Seeing Cipher's quick reaction, Claire quickly spoke up to stop her:
"Wait, wait, wait... I still need some time to make contact! Tomorrow, we should be able to go trade tomorrow!"
"Ah... alright then."
Hearing her words, Cipher stepped out of the passenger seat, looking a little disappointed.
"By the way, Boss Cipher, do you have something urgent that requires money?"
Claire was a bit confused. After all, just moments ago she had seen Cipher looking displeased, but as soon as she mentioned how much money they could sell them for, Cipher immediately rushed to the passenger seat, looking impatient.
Cipher was stunned, not expecting Claire to ask her this question.
But this question happened to stump her.
That's right... did she need money urgently? She didn't, and there were hardly any places where she needed to use it.
She could say that besides the ten thousand credit points she gave away, she hadn't made any other purchases.
Then why did her body instinctively dart out after hearing about over a million credit points?
Why was she like this?
Although she liked money in her previous life, she shouldn't like it to this extent, right?
Could I be influenced by the cat's inherent personality?
But that's not right either? In the game, the cat shouldn't be considered greedy, right? After all, the cat only collected wealth to fight against the prophecy...
"Uh... Boss Cipher? If it's inconvenient, just pretend I didn't ask anything..."
Seeing that Cipher still hadn't responded, Claire hesitated before reminding her.
"Oh, it's nothing." Cipher was pulled out of her thoughts by the sound of her voice, and she casually replied:
"I was just thinking about whether or not I should tell you."
"Then maybe don't tell me?"
Claire decisively backed down. After all, the more you know, the faster you die. Although this boss had a great personality, she was afraid of being implicated in some strange incident.
For example, one day Boss Cipher's unknown friend might suddenly appear beside her, coldly say that she knew too much, and then hit her with an instant death curse.
If that happened, she wouldn't even have a place to cry.
(Castorice: No... I don't think I would do that...)
"Forget it, I'll tell you. This is something you can help me with anyway."
After some thought, although Cipher still didn't understand why she liked money so much, she might as well make use of this situation.
So she said to Claire:
"credit points have a special use for me. The more credit points I possess, the stronger I can become through that use, so..."
Saying this, Cipher walked over to Claire and, before she could react, casually swiped her Terminal, slipping a stone into its place.
Cipher then held her Terminal, flashed it in front of her, gave a mischievous smile, and continued:
"Help me collect more credit points. Once I become stronger, if you encounter any enemies you can't beat, I'll help you beat them up."
After speaking, Cipher tossed Claire's Terminal back to her.
Claire took the Terminal and fell into deep thought. Although she realized her Terminal had been taken—she could clearly sense the change in weight in her clothes—
Cipher had seamlessly replaced the Terminal with a stone in her pocket when she took it. If the stone's weight and feel hadn't been different from the Terminal, she might not have even noticed it was taken...
"What's wrong, Claire? What have you decided?"
Claire's thoughts were interrupted. She looked at Cipher in front of her, nodded, and gave a clear answer with a smile:
"Since Boss has said so, I will definitely help you get lots of credit points. After all, the chance to cling to a powerful figure is right in front of me, so why wouldn't I take it?"
Cipher silently gave Claire a thumbs-up. In reality, just believing what she had just said was already a form of help to her.
"However, before selling them tomorrow, I still need to take some precautions."
Saying this, Claire pulled out two Syringes containing an unknown liquid and injected them into the arms of the two people.
"What is this?" Cipher asked curiously, looking at the two Syringes in her hand.
"These two are a Powerful Sleeping Drug. They can make them sleep for a few more days. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good if they woke up before the trade even began."
"I see..."
Cipher nodded thoughtfully, but quickly realized something: Could she use Divinity Speed to directly inject this Drug into others? That way, she could easily take down some relatively strong enemies effortlessly?
Thinking of this, she immediately said to Claire:
"Claire, how long does it take for this Drug to take effect?!"
Although Claire didn't know why Cipher asked this, she quickly replied:
"The onset time is quite long, about an hour or more."
"This sleeping drug is mainly used to keep people who are already unconscious asleep for longer, so it doesn't take effect that quickly."
Hearing Claire's explanation, Cipher lowered her head in disappointment, but quickly asked again:
"Then do you have one that takes effect quickly? It doesn't have to keep them unconscious for so long."
"Yes, Boss, I do."
Claire nodded, then pulled out another Injectable Drug containing a translucent white liquid from her pocket.
"This Drug can knock out anyone below A-rank within one minute. If the person's strength is below B-rank, they'll pass out in ten seconds! The only drawback is that it can only be used via injection, which makes it somewhat impractical."
Hearing this, Cipher's eyes lit up. She quickly took the Injectable Drug from Claire's hand.
Could this be considered a drawback for her? Who said this thing was impractical? This thing was absolutely amazing!
"How many credit points for this Drug? I'll buy it!"
"No need, Boss. If you need it, just take it. I have more than a dozen tubes here; I researched them myself previously."
"Thank you in advance! I'll split the money with you after the job is done!"
Looking at the Injectable Drug in her hand, Cipher happily replied to Claire, and then began thinking about whose body she should stab this into.
However, before she could think for long, the System's voice suddenly rang out.
[Abnormal Energy intrusion detected. Preparing to resist this abnormal ability.]
[Upon further detection, it is found that the Abnormal Energy is Trickery Divine Power, and the Source of Power is: Cipher]
[Resistance abandoned. Partial intrusion permitted.]
[System update starting...]