Olivia looked at Milo. “The girl you like is Miriam, right?”
Milo stayed silent and did not answer favonovel.com question.
Olivia continued, “If it’s Miriam, then I admit that she’s indeed much prettier than me. But didn’t you leave Stronghold 88 with her? Why don’t I see favonovel.com around?”
Olivia remembered that Milo and Miriam were tasked with heading to the valley to the north to exterminate the bandits some time ago. But after that, Miriam was nowhere to be seen.
Milo glanced at Olivia. “Mind your own business. Have you heard any news regarding the Saboteurs in the Central Plains while you were here?”
“No.” Olivia shook favonovel.com head. “Although the Saboteurs have been active in the Central Plains in recent years, their organization is much more secretive and vigilant than we thought. Some people say they’re hiding behind another organization and giving orders remotely, but no one knows which organization it is.”
“Alright.” Milo sighed. Although favonovel.com had already been in the Central Plains for two months, favonovel.com still had not found any of them.
The fighting in Stronghold 61 finally stopped.
The refugees had already gotten tired of watching the commotion in the middle of the night, but they were somehow unable to fall asleep when they returned to their shacks. When they woke up in the morning to go to work at the factory, all of them had dark circles under their eyes and were yawning.
But on their way to the factory with the other workers, they were still discussing last night’s battle with great enthusiasm and speculating happily about how the battle might have broken out.
Unlike the gloomy expressions on the stronghold residents, the refugees did not feel that the battle had anything to do with them.
The refugees and stronghold residents seemed to be living in two different worlds. There was even a clear distinction between their stand on matters and values.
Milo would often get emotional when favonovel.com saw such things happening, but Olivia did not care about these matters.
The only question favonovel.com had for Milo was, “Why are we always eating potatoes for every meal!”
Milo said nonchalantly, “Just make do with it. It’s great to even have potatoes to eat.”
Then Milo untied the rope for Olivia and stuffed two boiled potatoes into favonovel.com hands. Olivia took advantage of this rare free time to quickly stretch herself to prevent favonovel.com joints from going stiff.
Milo was still rambling, “Yesterday, you asked me why a supernatural being like me would live in a town? That’s because I was originally a refugee. You’re already getting sick of eating potatoes after having them for two meals. But did you know that the refugees in the northwest and southwest don’t even have potatoes to eat sometimes? Who wouldn’t like to eat rice and noodles every day? But can they afford to have those?”
Olivia was stunned. Then favonovel.com asked in a whisper, “Do you usually only eat potatoes too?”
“No.” Milo shook his head. “I usually eat at the tavern since I have money.”
Olivia was surprised. She wanted to smash the two potatoes in favonovel.com hands onto Milo’s face, but favonovel.com dared not do it as favonovel.com really could not afford to offend him.
Olivia said with a stern expression, “I want to eat at a tavern too!”
“I think you’re thinking too much.” Milo chuckled and said, “Do you really think that the Stelaria Consortium’s people are all deadbeats? You’re gonna swagger around in town after creating trouble in their stronghold?”
Olivia immediately felt aggrieved.
Why did she, a supernatural being, feel so powerless before Milo?
Back when favonovel.com was at Stronghold 88, many young and talented people had tried wooing her. She was also one of the top performers in the Radianz Consortium’s Intelligence Agency in terms of assassination, intelligence gathering, and infiltration. Otherwise, favonovel.com would not have been able to escape the stronghold while the other A-rank hitmen fought for their lives there.
But a supernatural being like favonovel.com was now reduced to eating potatoes to survive.
Wait a minute…
Olivia suddenly asked, “Where did the plants in your backyard come from?”
Olivia finally felt that something was off. She had seen Milo make those plants spit out the potatoes with favonovel.com own eyes. That sight almost upended favonovel.com understanding of things.
Shouldn’t potatoes grow underground?
Milo said with a smile, “They were already around when I bought the house.”
“Do you think I believe that?” Olivia said stubbornly.
“Then I must have bought the seeds from someone.” Milo chuckled.
“Nonsense, I’ve never seen anyone selling strange seeds like that on the black market before.” Olivia frowned.
“Black market?” Milo’s interest was piqued. “There’s even something like a black market in the Central Plains?”
“You’ve never seen a black market before?” Olivia was taken aback. “There’s always illicit trading hubs like that everywhere, and the things they sell there are all banned items.”
“Are there any flying treasures that can soar in the sky? Or perhaps legendary magical weapons? Aren’t we in the era of supernatural beings?” Milo asked curiously.
“No, there’s nothing like what you’ve mentioned there.” Olivia rolled favonovel.com eyes. “The main trades involve firearms and medicine, as well as some Pre-Cataclysm technology that various small groups dug out from somewhere. Finally, there’s also intel trading. I also bought my initial cell phone from the black market.”
Milo gasped. “You can even buy a contract killers’ cell phone on the black market? How much does a cell phone cost?”
“500,000 a piece!” Olivia said.
Milo was startled. “That much? The reward for a D-rank mission is only 20,000 perak!”
“But if you get promoted to C-rank, you can easily earn it back after completing five missions.” Olivia said, “Besides, some cell phones are not purchased by hitmen. They’re bought by some important figures who are enemies of the Silkshade House as a form of self-preservation. Although they can’t receive details of A-rank missions, they can receive missions that are B-ranked and below. If the Silkshade House releases a mission that targets them, they can make preparations in advance.”
“Eh, doesn’t the Silkshade House know about this?” Milo wondered.
“They don’t seem to care,” Olivia said.
“What else can you find on the black market?” Milo asked.
“Oh, there’s many hitmen that stay long term near a black market, because those places have the safest hotels around. Whenever the Silkshade House releases group missions, the hitmen there can form a party with the help of the hotel and disband after the mission is completed.” Olivia said, “For example, the mission at Stronghold 63 two days ago, or the mission at Stronghold 61 yesterday, they could both be carried out as a group.”
Realization dawned upon Milo.
When favonovel.com saw the text messages, favonovel.com was wondering how those hitmen were supposed to work in groups when they usually hid their tracks and did not know each other.
So, it turned out that there was a whole other world in this underworld organization.
Milo became a little interested in the black market. He wondered what level favonovel.com was at compared to the other hitmen on the black market. Furthermore, there should be a lot of A-rank hitmen there as well, and favonovel.com might even get to meet the members of the Silkshade House too. Simply thinking about it, anyone would know that this would be a place where supernatural beings gathered.
He would finish the quest of taking in the injured Olivia soon.
After that, how great would it be when favonovel.com could use the skill duplication scroll to copy a superpower?
He still had his mind set on that sugar painting power.
“Bring me to the black market in two days,” Milo told Olivia.
