On the way to the loan shark, Max stopped in a public bathroom.
Inside, Max took out the blue paint from his space ring and held Lucy in hand.
Little Lucy tilted her head, curious at Max's actions.
Max smiled at her, and using a painting brush, he started applying the paint to Lucy.
The little one started giggling.
He. He....
After some time, Max looked at his handy work, satisfied.
"This way, you look like a wind fairy."
Fairy-type pets are quite common, so Max decided to temporarily disguise Lucy as a wind fairy; this type of fairy has the closest resemblance to the mountain fairy.
Looking at her new blue skin, Lucy also got excited for some reason.
Grabbing the paint bottle, Lucy wanted to paint Max back.
"Lu, stop!".
Lucy stopped just a step away from Max.
"Sigh, little Lu, I can't have paint on me; that would raise some suspicion."
Lucy had a sad look on her face, but nevertheless, she put the paint down.
Looking at the dejected Lucy, Max sighed.
"Alright, alright, don't be sad; next time when we're alone, I will let you paint me a little."
He couldn't help but compromise.
Lucy's dejected aura instantly dissipated, and she started flying around Max happily.
This paint is superb and only took 3 minutes to dry up.
Leaving the bathroom, Max headed toward the loan shark.
After a 20-minute walk, Max stood in front of a shabby restaurant.
Walking inside, Max directly went into a side room behind the kitchen; the gangsters around glanced at him and then ignored him and let him pass.
Inside, a slightly fat man sat in the middle chair wearing luxurious clothes and a set of silver rings, the kind used for punching.
He had a natural evil smile, revealing his golden teeth.
Max smiled as he greeted the man.
"Uncle Hu, long time no see."
"Ohh, look who decided to visit. Isn't the little gangster himself? Oh, come here, sit down."
Taking his seat, Max kept chatting with the gangsters.
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"Uncle Hu, this time I came to repay my debt; I am also looking for some guns and equipment."
"huh, equipment, you say; how much do you have?"
"15k total".
"huh, where did you get so much money?"
Asked boss Hu lazily, that much money wouldn't move him much.
Max smiled and took Lucy out of his T-shirt.
Most of the people here are just normal humans, even boss Hu is just an F rank. Looking at Max's pet, everyone was surprised.
More importantly, the wind fairy is a well-known pet with D rank potential.
Looking at boss Hu's stunned expression, Max spoke, "My talent is quite good; I got myself an investor."
"Hhhh, I always knew our little gangster is a genius; come Jake and take him to pick some goodies, at the family's price. "
Max was already tired of playing nice with this bunch of hooligans; it was better to pick up his things and leave.
Walking behind Jake, Max found himself in what looked like a military armory.
'Seriously, the gun control in this world is nonexistent. While guns are plenty, equipment isn't.'
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Max picked a sniper rifle called Scorpion, a pistol, and an elven long knife.
The guns are just modern weapons, while the long knife is an E-rank equipment with a + 2 sharpness.
Max wasn't sure about the quality of this thing. It was quite beautiful, but it had no skills whatsoever.
Anyway, this is just for utility; his real firepower is Lucy.
Scorpion. 600 credits.
Pistol. 110 credits.
Ammo. 100 credits.
Long knife. 13000 credits.
Max wanted to get more, but as always, being weak is a sin in this world. If boss Hu knew he had millions on him, then there is no way max would walk out of here alive.
Max knew how to deal with people like boss Lu, so he didn't push his luck.
After backing his things up in a big bag, Max went to see Boss Hu.
First, he paid the money.
"Uncle Hu, can I leave my pet here for some time? It's annoying to keep her in my T-shirt."
Max wants to make a big purchase at Star Tower, but there is no way he can take Lucy there; they will notice her abnormality in an Instant, and at the same time, he doesn't want to leave her at the hotel, every time he thought about leaving Lucy alone he had an inexplicable bad feeling, and since someone else pet is completely useless to others, he decided to leave her here.
Boss Hu quickly agreed without giving it much thought.
"Sure you go do your business."
"Thanks, Uncle Hu".
"little one, don't make trouble."
Max stated one thing, but he repeatedly warned Lucy to be wary of this sonsofbitc*s in their spiritual connection.
Lucy nodded obediently, understanding that it was somewhat necessary.
While Max had already informed Lucy about this earlier in the morning, he couldn't help but repeat it.
. "If they try to harm you, fill the place with Mist, then escape. Follow our spiritual link to find me. If you can't, then go back to our room," Max said,
Max was equally despondent about this; he knew that the border city was a dangerous location, therefore he was unable to make such a significant purchase there.
Wealthy yet weak is a recipe for death in that place, so he had to hide his wealth.
....
Max took a taxi and paid extra for him to go fast.
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Going down from the taxi, Max told him to wait.
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Inside the Star Tower, Max met the old man from before.
' seriously, where are all the Jade beauty receptionists? Star Tower only got this old man.' ,
Max could guess that this old man wasn't simple, but he didn't care.
"you've come again, customer".
Max just nodded in recognition.
"I want a skill scroll, psychic link".
The old man didn't ask why Max needed such a useless skill scroll, but just replied,
"green grade skill scroll 50k".
Max had a painful look on his face.
"can I get a discount if I buy in bulk".
Asked Max tentatively.
"How much do you need?"
"30."
The old man had a stunned look on his face, but still he didn't ask why max wanted them, but asked another question.
"customer you realize that reselling our good is illegal".
"I don't plan to sell it."
The old man just nodded. "in that case, follow me".