Max sat next to the window, deep in thought.

“That gem necklace is definitely a blood Essence Crystal, but the question is, how can I get my hands on it? “

Among the different body stats, the hardest to rase is vitality. Every single item that can enhance Vitality is a Priceless treasure, and that blood Essence is one of the best of them all, having no side effects.

Although with his talent, and especially if his plan worked, Max will never need such a thing.

However, currently this thing is super useful to him, after finalizing the calculations about the operation related to activating his talent. Having a high vitality rank will definitely increase the success rate by at least 20%.

Max already had multiple plans to increase his vitality. One of them is to let Lucy look for such treasures in the mountains, either in real life or in the simulator.

However, in both situations, the success rate is very low. Such things are super rare in real life, while it's too dangerous for Lucy to travel around in the simulation. Without her mountain form, she won't be able to last for hundreds of years.

So getting from this woman will solve him a lot of trouble.

Lucy seems to understand Max's intentions and waved her tiny fists in the air, ready for a fight.

“Sigh… little Lu, that woman doesn't look weak. More importantly, there's something wrong with her. No one in his right mind will walk around looking like a vampire while holding vampire related Treasures.. Sigh.. For now, let's just watch.

If you're able to reach E-rank before she gets off the train. I will consider making a move “.

Lucy just left to watch her new series on the laptop.

Complex things didn’t matter much to Lucy; she believed that simply listening to Max was enough in serious matters.

....

Max enjoyed the fast moving scenery, while reading the list Jamie gave him. There wasn't anything too precious.

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Max was kind of disappointed. He wanted a certain blue skill that was very compatible with Lucy. moreover, that skill is considered useless, so it's quite cheap.

“sigh.. sadly star tower considers blue skills a tactical resource and will not trade it off unless you have the star mark”

Max was super annoyed at the government in this world. Back on Earth, governments are careful with this kind of thing, afraid of public backlash, but in this world the government gave him the feeling that they didn't give a shit about public backlash.

So what if you know we are monitoring you?. So what if you know we are hording resources?.

What are you going to do about it?.

Complain.?

protests.?

Rébellion.?

Wanna have a coffee date with our S-ranks?.

...

After some time, Max picked some useful things.

E-rank poison bottle.

F-rank health potion.

And two white skills.

It should be a total of 70k.

......

Of course, unlike the premium goods of the star tower, this should be the barely usable kind.

But it can't be helped, buying from the star tower is a no-go.

After making his choice, Max fell asleep. He'd only buy the things when he gets closer to his destination.

One day later…..

Max is currently enjoying his meal with Jamie. In the past day, he kept observing that woman.

She seems to be anxious or maybe waiting for something. And her actions, made him confused, It almost felt like she want to be suspicious on purpose.

Max also asked for Jamie’s help. This guy has some connection on the train, otherwise staying on board all year long won’t be possible without a lot of complications, but even so, he didn't find much.

Her name is Beatrice van born. 32 years of age.

...

"Max that woman looks like bad news, no matter how you look at it she is either a vampire or cosplaying as one.”

Max just shook his head," don't worry about it, tell me what's the next stop. ”

Max didn't want to discuss the matter with Jamie, so he just changed the subject.

“it should be Hakoing city, my hometown actually,” Jamie seems to ponder something . “by the way Max, I always had the feeling I saw you before, in Hakoing city. Could it be your also from there”.

Max scratched his head, trying to remember,

“The city I was born in indeed seems to be Hakoing, but I left it at a very young age.”

Max wasn't sure if Jamie's feeling was from his passive skill, or he actually saw him or maybe some family member that looks like him, but it didn't really matter to him.

“ weird, I could swear I saw you there, a few times at that.”

“well it's not a big deal, anyway I will go take a rest. If you find anything new about that woman, let me know “.

Looking at the time, Max stood up. ‘The cooldown should be over in a few minutes’.

“alright, take care max”. Jamie just nodded, he wasn't stupid and could guess that Max isn't interested in the woman herself but in the blood Essence, it can't be helped such a treasure is too recognizable, but even so he didn't have any idea about it. After all, both Max and that woman don't look simple. It's not his turn to jump in.

Anyway, it's not a big deal for him to ask around for Max. Anything else is none of his business.