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ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 592: The Mercenary Business Is Always About the Money Part 2

「Super Civilization…… No way! Surely you don’t mean……」

「Yes, that’s right, I’m glad that you understand so quickly. It is going to make things that much easier for all of us currently present in here. Behold! What I hold in my hand is none other than the Doll of the Badugamos, the Phantom Diamond……!」

This time around, G Cup Breast Meat’s vigilance was overwhelmed by further astonishment. The reason for that was the Badugamos Quest, something that even the top players of Galaxy Traveler like the Mercenary or G Cup Breast Meat could not simply ignore or be indifferent against. Even the day one players who boast the fact that ever since the start of the game they have not missed a single log in bonus thus far were not able to completely clear this quest, such complex and convoluted was its nature…… On the other hand, the situation that I am currently in still lacks something for me to push through. Call it a “key” to the gate called victory if you will. I was yet to find that key, but then a sudden opportunity befell me, and I do believe that one such key now rests in my hands. Yes, and it is the existence of that particular key that was calling to me right now, springing me up to action.

「It’s not that I really wish to compete with a Whale players such like yourselves. That would have been utter foolishness on my end and having a death wish. However, when doing those things like those complex quests, it is always better to have more people behind your back, don’t you think? The more the merrier, as the saying goes.」

「Hmm, it’s true that this here Aiban has many enemies, mostly thanks to his own efforts, because he makes enemies with such ease that you might actually think that it is his fetish or something like that. But do you think it would be reasonable to rely in them for support here?

「But it’s not about crowdfunding, though.」

Instead of making only the Mercenary my one and only patron, I decided to put on a little performance for the G Cup Breast Meat to see, so that I could use that occasion to sell my services to him that much more easily. And I do believe that my current performance was driving that point perfectly across. And seemingly understanding what my game was all about in here, G Cup Breast Meat finally decided to get up from his chair that he was sitting on all this time. So I guess that my actions were finally going to bring some much needed fruits, huh? About goddamn time it did. I was getting really impatient here.

「Kukuku, of, Aiban, my dear Aiban, it seems that this precious individualism of yours that you adore so much is going to become your very undoing! Ah, but it doesn’t really matter now! Why don’t you try to make some genuine friends once you are going to be set back to Earth!?」

「…… You know what? You are quite possibly the last person in this world from who I would like to hear those words.」

「You know as well as I do that this little game of ours had been decided in the moment when the Great Wall had become incapacitated. Normally I would have showed respect to your bravery and the fact that you have faught till the very end, but I am through with that. There will be no option of surrender for you. …… Just become specks of dust drifting through the cold void of the Universe!」

「………………」

「And now…… Umm, your name is……?」

「It’s Sanraku. Best to remember that.」

「Oh, yeah, right. Sanraku-kun, what a coincidence that someone as remarkable as you comes our way just as we were planning to venture against Badugamos right after our business here is all done. But I must say, I like your style. I like it quite a lot. How about it? How about you join forces with us, the Great Space Fleet of Futatsuoka and aid us in our endeavors?」

「…… Which would be?」

「Aaahh, after we managed to secure out great victory in this battle, we wish to challenge the mystery and the enigma that is Badugamos itself…… This is what this is all about.」

G Cup Breast Meat stood up and walked towards me, reaching out his hand towards me as well…… Yes, up until now, everything seemed to be going exactly according to my plan. I even allowed myself to crack a smile out there, being sure that my victory was as good as set in stone in this very moment.

「Say, G Cup Breast Meat-san? Can I ask you something?」

「Sure. What would that be?」

「What do you think is the most important trait that you must have if you want to make it big in the Mercenary business?」

「Hmm, let’s see…… Oh yes. Would that be the ability to always be able to bet in the winning horse, no matter the circumstances?

No, sorry buddy, but you couldn’t have been more wrong in here even if you tried.

「A lesson for the future: not every Mercenary out there is all about money.」

BANG! There was a sound of a single bullet being shot.

「Wha…… the……!!?」

「If you have anything left to say, better do it now while you still can.」

「Fuuh…… Fukukukukukuh! Oh my, sorry about that. Splendid work. Really splendid. A huge success, without a shred of a doubt!」

When it comes to ammo being shot from a gun, it can only move in a straight line…… Or that’s how it usually goes. However, the bullet that was fired from this particular gun went in an arch to make sure that it would reach its mark that was placed right in between G Cup Breast Meat’s eyebrows. All thanks to its built-in advanced targeting system.

This is the price that you have to pay for thinking that you are immortal and nothing can bring you down. The ultimate peak of performance, where your HP cannot be reduced to one or less than one, no matter if you were shot ten times or one hundred times. An ultimate trump card that should never be drawn if there is an alternative way in which you can resolve the conflict that you have found yourself in.

A bullet digs deep into G Cup Breast Meat’s skull right between his eyebrows, making an arc in the air in order to avoid hitting my shoulder. In the next moment, the impact of the blow sends his body flying in the air. I look back while giving a huge thumbs up with my fingers. There, right behind me, there was stand a figure with a helmet stylized after a snake or other animal like that, with three bullet holes blown right in the middle of the helmet.