Chapter 75: Joe’s ability

Chapter 75:

“Cooperate?” Rover frowned.

Jonathan smiled and said, “Just a small mission, but I don’t want to bring along weaklings who’ll hold me back.”

Hearing that, Rover immediately thought of the side quests Nanoe and Dark Lord had mentioned.

Jonathan waved his hand, then said, “You can enter the supermarket. Once I find enough participants for the mission, I’ll contact you.”

Rover nodded, then led everyone into the supermarket, of course including Joe and Nick’s group.

“Wait! Why can they go in but we can’t?”

“Yeah! What gives you the right to block our way?”

“Everyone, let’s work together, kill this bastard, and then…”

BAM!

Before that young man could finish, his head was smashed apart by a spiked mace. Blood and minced flesh, along with white, sticky fragments, splattered everywhere.

Silence…

Everyone fell quiet.

Jonathan smiled. “Anyone else have an opinion?”

In the end, everyone could only turn around and leave. After all, staying here wouldn’t get them anything. They might as well go to another area and see if there was anything else to gain.

Jonathan snorted in disdain and sat back down in his chair. The Catgirl walked up beside him and asked softly, “You’re really letting that group enter the supermarket, Master?”

Jonathan shrugged. “If not, do you have a better plan? Do you know who the woman in the black dress is? That’s Leng Yan. I don’t want to go up against that monster.”

“Besides, that man named Rover isn’t ordinary either. He’s the one who took first place in the first round. The women beside him aren’t inferior to you either.”

“In this crazy world, he’s unbelievably calm. He’s someone we can cooperate with. Even if we don’t cooperate, I don’t want to make an enemy out of someone like that.”

Hearing that, the Catgirl frowned. “You mean… Rover is also very dangerous.”

“You could say that.” Jonathan smiled. “Mina, in this world, we not only have to cooperate to survive, we also have to find the right people to cooperate with. Rover and Leng Yan are two of the best choices.”

Mina nodded, her gaze shifting toward the inside of the supermarket.

…

Rover and the others entered the supermarket and felt that this place wasn’t much different from a normal supermarket. There was even a shop that specialized in selling construction blueprints, as well as display shelves filled with strange items.

Going deeper, they found the section that sold special items. However, to enter the special-items section, you had to prove a total worth of over 100 gold coins.

Rover didn’t rush in. Instead, he glanced at his four women and said softly, “Buy whatever you like. Nanoe, you handle the payments for everyone.”

Nanoe tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said, “Rover, you want to enter the special section, right?”

Rover nodded. “Yes! There are definitely a lot of good items inside. I want to go in and take a look.”

Nanoe transferred Rover 300 gold coins and said, “You need money more than we do. The others and I only need to buy some necessities.”

Rover frowned. “Don’t worry about me. You…”

Nanoe gently placed her index finger on his lips, a faint, alluring scent wafting into his nostrils.

“Don’t say anything more, just leave it like this, okay?” Nanoe said with a smile, then transferred the money to Rover and went with the three women to buy whatever they liked.

Rover saw that his current funds had reached 440 gold coins. All he could do was shake his head, then head into the special items section.

After arriving, he discovered that there were only a few empty slots; everything else was still intact. He thought to himself: ’Maybe because Jonathan is guarding the outside, no one can make it in here to shop. As for those empty slots, they’re probably the items Jonathan bought.’

Even though he didn’t know what Jonathan had purchased, Rover didn’t care much, because there were still plenty of special items left here.

Rover wandered around for a long time. Then his gaze landed on two items that caught his interest.

[Lucky Dice – 12-sided]

[Type: Item]

[Grade: Legendary]

[Upgrade Requirement: 75,000 Omni Points]

[Description: After completing side missions, you may roll the dice. Your rewards will be increased according to the number shown.]

[Price: 1,000 gold coins.]

…

[Card Draw Machine]

[Type: Item]

[Grade: Legendary]

[Upgrade Requirement: 75,000 Omni Points]

[Description: Every 24 hours, you may draw one random card from this machine. Rates: Low-grade (50%); Mid-grade (35%); High-grade (14%); Perfect (0.99%); Legendary (0.01%)]

[Price: 4,000 gold coins.]

…

Rover frowned. To buy both items, he would have to use both the 90% and 50% discount coupons, but… each item could only use one discount coupon.

After the 90% discount, the [Card Draw Machine] would cost 400 gold coins.

After the 50% discount, the [Lucky Dice] would still cost 500 gold coins.

But right now he only had 440 gold coins. That meant he could only buy one of the two.

“You want that?”

“Hm?!” Rover was a little surprised. He turned around and saw Leng Yang standing beside him, looking at the two items in front of them.

Rover didn’t bother hiding it. He gave a small nod. “Yeah. But I don’t have enough money, so maybe…”

Leng Yan curved her lips into a mysterious smile. “Hahaha… Rover, you want to borrow money from me?”

Rover nodded. “Yes. Or I can sell you a few things you might be interested in.”

Leng Yan shook her head and smiled. “No. I can lend you 200 gold coins, but you have to pay me back with something else.”

“Something else?!” Rover looked at Leng Yan, confused.

She stepped in front of him. Her finger lightly tapped his Adam’s apple, then slid to his neck, then to his chest. “In a little while, I’ll tell you what I want.”

Rover drew a deep breath, then said, “You mean…”

“Shh!” Leng Yan pressed a finger to his lips and smiled. “Don’t say it out loud so soon.”

She traded with him, actually giving him 200 gold coins, then left. Rover grew more and more confused by Leng Yan’s personality. Did she not want to buy anything here?

He shook his head and stopped thinking about it. Now that he had 640 gold coins, he decided to buy the [Card Draw Machine] first.

The [Lucky Dice] had a huge use, but its price was too high. Besides, it only worked when he completed side missions. But he wouldn’t always have missions to do, so in terms of practicality, it wasn’t that high.

The [Card Draw Machine] was different. Every day, he could draw a random card. If he got lucky, he could pull a high-grade card, or even a Legendary card.

That was why he chose to buy the [Card Draw Machine] first.

[Ding! 90% discount coupon used successfully. You must pay 400 gold coins to purchase ’Card Draw Machine’.]

“Agree to pay!”

[Ding! Payment successful. Congratulations, you have purchased ’Card Draw Machine’.]

Rover looked at the machine, which resembled a small box, and decided to test his luck.

“Draw a card!”

Right then, the machine buzzed with a “zz” sound for a moment, and from a small slot on the side, a card was slowly pushed out.

[Invisibility Card]

[Type: One-time consumable]

[Grade: Mid-grade]

[Upgrade Requirement: 500 Omni Points]

[Description: After use, you can enter an invisible state for 30 minutes. However, if you collide with any creature, the invisible state will be dispelled immediately.]

Rover looked at the card’s information, and a bit of joy rose in his chest. Even though, according to the description, its effect wasn’t that great, he believed that as long as he upgraded it, its effect would only grow stronger.

His eyes drifted to the [Lucky Dice]. He sighed, then left.

There were plenty of other items in this area, but their prices were far too steep. If they were a little cheaper, maybe…

Rover wasn’t too greedy. He took the remaining 40 gold coins and walked out. But when he saw the situation in front of him, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Not far away, Joe had probably rented a bathroom to rinse off, changed into a fresh set of clothes, and was now shopping together with Selina.

When Nanoe saw Rover, afraid he might misunderstand, she immediately sent him a message.

[Nanoe]: I’m the one who told Selina to do this.

[Rover]: I know! Have you figured out what his ability is yet?

[Nanoe]: We can roughly guess that his ability is buying things for other people, but the limit isn’t very high. It seems to be around 40 gold coins or lower. But he also hasn’t bought too many things, so that’s probably the cap of his ability.

[Rover]: Got it!

Rover closed the message window and didn’t keep watching. After all, they were his Tenants. They definitely wouldn’t betray him.

Besides, Selina was keeping her distance from Joe the whole time. Even if Joe wanted to, he couldn’t touch her, not even hold her hand.

But Joe wasn’t angry. On the contrary, he was like a dog, always trying to wag his tail happily at Selina.

You could say that when it came to playing with a man’s mind, if Selina ranked second, then Rover had no idea who could possibly take first place.

So he wasn’t too worried. He continued strolling through the supermarket with Nanoe.

At that moment, Selina glanced toward Rover, a bit of anticipation in her heart, but she knew exactly what her task was.

Joe asked with a grin, “Selina, do you want to buy anything else? As long as it’s not too expensive, I can buy you two more things.”

Hearing that, Selina thought to herself: ’Two more… so does that mean… his limit is that he can only buy five items?’

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