Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

The other party was not annoyed at all, but explained with a smile.

"That was quite a lot of money just now. Since you two weren't stingy even with the tip, I guess you wouldn't be stingy when it comes to obtaining information, right?"

Looking at the other person's brilliant smile, Lan Ke didn't waste any words and simply raised his right hand towards the table.

Then, under the other party's puzzled gaze.

“Ding~Ding~”

Accompanied by the crisp sound of metal collision, a large amount of 'gold coins' fell on the table.

If Lan Ke was so carefree when spending "points" before, he was so heartbroken now.

After all, 'points' are only useful in this 'hall', but 'gold coins' are earned by Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou through hard work!

The gold coins formed by the accumulation of "cognitive energy" are naturally hard currency. The intelligence dealer who originally had a smile on his face suddenly showed an even brighter enthusiasm.

"Do you two have any questions?"

Although what he said was not much different from before, the tone was completely different. Not only was the previous arrogance gone, but there was even a hint of flattery.

It was obvious that the 'reward' offered by Lan Ke had already tempted the other party...

Chapter 40: Black eats black? (4K)

Looking at the somewhat 'flattering' intelligence dealer in front of him, Lan Ke seemed very calm. After all, he already knew the value of 'gold coins' or 'cognitive gold coins' to be more accurate.

"There are two pieces of information I want."

"First, it seems we're wanted by 'Uptown'. Do you know of any way to resolve this?"

The intelligence dealer in front of them was also unmoved by what Lan Ke and the others said. After all, anyone who could take out so many "gold coins" was obviously not an ordinary person. There was naturally nothing to be surprised about such a thing. He moved some of the "gold coins" in front of himself with his hands before speaking again.

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"Of course, but I'd like to know if your being wanted means you've exposed your 'electronic code'. If that's the case, I guess you'll have to replace all your 'prosthetics' with those produced by legitimate manufacturers. After all, they're all registered."

Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou both shook their heads at this, and the other party's smile became even brighter.

"That's easy. If it's just your 'biological characteristics' that have been exposed, all you need to do is make some changes to your appearance. You can replace some of your external prosthetics."

Lan Ke did not comment on the other party's suggestion. He just nodded and spoke again, unconsciously lowering his voice.

"As for the second piece of information, I want to know about 'Arasaka Technology'."

The man who had originally moved closer because Lan Ke lowered his voice seemed extremely calm when he heard Lan Ke mention "Arasaka Technology", and even his breathing was normal.

However, after Lan Ke finished speaking, the other party clasped his hands, leaned back slightly, and revealed a mysterious smile.

"'Arasaka Tech'? That's not the price~"

Looking at the smiling man, Lan Ke's smile was equally brilliant.

"As long as the information you provide is valuable enough~"

"Of course~! I promise!"

Looking at the smiling man, Lan Ke didn't waste any words and raised his right hand again.

“Ding~Ding~”

Accompanied by a crisp and pleasant sound, many gold coins fell on the table.

The other party moved the gold coin in front of him with a bright smile on his face and handed a "storage medium" to Lan Ke.

During this period, Shirou Emiya sat beside Lan Ke without saying a word, but he found that Lan Ke was a little strange today.

In his impression, Lan Ke is an extremely frugal person.

If it was just the points gained in the 'hall', the other party would spend them without blinking an eye, but in order to test the value of the 'cognitive gold coin', he sold one to a 'black market merchant', and Lan Ke was almost visibly reluctant to part with it.

What's going on right now?

However, he and Lan Ke had already reached some tacit understanding, so he just sat there with his arms folded and said nothing.

It was not until Lan Ke nodded at him and said goodbye to the intelligence dealer with a smile that Shirou Emiya began to question Lan Ke with his eyes.

In response to this, Lan Ke didn't waste any words. He just made a "ready for battle" gesture and took the lead to walk out of the "Big Bird Turn Bar". Although he didn't know what happened, Shirou Emiya still opened the "instrument box" on his back.

"Click~"

A futuristic shotgun fell into his hands.

Even though he knew that a big battle was about to happen, Shirou Emiya was not afraid at all. After all, with the levels of the two of them, any enemy that could pose a threat to them would at least be a BOSS-level enemy.

"Click~"

The door of the Big Bird Turn Bar was opened with a sound of jets, and the passers-by who were following Lan Ke suddenly widened their eyes.

Because he saw more than ten men in black suits holding submachine guns with the "Arasaka Group" logo, pointing their guns at the main entrance of the "Big Bird Turn Bar".

"what!!"

The other party let out a sharp cry and tried to escape, but it was too late.

Because almost the moment the door opened, the 'Arasaka Security Company member' who had locked onto the target had already pulled the trigger.

It was obvious that they waited until the door was opened before opening fire in order to wait for Lan Ke and Emiya Shirou. However, they did this not because they were worried about killing innocent people, but simply because they were worried about alerting the enemy.

“Swoosh~Swoosh~Swoosh~”

Because traditional kinetic weapons were used, the whistling of bullets could be heard. The man who tried to escape was instantly shot into a sieve by the bullets, but Shirou Emiya suddenly raised his hand.

“Ghost Rider!!”

As he roared, a circle of fire instantly appeared in front of him.

All the bullets fired at him vaporized the moment they hit the circle of fire, leaving only trails of green smoke.

At the same time, a sharp roar was heard in the 'fire circle'.

"Om!!"

Finally, amidst the sudden increase in the roar of the engine, the 'Ghost Rider' riding the 'Soul Chariot' brandished the burning chain and rushed straight towards the enemy in front of him.

Seeing that the originally dense team was about to be completely dispersed by the charge of the 'Ghost Rider', the car originally parked in the distance also opened.

A 'sumo wrestler' who was nearly two meters tall, wearing a heavy protective suit that looked like a ghost, and holding a heavy machine gun in his hand rushed out.

However, just as he raised the heavy machine gun in his hand and aimed it at Shirou Emiya, a voice suddenly sounded beside him.

"Can't you see me, fat pig?"

The man, commonly referred to as 'Lucky Man' by others, instantly became furious.

“Asshole——————Ah!!!”

Unfortunately, before he could finish his curse, a flash of knife light appeared.

Although the man's body shape resembles that of a 'sumo wrestler', in this world where most bodies can be transformed with prosthetics, his somewhat bloated body is definitely not simply due to being fat.

I saw him swinging the heavy machine gun straight behind him.

“Ding~!!”

With an extremely harsh sound and sparks, the heavy machine gun body slammed heavily onto the blade.

It was obvious that this was not the first time that the opponent had used his 'bulky body' and 'weapons that looked weak in close combat' to trick his opponent into engaging in close combat.

But this time he obviously chose the wrong opponent.

Not only did the originally powerful blow fail to work, the opponent even took this opportunity to cut straight along the barrel of the gun with the blade!

In a burst of electric sparks, a part of the opponent's palm was directly cut off, and the heavy machine gun he was holding fell heavily to the ground.

“Sizzle~!!”

"boom!!"

Accompanied by an extremely exaggerated sound, although the heavy protective suit was not completely cut open, the body underneath the suit was almost cut in half, and it seemed that because the 'energy module' was destroyed, it actually exploded directly.

When Lan Ke suddenly stepped back to avoid the explosion range and looked behind him, he saw Shirou Emiya stepping on the chest of an "Arasaka agent" and stuffing the muzzle of the "shotgun" into the other's mouth.

"boom!!"

With a muffled sound, the opponent was completely transformed into "cognitive energy fragments" in a burst of electric sparks.

Compared to his usual gentleness and sunshine, Shirou Emiya always adheres to the principle of "being ruthless and talking little" when entering combat mode.

'Ghost Rider' drove the 'Soul Chariot' to attract the enemy's firepower, and he took this opportunity to kill three opponents one by one.

By the time those 'Arasaka Agents' realized that Shirou Emiya was just as threatening as 'Ghost Rider', it was already too late.

Only after defeating all the opponents did Miya Shirou come to Lan Ke's side.

"Leader, what exactly happened just now?"

It was obvious that he had no idea what was going on until now.

And at this moment, a cute "kitten" was licking its paws while holding an "ice ball" and slowly floating towards Lan Ke and the others.

"What else could it be? Of course this greedy kid is trying to rob his fellow thieves~"

Lan Ke did not agree or disagree with the description of "greedy boy". After all, from a certain perspective, he was indeed extremely greedy. Not only did he take in "Emelia", he even tricked "Parker" into staying with him by saying "Ms. Parker, you don't want to be separated from your daughter, do you?"

With Parker's help, what does a few complaints matter?

However, Lan Ke firmly denied the "black eating black" incident.

The specific story of what happened started a few minutes ago.

After Lan Ke and the others left, the "intelligence dealer" used a special container to scan all the "cognitive gold coins" into it. With a bright smile on his face, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"What a perfect customer! He didn't even mention the price. How great would it be if I could meet him again?"

At this point, the other party shook his head.

"It's a shame they're so fearless as to go looking for trouble with Arasaka..."

But then the smile on his face grew even brighter.

"But I won't take this money for nothing. The information is all true, but I don't think they'll be able to use it. On the other hand, I need to think about how to use the bonus from the Arasaka Group..."

Almost while mumbling to himself, a neutral voice with a hint of milk sounded.

"Not bad~ Earn two profits at once~"

It was clearly a compliment, but the man's face changed drastically. Unfortunately, before he could touch his weapon, his limbs were already covered with ice. As for the 'cognition gold coins' he had put away, they were held in the air by a milky white kitten.

There is no doubt that Lan Ke did not trust the other party at all. The reason why he was so straightforward before was because he had made up his mind to get the money back.

Since it's just 'preservation on your behalf', the amount doesn't matter.

"That guy might have been simply selling information at first, but when he heard our target was Arasaka, he clearly changed his plans. After all, although this is an 'independent world', it operates under a basic principle: the 'temple master's desire.'"

"Perhaps Saburo Arasaka will lose some control due to his lack of confidence and rationality, such as in the 'Downtown', but his control over this world is unquestionable. If he were afraid of me, I'd think it was normal. He's so calm, it's like he's saying, 'I'm guilty.'"

Having said that, Lan Ke also glanced at Parker.

It was obvious that Lan Ke wanted to make one last confirmation by taking advantage of Parker's physical advantage and the fact that he could not be detected by normal anti-eavesdropping equipment.

It’s a pity that I don’t know whether I should be happy or not. Lan Ke’s predictions were all correct.

Lan Ke's reasoning surprised Shirou Emiya greatly, but they still had a problem to solve.

"Doesn't that mean we just wasted our time?"

"No, at least we've found a way to enter the 'Upper City', and the other party's information also contains a lot of things we possess. We can't trust everything, but at least it's a reference."

As he spoke, Lan Ke passed the information to Shirou Emiya.

I have to say that the 'terminal' in this world is really convenient, so convenient that Lan Ke even looks forward to being able to use it outside as well. How great would that be?

After reading the information, Shirou Emiya also understood what Lan Ke meant.

Because in addition to the information from the "intelligence dealer", there was also a schematic diagram drawn by Lan Ke based on the "palace map".

For ordinary people, it still takes time to analyze the authenticity of information, but for Lan Ke, most of the time can be omitted. After all, even if false information is obtained, it will not be included in the "system map". Once it is included and marked, it means that the information is accurate.

At this time, there were three marks on Lan Ke's "map".

"I've confirmed it using the Night City Public Database. These three markers correspond to Arasaka Technology, Arasaka Security, and Arasaka Bank. Desire Stones should be present in these three locations."

"Through these three 'Desire Stones', we should be able to obtain a lot of information!"

Upon hearing this, Emiya Shirou's eyes suddenly lit up.