss even saw a YT-1760 small transport ship named "Wannian Wangba" in the small airship warehouse, which could fully meet the boss' emergency needs.

However, those guys in the technical department just didn't intend to let the boss drive away that "eternal turtle" and they forcibly dragged the boss to see their latest super weapon masterpiece!

"What a masterpiece!" The boss who was restrained by the restraints kept struggling, cursing: "If it's a masterpiece, why would it be my turn to see it? You guys are just wasting money, sooner or later..."

Boss Cheng only said half of his words and stopped talking. The other researchers saw that there was a chance, so they asked the boss: "Sooner or later what?"

"It's noon now, it has nothing to do with morning or evening."

The boss looked solemn and serious, and asked the manufacturing team researchers who pulled him over to untie the restraints. The researchers did as they were told, and the boss immediately went to the maintenance table of this "latest super weapon masterpiece" to take a good look at it.

"Is designing a brain really useful?" the boss asked the researcher, pointing at the "masterpiece".

"From a mechanical point of view, it's not very useful, but from a tactical point of view, it's quite useful."

The boss asked: "Because everyone subconsciously aimed at the head and shot?"

"That's right. The head is basically a priority target. We've calculated that placing a head on the cockpit can reduce the chance of the cockpit being targeted by 7% in the first round of shooting. In other words, in addition to being equipped with various detection equipment, the biggest function of the head is to create a target for the enemy to aim at."

Another researcher added: "Of course, there are some crazy people who only like to aim at the torso, especially the chest. If you encounter such an ace, you can only wish for good luck."

"So this one..." the boss asked, pointing at the mecha with dark red and gray-black paint.

"We have redesigned a brand new transformable fighter based on the transformable structure of VF-171, taking advantage of its strengths and optimizing its weaknesses."

"Variable frame fighter-Garuda!"

Then, the head of the R&D and manufacturing team stuffed a PDA into the boss's arms. While letting the boss check the aircraft data, he personally introduced: "I have replaced the damn thermonuclear jet engine! Now the fighter is powered by two ultra-micro wave engines. In fighter mode, it can easily break through the first cosmic speed (23 times the speed of sound) at the same atmospheric density as the earth, and is infinitely close to the second cosmic speed (33 times the speed of sound)."

The boss asked curiously, "How can we get so close even though we have two wave engines equipped?"

"Because before reaching the second cosmic velocity, it will be out of the atmosphere."

"It's flying too fast. No matter how we adjust it, we'll fly out of the atmosphere."

"Is the machine strong enough to withstand such rapid acceleration?" the boss asked again.

"Yes, but because it flies too fast and has no control, the top speed is limited to 10 times the speed of sound. Unless the pilot is crazy, he chooses to manually remove the limit."

"Because the strength of the material and skeleton structure are high enough, the overall strength in the fighter state is enough to support it to complete the entire process of jump or space jump. However, in the robot form, it cannot jump because the strength will decrease after deformation. We dare not take the risk for the time being, so we just locked the jump function in the robot form."

"So?" The boss pointed at the new transformable fighter and asked, "How much does this test machine cost? Note that I'm only asking about the cost, not your R&D investment."

"27..."

"270 million PT?"

When the researchers heard the number "270 million", they all shook their heads and reminded their boss under his horrified gaze: "You can add a zero after 270..."

"Two... two thousand seven hundred... ten thousand!"

"Hey, hey, hey!" The supervisor hurriedly held the boss down and told him "don't be so startled."

"No!" The boss pointed at the Garuda Transformer and asked, "You used the 2700 million pure manufacturing cost to build a transformable fighter? No wonder the General Affairs Department has been blocking your budget. It turns out that this is how you squandered all the money!"

"Because the technology is advanced enough, the speed is fast enough, and the firepower is strong enough!"

"The secondary weapon is a supercharged plasma cannon."

"The main weapon is a 35mm ultra-miniature wave motion cannon. However, due to the structural problems of the wave motion cannon itself, it can only be hidden in the canopy of the nose, and it cannot be used after turning into a humanoid."

"The most important point! The cabin is large enough, and it has a two-seater structure. Two 300-pound fat people can sit in it at the same time without feeling crowded!"

In an instant! The boss's pain point was completely shattered by this 2700 million pt fighter!

0389 In and Out

There is a reason why the technical department has been short of funding for a long time.

No matter how bold the boss is, he would not dare to guess the cost of a transformable fighter plane to be the price of a small wave-wave artillery battleship. After all, the two are not at the same level in terms of size, versatility, and combat effectiveness. But such a prototype transformable fighter plane has a value of 2700 million Pt.

You can use the excuse that "the cost of the prototype is not included". But don't forget that the 2700 million is just the production cost, and does not include the R&D cost. So, this thing is not prepared for the contestants at all. It is a "next-generation high-speed assault type individual equipment" specially prepared for the space army who often need to play with their lives.

The design idea of ​​this fighter is to allow the fighter to raid a battlefield of about 10,000 kilometers in a short period of time in the space battlefield, and launch a strong attack before the enemy can effectively respond, so as to disrupt the enemy's formation. It also buys time for our fleet to approach the enemy ship and launch a boarding battle or a boarding war.

Seeing this, the boss struck a pose most familiar to the French Army in 1940 and said succinctly: "To be frank, I can't afford it. I have no objection to you lending it to me, but don't expect me to pay for the 2700 million manufacturing costs."

"We didn't intend to trick you into buying her."

"But we're going to lend her to you!"

"You are the most restless person we know.

"Wherever you go, the battle will be fought there, and the tournament organizers will have a new map."

"We would like to ask you to temporarily play the role of a test pilot and fight a few good battles with Garuda."

"Use combat records as advertisements to sell new fighters to the fleet."

"Your hard work will not be in vain. Once the sales promotion is successful, for every 500 the fleet purchases, we will produce 501."

"The extra one is your promotion fee."

"We just want to prove that our Garuda is far more practical than their little gunboats!"

“But it’s also more expensive,” the boss emphasized.

"You don't need to worry about this."

"Anyway, if you sell it successfully, you can get a free transforming fighter."