Chapter 13: That Actually Works?
“My dear friend, long time no see.”
The firelight only illuminated the lower half of the small old man’s face, but upon hearing the laughter just now, Su Xiao already knew who was sitting behind the counter.
“Kaisa.”
Su Xiao stepped forward. The current situation was somewhat unexpected for him.
“My dear friend, Kaisa’s longing for you is like the droppings of a Bawu protruding bird when it has diarrhea—endless and unstoppable.”
“...”
Kaisa was still so “refreshingly original,” but this guy being this enthusiastic definitely meant he had a favor to ask.
After asking, Su Xiao learned about Kaisa’s situation. Kaisa had come to this world specifically to find him, to convey a few words.
As for how Kaisa entered the Demon Sea, in his own words, he had turned over a new leaf and become half an Arbiter again.
The current Kaisa had used a certain item that a Contractor could never obtain to enter the Demon Sea. He wasn’t tracking Su Xiao but was using a previous contract to enter in an assistive manner.
This method of entry meant no main quests, no way to obtain World Source, and no chest drops after killing enemies. But for Kaisa, did that matter?
Even if he could trigger combat-type main quests, Kaisa couldn’t complete them. As for World Source, Kaisa cared more about various rare items.
As for the final chest drops after killing enemies, Kaisa’s ability to defeat enemies was limited. Strong as Duke or West Sea King—these big pirates—couldn’t kill Kaisa, while Kaisa couldn’t even defeat the weakest pirate. It was quite peculiar.
It could be said that Kaisa had perfected the art of cowardice. Over 90% of the resources he obtained were used to enhance his survival abilities.
This time, Kaisa’s assistive entry gave him his current identity. Nominally, he was here to assist Su Xiao. Su Xiao was the captain of the Doom Number, and after multiple judgments, Kaisa became the owner of a general store on Minguang Island.
That’s right, if you wanted to buy specialized ammunition for the Doom Number, you bought it from Kaisa. Not just ammunition, but various ship accessories were also sold by Kaisa. Installing these ship accessories on the Doom Number could enhance its various capabilities.
“My dear friend, Kaisa is now the general store owner. That said, I can’t lower the prices of the goods. Minguang Island is notarized by the World Tree, so, you know.”
Kaisa shrugged, expressing helplessness, but in the next moment, his expression gradually changed, becoming somewhat lecherous and cunning.
“However, Kaisa and Bai Ye are the best of friends. The favorability between friends will be very high. With high favorability, running a tab is also possible, right?”
The smile on Kaisa’s face was like a blooming chrysanthemum—very bright.
“Running a tab, huh? That actually works?”
Baha was somewhat amazed by Kaisa’s slick moves. It seemed to understand why Kaisa often had his Arbiter status stripped away. Arbiters needed to be impartial, and the word “impartial” clearly had nothing to do with Kaisa.
It was said that during one of this guy’s World War participations, he helped 29 Contractors from the Apocalypse Paradise side escape the war zone. Those 29 Apocalypse Paradise Contractors then successfully fled from a low-to-medium-intensity war zone into a “super-high-risk area” that was a whole rank above that world. They were wiped out in 5 minutes and 21 seconds.
Even more outrageous was that Kaisa not only made a profit from those Apocalypse Paradise Contractors but also tricked the big boss of the super-high-risk area into becoming his long-term laborer.
In the end, that big boss was tricked by Kaisa into entering the Reincarnation Paradise, allowing Kaisa to make another huge profit.
After this series of mind-boggling operations, Kaisa lost his Arbiter status for the 19th time. Miraculously, he hadn’t violated any initial regulations. He might not be a model worker, but he was definitely “hardworking and uncomplaining.”
[Tip: Your favorability with General Store Owner Kaisa has increased by 570 points.]
[Favorability has greatly exceeded the 100-point cap!]
[Your favorability with General Store Owner Kaisa has decreased by 570 points.]
[Current Favorability: 0 points.]
[You and Kaisa are now in a neutral relationship.]
[Your favorability with General Store Owner Kaisa has increased by 1 point.]
[Favorability +1 point.]
[Favorability +1 point.]
[Favorability +? points...]
[Judgment error, correcting...]
[Correction stabilizing...]
[Stabilization complete. Your favorability with Kaisa has been fixed at 100 points.]
[Because your friendship with Kaisa has been tempered through multiple trials, it is now as firm as rock.]
[Hunter has completed hidden achievement task: Curse of Salvation (Total of three rings).]
[Within this world, you have obtained achievement permission: Running a Tab.]
[Tip: This achievement permission will be removed after leaving this world.]
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Baha stared at Kaisa in shock. Kaisa just smiled slightly, his eyes conveying the meaning: No need to be surprised, just routine operations.
Su Xiao didn’t speak. He chose to activate the general store’s item list.