CH417 Divine Heist III
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"You… you… you scheming tree!"
Alex burst into laughter.
The Bonsai Tree needed a vast amount of Providence to recover. Yet Alex himself had very limited avenues through which he could gain Providence.
If earning Providence were easy, the higher-ranked Professionals of Pangea wouldn't have long turned the act of 'seeking opportunities' into a full-time obsession—scheming endlessly for even a sliver of Providence.
Alex merely seemed to have an advantage because his past life gave him a mindset and perspective fundamentally unfamiliar to the natives of this world. That uniqueness brought him recognition from the world itself, and thus, occasional Providence.
But that didn't mean acquiring Providence was like stealing candy from a baby.
Nearly all the methods available to him either required long-term buildup, painstaking groundwork, or the sort of miraculous, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that no one could reliably plan for.
